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The Worst-Case Future for White-Collar Workers (The Atlantic)

$ Microsoft Confirms Plans for 1,350 Acre Megasite North of Triangle (News & Observer)

$ Charlotte developer plans second Triad build-to-rent community in Clemmons (Triad Business Journal)

The ‘Hawaii of Europe’ is 2026’s Top Trending Destination (Daily Passport)

$ When the presses stop, student newspapers scramble to keep print alive (Charlotte Ledger)

Immigration raids are hitting multifamily operators. Here’s how they’re responding. (Multifamily Dive)

Gas Prices are Set to Go Vertical (The Silver Bulletin)

$ All in for Our Schools campaign exceeds $9 million as state auditor releases new WS/FCS report (Triad Business Journal)

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“We know if you say, like, ‘Hey, go to our website,’ the kids aren’t going to do that, but if we put the paper in their hand, they’ll read it.” Megan Ledford, Myers Park HS Newspaper Advisor, The Charlotte Ledger

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10 US Cities Famous for Their Culinary Creations (Daily Passport)

Only Six Apartment Metros Still Favor Landlords (GlobeSt.)

The 2025 Relocation Map: America’s Most Desirable Cities, States and Counties to Move To (US News & World Report)

$ NC has most desirable county in U.S.; Winston-Salem, Greensboro rank among top 50 cities (Triad Business Journal)

How Wilmington’s public housing authority is handling a supply crisis (Wilmington Star News)

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“If you cancel a premium ChatGPT subscription, that’s $20 a month, or $240 a year in savings. Given that OpenAI is approaching a funding round that values the company at about $850 billion — more than 40 times its revenue of $20 billion — a withdrawal of $240 translates into a market cap reduction of about $10,000.” – Scott Galloway, The Algebra of Resistance, No Mercy/No Malice

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An Ace of a Solution (Daily Passport)

$ NC Legal Aid closing offices, cutting staff as GOP offers no update on frozen funds (News & Observer)

White House Weighs Antitrust Probe Into Homebuilders (GlobeSt.)

How Big Is America’s Housing Shortage? No One Agrees (GlobeSt.)

$ Triad Growth is Slower Than Expected as Region Lags Behind Charlotte, Raleigh (Triad Business Journal)

$ Winston-Salem nonprofit aims for bigger share of pie with culinary production studio (Triad Business Journal)

The 10 Best Small US Airports (Daily Passport)

Teddy Roosevelt’s February 14 Tragedy (Letters from an American)

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“Sometimes technology grows the economy, but more fundamentally, it always weirds the world. By that I mean that technology changes the nature of what humans do and how we live, so that people living decades ago would think our modern lives bizarre, even if we find them perfectly normal..” – Noah Smith, Noahpinion

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PBS Charlotte at a crossroads (The Charlotte Ledger)

$ Triad Business Journal to end weekly print edition this summer, shift focus to digital-only news (Triad Business Journal)

Rapid Reaction: A Statewide Snowstorm for the Ages (NC State Climate Office)

Apartment rents just dropped to the lowest level in 4 years (MSN)

Democrats try to ‘balance’ renters’ rights with landlords’ rights in proposed housing bills (News from the States/Virginia)

Why Can’t More Cities Build Like This? A tour of Atlanta’s South Downtown (The New Urban Order)

$ In Under 500 Words, a Judge Weaponized Wit to Free the Child Detained by ICE (New York Times)

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“ But in a lot of ways, that’s the beauty of our American system. If you want to win, you have to go out and speak directly to the voters. A pure airwaves campaign is no longer a guarantee.” – Andrew Dunn, Longleaf Politics

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The double-pocket button-up test (Longleaf Politics)

Why Book Retreats Are the Next Big Thing in Travel (Daily Passport)

$ AE Amer plans W. Gate City Boulevard apartments to be built in 60 days using modular construction (Triad Business Journal)

$ Dame’s Chicken & Waffles owner explains decision to close downtown Greensboro restaurant (Triad Business Journal)

NAA Launches Interactive Dollar of Rent Tool (National Apartment Association)

7 American Foods Banned in Other Countries (Daily Passport)

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“ The management of growth is far easier and less expensive than the management of decline. ” – Craig Lewis, LinkedIn post

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10 of the World’s Oldest Restaurants You Can Still Dine At (Daily Passport)

