Poet professor amateur bird-watcher really crappy whitewater kayaker and sometime backyard beekeeper. https://bsky.app/profile/catherinewcarter.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinewcarter.bsky.social/post/3lieofl4cxc2xhttps://www.insidehighered.com/news/diversity/race-ethnicity/2025/02/15/trump-admin-threatens-rescind-federal-funds-over-dei?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=4c09993f89-DNU_2021_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-4c09993f89-237882429&mc_cid=4c09993f89&mc_eid=b6166fbcea17 Feb 2025 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:cxjxcvqx54lfdde6eimsjynj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lieofl4cxc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinewcarter.bsky.social/post/3licwldbj4s2nDid anyone ever really think the stakes were anything else? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/16/elon-musk-doge-government-privatization?utm_term=67b1e1572fa598f5b0091e73a68adb8e&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUS&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUS_email16 Feb 2025 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:cxjxcvqx54lfdde6eimsjynj/app.bsky.feed.post/3licwldbj4s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinewcarter.bsky.social/post/3li2use4fzs2vhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/02/invertebrate-of-the-year-2024-all-hail-earths-spineless-heroes13 Feb 2025 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:cxjxcvqx54lfdde6eimsjynj/app.bsky.feed.post/3li2use4fzs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinewcarter.bsky.social/post/3li2uiggy3k2vhttps://poets.org/poem/young-poet-1?utm_source=The+Academy+of+American+Poets&utm_campaign=41b16e7867-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_11_12_07_39_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-c667c90d2e-368502659&mc_cid=41b16e7867&mc_eid=10ab464c7b13 Feb 2025 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:cxjxcvqx54lfdde6eimsjynj/app.bsky.feed.post/3li2uiggy3k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinewcarter.bsky.social/post/3lhxybzdeqk2q'Nice as it would be to see anxiety as reflective of selfless concern for the world...[ O'Kane] believes, “For somebody who struggles with anxiety, it’s never driven by altruism; it’s driven by almost an obsession to try and control what’s happening.”' https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/09/can-we-break-the-anxiety-habit?utm_term=67a8a6ff5c511cb1c2161cda6ee0ef1a&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUS&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUS_email12 Feb 2025 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:cxjxcvqx54lfdde6eimsjynj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhxybzdeqk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinewcarter.bsky.social/post/3lhbmlqhigk2gIf there was EVER a day to call Congresspeople to request a Congressional investigation, it's today. Especially if you ever want your tax returns, Social Security, or Medicare. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-elon-musk-treasury-payment-system-dangerous-1235254831/03 Feb 2025 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:cxjxcvqx54lfdde6eimsjynj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhbmlqhigk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinewcarter.bsky.social/post/3lgkwet2qqc2mAnd now, I think we could all use a little legislative humor. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/mississippi-lawmaker-introduces-contraception-begins-erection-act-rcna188938?fbclid=IwY2xjawIBudxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdNcjAir27DzkfzNRTdfbKLOz-009hRXoVzzPYBJXXP3Q24DU6ZoyrB4gw_aem_vtTjYxltrdGdvIXpASmn1g25 Jan 2025 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:cxjxcvqx54lfdde6eimsjynj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgkwet2qqc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinewcarter.bsky.social/post/3lgktkj2wak2mHow your health care--not just your reproductive health care, all of it--intersects with politics and has just been compromised. https://open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/p/trump-dismantles-healthcare-in-real?r=91pi1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email25 Jan 2025 11:45 +0000at://did:plc:cxjxcvqx54lfdde6eimsjynj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgktkj2wak2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinewcarter.bsky.social/post/3lg6zmgzi4c2nGentlefolk, my e-mail has been hacked; I've changed the passwords and reported it to IT, hoping to slow the spread of damage, but if you get anything remotely fishy-looking from me, DO NOT OPEN IT, and report it immediately to your own IT services. I am so sorry about this.20 Jan 2025 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:cxjxcvqx54lfdde6eimsjynj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg6zmgzi4c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinewcarter.bsky.social/post/3lg4xney5ak2cMaybe some of you would like to join me, virtually, for this online benefit poetry reading to support Western NC on Thursday, January 23rd from 7-9pm EST via Zoom. Details and registration available through the link! https://orangecountync.librarycalendar.com/event/online-poetry-reading-support-western-nc-1902019 Jan 2025 23:21 +0000at://did:plc:cxjxcvqx54lfdde6eimsjynj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg4xney5ak2chttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinewcarter.bsky.social/post/3lfubiezy2s2nReading a poem tonight with lots of lovely writers as a run-up to the Eastern Shore Writers' Association's 2025 Bay to Ocean Conference. You can register at this link, if you want to--or if you have trouble, message me and I'll send you the link privately. www.easternshorewriters.org/event-6004510 https://www.easternshorewriters.org/event-600451016 Jan 2025 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:cxjxcvqx54lfdde6eimsjynj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfubiezy2s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinewcarter.bsky.social/post/3lfubbpbrds2nAnyone want to walk with me on Saturday? https://action.womensmarch.com/events/people-s-march-asheville16 Jan 2025 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:cxjxcvqx54lfdde6eimsjynj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfubbpbrds2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinewcarter.bsky.social/post/3lfo3owecvc2q@lrmitchell.bsky.social Welcome! :-)14 Jan 2025 01:23 +0000at://did:plc:cxjxcvqx54lfdde6eimsjynj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfo3owecvc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinewcarter.bsky.social/post/3lffu2b6nos2pHermit thrush on the railing, female ruby-crowned kinglet on the suet, flock of purple finches, flock of juncoes, plus the Usual Suspects. #snowydaysareforbirding10 Jan 2025 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:cxjxcvqx54lfdde6eimsjynj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lffu2b6nos2phttps://bsky.app/profile/catherinewcarter.bsky.social/post/3lf743tz5jk2pFor a first Blue Sky post, I offer you...the penis-fencing hermaphroditic Persian carpet flatworm. Because it is truly a world of mystery and wonder, and also it's really fun to hear Attenborough describe a two-pronged penis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czOIoDbkKQc08 Jan 2025 02:21 +0000at://did:plc:cxjxcvqx54lfdde6eimsjynj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf743tz5jk2p