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Just The Wind Drake @justthewinddrake.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There is a sickness to being able to make more money by buying and closing businesses.

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Keung Hui @keunghui.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

At CMS, minority students see gains in standardized tests. But concerns remain. Latest state results show Black students and poor students in CMS outperformed their peers in Wake County. (Via @rebeccanoel.bsky.social & @caitmcglade.bsky.social) www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/e... #nced #wcpss

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At CMS, minority students see gains in standardized tests. But concerns remain

Achievement gaps between student groups in North Carolina have persisted for decades, but new testing data suggests CMS is closing the gap.

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𝙱𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊 @vanannvanho.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Oof, "Since Plemmons’ layoff, the print version of the Independent Tribune has not run any locally reported stories, he said. It has run a preview of upcoming community arts events and republished stories by other North Carolina outlets like The Charlotte Observer."

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Caitlin McGlade @caitmcglade.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I, the only data reporter at the Charlotte Observer, am among the McClatchy layoffs in the bloodbath today. The HR person asked me not to talk about it! AMA. Anyway, here’s a link to one of my most important stories this year. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...

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A Black teen found hanged near Charlotte church was a suicide, police say. Questions remain

In May, 16-year-old Juliana Nzita was found dead in a Charlotte churchyard. CMPD called it a suicide. Her family isn’t so sure.

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𝙱𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊 @vanannvanho.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

📸 Hot shot! Fantastic frame from 2025 by Nathan Howard 📸

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𝙱𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊 @vanannvanho.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Aww, all three of my kiddos were Powell Panthers💜

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𝙱𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊 @vanannvanho.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Moi & vizjourno.bsky.social were order #7 at Botiwalla's grand opening yesterday. The dang line wraps around the building at the Iron Works! Their kitchen was slinging & we were outta there in 45 minutes so he could hussle to his assignment at Lenovo🌀

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Matthew Reichbach @fbihop.com · 01/04/2026

Today's the day.

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Lisa Sorg @lisasorg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Laurinburg, NC

A sign in Laurinburg North Carolina. It has a white and yellow background with letters in black and red

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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

An elderly man feeding stray cats in Baghdad, Iraq 🧡

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𝙱𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊 @vanannvanho.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

When an Iranian gunboat called a cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz in late 1987 and demanded to know its cargo… Before the merchant captain could answer, another voice cut in: “Machine guns, hand grenades to Iraq - and the atomic bomb.” It was the Filipino Monkey again.

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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 22/03/2026

Efforts to thin forests and breed low-pollen cedar advance, even as labor gaps and neglected land complicate the work.

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The human-made roots of Japan's hay fever crisis

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𝙱𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊 @vanannvanho.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

That Streisand Effect

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The National Press Photographers Association @nppa.org · 11/03/2026

The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) strongly condemns the reported decision by the U.S. Department of Defense to exclude press photographers from Pentagon briefings after photographs of Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth were published that officials reportedly considered “unflattering.”

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Drone killings of press members are on the rise: surging from two in 2023 — the first year CPJ documented such killings — to 39 in 2025. Military drones were confirmed or thought to be behind 33 of those killings, with Israel responsible for 28. Read CPJ’s #2025KilledReport: cpj.org?p=553549

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𝙱𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊 @vanannvanho.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

At least the cartoons aren't AI generated nonsense in the year 2026, right Phil Berger‽ #ncpol #politicalcartoon #nepobabies

Phil Berger
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My opponent and his supporters are resorting to disgusting tactics to distract from his failing record. Attacking someone's children is as low as you can go.

Pictured:

PHIL BERGER
& HIS THREE LITTLE PIGGIES
SUCKING ON DADDY AND ON YOU!

THE BERGER PIG DYNASTY
PHIL BERGER JR
THIS LITTLE PIGGY. WAS APPOINTED TO THE SUPREME COURT THANKS TO DADDY

ASHLEY BERGER SNYDER
THIS LITTLE PIG... HELPED DADDY WITH HIS FAILED CASINO DEAL

KEVIN BERGER
AND THIS LITTLE PIG... WAS ELECTED TO COMMISSIONER AFTER A "RECOUNT"

YOU CAN'T POLISH PIG SHIT

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The National Press Photographers Association @nppa.org · 03/02/2026

“It is highly unusual for a federal judge to include a photograph in a written opinion or order, particularly a photograph of a minor,” said Mickey H. Osterreicher, General Counsel at the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA).

