The country is inspired by all these college students walking (unnecessarily) far and wide to get their ballots cast. Y’all are killing it!

No excuses to get those votes in. Vote early if you can!

I’m not sure this was allowed, but this appeared on my Instagram feed and I thought it would be cool to share in here.

This thing hurt so bad to make, but it was definitely worth the pain. It looks crazy lol

So I saw this today at my local charity shop (I think you call them good will stores) anyway it seems a long way from home so thought I would grab a photo and share it here with you lovely people

I'm in the northwest of the UK

I voted in the last primary and want to vote the midterms this year. My voter status says “inactive” I’m hearing mixed things on whether that means my registration is cancelled or not, I’m just confused and frustrated.

mods here are losers https://www.ncsbe.gov/registering/checking-your-registration get a life nerds. Vote if you haven’t.

Hello! I am helping a friend in their efforts to find their lost pup. She was visiting the Roanoke area and the dog was last seen in September. If seen please email marissa_alcala22@yahoo.com 🙏

I've been tracking the daily early vote files in North Carolina (both mail and early in-person) and matching them against the exact same day before the election in 2022 and 2024.

Right now we're at 238,000 ballots cast, which is up 25% compared to this point in 2022. By party registration, it breaks down to 46.9% Democrat, 19.5% Republican, and 33.6% Unaffiliated (Unaffiliated voters are up 42% over 2022).

That puts the gap between registered Democrats and Republicans at D+27.4 right now. At this exact same point in 2022, it was D+13.2. At this point in 2024, it was D+3.1.

What makes that jump so crazy is the shift in how Republicans treat early voting. Back in 2022, a lot of Republicans avoided early voting on principle, which gave Dems a big head start. By 2024, the GOP was heavily advertising and telling their voters to bank their votes early—which is why the gap at this point in 2024 was only D+3.1.

Normally, now that Republicans actively push early voting, you'd expect the early Dem lead to stay much smaller than 2022. Instead, Dem early ballots are up 41% while Republican early ballots are down 14%, blowing past both 2024 and 2022.

Two quick reality checks before anyone reads too much into it: first, party registration isn't a vote, and with a third of the ballots coming from Unaffiliated voters, nobody knows how those break until Election Night. Second, in 2022 that D+13.2 lead shrunk down to D+7.1 by the end of early voting as more Republicans showed up in the final week. That's why we don't feed early voting into our forecast model.

If you want to keep an eye on it over the next two weeks, I update the tracker three times a day here:

https://www.callthemap.com/early-vote

This afternoon we were taking photos at the Linn Cove Viaduct overlook pull-off (Milepost 304, the stone wall parking area). The wind blew my 2-year-old son's cap over the stone wall and into the wooded slope below the viaduct it was out of sight.

It's a blue-and-white striped denim baseball cap, DOUBLE.B (Miki House), with a "GOOD LIFE with DENIM" patch on the front — well-worn, he has worn it for a long time and is heartbroken. If you find it, please reach out I'm happy to cover shipping and offer a small reward as a thank-you. 🙏

Wanted to get some opinions/suggestions for a 4 night/5 day camping trip I'm planning for Thanksgiving. A little background first: Me and my husband are avid campers both experienced in beach and mountain camping and we spend every year up in Clayton GA. The "coldest" time we've ever been up there is March. This last June we stayed in a cabin at the top of a mountain because of 2 new babies in the family and it was definitely cold up there but I was dying to be in the tent the whole time so decided to plan this trip. The thing is we are trying to explore the NC side of mountains as we've never been and live on the coast. We will have a 6 year old and 11mo with a trip booked at Curtis creek campgrounds, which I was able to book easily. 1st I have questions about being up there as I've been told it may not be open, but recreation.gov allowed me to book and said they're open all year round. I know a lot has happened there since the storm and was curious if this is the best place and with surrounding areas to be at. We also spend all day in the creek fishing etc i know it will be cold so that will be limited but trying to keep the trip as entertaining for the kids as much as possible (hiking, fishing, site seeing, going into town? etc) we have a 4 seasons tent and need to order heater and other cold gear items, we've secured appropriate clothing so far. ( any recs on what is needed or best to buy please let me know) At first I felt very confident in this trip but now im looking for more reassurance on cold gear, where were staying, etc as to make sure the baby is as comfortable as possible. I know its been done we are just inexperienced in this aspect and id much rather be over prepared or if im crazy and we should just stay somewhere (recs on that would be amazing too because I have no idea where wed wanna stay at that gives me that secluded outside wake up in nature type of feel) 🙃

North Carolina state Sen. Michael Lee ran an attack ad using AI-generated images of his opponent, Jessica Bichler, twisting her body into impossible yoga poses while calling her “bonkers” and making disputed claims about her political affiliations. He was sent a cease-and-desist letter but chose to keep running the ads anyway.

Now someone is putting up giant posters and cardboard cutouts of Lee holding cash, wearing an “I ❤️ Special Interest” shirt, and appearing to have peed himself.

Lee is demanding that Bichler condemn the attacks. She has, also stating that “…unlike my opponent, I’ve always been against AI-generated advertisements.”

Apparently, AI-generated political smears are fair game until you’re the one being mocked.

I live just outside Charlotte (Mint Hill / Matthews area) and a lot of the "second hand stores" around here are pretty pricey. Are there any stores left that are less than $5 an item? I'm willing to drive an hour-ish out to somewhere that's dirt cheap. I mainly look for furniture, kitchenware, decor, and sometimes clothes, but mainly houseware items.

I'm NOT a reseller, I just love cheap old stuff I can give a 2nd home!!!

Places I've gone to:

Carolina Value Thrift, off Central Ave

ALL the goodwills in Charlotte

Where Ya Bin, Matthews

Bargain Hunters, Mint Hill

some of the Plato's Closets CLT

Hidden Treasures, off South Blvd CLT

Sleepy Poet Antique Mall, South Blvd CLT