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Biologist, nonprofit CSO (opinions mine), fair-weather farmer, recovering academic, progressive christian. Probably one helluva lot older than you are. Almost Heaven, Durham County, NC

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EQV Analytics@eqvanalytics.bsky.social · 7h ago

I don't usually link to NC gopers' fascist rag, Carolina Journal, but when even they say "whoa, that's too much power to give Chief Justice Newby" (who has misused every power he has for partisan retribution) it's worth knowing. www.carolinajournal.com/nc-house-to-...

NC House to vote on bill empowering chief justice to suspend judges

The Judicial Standards Commission would first have to recommend the suspension and find that allowing the judge to remain on the bench could cause immediate and irreparable harm to the public or the a...

carolinajournal.com

EQV Analytics@eqvanalytics.bsky.social · 9h ago

Bad news for neighboring North Carolina. Aedes albopictus (the Asian Tiger Mosquito), one of the two main vectors for the spread of Dengue Fever, is North Carolina's most prevalent mosquito. wtop.com/virginia/202...

Virginia resident has state’s 1st locally acquired case of dengue fever - WTOP News

Virginia health officials have confirmed the state’s first known case of locally acquired dengue, a viral disease usually associated with international travel.

wtop.com

Jamie Ager@jamie.agerforcongress.com · 11h ago

Our people deserve representatives who will put Western North Carolina first, not ignore us while they misbehave in D.C. My heart goes out to the young women who took roles with Congressman Edwards' office in the wake of his withdrawal from this race.

This campaign has never been about any one person. It’s always been about Western North Carolina and our communities getting the leadership and representation we deserve. That has not changed. For too long, we’ve been forgotten by politicians who sell us a false bill of goods, then go to Congress to treat D.C. as their personal playground while we get left behind. My heart goes out to the young women who took these roles to serve our community. No matter who we face in November, I’m confident we can win this race and deliver what I’ve been talking about since day one: Hurricane Helene recovery, lower costs, and an end to the corruption in Washington.
JLRay@jlray.bsky.social · 2d ago

Looks like another Republican is about to get kicked out of Congress for predatory or violent behavior toward women. No not Max Miller, the other one. No not Matt Gaetz, the other one. No not Paul Gosar, the oth www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

House panel seeks censure of Rep. Chuck Edwards over conduct toward female staff

Attorneys for the North Carolina Republican, who has denied wrongdoing, accused the Ethics Committee of reaching a rushed judgment and called its recommendation “extraordinarily harsh.”

washingtonpost.com

Erika Hall@erikahall.bsky.social · 3d ago

It continues to fuck me up that we stay thinking about 9/11 but want to memory hole Covid so bad we're destroying the entire concept of public health in the US.

In the United States, there have been 103,436,829[3] confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,238,563[3] confirmed deaths, the most of any country, and the 17th highest per capita worldwide.[43] The COVID-19 pandemic ranks as the deadliest disaster in the country's history.[44] It was the third-leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2020, behind heart disease and cancer.[45] From 2019 to 2020, U.S. life expectancy dropped by three years for Hispanic and Latino Americans, 2.9 years for African Americans, and 1.2 years for White Americans.[46] In 2021, U.S. deaths due to COVID-19 rose,[47] and life expectancy fell.[48]
Tom Sullivan@tmsullivan.bsky.social · 2d ago

Republicans don’t want to govern; they want to rule. They've made a mockery of government by the people. Our framers meant the U.S. to run democratically. MAGA Republicans want voters to be seen and not heard. digbysblog.net/2026/08/03/j...

Just Say No (To Voters) - Digby's Hullabaloo

Stifle the vote The GOP has made a mockery of government by the people. Republicans today don't want to govern, They want to rule. Can we just drop the pretense of representative government? Again, “v...

digbysblog.net

EQV Analytics@eqvanalytics.bsky.social · 4d ago

Hey, I caught a meteor in a bottle last night! 🧪📷 I'm doing nightly sky surveys in fussy preparation for the Perseid meteor shower which peaks later this month. Hopefully will be great. Imaging details in ALT.

An astrophotograph of stars inscribing white arcs encircling Polaris against a jet-black background of sky, slashed by the horizontal line of a meteor. Its trail is rainbow-colored, beginning blue-green and ending red. This image is constructed from a tight crop of an image formed by stacking 500 individual images, each a 3-second exposure at 5-second intervals, looking north from northern Durham County NC. 20mm f/1.8, ISO 500, 3 sec x 500
EQV Analytics@eqvanalytics.bsky.social · 5d ago

Cool, cool: FDA lists 10 ongoing food-borne illness outbreaks in the U.S., including 3 involving Cyclospora (2 not yet linked to products), 3 Salmonella (1 eggs, 2 unknown), 2 Listeria (1 ricotta cheese, 1 unknown), 1 E coli (blueberries), 1 Clostridium (infant formula). www.fda.gov/food/outbrea...

Investigations of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

The following is a list of outbreak and adverse event investigations primarily being managed by FDA’s CORE Response Teams.

fda.gov

EQV Analytics@eqvanalytics.bsky.social · 5d ago

Kudos to Oura for having a fair warranty and helpful tech support folks. But BOO for having "no available slots" to schedule a phone call...chat-based support sucks and is ableist. We tried a long litany of potential fixes, including "bang it on a table top." 🫠

EQV Analytics@eqvanalytics.bsky.social · 5d ago

Oura ring's process for factory reset w/o app: Place ring on charger. Wait 2 sec. Flip 180°. Wait until the LED turns blue. Flip again. Wait until LED turns red. Flip again & again & again for magenta, yellow, and blinking blue. 🙃 No dice. Ring's dead. But still under warranty!

EQV Analytics@eqvanalytics.bsky.social · 5d ago

Oura ring's process for factory reset w/o app: Place ring on charger. Wait 2 sec. Flip 180°. Wait until the LED turns blue. Flip again. Wait until LED turns red. Flip again & again & again for magenta, yellow, and blinking blue. 🙃 No dice. Ring's dead. But still under warranty!

EQV Analytics@eqvanalytics.bsky.social · 5d ago

🚨Durham NC city & county folks🚨 County commissioners will meet 9:00 AM Mon. Aug. 3 in a working session to discuss a moratorium on data center construction like the city's. Show 'em your support TODAY: mikelee@dconc.gov nallam@dconc.gov mlburton@dconc.gov svalentine@dconc.gov wjacobs@dconc.gov

A huge Meta data center in Louisiana feasting on clean air, precious water, electricity and peace and quiet to produce literally nothing but money.
AnnieR@anet2111.bsky.social · 6d ago

Many of us who’d been on the front lines during the pandemic, volunteered to administer the vaccine in places like this. We’d all lost loved ones, including our own colleagues. I took this picture in spring of 2021. The emotion was palpable. Lives were saved on days like this. Thank you, Dr Fauci.

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