Amy Laura Hall

@NC_Governor Dang it! I always add an e to her name, because I read “Anne of Green Gables” at some point. ANN RICHARDS! ♥️

@NC_Governor I could never be Governor. Love to you. My dad always said my mother would have been Anne Richards, if she hadn’t have had to follow him in his ministry across Texas. Sending cheers and encouragement to you both!

Small businesses like Flavors on Main General Store in Marion are the backbones of North Carolina’s rural communities. Thanks to owners Doug and Debbie for sharing their story, including how they’ve been able to not only keep their doors open but create new offerings after Helene.

Grim.

While the storm may have faded from headlines, families across the region are still working every day to recover – and it’s our job to match their grit and urgency. The next phase of rebuilding western North Carolina focuses on strengthening the economy, creating safe places for folks to live, building stronger infrastructure, and making sure communities have the resources they need to fully recover. Now is the time to double down on our efforts.

It's been pretty hidden by all the Berger nonsense, but in the background, @NC_Governor is out here working on infrastructure for rural communities in Western NC. Here, he worked with the leaders of Newland - population 866 - to land a $15 million federal grant for a new water/septic overhaul for the town. The money comes from an act passed under Biden. The Trump administration tried to eliminate the program, but they were challenged in court and failed.

From war to drought: North Carolina farmers caught in the middle: 'Pinching pennies' abc11.com/post/war-droug…

What did Pope Leo mean by ‘healthy secularism’? americamagazine.org/short-take/202…

@berlinerblau Reading this asap.

@berlinerblau Thank you.

@nerdosyndical Ugh. I suspected this might be true as I drove to the grocery store. I thought, dang it, these manosphere guys have taken a fashion tip from Eric Metaxas.

Sometimes this site is really confusing in a creepily specific way. For all the obviously tacky “manosphere” podcasts there are men with bow ties who type words like these. I’m a Methodist, so disavow the aristocracy, and, this take is bad. All before 9 am.

By this I mean the analysis is true. He did not technically call for physical death but rather spiritual death. So much fun parsing which Christians *really* want to kill other Christians and which ones only want their psychic humiliation, their noses figuratively shoved in dirt.

Yep. Technically true.

Must have a walk outside before I can deal with a careful take about who called for the death of whom.

It’s astounding how many people (including many Catholics) treat the question of whether the Iran war meets just war criteria as if the burden of proof were on the critics of the war rather than on the defenders. This is like saying that when deciding whether to execute someone, the burden of proof is on those who say that the condemned man is innocent, rather than on those who say he is guilty. Most would never take this insanely reckless attitude if the other party were in power, even if the issue were less momentous than war. For example, most of these same people (rightly) did not take this ridiculous “the burden of proof is on the critics” attitude where lockdowns were concerned. This alone shows how corrupted by partisanship and emotion their judgment on the war has become.

It would, in fact, be incoherent for a settler colony that has yet to acknowledge in full its own origins in vast dispossession and genocide to do this. That's no excuse but an explanation.

Yes, this is the bit that grates.

Why going to an HBCU might be better for Black students’ health A study found correlation between the environment and long-term wellness in sample of 1,978 who attended college between 1940-80 theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m…

“This institution doesn’t mind if you’re picked off one by one.” Professors at UNC schools say the new public syllabus policy will make them targets. #ncpol #nced #unc wunc.org/education/2026…