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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD

@doctorcarrie.bsky.social

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Professor, Applied Communication, Sensemaking Studies, and Communication Literacy, Dickinson State University. Posts do not reflect DSU or NDUS. Jedi who fights for peace, justice, truth, dialogue, compasison, and empathy. www.playingwithresearch.com

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 25d

Is the suspending of Kimmel when the fandoms fight back?

Is this when all the fandoms align to stop the evil threat?

Is this our "Avengers Assemble" moment?

captain america is holding a hammer and says avengers assemble

Alt: captain america is holding a hammer and says avengers assemble

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 8h

Part of me wonders how the pop culture inflatables are being received, including by the companies that own the copyright for their likeness.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 8h

I think Fantastic Four: First Steps forgot it needed tension to underline all the pretty aesthetics.

a man in a fantastic 4 outfit says i don 't know

ALT: a man in a fantastic 4 outfit says i don 't know

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 16h

Meatloaf (singer) Universal monster movies, Same Time Next Year, Westerns, Glee, Smallville.

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 22h

Like a child, my soon-to-be 75yo father likes to repeatedly return to the content he knows will bring him joy. Content he trusts to provide the same emotional reaction. Fandom at the beginning, fandom at the end, fandom always? @fanstudies.bsky.social

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 1d

A deity is a creature that cannot feel suffering. And yet it requests all mortals that follow it suffer in order to achieve paradise. And I'm not supposed to see that as just an allegory for the wealthy-poor dynamic why?

Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 1d

Share a cartoon you will always love.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 1d

It's like, I adore what John Cena has done as Peacemaker, as it addresses some important issues about toxic masculinity.

Then he wrestles in WWE, claiming loyalty to sex abusers.

How does one rectify that?

Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 2d

Whelp, how's this for a War on Christmas?

Either buy now, or buy Etsy or local artisans.

Heck, get into homemade gifts this year. Because ain't no one buying cheap Chinese-made gifts these years...

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 2d

oh no

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 2d

I love this image.

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 2d

Muwahahahaha

Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 2d

What I really don't understand is why? Why does Qatar want an airbase here?

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 2d

And, who benefits from the choices?

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3d

All I want in life is to persuade everyone, when encountering politics & culture, to ask, "why are we talking about this?" I mean that very literally: anything you encounter on your screens reflects a choice. Someone covered that, talked about that, rather than the many other things out there. Why?

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3d

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 2d

What's the deal with this year's hurricane season?

#TropicalStormJerry

National Hurricane Center Bot @nhcbot.bsky.social · 2d

11 am AST Fri, Oct. 10 Key Messages on Tropical Storm #Jerry. #contents#contents" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at5+shtml/101441.shtml?key_messages#contents https://x.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/1976665233117860119

Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 2d

I love how many posts are in this because you can tell it comes from an academic who knows how to cite sources.

Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 3d

Destroying fascists for a century.

Mary Joy @maryjoy.bsky.social · 3d

So antifa is the new weapons of mass destruction?

Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 3d

Saw a truck today with various decals, but my faves were the Christian symbols existing alongside a Zero Fucks one.

Because, while I'm not a Christian, I'm pretty sure Jesus wants you to give a fuck.

#ConservativeHypocrisy

Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 3d

Like, when I try to help people, I really want to get their opinion on what they want to do, how, and why.

I really don't want to just dictate to people what I think they should do, how, and why.

That's the path to the Dark Side.

I don't want that to dominate my destiny.

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melanie newport @melanienewport.bsky.social · 3d

higher education in 2025, where students can coordinate public harassment campaigns against faculty with impunity but also where professors can’t actually flee the country to escape threats to murder them in class (gift link). www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 4d

No one ever became a gunslinger because they loved their lives. Suicidality and pain are ingrained in the American monomyth.

Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 4d

Seriously, if Christian eschatology is accurate...

Axios @axios.com · 4d

President Trump told Axios he is "likely going to Israel in the coming days" to address the country's parliament in the wake of the Gaza peace deal.

Trump tells Axios he's "likely" going to Israel for speech after Gaza deal

"It is a great day for Israel and for the world," he said in a call with Axios.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 4d

This is the lesson of 2025

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 4d

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 4d

Dear #AcademicSky #EduSky

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Canadians please help! #duet #canada #help #need #notsafe #support #safety #work #network #refugee

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Carrie -- Yes, That Carrie, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 4d

Mayhaps we use this in @mpcaaca.bsky.social...

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 5d

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.