Mike Hawkins
@mhcommissioner.bsky.social
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🏈 LAR 20 - 17 CHI
FINAL
👎 That's Antigami! 20-17 is the most common result in NFL history. This score has happened 301 times before.
Last time: Dec 28, 2025
Miami Dolphins defeated Tampa Bay Buccaneers
FINAL
👎 That's Antigami! 20-17 is the most common result in NFL history. This score has happened 301 times before.
Last time: Dec 28, 2025
Miami Dolphins defeated Tampa Bay Buccaneers
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 AM
🏈 LAR 20 - 17 CHI
FINAL
👎 That's Antigami! 20-17 is the most common result in NFL history. This score has happened 301 times before.
Last time: Dec 28, 2025
Miami Dolphins defeated Tampa Bay Buccaneers
FINAL
👎 That's Antigami! 20-17 is the most common result in NFL history. This score has happened 301 times before.
Last time: Dec 28, 2025
Miami Dolphins defeated Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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[Dales] Sideline view of the Cole Kmet touchdown on 4th down twitter.com/StaceyDales/...
January 19, 2026 at 2:41 AM
[Dales] Sideline view of the Cole Kmet touchdown on 4th down twitter.com/StaceyDales/...
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MORMONS: look its very clear that God and his established authority on the earth, do not have the power to actually influence sporting events. Thats why BYU doesn't win anything important. That would be way too hard
POPE (roller skating backwards while eating a hot dog) not that hard
POPE (roller skating backwards while eating a hot dog) not that hard
January 19, 2026 at 2:40 AM
MORMONS: look its very clear that God and his established authority on the earth, do not have the power to actually influence sporting events. Thats why BYU doesn't win anything important. That would be way too hard
POPE (roller skating backwards while eating a hot dog) not that hard
POPE (roller skating backwards while eating a hot dog) not that hard
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close enough
i feel compelled to watch the entire Bears game even though I know it will end with Caleb Williams throwing a 37-yard touchdown under intense pressure on 4th-and-11
January 19, 2026 at 2:37 AM
close enough
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“(The “Big Beautiful Bill Act”) from the view of the North Carolina counties is one of the most significant unfunded mandates, and one of the largest shifts of administrative and economic responsibility, that our state and our counties have seen in generations."
www.wunc.org/politics/202... #ncpol
www.wunc.org/politics/202... #ncpol
New work requirements for Medicaid, SNAP will cost NC millions
North Carolina is facing a looming deadline to find more funding to cover new federal work requirements for Medicaid.
www.wunc.org
January 13, 2026 at 9:02 PM
“(The “Big Beautiful Bill Act”) from the view of the North Carolina counties is one of the most significant unfunded mandates, and one of the largest shifts of administrative and economic responsibility, that our state and our counties have seen in generations."
www.wunc.org/politics/202... #ncpol
www.wunc.org/politics/202... #ncpol
Loving this —
Inbox: Germany’s team will be based at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. during this summer’s FIFA World Cup.
January 9, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Loving this —
Combating recidivism through proactive leadership - “especially in rural North Carolina”
Formerly Incarcerated Raleigh Activist Buys NC Prison
Kerwin Pittman purchased an abandoned prison in Goldsboro to create re-entry housing and a workforce campus for people who have served time.
indyweek.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Combating recidivism through proactive leadership - “especially in rural North Carolina”
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The stakes have been raised. The Democrats have got to run on putting these people in prison. They have to. Jobs, food, all the rest, but shooting a mother in the head on a public street? None of this Garland stuff. "The full force of the government will be brought to bear" on this and similar.
January 7, 2026 at 9:57 PM
The stakes have been raised. The Democrats have got to run on putting these people in prison. They have to. Jobs, food, all the rest, but shooting a mother in the head on a public street? None of this Garland stuff. "The full force of the government will be brought to bear" on this and similar.
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That's one of the worst goddamn things I ever saw.
January 7, 2026 at 6:35 PM
That's one of the worst goddamn things I ever saw.
So much work has been done for BEAD deployment in North Carolina; this would be hugely harmful for broadband capacity in rural NC
A Republican-Sponsored Bill Wants to Take Back $21 Billion Appropriated for Broadband Deployment | The Daily Yonder
A bill filed late last month would claw back $21 billion allocated to state governments to address the digital divide, marking another moment in the
dailyyonder.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:53 PM
So much work has been done for BEAD deployment in North Carolina; this would be hugely harmful for broadband capacity in rural NC
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I can think of no one who shaped North Carolina’s recent successes as much as Governor Jim Hunt. Governor for 16 years, he was a visionary who founded Smart Start, raised teacher pay, protected air quality, and created the NC Biotech Center. On a personal level, he was a mentor and dear friend.
December 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I can think of no one who shaped North Carolina’s recent successes as much as Governor Jim Hunt. Governor for 16 years, he was a visionary who founded Smart Start, raised teacher pay, protected air quality, and created the NC Biotech Center. On a personal level, he was a mentor and dear friend.
