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NC reporter @insideclimate Geeks out on haz waste, water & air pollution, energy, weather. Loves ants not the fiery kind Signal: 919-536-2341 Threads @lisarsorg

[Shelly Kittleson @shellykittleson]

"I fear we are careening toward a future with fewer and fewer journalists to do the expensive, difficult work of original reporting — going to places, talking to people, digging up information, covering important issues and events, providing context and analysis, investigating the powerful (...) A.I. companies take “data” without consent or compensation (...) A chatbot can only spit out “facts” because it illegally copied entire news articles"
https://t.co/Iap2zFKDm3

[Sarah Edwards @eddy_sarah]

everyone should read this nuanced, rigorously reported story by my very talented @indyweek colleague Chloe Courtney Bohl — a portrait of Outlanders, North Carolina’s first self-governing homeless encampment. https://t.co/vW6MNDvB3Z

[lisasorg @lisasorg]

This PFAS presentation by the NC Water Quality Assn is professional malpractice. So many inaccurate statements that can be refuted by science

[lisasorg @lisasorg]

This presentation is stunning, rep says no health clusters related to PFAS exposure; no PFAS in food. Ask the farmer in New Hanover County whose eggs were full of it
In sum: Don't you worry about a thing

[lisasorg @lisasorg]

Rep from NC Water Quality Assn telling #ncga municipal wastewater treatment plants want to do the right thing and not pollute downstream drinking water
Paging Asheboro, major source of 1,4-dioxane

[lisasorg @lisasorg]

https://t.co/rAMeQpdZ0l

[lisasorg @lisasorg]

Good, bad and ugly: Senate Bill 730 would rein in data centers but could liberate Duke Energy and fossil fuel companies from pesky oversight. It goes to the House floor today at 1030ish

[lisasorg @lisasorg]

@fawfulfan Huh, my mom died of a post-COVID blood clot just 2 weeks ago. So no, it's not "over"

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

"The pursuit of greater profits cannot justify choices that systematically sacrifice jobs, because the human person is an end, not a means, and the economic order must remain subordinate to human dignity and the common good."

—Pope Leo XIV

[johanna f. still @j__still]

Documents reveal WakeMed snubbed its rival’s offer to merge, despite UNC Health offering $3 billion more than Charlotte-based Atrium Health.

@TheAssemblyNC

https://t.co/flPhERKY25

[lisasorg @lisasorg]

@LauraMiers @nursemomracecar My mom, otherwise the picture of health, died suddenly--literally dropped dead--of a post-COVID CV issue, either clot or heart attack.

[lisasorg @lisasorg]

Duke U's data center on Central Campus will be small, but Academic Council meeting minutes show DU could eventually build data center "nodes" on and off-campus; how these projects align with DU's net-zero goal is ... <shrugs>
https://t.co/ujOnMp5Lng

[lisasorg @lisasorg]

@MattLutzPhi 💯

[Bryan Anderson @BryanRAnderson]

From @dankanenando: A former staffer for NC Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey says she received "uncomfortable" texts from him. "I might jump your bones. Watch out!!!" one text msg reportedly said. "You’re hotter than you realize," another said. #ncpol
https://t.co/2fjsDWldux

[lisasorg @lisasorg]

@JudgeBobOrr What’s next? Blatz?

[lisasorg @lisasorg]

@bugsandfishes Can confirm. My mom recently died, and even we three kids are baffled at how to deal with all the stuff

[Sarah Edwards @eddy_sarah]

absolutely wild scoop by my @indyweek colleague Chloe Courtney Bohl on the Town of Cary’s $330k spend on “documentary-style videos about town projects and culture”—including a mini doc about the leadup to a staff flash dance—for internal use. https://t.co/2eGJGO6477

[lisasorg @lisasorg]

Story coming soon: @DukeU plans to build a data center (not hyperscale) at Central Campus, near the Carolina Friends Early School, the Friends Meeting House and the Ronald McDonald House.
I have questions into Duke. @CityofDurhamNC issued a building permit on 4/8

[lisasorg @lisasorg]

Turns out the AT&T chatbot doesn't understand the words "dead account holder change payment method" so it will connect you to a live person
Recommend this approach even if you're not canceling an account for your dead mother

[lisasorg @lisasorg]

Enbridge is planning to build a new nat gas pipeline thru pristine areas of Chatham County https://t.co/clNmFe56eV