Appodlachia

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

I had some thoughts about the life and legacy of miss Dolly Rebecca Parton open.substack.com/pub/appodlac...

I’m moderating a panel on data centers next weekend. If you live in/around Chattanooga, you should come!

The New York Assembly and Senate have both passed a one-year moratorium on the construction of AI hyperscale data centers. The bill is now on Governor Kathy Hochul's desk.

Congrats to @rooster.info for inadvertently creating a new verb

Ashley St. Clair was right about Chaya. She really might be one of the dumbest people on the entire internet.

Official official statement on the arrest:

To understand the implications of shattering Tennessee’s only majority-Black congressional district, we need to understand how we got here open.substack.com/pub/appodlac...

I journeyed down to Matewan, WV recently. More people should. open.substack.com/pub/appodlac...

I worked with linguists at Virginia Tech to analyze the 1,500+ Appalachian accents we collected. It’s been fascinating. open.substack.com/pub/appodlac...

I worked with linguists at Virginia Tech to analyze the 1,500+ Appalachian accents we collected. It’s been fascinating. open.substack.com/pub/appodlac...

I think this post broke people’s brains a bit because a lot of people replied to this saying it was a “book ban” or “censorship” and it most certainly is not.

They’re putting an Oracle data center inside a movie studio in Chattanooga. I believe it may be a harbinger of things to come. open.substack.com/pub/appodlac...

An exhibit about Appalachia by a Finnish artist has caused quite a stir. I shared some thoughts. open.substack.com/pub/appodlac...

This is a great mini doc that everyone should watch

Hasan Piker has posted a documentary on his trip to bring 40 tons of aid to Cuba "In Havana I saw the shadow of Washington's deliberate policy of collective punishment. The horror of patients surviving on hand-pump ventilators, sweating through darkness with no electricity." youtu.be/WvqeXFnqXCo

edited a new mini-doc for Hasan www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvqe...

The Artemis II crew just named one of the moon's craters after crew commander Reid Wiseman's late wife, Carroll. A genuinely touching moment.

Delighted to find out that the Charleston West Virginia runway bird dog has an Instagram page

From a follower: “My fiances aunt just had the power company come out and tell them their brand new home will be demolished in 2 years to put in more power lines for a data centers. They planned to live out their retirement in this home.”

The Onion still undefeated

We are in the golden age of American politics

It's going to get harder and harder as time goes by, but always be reminding people that Israel and the United States literally *chose* to do all this Iran was not presenting an imminent threat to either of them, or the Gulf, before they killed their head of state 19 days ago

I've done it. I've found the most Appalachian man to ever exist. He is a 14-year-old named Ray Burracher, who tried to give President Herbert Hoover a possum and advised him on acquiring hogs to take care of a snake problem.

Every single Democrat who has ANY hesitation whatsoever with giving the pentagon MORE money for the war in Iraq has absolutely no business in public office. It’s that simple. No more senseless, stupid wars.

“They’re supposed to ask what the community wants — and I haven’t heard one person say the tunnel. This is not a real solution.” NASHVILLE folks at the Sen. Oliver & Councilwoman Porterfield town hall overwhelmingly oppose Elon’s teslas-only tunnel.

You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America. And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

I wrote about the water crisis in West Virginia and the “they’re getting what they voted for” reactions. open.substack.com/pub/appodlac...

Every statement from democratic leadership: “I told Cookie Monster not to eat cookies, and if he wanted them, he had to get congressional approval. I am deeply upset Cookie Monster ate the cookies without even letting us know first.”

If you’re gonna brand yourself as rural, I would suggest finding a different address than Park Avenue in NYC

Spanberger sounds like a robot. Does not appear to have the sauce

Thanks to everyone who bought merch for our fundraiser. Together, we raised $629.85 for TIRRC! 💪

Does anyone else obsessively track every flight they’ve ever flown on, or is it just a me thing?

I joined UpScrolled, which appears to be an emerging TikTok alternative. share.upscrolled.com/en/user/e403...

Abolish ICE. 100% of our profits will be donated to the TN Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition appodlachia.dashery.com/products/865...

We loved having @xgigglypuff.bsky.social on the show last year. She’s such a great representative of Appalachia.

In case you hadn’t seen it, I was interviewed by @appodlachia.com and talked about my experience going from rural Appalachia to Harvard. You can check it out if you’re interested. :) open.spotify.com/episode/76Rm...

Abolish ICE. 100% of our profits will be donated to the TN Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition appodlachia.dashery.com/products/865...

Learning today that the JD Vance couch story might have more truth to it than we thought

“This is good because Venezuelans are celebrating”

Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social shared this @appodlachia.com post about Trump sending Tennessee Republican megadonor Lee Beaman to the TVA board to keep us addicted to fossil fuels and our prices high. open.substack.com/pub/appodlac...

Wrote about the right wing attempt to smear @aftynbehn.bsky.social for standing up for survivors open.substack.com/pub/appodlac...