John O’Connor
@jocv.bsky.social
Archives and Special Collections Manager at Charlotte Mecklenburg Library. Formerly #ScholComm at Boston College, consulting at Oracle, and program support @librarycongress.bsky.social. Tar Heel x4. Beer geek. Wine snob. Tell me about NC foodways.
Man I’m 2-fer on things that @ncrabbithole.com might find neat. This bluegrass family band from Surry Co. made the front page of Reddit today.
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October 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Man I’m 2-fer on things that @ncrabbithole.com might find neat. This bluegrass family band from Surry Co. made the front page of Reddit today.
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In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
October 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
Here’s a fun @ncrabbithole.com -y fact I just learned:
2 of the *worlds* 5 oldest rivers run through North Carolina. The French Broad (#3) and New River (#4) both flow in NC. They are older than the Atlantic ocean that they currently run in to. Don’t know what to do with that info, but it’s fun.
2 of the *worlds* 5 oldest rivers run through North Carolina. The French Broad (#3) and New River (#4) both flow in NC. They are older than the Atlantic ocean that they currently run in to. Don’t know what to do with that info, but it’s fun.
October 15, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Here’s a fun @ncrabbithole.com -y fact I just learned:
2 of the *worlds* 5 oldest rivers run through North Carolina. The French Broad (#3) and New River (#4) both flow in NC. They are older than the Atlantic ocean that they currently run in to. Don’t know what to do with that info, but it’s fun.
2 of the *worlds* 5 oldest rivers run through North Carolina. The French Broad (#3) and New River (#4) both flow in NC. They are older than the Atlantic ocean that they currently run in to. Don’t know what to do with that info, but it’s fun.
What's most interesting to me about this is that it's the same places winning as when I was living there more than a decade ago.
🌟 BEST OF THE TRIANGLE: ORANGE/CHATHAM COUNTY is now out! See the winners at the link below. indyweek.com/best-of-the-...
INDY's Best of the Triangle 2025: Orange and Chatham County Winners
Orange range and Chatham county readers have waited long enough to learn the local winners of our annual INDY Best of the Triangle readers’ choice awards. Like they have for the past two decades, rea...
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October 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
What's most interesting to me about this is that it's the same places winning as when I was living there more than a decade ago.
It me.
Physical Media Collector Pumped For Downfall Of Humanity https://theonion.com/physical-media-collector-pumped-for-downfall-of-humanity/
October 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
It me.
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Hey Friends! I'm still hiring at Charlotte Mecklenburg Library for an archives manager. This is a great organization (really) and an amazing mid-sized archive with a lot of room for growth and impact. Please consider applying & share widely. #archivesgig #library
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Library Archives Operations Manager
Position SummaryThe Archives Operations Manager is responsible for development and management of archival collections. This role is responsible for en...
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October 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Hey Friends! I'm still hiring at Charlotte Mecklenburg Library for an archives manager. This is a great organization (really) and an amazing mid-sized archive with a lot of room for growth and impact. Please consider applying & share widely. #archivesgig #library
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Library Archives Operations Manager
Position SummaryThe Archives Operations Manager is responsible for development and management of archival collections. This role is responsible for en...
meckcounty.csod.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Hey Friends! I'm still hiring at Charlotte Mecklenburg Library for an archives manager. This is a great organization (really) and an amazing mid-sized archive with a lot of room for growth and impact. Please consider applying & share widely. #archivesgig #library
meckcounty.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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Library Archives Operations Manager
Position SummaryThe Archives Operations Manager is responsible for development and management of archival collections. This role is responsible for en...
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September 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Hey Friends! I'm still hiring at Charlotte Mecklenburg Library for an archives manager. This is a great organization (really) and an amazing mid-sized archive with a lot of room for growth and impact. Please consider applying & share widely. #archivesgig #library
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This is funny, but they need to add another zero onto the tax evasion number for a house like this.
September 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This is funny, but they need to add another zero onto the tax evasion number for a house like this.
