Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Author of forthcoming book of collected local history writing from my Stone Walls newsletter and elsewhere. https://stonewalls.substack.com https://mikeogleonline.com
Mike Ogle
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Last image from tonight (short film in the morning): this brother out here with his Singer sewing machine, gifting people a custom embroidery on their jerseys and hats with the name and the date, was more artistic than anything at Burning Man and ad gorgeous as a Caravaggio.
Magic!
Goodnight.
New Yorkers singing Empire State of Mind
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Yes, the Stanley Cup made an unannounced visit to Linda’s Downbar in Chapel Hill in the months after the Canes won last time. I just happened to be there, having just landed at RDU from NYC. They filled it from the taps and everybody got a turn
Absolutely ridiculous. The team's name is the Grenadiers, literally soldiers. Their revolution is at the center of Haitian identity and was a turning point in world history. Imagine telling the US they couldn't celebrate their historic revolutionary war.
Pretty much sums up last night
When there's so much that divides people about whether or not racial and ethnic minorities should have basic rights, it's great to bond by watching a majority-Black sport's athletes performing for our entertainment without acknowledging that obvious reality
Dr. Thrasher is on post book tour hiatus
2006, Linda’s Bar & Grill. 2026, Lapin Bleu?
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Mike Ogle
From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: When the Iran team landed in Mexico for the World Cup, players wore pins that read "#168."
The design commemorates the number of children killed at a school on the first day of the U.S.-Iran conflict. nyti.ms/4vDgEI6
