In 2019, Columbia Journalism Review published Pri Bengani’s eye-opening look at a network of ‘pink slime’ local news outlets that distributed algorithmic stories across a wide network of news sites. Since then, several other algorithmic or AI-generated news sites have been identified: A report, released last month, detailed the rise of what researchers termed ‘synthetic […]
Posted inCarrboro, Chapel Hill, Connectivity, Greenway, Outdoors, Transportation, UNC
Is a rails-to-trail greenway on the co-gen line possible? What we learned last night
Local governments have to think about multiple time spans simultaneously: there’s short-term planning, medium-term planning, and long-term generational planning. Short-term or immediate planning means exactly what it says: decisions that affect a community over the next 3-5 years. Chapel Hill’s Town Council considers strategic focus areas and goals for two-year periods. These can include […]
Posted inEvents, Triangle Blog Blog
March Radness Live Blog: Championship!
April 5 (scroll down to vote) 7:10 1:27 Some fun tidbits about the tournament. Over 25,000 votes have been casts, with an average of over 400 votes per matchup. The biggest matchup was Pie Pan (of course) versus Zog’s bartender Zan Bell, with 684 votes casts. Best anecdote: a supportive mom imploring people online “please […]
Posted inCHALT, Chapel Hill
The continuing predictability of CHALT’s hypocrisy
One of the things that you can count on with CHALT is its predictability. (CHALT, aka Chapel Hill Alliance for a Livable Town.” is an “anti-development community group” that has “opposed nearly every major development proposal” in Chapel Hill since its inception in 2014/2015. They formed a PAC in 2017, recruit and endorse local candidates […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Downtown, Economic development
Manchester City is coming to Chapel Hill for the FC Series tour July 23
Remember last year when the Premier League came to Chapel Hill? Well, this summer we’re getting Manchester City on July 23 at Kenan Stadium playing a friendly against top Scottish club Celtic. The tour also includes Yankee Stadium, Ohio Stadium in Columbus, and Orlando’s Camping World Stadium. How do I get tickets to Man City […]
Posted inTriangle Blog Blog
March Radness: Let’s decide the coolest person place or thing in Carrboro and Chapel Hill!
We love our community. We think with your help we can totally come up with 64 cool people, places, or things in Carrboro and Chapel Hill. We are also ruthless competitors and believe if you want to be the coolest, you need to destroy your less cool competition in a humiliating fashion, then rub it […]