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It’s a special kind of tiny sadness when your neighborhood or community just LOVES a restaurant…that is not good.
September 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
It’s a special kind of tiny sadness when your neighborhood or community just LOVES a restaurant…that is not good.
This is the NC Rabbit Hole in its purest, most potent form. Amazing journalism on something completely unnecessary, but fascinating at the same time.
I wrote 4,500+ words about a gibberish college fight song and I am starting to think I’ve gone completely insane www.ncrabbithole.com/p/sex-drugs-...
Sex, Drugs, and Ay Ziggy Zoomba
UNC and Bowling Green are polar opposites, yet they both share a weird fight song. Why? Blame a man who the CIA drugged with LSD, wrote lots of erotic novels, and sang a song that makes no sense.
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September 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This is the NC Rabbit Hole in its purest, most potent form. Amazing journalism on something completely unnecessary, but fascinating at the same time.
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I don’t care if your job doesn’t require knife… you are an adult…. Bring knife!!!
August 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I don’t care if your job doesn’t require knife… you are an adult…. Bring knife!!!
Hey friends! I'm hiring! Looking for an Archives Operations Manager at Charlotte Mecklenburg Library. #library #libjobs #libraryjobs #archives #archivesjobs
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Library Archives Operations Manager
Position SummaryThe Archives Operations Manager is responsible for development and management of archival collections. This role is responsible for en...
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July 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Hey friends! I'm hiring! Looking for an Archives Operations Manager at Charlotte Mecklenburg Library. #library #libjobs #libraryjobs #archives #archivesjobs
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Hey #librarysky: this is a minor emergency. Can someone tell me a brief recent history (post 2015) of DPLA and where it stands today? I’m supposed to know things at a meeting tomorrow 😬
June 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Hey #librarysky: this is a minor emergency. Can someone tell me a brief recent history (post 2015) of DPLA and where it stands today? I’m supposed to know things at a meeting tomorrow 😬
OK. So I just finished the episode of Southbound by @tommytomlinson.bsky.social with @ncrabbithole.com. CANNOT BELIEVE I WAS NAME CHECKED! Thank you both so much. Rabbit Hole questions, by their very nature, are always fun to dive into. Give SouthBound a listen here:
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a man wearing glasses and a turtleneck is holding his hands to his face .
ALT: a man wearing glasses and a turtleneck is holding his hands to his face .
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June 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
OK. So I just finished the episode of Southbound by @tommytomlinson.bsky.social with @ncrabbithole.com. CANNOT BELIEVE I WAS NAME CHECKED! Thank you both so much. Rabbit Hole questions, by their very nature, are always fun to dive into. Give SouthBound a listen here:
www.wfae.org/podcast/sout...
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since @drpattijones.bsky.social asked, some similar numbers for unc:
as of june 30, 2024, unc's endowment was $5.6 billion. (there's another $5.5 billion in the system-wide endowment that unc-chapel hill's board helps manage.)
$784 million (14%) of the chapel hill endowment is unrestricted
as of june 30, 2024, unc's endowment was $5.6 billion. (there's another $5.5 billion in the system-wide endowment that unc-chapel hill's board helps manage.)
$784 million (14%) of the chapel hill endowment is unrestricted
some numbers for folks curious about duke's finances:
as of june 2024, duke had an $11.9 billion endowment. a little over 2/3 of that is restricted in what it can be used for, but $3.4 billion (about 29%) is unrestricted
resources.finance.duke.edu/resources/do...
as of june 2024, duke had an $11.9 billion endowment. a little over 2/3 of that is restricted in what it can be used for, but $3.4 billion (about 29%) is unrestricted
resources.finance.duke.edu/resources/do...
resources.finance.duke.edu
June 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
since @drpattijones.bsky.social asked, some similar numbers for unc:
as of june 30, 2024, unc's endowment was $5.6 billion. (there's another $5.5 billion in the system-wide endowment that unc-chapel hill's board helps manage.)
