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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I am used to doing jerky for the dogs - so the overnight plan. Glad I asked! 🙃

Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Tell me more about this. Do you just put the herbs in the dehydrator after washing or is some other prep work involved? How long do you dehydrate them? We have a dehydrator and I never thought to try this!

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I have nightmares like this. Just be safe in the rush to get there!

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I have secondary trauma from this 😱

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I wish news orgs had a sliding scale for breaking news updates. Like, I only want the existential ones. If you are sending me breaking news five times a day, I think you are doing it wrong.

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Every time someone posts about USMNT, I sing in my head, "US Mutant Ninja Turtles." Turtle power.

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So, the tldr version - ED didn't read some case law right and went too far in the recodification by removing something it shouldn't have, but otherwise this just publishes the regs that everyone has been following anyway. And keep watching because there are more reg changes coming.

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Right now, the Department is going after federal funds based on folks allowing transgender women to play women's sports. So these next two changes are really important if you are worried about trans rights. We expected those rules in July, so we're just waiting...

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

However, the recodification lays the groundwork for two more regulatory changes we expect soon: the idea that Title IX protects biological sex (not gender identity), and the streamlining of the process to take away federal funds for noncompliance with Title IX.

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Anyway, I am a big fan of letting the evidence (not tenuous inferences) guide the decision, and also for not overreaching on regulatory issues. So, not a fan of this move by ED. To be clear, I also think trans folks should be protected under Title IX--this recodification doesn't affect that at all.

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Similarly, a (not good) hearing officer could rule against a Respondent for not showing up because they infer the Respondent has no defense. Any of this might be true, but it also might not be. Making these inferences (in most cases) would not be good practice. But now it's OK under the regs.

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A (not good) hearing officer could decide to rule against a Complainant because they infer the Complainant didn't think it was a big enough deal to participate, or because they must have been lying. They could rule for a Complainant because they infer that they were traumatized from the incident.

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And yet, when ED recodified the 2020 Title IX Regs, they explicitly removed this part of the sentence. With no apparent authority to do so. So now, there is no prohibition against making an inference (either for or against) because someone decided not to come to a hearing. What does this mean?

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

But there was a remaining part of that sentence that everyone still followed--if you don't show up to a hearing, the hearing officer can't draw inferences about policy violations just bc you opted out. This part is completely possible to follow without the vacated part. The court didn't touch it.

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

They took it a step too far and not in the way the headlines suggest. In the original 2020 regs, there was a rule that if you didn't show up for the hearing, the hearing officer or panel couldn't consider anything you said in the investigation. A court vacated that specific provision back in '21.

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This recodification has no general effect on anyone's rights (except for one big thing that no one is talking about, below). It is literally to put the 2020 regs back in the Code of Federal Regulations so people can find them and understand them. But...

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And yet, the 2024 rules have been sitting in the Code of Federal Regulations like they DO apply. This has been really confusing, particularly for people who are trying to advocate for folks going through an investigation process, or for folks that had greater protections under the 2024 regs.

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Can we talk about the Title IX Regs news for a moment? I do Title IX stuff for a living. This story is NOT what the headlines make it out to be. The 2024 Biden regs were vacated in 2025. No one has been following them because they don't apply.

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

That is the worst! Yeah, I would finish it too. But I am still bitter about several trilogy endings from the mid-2000s 🙃

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Life is short. It is OK to move to the next one and just... never know how it ends.

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Orin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Anibowei v. Blanche cert petition on whether border searches of computers require a warrant is now circulated for 10/9: It remains to be seen if the Court will direct DOJ to file a brief in opposition. (The Administration waived.) www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?...

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Dear Universal Cat Distribution System: we may be open to a small orange kitten. I cannot just go and get a kitten, as my husband would object based on the two cats two dogs already living here. So be sneaky about it.

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Thank you for sending me down a melanoma rabbit hole today. Looks like it is time to make a doctor appointment. I appreciate you!

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Saturday is for cleaning and chores. 😵‍💫

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I remember a time before kids and dogs when I could sleep in on Saturdays.

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Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷 @crawlieswithcri.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Okay - in lieu of quote posting myself AGAIN 🤣 Thought it would be helpful to fully update the Go Fund Me so folks not as familiar with me can understand what's going on! (see my TL for "worst timing ever" explainer) #cats gofund.me/c65973f9c

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Donate to Emergency Funds for Kiff’s & Binx's Vet Bills, organized by Christy Solo

Update (same as below - put here for clarity) Updated the request amount b… Christy Solo needs your support for Emergency Funds for Kiff’s & Binx's Vet Bills

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

That suit is fabulous. Colorful>>>plain black

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Come From Away is lovely, but I cry through a good chunk of it.

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

There are dinner shows, but apparently also brunch shows? So I am taking my parents to a brunch version of Come From Away this morning.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

One morning Toad sat in bed. “I have many things to do,” he said. “I will write them all down on a list so that I can remember them.”

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All These Cats Feed+Rescue @allthesecats.org · 12/09/2026

We’re sorry we ghosted you. We’ve been dealing w/stuff. Kenna the bipod cat has been feeling poorly, we’re being threatened w:eviction due to our community cat activities (more on that later), all while making sure all get fed. For now, enjoy these pics 🫶🏻 my.linkpod.site/allthesecats #cats #rva

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

in memoriam 🕯️

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Total bummer! At least you got a little blessing from childhood cat.

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Weren't you just saying you needed a cat? No? I don't think the Universal Cat Distribution System would get that wrong...

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The Rooster @rooster.info · 07/09/2026

BREAKING: Multiple sources tell The Rooster that Dr. Amy Acton’s attacker is Patrick Havas, the brother of Andrew Havas, the pedophile lobbyist who resigned in disgrace from the Husted campaign in July.

patrick havas handcuffed on a bench next to weapons

Andrew Havas resigns from Husted campaign

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Try Guitar Hero. Same kind of fun but less sprains. 🙃

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LegisLens @legislens.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

🔔 New Bill Update 📜 H.R.10298: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow certain p... 🗓️ Action Date: 2026-09-04 📝 Action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] Read more #Politics #Republicans #Democrats #News

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Today, my daughter and I are checking out to new independent bookstores and we are stoked.

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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 05/09/2026

This is interesting. You get assigned to being born at a random place and time in history, to see what a typical person's life might have been like then. Unfortunately I was born in 1403 in the valley of Mexico and died at age 4 from dysentery.

anyhumanever.com

Any Human Ever

One life, drawn at random from all who have ever lived.

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I had my annual physical yesterday, and today the doctor's office had an AI assistant call me to ask follow up questions about diet and exercise. Questions I answered yesterday. I am half tempted to go find a new doctor.

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Melissa Carleton @melissacarleton.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The Bear and the Nightingale audio book was excellent.

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