Brandon Wheeler
@branwhee.bsky.social
Goofing off and thinking about plants. Conservation Ecologist @ NCBG
@shutdownfullcast.bsky.social caught some of the 10 AM Ludacris in Chapel Hill while out for a morning run-he brought way more energy than I could have ever expected. A consummate professional. Also saw shakey!
October 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
@shutdownfullcast.bsky.social caught some of the 10 AM Ludacris in Chapel Hill while out for a morning run-he brought way more energy than I could have ever expected. A consummate professional. Also saw shakey!
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how can you not be romantic about college football
August 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
how can you not be romantic about college football
@surber.bsky.social the closest place to grab lunch to my workplace is a fresh market, which I have 0 experience with… any recommendations for a quick (and on the cheaper side) lunch?
August 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
@surber.bsky.social the closest place to grab lunch to my workplace is a fresh market, which I have 0 experience with… any recommendations for a quick (and on the cheaper side) lunch?
New bike calls for a long ride! Durham -> Raleigh
May 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
New bike calls for a long ride! Durham -> Raleigh
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[at the front of a bread line] uh yeah, uh. uh, i’ll have the uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. huh. i’ll uh, i’ll. oh you know what? here’s what i’ll do. i’ll get the uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
April 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
[at the front of a bread line] uh yeah, uh. uh, i’ll have the uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. huh. i’ll uh, i’ll. oh you know what? here’s what i’ll do. i’ll get the uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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These are trying times. Make sure to listen to Vernon Davis saying “yams… sweet potato yams” in a calming voice at least 10 times per day
Just posting this so I can embed this in a future blog. Yams. Sweet Potato Yams.
April 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
These are trying times. Make sure to listen to Vernon Davis saying “yams… sweet potato yams” in a calming voice at least 10 times per day
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Alexander the Great and the Fates, by Bernardino Mei, 1667, 📸 by Sarah Stier
April 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Alexander the Great and the Fates, by Bernardino Mei, 1667, 📸 by Sarah Stier
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first-ballot all-american white collar crime candidate
INSANE market action right now. Market exploded higher on a headline attributed to Kevin Hassett. And now nobody can figure out where it came from and the markets are diving again.
An 8% surge and then a 3.5% plunge in a matter of seconds
An 8% surge and then a 3.5% plunge in a matter of seconds
April 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
first-ballot all-american white collar crime candidate
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March 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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The Massachusetts governor, the city, and the university needs to drop everything to locate and free this girl and make sure this doesn't happen again.
This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Massachusetts governor, the city, and the university needs to drop everything to locate and free this girl and make sure this doesn't happen again.
This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
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my favorite part of the Derik Queen game-winner is the Stunned Oregon Band Member. his team wasn't even involved and he was the most excited person in the building
March 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
my favorite part of the Derik Queen game-winner is the Stunned Oregon Band Member. his team wasn't even involved and he was the most excited person in the building
Literally the opposite of how this works for plants.
This is your reminder that the current purge of federal agencies coincides with years of indoctrination by Christian school / homeschool social studies textbooks like Abeka.
March 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Literally the opposite of how this works for plants.
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My brother in blogging cannot keep getting away with this
March 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
My brother in blogging cannot keep getting away with this
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The Good Place Committee needs to be run out of their jobs, one by one, until none of them are left.
March 14, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The Good Place Committee needs to be run out of their jobs, one by one, until none of them are left.
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52 years ago today
![The Great Michigan Pizza Funeral was the ceremonial disposal of 29,188 frozen cheese-and-mushroom pizzas in Ossineke, Michigan, on March 5, 1973.[1][2] The manufacturer, Ilario "Mario" Fabbrini,[3] had been ordered to recall the pizzas by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after initial tests suggested the presence of botulism-causing bacteria in a batch of canned mushrooms.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreigjlwsj6lgkpparg5ckmj3e7jxknwinuvarhnj4mbypjbl7x5mqsm@jpeg)
March 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
52 years ago today
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instead of watching the not actual state of the union tonight you could be watching a beloved 2006-2014 USA Network show (plus three movies on Peacock)
March 5, 2025 at 1:26 AM
instead of watching the not actual state of the union tonight you could be watching a beloved 2006-2014 USA Network show (plus three movies on Peacock)
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We must bring back technology that is stupid. The only technology that needs to be a computer is the computer itself
Next year, the EU will require cars to have buttons & dials -- not just touchscreens -- to get a top safety rating.
This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens.
(Even better: Tesla will hate this)
This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens.
(Even better: Tesla will hate this)
Cars will need fewer screens and more buttons to earn five-star safety rating in Europe
Euro NCAP will release new testing guidelines in 2026.
www.theverge.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
We must bring back technology that is stupid. The only technology that needs to be a computer is the computer itself
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Rick Steves is a great public servant, educating Americans about everything from fascism to prostrate cancer to… the world.
He licenses all of his travel shows to public television for free.
And thanks for the great talk yesterday in Santa Monica, @ricksteves.bsky.social
He licenses all of his travel shows to public television for free.
And thanks for the great talk yesterday in Santa Monica, @ricksteves.bsky.social
Much respect to @ricksteves.bsky.social rewatching this explanationof fascism in the context of how it starts, how it continues, how it ends and is prevented from returning. "We are partipants, we are all responsible. "
youtu.be/aLWWqUUm2uk?...
youtu.be/aLWWqUUm2uk?...
Germany’s Fascist Story
YouTube video by Rick Steves' Europe
youtu.be
February 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Rick Steves is a great public servant, educating Americans about everything from fascism to prostrate cancer to… the world.
He licenses all of his travel shows to public television for free.
And thanks for the great talk yesterday in Santa Monica, @ricksteves.bsky.social
He licenses all of his travel shows to public television for free.
And thanks for the great talk yesterday in Santa Monica, @ricksteves.bsky.social
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THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE POINTERRRRRRRRRR
*Sound On 🔊*
Quote from the Delta Devils MBB.
“Bro chill out it was just a 3. PA man getting his paycheck though”
Quote from the Delta Devils MBB.
“Bro chill out it was just a 3. PA man getting his paycheck though”
February 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE POINTERRRRRRRRRR
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yes i would like to nominate this for every filmmaking award
February 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
yes i would like to nominate this for every filmmaking award
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I appreciate that the map of Kentucky on Kentucky’s basketball court has the little exclave at the far end created by the shifting bends of the Mississippi River. Accuracy in basketball cartography is very important to me
February 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I appreciate that the map of Kentucky on Kentucky’s basketball court has the little exclave at the far end created by the shifting bends of the Mississippi River. Accuracy in basketball cartography is very important to me
There was a time when UNC would have made this list… dark days in chapel hill w/o a Waffle House.
Which FBS stadiums are closest to a Waffle House?
We took google maps walking directions and ranked them all! Here’s who came out on top.
We took google maps walking directions and ranked them all! Here’s who came out on top.
February 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
There was a time when UNC would have made this list… dark days in chapel hill w/o a Waffle House.
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We're a repubthick not a slimocracy
February 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
We're a repubthick not a slimocracy