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#appalachia
I am a #hillbilly. From #Appalachia. And here’s the elegy for #rural localities from the folks they elected.
As much as $1 out of every $5 of public budgets in #rural #virginia counties comes from…taking money from rich states outside VA and sending it through the #federal gummint to #rural localities. More pronounced after 2020.
Common weal in the #commonwealth.
Aka wealth redistribution.
Aka the S word.
You’re welcome, y’all.
“Have you EVER said thank you (JD)?!?!?”
#fall scenes from the #GreatSmokyMountains
These were all captured in one day, from an extremely rare/unique day where snow was falling on the high peaks while the fall colors were simultaneously in peak bloom. Safe to say, it’s a day I’ll never forget and conditions that I may never be privileged to experience again! The crazy part is the sun was shining at the low elevations.
Defenders in #Appalachia Against #MountainValleyPipeline Avoided #FelonyCharges
"Initially we were charged with #conspiracy. The real conspiracy is between the #prosecutors and the #judges, between the #cops and the #corporations."
By #AppalachiansAgainstPipelines, #CensoredNews, March 3, 2025
"Last Tuesday, 12 pipeline fighters had court in Giles County for charges resulting from three different actions against the Mountain Valley Pipeline in 2023 and 2024 in and around the #JeffersonNationalForest, including one site where #MVP was drilling through the mountain under the #AppalachianTrail.
"Eleven of the defendants accepted non-cooperating plea deals -- all of them were facing absurd felony charges, including
felony abduction and felony 'unauthorized use of a vehicle.' In the end, they plead to misdemeanor charges and there were NO felony convictions. They were sentenced to community service, probation, and to pay restitution. The court room was PACKED all day long with supporters!"
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/03/defenders-in-appalachia-against.html
#ReaderSupportedNews #LandDefenders #WaterProtectors #MountainProtectors #CriminalizingDissent #SilencingDissent #JeffersonNationalForest #AppalachianTrail #CorporateColonialism #AppalachiansAgainstPipelines #SLAPPs #WaterIsLife #NoPipelines #MountainValleyPipelineLLC #Virginia #WestVirginia #NorthCarolina #ACAB #CorporateGreed #ComplicitGovernment
While #Hammondal is inspired by the faded industrial cities of Northern #Appalachia where I live, a bit of Colorado creeps in. In particular, the hills are alive with cult compounds, variously defined.
Fact of life on the Front Range. If you live closer to Boulder they're hippy-dippy, where they sage you to say hi, and if you live closer to the Springs they're prepper-survivalist where even the hand soap is somehow 'tactical,' but if you have a social life at all, you get invited to several. 
The #audiobook I'm listening to of #Hannibal is mostly fine and totally listenable, however regrettably the British narrator chooses to do his attempt at an #Appalachia accent when Agent Starling speaks, and it is a direct assault to not only my ears but my morals half the time. The list of British actors I've ever heard give a solid, not Foghorn Leghorn-y or half-cocked Southern accent (let alone an Appalachian) can be counted on one hand.
#Appalachia #healthcare #drones
'An innovative approach to delivering essential health resources to rural Kentuckians has demonstrated the potential of using drone technology to overcome geographical barriers to improve health care access.'
Rural #Appalachia faces repeated "thousand-year floods" as #climatechange intensifies. A scholar explores why residents rebuild in flood-prone areas, highlighting a complex housing crisis exacerbated by land scarcity and economic inequality.
https://theconversation.com/why-people-rebuild-in-appalachias-flood-ravaged-areas-despite-the-risks-240429
Of possible interest for some.
> Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh: Traditional Offerings in Appalachian Folk Spiritual Tradition http://holystonesandironbones.com/2025/02/13/gold-frankincense-and-myrrh-traditional-offerings-in-appalachian-folk-spiritual-tradition/
#Appalachia #religion #pagan #heathen #witch #Christian #mountains (c)
Discovery reveals giant flying squirrel once soared over Southern Appalachia
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-discovery-reveals-giant-flying-squirrel.html paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10914-025-09751-w
"A giant #FlyingSquirrel—about the size of today's house cats—once soared through the skies over what is now Southern #Appalachia, gliding above #rhinos, #mastodons and red #pandas... closest relatives are the giant #FlyingSquirrels in Japan, China and Indonesia... somehow they crossed the Bering Land Bridge alongside other #mammals about 5 million years ago."
#TuneTuesday #SongsFromHome #Appalachia #WestVirginia #GeorgiaOnMyMind
Songs from my childhood home and my current home which are both in Appalachia.
I'm an Appalachian by Denton King (https://song.link/twpbfxj58j8ss)
Georgia on my Mind by Ray Charles (https://song.link/c78prkvtftmvm)
Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight & the Pips (https://song.link/i/943204009)
Call me West Virginia by Denton King (https://song.link/jgfrww7vbbhxm)
West Virginians are Coming Home by Denton King (https://song.link/4kkpm9gvtvxvd)
#SilentSunday #Baking #Sourdough #Bread #Rosemary #FoodPhotography #Appalachia #GeorgiaOnMyMind
A day where I have no where to be, no one to meet, or anything to do it except enjoy a hot piece of bread smothered in #butter
