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R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Released on this day in 1992… share your favorite song in the comments.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Who you gonna believe, the lying liar or your own eyes? 👀
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The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New UNC System Faculty Chair Wants ‘Best Practices’ for Shared Governance UNC Asheville music professor Toby King enters his role as chair of the UNC System Faculty Assembly after a contentious year.
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New UNC System Faculty Chair Wants ‘Best Practices’ for Shared Governance
UNC Asheville music professor Toby King starts as chair of the UNC System Faculty Assembly after a contentious year. We asked him about his priorities.
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The Waterboys @waterboysmusic.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
With only one week to go until release, Mike shows us the vinyl edition of ATLANTIC RAIN: THE LOST FISHERMAN'S BLUES RECORDINGS. Atlantic Rain can be pre-ordered at thewaterboys.lnk.to/atlr
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Battery Power @batterypower.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Braves vs. Pirates rain delay chat and discussion www.batterypower.com/atlanta-brav...
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Braves vs. Pirates rain delay chat and discussion
Blame it on the rain
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/06/2026
Ignore the miserabilists: Andy Burnham as PM is a moment when things really can get better | Polly Toynbee
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Ignore the miserabilists: Andy Burnham as PM is a moment when things really can get better | Polly Toynbee
He’s the only person who can keep Nigel Farage out of Downing Street, so let’s embrace his unique blend of optimism and realism, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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The Launch Angle @launchanglehou.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Around The Farm: June 20 Sugar Land Space Cowboys (AAA) Corpus Christi Hooks (AA) Asheville Tourists (A+) Fayetteville Woodpeckers (A)
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Around The Farm: June 20
Sugar Land Space Cowboys (AAA) Corpus Christi Hooks (AA) Asheville Tourists (A+) Fayetteville Woodpeckers (A)
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John Watson 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @jpw67.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Why is no one talking about the #whitesox? Another great win last night.
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Vintage Jerseys & Hats @polyesterunis.com · 07/06/2026
Joe Torre, 1972 #STLCardinals #Baseball
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Dawn Whiteside Rubin @dd-rubin.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
At my first Asheville Tourists game for the season - and it's "Doggies At The Diamond" night! They're the farm team for the Houston Astros - High Single A.
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John Watson 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @jpw67.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Hello All. Nice day today, perhaps a second consecutive day absent rain. Enjoy while you can. For my part I have a lawn to mow…
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Reuters @reuters.com · 18/12/2025
Citi clears another regulatory hurdle to fix longstanding problems reut.rs/4qk1Knj
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Citi clears another regulatory hurdle to fix longstanding problems
Citigroup took another step toward fixing its longstanding compliance problems, announcing on Thursday that a U.S. bank regulator had removed part of a sweeping punishment requiring the bank to tackle its issues.
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 14/07/2025
Hello, I wrote this today and I think it's important context about data centers that people in Kentucky should know about, as utility companies and the legislature try to lure them here and justify spending billions on new power plants.
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
A sourdough baker turned entrepreneur in Asheville, NC has delayed his new product as he contemplates the prospect that higher costs will doom his company. @asheville.com @blueridgepublic.bsky.social
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His Start-Up May Not Survive Chaotic Rollout of Trump’s Tariffs
A sourdough baker turned entrepreneur in North Carolina has delayed his new product as he contemplates the prospect that higher costs will doom his company.
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MLB Scores @mlbscores.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Final: Guardians 4 WhiteSox 5
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Exactly.
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R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Bilbao, Spain 🇪🇸 July 5, 2008. “An amazing crowd … even in a pretty cold rain… on top of a mountain in Bilbao” said @bertisdowns.bsky.social
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John Watson 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @jpw67.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Happy Canada Day to all my Canadian friends. Hope you have a great day.
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Justin McGuire @justinmcguiremx.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
#NoKings Hendersonville, NC
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Father's Day cuts differently on your first one without a dad. My father passed away in March at age 88, and I wrote then about how his life symbolized a golden U.S. age of faith in the power of knowledge, the very notion now under attack. Here's a gift link share.inquirer.com/qHigKX
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Bryan H. Bunch (1936-2025) and the vanishing American century of knowledge | Will Bunch
On the passing of my father, and of the American era of knowledge he embodied.
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John Watson 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @jpw67.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Just back from #dc and forgot how hot it can get there in summer. Glad to be back in #asheville.
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Small Faces @roomforravers.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
What’s on your Turntable? You’ve all done very well. Have a treat. #smallfacessaturday
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John Watson 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @jpw67.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Hello to all my #asheville friends. Hope you’re getting out and spending money in Biltmore Village, the RAD, Marshall, etc. have a great (long) weekend.
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Small Faces @roomforravers.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
20 May 1965 - Small Faces play the Twisted Wheel R&B Club in Manchester.
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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 10/05/2025
White Sox fans paid homage to Pope Leo XIV during Chicago's game against the Marlins🙌 📸 @whitesox/X
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MoveOn @moveon.org · 01/05/2025
One quarter of Americans are now using buy-now, pay-later services for groceries. That’s unacceptable.
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R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
These are @michaelstipe.bsky.social's drawings for the front and back covers of Dead Letter Office (along with the back of a DLO promotional postcard)— the “compendium of oddities collared and b-sides compiled” was released on this day 38 years ago.
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John Watson 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @jpw67.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
@neworleanssaints.bsky.social You guys out there?
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John Watson 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @jpw67.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Unfortunately, I have to start the process of unfollowing #news organizations who hide stories behind a paywall since it does me no good to follow and get the tease, and then not be able to read the story. This will limit my news intake to current subs, but oh well...
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John Watson 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @jpw67.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Happy #easter to those celebrating. Regardless, I hope you have a relaxing Sunday.
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John Watson 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @jpw67.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
@gtathletics.bsky.social @gtfootball.bsky.social Guys, time to activate these accounts. Let's hear from you.
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No Cap Space WBB @nocapspacewbb.com · 02/04/2025
No Cap Space’s ‘Legends of March’ series continues, looking at some of the most successful programs in the history of the NCAA Tournament. Today, we examine the first era of the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters who ruled Ruston from the AIAW to the NCAA.
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The Legendarium: Reign in Ruston, Part 1
No Cap Space WBB's 'Legends of March' historical series continues with Old Dominion's longtime foil and one of the 70's and 80's greatest programs, the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters.
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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Very excited to say something I haven't been able to say in a decade: we are hiring a tenure-track historian at Louisiana Tech. We're casting the net wide, basically any field outside of North America. Happy to answer any questions ulsltu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LATECH...
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Assistant Professor of History
Thank you for your interest in employment with Louisiana Tech University. POSITION: Assistant Professor of History. The School of History and Social Sciences at Louisiana Tech University invites appli...
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Asheville, NC @asheville.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
We're coming back! Biltmore Village was possibly the hardest hit, from a financial standpoint, per sq ft. So many businesses destroyed. It's not all the way back yet, but things are looking up.
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Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
This kicked off everything
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Surviving Texas @itscindyrae.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
60 Minutes Interview: “I believe, sadly, Russian narratives are prevailing in the U.S.,” Zelenskyy said.”
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
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Small Faces @roomforravers.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
It's nearly Autumn. goplacesdothings.uk/2025/04/02/s...
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Stone Me Softly: Small Faces’ Twilight Opus Finally Finds Its Voice
The Autumn Stone, a posthumous release from Small Faces, gains new life in a remastered 3LP vinyl box and 3CD set curated by Kenney Jones. This edition elevates previously overlooked tracks, especi…
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I kind of want to go
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R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
45 years ago on April 5, 1980, the band played their first show at friend Kathleen O'Brien's birthday party. Sandra Lee Phipps took these photos that historic night in Athens at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church on Oconee Street.
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 04/04/2025
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 HUGE red alert in North Carolina. The Appeals Court ruled that the 60,000+ voters whose ballots were challenged in the Supreme Court race have 15 BUSINESS DAYS to correct their registrations. This is gonna be all hands on deck, NC Dems. Stay tuned. www.carolinajournal.com/appeals-cour...
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Appeals Court orders new vote calculations in NC Supreme Court election dispute
A North Carolina Appeals Court panel has split, 2-1, in ordering state elections officials to recalculate vote totals in the disputed 2024 state Supreme Court election. The 103-page decision Friday re...
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory. Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
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R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Accelerate, the band’s 14 studio album, was released this week in 2008 (March 31/April 1). The LP was produced by Jacknife Lee and included singles “Supernatural Superserious,” “Hollow Man,” “Man-Sized Wreath,” & “Until The Day Is Done.” Share your favorite track in the comments.
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John Watson 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @jpw67.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Rain!! Woohoo
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Colin Oreilly @colin0reilly.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Morgan Wallen is garbage making wimp music. 🤮 💩
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Does anyone know the unemployment rate for Veterans ? If 30 percent of the federal workforce is Vets, the number could get ugly quickly. Any data out there ?
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
🚨🚨Elon Musk, DOGE & Donald Trump CONTINUE to gaslight America about Social Security's INTEGRITY! Social Security's fraud rate of 0.00625%, far lower than private sector retirement programs. Musk & DOGE are INVITING fraudsters & Scammers are rushing in to take advantage of confusion created by DOGE.
Elon Musk Slanders Tens of Millions of Social Security Beneficiaries As “Fraudsters” 


