Joe Killian
@joekilliannc.bsky.social
Greensboro Editor for The Assembly. Formerly: NC Newsline, NC Policy Watch, News & Record, The Bristol Press, Cape Cod Times, Youth Journalism International.
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“In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows. Nature says, he is my creature, and maugre all his impertinent griefs, he shall be glad with me.”
- Emerson
- Emerson
July 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows. Nature says, he is my creature, and maugre all his impertinent griefs, he shall be glad with me.”
- Emerson
- Emerson
Post your favorite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only.
June 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Post your favorite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only.
Piper, no!
Those books I read in college not available anymore? Or does everything just need to be an app now?
Those books I read in college not available anymore? Or does everything just need to be an app now?
May 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Piper, no!
Those books I read in college not available anymore? Or does everything just need to be an app now?
Those books I read in college not available anymore? Or does everything just need to be an app now?
About as far as you’re likely to walk before you begin hacking and turning colors. But you do you.
May 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
About as far as you’re likely to walk before you begin hacking and turning colors. But you do you.
A decade since I got a new pair of eyeglass frames. Seems like too long.
Folks at Oscar Oglethorpe in downtown Greensboro helped me find these. Like them so much it could be another ten years.
Folks at Oscar Oglethorpe in downtown Greensboro helped me find these. Like them so much it could be another ten years.
April 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
A decade since I got a new pair of eyeglass frames. Seems like too long.
Folks at Oscar Oglethorpe in downtown Greensboro helped me find these. Like them so much it could be another ten years.
Folks at Oscar Oglethorpe in downtown Greensboro helped me find these. Like them so much it could be another ten years.
The Baroness from the 1980s G.I. Joe comics and cartoon.
Suspect this is very common in my generation.
Suspect this is very common in my generation.
April 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The Baroness from the 1980s G.I. Joe comics and cartoon.
Suspect this is very common in my generation.
Suspect this is very common in my generation.
Could not be prouder of my little sister.
March 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Could not be prouder of my little sister.
What I would have given to have these two movies opening the same month when I was a kid.
Today I saw a group of pre-teens pass these posters and groan about more superhero movies.
Today I saw a group of pre-teens pass these posters and groan about more superhero movies.
March 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
What I would have given to have these two movies opening the same month when I was a kid.
Today I saw a group of pre-teens pass these posters and groan about more superhero movies.
Today I saw a group of pre-teens pass these posters and groan about more superhero movies.
This is going to be a hell of a panel. March 12 at the NC News & Information Summit at NCCU.
Come on out.
nclocalnewsworkshop.org/programs/202...
Come on out.
nclocalnewsworkshop.org/programs/202...
March 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This is going to be a hell of a panel. March 12 at the NC News & Information Summit at NCCU.
Come on out.
nclocalnewsworkshop.org/programs/202...
Come on out.
nclocalnewsworkshop.org/programs/202...
I've covered my share of N.C. higher education stories over the years. I can tell you, you do not want to miss this conversation.
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March 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I've covered my share of N.C. higher education stories over the years. I can tell you, you do not want to miss this conversation.
Premium subscribers get into events like this, all our higher ed team's great coverage and everything in the archive. A steal.
www.theassemblync.com/premium/
Premium subscribers get into events like this, all our higher ed team's great coverage and everything in the archive. A steal.
www.theassemblync.com/premium/
Oh, David.
You were the Last New York Doll, Ghost of Christmas Past, Holder of the Keys to the Mansion of Fun.
The kind of guy who would never mention sleeping with Debbie Harry but let her brag about it herself.
You are a bright fuchsia bloom in the late winter sky tonight. We love you, LUV.
You were the Last New York Doll, Ghost of Christmas Past, Holder of the Keys to the Mansion of Fun.
The kind of guy who would never mention sleeping with Debbie Harry but let her brag about it herself.
You are a bright fuchsia bloom in the late winter sky tonight. We love you, LUV.
March 3, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Oh, David.
You were the Last New York Doll, Ghost of Christmas Past, Holder of the Keys to the Mansion of Fun.
The kind of guy who would never mention sleeping with Debbie Harry but let her brag about it herself.
You are a bright fuchsia bloom in the late winter sky tonight. We love you, LUV.
You were the Last New York Doll, Ghost of Christmas Past, Holder of the Keys to the Mansion of Fun.
The kind of guy who would never mention sleeping with Debbie Harry but let her brag about it herself.
You are a bright fuchsia bloom in the late winter sky tonight. We love you, LUV.
If you think the crisis of American masculine confidence making this a successful marketing strategy for basic hygiene products isn’t at the heart of a lot of what we’re dealing with right now, look again.
“Does cleaning myself make me gay? A girl? A girly gay? What if my soap smells like guns?”
“Does cleaning myself make me gay? A girl? A girly gay? What if my soap smells like guns?”
February 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
If you think the crisis of American masculine confidence making this a successful marketing strategy for basic hygiene products isn’t at the heart of a lot of what we’re dealing with right now, look again.
“Does cleaning myself make me gay? A girl? A girly gay? What if my soap smells like guns?”
“Does cleaning myself make me gay? A girl? A girly gay? What if my soap smells like guns?”
A reminder, for myself as much as anyone.
January 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A reminder, for myself as much as anyone.
None of it has to be perfect.
But you do have to get it on the page.
But you do have to get it on the page.
January 17, 2025 at 10:49 AM
None of it has to be perfect.
But you do have to get it on the page.
But you do have to get it on the page.
First two books of 2025.
Going to be chewing on both for a while.
Going to be chewing on both for a while.
January 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
First two books of 2025.
Going to be chewing on both for a while.
Going to be chewing on both for a while.
Tea and piles of documents this morning.
January 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Tea and piles of documents this morning.
“Half of me is ocean, half of me is sky…”
January 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
“Half of me is ocean, half of me is sky…”
When you really want a hydrating, exfoliating experience but you are also terrified that might make you gay.
Put a “bro” and a “man” in there!
Put a “bro” and a “man” in there!
January 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
When you really want a hydrating, exfoliating experience but you are also terrified that might make you gay.
Put a “bro” and a “man” in there!
Put a “bro” and a “man” in there!
MF Doom mask at the theater?! Are they doing a biopic??!!
Oh, wait…it’s from that Gladiator sequel.
Oh, wait…it’s from that Gladiator sequel.
December 28, 2024 at 10:14 PM
MF Doom mask at the theater?! Are they doing a biopic??!!
Oh, wait…it’s from that Gladiator sequel.
Oh, wait…it’s from that Gladiator sequel.
Just look at this adorable custom piece of art my wife commissioned of me and our cat, Harriet.
Just look at it!
Just look at it!
December 25, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Just look at this adorable custom piece of art my wife commissioned of me and our cat, Harriet.
Just look at it!
Just look at it!
Let's talk about it.
December 21, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Let's talk about it.
Every fucking year, gang.
December 21, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Every fucking year, gang.