This Durham Grandma and Grandchild Are Instagram’s Sweetest Influencers When Ae Bügger moved to Durham to take care of their grandmother, the pair discovered a delectable new way to spend their time together.

wrote about Durham's most charming food critics: 92-year-old Margaret Teta and her grandchild Ae, who hunt down local desserts and review them on Instagram

SUBMISSIONS OPEN We’re seeking fantasy, science-fiction, and horror short stories that embrace punk and queer rage. There’s a glass ceiling in SFF representation, and we want you to throw a brick through it. Bring us the coven that burned Salem and your roaring bear-serkers. We want gangs of acid-wash werewolves, furious bipyromancers, flesh-eating femmes, and vengeant celestial bois—a cast of the downtrodden who make ruins of their oppressors. Wrath lies at the heart of queer liberation—it can be a spur to action and the only righteous response to a world that would prefer we didn’t exist. So crash mainframes, collapse empires, and break normativity. Pride month is over. It’s time for— WRATH MONTH

Instructions for Subs: Kneel. Good author. Stories can be fantasy, science-fiction or horror Stories must be queer (broadly defined), and fit the theme of punk / queer wrath Length up to 6,000 words Payment is $0.08 per word No multiple submissions, no reprints No AI-assisted writing ever ever ever Subs via our website (see below), no cover letter needed Submissions open until the close of May 31st 2025 Full details: www.bona-books.com/submissions

Ok, Bsky - a MISSION for you.

We want as many subs to Wrath Month as possible, from as diverse an array of voices as possible. POC voices, disabled voices, neurodiverse voices, trans voices, ace and aro voices - everyone.

Scream it from the rooftops, folks!

Orville Peck & Willie Nelson - Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond Of Each Other (Official Video) YouTube video by Orville Peck

Willie Nelson has been a real one for a long time. One of my favourite of his recent collabs is with the gay country star Orville Peck on ‘Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond Of Each Other’

youtu.be/BirJMnMcfBs

And the nurses!! 🙋🏻‍♀️

If you change the font of your short story twenty or thirty times, does that help the perfect ending reveal itself to you? Asking for a friend…

Bull City, you’ve got options!

We’ll pick you up & drop you off in East & North Durham for FREE.

No big bus. No crowd, just a fare-free shuttle service for select areas.

Book a ride today with the GoDurham ACCESS app or visit: godurhamtransit.org/mobile-booking
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In a nutshell:

Proud of the spousal unit for taking first place coed team in his relay today at occoneechee speedway along with his running buddy H. So fun to see everyone run around the old dirt nascar track. #rundurm #hillsboroughnc

FINAL CHANCE: Shape Durham’s Parks & Recreation Future! Durham’s Comprehensive Parks, Recreation & Open Space Plan is almost complete—don’t miss this FINAL OPPORTUNITY to share your input! 📅 Thursday, Feb. 13 | 🕕 6 - 7:30 p.m. 📍 Durham Armory, 212 Foster St. 🚗 Parking: Durham Centre Garage (300 W. Morgan St.) – Validation available on-site! Childcare and snacks available to participants. Join us to review the recommendations & have your voice heard!

Spanish text: FINAL CHANCE: Shape Durham’s Parks & Recreation Future! Durham’s Comprehensive Parks, Recreation & Open Space Plan is almost complete—don’t miss this FINAL OPPORTUNITY to share your input! 📅 Thursday, Feb. 13 | 🕕 6 - 7:30 p.m. 📍 Durham Armory, 212 Foster St. 🚗 Parking: Durham Centre Garage (300 W. Morgan St.) – Validation available on-site! Childcare and snacks available to participants. Join us to review the recommendations & have your voice heard!

Our Comprehensive Parks, Recreation & Open Space Plan is almost complete—don’t miss this FINAL OPPORTUNITY to share your input!
📅 Thursday, February 13
🕕 6-7:30 p.m.
📍 Durham Armory, 212 Foster St.
🚗 Durham Centre Garage, 300 W. Morgan St.
➡️ www.dprplaymore.org/514

Omg I can totally attest to this being true for my Durham neighborhood near Rockwood

Wake Judge Dismisses Jefferson Griffin’s Election Challenge It isn’t the end of legal battles over the state Supreme Court race, but it is a setback for Griffin’s effort to throw out thousands of votes.

Wake County Special Superior Court Judge William Pittman rejected Jefferson Griffin’s attempt to overturn his 734-vote loss to Justice Allison Riggs in last year’s state Supreme Court race on Friday.

www.theassemblync.com/politics/cou...

Here’s what Wake will do if ICE shows up at schools. Will agents be allowed on campuses? Fears about raids have intensified as President Donald Trump has promised to carry out “the largest deportation operation in history.”

Wake Co tells principals ICE doesn’t come into schools without a warrant 👍

“Absent a warrant, Wake says it reserves the right under district policy to deny ICE agents entry absent “exigent circumstances indicating a threat to public safety.”

www.heraldsun.com/news/local/e...

Just finished Dietland by Sarai Walker - so good! As a recovering dieter so much of the first half of the book was relatable. The second half wove a twisted, delicious revenge fantasy that considers the question of what happens if we put fear into those who have scared us for so long. 4/5 ⭐️ #booksky

Todays edition of toddlerhood is exhausting: my 4 yo insisting he must push each piano key before he will get in the car for preschool 🤦🏻‍♀️

Dear Trans Kids, You Don't Need the Government's Permission to Exist Activist and journalist Raquel Willis offers crucial advice to trans and non-binary youth.

No one gave us our identities and no one can take them away. www.teenvogue.com/story/dear-t...

❤️ Rubies

To any woman who needs to hear this:
aidaccess.org will mail reproductive healthcare to your house discreetly and will work with you on prices. woman will donate money to help other women get the care they need.

PASS IT ON folks.
#Obgynsky #Medsky

Inspiration will strike!

Ugh the struggle is real!!!

Good to know which companies to support.

Brazil | Bradt Guides About this book Beautiful, vibrant, exuberant and welcoming, Brazil is truly a country to explore. From the miles of pristine and often deserted beaches along the coast to the mighty virgin forest of ...

I have also used Footprints travel guides in the past with good success and it looks like they have multiple ones on Brazil, rio, etc

www.bradtguides.com/product/braz...

Exploring the Brazil Where Schnapps and Grappa Flow A road trip through Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state leads to German and Italian cuisine, dialects and a surprising number of music festivals.

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/t...

If it were Europe I would say a Rick Steves book - they are fabulous! But he doesn’t publish much about South America. He did host a guy on his podcast who was a Brazil travel expert awhile back - Seth Kugel. Here’s one of his articles

Starting reading #redwhiteandroyalblue at 9:30pm last night and finished at 2:30am. My kiddo woke me up shortly after 6am. I regret nothing. #booknerd 🥱🥱🥱

What a pretty boy!

Urgent trans and nonbinary update: I called a passport office and got a sympathetic rep who told me officially any information about gender markers is posted online. Unofficially, they *literally whispered,* they have heard the same rumors about passports being confiscated.

#PreOrderNow From Daniel Wallace, acclaimed author of BIG FISH and THIS ISN'T GOING TO END WELL, comes a dazzling collection of flash fiction: BENEATH THE MOON AND LONG DEAD STARS coming May 20! https://buff.ly/40oUECS

My little devil 😈 / angel 😇