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Join us at The Plant Next week for an extraordinary evening of storytelling, cultural connection, and environmental stewardship. Featuring special guests Chumpi Washikiat and Godi Godar. Sign up link here : act.sierraclub.org/events/detai... (do not need to be a Sierra Club member to join us!)

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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

this story is nuts — UNC Health briefly adopted BidShift, a platform that has nurses bid against eachother for hard-to-fill shifts, so that the hourly premium rate (already substantially lower than it was pre-pandemic) keeps dropping. It pivoted after backlash.

indyweek.com

The Gig Is Up: UNC Health Does an About-Face on BidShift

UNC Health dropped the software Bidshift after a plan to make nurses bid against each other for extra shifts caused a social media firestorm.

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 29/09/2026

I did. I also disabled to snooze button and relocated the alarm on / off button at the end of a long cable so I had to crawl out of bed to turn off the alarm. This was when I was in college and averaging 4-5 hours a night of sleep 🤣

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 28/09/2026

Today, on the Carrbororean Radio hour, Monday at 4PM, I will be joined in the WCOM studio by Tina Clossick who serves as President of Cardinal Track Club, Wayne Eckert, Cardinal Track Club’s Race Director and also Cliff Simpson Tune in at WCOMP 103.5 FM or streaming on (wcomfm.org) 4-5pm

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 27/09/2026

A HUGE congratulations to Brandon McNulty, World Champion on a brutally difficult parcours !

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Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“The Gone Ghosts” playing on the Twin House stage at the Carrboro Music Festival. Blog blogger J Rees and Jason Wares interviewed Dave Hedeman last week. Check out the Carrboroean Radio hour website for a playback of the interview, which includes live studio music

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 27/09/2026

Apparently, there is a rule that, when the UCI men’s road cycling championships take place in North America, it MUST be on my birthday. Montréal today and Richmond in 2015 🚴🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A common talking point among American urbanists is how tourists go to Europe and love walkable, bikeable, transit-oriented cities yet fight those same policies at home. So it's cool to see Rick Steves focusing on urban planning in European cities. (Unfortunately there is no transcript)

ricksteves.com

Program 745a: Orkney Living; Walkable Cities; Nomads of Europe

Hear what it's like to live on one of the windswept Orkney Islands, off the northernmost tip of Scotland, where people have made a home since prehistoric times. Then learn how redesigned urban centers...

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 26/09/2026

Carrboro Music Festival Market at the Arys Center until 7PM. Meet bands, buy vinyl, get merch, and sip beer from Steel String!

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 25/09/2026

Wait… Whut? As long as they arrive on time.. Don’t spill their drink on my laptop .. are dressed It’s ok. Glad I’m not in the job market I definitely would skip you for sure if I were looking

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 25/09/2026

The editor of “The Carrboroean” and some of the contributors celebrate the new crosswalks outside the Drakeford and call your attention to the Music Market , happening tomorrow, from 4 to 7 at the Arts Center WCOM FM will having a live remote broadcast as well.

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 25/09/2026

Triangle Jazz Quartet at you know where

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 24/09/2026

One home per acre is land hoarding, sprawl and irresponsible

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Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Carrboro Music Festival is coming up this weekend Starting with a Music Market at the Arts Center on Saturday from 4PM, kickoff concert at Cats Cradle and 100 bands performing live throughout Carrboro . It’s rainy now but the weekend weather is looking perfect

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 23/09/2026

Today is a Cigarettes after Sex day. Let me share the vibe: youtu.be/-mnH9-SX2Tg?...

youtu.be

Cigarettes After Sex - Apocalypse (Live on KEXP)

YouTube video by KEXP

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 22/09/2026

I’m live on WCOM right now talking about the Carrboro Music Festival

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

He killed these two for IG content.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The driver’s behavior before and after the crash is sociopathic. But also, no car operated on public roads should be able to go 100 mph, much less 142 mph.

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 19/09/2026

BikeWalk Community Ride Linking Carolina Beach and Kure Beach

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 18/09/2026

Sara Goodyear and Doug Gordon from “Life After Cars” speaking at the BikeWalkNc conference

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026

New in PN: Retire in peace "McConnell would never be allowed to drive a car, babysit young children, or file his own taxes. Why, then, should a cognitively incapacitated 82-year-old retain one of the most important positions of power within the national government?"

publicnotice.co

Retire in peace

McConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go.