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'Highly Unusual': Viral Photo of 5-Year-Old Boy Featured in Court Order

Legal and photo industry experts call the move "highly unusual."

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Noctilucous [nok-tih-LOO-kus] (adj.) - Shining in the night. Used in a sentence: “The power outage already had me on the edge of my nerves, then those large, noctilucous eyes sent me tumbling headlong into madness.” Also: Noctilucent.

A vintage-style “Grandiloquent Word of the Day” graphic featuring the word “Noctilucous” (pronounced nok-tih-LOO-kus) with the definition “Shining in the night.” On the right is a black-and-white illustration of a seated person watching a black cat approach a small candle, with bright rays of light radiating behind them.

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𝙱𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊 @vanannvanho.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

LMAO "Michele Morrow, the Republican nominee for North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2024, trails behind. Receiving about $3,728, Morrow spent just over $2,000 and has about $1,635 left in her account." #MomsForLiberty #KnownLoser

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

woke up to this and 8k new followers on here 💀

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𝙱𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊 @vanannvanho.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

From the antifa super soldiers over at the John Locke Foundation #ncpol #leopardsatemyface #LAMF

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𝙱𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊 @vanannvanho.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

What a relief, my kid is working on Treemonisha at the #WNO Gift link 🎁 wapo.st/4bCxy2B

From NYT:

Attendance at the opera had declined after Mr. Trump returned to office last year and quickly installed himself as the Kennedy Center's public face - naming himself chairman, filling its historically bipartisan board with loyalists and personally hosting the ceremony for the annual Kennedy Center Honors. Since Mr. Trump's name was added to the center, many artists have said they would no longer perform there.

Francesca Zambello, who has served as the opera's artistic director for 14 years, suggested that its performances this spring season sent a broader message about the company's values.

"We will present three American works that explore themes at the heart of what makes our country great," she said in the statement. "'Treemonisha' celebrates the triumph of education over ignorance, while "The Crucible' is a cautionary tale about a righteous mob that murders innocent women and tears families apart. We close with
'West Side Story', a modern spin on the Shakespeare play that Leonard Bernstein called 'an out and out plea for racial tolerance.?"
The Lisner Auditorium, at George Washington University, is smaller than the Kennedy Center's Opera House, with 1,400 seats compared to about 2,300 at the center.

The company will also host events at a variety of other venues around Washington, including St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church, St. Thomas Episcopal Church and the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center, where participants of the opera's Cafritz Young Artist Program will perform "Beethoven & Bohème" next month.

Reggie Ugwu is a Times culture reporter.

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 16/01/2026

Back in my day life didn't used to suck this much

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

People will get vaccinated, have their teeth removed and go to therapy

ONE HUNDRED YEARS HENCE

Life in 2026

Sutton Doctor's Picture of a Medical Utopia

Removal of the tonsils, the adenoids, the appendix, the large bowel and the teeth, in conjunction with the injections of various composite vaccines, would hold out every possibility of curing all bodily ills. Similarly psycho-therapy would both cure and prevent all our mental difficulties and troubles, ranging from matrimonial squabbles to severe neurasthemia, from stammering to actual lunacy, from hysteria to homicidal insanity.
--The Sutton and Cheam Advertiser, 4 November 1926

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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

some of those that like horses plant bombs for their causes

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𝙱𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊 @vanannvanho.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Crossover we didn't ask for but we all deserve 2025

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𝙱𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊 @vanannvanho.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Local roaster Larry's up from $12 to $21 💸

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Mayor-elect Mamdani references the "Ruthkanda forever" tweet

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The Onion @theonion.com · 24/11/2025

RFK Jr. Denies Ever Laying Eggs In Olivia Nuzzi theonion.com/rfk-jr-denies-ever-lay…

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Siembra NC @siembranc.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Romcom where two loathsome journalists live together for a year, shtupp multiple presidential candidates, air their grievances in dreadful prose, then, exhausted, unknowingly open competing candle shops in the same Vermont village, and get back together while promising never to write again

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𝙱𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊 @vanannvanho.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

That Rizz

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Scurryfunge [SKUR-ee-funj] (v.) - To rush around cleaning the house when company is on their way over. (n.) - The act of rushing to clean one’s home in preparation for impending company.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Get us Medicare for All Zohran, compliment his hair

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