Today's Headlines
The Strait is open/closed.
There is/isn't a ceasefire.
A guy mismanaged a thing because sex/money/booze.
Someone was briefly reprimanded for something they should've been jailed for.
A religion was used to justify something somewhere.
Iggy Pop turned 79.
One of my all-time favorite players - congrats to UNC & USWNT legend Crystal Dunn on an incredible career.
"Silicon Valley used to believe it could change the world. Now it just hopes the world won’t change its stock price."
-- Journalist Om Malik after Apple CEO Tim Cook attended a VIP screening of "Melania" hours after the Alex Pretti execution
MLK no KKK no ICE no fascism no more cruelty repeat
Coming May 8 - not kidding.
A @themountaingoats.bsky.social performance for the ages. Band on fire and John seems to have unlocked a portal that helps him shoe-horn a novel into a pop song. Speechless.
A Nigerian Brit. A small town North Carolinian Brazilian. Finneas. My songs of the year.
Excellent, much-needed digging as always
Great Guardian piece on some shocking dollar store shenanigans (co-written by Durham journo legend Barry Yeoman)
Putin 2026 wall calendar. You're welcome.
A penny cost 3 cents to make.
A nickel costs more than a dime to make.
Perfect lesson in modern economics.
under my regime if a company uses the term “tools” to refer to something without measurable weight which cannot be physically brandished and used as a weapon, that company will be dissolved and its assets seized
Sign o the times but I teared up when I saw your Dad in there. xoxo from nc
Breaking news: Pre**dent T**mp reacts to last night's Dem victories with deep and insightful comment...
“We had an interesting evening, and we learned a lot, and we’re going to talk about that.”
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
IYKYK
Hey NC lovers of art or people or community or meaningful life experiences marked by kindness and camaraderie:
I dare you to get as excited as I am about this upcoming art show at @peelgallery.bsky.social in Carrboro
Please report back if you do indeed get that excited so I can log it. Thx
Because figuratively tearing down the White House wasn't enough
Autumn in Chicago
Some early MIA vibes (and appropos MySpace visuals) on this new banger from Sylvan Esso
My easygoing free country full of so many freedoms
Bakar is everything
New Neko out today. Total stunner. Title track goes from elegiac to Zeppelin in nothing flat. Nailed it.
Maker of Masterpieces
Durham Pride this weekend. Taking a moment to recognize the horrors & sacrifices so many people endured to drag us forward from our natural resting neanderthal state. Good to live in a place with a history of kindness, compassion, tolerance and occasional heroism.
