#Erin Carlson

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The Bookshelf Conversations #170: Erin Carlson

My, how times have changed. When A League of Their Own came out in 1992, it did so without much reference to “coming out.” While the vastly popular film did bring much deserved yet overlooked attention to the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, one of the contemporary complaints is that it did not address the lesbian issue. (The Apple series — which saw its second season recently…

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The Bookshelf Conversations #170: Erin Carlson

My, how times have changed. When A League of Their Own came out in 1992, it did so without much reference to “coming out.” While the vastly popular film did bring much deserved yet overlooked attention to the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, one of the contemporary complaints is that it did not address the lesbian issue. (The Apple series — which saw its second season recently…

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Erin Ambrose surprises Molly Carlson with some Victoire merch

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Sibling fancast: Carlson Young & Erin Moriarty

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The firing of Putin ass kisser Tucker Carlson by Fox is good news for Ukraine.

Russia, on the other hand, is sad about the removal of their most high profile propagandist in the US from his prominent place on the American media landscape.

It’s downright bizarre how Tucker Carlson and Russian state media have been reciting from the same page.

Tucker Carlson has been a major disseminator of Kremlin disinformation in the United States. And until April 24th, he was being empowered by Fox News and the Murdoch media empire.

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Cont. from @reveriemxses (x)

"I dunno. I've heard that most people would do that hearing that someone they know is in hospital. But this makes things easier." he replied, glancing around his room with a sigh. "Name your price. I just really need something unhealthy and the nurses would probably frown at me."

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Our interview with Erin Carlson (author of I’ll Have What She’s Having: How Nora Ephron’s Three Iconic Films Saved the Romantic Comedy, and Queen Meryl) is available wherever you get your podcasts, and on The Cage Club Network website

