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Bricks and Bouqs

August 26, 2024

BOUQ: To the Jacksonville Transportation Authority for providing local students free rides to school. Middle and High school students are eligible to ride JTA buses and the First Coast Flyer every day at no cost through JTA’s My Ride 2 School program. To learn more, visit www.jtafla.com To VyStar Credit Union for creating the MOCA Centennial Scholarship. The four-year scholarship

Combined Minds·Editorial Opinion·Feature

Combined Minds — The Role TikTok and Pop Music Are Playing in the 2024 Presidential Race

Words by Ambar Ramirez & Carmen Macri Ambar: You think you just fell out of a coconut tree? Carmen: You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you. Ambar: If you’re on TikTok, you’ve probably heard that infamous Vice President

Will AI bots replace humans on the internet? — A dive into the dead internet theory

Words by Emily Cheyne Artificial intelligence has been a growing topic

Dear Dumbs,

Dear Dumbs, Thank you for the podcast and for the monthly

Bouqs & Bricks July 2024

July 15, 2024

Editorial Opinion·Feature·Opinion·Politics

BOUQUETS To the North Florida Green Chamber for promoting Plastic Free July. This organization does some amazing things in our community. They promote Solar Collective, work with the Clean Fuels Coalition and focus on Sustainability too. Check them out at northfloridagreenchamber.org BRICKBATS To Senate Republicans for blocking the Reproductive Freedom

The Hunt: Finding the Best Hotdogs in Northeast Florida

July 3, 2024

Food + Drink·Lifestyle·Opinion

It’s officially summertime. And what else screams summertime other than a nice hot glizzy? Maybe wrapped in tinfoil, cooked over a grill or boiled? Even if you claim you dont like hotdogs, you still kind of like hotdogs. It's un-American to feel otherwise.

Is Gen Z Falling Behind or Are They Ahead of Their Time?

June 26, 2024

Editorial Opinion·Feature·Technology

Words by Mallory Pace As I get older and enter my “real world” era, I’ve become increasingly aware of the stark differences between my generation and my parents’ demographic in more ways than our outlooks on life and fashion sense. With a few exceptions, the majority of my peers are

Weird Wild Stuff: June 2024

June 26, 2024

Editorial Opinion·Entertainment·Weird Wild Stuff

Words by Shelton Hull We’ll start this column with an update on the cicadas swarming our nation with Brood XIX running wild through the Southeast and Brood XIII moving northwest. As if that’s not weird enough, apparently some of these cicadas are literal zombies, thanks to a new fungal infection

All for One and One for All: Breaking Barriers in Sports

June 26, 2024

Community·Editorial Opinion·LGBTQIA·Outdoors·Sports

Words by Emily Cannon More than just an athletic association (that many people don’t even know exists in Jacksonville), Stonewall Sports is a national not-for-profit sports league for members of the LGBTQ+ community and allies to come together over a love of many different sports. In spring 2021 Jacksonville’s local

Bouqs & Bricks June 2024

June 26, 2024

Editorial Opinion

BOUQUETS To the researchers at the University of North Florida for receiving a U.S. patent. This award was given after three UNF researchers discovered a targeted cancer-fighting compound, or peptoid, that targets certain breast, colon, and lung cancers and stops them from progressing. This promising discovery could lead to significantly

Dear Dumbs, June 2024

June 26, 2024

Dear Dumbs·Editorial Opinion·Entertainment

Your podcast is the only thing I look forward to. I know how sad that sounds but I actually live a wonderful life. I do have an issue with my older sister though. We get along just fine, but we’ve never been close. At times it feels like we’re growing

Reverse-Normalizing

June 26, 2024

Editorial Opinion·Lifestyle·Technology

Words by Mallory Pace We have reached a tipping point in society and pop culture where labels and buzzwords dominate reality. Forget everything you thought you knew, including what you believed to be normal and not. Social media has changed the game again, putting a spotlight on the objectively not

Cool Down This Summer With Cool Stuff Vintage

June 26, 2024

Editorial Opinion·Fashion·Lifestyle

Words by Ambar Ramirez & Carmen Macri Walking into the warehouse located at the end of King St. is like stepping through a portal to another era, a vivid journey back in time. The moment you cross the threshold, a wave of nostalgia washes over you. To the right

Summer Outfits

June 26, 2024

Editorial Opinion·Fashion·Lifestyle

In need of some outfit inspiration for this Summer season? We got you covered. This Summer is all about denim, linens and bright colors. The whole shoot was styled by the Folio team, inspired by what we’ve seen trending. Photos by Amiyah Golden.