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Joshua Perin
@joshuaperin.bsky.social
Carrboro NC
Our backyard on the banks of Bolin Creek in #Carrboro #NorthCarolina, during & after last night’s flash flood.
July 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Flying next to someone flying for the first time! She’s in her 70s. I’m going to hold her hand.
February 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
It took a long time & a lot of work from a lot of really dedicated people, but we’re getting a library—tomorrow! #carrboro 📖
ngl, feels pretty good to read an old editorial every now and again. Sometimes, things work out. Here's to all the people over the years who made it happen. ❤️
Carrboro Citizen, December 11, 2008
February 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The algorithm gets me 🤖😍
February 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
At least the AI isn't self-aware yet 😅
February 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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carrboro’s new library is ❤️❤️❤️
February 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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For Black History Month (or any month, really), would you like to know how a Black dentist was arrested for golfing on whites-only course, then lost his U.S. Supreme Court case, and THEN ended up integrating recreational facilities in Greensboro and hospitals nationwide? 1/
February 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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In 2011, I talked with Larry Kramer in his Manhattan apartment, about his play The Normal Heart — but also about history, equality, and the future.

It’s an Obama-era interview with a man who died in 2020 that remains extremely current, in many parts, today. www.metroweekly.com/2011/11/an-a...
February 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Will East Weaver Street be getting a glow up? Maybe! The discussion starts Tuesday! triangleblogblog.com/2025/01/12/w...
Will East Weaver Street be getting a glow up? Maybe!
The Carrboro Town Council has a work session this Tuesday. Work sessions allow council to discuss a single topic in-depth. (There's no public comment at work sessions, but the public is welcome to com...
triangleblogblog.com
January 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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/dusts off Raleigh snowpocalypse picture www.ncrabbithole.com/p/raleigh-nc...
The Short Story of Raleigh's Greatest Snow Picture
Is there a winter storm coming? Then it's time to re-live a really rough day in 2014.
www.ncrabbithole.com
January 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
January 1, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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BREAKING: North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commutes 15 death sentences to sentences of life without the possibility of parole.

Full news release: governor.nc.gov/news/press-r...
December 31, 2024 at 8:16 PM
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Song of the day: youtu.be/T_qkVPZ8DJI?...
Stephen Colbert Joins The Mountain Goats To Perform 'This Year'
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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December 31, 2024 at 6:43 PM
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About a month ago Tony Hawk posted a photo of an unidentified girl skateboarding down a street in Fayetteville, NC in 1979. It went viral. @ncrabbithole.com chronicled the whole saga and actually tracked her down. And today, we put them all in the same room! This might be my favorite thing ever.
Tony Hawk and the skateboard rabbit hole
An old photograph and a call to action from one of the world's most famous athletes sends us on a fascinating adventure.
www.wunc.org
December 12, 2024 at 2:11 PM