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 17/09/2026

I was in Twin House the other day, and there was a dude practicing for his audition

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NC Chapter - Sierra Club @sierraclubnc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We've started a new monthly feature where we tell you a little about North Carolinians who help us "explore, enjoy and protect" our beautiful state. Meet Meghan Olis! NC Sierra Club members, use the link in the post to share your story. www.sierraclub.org/.../meet-our... See less

A brunette woman in sunglasses poses for a photo in front of a native plant garden at the North Carolina Museum of Art

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 15/09/2026

What is sad about this piece is the apartment complex at issue has already existed for some time and has been meeting the needs of residents at the 52% AMI income range.

citybuildernc.org

Please Do Not Put This in My Neighborhood

VERBATIM | A proposal to preserve affordable housing in Cary exposed ugly assumptions about who belongs in the community.

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 14/09/2026

Everyone taking the detour can take solace in knowing that this is a daily, and yearly experience for people on bikes riding to, for example, the library…

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 13/09/2026

People who never walk anywhere do not understand how toxic and dangerous it is. Every trip on bike or foot involves a near miss with someone doing a movement that is illegal nearly everywhere else on the planet. I’m sick of it

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 12/09/2026

‘Avid cyclist’ triggers me. We have a few here …

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Geoff Green @geoffgreen.org · 11/09/2026

Pangram analysis that reports an entire piece of writing (linked in the quoted post) was generated by AI

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 11/09/2026

If you have written annoying NIMBY content on “environmental grounds “ and now are using ai to write your angry letters you are the worst kind of hypocrite and I will call you out.

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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This. This was the peak of a folding phone. Nothing you do now will compete.

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Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Will Swofford, co-president of UNC Cycling, the university’s student-run cycling club & race team dropped by today Look for a piece about the UNC Cycling team and some of their recent successes and their search for sponsors and riders. UNC won the national championship in the men's team time trial

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 09/09/2026

No. You don’t. Same for energy bars and ‘recovery’ drinks. The only exception is if you engage in 3 hour bike rides or runs on a daily basis.

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Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The chimney swifts return to the Davie Poplar. This happens every evening near sunset. Next event is September 28. This is a great event for kids. heellife.unc.edu/event/12706346

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Competitor at a charity sports day held at London's Herne Hill Velodrome, in which tradesmen had to carry half-bushel baskets as they cycled around the track. September 7, 1938

A person rides a bicycle on a track. The bicycle has a smaller front wheel to accommodate a large rack, which contains a basket. There are also baskets under the rider's arm, in his hand, and on his hand. There are many people watching from the sidelines.

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Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Come watch and celebrate the thousands of Chimney Swifts that roost in the Davie Poplar tree on UNC Campus! www.eventbrite.com/e/chimney-sw...

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 07/09/2026

Need a definition of ‘elderly’ I’m 67 this month. Do I qualify? All my groceries arrive in my house by cargo bike.

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 03/09/2026

The aircraft following stage 12 of the Vuelta a España stage 12 on @flightradar24.com venga venga venga! 🇪🇸

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Carolina Forward @carolinaforward.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Tommy Tucker, a Republican appointee of the NC Utilities Commission, enjoyed all-expenses-paid junkets to Scottsdale, Nashville and Washington D.C. to attend partisan industry conferences. Full story: www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-…

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 03/09/2026

TOMORROW! At Dingo Dog. Meet us and talk about walkable, connected communities!

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NC WARN @ncwarn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🚨 The cost of Duke Energy’s expansion of fossil fuels and suppression of renewables is not only financial, but also physical and ecological. Tell Stein North Carolinians shouldn’t have to pay the price at StopDukeEnergy.com!

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Town of Chapel Hill @chapelhillgov.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Due to heavy traffic on S. Columbia St. and W. Cameron Ave., the following Chapel Hill Transit routes are delayed: A, B, CW, CM, D, HS, RU, NS, N, T, FCX, JFX Please check chapelhillnc.gov/transit and the Transit app for the latest travel times.

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 02/09/2026

WRAL and ABC circulated their helicopters for an hour over Fuquay after someone drove an empty school bus into a not yet open pizza joint. Students protesting outside the Carolina Inn? Crickets. It tells you all you need to know about modern news reporting

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 02/09/2026

How many times is it necessary to circle the pizza joint with the school bus inside, @wral.bsky.social 🤷🏻‍♂️

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 02/09/2026

The world’s climate burns , and yet instead of producing solutions beyond single occupancy cars, the DOT spends billions on this. Some of you are probably celebrating, but are you really happy behind the wheel for up to a third of your very short life?

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 01/09/2026

$11 million dollars to save people in cars several minutes on their drive. The photo is perfect. Neomonde in Raleigh, was an early location for dates with my eventual wife, way back in the late 90’s

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Shirley YouCantBeSerious Jackson @magnoliamer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

As a woman sitting in an open plan office, thank you.

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John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 01/09/2026

I know I occasionally rant about this. But most men. In fact nearly ALL men talk way too loud. If you are a guy, and reading this: take a minute and think about how loud you are talking to someone who is sitting across the table from you. I am dead serious, you are all literally shouting

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