Carter Baxter
@another.rodeo
Endorsed for banter and dolphin facts. Has worn many hats, and was never told there would be so many rodeos. Don't blame my employer for the dumb things I say, and never assume anything I say here is correct.
Every Christmas I am just wrecked by Otis youtu.be/x_k5skKLwb8?...
Otis Redding - White Christmas (Atco Records 1967)
YouTube video by ChristmasTimeTV
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Every Christmas I am just wrecked by Otis youtu.be/x_k5skKLwb8?...
I will never understand why this is not widely regarded as the best version of Little Drummer Boy. Because it is, especially at the end where they just go full punk with the thing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm2G...
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - Little Drummer Boy (Official Audio)
YouTube video by JoanJettVEVO
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I will never understand why this is not widely regarded as the best version of Little Drummer Boy. Because it is, especially at the end where they just go full punk with the thing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm2G...
Every single 8 a.m. meeting ever is an indication that something has gone badly awry, and no 8 a.m. meeting ever has un-awry'd it.
December 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Every single 8 a.m. meeting ever is an indication that something has gone badly awry, and no 8 a.m. meeting ever has un-awry'd it.
My questionable holiday gift to you all, two short and completely pointless playlists:
Songs that make you go "woo" (open.spotify.com/playlist/6Wt...) and
Songs that make you go "beep" (open.spotify.com/playlist/76i...)
Now maybe I can get this out of my head.
Songs that make you go "woo" (open.spotify.com/playlist/6Wt...) and
Songs that make you go "beep" (open.spotify.com/playlist/76i...)
Now maybe I can get this out of my head.
Things that make you go woo
open.spotify.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
My questionable holiday gift to you all, two short and completely pointless playlists:
Songs that make you go "woo" (open.spotify.com/playlist/6Wt...) and
Songs that make you go "beep" (open.spotify.com/playlist/76i...)
Now maybe I can get this out of my head.
Songs that make you go "woo" (open.spotify.com/playlist/6Wt...) and
Songs that make you go "beep" (open.spotify.com/playlist/76i...)
Now maybe I can get this out of my head.
I was reminded today that there are still people out there who think SAFe agile isn't a bad joke.
Takes all kinds, I guess.
Takes all kinds, I guess.
December 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I was reminded today that there are still people out there who think SAFe agile isn't a bad joke.
Takes all kinds, I guess.
Takes all kinds, I guess.
Underrated song by an underrated band #LoveAndRockets www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCkM...
Mirror People
YouTube video by Love & Rockets - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Underrated song by an underrated band #LoveAndRockets www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCkM...
92% of defenestrations chose to throw themselves out of windows.
OPM says 92% of fed departures this year were voluntary. Those who left disagree
Staff only left "the most amazing job I could ever have" under significant pressure, former federal employees said.
www.govexec.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
92% of defenestrations chose to throw themselves out of windows.
A brief history of why we have car fuel economy standards:
- In 1973-1974 we had the Arab Oil Embargo. Oil and gas prices tripled overnight, if you could get gas at all. Gas stations had lines around the block or "no gas"signs out front. American struggled to keep their V8 gas guzzlers fueled up.
- In 1973-1974 we had the Arab Oil Embargo. Oil and gas prices tripled overnight, if you could get gas at all. Gas stations had lines around the block or "no gas"signs out front. American struggled to keep their V8 gas guzzlers fueled up.
December 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A brief history of why we have car fuel economy standards:
- In 1973-1974 we had the Arab Oil Embargo. Oil and gas prices tripled overnight, if you could get gas at all. Gas stations had lines around the block or "no gas"signs out front. American struggled to keep their V8 gas guzzlers fueled up.
- In 1973-1974 we had the Arab Oil Embargo. Oil and gas prices tripled overnight, if you could get gas at all. Gas stations had lines around the block or "no gas"signs out front. American struggled to keep their V8 gas guzzlers fueled up.
Putting together my annual "Best of" list for 2025 music, realizing that half of it actually came out in 2024, and thinking that I'll have to add "music" to the Big List of Things That Disappointed Me in 2025.
open.spotify.com/playlist/6xc...
open.spotify.com/playlist/6xc...
2025 Favorites
open.spotify.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Putting together my annual "Best of" list for 2025 music, realizing that half of it actually came out in 2024, and thinking that I'll have to add "music" to the Big List of Things That Disappointed Me in 2025.
open.spotify.com/playlist/6xc...
open.spotify.com/playlist/6xc...
Today I learned Bill Withers covered Everybody's Talkin' and holy cannoli how did I not know this before. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p10f...
Everybody's Talkin'
YouTube video by Bill Withers - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Today I learned Bill Withers covered Everybody's Talkin' and holy cannoli how did I not know this before. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p10f...
Thankful for the wonderful folks I call friends and colleagues. Even if we haven’t talked in awhile, I’m thinking of you and am grateful you have been a part of my life.