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books read in 2023

january

sweep in peace by ilona andrews

one fell sweep by ilona andrews

a court of mist and fury by sarah j. maas

sweep of the blade by ilona andrews

sweep with me by ilona andrews

my best friend’s exorcism by grady hendrix

kiss her once for me by alison cochrun

the seven husbands of evelyn hugo by taylor jenkins reid

i’m glad my mom died by jennette mccurdy

love and other words by christina lauren

sweep of the heart by ilona andrews

the only living girl on earth by charles yu

witches get stuff done by molly harper

you had me at hola by alexis daria

her vigilante by lillian lark

inconvenient daughter by lauren j. sharkey

anon pls. by deuxmoi

you are eating an orange. you are naked. by sheung-king

legends & lattes by travis baldree

bad vibes only (and other things i bring to the table) by nora mcinerny

signs of cupidity by raven kennedy

bonds of cupidity by raven kennedy

crimes of cupidity by raven kennedy

read: 23

february

exciting times by naoise dolan

sweethand by n.g. peltier

you made a fool of death with your beauty by akwaeke emezi

something wilder by christina lauren

highly suspicious and unfairly cute by talia hibbert

you deserve each other by sarah hogle

this is how you lose the time war by amal el-mohtar and max goldstone

would you rather by allison ashley

read: 8

march

meet me in the margins by melissa ferguson

king of battle and blood by scarlett st. clair

the exotic by hampton sides

river of shadows by karina halle

alone with you in the ether by olivie blake

lovelight farms by b.k. borison

the soulmate equation by christina lauren

before i let go by kennedy ryan

haunting adeline by h.d. carlson

the lies i tell by julie clark

one jump at a time by nathan chen

our wives under the sea by julia armfield

all systems red (the murderbot diaries #1) by martha wells

before the coffee gets cold by toshikazu kawaguchi

read: 14

april

funny you should ask by elissa sussman

make a scene by mimi grace

sweeter than chocolate by lizzie shane

the kiss quotient by helen hoang

my favorite half-night stand by christina lauren

romantic comedy by curtis sittenfeld

icebreaker by a.l. graziadei

the wedding proposal by john swansiger

circling back to you by julie tieu

by the book by amanda sellet

a lady’s guide to mischief and mayhem by manda collins

love in the time of serial killers by alicia thompson

if the shoe fits by julie murphy

whispers of you by catherine cowles

the kiss curse by erin sterling

by the book by jasmine guillory

honey & spice by bolu babalola

one night on the island by josie silver

the bodyguard by katherine center

the reunion by kayla olson

the neighbor favor by kristina forest

crooked kingdom by leigh bardugo

do i know you? by emily wibberley & austin siegemund-broka

just my type by falon ballard

delilah green doesn’t care by ashley herring blake

happy place by emily henry

dating dr. dil by nisha sharma

icebreaker by hannah grace

count your lucky stars by alexandria bellefleur

stone cold fox by rachel koller croft 

fake it till you bake it by jamie wesley

read: 31

may

the dead romantics

motherthing by ainslie hogarth

the woman in the library by sulari gentill

artificial condition (the murderbot diaries #2) by martha wells

the last word by taylor adams

you shouldn’t have come here by jeneva rose

read: 6

june

fourth wing (the empyrean #1) by rebecca yarros

the very secret society of irregular witches by sangu mandanna

love, theoretically by ali hazelwood

read: 3

july

the traitor queen (the bridge kingdom #2) by danielle l. jensen

the beast by katee robert

baldur's gate: descent into avernus by by james introcaso et. al

forget me not by julie soto

the wishing game by meg shaffer

read: 5

august

the true love experiment by christina lauren

pachinko by min jin lee

almond by sohn won-pyung, translated by joosun lee

hook, line, and sinker by tessa bailey

read: 4

september

hey, u up? (for a serious relationship): how to turn your booty call into your emergency contact by emily axford & brian murphy

everyone knows your mother is a witch by rivka galchen

fangs by sarah andersen

a room with a view by e.m. forster

juniper bean resorts to murder by gracie ruth mitchell

one's company by ashley hutson

the mysterious affair at styles by agatha christie

solita: a gothic romance by vivien rainn

you, again by kate goldbeck

the undertaking of hart and mercy by megan bannen

my roommate is a vampire by jenna levine

the picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde

the vampires of el norte by isabel cañas

her body and other parties by carmen maria machado

evil eye by etaf rum

the seven year slip by ashley poston

read: 17

october

keeper of enchanted rooms by charlie n. holmberg

the serpent and the wings of night by carissa broadbent

shy by max porter

down comes the night by allison saft

the unfortunate side effects of heartbreak and magic by breanne randall

the hurricane wars by thea guanzon

read: 6

november

a witch's guide to fake dating a demon by sarah hawley

the wake-up call by beth o'leary

when in rome by sarah adams

the view was exhausting by mikaella clements and onjuli datta

hello stranger by katherine center

practice makes perfect by sarah adams

do your worst by rosie danan

read: 7

december

bookshops & bonedust by travis baldree

the fake mate by lana ferguson

read: 2

final count: 127/100

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Hi Cat and Mouse!! Hope you’re having a nice week so far! Can you please suggest some alternate FCs for Emma Roberts' please? Thank you so much!!

Trace Lysette (1987) - is trans.

Amiyah Scott (1988) African-American - is trans.

Patti Harrison (1990) Vietnamese / English, other - is trans.

Alexandra Grey (1991) African-American - is trans.

Michaela Jaé Rodriguez (1991) African-American / Puerto Rican, African-American - is trans.

Zión Moreno (1992) Mexican [Unspecified Native American and Spanish] - is trans.

Hari Nef (1992) Ashkenazi Jewish - is trans.

Jesse James Keitel (1993) - is trans.

Eve Lindley (1993) Cuban and White - is trans.

also:

Dianna Agron (1986) Ashkenazi Jewish / Irish, German, Norwegian, English, distant Welsh [converted to Judaism].

Meaghan Rath (1986) Ashkenazi Jewish / Goan Indian.

Jessica Rothe (1987) Ashkenazi Jewish / German, Scottish, English.

Claire Holt (1988)

Danielle Savre (1988)

Allison Williams (1988)

Summer Bishil (1988) Indian / Mexican, German, English, distant Dutch.

Brianne Howey (1989)

Zosia Mamet (1988) Ashkenazi Jewish / German, English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh.

Dina Shihabi (1989) Palestinian, Saudi Arabian / Norwegian, German and Haitian.

Nafessa Williams (1989) African-American.

Kylie Bunbury (1989) Afro Guyanese / Swedish, as well as Polish, English, and German.

Hassie Harrison (1990)

Carlson Young (1990)

Elizabeth Debicki (1990)

Molly McCook (1990)

Jenny Boyd (1991)

Willa Fitzgerald (1991)

Elizabeth Lail (1992)

Adria Arjona (1992) Guatemalan / Puerto Rican.

Niamh Algar (1992)

Rachel Keller (1992) Ashkenazi Jewish / German, Irish, English, Scottish, distant French.

