North Carolina ranks second in the nation, just behind Texas, for projected farmland loss, according to the American Farmland Trust. “The question is, when do we get to the tipping point?” state Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler said.
via @ncnewsline.com
The American two-party system is bad and a big part of how we got here and we aren't getting out of this mess until we blow it up.
As a point of comparison, the US spent $21 billion in FY 2022 to feed billions of breakfasts and lunches to kids in schools across our whole country for an entire year under the universal school meals program that was later discontinued.
In rural America, a teacher pipeline from abroad starts to dry up
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Some troubling stats from today's committee hearing at the #ncga:
-We're ranked 11th in the country for infant mortality, and 28 counties have no facilities to deliver a baby
-The number of childcare facilities in NC has dropped 13% since 2019
www.wunc.org/politics/202... #ncpol
'We are traumatizing children, and we are putting them in dangerous environments.’ Pediatricians have been warning about dire health consequences for children in immigration detention. I spoke with a trio of doctors who are demanding action from the federal government. 19thnews.org/2026/03/pedi...
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SEVEN PEOPLE
Richard Stanhope Pullen, the philanthropist who became NC State’s first benefactor, had almost as many eccentricities as large tracts of land that he donated to communities across the state. In commemoration of the anniversary of NC State's founding, we celebrate Pullen's legacy.
I've launched a publication with @palfest.bsky.social called "The Key." I am so excited to share this first issue with you: www.thekeymagazine.com
"The Constitution vests the power of declaring War with Congress, therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject, and authorised such a measure." Washington
I have never seen a politician more directly copy this speech in my life
With immigration enforcement keeping kids from class, educators are going beyond the curriculum — driving students to school, delivering groceries and even paying rent to support vulnerable families. https://bit.ly/4aRukq9
Noticed this weird thing in Phil Berger's #ncga Senate district: The map drawn in 2023 puts every other house on Graylyn Drive in High Point in a different Senate district, plus one random house on Arthur Avenue? #ncpol
NC early voting pro tip: If you are an NC registered voter but have moved WITHIN your county of registration but not yet updated your address, you can EASILY do this at early voting check-in. If you wait until primary day March 3 to do this, it may require a time consuming provisional ballot. #ncpol
Jokes on them.
Women’s US hockey has won a medal in 100% of the Olympic Games they have attended.
Men’s US hockey team has won a medal in less than 50% of the Olympic Games they have attended. Men’s team also had not won a gold since 1980.
The women’s team has a better record.
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
Data centers account for about 80% of Duke Energy’s projected energy demand, according to a report from Gov. Josh Stein’s North Carolina Energy Policy Task Force.
via @ncnewsline.com
New Study Suggests The Main Reason Students May Find Math – Or Any Other Subject – Challenging Is Because They Don’t Know How To Handle Mistakes larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2026/02/17/n...
So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
Heads up, Triangle residents — one of the locations is in Cary.
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
Every once in a while something will jump out as exceptionally offensive enough to be a minor story, but somehow it's not generally treated as a newsworthy story unto itself that the most powerful man in the world spends all day every day posting a constant stream of consciousness of deranged slop.
They didn't include any voter ID requirements in the SAVE Act because, as problematic and abused as those laws are to be sure, the quantifiable effects are pretty marginal. Dems still win elections in states w/ voter ID all the time. They want something much more radical and harmful than that.
this is a wicked man who knows he is being wicked and does it anyway
The defense secretary ordered a review of women in combat roles, claiming standards were compromised — but the requirements for women and men in combat roles are identical.
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
Interviewing a 5-year-old about how they're worried because "bad guys are taking mommies and daddies" is not something I ever thought I'd do.
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
NC college students sue election officials over rejection of campus voting sites. Students from 3 universities allege in federal lawsuit that decisions made by GOP-led State Elections Board burden young and Black voters. (Via @kyleingram.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/politic... #ncpol #nced
