The preliminary plat for The Artist Formerly Known as Northgate is now available - basically an early site plan w/street layouts and the like, but no specific uses defined: durhamdsc.app.box.com/s/031gtoyrhvps… So far, it's pretty disappointing.

"Will there be any consequences for Boebert? Or, will Islamophobia continue to remain one of the last acceptable forms of bigotry in Washington D.C.?" From my monologue on the The Mehdi Hasan Show tonight, on Lauren Boebert's vicious attack on Ilhan Omar:

Bravo to this social team 🤣

hopefully Durham is too small for women to make cruel, pathological West Elm Caleb tik toks, because all dating is recycled here and all men are, spiritually, furniture designers

"We Americans have rarely known what to do with shows of emotion. Something about the 'show,'" writes Wesley Morris. "Whose tears don’t arouse someone’s suspicion? Is this the crying of narcissism or possible gain? The tears of a clown? Or a crocodile?" nyti.ms/3rAq6O9

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The Supreme Court just overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. This is devastating, an absolute national tragedy. But know that this isn't the end of this fight, that activists and organizers are diligently working to continue access to safe abortion. A thread:

250+ mass shootings in the US alone, and a woman’s body is more regulated than a gun. get fucking real.

If this was about babies, there would be universal healthcare. Free education. Free daycare. Southern states would be doing all they can to drop the Black maternal mortality rate. This is about power and control

My friends make boring TikToks. No one wants to see SHIRTS THAT GO HARD. Does anyone look at the Discover feature on BeReal? People either want a social media app to be for community or discovery. And they definitely don't want both at the same time. milkkarten.substack.com/p/instagram-di…

why social managers and content creators can’t just stop posting reels

One of Rachel’s best newsletters yet, summarizing the changes at Instagram perfectly and the reason community building should not get left behind. My favorite subscription—social media managers take note!

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene had $183,504 in PPP loans forgiven. x.com/acyn/status/15…

“They always say, ‘You’re gonna be benefited. We’ll have job creation.’ And all they’re doing is lining their pockets. I don’t want the people that are left in Walltown to only have cashier jobs and clerk jobs and janitor jobs." indyweek.com/news/durham/no…

microsoft teams is a terrible product with an amazing social team, apparently

Big news out of NC that's not getting enough attn: Voters STOPPED Republicans from gaining a veto-proof supermajority. This means the GOP can't push through a total abortion ban and NC will remain the one safe haven for repro rights in the South. But wait, there's more... 1/3

From Rep. Justin Jones on the ground in Nashville— the Tennessee legislator is planning to expel lawmakers who stood with gun control advocates today. They have been stripped from committee assignments and their member ID’s have been shut off. THIS IS NOT DEMOCRACY.

Thank you WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1/HD-2 for the Underground session this morning, a perfect hip hop mix for some #MondayMotivation 🎧

Everyone keeps saying that John Sabine’s “social media Jupiter theory” from my latest newsletter needs to go viral. Here it is, in thread form: Basically, it feels like before social media, brands lived on an Earth-like planet with seasons and everything.

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