Billie Lourd (1992) Ashkenazi Jewish (maternal grandfather), English, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh, German, Cajun/French.

Melissa Roxburgh (1992)

Bryana Holly (1993) Kānaka Maoli, Japanese, White.

Halston Sage (1993) Ashkenazi Jewish (at least three quarters), Cuban.

Lily Mae Harrington (1993)

Mina El Hammani (1993) Moroccan.

Elizabeth Gillies (1993)

Hunter King (1993) English, other / one quarter Italian, three quarters Ashkenazi Jewish.

Emily Rudd (1993)

Jodie Comer (1993)

Arsema Thomas (1994) Nigerian / Ethiopian.

Erin Moriarty (1994)

Tati Gabrielle (1996) African-American, 1/4 Korean.

And there's more alts HERE too!

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FC Opposites:

Aaron Johnson

Aaron Paul

Alberto Rosende

Alexander Skarsgard

Alicia Vikander

Andrew Garfield

Beau Mirchoff

Bill Hader

Bill Skarsgard

Booboo Stewart

Brenton Thwaites

Bryan Greenberg

Charlie Heaton

Claire Holt

Dacre Montgomery

Daisy Edgar-Jones

David Harbour

Dev Patel

Dylan Arnold

Elizabeth Olsen

Felix Mallard

Gael Garcia Bernal

Jack O'Connell

Joe Keery

John Boyega

Jonah Hauer-King

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Kat Graham

Kit Connor

Keanu Reeves

Ki Hong Lee

Krysten Ritter

Lana Condor

Lakeith Stanfield

Lily James

Logan Lerman

Luke Hemmings

Luke Pasqualino

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan

Mia Goth

Michiel Huisman

Milo Ventgimilia 

Nicholas Galitzine

Nick Robinson

Nico Hiraga

Penn Badgley

Peter Gadiot

Renee Rapp

Riz Ahmed

Ross Butler

Taron Egerton

Theo James

Thomas Sangster

Tom Holland

Victoria Pedretti

FC’s I’d like to play:

Alba Baptista

Aly Michalka

Amybeth Mcnulty

AJ Michalka

Alex Saxon

Annasophia Robb

Braeden Lemasters

Carlson Young

Carey Mulligan

Daisy Edgar-Jones

Darren Barnet

Dianna Agron

Emmy Rossum

Hilary Duff

Janel Parrish

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Josh Hutcherson

Lola Tung

Mae Whitman

Michiel Huisman

Miles Heizer

Molly Gordon

Natalie Alyn Lind

Olivia Cooke

Olivia Rodrigo

Owen Teague

Phoebe Bridgers

Phoebe Dynevor

Richa Moorjani

Robbie Amell

Sarah Pidgeon

Shenae Grimes

Skyler Samuels

Sofia Boutella

Victoria Pedretti

Zach Gilford

FC’S of established muses I’d like to play (characters I already have developed):

Abbey Cowen

Auli’i Cravahlo

Bailee Madison

Barbie Ferreria

Bill Hader

Brie Larson

Chase Sui Wonders

Cody Christian

Danielle Rose Russell

Devon Bostick

Dylan Minnette

Dylan O'Brien

Elizabeth Lail

Emily Alyn Lind

Erin Moriarty

Grace Van Dien

Halston Sage

Hayley Orrantia 

Jack O'Connell

James Maslow

Jamie Chung

Jenna Coleman

Jennifer Morrison

Jessica Chastain

Joe Keery

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Julia Garner

Kate Mara

Keira Knightley

Kiernan Shipka

Lana Condor

Liana Liberato

Lucas Jade Zumann

Lucy Boynton

Maika Monroe

Margaret Qualley

Maya Hawke

Maude Apatow

Minka Kelly

Natalia Dyer

Naomi Scott

Oliver Jackson Cohen

Paul Mescal

Phoebe Tonkin

Rachel Sennott

Renee Rapp

Robbie Amell

Rudy Pankow

Sabrina Carpenter

Saoirse Ronan

Shailene Woodley

Sofia Carson

Stefanie Scott

Thomas Sangster

Virginia Gardner

Will Poulter

Willa Fitzgerald

Zendaya

Zoey Deutch

italicized - open for only platonic

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See how Russian media depicts former Fox host Tucker Carlson 

CNN's Erin Burnett examines how Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov reacted to former Fox News host Tucker Carlson's departure from the network.

