Scott A. Carter
@scottacarter.bsky.social
Higher ed comms and advancement. Misplaced Southerner surviving the Midwest. It's sunny and 75, it feels so good to be alive. Thoughts my own.
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The skepticism among some folks on the academic Left of the private research funding apparatus and the preference for a largely publicly funded research infrastructure was that the latter was democratically accountable. But we have seen under Trump & right wing leg how easily it can be weaponized
September 18, 2026 at 1:44 AM
The skepticism among some folks on the academic Left of the private research funding apparatus and the preference for a largely publicly funded research infrastructure was that the latter was democratically accountable. But we have seen under Trump & right wing leg how easily it can be weaponized
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Once again, the median pay for an adjunct professor in the United States of America is $3,500 per course. Not per month, per course.
Oh. That's a heck of a subsidy.
September 17, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Once again, the median pay for an adjunct professor in the United States of America is $3,500 per course. Not per month, per course.
I yearn for simpler times
PATEL: The previous regulation automatically disqualified any individual who participated in either side of it
KENNEDY: Either side of beastiality? So you disqualified the animal?
P: Well, we have great canines, but we're not going to disqualify them
K: I'm trying to understand why you did this.
KENNEDY: Either side of beastiality? So you disqualified the animal?
P: Well, we have great canines, but we're not going to disqualify them
K: I'm trying to understand why you did this.
September 15, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I yearn for simpler times
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can those of you mad because you think trans whining on microblogs will depress support for dem politicians please imagine for one second how dem politicians spouting transphobia on enormous mainstream platforms depresses support for trans people
September 13, 2026 at 11:40 PM
can those of you mad because you think trans whining on microblogs will depress support for dem politicians please imagine for one second how dem politicians spouting transphobia on enormous mainstream platforms depresses support for trans people
At least that interception from Love was funny
September 13, 2026 at 11:26 PM
At least that interception from Love was funny
Hodag metal when? I mean the horns are right there
September 13, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Hodag metal when? I mean the horns are right there
Cozying up with The Woods (and Cats) All Black by @leemandelo.bsky.social
September 13, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Cozying up with The Woods (and Cats) All Black by @leemandelo.bsky.social
An important moment in a kid's life -- learning to grind points on Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
September 12, 2026 at 8:13 PM
An important moment in a kid's life -- learning to grind points on Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
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Drink, ye harpooneers! drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat’s bow—Death to Moby Dick!
September 12, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Drink, ye harpooneers! drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat’s bow—Death to Moby Dick!
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It doesn't neutralize Republican attacks. So you end up with Republicans making the same attacks, but now your supporters are deflated.
And I genuinely don't hard to say, "The party hiding the Epstein Files seems to really want to talk about teenagers' genitalia. I want to talk about the issues."
And I genuinely don't hard to say, "The party hiding the Epstein Files seems to really want to talk about teenagers' genitalia. I want to talk about the issues."
In my opinion Democrats get nothing nothing NOTHING by betraying trans people. They hurt themselves with a good deal of their committed voter base, and still don’t get the Republican votes they are so fucking obsessed with winning over. Lose-lose!
People hate voting for squishy moral cowards!!
People hate voting for squishy moral cowards!!
September 11, 2026 at 11:45 PM
It doesn't neutralize Republican attacks. So you end up with Republicans making the same attacks, but now your supporters are deflated.
And I genuinely don't hard to say, "The party hiding the Epstein Files seems to really want to talk about teenagers' genitalia. I want to talk about the issues."
And I genuinely don't hard to say, "The party hiding the Epstein Files seems to really want to talk about teenagers' genitalia. I want to talk about the issues."
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(I might also need a life coach though, if we're honest.)
September 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM
(I might also need a life coach though, if we're honest.)
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I also find it hilarious how universities are justifying these expenditures using the language of 'equity.'"If we don't buy these tools for everyone, then only the rich kids will be able to afford them, and that's unfair." But you don't buy books assigned by profs for anyone? Why not subsidize that!
September 11, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I also find it hilarious how universities are justifying these expenditures using the language of 'equity.'"If we don't buy these tools for everyone, then only the rich kids will be able to afford them, and that's unfair." But you don't buy books assigned by profs for anyone? Why not subsidize that!
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Well that's a ton of birds. 103 million plus.
They were mainly flying 1500-2000' above ground and in the dark, so if you're wondering why you may have not seen them, that helps explain it.
