The weeds have emerged with a vengeance in my yard and garden. Too soon for yard work!

Three railroad laborers, all women, pose in front of a steam engine. With so many men fighting in WWI, women filled roles in the workforce that were traditionally held by men and kept the United States economy moving forward. 📷 N.C. Transportation Museum collection, circa 1918.

1. For months, the PGA TOUR has been VERY CLEAR: The Saudi investment in pro golf is about papering over its human rights abuses and buying legitimacy YESTERDAY, the PGA Tour announced, in exchange for billions, they would help launder the Saudis' reputation 🧵

3 hottest days on record… the last 3 days. But everything is totally fine. #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction axios.com/2023/07/06/ear…

Today, thanks to Gov. Roy Cooper and North Carolina Democrats, about 600,000 North Carolinians who were previously ineligible will now be fully eligible for Medicaid coverage. Roughly half of them will be automatically enrolled and begin receiving access to care.

Huge game for Alyssa Ustby with the 1st triple double in UNC women’s hoops history - 16 points, 16 rebounds & 10 assists, as the Heels defeated #25 Syracuse, 75-51. She also became the only player in NCAA history with 15+ points, 15+ boards & 10 assists against a ranked team

A.I. photos are flooding social media and contributing to an Internet where we can't believe what we see. Spotting A.I. 📷s is an important media literacy skill. It takes a few seconds to spot a fake and stop the spread of disinformation. Let's learn how! 🧵(1/5)

I defy anyone, especially the editorial staff at NBC News to find any single press conference, press release, or on-air hit where Ronna did NOT spread demonstrable lies to the American public. That is who NBC just allocated a salary for. Absolutely reprehensible malpractice.

Old enough to remember when NBC News fired Brian Williams because viewers couldn’t trust him after his embellished war correspondent stories. Today they announced hiring Ronna McDaniel who aided and abetted a plot to steal the 2020 election that ended in an insurrection.

Anybody else having sudden trouble with the Adobe Acrobat extension in #Chrome on a Mac? Couldn't load a PDF on my desktop or laptop, but it loaded just fine on my phone and a coworker's Windows computer. I disabled the #Acrobat extension and now it loads fine in Chrome. 🧐

Global CO2 levels and temperatures. But but but we scientists are merely “fear mongering” according to deniers. How about just facing reality? How about precautionary warnings to protect human lives? Ed Hawkins Matthew Todd 🌏🔥 #climatecrisis

We are now at 400 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF RECORD ocean temperatures in North Atlantic. Let that alarming stat sink in. pic.x.com/sdIDC7f79o

I am incredibly sad about this. This one hurts. I really hate the portal era. Players staying at one school for four year are becoming unicorns. 😟

Even GOP Speaker Mike Johnson gets it: “We are going to stand for freedom and make sure that Vladimir Putin doesn't march through Europe." This isn't the time for political stunts. This is the time to rally around democracy. Repeat after me: #AidUkraineNOW

There is one and only one way the Washington Post can dig itself out of the hole it dug and putting a right-wing Brit in charge suggests they are doing the opposite. presswatchers.org/2023/10/the-wa…

⚠️Don’t ignore—COVID is definitely surging in the U.S. again. Yet countless people are turning a blind eye and pretending it’s not there. I went to the hospital today, only 5-10% of people were masking in coughing clinics. We are SLEEPWALKING into another surge.

2020: Our newsroom staff should reflect the rich diversity of our community, to better serve our readers 2024: Meet the 8 British guys in charge of US news

Los Angeles Times editor resigns after South African newspaper owner blocked plans to endorse Harris. She did the right thing. I applaud her. cnn.com/2024/10/23/med…

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#earlyvote morning update 10/24: at least 28 million people have voted in the 2024 general election 🥳 election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/202…