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fc suggestions for kate denali pls?

carlson young , jamie chung , erin moriarty , gemma chan , nicola coughlan , aditi rao hydari , taylor lashae , morgan holmstrom , jessica alba , nathalie emmanuel , courtney eaton , chase sui wonders , tanaya beatty , brie larson , teresa palmer

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mwf fcs please?

of   course   !   we'd   love   to   see:   renee   rapp,   samantha   logan,   greta   onieogou,   zendaya   coleman,   rain   spencer,   halle   bailey,   madison   bailey,   katherine   mcnamara,   kathryn   newton,   madison   iseman,   katie   douglas,   antonia   gentry,   chelsea   clark,   kaylee   kaneshiro,   danielle   rose   russell,   lizeth   selene,   liza   soberano,   valentina   zenere,   erin   moriarty,   victoria   justice,   liz   gillies,   ashley  moore,  sophie  thatcher,  olivia   scott   welch,   kiana   madeira,   daisy   edgar   jones,   josephine   langford,  ana  de  armas,   halston  sage,  cierra   ramirez,   maia   reficco,   zaria   simone,   malia   pyles,   davika  hoorne,  chandler   kinney,   savannah   lee   smith,   hannah   dodd,   havana   rose   liu,   anya  chalotra,  blu   hunt,   ayo   edebiri,   midori   francis,   charithra   chandran,  jenna   ortega,   mint   ranchrawee,   nicola   coughlan,   simone   ashley,   sofia   carson,   camila   mendes,   vanessa   morgan,   shay   mitchell,   carlson   young,   lucy   hale,   simay  barlas,  shay  mitchell,  adeline   rudolph,   tati   gabrielle,   adria   arjona,   han   so-hee,   lindsey   morgan,   phoebe   dyvenor,   olivia  cooke,  chase   sui   wonders,   suki   waterhouse,   jaz   sinclair,   alisha   boe,   kiana   lede,   kylie   verzosa,   brianne  tju,  lisa  yamada,    maude  apatow,  ryan  destiny,  jessie  mei  lei,  pinar  deniz,  laura   harrier,   melisa   asli   pamuk,   hande   ercel,  khadijha   red   thunder,   ashlihan  malbora,  lola  tung,  lana  candor,  daniela  nieves,  yara  shahidi,  amandla  stenberg,  sisi  stringer,  priscilla  quintana,  fiona  palomo,  taylor  russell,  natasha  liu  bordizzo, minnie  mills,   anna   sawai,   megan  suri,  and   courtney   eaton   !  please  do  let  us  know  if  you happen to  need  more  !

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Meltdown of prominent CPA firm comes amid crisis for Minnesota charter schools

One owner's theft led to the demise of the Anton Group, which worked for dozens of charter schools across the state, where there is a shortage of firms to help with finances. Legacy of Dr. Josie R. Johnson Montessori charter school in Minneapolis closed recently with financial woes. Several Minnesota charters are trying to navigate a shortage of firms that can help financially.

After Michael Pocrnich was accused of stealing more than $40,000 from one of his charter school clients in 2022, his accounting firm melted down, leaving dozens of Minnesota charter schools scrambling to find a new financial adviser.

The collapse of St. Paul-based Anton Group comes at a critical time for charter schools, which are contending with a shortage of firms capable of navigating their complex finances.

"We are hearing about a lot of situations where schools have lost their auditors and can't find a new one," said Joey Cienian, executive director of MN Association of Charter Schools, which represents the state's 180 charter schools. "It has been a huge problem."

In 2023, an association survey showed that 29% of the state's charter schools lost their auditor, and some were still struggling to find a new one as the deadline for financial reports neared on Dec. 31, Cienian said. As a result of the shortage, financial service costs have doubled or tripled for some charter schools, he said.

Legacy of Dr. Josie R. Johnson Montessori, a Minneapolis charter school that shut down last week amid financial trouble, lost its auditor last year and has yet to submit audits for 2022 or 2023 to the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE), according to the school's authorizer, Osprey Wilds.

"They were misled by their financial services provider into believing their audit was underway," said Erin Anderson, Osprey Wilds' director of charter school authorizing.

Anderson declined to identify the firm, and the school's leader did not return calls.

MDE officials said 46 charter schools missed the 2023 reporting deadline, up from 41 last year. Spokesman Kevin Burns said the department has not withheld any funds related to delays.

