Reposted by John Rees (Rhys)ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social 174122812616
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 6hTomorrow (Thursday) Kick off a Week Without Driving with us at Dingo Dog in Carrboro.6:00PM to 8:00PM Let's load up the bike rack with bikes! Curious about e cargo bikes? Get there early, and I'll let you TAKE MINE for a spin. Pizza, SWAG , learn about the Everywhere to Everywhere Greenway plan. 041
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 30/09/2026Sorry, I thought the gluten free comment was just a joke . 000
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 29/09/2026Yeah. Team waffle 🧇 for ever. Do we also get to judge each other on choices of waffles? Belgian? Stroopwafel? 🤣 🇧🇪🇳🇱🧇 100
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 29/09/2026Join 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!) 020
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 29/09/2026They HAVE other options. They’re called reasonably sized cars and not school bus sized personal vehicles 🤷♂️ 060
Reposted by John Rees (Rhys)Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026this 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.comThe Gig Is Up: UNC Health Does an About-Face on BidShiftUNC Health dropped the software Bidshift after a plan to make nurses bid against each other for extra shifts caused a social media firestorm. 02216
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 29/09/2026My brain somehow turned that into ‘clavinet’. Famously used by artists ranging from Stevie Wonder to Elton John 150
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 29/09/2026There are a lot of actors who aren’t British. I mean, maybe it was Benicio del Toro? 🇵🇷 090
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 29/09/2026I 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 🤣 010
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 28/09/2026Today, 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 020
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 27/09/2026A HUGE congratulations to Brandon McNulty, World Champion on a brutally difficult parcours ! 1131
Reposted by John Rees (Rhys)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 063
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 27/09/2026Apparently, 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 🚴🚴♀️🚴♂️ 030
Reposted by John Rees (Rhys)Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A 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.comProgram 745a: Orkney Living; Walkable Cities; Nomads of EuropeHear 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... 110318
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 26/09/2026Carrboro Music Festival Market at the Arys Center until 7PM. Meet bands, buy vinyl, get merch, and sip beer from Steel String! 010
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 26/09/2026Good choice though on the meat thermometer. I have the same one in red. If an applicant shows up with that, I’m hiring them on the spot. 000
Reposted by John Rees (Rhys)The News & Observer @newsobserver.com · 26/09/2026A future Amazon data center is facing a challenge to its plan to use nearly 650 diesel generators as temporary and backup power.bit.lyAmazon, Duke won permits for hundreds of generators. Opponents aren’t done yet.A future Amazon data center is facing a challenge to its plan to use nearly 650 diesel generators as temporary and backup power. 012
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 25/09/2026I was glowing for days after this opportunity presented itself 020
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 25/09/2026Wait… 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 010
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 25/09/2026The 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. 073
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 25/09/2026Probably more in one day than the OP will in his entire life 040
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 24/09/2026One home per acre is land hoarding, sprawl and irresponsible 040
Reposted by John Rees (Rhys)Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The 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 095
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 24/09/2026static.klipy.comStar Trek I'M A Doctor Not A Bones Mccoy Emergency Julian Bashir Emh Star Trek The Original SeriesALT: Star Trek I'M A Doctor Not A Bones Mccoy Emergency Julian Bashir Emh Star Trek The Original Series 010
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 23/09/2026Today is a Cigarettes after Sex day. Let me share the vibe: youtu.be/-mnH9-SX2Tg?...youtu.beCigarettes After Sex - Apocalypse (Live on KEXP)YouTube video by KEXP 110
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 22/09/2026I’m live on WCOM right now talking about the Carrboro Music Festival 030
Reposted by John Rees (Rhys)Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 20/09/2026He killed these two for IG content. 1223366
Reposted by John Rees (Rhys)The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The 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. 239272
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 19/09/2026BikeWalk Community Ride Linking Carolina Beach and Kure Beach 010
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 18/09/2026Sara Goodyear and Doug Gordon from “Life After Cars” speaking at the BikeWalkNc conference 1231
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 18/09/2026Not taken today. But reinforces the crime riddled Outland we live in… 020
Reposted by John Rees (Rhys)Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026New 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.coRetire in peaceMcConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go. 1723258947935
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 18/09/2026I’d love to screen this somewhere and have you, and anyone else you select , on a panel to discuss . We’d encourage people to dress as their favourite villains. Dead serious. There would be liquor 010
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 18/09/2026I do a lot of canvassing. And I did double stints during the last general election. I got frustrated begging grown ass people to go out and just vote. We had 2 weeks of early voting and voting on weekends. I got exhausted trying to convince them to go someplace literally 3 miles from their house 031
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 17/09/2026No. It’s usually been the Ford F150 which is a gigantic pickup truck. However the Honda CRV took over. Not because Americans got smart. Rather Ford has apparently had ‘supply problems’ www.kbb.com/car-news/the...kbb.comThe Honda CR-V Is America’s Best-Selling Car - Kelley Blue BookThe Honda CR-V was the best-selling vehicle in America over the first six months of 2026, displacing the Ford F-Series truck. 100
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 17/09/2026I was in Twin House the other day, and there was a dude practicing for his audition 010
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 17/09/2026static.klipy.comStar Trek: Two Flashes Mean 'Eat Wang'ALT: Star Trek: Two Flashes Mean 'Eat Wang' 110
Reposted by John Rees (Rhys)NC Chapter - Sierra Club @sierraclubnc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026We'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 021
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 15/09/2026What 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.orgPlease Do Not Put This in My NeighborhoodVERBATIM | A proposal to preserve affordable housing in Cary exposed ugly assumptions about who belongs in the community. 100
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net · 15/09/2026But wait… if she didn’t use the pour over method to brew her morning coffee.. what was she expecting? 020
