Bruce Siceloff
@siceloff.bsky.social
Retired newspaper reporter/editor/columnist, husband, father, Fulbright Scholar, traveler, Southerner, Duke English major, “he” in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Don't worry! You can get your COVID-19 vaccine! (At least in NC) CVS.com makes this easy.
No warning about barriers or ineligibility. No RFKjr nonsense.
If you're under 65 they ask: Are you eligible and do you want it? Say Yes. That's good enough for CVS. You can now schedule your shot.
No warning about barriers or ineligibility. No RFKjr nonsense.
If you're under 65 they ask: Are you eligible and do you want it? Say Yes. That's good enough for CVS. You can now schedule your shot.
September 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Don't worry! You can get your COVID-19 vaccine! (At least in NC) CVS.com makes this easy.
No warning about barriers or ineligibility. No RFKjr nonsense.
If you're under 65 they ask: Are you eligible and do you want it? Say Yes. That's good enough for CVS. You can now schedule your shot.
No warning about barriers or ineligibility. No RFKjr nonsense.
If you're under 65 they ask: Are you eligible and do you want it? Say Yes. That's good enough for CVS. You can now schedule your shot.
Similarly: CVS in NC!
September 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Similarly: CVS in NC!
And if you are under 65, CVS simply asks you to say you are eligible.
September 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
And if you are under 65, CVS simply asks you to say you are eligible.
The Greensboro Four including Maj. Gen. Joseph McNeil, left, returned to Woolworth’s for coffee in 1990, on the 30th anniversary of their nation-changing sit-in.
With McNeil’s passing this week, only Dr. Jibreel Khazan (born Ezell Blair Jr.), second from left, survives.
With McNeil’s passing this week, only Dr. Jibreel Khazan (born Ezell Blair Jr.), second from left, survives.
September 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The Greensboro Four including Maj. Gen. Joseph McNeil, left, returned to Woolworth’s for coffee in 1990, on the 30th anniversary of their nation-changing sit-in.
With McNeil’s passing this week, only Dr. Jibreel Khazan (born Ezell Blair Jr.), second from left, survives.
With McNeil’s passing this week, only Dr. Jibreel Khazan (born Ezell Blair Jr.), second from left, survives.
By one reckoning, two vital, HBCU-based public radio stations in North Carolina are in mortal jeopardy: WNCU in Durham (Triangle jazz source) & WRVS in Elizabeth City.
Let's see some reporting on how the Triangle & NC will suffer from the cancellation of all federal funding for public radio and TV.
Let's see some reporting on how the Triangle & NC will suffer from the cancellation of all federal funding for public radio and TV.
July 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
By one reckoning, two vital, HBCU-based public radio stations in North Carolina are in mortal jeopardy: WNCU in Durham (Triangle jazz source) & WRVS in Elizabeth City.
Let's see some reporting on how the Triangle & NC will suffer from the cancellation of all federal funding for public radio and TV.
Let's see some reporting on how the Triangle & NC will suffer from the cancellation of all federal funding for public radio and TV.
Meanwhile in another universe, DEI gets a big loud boost from NCDOT
June 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Meanwhile in another universe, DEI gets a big loud boost from NCDOT
This message would’ve been unremarkable in 2024. But with US corporations, pols & govts now recanting or erasing their affirmations about racial equality, I’m encouraged to see the NC Dept of Transportation renew its commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (using the words!).
Happy Juneteenth!
Happy Juneteenth!
June 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This message would’ve been unremarkable in 2024. But with US corporations, pols & govts now recanting or erasing their affirmations about racial equality, I’m encouraged to see the NC Dept of Transportation renew its commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (using the words!).
Happy Juneteenth!
Happy Juneteenth!
Lots of priorities to choose from in this Democratic Governors Assn survey/money plea.
I choose Other: “restoring democracy & rule of law.”
I choose Other: “restoring democracy & rule of law.”
May 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Lots of priorities to choose from in this Democratic Governors Assn survey/money plea.
I choose Other: “restoring democracy & rule of law.”
I choose Other: “restoring democracy & rule of law.”
The Rev. Dr. #PauliMurray was a great American hero. Trump fears her legacy as an obstacle to white-male supremacy.
We should erect Murray's statue at UNC where she was denied admission because of her race, near the Chapel Hill church where she was ordained.
www.newsobserver.com/news/local/c...
We should erect Murray's statue at UNC where she was denied admission because of her race, near the Chapel Hill church where she was ordained.
www.newsobserver.com/news/local/c...
