Charlie Reece ✅ @charliereece.com · 1hFriends, @laurareece.bsky.social and I will be marching in Saturday's Durham Pride March with our kids. It's one of the things I missed so much about being in France and I'm so thrilled to be back this year! If you see me at the parade, let me know bc I'd love to hug each and every one of you. 060
Charlie Reece ✅ @charliereece.com · 4hBeen spending a little time lately looking at mid-18th century deed transfer documents from Surry County, NC. Familysearch.org is a beast! In related news, if anyone has a line on other primary sources for deeds, wills and other legal transactions in NC in the 1700s, let me know! 😂 001
Reposted by Charlie Reece ✅Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10hSomething remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...newrepublic.comIn Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s FaultThanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state. 833281834
Reposted by Charlie Reece ✅Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026What's fun about this whole contretemps and why it's worth watching again is how smirky Schmitt starts out - this is going to be his big moment – and how honest a puzzled Smith comes off, and how sharp Klobuchar was to quickly figure out the basic mistake. And then how pissy Schmitt gets at her. 361348208
Reposted by Charlie Reece ✅Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The funniest thing about the Schmitt rake stomp is that if it'd been a Dem we'd have a week of think pieces about how Dems lack of hoops literacy was alienating them from real America. 392615386
Reposted by Charlie Reece ✅Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Yeah I could have said, “across group identity, information seekers’ emotional valance rapidly progressed from positive to negative as the precognition to satisfy their information need became more complex” but I was trying to talk like a human! 11049
Charlie Reece ✅ @charliereece.com · 27/09/2026I don't have anything useful to add to The Discourse around that Rolling Stone article about that one song but I will say that folks who write as if they understand why I might say one thing or another are annoying as shit. The presumption! The ego! "Rolling Stone. Boy, I don't know." 130
Reposted by Charlie Reece ✅EQV Analytics @eqvanalytics.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"The deeper technical risk is that autonomous AI does not always know when it is wrong" News flash: a computer *never* knows when it is wrong...nor does it know anything else, either. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comWhy did an OpenAI system hack Australia's health system - and can it be stopped in the future?News that an automated AI agent hacked a government IT system raises big questions about regulating the tech. 031
Charlie Reece ✅ @charliereece.com · 23/09/2026This ain't it, folks. This cannot be the energy we bring into the next Congress. No. 083
Reposted by Charlie Reece ✅Sarah Willets @sarahwillets.bsky.social · 23/09/2026@indyweek.bsky.social's annual Pride edition is out! 1105
Charlie Reece ✅ @charliereece.com · 22/09/2026I'm sorry to say that I agree with this. I can be glad that the GOP seems to be headed for a huge repudiation at the polls while simultaneously having very little optimism about how the current Democratic Party will use their new institutional power if they manage to win the House and the Senate. 271
Reposted by Charlie Reece ✅Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 20/09/2026There is no "platform" and no one on this site can honestly say that they know what they would do if they win the House and/or Senate starting in January. What's the immediate first order of business, for example? No voter can say. It has not been communicated to anyone. 22610152
Reposted by Charlie Reece ✅Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.opb.orgOregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new reportA first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities. 8030831809
Reposted by Charlie Reece ✅Josh Stein @joshsteinnc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is no way to respond to a tragic disaster, no way to run a country, no way to campaign for office. Western North Carolinians have been working their tails off for the past two years to recover from Helene. It’s time for Washington to match their grit and fund our $10 billion request. 1334
Reposted by Charlie Reece ✅Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026$500, some highlighters, and ten days to wrap it up. Treat candidates like we treat teachers. 332697387
Reposted by Charlie Reece ✅EQV Analytics @eqvanalytics.bsky.social · 15/09/2026What is it with NC GOP senate candidate Michael Whatley and his increasingly numerous convicted pedophile friends? cardinalpine.com/news/michael...cardinalpine.comConvicted sex offender offered opening prayer at Michael Whatley rallyA registered sex offender kicked off a recent campaign stop for Michael Whatley, the Republican nominee for Senate from North Carolina. 064
Charlie Reece ✅ @charliereece.com · 15/09/2026Honestly I teared up reading this. Folks today wouldn't believe the resistance faced by my former Durham City Council colleague Jillian Johnson when she was working to bring this idea to Durham. And just look at what this amazing program is doing now! ❤️❤️❤️ www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/partici...smartcitiesdive.comParticipatory budgeting behind bars: Durham, North Carolina, gives incarcerated residents a sayThis 2026 Smart Cities Dive Community Project Award-winning program invites people in the county jail to weigh in on municipal spending. One resident told officials it restored his humanity. 061
Reposted by Charlie Reece ✅Nat Sauce @natsauce.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Remember Durham friends that Kroger shut down its stores in Durham and rebranded them Harris Teeter to break the union. Prior to the merger, the stores were unionized. Now they are not. 183
Charlie Reece ✅ @charliereece.com · 11/09/2026We used to build things. But now we don’t remember how. 010