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BREAKING: Four-term NC Gov. Jim Hunt has died at age 88. Here's my look back at the many legacies Hunt leaves behind in this state: www.wunc.org/2025-12-18/j... #ncpol
Jim Hunt, governor who championed education, dies at 88
Former North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt has died. The Wilson County native served the state for four terms as a Democrat, expanding the role of the governor and pushing for major education initiatives. Hu...
www.wunc.org
December 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
BREAKING: Four-term NC Gov. Jim Hunt has died at age 88. Here's my look back at the many legacies Hunt leaves behind in this state: www.wunc.org/2025-12-18/j... #ncpol
Especially harmful for rural areas, including here in North Carolina -
With Deadline for Healthcare Premium Tax Credits Expiration Looming, Farmers Brace for Rate Hikes | The Daily Yonder
When Carol Kolseth got her biopsy results back after a routine mammogram in October of 2024, she knew treatments for the cancerous lump in her breast
dailyyonder.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Especially harmful for rural areas, including here in North Carolina -
Hard to think of an issue more fundamental to rural North Carolina than healthcare access -
When the hospital leaves town
There are two kinds of Americans: those who live 12 minutes from an emergency department and those who live 72. | In large swaths of rural America, the basic expectation that an ambulance will reach a...
www.fiercehealthcare.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Hard to think of an issue more fundamental to rural North Carolina than healthcare access -
RIP to one of the best things on the internet. Thank you, Paul Lukas.
Uni Watch: 1999–2025
After a long run, Uni Watch’s coverage of athletics aesthetics is coming to a close.
uni-watch.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
RIP to one of the best things on the internet. Thank you, Paul Lukas.
Proud to have been a tiny part of this initiative at my church, Brevard First United Methodist - thank you Duke Endowment and allies like NC Rural Center!
How church-based literacy camps are filling a gap in summer learning for rural students statewide
Since 2013, The Duke Endowment has piloted a "Summer Literacy Initiative" that now includes 23 camps and has served nearly 2,000 kids.
www.ednc.org
September 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Proud to have been a tiny part of this initiative at my church, Brevard First United Methodist - thank you Duke Endowment and allies like NC Rural Center!
Blue Ridge CC board meeting in Brevard today, BRCC serves our region so well -
September 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Blue Ridge CC board meeting in Brevard today, BRCC serves our region so well -
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Kill me
August 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Kill me
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UPDATE: A group of 20 states, including North Carolina, sued the Trump administration for abruptly canceling grants that local governments were planning on to help them reduce natural hazard risks.
States Fear Uncertain Future of FEMA Grants Under Trump
Many states rely on the federal government for the vast majority of their emergency management funding. Now, local leaders are looking for clues about the money — and the future of FEMA itself.
www.propublica.org
July 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
UPDATE: A group of 20 states, including North Carolina, sued the Trump administration for abruptly canceling grants that local governments were planning on to help them reduce natural hazard risks.
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Hard to take seriously the red-white-and-blue rhetoric of freedom on a 4th of July where the US president has cut off aid to a democracy fighting for its independence against ferocious attack by a foreign tyrant.
July 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Hard to take seriously the red-white-and-blue rhetoric of freedom on a 4th of July where the US president has cut off aid to a democracy fighting for its independence against ferocious attack by a foreign tyrant.
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Dear All Journalists,
You don’t have to credit the line “Tariffs will hit American consumers” to “economists say”.
Thanks
You don’t have to credit the line “Tariffs will hit American consumers” to “economists say”.
Thanks
July 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Dear All Journalists,
You don’t have to credit the line “Tariffs will hit American consumers” to “economists say”.
Thanks
You don’t have to credit the line “Tariffs will hit American consumers” to “economists say”.
Thanks
Than you @theassemblync.bsky.social for highlighting the continuing post-Helene struggles in Brevard - symptomatic of all of WNC -
For the first four months after Hurricane Helene flooded her Brevard home, Nicole Ramirez lived in a drafty, 100-year-old camp cabin. If Ramirez was in bed and her fiancé got up, she could feel the whole building shake.
www.theassemblync.com/place/after-...
www.theassemblync.com/place/after-...
After the Flood
Residents of Brevard’s Cherry Street neighborhood are still in RVs, carrying two mortgages, or living in construction zones.
www.theassemblync.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Than you @theassemblync.bsky.social for highlighting the continuing post-Helene struggles in Brevard - symptomatic of all of WNC -
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DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas?
LUTNICK: Generally 10%
DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%
LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff
DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
LUTNICK: Generally 10%
DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%
LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff
DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
June 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas?
LUTNICK: Generally 10%
DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%
LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff
DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
LUTNICK: Generally 10%
DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%
LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff
DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
Especially in rural NC, local business owners will have to provide ever-increasing engagement & $$ support, as voucher programs siphon state financial support away from public schools -
MARY ANN WOLF: 'Community Connections - The power of rural schools and local businesses
Monday, April 21,2025 -- In rural North Carolina communities partnerships between local businesses and public schools benefit the entire community. Students gain access to new resources and opportunit...
www.wral.com
May 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Especially in rural NC, local business owners will have to provide ever-increasing engagement & $$ support, as voucher programs siphon state financial support away from public schools -