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Timothy Gerla

@tybstar.bsky.social

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Timothy Gerla @tybstar.bsky.social · Jan 18

Here is a thread about our habitat restoration project in North Carolina. I'll keep it updated with photos and progress when I remember.

In 2020, we bought a parcel of land just outside of Candor, NC, in the Uwharrie National Forest. It's off of a dirt road in a pretty remote section of the county.

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Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · 4d

tonight! come to our election forum forum.

Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · 5d

Checking the AV setup for tomorrow nights Not Really an Election Forum Forum at Steel String Brewery

When: Saturday, October 4th at 6PM
Where: Steel String Brewery – 106 S Greensboro Street, Carrboro

Candidates from both Carrboro and Chapel Hill will be there. Town council, mayor and school board!

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 20d

I am biased but I don’t think there is a better website on the internet today than TheOnion.com.

Nation Grateful to GOP for Protecting It From TV

Report: You to Be Fired for Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk

Trump Spends Entire UK Trip Trying to Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From

Charlie Kirk, Not In His Own Words: We Honor The Right-Wing Activist By Making Up Quotes That Sound Much Better, Given The Moment

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Timothy Gerla @tybstar.bsky.social · 20d

Hey NC friends, I've recently gotten involved in a new project called the Triangle Central Kitchen, a social enterprise fighting hunger and food waste, and we are launching on Sept 24 at Namu in Durham. Want a great dinner for a greater cause, check it out! trianglecentralkitchen.org/tck-launch-p...

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Timothy Gerla @tybstar.bsky.social · 27d

Timothy Gerla @tybstar.bsky.social · 27d

Blowing some fire lines for a small burn this evening. #rxfire #goodfire

A photo of a forest floor, half of it cleared to the duff underneath, the other half covered in pine needles. Green trees in the background.

A black dog wearing a fluorescent yellow and orange safety coat, prancing near a big pile of logging slash.

A black dog wearing a fluorescent yellow and orange safety coat, with a wild look on her face. She’s barking.

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Jèf Uphoff @juphoff.bsky.social · Sep 8

Succinct and accurate.

Anagram Doe @anagramdoe.bsky.social · Sep 8

the supreme court says you can never use race to help people but you can always use race to hurt people

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Carolina Forward @carolinaforward.bsky.social · Aug 28

Why did NC State Auditor Dave Boliek wait three weeks - eg. only after @wral.bsky.social broke the story publicly - to ask the Republican Surry County elections board chair to resign?

This guy was caught (on video!) trying to drug his granddaughters on August 8th.

🤔🤔🤔🤔
www.wral.com/news/local/s...

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Timothy Gerla @tybstar.bsky.social · Aug 27

If any of my friends in DC are hungry and need lunch, I will be happy to DoorDash a few sub sandwiches over. Just let me know.

Timothy Gerla @tybstar.bsky.social · Aug 26

Wow, go Gov. Stein!

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Eugenie Scott @eugeniescott.bsky.social · Aug 18

Coming up 8/23 -- IRL SkeptiCal 2025! See speakers and the very affordable tickets at www.skepticalcon.com Ross Blocher, Seth Shostak, Kyle Polich me, and others. We're so excited to be meeting in person again. Please share.

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Eugenie Scott @eugeniescott.bsky.social · Aug 17

If you're in Northern or Central CA, come join us at the 13th SkeptiCal, in person, in downtown Oakland. We're so excited to be meeting IRL again. www.skepticalcon.com Known as the AFFORDABLE skeptics conference! Sat. Aug 23, 2025

SkeptiCal Conference

SkeptiCal is the scientific skepticism conference brought to you by Northern California Skeptics.

www.skepticalcon.com

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Carolina Forward @carolinaforward.bsky.social · Aug 9

We're at a point where the president is:

➡️ demanding politically disfavored American CEOs to resign (Intel)
➡️ calling for price controls (pharma)
➡️ imposing government "truth arbiter" censors in the media (CBS)
➡️ nationalizing private business (US Steel)

American Maoism, brought to us by MAGA.

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Timothy Gerla @tybstar.bsky.social · Aug 7

When someone suggested I try uv I instinctively recoiled because really, who needs yet another python environment management tool? But they were right, it is so good and solves so much dependency hell pain.

