Putin 2026 wall calendar. You're welcome.

RIP to the penny

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

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

Doritos don't kill people - guns do

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

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.

Warped information here, warped information there. Trust nowhere. We are living in a truth desert.

China gets serious

Hero

I know what you're reading the most about this morning but I just wanted to add this to the mix

Happy 55th birthday to Neko Case, to my ears the single greatest artist of this century. I kid you not. Sorry Ye. Sorry rebooted Silverchair.

Maybe the world isn’t ending after all. Med Deli to reopen next Tuesday.

The only thing better than dissent is dissent laced with absurdist mockery - Qi Hong following in the footsteps of Ai Weiwei

Good news for Durham film (and community) lovers

Important journalism here: the 50 best dive bars in America huckberry.com/journal/post...

Make Cooperation Cool Again I will give you one chicken for some Serge Gainsbourg vinyl

Fun read for #USWNT fans - love seeing former Tar Heels Ally Sentnor and Avery Patterson getting their due and can't WAIT to watch Lily Yohannes dominate for the next 15 years. So much talent.

Now we’ve got a game! Former UNC striker Alessia Russo with a gorgeous header to equalize for England vs Spain. Having said that, go Spain! #weuro

A little revisionist but 60 years ago today Bob Dylan invented punk rock by giving the people exactly what they didn't want and rubbing their noses in his genius.

“We’ve lost decency, we’ve lost civility, we’ve lost respect for the rule of law." Jeff Daniels is Will McAvoy in real life.

Guilty as charged

RIP Connie Francis

You'll never guess where we're deporting people to now. Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) is the last absolute monarchy in Africa. Fat, happy ruler King Mswati III has a less-than-stellar record on human rights. Kinda like us right now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

It just occurred to me that building aura and boosting stoke might be one and the same.

I simply can't stand how well-written and researched this @indyweek.bsky.social article is (props to @eddysarah.bsky.social). A murder mystery centered on the namesake of the most hallowed Chapel Hill restaurant of all. A story with layers and history and current relevance. Damn!!

Sorry, is this irony orrrrrrrr ... ?

Coming September 26. Very excited.

OK, Wisconsin!

Murkowski boooooooooo

Every summer is so trying now, so full of extremes and endurance tests. Imagine if the nations most responsible and most capable of doing something about climate change had actual strong leadership instead of performative peacocking. apnews.com/article/heat...

the two genders: male and Political

Terminating democracy at home and abroad

Venice braces itself

my periodic reminder that your artistic work — your writing, music, dance, whatever it is — is crucially important for you and for the people who receive it, in ways you might never personally experience or grasp. you gotta trust me, please keep going

Love the people. Hate the governments. The gap between what people want and what their government does is too wide in too many places. Too wide and too dangerous. Agnostic prayers for peace, cooperation and more female leadership.

"The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves..." June 19, 1865

Can't be anything more 2025 than skipping your high school graduation for fear of being nabbed by a shady immigration deportation squad. Poor kids.

Holy crap, San Francisco! (via @brucehinze.bsky.social)

Astonishing turnout at the #NoKings protest in #Durham today. Cautious estimate is that it was 50x as large as the last march we went to down by the bull. I would post some pictures here if I trusted my government. Beautiful scenes anyway, a city teeming with love.

Can't make this stuff up

Breaking news: Brian Wilson, the founder of the Beach Boys, whose catalogue of hits includes “I Get Around,” “Don’t Worry Baby” and “California Girls," has died at 82.