Jerad Walker
@jeradwalker.bsky.social
Podcast Editor: North Carolina Public Radio (WUNC). Contributor: NPR. Alum: OPB, WAMU. Cheerwine enthusiast. Go Dawgs!
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Remember. Gremlins is a Christmas movie.
December 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Remember. Gremlins is a Christmas movie.
🎶let it snow, let it snow, let it snow🎶
December 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
🎶let it snow, let it snow, let it snow🎶
His 10th career NFL start! A Christmas miracle.
December 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
His 10th career NFL start! A Christmas miracle.
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Breaking my sabbatical to let you know that there's a brand new Rabbit Hole out this morning about a unique style of Christmas lights called Blinkies, the relentless inventor who made them, and why they haven't spread far and wide beyond North Carolina (yet). www.ncrabbithole.com/p/behold-the...
Behold the Blinkies: A Very North Carolina Set of Christmas Lights
What started as a way to honor a woman in Kernersville has become a regional phenomenon. Here's the story of an overnight success that took decades, and a man who never stopped inventing.
www.ncrabbithole.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Breaking my sabbatical to let you know that there's a brand new Rabbit Hole out this morning about a unique style of Christmas lights called Blinkies, the relentless inventor who made them, and why they haven't spread far and wide beyond North Carolina (yet). www.ncrabbithole.com/p/behold-the...
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
December 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
🎶oh the weather outside is weather…🎶
December 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🎶oh the weather outside is weather…🎶
Suck it up, buttercup. Work is hard.
Does anyone else bristle at this framing? WSJ says blue books are “torturing” students with hand cramps, and “nobody likes them.”
Listen, students have been outsourcing everything to AI and cheating their way through college. Blue books should be celebrated as a return to authentic human learning.
Listen, students have been outsourcing everything to AI and cheating their way through college. Blue books should be celebrated as a return to authentic human learning.
They Were Every Student’s Worst Nightmare. Now Blue Books Are Back.
Cheating with ChatGPT has become a huge problem for colleges. The solution is painfully old-school.
www.wsj.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Suck it up, buttercup. Work is hard.
Merry Christmas from somewhere near Greensboro, NC.
December 24, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Merry Christmas from somewhere near Greensboro, NC.
Some kid on the playground in elementary school told me my mama smelled like Brunswick. Hands down the meanest and funniest thing I’ve ever heard in my life.
December 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Some kid on the playground in elementary school told me my mama smelled like Brunswick. Hands down the meanest and funniest thing I’ve ever heard in my life.
In Groot voice:
Boot
Boot
An unusual burl on a fir along the North Country Trail in Baraga County in Michigan's Upper Peninsula for #ThickTrunkTuesday!
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
In Groot voice:
Boot
Boot
Nope. Absolutely not.
December 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Nope. Absolutely not.
you know I had to do it to 'em
December 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
you know I had to do it to 'em
I knew Lake Lanier was dangerous. But holy shit. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
December 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I knew Lake Lanier was dangerous. But holy shit. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Amy Poehler has been living rent free in James Cameron’s head for 13 years. 🤣
December 23, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Amy Poehler has been living rent free in James Cameron’s head for 13 years. 🤣
Not very Christian of you, I-40.
December 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Not very Christian of you, I-40.
I want you to put the word out there that we back up.
December 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I want you to put the word out there that we back up.
mother of god
December 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
mother of god
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I watched AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH in Portugal today and I just want everyone to know that the entire movie was subtitled in English in Papyrus.
The entire movie.
The entire movie.
December 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I watched AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH in Portugal today and I just want everyone to know that the entire movie was subtitled in English in Papyrus.
The entire movie.
The entire movie.
This sentence is, somehow, only the second or third most shocking thing I’ve read about the University of Michigan in the past month.
NEWS: Security footage captured former Michigan co-offensive coordinator Matt Weiss minutes before he allegedly hacked college students’ personal accounts to steal sexually explicit photos and videos, an FBI search warrant affidavit alleges.
December 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This sentence is, somehow, only the second or third most shocking thing I’ve read about the University of Michigan in the past month.
It is time. Videoooos… 🧵
December 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It is time. Videoooos… 🧵
That man’s soul left his body when he hit the end zone.
December 21, 2025 at 4:33 AM
That man’s soul left his body when he hit the end zone.
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🎵it’s a duck in a box🎵
December 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
🎵it’s a duck in a box🎵
QB Josh Johnson has entered the game for the Washington Commanders tonight, which gives me an excuse to share his *incredible* resume.
December 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
QB Josh Johnson has entered the game for the Washington Commanders tonight, which gives me an excuse to share his *incredible* resume.