they say #northcarolina is a purple state, but it’s more like a bimodal “flaming red” AND “ice blue” state depending on where you are
imo the blue parts feel far more liberal than any part of #seattle. i debate if that’s because the south is just more superficial about everything, or if people in seattle simply don’t talk to literally anyone so we don’t actually know if it’s a liberal or conservative area
@kellogh It's pretty well urban vs rural/exurban with suburbs split everywhere. Even Texas is largely bright blue throughout the main urban areas, with the exception of Ft Worth that's purple
"Those problems are particularly pronounced in rural communities, where more than 68 hospitals have closed in the last decade. The closures slowed down during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the federal government doled out billions of dollars in extra funds to hospitals. But with that money spent, hospital closures might tick up again, said George Pink, the deputy director of the UNC’s Sheps Center’s Rural Health Research Program."
“As a physician I am deeply concerned about North Carolina’s potential total ban on mask-wearing. It’s disturbing to think immunocompromised and cancer patients could be deemed criminals for following medical advice aimed at safeguarding their health,” [Jerome] Adams said in one post.
Thirteen year old daughter of sharecropper planting sweet potatoes. She walks down the row and places the young plants in the holes her father has dug with a hoe. They will return down the row, water the plants with a bucket, then cover the roots with earth. Her father hopes to send her to school. Note pine woods and light colored soil. Near Olive Hill, North Carolina
@jhv@noplasticshower@Dr_Bombay@shovemedia@SazeracLA@rossgrady@culturednyc It’s a pretty simple drink. Just find a rum you like, then there’s lemon juice and… the syrup. I use a 1:1 mix of passionfruit puree and rich simple syrup, but apparently it’s meant to be “fassionola” which is similar but not quite the same. Start with https://bgreynolds.com/products/red-fassionolabur there are recipes to make your own floating about; search r/cocktails or r/tiki on Reddit.
Daimler Truck Workers Reach Deal and Avert Threatened Strike in #NorthCarolina
The United Automobile Workers reached an agreement involving workers who make Freightliner trucks and Thomas Built buses. The deal comes as the union seeks to expand its membership in southern states. #UnionStrong#UAW
Untitled photo, possibly related to: Tobacco sharecropper's daughter getting eggs from hen's nest in the henhouse. Enclosure for the pig is just beyond under the pine trees. Person County, North Carolina
Untitled photo, possibly related to: Zollie Lyons, sharecropper, home from the field for dinner at noontime, and part of his family. Upchurch, North Carolina. He has thirteen acres of tobacco and a labor force of five
Father of sharecropper family. He is sixty-nine years old, has six acres of tobacco, has a large family. Heard in conversation on his porch, "Land is like folks. It gets tired and needs a rest." Person County, North Carolina