Simple Tool Storage Idea Using Plywood and a Garbage Can (Hometalk.com)

America’s Healthiest States Ranked (Visual Capitalist)

Jamestown Planning Board recommends denial of Burkley Communities’ ‘mansion-style apartments (Triad Business Journal)

Townhome plan tests housing priorities in fast-growing North Carolina community (Triangle Business Journal)

Text is King (Experimental-History.com)

Trump Moves to Curb Institutional Ownership of Single-Family Rentals (Multi-Housing News)

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“ The early internet felt like sipping an IPA with friends; the late internet feels like taking furtive shots of Southern Comfort to keep the shakes at bay. ” – Adam Mastroianni, Experimental-History.com

“I’ve fallen in love or imagine that I have; went to a party and lost my head. Bought a horse which I don’t need at all.” – Leo Tolstoy, journal entry, January 25, 1851

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New lawsuit escalates battle over Chatham Park’s 5,000-acre ‘small-area plan’ (News & Observer)

10 Extraordinary Sports Around the World (Atlas Obscura)

Flora-Bama Mullet Toss (Atlas Obscura)

5 Destinations That Experience 24-Hour Darkness in Winter (Daily Passport)

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“You have to know the past to understand the present.” – Carl Sagan

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Why Coffee Is Not As Dangerous For Your Heart As You Think (Arnold’s Pump Club)

A surge of new townhouses is outpacing buyer demand, leaving a surplus of listings and suppressing sales prices (Charlotte Ledger)

North Carolina promised a ‘battery belt.’ Where are the factories now? (News & Observer)

16 Highly Unusual Cities Built In Unlikely Locations (Daily Passport)

The cultural works becoming public domain in 2026, from Betty Boop to Nancy Drew (NPR)

Public Domain Day 2026 (Duke University’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain)

The One Hour Studio (Austin Kleon)

Investors, analysts react to Trump’s single-family home buying ban (Multifamily Dive)

The Last Days of the Southern Drawl (The Atlantic)

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“My dad has always had a southern accent: His words fall out of his mouth the way molasses would sound if it could speak, thick and slow.” – Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic

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Housing affordability, availability top the news in 2025 (NC Newsline)

Rent Concessions Flash Warning Sign as Multifamily Supply Wave Hits Margins (GlobeSt.com)

The Reason Airplane Windows Have Tiny Holes in Them (DailyPassport)

Where Have You Gone, Billie Jean King? (JoePosnanski)

NC lawmakers are looking at property tax law. What that means for you (News & Observer)

NC teachers to run in GOP primary for state legislature. Will it have an impact? (News & Observer)

A growing American crisis is affecting more than 1 million students (USA Today)

Bourbon Waves a White Flag (The Resistance)

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“And there was almost no human being so unlike other human beings that it did not know what a kiss was.” – Patricia Lockwood, No One Is Talking About This

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Housing affordability, availability top the news in 2025 (NC Newsline)

Unreliable Jobs Data Undermines Fed’s Grip on the Economy (GlobeSt.)

20 NC legislators are running unopposed, and they’re all Democrats (WFDD)

Charlotte apartment development slows dramatically while market absorbs 11,500 units (Charlotte Business Journal)

Inside the North Carolina GOP’s decade-long push to seize power from state’s Democratic governors (Salon)

How many is 96,000? Key housing number cited by Moore is hard to explain (Newsfromthestates.com)

Rising seas are destroying North Carolina homes. This 9th grader designed a solution (FastCompany)

Trump Says ‘Housing First’ Failed the Homeless. Here’s What the Evidence Says. (New York Times)

4 compelling races to watch in North Carolina’s state legislative primaries | Opinion (News & Observer)

The Slow Death of Epic Systems (Julio La Torre)

No, North Carolina didn’t just ban cellphone use in cars, despite AI aggregators saying it did (PolitiFact)

Shifting water infrastructure decisions to local governments could accelerate housing, advocates say (Smartcitiesdive)

This town was founded for one reason only: To shoot dogs (NC Rabbit Hole)

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“For a little dog, he has a big butthole.” – My Better 3/4

“For me, ice cream is like pizza…it is never wrong or bad, just degrees of great.” – Jay Bilas

“Some people die at 25 and aren’t buried until 75.” – Ben Franklin

“No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.” – Ernest Hemingway

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