Charlie Reece ✅ @charliereece.com · 11/09/2026I read this every year and every year it still gets me. 010
Charlie Reece ✅ @charliereece.com · 10/09/2026Just wanted to drop a quick note to everyone who helped make the last year so great, especially my lovely wife Laura and our kids Rose and Daniel. I start my next year in the midst of great change for myself and our family, but I know that it will be a fantastic year. ❤️❤️❤️ 140
Reposted by Charlie Reece ✅Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 09/09/2026Really rare to spot something like this in the wild, but The Wall Street Journal ran a "Supreme Court Expansion Is Secretly Unconstitutional Actually" column that directly refutes its thesis in the paragraph that immediately follows. Beautiful stuff. www.wsj.com/opinion/is-c... 652256453
Reposted by Charlie Reece ✅onion person @junlper.beer · 09/09/2026never forget except for donald trump, he can forget 1724449570
Charlie Reece ✅ @charliereece.com · 08/09/2026I feel like I have to wade through a powerful cinnamon-scented cloud every time I want to get into or out of a grocery store right now. A massive display of cinnamon-scented pinecones at Wegmans! A big barrel of cinnamon brooms at Harris Teeter! Is it just me or is anyone else seeing this?!?!! 😫😫😫 330
Charlie Reece ✅ @charliereece.com · 07/09/2026The whole thing with Trump proposing changing the name of New Mexico to New American got me thinking: Why hasn't Alabama or Mississippi changed the name of their state to Trump? If they really loved him, wouldn't they just do it? It could be a contest to see which of them loves Trump more! 260
Charlie Reece ✅ @charliereece.com · 07/09/2026The first time I watched this, I thought "oh wow Dana Delaney is looking great these days!" and then a moment later I thought "oh nonononono" Must see, obv. 👀👀👀 120
Charlie Reece ✅ @charliereece.com · 05/09/2026I didn't think this could be real the first couple of times I saw it being shared but this makes me believe it. 010
Charlie Reece ✅ @charliereece.com · 05/09/2026Everything you’ve heard about this performance isn’t enough. The breath control. The facial muscle control. The lack of tension. The lightness. The incredible fucking PRECISION. Is Kelly Clarkson the most talented singer on the planet? 010
Reposted by Charlie Reece ✅Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/09/2026Women and children must die so men can get a hard on is a Trump administration policy. 592603829
Reposted by Charlie Reece ✅Dylan “ZDW2 Shaping Up” Sanchez @captain-ventris.itch.io · 04/09/2026Just to be clear, this is lying. What the story is doing is lying. They’re doing this intentionally, and they know they’re doing it. It’s lying! 213930
Reposted by Charlie Reece ✅Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Trump Admins latest move to bring vote by mail sabotage plan to SCOTUS is a good example of the absolute necessity of breaking the current Court's corruption. This is transparently unconstitutional. Even if it weren't some version of Purcell wld require not rushing something so poorly planned ... 8559145
Reposted by Charlie Reece ✅Brian Hawkins @brianhawkins.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The important takeaway here is that if the President orders the military to invade a close ally they absolutely will do it, even if they think it’s preposterous. There are no “cooler heads” in the officer corps that are going to save the US, or anyone else. 121
Reposted by Charlie Reece ✅Charlie Reece ✅ @charliereece.com · 03/09/2026This is a banger right here, folks. 011
Charlie Reece ✅ @charliereece.com · 02/09/2026I'm logging in to share the mundane news that today I feel better than I have in years and as it turns out the rather annoying solution has been regular exercise (shoutout Duke Fitness Center!!) and changing my eating habits (thanks to the Nourish platform and my dietitian nutritionist Sara!!!). ❤️❤️❤️ 0100
Reposted by Charlie Reece ✅Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This is the correct position. 101237133
Charlie Reece ✅ @charliereece.com · 01/09/2026If you see an Instagram post you’d like to share here to agree/complain/whatevs, what’s the best way to do that? When I try to post a link to an IG post here, it doesn’t show a preview so it looks lame. Maybe the link + no preview + screenshot from the IG post? 100
Charlie Reece ✅ @charliereece.com · 01/09/2026Is there a preferred way to share an Instagram post over here for comment? When I do it, there’s no preview card. Maybe screenshot + link? 000
Reposted by Charlie Reece ✅David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The gig is up in the very first sentence of the Supreme Court's per curiam opinion on the Trump ballroom (emphasis added): "In October 2025, the *federal government* started a project to replace the East Wing of the White House." They've collapsed the legislative branch into the unitary executive. 622875720
Reposted by Charlie Reece ✅Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Ayman is right. Outrageous news lead which illustrates among other things how much "Arab Muslim-9/11 kinda sorta similar" thinking still pervades news. Also an example of how when u report/predict something that will happen but shouldn't u inevitably to some degree validate it & even encourage it. 1340790
Reposted by Charlie Reece ✅Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 30/08/2026read in between the lines and you see how white people believe they get to define reality. facts be damned. 191511317
Reposted by Charlie Reece ✅Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026My position on this is I have done enough. If my ice water is the crucible of our demise, then so be it. It was a good run. 21985
Reposted by Charlie Reece ✅rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Holy shiiiiiiit if you know anyone in North Carolina who may even know anyone who knows anyone who's been to an event by these people, get them to go get the rabies post-exposure prophylaxis shots RIGHT THE FUCK NOW, DO NOT WAIT, YOU CANNOT TREAT IT AFTER SYMPTOMS START 1019611825
