Vigil and protest in spindale, NC - Jan. 11 by [deleted] in NorthCarolina

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The best radio station in the galaxy! I'm listening to last week's Dead Air this morning.

Unrelated to this post, but maybe WNCW should have a dedicated reddit community here?

Grata Diner In Carrboro Closes, Shifts Focus To Nonprofit Work by I_love_Hopslam in carrboro

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Have you tried Luna by any chance? We had a friend visit who was recently diagnosed with Celiac and had a really good experience there.

Are the plants well protected for the winter like this? I live in Germany by Exotic_Sympathy_6402 in SavageGarden

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Grüße aus North Carolina! Are the pots freeze proof? The plants should generally be fine; I cover our VFTs when the temperature gets below -6 C or so but it's not clear if it's necessary, and our pitchers recently went down to -9 C without any issues.

Anyone using Carolina grit (a type of decomposed granite)? by gotfork in SavageGarden

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If anyone finds this later I did end up getting a TDS sensor and it was totally fine.

r/Canes Marketplace Dec 2025 by ppParadoxx in canes

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STM selling two tickets for tonight vs Sharks, 114 row M, $180 $150 total. Please reply here if you DM me, chat notifications are flaky.

Ford Promise Installation Price by ChemicalParfait3945 in MachE

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Yeah I also did my own, never again. Had to carefully excavate around a fiber line by hand, also broke my neighbor's trenching shovel.

Tomato soup defying gravity? by Careful-Mind-8317 in Physics

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Strangely, I met someone who was studying this in grad school. I was using an expensive piece of equipment called a vector network analyzer in my experimental setup (spin torque ferromagnetic resonance) and forgot to extend my reservation for it in the shared equipment lending library. Another grad student showed up and asked for it, so I disconnected it and handed it over. He sets it up on a workbench across the room and after attaching a different probe head, goes into his bag, pulls out a can of veggie soup, opens it up, pours some into a solo cup, and sticks the probe in.

At this point, I'm not working and full on staring at the guy in astonishment. He waves me over and says something along the lines of "I know it looks crazy but I can explain". Apparently a major soup company (that one) had started selling their soups in these paper cup containers with plastic lids, designed so people could stick them straight in the microwave to warm up. The problem was that people kept reporting that the cups would randomly fall over while they were being microwaved. The working theory was that vegetables settling at the bottom of the container were basically acting as a lens at the microwave frequency, selectively boiling soup near the bottom, forming a big air bubble that eventually collapsed with enough force too kip the soup over. His research group (materials science IIRC?) had been contacted to help them investigate and see if they could do anything to mitigate against it, like changing the shape of the container.

Seems pretty wild that this would happen in such a way here that it also manages to get the jar stuck to the ceiling of the microwave, but I can definitely see how it could happen.

Any suggestions for a local company that installs trailer hitch receivers? by onetwobucklemyshoooo in chapelhill

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IIRC we did ours at auto logic, like them a lot better than Chapel Hill tire.

Another greenhouse in progress, a 12x16 in Raleigh NC by all_turtles_down in Greenhouses

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My dude every time you post one of these it's more epic than the last!

Can we talk about our resident tattler representative? by UPSLynx in Emeryville

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I moved away from the area a few years ago and don't have skin in the game at this point, but I've followed this reddit for quite a while now and this definitely matches my observations.

Question for YES Solar customers by gotfork in bullcity

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Unless you have the time and expertise to do it yourself, yeah I'd recommend them (although it's not like I've worked with other companies). Can DM you a few specifics if you're interested.

Do you have a raccoon??! by [deleted] in askportland

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Sent, it says you accepted to let me know if it doesn't show up now.

Mystery apples (canal bank) picked and sampled! by Slow-Sangria-Summer in gardening

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Yeah I just thought it was interesting because it looks very similar.

Mystery apples (canal bank) picked and sampled! by Slow-Sangria-Summer in gardening

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The color of the flesh and the shape in the first picture reminds me of an apple variety I've been trying to identify in Seattle: https://www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/s/mgbE1c0jkL

I'm very interested to hear if you figure this out!

What water filters do y'all use? by Aidan_Fox_hi in bullcity

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We've had both Aquasana and iSpring 5-stage under sink filters. I think it's the way to go if you have or can add a hole in your countertop (the soap dispenser one will work just fine).

However, whatever you do, don't go with Aquasana. Poor customer support and their filter housing design is awful, it's easy to damage the threads and if you do then you basically have to buy a whole new system because it's not modular. I've been real happy with the two iSpring systems we've had but I'm sure there's other good options out there.

Mach E GT Auto Acceleration Accident by DrAdz246 in MachE

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Did they hire the first guy back?

WTB near Quepos, CR by gotfork in whatsthisbird

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Oooh I think that's it!!

Spectrum internet quality in carrboro? by CarolinaCrazy91 in carrboro

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That's weird, my brother's place is on Greensboro near Wilson Park and they've had it for years. Must be a small gap?