Rob Carter

He/Him/His

Probably over-appreciated in his time.

[Rob Carter @RobtheCarter]

Twice daily. No exceptions.

[Rob Carter @RobtheCarter]

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[The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social @mitpress]

Recently, one of our marketers discovered that Amazon does not allow "queer theory" to be included as a keyword in enhanced product descriptions (the fancy graphics you sometimes see at the bottom of a book page on Amazon).

[The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social @mitpress]

In other words, our book about how LGBTQIA+ content is rendered invisible by the internet's infrastructure could NOT be tagged as "queer theory." Ironic, don't you think?

[The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social @mitpress]

Recently, one of our marketers discovered that Amazon does not allow "queer theory" to be included as a keyword in enhanced product descriptions (the fancy graphics you sometimes see at the bottom of a book page on Amazon).

[Taniel @Taniel]

I've been asked what specific local & state elections matter a lot in the wake of Dobbs, & what concretely they'd affect.

With the caveats that the next steps need to involve mobilization, solidarity, & protests that aren't electorally focused, here are some thoughts. ↓

[Rob Carter @RobtheCarter]

@samjmintz Keep an eye out that they don't just leave it vacant though. I used to tell people to unsubscribe if their local paper wasn't filled in a timely manner because I saw Lexington's go reporter-less for MONTHS while I worked there.

[Rob Carter @RobtheCarter]

@samjmintz The budget never allowed for enough freelancers or God forbid a floating extra reporter for the region that could step in and keep it from being embarrassingly bad.

[Rob Carter @RobtheCarter]

@samjmintz I think Ross (the main Arlington reporter) got a gig with Boston dot com a couple weeks ago, so it is a low point. But the amount of time they allowed papers to go without coverage was something that drove me nuts when I worked for Gannet (Gatehouse at the time).

[Rob Carter @RobtheCarter]

@erinwade323 @nbcbrooklyn99

[Rob Carter @RobtheCarter]

@mrsmorganlynch @erinwade323 Me and Michael in this thread

[Rob Carter @RobtheCarter]

Right you are, the pope, anyone who doesn't have children is selfish and lacking humanity.

[CNN @CNN]

Pope Francis has criticized couples who choose to have pets instead of children as selfish, arguing that their decision to forgo parenthood leads to a loss of "humanity" and is a detriment to civilization. https://t.co/pgjhADcDel

[Rob Carter @RobtheCarter]

@ me next time Ime!

[Jay King @ByJayKing]

Ime Udoka: “I don’t have a lot of hobbies outside of basketball. … I’m not flying kites or anything like that.”

[Rob Carter @RobtheCarter]

He's Baby SNOW-da.

[Rob Carter @RobtheCarter]

@7News How was the officer involved?

[Rob Carter @RobtheCarter]

@PangRay If I understood the Always Sunny musical correctly even Trolls charge tolls, Ray!

[Rob Carter @RobtheCarter]

This is a slippery slope - soon firefighters will be asked to stop collecting fares for putting out fires. Libraries won't charge for book rentals. Public works will fix the roads without charging the people who live on that street.
It sounds nice but who's going to pay for it!?

[MayorWu @MayorWu]

THREAD: Today, I’m excited to put forward an appropriation order for $8M to make Boston’s 23, 28 & 29 bus lines fare-free for a 2-year period. Here’s how this program will lay the groundwork for accessible transit in our city:

[NFL+ @NFLPlus]

The Cooper-Rush-to-Amari-Cooper TD is the 1st in NFL history where the passer's first name & receiver's last name are an exact match

Cowboys also have the only pass TD where passer's LAST and receiver's FIRST were an exact match: Andy Dalton-Dalton Schultz in Wk 11, 2020 at MIN

[Rob Carter @RobtheCarter]

@MirandaRSuarez @erinwade323 When I get a gallery we'll make sure Rio gets his own exhibit.

[Rob Carter @RobtheCarter]

@MirandaRSuarez @erinwade323 Ha! We're definitely using the same photo editor and everything.

[David Fadul @david_fadul]

Boston friends: today is the last day to register to vote for the general election. Go do it!

[Rev. Laura Everett @RevEverett]

To recap on basic decency & accountability:
- BPD: no apology to family
- Boston Police Dept has yet to discipline the officers, even though the internal investigation wrapped up more than a year ago.

No lessons learned? #bospoli