State Auditor Julie Blaha said she is aware of the shortage in financial services, noting that several townships and small pension funds also lost their longtime auditors in 2023. Blaha said she will ask state legislators to consider widespread changes in auditing requirements at this year's legislative session, noting that some low-risk entities probably require less monitoring.

"I wouldn't propose cutting auditing requirements for charter schools, but we can look for other places where we can recalibrate so more resources are available," Blaha said. "We aren't going to be able to hire our way out of this. We are going to have to change how we do that work."

Some charter school leaders said they have struggled for years to find reliable financial advisers.

Dennis Carlson, who took over the state's largest charter school program in 2016 after retiring as superintendent of the Anoka-Hennepin school district, said he was stunned to discover he inherited a $200,000 deficit at Minnesota Transitions Charter Schools. The reason for the surprise? The most recent audit showed the school had a surplus of $1.4 million.

"The auditor there was just unscrupulous," said Carlson, who also caught a transportation vendor engaged in double billing, costing Minnesota Transitions an extra $500,000 a year.

Carlson said fraud and overspending can be difficult for charter school leaders to uncover because so many of them lack financial expertise. He said MDE should provide more oversight of charter schools and their authorizers, and offer more training to the people running the schools. He said authorizers and charter school boards also need to step up their supervision.

"With the track record we've had with fraud in Minnesota, it shows that people need to do a better job on accountability," said Carlson, who retired from Minnesota Transitions in 2018. "We have to make sure these tax dollars are spent appropriately."

Theft led to firm's collapse

The Anton Group's demise started in February 2022, when a bank employee flagged a potentially fraudulent transfer of $106,071 from one of the firm's biggest clients, Noble Academy in Brooklyn Park. The transaction raised concerns because the money was being sent to a private account controlled by Pocrnich, not the firm's regular business account, according to court records.

Though school officials voided the transfer, employees soon discovered that Pocrnich had previously transferred $42,500 from Noble Academy to his personal account in two transactions, claiming it was for accounting services. But Anton Group employees said Pocrnich was unable to produce invoices supporting the payments, court records show.

Dawn Jenkins, who started the firm with Pocrnich in 2014, confronted her partner about the payments. Instead of repaying the money, Pocrnich "offered to pay Jenkins in exchange for keeping his theft quiet," according to a lawsuit filed by one of his former partners.

Jenkins declined and told the other owners of the firm, who placed Pocrnich on unpaid leave and investigated the extent of his wrongdoing. According to the lawsuit, the probe showed his theft from Noble was "just the tip of the iceberg." The other owners found that he had stolen from other clients and lied to staff when they inquired about the "illegal transactions."

Jenkins and the other owners reported their findings to the Minnesota Board of Accountancy, according to the lawsuit. In May, the board revoked Pocrnich's CPA license and fined him $20,000.

The Anton Group also reported its concerns to authorities in Ramsey County, who charged Pocrnich in October with one count of theft by swindle, a felony. Pocrnich agreed to plead guilty to the charge last week. Sentencing is set for March 4.

Neither Pocrnich nor his attorney returned calls.

Pocrnich's theft prompted his former partners to dissolve the Anton Group in August 2022, saying that Pocrnich's "egregious conduct" destroyed the company's reputation, court records show. At the time, the firm was generating $3 million per year in revenue.

Several of the partners decided to start over with a new firm, EdFinMN, which retained several key employees, court records show.

But it was a tough breakup. Jenkins turned down an offer to be a new co-owner of the venture, citing the "emotional and mental strain of Pocrnich's actions," according to an affidavit filed by Kyle Knudson, who bought a 10% share in the Anton Group in 2022 just before the thefts became known.

Court records filed by Pocrnich indicate EdFinMN held onto as many as 24 former charter school clients, which would be 10 fewer than the Anton Group reportedly had in 2021. In an email exchange with the Star Tribune, Knudson — who is EdFinMN's chief executive officer — declined to address any downsizing.

Scott Brown, chief financial officer at EdFinMN, said in an email that he plans to cite the experience as an example for his clients, noting, "Malfeasance can happen by anyone and almost anywhere."

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2023 Lincoln Forum - Lincoln as a Communicator

This video features a panel consisting of Professor Joseph Fornieri, Edward Achorn, Harold Holzer, and Ronald White discussing Abraham Lincoln’s qualities as a communicator. The video’s description reads, “Historians Edward Achorn, Joseph Fornieri, Ronald White, Harold Holzer, and Erin Carlson Mast discussed President Abraham Lincoln as a communicator and shaper of public opinion. This event was…