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"The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting." Milan Kundera

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"The practice of violence, like all action, changes the world, but the most probable change is a more violent world." Hannah Arendt

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If you’re reading this, text 5 friends and make sure they’re registered to vote at their current address. #nokings

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the blogblog model in chapel hill and carrboro - using journalism to build community that takes action - is worth checking out.

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Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

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We'll be jammin' out Sun., June 29 at 7PM for a food drive and concert with Southern Village during their Sundays at Sundown concert series! We're especially need donations of ready-to-eat meals and hearty snacks like microwavable soup bowls, tuna/chicken packets, nut butter and cracker packets

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Just wondering, was anyone out there NOT assuming that Trump would keep ramping up illegal & violent actions against those he was seeking to vilify, until there was an inevitable & justified pushback, that he would then use to justify using the national guard/military to commit even worse violence?

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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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