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ludkmr

@ludkmr.bsky.social

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Plays music and types Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Area https://ludmusic.bandcamp.com/

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ludkmr @ludkmr.bsky.social · May 1

A reminder that the first May Day after the revolution is always a banger

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 14h

Here’s an incomplete list of federal data and statistics that’ve been deleted or tampered with since Trump took office.

A Shortlist of Federal Data the Trump Administration Has Tampered With or Destroyed

The scale and scope of federal data and statistics that have been...

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ludkmr @ludkmr.bsky.social · 5d

Tonight is thrill night

Poster for a show by Lud, Shelles and Tallulah Cloos at The Cave in downtown Chapel Hill, Friday 10/3.
The image is a wall cloud moving inland across the waters off Carolina beach

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Jordan Green @byjordangreen.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: UNC Chapel Hill has reinstated Professor Dwayne Dixon following threat of legal action from @aclunc.bsky.social for violating free speech and association rights.

Dixon had been suspended in response to a sketchy flyer posted on the Georgetown U. campus.
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

UNC reinstates prof who had been suspended amid Charlie Kirk furor

UNC Chapel is immediately reinstating a professor suspended in response to a dubious link to celebrations of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination.The university said in an email Friday m...

www.rawstory.com

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ludkmr @ludkmr.bsky.social · 12d

Must be a thing

ludkmr @ludkmr.bsky.social · 12d

It’s been terribly terribly dry here in the Piedmont. The first big thunderstorm in a while is rolling in from the south. Down in the woods along the creek, owls are going wild.

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ludkmr @ludkmr.bsky.social · 12d

Yale Climate Blog, Tropical Tidbits, WaPo hurricane team, NHC/NWS products and the farmer/weather nerd I married

ludkmr @ludkmr.bsky.social · 12d

Looks like future tropical storm Imelda is going to dump heavy rains inland in NC, SC & maybe Va/WVa early next week. This is not a drill

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ludkmr @ludkmr.bsky.social · 13d

One way is to run a court case up the chain and then Newby orders new maps

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ludkmr @ludkmr.bsky.social · 13d

All hell gonna break loose in NC

Chris Cooper @chriscooperwcu.bsky.social · 13d

"Top Republican North Carolina state Senator Phil Berger is expected to accept an endorsement from President Donald Trump in his 2026 primary challenge in exchange for redrawing congressional maps, several sources told CBS 17 on Thursday."

Story by Deana Harley. 🔗 ⬇️

#ncpol #redistricting

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ludkmr @ludkmr.bsky.social · 13d

Another storm blowing up and heading this way in a few days. Wetter storms & shorter prep times— that’s our world now

Map showing a major storm heading for the coast

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ludkmr @ludkmr.bsky.social · 14d

Tracklist from Pere Ubu's Modern Dance that reads:
A1 Non-alignment Pact
A2 The Modern Dance
A3 Laughing
A4 Street Waves
A5 Chinese Radiation
B1 Life Stinks
B2 Real World
B3 Over My Head
B4 Sentimental Journey
B5 Humor Me

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WIRED @wired.com · 15d

A 12-foot statue of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein frolicking and holding hands appeared on the National Mall in Washington, DC on Tuesday, September 23.

A plaque under the statue states that it has been erected “In Honor of Friendship Month."

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ludkmr @ludkmr.bsky.social · 15d

Yeah, the language in the bill isn’t as clear as the staff report

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15d

The same bs they're spewing about autism and tylenol is the same bs they're spewing about trans people's healthcare. It's the exact same playbook and the fact that the media can see through one and not the other is a damning indictment of how complicit they are in the attack on trans lives.

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Matt Hartman @themhartman.bsky.social · 16d

breaking news from unc: former provost chris clemens is suing the university for open meetings and public records violations during their discussion about delaying tenure votes

www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...

Former Provost Sues UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees Over Closed Meetings

Chris Clemens accused the trustees of "hiding matters of grave public concern,” including tenure debates, using a Signal group and closed session.

www.theassemblync.com

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ludkmr @ludkmr.bsky.social · 16d

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

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."

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Club Lud @clublud.bsky.social · 16d

Show a comin’

A band poster that’s aphoto of a wall cloud off the coast of North Carolina. The words on the photo say Lud, Shelles and Tallulah Cloos at The Cave 10/3

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ludkmr @ludkmr.bsky.social · 16d

Exactly.

Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 16d

“Both the private sector and the public sector need to put their money where their mouth is. They use the arts and culture in Durham to attract talent, companies, investment and wealth .... but the people who are creating that work are struggling to stay here.”

INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 16d

Artists say that they’re the backbone of Durham’s charm and that local leaders can do more to support them.