You know what? This is on me for assuming Cary PD would let the public know that someone armed was running from the cops. That's my fault for presuming competence. The NC state senate candidate in question called WRAL to give an interview while CPD was in pursuit. www.wral.com/news/local/s...

NC Senate candidate in custody after hours-long standoff with Cary police

Jonathan Miller, a Libertarian running for a state Senate district covering western Wake County, called WRAL during his standoff with police. He spoke about what led to the standoff.

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Tenacious Grace@tenaciousgrace.bsky.social · 5d ago

There is absolutely nothing about this on the local news. I just don't see someone holding off cops for multiple hours in the middle of a Monday without it being splashed across multiple websites. It may be happening but under present circumstances? It sounds more like a mental break.

listen up fives, Aten is speaking

I saw the director's cut of "The Devils" by Ken Russell for the first time yesterday and I am making it my whole personality for the rest of the week.

For most of history it would not be accurate to depict anyone other than the very rich as eating roast chicken. Chickens were primarily for eggs and would not be suitable for roasting when they stopped laying. Roasting chickens would have been raised special and would cost a goddamn fortune.

Daniel@deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 3w ago

Prompts a fun question: whats the most niche historical inaccuracy in a piece of work that annoys you Not like 'oh they were referring to the wrong king' , more 'they had the wrong king on a banknote in one scene'

Kendrick Lamar is one of the most talented composers of our time and I do mean that literally.

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 3w ago

There’s this thing people do where they’re surprised that a rapper has read a book or knows any music theory or something else “intelligent”. Anyway, I hate it. Thank you.

Is this supposed to discourage me from seeing the movie?

Every man who thinks that women only want "alpha males" and "chads" has never reckoned with the fact that I would marry Roy Underhill (star of PBS' "The Woodwright's Shop") right this moment if asked.

Also love this clip of indigenous women veterans dancing on Custer’s flag

I cannot stress enough that ICE is acting the way cops have acted for years. These are just "starlight tours" for Indigenous teens applied to the rest of the population.

ProPublica@propublica.org · 4w ago

4/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck. After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home. Then they threw his ID out of the truck.

Being an American is deeply embarrassing but sometimes you see something that stirs the tiny thread of patriotism that lives in your heart... www.wral.com/news/local/n...

Are your taste buds ready for the ride? Liquid cotton candy and 80+ new foods at NC State Fair

Biscoff, Pickles and Hot Honey: Check out more than 80 new foods this year at the North Carolina State Fair

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When I say I love Dr. Betrothed because he adds to my life? This decorating choice is the sort of thing I am talking about.

Isaac Asimov, 1958, The Feeling of Power share.google/xRrmAXhFtpYR...

Rafe Meager (they/them)@economeager.bsky.social · last mo.

someone should write a science fiction story called "2+2=5" set in a future where no-one has retained any ability to do the basic operations and an apocalyptic cult introduces malware into the LLMs that store all human knowledge so that the LLMs stop knowing how to do them as well

On Weds, Sept 16 2026, 1067 days after being trapped with her 6 kittens... Fancy officially became a Lap Kitty. Did not just briefly visit - she stayed, cuddled, & fell asleep. She did it yesterday and today as well. She went from a skinny stray that wouldn't let me within 5 yards of her to THIS!

Tenacious Grace@tenaciousgrace.bsky.social · last yr.

As a result of being a stray, Fancy had a heartworm infection. This is more dangerous in cats than in dogs because there is no treatment for cats. It can kill them suddenly and they don't always get rid of it on their own. But guess who tested negative for heartworms at her most recent vet visit?

Cat. :)

I have never once been badgered by my parents to give them grandchildren or made to feel like less of a woman for choosing to remain permanently childfree. I have never been ashamed for choosing to focus on my own success. That would have been damn near unheard of even 30 years ago.

Nicole Bedera@nbedera.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I feel like we’re really overdue for a thread of things that have changed for women in your lifetime. I’m interested in good and bad things. Any little life moment that would feel unbelievable if it happened in 2026.

Parents of a baby who is not yet a year old, I have a PSA for you. Some of you may think that putting your baby in a pumpkin costume for Halloween is trite and overdone, that no one wants to see this. Friends, nothing could be further from the truth. A pumpkin is the S-Tier costume for babies.

Watching the new Harry Potter series is a clear signal that you'll support JK Rowling no matter how many lives she takes. It shows that holocaust denial and destroying human rights groups isn't a deal-breaker for you. It has never been easier to take the right side of history.

🎃🧛🏾Vita Ahhhh-yala👻🙀@definitelyvita.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I genuinely am begging people not to watch the new HP show. Like, also don't buy any branded stuff - she makes money off all that. But especially don't watch the damn show.

It's incredible that the standard lib line rn is that trans youth are good enough to kill and die for imperialism but not to be allowed to play sports with their friends.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2mo ago

As usual, the Centrist Messaging Geniuses have come up with a message that pleases literally no one.

If the last few days have given me nothing else, they have really solidified how I want to be remembered when I die: with tremendous initial grief followed by an outpouring of stories about what a fucking baddie I was.

I was talking to someone about cat allergies and it reminded me of one of my favorite memories of my mother from childhood. I told Mom that I thought I might be allergic to our cats and she replied, "Well what the heck do you want me to do about it?" Not having a cat is not an option for my mom.

Dolly was obviously a prolific & talented songwriter but she also arranged cover songs in a way that was fresh while keeping the underlying emotion of the original. Her version of Shine by Collective Soul has lived in my head since the release of "Little Sparrow" in 2001. youtu.be/plUD6vN80dg?...

Dolly Parton - Shine (Official)

YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO

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The Grim Reaper taking Tim Curry and Dolly Parton on the same day is frankly queerphobic. Fuck.

Powerful thread from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social on Prince, Dolly Parton, & the importance of having a "democratically available, publicly accessible music infrastructure...to produce the conditions for a once in a generation, maybe once in humanity, music genius to emerge."

Xanatos1@xanatos1.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Dolly was obviously a prolific & talented songwriter but she also arranged cover songs in a way that was fresh while keeping the underlying emotion of the original. Her version of Shine by Collective Soul has lived in my head since the release of "Little Sparrow" in 2001. youtu.be/plUD6vN80dg?...

Dolly Parton - Shine (Official)

YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO

youtu.be

I don't have kids and I am never going to have kids but seeing all my friends' kids going back to school makes me feel weepy in a good way. Look at all my little pals growing and learning! I remember when you were a baby and now you are giant!

Globally, greenhouse emissions for HEATING are something like 4x that of COOLING. Yet we never seem to hear any request for people to just tough it out when it comes to cold temperatures.

Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)@iwriteok.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Does no one else find this an unforgivably stupid question? Emissions reductions won't make a heat wave NOW survivable. Likewise, more homes can have AC, heat pumps while overall cutting greenhouse emissions. This isn't an "either/or", both are needed. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The thing is, other countries have been here and worse and have reversed course. I don't care how uncool hoping for better is in this nihilistic cesspool of algorithmically engaging rage, I'm gonna keep hoping for better and not wash my hands of the small day to day human things we can each do.

I've started buying boxes of bon-bons at Lidl and having one each day as a little lunch time dessert. Why the hell not?