Bruce Siceloff
@siceloff.bsky.social
Retired newspaper reporter/editor/columnist, husband, father, Fulbright Scholar, traveler, Southerner, Duke English major, “he” in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
"You know what they call couples who use the rhythm method? Parents."
- Mr. Gillespie, sex ed class, 1970
- Mr. Gillespie, sex ed class, 1970
The MAHA-Fueled Rise of Natural Family Planning
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"You know what they call couples who use the rhythm method? Parents."
- Mr. Gillespie, sex ed class, 1970
- Mr. Gillespie, sex ed class, 1970
memo to: Chuck Schumer
Opinion | More Democrats Need to Follow Pelosi’s Example and Retire
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
memo to: Chuck Schumer
What a story this is. Updated last week with court action and the 2nd birthday for twins who call their foster parents Mommy and Daddy and have never met the 68-year-old multiple-felony defendant who ... well, you really should read it.
The Woman Who Wouldn’t Stop Having Children
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
What a story this is. Updated last week with court action and the 2nd birthday for twins who call their foster parents Mommy and Daddy and have never met the 68-year-old multiple-felony defendant who ... well, you really should read it.
Good work @dpkane.bsky.social & @newsobserver.com team!
Per CJR:
"The N&O’s Power & Secrecy page is packed with more than 30 stories published over the past 16 months, detailing how legislators have been cutting deals to profit themselves & their benefactors."
www.newsobserver.com/topics/power...
Per CJR:
"The N&O’s Power & Secrecy page is packed with more than 30 stories published over the past 16 months, detailing how legislators have been cutting deals to profit themselves & their benefactors."
www.newsobserver.com/topics/power...
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Good work @dpkane.bsky.social & @newsobserver.com team!
Per CJR:
"The N&O’s Power & Secrecy page is packed with more than 30 stories published over the past 16 months, detailing how legislators have been cutting deals to profit themselves & their benefactors."
www.newsobserver.com/topics/power...
Per CJR:
"The N&O’s Power & Secrecy page is packed with more than 30 stories published over the past 16 months, detailing how legislators have been cutting deals to profit themselves & their benefactors."
www.newsobserver.com/topics/power...
An awkward first date! What a terrific movie this is. #Frankenstein
#ElsaLanchester seen here in the title role of the classic horror film "THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN" (1935) dir. James Whale, widely regarded as one of the greatest sequels in cinematic history
🎬 Universal Pictures
#halloweencountdown
#Halloween2025
#31DaysOfHorror
🎃🍂🏚⚰️🕯🦇
🎬 Universal Pictures
#halloweencountdown
#Halloween2025
#31DaysOfHorror
🎃🍂🏚⚰️🕯🦇
October 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
An awkward first date! What a terrific movie this is. #Frankenstein
Gene Nichol: 'A university can’t have one set of expression rules for some groups and a different set for others, the more favored ones.'
UNC once fought for free expression. We’ve lost our way | Opinion
I’m a constitutional lawyer. I know rules of free expression, free assembly and academic liberty can be complicated. Here’s what’s not complicated. | Opinion
www.newsobserver.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Gene Nichol: 'A university can’t have one set of expression rules for some groups and a different set for others, the more favored ones.'
Good story from @skyoutbriout.bsky.social and @newsobserver.com
If you pass an internet cafe with black out windows in Raleigh or Durham, there's a good chance it's an electronic gaming hall.
Their operations violate NC law, from slot machines to
sweepstakes terminals. I played them, lost and won, and wrote about it:
www.newsobserver.com/news/busines...
Their operations violate NC law, from slot machines to
sweepstakes terminals. I played them, lost and won, and wrote about it:
www.newsobserver.com/news/busines...
Inside the Triangle’s illegal gaming cafés — where the internet rarely works
Gambling continues at internet sweepstakes cafés in Raleigh, Cary and Durham, even though they violate the law.
www.newsobserver.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Good story from @skyoutbriout.bsky.social and @newsobserver.com
Reposted by Bruce Siceloff
Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?
October 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?
Resign.
Rep. Cecil Brockman had been scheduled to make his first appearance in court in Greensboro after being charged with sex crimes involving a minor.
Court appearance delayed after Rep. Cecil Brockman has reported medical emergency
Rep. Cecil Brockman had been scheduled to make his first appearance in court in Greensboro after being charged with sex crimes involving a minor.
bit.ly
October 10, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Resign.
Reposted by Bruce Siceloff
Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
October 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Reposted by Bruce Siceloff
gibbering insanity
September 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
gibbering insanity
RIP Danny Thompson.
I commend to you the snap-whine-thud-boom of his double bass on rock/folker #RichardThompson ’s ‘Live from Honolulu,’ recorded 2006.