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Thankful for the wonderful folks I call friends and colleagues. Even if we haven’t talked in awhile, I’m thinking of you and am grateful you have been a part of my life.
I wrote about something most leaders eventually learn the hard way: feedback doesn’t scale.
At five people, it’s a conversation.
At 50, it’s complicated.
At 200, it’s a wall of sound and everyone is yelling.
What do you do with that?
another.rodeo/feedback/
At five people, it’s a conversation.
At 50, it’s complicated.
At 200, it’s a wall of sound and everyone is yelling.
What do you do with that?
another.rodeo/feedback/
Feedback doesn't scale | Another Rodeo
Listening is always hard, and it only gets harder at scale.
another.rodeo
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I wrote about something most leaders eventually learn the hard way: feedback doesn’t scale.
At five people, it’s a conversation.
At 50, it’s complicated.
At 200, it’s a wall of sound and everyone is yelling.
What do you do with that?
another.rodeo/feedback/
At five people, it’s a conversation.
At 50, it’s complicated.
At 200, it’s a wall of sound and everyone is yelling.
What do you do with that?
another.rodeo/feedback/
Reposted by Carter Baxter
"HAL is a paradigm shift in ML, with bleeding-edge neural heuristics and real-time emotion synthesis. HAL sees your existential needs, blending task execution with delightful conversation. He’s not just opening doors—he’s opening possibilities."
I will now take a few mill in VC funding, please.
I will now take a few mill in VC funding, please.
June 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"HAL is a paradigm shift in ML, with bleeding-edge neural heuristics and real-time emotion synthesis. HAL sees your existential needs, blending task execution with delightful conversation. He’s not just opening doors—he’s opening possibilities."
I will now take a few mill in VC funding, please.
I will now take a few mill in VC funding, please.
This weekend I repaired my wooden garage doors and wrote a little thing about arsonists, cooler heads, and the importance of temperature regulation to team health.
another.rodeo/thermostats/
another.rodeo/thermostats/
Thermostats | Another Rodeo
Tuning team temperature
another.rodeo
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This weekend I repaired my wooden garage doors and wrote a little thing about arsonists, cooler heads, and the importance of temperature regulation to team health.
another.rodeo/thermostats/
another.rodeo/thermostats/
I think at this point I need a "Holy shit, this just went down" feed that's nothing but the latest updates on what just went down, updated minute by minute.
Or maybe that's the *last* thing I need. I'm not sure.
Or maybe that's the *last* thing I need. I'm not sure.
November 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I think at this point I need a "Holy shit, this just went down" feed that's nothing but the latest updates on what just went down, updated minute by minute.
Or maybe that's the *last* thing I need. I'm not sure.
Or maybe that's the *last* thing I need. I'm not sure.
Today's earworm is courtesy of Marc Bolan & T. Rex.
"... and when I'm sad... I slide"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxRW...
"... and when I'm sad... I slide"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxRW...
The Slider
YouTube video by T. Rex - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Today's earworm is courtesy of Marc Bolan & T. Rex.
"... and when I'm sad... I slide"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxRW...
"... and when I'm sad... I slide"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxRW...
How many sandwiches do you think you could be hit with and remain standing?
November 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
How many sandwiches do you think you could be hit with and remain standing?
Extremely niche opinion: Gerald Collier should've been a much bigger deal, and his cover of "Rocket Man" is far superior to My Morning Jacket (and he did it decades earlier). open.spotify.com/track/0pkaBF...
Spotify – Web Player
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October 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Extremely niche opinion: Gerald Collier should've been a much bigger deal, and his cover of "Rocket Man" is far superior to My Morning Jacket (and he did it decades earlier). open.spotify.com/track/0pkaBF...
TIL you can still buy candy cigarettes.
October 31, 2025 at 12:05 PM
TIL you can still buy candy cigarettes.
My personal social interaction Venn diagram:
October 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
My personal social interaction Venn diagram:
The collapse is already here, and has been for a while, it's just unevenly distributed.
So far.
So far.
October 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The collapse is already here, and has been for a while, it's just unevenly distributed.
So far.
So far.
Reposted by Carter Baxter
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
I was going to just write a few notes on why I'd want to buy a 25-year-old SUV and ended up indicting late-stage capitalism. another.rodeo/4runner-intro/
Meet my new (to me) project truck: A 2000 Toyota 4Runner | Another Rodeo
Restoring an old 4Runner: rugged, analog, and built to last.
another.rodeo
September 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I was going to just write a few notes on why I'd want to buy a 25-year-old SUV and ended up indicting late-stage capitalism. another.rodeo/4runner-intro/
Sandra Day Real Estate
Ruin a band with a Supreme Court Justice
William Henry Moody Blues
William Henry Moody Blues
Ruin a band with a Supreme Court Justice
Byron White Stripes
Byron White Stripes
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Sandra Day Real Estate