Erin Eckert

So you're insinuating there's a chance that podcast listeners could receive said stickers... presumably featuring the Paska Tank/Honky Sonker NC Rabbit Hole monster truck logo...

I’m a teenager who was lured into the manosphere. Here’s how to reach young men like me | Josh Sargent Masculinity is almost always presented as toxic on my feed – but we need constructive alternatives to give hope to those who feel lost, says Josh Sargent

This article made me think. Well penned, Josh.
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Shangri-La Stone Village A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

I fully expected to see Shangri-la here. I have driven past a few times, but haven't had a chance to actually visit yet. www.atlasobscura.com/places/shang...

A map image from the Flight Radar 24 service shows the flight track of a NOAA P-3 Orion aircraft flying over the Caribbean Sea, where Hurricane Melissa threatens to bring catastrophic rain and flooding to Jamaica and Haiti. Most other aircraft appear to be steering clear of the area.

NOAA hurricane hunters flying aboard a P-3 Orion aircraft ("Kermit") are monitoring Hurricane Melissa as most aircraft steer clear. The storm poses a catastrophic threat to Jamaica and Haiti.

The crew are among the many federal workers working without pay during the US government shutdown.

Reeling from the scale of the SNAP cliff. In Orange County NC alone: 8700 individual SNAP recipients in 4683 families.

Looks like it might not exist anymore, but I've flown the Detroit to Toledo route on Delta in modern times...a bit further (50 miles) but the same up-and-down experience.

Honorable mention to the former Hillsboro (Hillsborough)

If your choice is between programs ranked 2, 4, 9, & 12, the ranking probably isn't the most important factor.

Consider mentors, culture, funding/costs, TA/RA obligations, quality of life, etc.

Be wary of any program that requires you to break the bank or break your spirit to get your degree.

Solidarity!! Last week, Indiana University fired the director of student media & halted print on the Indiana Daily Student newspaper. Yesterday, Purdue’s student paper printed the banned edition & drove two hours to deliver it. Incredible www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...

if you have any other tips and would like your friendly gang of civic enthusiasts to file foia requests, confirm information with multiple, trusted sources, and/or dig into financial records, reach out. this is our strange hobby and we actually enjoy it quite a lot.

A flu test you can chew Flu detection could soon be as simple as chewing gum. Scientists have created a molecular sensor that releases a thyme-like flavor when it encounters influenza, offering a low-tech, taste-based altern...

Funding science matters because that’s how we end up with cool stuff like a the possibility of a flu test you can chew like gum, fam 🍬🦠.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

FAA has issued MASSIVE temporary flight restriction which prohibits drones (i.e., photography) over Chicago.

They did similar around federal buildings in Los Angeles since June protests, but really no comparison...

Chicago's TFR covers 900x more area than ones in LA! 🧵👇
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I want to delegate to AI, but like any good employee or coworker, it needs to earn my trust and be accountable for the quality and accuracy of its work...

I have found my people.

Opinion | How Moms Got Caught in Trump’s Cross Hairs

Some real wisdom here: "It’s far easier to focus on individual mothers, and the unproven promise of miracle drugs, than to create a system that supports us all."

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/o...

NC auditor hires former GOP director in new ‘election integrity’ oversight role Dallas Woodhouse, who led the state GOP from 2015 to 2019, will serve as the election liaison in Auditor Dave Boliek’s office.

Dallas Woodhouse, who led the state GOP from 2015 to 2019, will serve as the election liaison in Auditor Dave Boliek’s office.

When the remnants of Chantal flooded us here in the Triangle, some of the most striking images were the flood waters approaching or exceeding old high water marks from Fran...and I'll always remember the framed high water mark several feet up the wall of the Edgecombe County gov't building (Floyd).

As we approach the 1 year anniversary of #Helene, I have one final thread for you.

Most of my posts this week are about the meteorology and hydrology of the event, but there's one aspect of the storm I haven't covered yet.

And that's the photography.

description of a section of proposed legislation in the North Carolina General Assembly that reads "ZONING REGULATIONS/UNIVERSITY PROPERTY G.S. 160D-913 exempts from local government zoning and development regulations any building project located in Wake County that is managed by the State Construction Office. Section 18 would exempt on a Statewide basis any building project managed by the State Construction Office from local zoning and development regulations. This section would also exempt projects that are both: (i) managed by The University of North Carolina or any of its constituent institutions, and (ii) are in Buncombe, Orange, or Wake County."

Going through some new #NCGA legislation this morning and this jumped out at me

Wallaby (skeet) sighting here in the Triangle.

It Begins

One year ago today, the National Hurricane Center issued this outlook, drafted by @ericblake12.bsky.social , indicating "an area of low pressure could form this weekend over the Caribbean Sea"

#Helene

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"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

Section 212 is great for watching the game, but a complete freebie dead zone.

Did you see this @ncrabbithole.com?

And a place where you actually *should* read the comments because people are funny, polite, encouraging, thoughtful, knowledgeable, seeking to learn, and (mostly) not bots or trolls.

I was an 89x listener way back when...

The Chapel Hill Ferry

Get in...gotta settle some scores in Gaston County...

Maybe there should be a mountain-biking race up the Gloucester Cheese Rolling Hill.

When I say that this description actually *downplays* what you're about to read...