I’m moderating a panel on data centers next weekend. If you live in/around Chattanooga, you should come!
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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.
Ashley St. Clair was right about Chaya. She really might be one of the dumbest people on the entire internet.
The Rooster@rooster.info · 2mo agoShow the picture, Chaya!!!!!
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...
The dilution of Black southern votes
A deep dive on the dismantling of voting rights, and how Memphis became the target
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I journeyed down to Matewan, WV recently. More people should. open.substack.com/pub/appodlac...
I visited a shrine to class war located in the "reddest" part of Appalachia
Tucked in a small, remote holler in a county where Trump got 86% of the vote sits a museum dedicated to telling the story of class war and worker solidarity. I finally had the chance to see it mysel.
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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...
How you correctly say "Appalachia" (Part 1)
I collaborated with the Virginia Tech Speech Lab to analyze over 1,500 Appalachian accents. Here is what we found.
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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...
How you correctly say "Appalachia" (Part 1)
I collaborated with the Virginia Tech Speech Lab to analyze over 1,500 Appalachian accents. Here is what we found.
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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...
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.
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An exhibit about Appalachia by a Finnish artist has caused quite a stir. I shared some thoughts. 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.
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This is a great mini doc that everyone should watch
ostonox@ostonox.com · 4mo agoHasan 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
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 Artemis II crew just named one of the moon's craters after crew commander Reid Wiseman's late wife, Carroll. A genuinely touching moment.
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
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.”
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.
Popstonox@popstonox.bsky.social · 4mo agoMichigan senate candidate Mallory McMorrow says streamer Hasan Piker is "not different from Nick Fuentes" "He says things that are misogynistic and antisemitic. That is not somebody that you should be campaigning with"
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...
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.
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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.”