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youtu.be/RkxfBqxDsco
I commend to you the snap-whine-thud-boom of his double bass on rock/folker #RichardThompson ’s ‘Live from Honolulu,’ recorded 2006.
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youtu.be/RkxfBqxDsco
Mingus Eyes (Live From Honolulu)
YouTube video by Richard Thompson - Topic
youtu.be
September 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
RIP Danny Thompson.
I commend to you the snap-whine-thud-boom of his double bass on rock/folker #RichardThompson ’s ‘Live from Honolulu,’ recorded 2006.
1/2
youtu.be/RkxfBqxDsco
I commend to you the snap-whine-thud-boom of his double bass on rock/folker #RichardThompson ’s ‘Live from Honolulu,’ recorded 2006.
1/2
youtu.be/RkxfBqxDsco
Reposted by Bruce Siceloff
“They had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm
― George Orwell, Animal Farm
February 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
“They had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm
― George Orwell, Animal Farm
Don't worry! You can get your COVID-19 vaccine! (At least in NC) CVS.com makes this easy.
No warning about barriers or ineligibility. No RFKjr nonsense.
If you're under 65 they ask: Are you eligible and do you want it? Say Yes. That's good enough for CVS. You can now schedule your shot.
No warning about barriers or ineligibility. No RFKjr nonsense.
If you're under 65 they ask: Are you eligible and do you want it? Say Yes. That's good enough for CVS. You can now schedule your shot.
September 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Don't worry! You can get your COVID-19 vaccine! (At least in NC) CVS.com makes this easy.
No warning about barriers or ineligibility. No RFKjr nonsense.
If you're under 65 they ask: Are you eligible and do you want it? Say Yes. That's good enough for CVS. You can now schedule your shot.
No warning about barriers or ineligibility. No RFKjr nonsense.
If you're under 65 they ask: Are you eligible and do you want it? Say Yes. That's good enough for CVS. You can now schedule your shot.
Similarly: CVS in NC!
September 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Similarly: CVS in NC!
Shameful! The Washington Post sinks lower and lower.
Karen Attiah is a great journalist.
Karen Attiah is a great journalist.
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Shameful! The Washington Post sinks lower and lower.
Karen Attiah is a great journalist.
Karen Attiah is a great journalist.
Good news for Trump voters? Bad news for clear writing.
"RALEIGH
A federal appeals court on Friday ruled against a North Carolina law that criminalized VOTING FOR PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS, even if they thought their right to vote had been restored." (EMPHASIS added)
"RALEIGH
A federal appeals court on Friday ruled against a North Carolina law that criminalized VOTING FOR PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS, even if they thought their right to vote had been restored." (EMPHASIS added)
Court rejects NC felon voting law, pointing to racist origin and turnout effect
The ruling upholds a district court’s order from last year, in which a judge wrote that the law’s racist origin “has not been cleansed.”
www.newsobserver.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Good news for Trump voters? Bad news for clear writing.
"RALEIGH
A federal appeals court on Friday ruled against a North Carolina law that criminalized VOTING FOR PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS, even if they thought their right to vote had been restored." (EMPHASIS added)
"RALEIGH
A federal appeals court on Friday ruled against a North Carolina law that criminalized VOTING FOR PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS, even if they thought their right to vote had been restored." (EMPHASIS added)
Good hire!
Congrats to @lauraleslie.bsky.social on the new gig! Smart hire to lead the crew @ncnewsline.com
ncnewsline.com/briefs/longt...
Here’s where Laura Leslie is going. @raleighreporter.bsky.social @bowtiepolitics.bsky.social @oldnorthstpolitics.bsky.social
Here’s where Laura Leslie is going. @raleighreporter.bsky.social @bowtiepolitics.bsky.social @oldnorthstpolitics.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Good hire!
The Greensboro Four including Maj. Gen. Joseph McNeil, left, returned to Woolworth’s for coffee in 1990, on the 30th anniversary of their nation-changing sit-in.
With McNeil’s passing this week, only Dr. Jibreel Khazan (born Ezell Blair Jr.), second from left, survives.
With McNeil’s passing this week, only Dr. Jibreel Khazan (born Ezell Blair Jr.), second from left, survives.
September 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The Greensboro Four including Maj. Gen. Joseph McNeil, left, returned to Woolworth’s for coffee in 1990, on the 30th anniversary of their nation-changing sit-in.
With McNeil’s passing this week, only Dr. Jibreel Khazan (born Ezell Blair Jr.), second from left, survives.
With McNeil’s passing this week, only Dr. Jibreel Khazan (born Ezell Blair Jr.), second from left, survives.
Tony Tony Tony!
August 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Tony Tony Tony!