April 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The Rev. Dr. #PauliMurray was a great American hero. Trump fears her legacy as an obstacle to white-male supremacy.
We should erect Murray's statue at UNC where she was denied admission because of her race, near the Chapel Hill church where she was ordained.
www.newsobserver.com/news/local/c...
We should erect Murray's statue at UNC where she was denied admission because of her race, near the Chapel Hill church where she was ordained.
www.newsobserver.com/news/local/c...
I just came across this timely tip for taxpayers, from the #IRS:
Do not write a check for $100 million or more. Instead, break your tax payment into multiple checks for less than $100M apiece, or consider another means of payment.
Do not write a check for $100 million or more. Instead, break your tax payment into multiple checks for less than $100M apiece, or consider another means of payment.
April 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I just came across this timely tip for taxpayers, from the #IRS:
Do not write a check for $100 million or more. Instead, break your tax payment into multiple checks for less than $100M apiece, or consider another means of payment.
Do not write a check for $100 million or more. Instead, break your tax payment into multiple checks for less than $100M apiece, or consider another means of payment.
My son & I thought of each other.
I sent this white Gulf of Mexico 1569* T-shirt to Laughlin, who (at least for a few more weeks) works as a marine biologist concerned with the Gulf.
Meanwhile, before he received it, Laughlin bought this purple 1550* version for me.
I sent this white Gulf of Mexico 1569* T-shirt to Laughlin, who (at least for a few more weeks) works as a marine biologist concerned with the Gulf.
Meanwhile, before he received it, Laughlin bought this purple 1550* version for me.
March 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
My son & I thought of each other.
I sent this white Gulf of Mexico 1569* T-shirt to Laughlin, who (at least for a few more weeks) works as a marine biologist concerned with the Gulf.
Meanwhile, before he received it, Laughlin bought this purple 1550* version for me.
I sent this white Gulf of Mexico 1569* T-shirt to Laughlin, who (at least for a few more weeks) works as a marine biologist concerned with the Gulf.
Meanwhile, before he received it, Laughlin bought this purple 1550* version for me.
February 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
"There was nothing there now except a single Commandment. It ran:
ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL
BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS
After that it did not seem strange when next day the pigs who were supervising the work of the farm all carried whips in their trotters."
- George #Orwell, Animal Farm
ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL
BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS
After that it did not seem strange when next day the pigs who were supervising the work of the farm all carried whips in their trotters."
- George #Orwell, Animal Farm
February 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"There was nothing there now except a single Commandment. It ran:
ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL
BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS
After that it did not seem strange when next day the pigs who were supervising the work of the farm all carried whips in their trotters."
- George #Orwell, Animal Farm
ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL
BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS
After that it did not seem strange when next day the pigs who were supervising the work of the farm all carried whips in their trotters."
- George #Orwell, Animal Farm
“They had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm
― George Orwell, Animal Farm
February 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
“They had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm
― George Orwell, Animal Farm
'Are you certain that this is not something that you have dreamed, comrades? Have you any record of such a resolution? Is it written down anywhere?'
And since ... nothing of the kind existed in writing, the animals were satisfied that they had been mistaken.
-George Orwell, #AnimalFarm
And since ... nothing of the kind existed in writing, the animals were satisfied that they had been mistaken.
-George Orwell, #AnimalFarm
February 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
'Are you certain that this is not something that you have dreamed, comrades? Have you any record of such a resolution? Is it written down anywhere?'
And since ... nothing of the kind existed in writing, the animals were satisfied that they had been mistaken.
-George Orwell, #AnimalFarm
And since ... nothing of the kind existed in writing, the animals were satisfied that they had been mistaken.
-George Orwell, #AnimalFarm
Four American heroes got together again on February 1, 1990, for coffee at Woolworth's. It was the 30th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins.
From left: Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair Jr. (Jibreel Khazan), Franklin E. McCain, David L. Richmond.
We appreciate these men & celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth.
From left: Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair Jr. (Jibreel Khazan), Franklin E. McCain, David L. Richmond.
We appreciate these men & celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth.
February 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Four American heroes got together again on February 1, 1990, for coffee at Woolworth's. It was the 30th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins.
From left: Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair Jr. (Jibreel Khazan), Franklin E. McCain, David L. Richmond.
We appreciate these men & celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth.
From left: Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair Jr. (Jibreel Khazan), Franklin E. McCain, David L. Richmond.
We appreciate these men & celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth.
“No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?”
― George #Orwell, Animal Farm
― George #Orwell, Animal Farm
February 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
“No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?”
― George #Orwell, Animal Farm
― George #Orwell, Animal Farm
