NC’s budget negotiations are moving, but dragging. Where talks stand Or, come for the latest on the budget, stay for the aviation references. #ncpol www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

Exclusive news and images of the massive construction site in downtown Raleigh. See what the new NC Education Campus in Raleigh will look like, inside and out #ncpol www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

Some of the best days in SciFi!

People do not feel this way about great products! www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

The city blocked off part of our neighborhood to tear down a building w asbestos. The teen said "Why did people use asbestos if it causes cancer?!" I told him people thought it was a wonder product and used it EVERYWHERE & told him how the same thing happened w radioactivity... and now AI.

Trump fires the entire National Science Board

New property tax story: A bill to pause NC property tax revaluations could be law by May, Berger says Plus what Democrats are proposing #ncga #ncpol www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

sometimes you just have to go all-caps in the headline www.theverge.com/podcast/9170...

Major development on the state budget:

Two copy editors high-fiving so hard right now

“.. could become a dangerous new phase of the war should President Donald Trump choose to escalate.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Welp, it took a few days, but my bracket is finally busted for real.

All of this is crazy infuriating. The rich get richer. The rest of us pay ten grand per gallon of printer ink.

This is Aly. She just learned about capitalism. Certainly not a perfect system, but if that is what it takes to put chippies on the table, she understands. 13/10 (IG: alythebichon)

This is amazing. www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

If you are among the thousands of Republican voters who live in NC Senate District 26, this is a story for you. If you are one of the 11 million people living in North Carolina, this is also a story for you. #ncga #ncpol Read more at: www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

Dutch Bros employees surprised a shelter volunteer with enough pup cups for every dog in the shelter. 13/10 for all (TT: juliesaraceno2)

You've heard that something is going on with colon cancer. I'm working on a thing...let me know what you think!! Is it helpful? What would you do different? hankgreen.com/crc

This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal

This GOOD BOY ran onto the course during the Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint event, crossing the finish line and being automatically recorded by OMEGA’s photofinish camera 😆

DOG AT THE OLYMPICS FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS

Ring walks away from Flock. Statement is a doozy! www.theverge.com/news/878447/...

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/

In today's Under the Dome newsletter: #ncpol

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."

Here's a time-lapse from yesterday as thousands of people marched through downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE. 📷️: Sydney Lewis/The Minnesota Star Tribune

I'm on PBS NC "State Lines" this weekend: #ncpol www.pbs.org/video/januar...

On our new @newsobserver.com Under the Dome podcast episode, I'm joined by @kyleingram.bsky.social as we talk about lapsed state employee salaries and what to expect at the #ncga this week. #ncpol open.spotify.com/episode/2I1y...

New: UNC gets court win, but it’s sending coronavirus research records to the General Assembly's Gov Ops www.newsobserver.com/news/politic... #ncga #ncpol

Democratic NC Gov. Josh Stein talks with The News & Observer about the budget fight, taxes, Medicaid funding and balance of power.

In today's Under the Dome: The last state without a budget. NC Gov. Stein ‘here at the table’ still waiting on the General Assembly #ncga #ncpol Read more at: www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

Per Craig Ferguson: When you're about to say something, ask yourself 1. Does this need to be said 2. Does this need to be said by me 3. Does this need to be said by me right now It's amazing how asking these will get keep you out of trouble (that is, if you actually have sense to begin with)

When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.

School shootings and measles

Brendan Carr is a dummy

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

But how, oh how, could this have been prevented?? (Vaccines. It's vaccines. Duh.)

New @newsobserver.com Under the Dome podcast is out. I talk about #ncpol and Raleigh and Wake County candidate filing for 2026 with @kyleingram.bsky.social and @annamroman.bsky.social. Plus the latest on Raleigh’s new city hall. open.spotify.com/episode/3CWu...

Thread, long but very worth it.

This is beautiful

Breaking news: A dozen former leaders of the FDA warned that plans for a stricter approach to vaccine approvals risks undermining the nation’s ability to fight infectious diseases and could threaten the health of vulnerable Americans.

I'm really sorry to hear about the passing of Rodney Rogers, the basketball player who epitomizes what it means to give back to your community. Here’s a story from 2017 when Durham honored him: www.heraldsun.com/news/local/counties/durham-county/article179206786.html

CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”

Covered the protest downtown tonight: Hundreds protest Border Patrol downtown, chanting ‘Out of Raleigh now’ www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...

Battle of the branches: Republicans reject NC Gov. Josh Stein’s call for a Medicaid extra session, calling it an attempt to ‘usurp’ power of the General Assembly #ncga #ncpol Read more at: www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

“.. the bulletin cites five 2025 incidents involving fake immigration officers and says criminals are using Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s heightened profile to target vulnerable communities ..” @wired.com www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

ladies and gentlemen...we got him

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

I have a theory www.theverge.com/policy/79849...