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Award-winning independent journalist and audio producer specializing in stories at the intersections of science, history, and nature. Based in NC.
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100% human, no AI
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· Nov 27
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NC folks, this is complete bullshit, right?
www.ihadnoclue.com/article/1105...
www.ihadnoclue.com/article/1105...
I Had No Clue!: The Fungal Frontier: How Mycelium Networks Revolutionize Disaster Response
I Had No Clue!: The Fungal Frontier: How Mycelium Networks Revolutionize Disaster Response - Recent breakthroughs in mycelium-based technologies are transfor...
www.ihadnoclue.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
NC folks, this is complete bullshit, right?
www.ihadnoclue.com/article/1105...
www.ihadnoclue.com/article/1105...
Great thread that applies far beyond traditional publishing
I think one of the hardest things about being a career writer in traditional publishing is that writing attracts the neurodivergent brain while the variable reinforcement schedule punishes it. We are all the rat at the water bottle, waiting for the hit of cocaine. You get one win, and you need MORE.
November 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Great thread that applies far beyond traditional publishing
Re-upping this thread as deer season rolls around again. Still thinking about deer crossing the South on trains.
This weekend, when my neighbors were taking pre-dawn potshots at local wildlife, I was reminded it is deer season in Central NC.
November 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Re-upping this thread as deer season rolls around again. Still thinking about deer crossing the South on trains.
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this is how you get outbreaks of Mad Oreo Disease
oh wow that’s crazy
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
November 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
this is how you get outbreaks of Mad Oreo Disease
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We have upgraded our geomagnetic forecast today (12 November 2025) to the highest intensity level amid an ongoing solar storm.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We have upgraded our geomagnetic forecast today (12 November 2025) to the highest intensity level amid an ongoing solar storm.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
The final form of all AI chatbots is just a Dr. Bronner's label.
This was a really interesting detail: left to their own devices, AI chatbots will start inventing "spiralism" all by themselves. Something in their training seems to make them susceptible to this strain of mysticism.
November 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The final form of all AI chatbots is just a Dr. Bronner's label.
Oh I like this game
Northern Lights *might* be visible Tuesday night as far south as North Carolina
A pair of coronal mass ejections heading toward Earth could produce aurora farther south, but there are some question marks too.
www.wral.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Oh I like this game
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the listener-member model that public radio has turned to after decades of government underfunding conflicts with its goal to reflect and serve all Americans. spoke with @lauragarbes.bsky.social about her book LISTENERS LIKE WHO? www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/fund...
Funding cuts may make public radio more reliant on old, rich, white donors
After years of interviews, research, and writing, Laura Garbes submitted the final draft of her book on public radio in December 2024. By the time Listeners Like Who? Exclusion and Resistance in the P...
www.niemanlab.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
the listener-member model that public radio has turned to after decades of government underfunding conflicts with its goal to reflect and serve all Americans. spoke with @lauragarbes.bsky.social about her book LISTENERS LIKE WHO? www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/fund...
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Gerhard Weinberg was 10 years old when he fled Nazi Germany in 1938 as part of the Kindertransport. He recalls life in Hanover as a young Jewish boy in the lead up to #Kristallnacht.
on.soundcloud.com/FO4PUU1NMTKP...
Produced in 2016 for Audio Under the Stars.
on.soundcloud.com/FO4PUU1NMTKP...
Produced in 2016 for Audio Under the Stars.
We Tend To Forget
Gerhard Weinberg was 10 years old when he fled Nazi Germany in 1938 as part of the Kindertransport. Here, he recalls life in Hanover as a young Jewish boy in the lead-up to Kristallnacht. Produced in
soundcloud.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Gerhard Weinberg was 10 years old when he fled Nazi Germany in 1938 as part of the Kindertransport. He recalls life in Hanover as a young Jewish boy in the lead up to #Kristallnacht.
on.soundcloud.com/FO4PUU1NMTKP...
Produced in 2016 for Audio Under the Stars.
on.soundcloud.com/FO4PUU1NMTKP...
Produced in 2016 for Audio Under the Stars.
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Gerhard Weinberg was 10 years old when he fled Nazi Germany in 1938 as part of the Kindertransport. He recalls life in Hanover as a young Jewish boy in the lead up to #Kristallnacht.
on.soundcloud.com/FO4PUU1NMTKP...
Produced in 2016 for Audio Under the Stars.
on.soundcloud.com/FO4PUU1NMTKP...
Produced in 2016 for Audio Under the Stars.
We Tend To Forget
Gerhard Weinberg was 10 years old when he fled Nazi Germany in 1938 as part of the Kindertransport. Here, he recalls life in Hanover as a young Jewish boy in the lead-up to Kristallnacht. Produced in
soundcloud.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Gerhard Weinberg was 10 years old when he fled Nazi Germany in 1938 as part of the Kindertransport. He recalls life in Hanover as a young Jewish boy in the lead up to #Kristallnacht.
on.soundcloud.com/FO4PUU1NMTKP...
Produced in 2016 for Audio Under the Stars.
on.soundcloud.com/FO4PUU1NMTKP...
Produced in 2016 for Audio Under the Stars.
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now. what to do with an extra 16 hours of darkness
November 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
now. what to do with an extra 16 hours of darkness
Nobody warned me plumcots look like a crime scene when you slice them open.
November 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Nobody warned me plumcots look like a crime scene when you slice them open.
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Deep River Data wants to drill natural gas well near Sanford to power a data center. All company officials work in crypto, its main adviser used to work for Pat McCrory & is advocating for pro-crypto laws at legislature. But they say this won't be a cryptomine insideclimatenews.org/news/0111202...
A Company Eyes What Would Be North Carolina’s First Commercial Natural Gas Well - Inside Climate News
Deep River Data, with ties to cryptocurrency, says it would use the extracted gas to power a data center for “AI workloads,” not crypto mines.
insideclimatenews.org
November 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Deep River Data wants to drill natural gas well near Sanford to power a data center. All company officials work in crypto, its main adviser used to work for Pat McCrory & is advocating for pro-crypto laws at legislature. But they say this won't be a cryptomine insideclimatenews.org/news/0111202...
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For Halloween, a short audio story on what haunts us (starts at 11:30):
www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
BBC Audio | Short Cuts | Series 37 | In Dreams
Josie Long presents short documentaries that emerge from the dreams of others.
www.bbc.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
For Halloween, a short audio story on what haunts us (starts at 11:30):
www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
You ever show up to a zoom meeting and find two bots but no people? Creepy.
October 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
You ever show up to a zoom meeting and find two bots but no people? Creepy.
For Halloween, a short audio story on what haunts us (starts at 11:30):
www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
BBC Audio | Short Cuts | Series 37 | In Dreams
Josie Long presents short documentaries that emerge from the dreams of others.
www.bbc.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
For Halloween, a short audio story on what haunts us (starts at 11:30):
www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...