They were mainly flying 1500-2000' above ground and in the dark, so if you're wondering why you may have not seen them, that helps explain it.
September 10, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Well that's a ton of birds. 103 million plus.
They were mainly flying 1500-2000' above ground and in the dark, so if you're wondering why you may have not seen them, that helps explain it.
They were mainly flying 1500-2000' above ground and in the dark, so if you're wondering why you may have not seen them, that helps explain it.
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It is not down in any map; true places never are.
September 10, 2026 at 2:02 AM
It is not down in any map; true places never are.
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it is unforgivable how Democrats are granting the right's premise about trans kids in sports even as they attempt to navigate a "moderate" position so they don't look so bad (hint: not possible)
they have literally regressed! the first bathroom bans did not have this kind of bipartisan support!!!
they have literally regressed! the first bathroom bans did not have this kind of bipartisan support!!!
September 10, 2026 at 12:53 AM
it is unforgivable how Democrats are granting the right's premise about trans kids in sports even as they attempt to navigate a "moderate" position so they don't look so bad (hint: not possible)
they have literally regressed! the first bathroom bans did not have this kind of bipartisan support!!!
they have literally regressed! the first bathroom bans did not have this kind of bipartisan support!!!
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right. when thinking about slavery as a system i think it is important to foreground the fact that this was an astonishing wealth production machine. to paraphrase barbara fields, the point of slavery was to produce commodities; white supremacy was the ideological superstructure of the whole thing
The huge wealth in the cotton trade and textiles also a major factor behind global trends like “why was the British political establishment so pro-Confederate?”
September 7, 2026 at 11:01 PM
right. when thinking about slavery as a system i think it is important to foreground the fact that this was an astonishing wealth production machine. to paraphrase barbara fields, the point of slavery was to produce commodities; white supremacy was the ideological superstructure of the whole thing
"Deathkiller!" the 8yo screams from the kitchen as he preps strawberries for fruit leather
September 7, 2026 at 11:14 PM
"Deathkiller!" the 8yo screams from the kitchen as he preps strawberries for fruit leather
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and it was 69 yards?
a punt so nice we have to say it twice
a punt so nice we have to say it twice
September 7, 2026 at 12:42 AM
and it was 69 yards?
a punt so nice we have to say it twice
a punt so nice we have to say it twice
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Wisconsin's motto this year is Burn the Boats and I am here for it
September 7, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Wisconsin's motto this year is Burn the Boats and I am here for it
Calling these the Disco Bucky uniforms
September 6, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Calling these the Disco Bucky uniforms
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We know how to teach books in the age of AI: small classes, close reading, research-engaged learning (which is how you ’let students see you struggle’). The issue is nobody will hire and pay the requisite # of faculty to offer this.
September 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM
We know how to teach books in the age of AI: small classes, close reading, research-engaged learning (which is how you ’let students see you struggle’). The issue is nobody will hire and pay the requisite # of faculty to offer this.
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We need to make every college student take at least one gender studies course
September 6, 2026 at 1:29 AM
We need to make every college student take at least one gender studies course
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Here’s a point I think people need to internalize:
It doesn’t matter what is driving the anti-trans attacks—ideology or politics. The effect is the same.
The legal assault on trans freedom and participation is real. The anti-trans violence is real. The impacts on the trans community are real.
It doesn’t matter what is driving the anti-trans attacks—ideology or politics. The effect is the same.
The legal assault on trans freedom and participation is real. The anti-trans violence is real. The impacts on the trans community are real.
I do wish that people would actually listen to what the right is openly saying on this issue. It's not a joke or simple political tactic. There are prominent people who want every transgender person removed from society.
This is genocidal rhetoric from the president of the United States.
Trump explicitly stated that if Dems win the midterms, “Transgender will never end.”
The stated goal of the president of the United States and his party is to make transgender people “end.”
Trump explicitly stated that if Dems win the midterms, “Transgender will never end.”
The stated goal of the president of the United States and his party is to make transgender people “end.”
September 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Here’s a point I think people need to internalize:
It doesn’t matter what is driving the anti-trans attacks—ideology or politics. The effect is the same.
The legal assault on trans freedom and participation is real. The anti-trans violence is real. The impacts on the trans community are real.
It doesn’t matter what is driving the anti-trans attacks—ideology or politics. The effect is the same.
The legal assault on trans freedom and participation is real. The anti-trans violence is real. The impacts on the trans community are real.