Caroline Baxter
@ccbaxter.bsky.social
Once and future🙋public servant.
Global risks; music; food; the occasional drink.
Impact and leverage are not verbs. I am not your key stakeholder.
Global risks; music; food; the occasional drink.
Impact and leverage are not verbs. I am not your key stakeholder.
“For your technical challenge, the judges would love you to make a dozen gingerbread cookies, using the famous ‘screw it’ technique for the icing”
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
“For your technical challenge, the judges would love you to make a dozen gingerbread cookies, using the famous ‘screw it’ technique for the icing”
Pumpkin Spice Sidecar. Happy Samhain, Ghouls and Ghoulettes
November 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Pumpkin Spice Sidecar. Happy Samhain, Ghouls and Ghoulettes
White House Down but about a ballroom and we did it to ourselves
October 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
White House Down but about a ballroom and we did it to ourselves
“Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.”
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.”
October 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
“Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.”
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.”
Did you know your iPhone has built in white noise? I didn’t.
1) Settings
2) Accessibility
3) Audio & Visual
4) Background Sounds
Voila!
What a world.
1) Settings
2) Accessibility
3) Audio & Visual
4) Background Sounds
Voila!
What a world.
October 17, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Did you know your iPhone has built in white noise? I didn’t.
1) Settings
2) Accessibility
3) Audio & Visual
4) Background Sounds
Voila!
What a world.
1) Settings
2) Accessibility
3) Audio & Visual
4) Background Sounds
Voila!
What a world.
Every day is a good day to reread Lincoln’s Lyceum address.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
October 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Every day is a good day to reread Lincoln’s Lyceum address.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
Human parenting is hard enough without having to simultaneously parent a dolphin but thanks for the input Harvard
October 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Human parenting is hard enough without having to simultaneously parent a dolphin but thanks for the input Harvard
Comme j’adore Montréal.
October 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Comme j’adore Montréal.
Vodka, homemade honey ginger syrup, lemon juice. Happy Mabon.
September 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Vodka, homemade honey ginger syrup, lemon juice. Happy Mabon.
Katie Ledecky has broken 17 world records and won an Olympic gold medal at 15, but ok
September 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Katie Ledecky has broken 17 world records and won an Olympic gold medal at 15, but ok
Timeline cleanse:
I give you: the Jack Rabbit, a cocktail of my own invention. Carrot juice, smoky tequila, Cointreau, Angostura bitters, and lemon. A margarita took a walk thru the vegetable patch; mix of earthy and spicy and sweet.
I give you: the Jack Rabbit, a cocktail of my own invention. Carrot juice, smoky tequila, Cointreau, Angostura bitters, and lemon. A margarita took a walk thru the vegetable patch; mix of earthy and spicy and sweet.
August 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Timeline cleanse:
I give you: the Jack Rabbit, a cocktail of my own invention. Carrot juice, smoky tequila, Cointreau, Angostura bitters, and lemon. A margarita took a walk thru the vegetable patch; mix of earthy and spicy and sweet.
I give you: the Jack Rabbit, a cocktail of my own invention. Carrot juice, smoky tequila, Cointreau, Angostura bitters, and lemon. A margarita took a walk thru the vegetable patch; mix of earthy and spicy and sweet.
I don’t know who this F35 pilot/songwriting genius is but Merge Merchant is my vote for the best new artist of 2025. Tossup between this song and DCA Kangz.
August 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I don’t know who this F35 pilot/songwriting genius is but Merge Merchant is my vote for the best new artist of 2025. Tossup between this song and DCA Kangz.
An @theonion.com subscription never disappoints.
August 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
An @theonion.com subscription never disappoints.
Cannot possibly recommend higher. Carrot juice + amaro: who knew?
August 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Cannot possibly recommend higher. Carrot juice + amaro: who knew?
“I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of air conditioners cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.”
August 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
“I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of air conditioners cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.”
Get yourself a best friend who makes you laugh so hard you screencap a text exchange and keep it and then find it again seven years later and it makes you laugh all over again.
June 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Get yourself a best friend who makes you laugh so hard you screencap a text exchange and keep it and then find it again seven years later and it makes you laugh all over again.
The front page of the Washington Post has a picture of the Secretary of Defense at a press conference the day after the US bombed Iran. In his hand Hegseth holds not a Congressional authorization, not a map, not declassified intelligence. It's a print-out of one President Trump's Truth Social posts.
June 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The front page of the Washington Post has a picture of the Secretary of Defense at a press conference the day after the US bombed Iran. In his hand Hegseth holds not a Congressional authorization, not a map, not declassified intelligence. It's a print-out of one President Trump's Truth Social posts.
You and me both, old hard drive. You. And me. Both.
June 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
You and me both, old hard drive. You. And me. Both.
When life gives you lemons, make pizza.
Is that the right aphorism? Of course it isn’t. Go make your own damn aphorism.
Is that the right aphorism? Of course it isn’t. Go make your own damn aphorism.
June 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
When life gives you lemons, make pizza.
Is that the right aphorism? Of course it isn’t. Go make your own damn aphorism.
Is that the right aphorism? Of course it isn’t. Go make your own damn aphorism.
This is an Old Fashioned that my bartender pal here in Montreal made with whiskey (and an apology) because American products - ie, bourbon - are gone from the shelves. It’s still a tasty Old Fashioned, tho.
May 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This is an Old Fashioned that my bartender pal here in Montreal made with whiskey (and an apology) because American products - ie, bourbon - are gone from the shelves. It’s still a tasty Old Fashioned, tho.
In other serious news - major score at the neighborhood Little Free Library - complete with ancient hand-written recipe for a Long Island Iced Tea. The week is looking up.
March 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
In other serious news - major score at the neighborhood Little Free Library - complete with ancient hand-written recipe for a Long Island Iced Tea. The week is looking up.
