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#RDUMesh is growing faster than I can keep up. KB2UUL surprised us all this morning with a really well-placed repeater in southeast Wake County. Firefighters in Chapel Hill put up a repeater an hour later that had strong links into the broader #MeshCore deployment. #RaleighNC #DurhamNC #BullCity #ChapelHill #RDU

MeshCore map showing density of repeaters in the Triangle region.

30+ in-person and 6 zoom attendees for our Mesh 101 workshop at #SplatSpace in #DurhamNC today, covering #Meshtastic, #MeshCore, and #RDUMesh. What a turn-out!

The #RaleighNC #hamradio club RARS installed a #MeshCore repeater on The Eastern at North Hills. This is servicing lower elevation repeaters not just all over Raleigh, but quite a few in #CaryNC and #DurhamNC as well. The #RDUMesh is coming together fast! This is a great time to switch over from #Meshtastic and join us. Or to get started in #LoRaMesh

View of mesh repeater mounted on roof of skyscraper near an aircraft warning light

Zoomed in view of top of skyscraper where the repeater antenna is poking out above

Highly zoomed in view of top of skyscraper, drawn in circle around the repeater antenna to illustrate its location

Zoomed out view of The Eastern dominating the local skyline

Bernie Sanders speaking live in #DurhamNC: https://www.instagram.com/bullcityanna/live/18362495581166833

#DurhamNC real estate news: The owners of the Durham Centre (the ugly blue glass and brown brick thing with the ziggurat top, across from the Carolina Theatre) are sinking $10M into converting the entire first floor of the building into amenities for the employees of companies that lease space there (it's actually largely occupied by Duke Health & related entities).

Lipstick on a pig, to be sure.

Oh also: It'll be rebranded as The Grove Durham. LMAO.

https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2026/02/05/durham-centre-amenities-upgrades-office-space.html

For giggles I drove to #EflandNC today. Over our #RDU #MeshCore network I had a chat with a friend past #DurhamNC. There are still a lot of gaps in the network to fill, but we are getting some reach! #Meshtastic folks should try it out.

From: @maurice
https://pompat.us/@maurice/statuses/01KGSYWK2W8WG1V6FDV4HC7HNQ

Some #Grammys congratulations are in order:

Tyler Childers won best #Country song for “Bitin’List”

Best Americana Performance went to Mavis Staples “Godspeed” produced by #DurhamNC’s Brad Cook.

And #BMFS won best #bluegrass album for “Highway Prayers” #BillyStrings

Congratulations! All are well deserved.

Heads up, #DurhamNC: The city is auctioning off a bunch of miscellaneous stuff from Wheels Fun Park: https://www.govdeals.com/en/search/filters?seller=Durham,%20NC

#MeshCore coverage in and around downtown #DurhamNC is picking up really nicely in the last couple of weeks. Parts of #CaryNC also. We need a couple more high elevation nodes to reach all of the nooks and crannies in Cary.

#RaleighNC needs a lot of help. If you’ve got a high elevation rooftop (6+ stories) and want to help, please reach out.

Map showing distribution of MeshCore repeaters around the Triangle region of North Carolina.

It's finally snowing in Durham. #wx #NCwx #DurhamNC #FrenchToastEmergency

No Frozen Death From Above yet in Durham. I understand it was falling in Person County before I went to bed. Projected amounts are roughly halved locally. Onset time has been pushed to noon. #wx #NCwx #DurhamNC #FrenchToastEmergency

“Come For One, Face Us All”: #DurhamNC Nurses Mourn #AlexPretti at VA Candlelit Vigil

Pretti’s killing came amid an already turbulent period for #VANurses, as the Trump administration has shed tens of thousands of employees from the agency.

by Lena Geller January 28, 2026

"Hundreds gathered in front of the gates of Durham’s Veterans Affairs Medical Center Wednesday night for a candlelit vigil honoring Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old VA nurse who was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday.

Clutching tealights and bouquets of flowers, attendees formed a line down the sidewalk that stretched so far from the main gate, different sections of the crowd took on different purposes—those near the front listened to speeches while those further back, out of earshot, sang songs of solidarity."

#VeteransAffairs #Nurses #USPol #ICEOutNorthCarolina #ICEOut #DefundICE #AbolishICE #NursesResist

RE: https://triangletoot.party/@nwsraleigh_bot/115983933867403886

They are still calling for 6”-8” in #DurhamNC!

Good lord, this is definitely turning into another French Toast Emergency. https://triangletoot.party/@nwsraleigh_bot/115974967188562298 #wx #NCwx #DurhamNC #FrenchToastEmergency

Protest music for our time from #DurhamNC artist Lou Hazel.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DT_UY--EWwD/

Please show support for Alex Pretti & others killed by ICE at a vigil 2 days from now: Wednesday, 28 January 2026, 6 to 7 p.m. at the Durham VA. The VA is at the intersection of Fulton & Erwin in Durham, NC. Note: this area is generally congested. #DurhamNC #ICE #AlexPretti

https://bsky.app/profile/jhv.bsky.social/post/3mdejq77poc2y

Heavy sleet happening now in #DurhamNC

Weather radar showing a band of sleet coming through the area.

Nothing but ice falling from the sky here in #DurhamNC. Accumulating rapidly, but thankfully the power is still on.

Lazy Sundays mean buttermilk biscuits!

#baking

A tray of freshly made buttermilk biscuits. The tops are nicely brown and there are nice layers on the sides.

A bacon egg and cheese sandwich made on the buttermilk biscuit.

FWIW, we're good here. No current precipitation. No obvious glazing in the back yard currently. We have power, & Duke Energy's outage map looks surprisingly good. I can walk pretty decently outside with minimal care. It's worse elsewhere, of course. #wx #NCwx #DurhamNC #WinterStormFern

#durhamnc

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