$784 million (14%) of the chapel hill endowment is unrestricted
as of june 30, 2024, unc's endowment was $5.6 billion. (there's another $5.5 billion in the system-wide endowment that unc-chapel hill's board helps manage.)
$784 million (14%) of the chapel hill endowment is unrestricted
It's like when the Globetrotters appeared on Scooby Doo!
June 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
It's like when the Globetrotters appeared on Scooby Doo!
Oh you mean the Ground Steak Sandwich?
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May 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Oh you mean the Ground Steak Sandwich?
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Re-pushing this classic from @gregjarrell.com: Country clubs in Charlotte like Quail Hollow are taxed at a really low rate: gregjarrell.substack.com/p/whats-a-co...
What's a Country Club Worth?
...and why is it so little?
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May 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Re-pushing this classic from @gregjarrell.com: Country clubs in Charlotte like Quail Hollow are taxed at a really low rate: gregjarrell.substack.com/p/whats-a-co...
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The #Charlotte Mecklenburg Library is losing its leader. CEO Marcellus “MT” Turner is resigning due to “family reasons,” the library announced Thursday. His last day will be May 2.
What we know: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
What we know: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
April 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The #Charlotte Mecklenburg Library is losing its leader. CEO Marcellus “MT” Turner is resigning due to “family reasons,” the library announced Thursday. His last day will be May 2.
What we know: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
What we know: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
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If you live in Charlotte, sign up for this if you haven't already. If you haven't read @michaelngraff.bsky.social's writing about... anything, you have no idea what you're missing. charlotteoptimist.com/why-im-launc...
Why I’m launching The Charlotte Optimist - The Charlotte Optimist
Hello. Maybe you’re here because you’ve followed my work over the years, or maybe you’re hungry for new ideas for local media, or maybe you arrived by mistake and you’re already trying to close the wi...
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April 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If you live in Charlotte, sign up for this if you haven't already. If you haven't read @michaelngraff.bsky.social's writing about... anything, you have no idea what you're missing. charlotteoptimist.com/why-im-launc...
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Are you a progressive from a blue state who hates seeing Europeans indiscriminately blame all Americans for Trump? Remember this feeling the next time you’re inspired to talk about the South
April 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Are you a progressive from a blue state who hates seeing Europeans indiscriminately blame all Americans for Trump? Remember this feeling the next time you’re inspired to talk about the South
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Okay, so let's say a North Carolina supreme court candidate succeeds in disqualifying thousands of voters who followed all of the rules they were given. How would you even be able to go back and find their ballots to see how they voted?
Here's how: www.ncrabbithole.com/p/nc-supreme...
Here's how: www.ncrabbithole.com/p/nc-supreme...
An election loser wants to win by disqualifying thousands of voters. How can you even find their ballots?
Most of the votes challenged by Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin weren't flagged when they were cast. So how would you actually match up the ballot with the voter? Aren't votes secret?
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April 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Okay, so let's say a North Carolina supreme court candidate succeeds in disqualifying thousands of voters who followed all of the rules they were given. How would you even be able to go back and find their ballots to see how they voted?
Here's how: www.ncrabbithole.com/p/nc-supreme...
Here's how: www.ncrabbithole.com/p/nc-supreme...
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is there a good way to let people “pay” for a blog post while keeping it open and self-hosted. basically like a “tip” button but without the self-deprecating “buy me a coffee” connotation. just like, wanna pay for this, go ahead
April 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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I think North Carolina and Arizona just keep trading between each other just to see if a random combination of players works.
7-0 former Arizona center Henri Veesaar is reportedly transferring to #UNC, giving the Tar Heels the key big man acquisition that they couldn't get during the last offseason. tarheeltribune.com/2...
7–0 Veesaar transferring from Arizona to UNC
North Carolina couldn’t lure a top-line center last offseason but already has one 10 days after the transfer portal opened this offseason. Former Arizona center Henri Veesaar (pronounced “VAY…
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April 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I think North Carolina and Arizona just keep trading between each other just to see if a random combination of players works.