Ryan Pitkin @pitkin_ryan
Journalist. Co-founder, Nerve Media Productions. Editor, @queencitynerve. Books & baseball. Perfect parallel parker. Alliterative asshole. [email protected] qcnerve.com Charlotte, NC Joined August 2013-
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I mentioned on @WFAE on Friday Larry Pittman in 2017 said Abe Lincoln was as bad a tyrant as Hitler. So excuse me if I don’t believe you when you say you are willing to celebrate the end of slavery. You’re a white supremacist. (Also said he wants to lynch abortionists in 2012.)
Larry Pittman, the North Carolina Republican former State House Representative who now serves on the Cabarrus County Commission, is a nasty old gutter racist, and would happily tell you the same himself. Shout out to @hometown_holler for catching this video!
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@CltLedger @JoeBrunoWSOC9 I mention in tomorrow's newsletter that it sounds to me like Joe may accidentally end up breaking the national story of WWC's full-on collapse. 👀
As a fervent fan since his freshman year at UConn to becoming leading all-time scorer in Hornets franchise history to now watching him continue to do cool things in the community post-retirement, Kemba might be my favorite CLT sports figure of all time. He's special, man.
A Charlotte sports legend will continue to build his legacy here later this month with the grand opening of Kemba Walker Sports Academy in Concord, scheduled for June 26, with the inaugural Kemba Walker Invitational tournament set to follow. qcnerve.com/kemba-walker-s…
Not to vaguepost, but you'll have to read the narrative for yourself to get the same reaction I did when I learned why this cop got so mad he felt he had to draw his gun on a fellow officer. The payoff is worth it.
From the inbox a workplace dispute at the Myrtle Beach Police Department leads to charges….
I had a blast on The Creative’s Crown Talk Show with my old friend @PhazeGawd today talking all things art, music and community journalism in Charlotte. Be on the lookout for that drop. ✌️
The Selwyn Pub Transfusion cups make for an A1 Zyn visual here. 🤌
I'm working on a story about young Charlotte professionals' Zyn habits. Do you use it? Does your office? [email protected]
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V5, I18: Will the threat of immigration enforcement affect attendance at the MLS All-Star Game in Charlotte? Plus, @CltSquawks turns 21, Ali Forrest and Emily June embark on adventurous tour, Living Kitchen founder Juli Luna's latest role with a local coffee powerhouse and more.
In Raleigh this morning celebrating my wonderful wife’s graduation from the NC Institute of Public Leadership’s Spring 2026 fellowship. Somebody get her an application for interim mayor. 👀
Coming up at 9. Tune in to WFAE
On Friday, NC has a budget framework, the fallout from Vi Lyles' resignation, and Charlotte City Council withdraws its support for the I-77 toll lane project. That and more with @farrellj329, @pitkin_ryan, @alexsands_, and @Bentnews at 9am on @WFAE. wfae.org/show/charlotte… .
Scenes from the final day of BOOM Charlotte
Already over the AI-generated story pitches.
LaMelo Ball: Making one of the biggest plays of the Hornets season in overtime of the play-in game. @amazon Prime:
I enjoyed #WonderMan on the strength of Yahya Abdul-Mateen’s underrated performance but one part I find truly hilarious is how from now on it’s part of Marvel canon that Josh Gad is just gone and nobody knows what happened to him.
The ACAB float kept the party going on Royal Street after the annual New Orleans Gay Easter Parade last night.
Reminds me of one of my favorite photos I’ve ever taken. Hating on that pic really says something about you. Nobody else.
Artemis II launch… caught in my glasses reflection
I used to say this about baseball but it’s all the more true for basketball: You don’t need to interview the coach during the game. Ever.
Got a first edition HP Lovecraft for just $30 at the used book store in New Orleans. Check out Dauphine’s if you’re here. Great shop.
Just doing Nerve trivia in New Orleans
We stayed on Bourbon Street only long enough to see my UConn ladies lose and take this cute pic before the crowds became a bit much for our old selves. Time to branch out for the rest of the weekend…
Heading to New Orleans for the weekend. Not taking recs just humblebragging.
Joe Bruno @JoeBrunoWSOC9
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Charlotte Shadow Mayo... @CLTdevelopment
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Brad Panovich @wxbrad
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Clayton @claydoughcooks
1K Followers 1K Following Legend and Icon, Urban Farmer, Urbanist, CLT is my Mistress. #KeepPounding #AllFly #WeAreCharlotte — 👑 of Flavortown opinions herein do not reflect my employer
Ashley Mahoney @m_a_h_o_n_e_y
4K Followers 1K Following Today: @axioscharlotte. Yesterday: @thecharpost & it’s soccer-specific child @qc_fc. Pulitzer grantee.
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Rep. Alma S. Adams, P... @RepAdams
31K Followers 3K Following Dean of NC Dems representing NC’s 12th District. Educator. Artist. Founder & Co-Chair of the Black Maternal Health @BMHCaucus and the Bipartisan @HBCUCaucus.
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