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Been meaning to write something like this for a while. Inspired by some folks like @jgreenhall @PageauJonathan @rossbyrd @aaron_renn @aaron_lubeck @CharlestonArchi Link in the followup tweet

Feels like NASA is COOKING under @rookisaacman

@Digital_Vix3n this is fine. we don't need him until mid april.

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@GeringerAdam Uwharrie and South Mountain State Park kinda go under the radar compared to everything in WNC. Only view of mountains near charlotte i've seen are Kings Mountain and Crowder.

@zekester116 Correct! I’ve hiked them a number of times but this is the first “view” I’ve ever really seen of them

House with long range views of the ancient mountain range halfway between Raleigh and Charlotte nc

@aaron_renn I can't see how people recommend going into debt to go to college anymore. Just a house of cards that doesn't pay off.

NYT: Young Graduates Face the Grimmest Job Market in Years nytimes.com/2026/03/24/bus…

@Trekkie0805 @JoeBrunoWSOC9 @leighaltman they talked about the red line earlier in the summit.

@JoeBrunoWSOC9 Will they begin working on the Silver Line when the Red Line hits 50% and then "not deliver" (to use the words of @leighaltman on the Red Line? I bet that's what happens.

I'm at the MPTA retreat. The MPTA is discussing the Silver Line and ways to get the light rail closer to Matthews. An engineering firm studying the Silver Line's design is recommending consolidating the Remount/Berryhill stations, eliminating the Summit and First Ward stations, moving the 11th Street station and shifting the Bojangles Coliseum station from in front of the arena to near the highway. Even with all of these changes though, there is not enough money to expand to Sharon Amity Road, let alone Matthews.

@UrbanCourtyard CHS target vibes

As modular and standardized building frameworks advance, standing seam metal roofs will allow for more beautiful and expressive forms (pitches, dormers, attic levels, loggias, recessed gables, etc) to be delivered as repeatable systems

@OHG245 @cityaestheticss The coffee shop is in downtown Charleston because I mentioned coffee shops in downtown Charleston.

@zekester116 @cityaestheticss Where exactly did I say that NYC is the only place in the world with coffee shops? You’re putting words into my mouth. The initial post appears to include a photo of a NYC coffee shop, and I was simply stating my opinion as to NYC coffee shops.

Where would you rather get your coffee from?

I'm not being an ass. You are suggesting that NYC is the only place in the world with coffee shops which is the most stereotypical new yorker thing to do 🤣 Your experiences are not the only experiences to measure upon. So if you have only experienced coffee better than starbucks at local shops then that is great! The tweet does not apply to you.

@zekester116 @cityaestheticss I am simply responding to your assertion that Starbucks provides a “reliably mid product.” In NYC, it does not. I lived there for 15 years and it was consistently the worst coffee I’ve ever had. Of course others may have different experiences. Be less of an ass.

@OHG245 @cityaestheticss "Some things can be great and not great" "I have never experienced something that wasn't great!" Then you are not the target audience and there are things beyond your experience that might be true.

@zekester116 @cityaestheticss Literally never been to a small coffee shop in NYC that was worse than Starbucks

@Dana_TFSJ @cityaestheticss here in small town Upstate SC we have about 3-4 local coffee shops that have all found an audience, but people also gather at places like a local gas station or WaHo. really hard to break traditions like that just because you feel you have a superior form.

@zekester116 @cityaestheticss A couple of attempts at a coffeeshop locally have failed, but what I have seen here is that a lot of senior citizens gather at the local Hardee's for breakfast and conversation.

@PamelaA_Tweets What he's missing is that small towns would have balls and dances too not just the rich folks. But that don't make a hit tweet!

@ben_wnc alright that's enough for me to buy piranesi. i think i have children of time on the shelf.

Children of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky Fall; or, Dodge in Hell - Neal Stephenson Piranesi - Susanna Clarke Recursion - Blake Crouch If you want to read a really weird old one, read "The Stars My Destination" by Alfred Bester

@RinaWildflower AFC North and NFC Least

Gotta be the NFC EAST. Afc follows it imo?

@aaron_renn just a figure 8 of despair. why not grade seperate it if we are going to do all this nonsense.

I'm not sure even I would go for this one.

@raeforla @swyftcities

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if you need a boyfriend just go to the project hail mary screening and act confused

@DylanSLiu they can't force you to do anything and they were honestly not too pushy

@zekester116 how bad was it? easy to brickwall? did u buy one

has anyone sat through a timeshare presentation? i would like to go through the gauntlet just to see if i can get throught it.