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Secular Homeschool Mom, Woman of Jeopardy!, Robotics Coach, Scouting America Volunteer, Vaccinated and Rational Christ-Emulator, and general Force to Be Reckoned With.
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(Wyoming Co.) This is from along Indian Creek. Would you wash your dishes in it? Bathe your kids in it? Drink it? #waterforwv #water4wv @appvoices.org @reimagineappal8ia.bsky.social @appcitizenslaw.bsky.social

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I shed a tear listening to a recording of the bench decision. This is my America.

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my brain cannot process this >heritage foundation lead researcher comes out as trans on twitter >all her right wing coworkers use her correct pronouns and name and congratulate her what

submitted 16 days ago • 162 comments

If they wanted to take over the country, they only had to wait like three weeks until every technocratic nerd was unreachably distracted. They fundamentally do not understand us, and that is why they will lose.

submitted 17 days ago • 293 comments

ok, so basically I'm trying to make this post go viral.

submitted 17 days ago • 508 comments

It feels really festive that a Black church took away the Proud Boys control over their own name for Black History Month.

submitted 18 days ago • 156 comments

Note to self: if you ask your favorite streaming service to play 90s British pop music as a pick me up, keep in mind Radiohead is in that category. #ThisIsWhatYouGet

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Early morning love poem.

submitted 18 days ago • 27 comments

Today in US History: On Feb. 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, granted black men the right to vote. It was passed by Congress on February 26, 1869. Black Americans were set free by the 13th amendment. The 14th Amendment guaranteed citizenship. #BlackHistoryMonth

submitted 19 days ago • 200 comments

The hunt for exemptions begins. Get in line.

submitted 19 days ago • 349 comments

West Virginia’s scores held steady on an education assessment called the Nation’s Report Card, but its academic performance remained below that of most states.

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If there is any doubt that tariffs are passed through to consumers, the cost of propane to heat my house just went up by the amount of the tariff

submitted 20 days ago • 203 comments

Today’s Black History lesson comes from Carter G. Woodson, the father of Black History month. (Lecture notes below)

submitted 20 days ago • 8 comments

Happy Black History Month! Here is my favorite story about a Black American you may not know about: Robert Smalls. He commandeered a confederate ship and sailed himself, his family, and the other enslaved crew and their families to freedom. THROUGH waters controlled by the Confederacy.

submitted 21 days ago • 648 comments

I haven’t heard if we’re allowed to do Black History Month now but I’m posting this thing I drew about Robert Smalls anyway

submitted 21 days ago • 7 comments

Black Appalachian history is the most erased history. Change my mind. (Yes, Pittsburgh is #Appalachia)

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Whether it’s the Minneapolis Veterans Home or the State Patrol Headquarters, our 2025 Infrastructure Plan is focused on maintaining and building facilities to better serve those who serve us.

submitted 21 days ago • 127 comments

“Together we must learn to live as brothers or together we will be forced to perish as fools.” -Martin Luther King Jr.

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My kids' homeschool assignment: note names missing from this release. Speculate why. What agenda is being promoted here? #homeschool

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It's actually theft of taxpayers money when websites go dark. We paid for that data

submitted 21 days ago • 232 comments

Not sure we entirely did this correctly but here it is, the unofficial and yet to be complete Appalachia Starter Pack go.bsky.app/QwUpFwL

submitted 96 days ago • 17 comments

More #WestVirginiaFlood photos

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You've made it.

submitted 22 days ago • 18 comments

New: West Virginia foster kids' sweeping 2019 lawsuit against the state will not go to trial in March after the state successfully sought a delay ... an attorney representing the state has a scheduling conflict: his mom's 70th birthday party. westvirginiawatch.com/briefs/trial...

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This is a big deal, y'all. Federal health websites are being stripped of content or removed in their entirety. Stick with this thread for a look at what's disappeared so far! 1/x

submitted 22 days ago • 324 comments