(Washington, DC) — The following is a statement from Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works, on Elon Musk’s statements during his interview on FOX News last night:


“Using comments that tracked those of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Elon Musk  repeated the Trump administration’s lies about Social Security.  He made the absurd claim that 40 percent of the over 78 million Americans who call Social Security’s 1-800 number every year are ‘fraudsters.’ Like Lutnick, he said that those ‘who scream the loudest’ are ‘the fraudsters.’


The truth is that Social Security has a fraud rate of 0.00625 percent, far lower than private sector retirement programs. It is Musk and DOGE who are inviting in fraudsters. Scammers are already rushing in to take advantage of the confusion created by DOGE’s service cuts.  


No one who thinks Social Security is a criminal Ponzi scheme should be anywhere near our earned Social Security benefits or the sensitive data we provide the Social Security Administration.“
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 28/03/2025
No, Elon. 40% of people who call Social Security's 1-800 number are not fraudsters, Social Security is not a Ponzi scheme & nobody who is 150 years old is getting a Social Security check. Stop the lies. Stop the disinformation. Get your billionaire hands off Social Security.
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 26/03/2025
Pete Hegseth is a f*cking liar. This is so clearly classified info he recklessly leaked that could’ve gotten our pilots killed. He needs to resign in disgrace immediately.
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