Gavin O’Hara

What It’s Like to Trade for Food and Lodging on Greece’s Bartering Island On Ikaria, locals and tourists trade food for lodging and other services.

Make Cooperation Cool Again

I will give you one chicken for some Serge Gainsbourg vinyl

Thanks for doing that. Makes perfect sense. Can't wait to see where you go next because we definitely need you in the fray.

USWNT newcomers ranked: All 24 players who have debuted under coach Emma Hayes The USWNT roster has undergone sweeping change under coach Emma Hayes. Let's rank the new players by how likely it is they'll represent the U.S. at the next World Cup.

Fun read for #USWNT fans - love seeing former Tar Heels Ally Sentnor and Avery Patterson getting their due and can't WAIT to watch Lily Yohannes dominate for the next 15 years. So much talent.

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Now we’ve got a game! Former UNC striker Alessia Russo with a gorgeous header to equalize for England vs Spain. Having said that, go Spain! #weuro

YouTube video by Monotone Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone (Live at Newport 1965)

A little revisionist but 60 years ago today Bob Dylan invented punk rock by giving the people exactly what they didn't want and rubbing their noses in his genius.

Jeff Daniels chastises Trump voters: ‘I hope you’re losing tons of money’ Speaking on a podcast, the actor compared the US president to a ‘snake-oil salesman’ and said ‘he’s everything that’s wrong with not just America but with being a human being’

“We’ve lost decency, we’ve lost civility, we’ve lost respect for the rule of law."

Jeff Daniels is Will McAvoy in real life.

ummmm

Of this particular thing, yes

‘I am elated each time I watch’: why Rushmore is my feelgood movie The next in our series of writers drawing attention to their most-watched comfort films is a reminder of Wes Anderson’s idiosyncratic 1998 comedy

Guilty as charged

YouTube video by Smurfstools Oldies Music Time Machine Stupid Cupid 📀Connie Francis 1958 {Stereo}

RIP Connie Francis

You'll never guess where we're deporting people to now.

Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) is the last absolute monarchy in Africa. Fat, happy ruler King Mswati III has a less-than-stellar record on human rights. Kinda like us right now.

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What Is ‘Aura Farming’? This Tween Will Show You.

It just occurred to me that building aura and boosting stoke might be one and the same.

You read my mind. Working book title...

CHAPEL HILL: haven for hipsters, outliers and unloved weirdos

Shall we co-write?

Also, the more you learn about Rachel Crook, the more you realize she was one of us--one of many outliers, misfits and weirdos who came to Chapel Hill to be herself and to live without being judged. Relevant as her unconventional spinster vibe absolutely affected the way the murder trial played out.

A New Podcast Revisits an Old Local Mystery: Who Killed Rachel Crook? Elizabeth Woodman's gripping podcast looks back at the 1951 cold case that's haunted Chapel Hill for decades.

I simply can't stand how well-written and researched this @indyweek.bsky.social article is (props to @eddysarah.bsky.social). A murder mystery centered on the namesake of the most hallowed Chapel Hill restaurant of all. A story with layers and history and current relevance. Damn!!

Just subscribed for the first time. Thankful for what you've done all these years. You matter.

Ted Cruz ensured Trump spending bill slashed weather forecasting funding Senator on vacation abroad while Texas was hit by deadly floods, a disaster worsened by forecasting cuts, critics say

Sorry, is this irony orrrrrrrr ... ?

Coming September 26. Very excited.

Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban The Wisconsin Supreme Court has struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban. The court’s liberal majority ruled 4-3 on Wednesday that the ban is no longer valid because newer abortion restrictio...

OK, Wisconsin!

Murkowski boooooooooo

A heat wave covers much of Europe and higher temperatures are on the way A heat wave covered much of Europe on Monday, with record-hot first day of play at Wimbledon and forest fires in Turkey and France.

Every summer is so trying now, so full of extremes and endurance tests. Imagine if the nations most responsible and most capable of doing something about climate change had actual strong leadership instead of performative peacocking. apnews.com/article/heat...

the two genders: male and Political

US state department told to end nearly all its overseas pro-democracy programs Exclusive: All but two of the programs awarded under the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor would be cut, affecting nearly $1.3bn in grants

Terminating democracy at home and abroad

Venice braces itself

Can confirm

No paywall, and no guardrails

my periodic reminder that your artistic work — your writing, music, dance, whatever it is — is crucially important for you and for the people who receive it, in ways you might never personally experience or grasp. you gotta trust me, please keep going

Love the people.
Hate the governments.

The gap between what people want and what their government does is too wide in too many places. Too wide and too dangerous.

Agnostic prayers for peace, cooperation and more female leadership.

Thanks for that!

Totally missed that too. Any good links for keeping up on the women's transfer market?