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Tomorrow. The Carolina Tarwheels will be starting all their road rides from Steel String Pluck Farm! Food trucks and beer following. If you’re a road cyclist, join us! www.meetup.com/tarwheels/ev...

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"When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat?" Chuck Palahniuk

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“A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation.” – Former Bogotá Mayor Enrique Peñalosa.

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Bike month continues with a super chill ride starting at Back Alley Bikes and finishing somewhere with frosty beverages! 6PM Boyd st in Carrboro

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Orange County is hosting a public symposium on measles, called “Bringing Immunity to the Community.” Dr. Erica Pettigrew, the medical director for Orange County’s government, joined 97.9’s Aaron Keck to discuss the symposium and the dangers of measles.

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No lawmaker in Congress — with access to all kinds of non-public information — should own, buy, and sell individuals stocks.   It's time to BAN congressional stock trading.

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“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusiness

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“We won this election more than six months ago. Voters should not have to fight tooth and nail to have their legal votes counted “

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Congestion pricing was designed to finance more than $15 billion in critical transit upgrades in New York City. Those investments will take years. But the parallel changes at street level are already apparent. Here’s what we know so far. nyti.ms/4mbuGg0

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New York’s (de)congestion pricing is one of the most successful public policies imaginable. Just no downside, except a few entitled motorists honking on social media about how only they represent working people. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street

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A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people. Sound efficient? HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social

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The fascism playbook hasn't changed—only the speed we're flipping through its chapters.

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New Parks and Rec Master Plan! Opportunities for feedback

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My column: This Israeli Government Is Not Our Ally www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/o...

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I didn’t give a wit about new pope coverage, but the first American pope being a man with Black ancestry born in Chicago by way of New Orleans by way of Haiti. Names his self after the pope who condemned slavery? In the Trump era? Oh, baebae, I am HERE for it. www.wwltv.com/article/news...

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allison riggs. that’s it. that’s the skeet.

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🚨 TRAFFIC ALERT 🚨 Chapel Hill police say that downed utility lines have closed the eastbound ramp from Raleigh Road onto Fordham Blvd. and the southbound ramp from Fordham Blvd. to Raleigh Road. Utility crews are working to clear the blocked ramps now.

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Not All Students Go to College. We Need to Make That OK. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/o...

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​More evidence that car bloat is killing people: New metaanalysis examined 600k+ crashes over 35 years. Conclusion: Cyclists/pedestrians were 44% more likely to be killed if struck by an SUV/pickup than by a smaller car, and children were 82% more likely. injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/earl...

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