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Carolina Forward @carolinaforward.bsky.social · Jul 31

It's occasionally shocking just how casually some politicians chat about blatant corruption.

Here's Phil Berger's son, Rockingham County commissioner Kevin Berger, bragging about how his dad spent millions of taxpayer dollars to buy a political endorsement.
www.theassemblync.com/politics/phi...

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Jèf Uphoff @juphoff.bsky.social · Jul 30

Blimey! The earthquake off Russia’s Pacific coast caused groundwater fluctuations way up here in Virginian Appalachia!

Cian 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @cbdawson.bsky.social · Jul 30

Look at that hydrograph! This is from a USGS monitoring well in Christiansburg, Montgomery County, VA. Observation well 27F2 SOW 019 is 450' deep, completed in carbonate rocks of the Elbrook Formation and well known for its response to quakes.

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Data: waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-l...

Graph of depth to groundwater in a well, showing sudden water level oscillations of up to about 1 foot, starting around 7:45PM eastern on July 29, 2025.

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · Jul 25

My summer shop update is now LIVE! Lots of new stickers, prints, patches, enamel pins, and more are now available! 🌊🦦💕

🛒 shop.fossilforager.art

reshares are appreciated!! 💕

A photo of vibrant California coast themed vinyl stickers on top of a sandy background. The stickers feature sea slugs, a sea otter, sun fish, a leopard shark, a bat ray, kelp, and a garibaldi.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · Jul 24

How did I fucking miss this

variety.com/2025/music/o...

Chuck Mangione, Jazz Musician Whose ‘Feels So Good’ Stormed the Pop Top 10 in the Late ’70s, Dies at 84

Chuck Mangione, the jazz flugelhorn and trumpet player whose catchy instrumental 'Feels So Good' made the pop top 10, has died at 84.

variety.com

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Timothy Gerla @tybstar.bsky.social · Jul 24

I think at this point it would be best, for the good of the country, that Trump resign.

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Carolina Forward @carolinaforward.bsky.social · Jul 12

Need a cheat sheet for when all the various parts of the Republican federal budget goes into effect? Here it is.

Why do you think they delayed many of the most damaging provisions to only take effect after the 2026 midterm election? Can anyone think of a reason? 🤔

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Timothy Gerla @tybstar.bsky.social · Jul 1

"Don't harm yourself, we'll do it for you!" - The police, probably.

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Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · Jun 21

This is an insane data viz and indicates how devastating the cuts to UNC, Duke, RTI, NIOSH, EPA, FHI360 have been to our congressional district.

www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...

From the dataisbeautiful community on Reddit: Dollar Value of DOGE Cuts to US Federal Grant Programs by Congressional District [OC]

Explore this post and more from the dataisbeautiful community

www.reddit.com

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Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · Jun 14

the blogblog model in chapel hill and carrboro - using journalism to build community that takes action - is worth checking out.

Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · Jun 14

fired up after today? start a blogblog. gather a group of funny people. hold events. write about hyperlocal politics. get people out to vote. 🗳️

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Timothy Gerla @tybstar.bsky.social · Jun 6

This DA needs to be recalled.

How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · Jun 6

In order to eliminate any inconvenience to cars, we’ve made it illegal for children to be children

NBC News

Parents are charged after their son, 7, is struck dead in a car accident.

Gastonia, N.C., police charged the parents with involuntary manslaughter charges after allowing the victim and his brother to walk home alone from a nearby grocery store.

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Carolina Forward @carolinaforward.bsky.social · May 27

The United States is heavily dependent on east Asia for the advanced computer chips that power our whole economy.

One North Carolina company has bet the farm on becoming a domestic, American-owned advanced chipmaker - but now, they're in big trouble.

Let's talk about Wolfspeed.

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Timothy Gerla @tybstar.bsky.social · May 25

And this Baptisia alba (White Wild Indigo)! This is the second Baptisia species we've found on the property.

A plant in the foreground with small, long, oval leaves, with a bean-like vibe. A flower stalk is emerging upwards, with small white flowers in the process of opening up. Towards the top, closed buds. In the background, trees and grasses. Blue sky.

Someone is holding the flower stalk with the white bean-like flowers.