Perfectly put.

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.

In Appalachia, they're putting data centers in movie studios I went to a Hamilton County Commission meeting about a proposed movie studio in downtown Chattanooga with an Oracle data center inside it. I think this could be a harbinger of what's to come.

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...

Who gets to tell the story of Appalachia? A new art exhibit in NYC has faced criticism from a collective of artists in Appalachia. I have some thoughts.

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

The American War Against Cuba - Mini-Doc YouTube video by HasanAbi

edited a new mini-doc for Hasan

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvqe...

I knowwww...same. I loved hearing his voice trembling just ever so slightly. What a moment!

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.

On the 15th anniversary of the UBB mine disaster, Trump and Musk are putting miners at risk The Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster showed us that corporate greed leads to tragedy. Trump and Musk are enabling that to happen again.

I wrote a bit about it last year open.substack.com/pub/appodlac...

Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship did not care about the lives of his workers: he only cared about “running coal.” Today, the mining industry leaders are fighting tooth and nail to oppose the most basic safety improvements - like silica dust exposure limits - that would save coal miners lives.

Yesterday was the 16th anniversary of the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster - where corporate greed was prioritized over safety, and resulted in the tragic death of 29 coal miners in Raleigh County, WV.

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

It appears, based on numerous polls now, that democratic voters in Maine are very clear about who they want to

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

A lot of the attacks against Hasan and El-Sayed are veiled (and not so veiled) Islamophobia, which is a normalized bigotry rarely called-out by legacy media and even most of the big left of center accounts.

McMorrow is peddling talking points that centrist and right-wing accounts have been pushing relentlessly about Hasan. It’s dishonest, deeply cynical, and appear to be a coordinated smear against Abdul El-Sayed.

Elizabeth Warren endorses Graham Platner

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.

Platner is for the overwhelmingly popular policies that many Americans are begging for. Mills, on the other hand, is a symbol of the Democratic Party establishment that is polling worse than ICE.

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.

Yes, we should nominate a “middle of the road” again. Because this time it’ll be different 🙄

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.

No, contaminated drinking water isn't what Appalachians "voted for" A recent 60 minutes segment on McDowell County, WV has people blaming the voters again. But the story is more complicated.

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