@wakencindivisible.bsky.social Hands off our country!

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

There was a man with one of those handheld counters, hopefully someone will post numbers.

At one point the march circled the entire capital block AND the legislative building.

There is a group showing up at his office in Raleigh at 2 pm today.

How North Carolina became Japan's favorite state Tax incentives, BBQ, and Bojangles helped make the Tar Heel State the epicenter of Japanese investment.

Today on the Broadside from @wunc.org: how NC reached across the world to join hands with Japan nearly 50 years ago, & how the payoff is only accelerating today.

feat. Bojangles, the Honorary Consul for Japan in NC, Japanese candy commercials & an unexpected snowstorm. www.wunc.org/podcast/the-...

The North America Nebula.🔭

Image Credit & Copyright: Dimitris Valianos

You all look like such a fun group - and you make some pretty cool shows too :)

This image illustrates the extent of the burned land from 2 January to 12 January 2025, as a result of the wildfire around the Pacific Palisades, one of the most destructive fires in California history.

A section of the largest photomosaic ever assembled from NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observations, part of a panoramic view of the neighbouring Andromeda galaxy. The outer edges of the galaxy are blue, while the inner two-thirds is yellowish with a bright, central core. Dark, dusty filamentary clouds wrap around the outer half of the galaxy’s disk. At top left, a smaller dwarf elliptical galaxy forms a fuzzy, yellow blob.

A frame from a sequence of images taken by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope observing curtains of interstellar gas and dust that have been heated by the explosion of a long-ago supernova, this 'light echo' is in the vicinity of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A.

The central core of the second Ariane 6 to launch was transported from the launcher assembly building to the launch pad at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, on 13 January 2025. The central core includes the upper and core stages of the Ariane 6 rocket. Hiding underneath the purple protective covering is Ariane 6's main engine, Vulcain 2.1

📷 This was our #WeekInImages for last week, 13-17 January 2025 👇

www.esa.int/About_Us/Wee...

Well that doesn't sound like hiding racism behind technical difficulties at all.

In a Free Series, Full Frame Brings Three Timely Documentaries to Cary “Union,” “Daughters, and “Hollywoodgate” will screen in late January and early February, ahead of the April 3-5 festival.

Screenings are on January 23, January 30, and February 6, respectively, and admission is free to the public, though attendees must first reserve a ticket through the theater website.

NWS Raleigh issues winter storm warning starting Friday afternoon The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a winter storm warning that will go into effect starting Friday at 1 p.m. and will last until Saturday 10 a.m.

NWS Raleigh has issued a winter storm warning for central NC that will go into effect starting tomorrow at 1 p.m.

Forecasters expect up to three inches of snow and sleet, with the highest amounts likely along the Virginia border.

www.wunc.org/news/2025-01...

INDY Selects: What to Do in the Triangle This Week A giant robot fight, comedy about anxiety, learning about food waste in North Carolina, diasporic punk, and more.

What to do in the Triangle this week: A giant robot fight, stand-up comedy about anxiety, a diasporic punk show, and more events we recommend. indyweek.com/culture/indy...

So exciting, thank you!

This looks amazing! I just recently found you - are you planning on doing more tapestries in the future? I love all of your dragons so much!

YouTube video by American Experience | PBS Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History | Full Documentary | American Experience | PBS

Here's the PBS Special about its history - www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAsj...

Talking with Nate DiMeo About "The Memory Palace: True Stories of the Past" Ahead of a book tour stop in Durham, the host of the popular "The Memory Palace" podcast chats about storytelling and his new book.

In "The Memory Palace," Nate DiMeo introduces a slate of characters that traverse, with keen wonder, through the annals of history. indyweek.com/culture/talk...

"Over budget" because they managed to fill some vacancies. How were all necessary positions not in the budget to begin with?

This is one of the many reasons not to trust a qr code

How Daniel Levin Learned to Want Yellow Durham cellist Daniel Levin gave up a career in classical music for a life in free improvisation. For him, music is color-coded.

I wrote a short but deep profile of the expert cello improviser Daniel Levin for @indyweek.bsky.social and it was all yellow

When a Telescope Is a National-Security Risk How do you know what you’re not allowed to see?

I wrote about what happens when astronomy bumps into its shadowy twin in the world of spies and espionage:

gift link: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

How Honeycrisp Apples Went From Marvel to Mediocre An investigation into the Honeycrisp apple and how a complex string of events led to a decline in the quality of a beloved apple variety.

I’ve had bad luck with Honeycrisps for the past few years and thought maybe I was just doing something wrong, but it’s not just me! Honeycrisp apples have been getting Red Delicious-ified!

“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.

They run them bc people react to them the most.

If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.

It’s not easy and takes constant practice!

No one ever accused WUNC of being an early adopter 😂.

But here we are!

Get all your N.C. Public Radio news right here in this feed. Thanks for following along

Cross-stitch embroidery ring, with a few flowers, a knife a skull, and the words: "Warning This is proof I have the patience to stab something 1,000 times."

As a layman I didn't understand why a cooling upper atmosphere points to human-caused climate change. I think this article helped explain it if anyone else is curious: e360.yale.edu/features/cli...