Russell Chisholm
@baristanomics.blog
Coffee + climate cogitator. Holler to holler. Home in Appalachia.
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Lottie, a 15yo in Pike County, KY, writes for @kentucky.com about the impact of SNAP delays in her community, which is still recovering from flooding. Cars line up hours before the church where she volunteers begins giving out food: "I see this line growing longer and longer month after month..."
As a Pike Co. student, I see the SNAP delays, and I see our people suffer | Opinion
OpEd: As a high school student, I see the struggles of our mountain communities, already hurt by floods, now suffering under SNAP delays.
www.kentucky.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Lottie, a 15yo in Pike County, KY, writes for @kentucky.com about the impact of SNAP delays in her community, which is still recovering from flooding. Cars line up hours before the church where she volunteers begins giving out food: "I see this line growing longer and longer month after month..."
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We can't solve the lack of government infrastructure overnight with mutual aid work, but if you're fuming and unsure over what to do, there are always places to carry that energy forward to help our neighbors that really need someone right now.
There is no choice but to be there for each other.
There is no choice but to be there for each other.
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
We can't solve the lack of government infrastructure overnight with mutual aid work, but if you're fuming and unsure over what to do, there are always places to carry that energy forward to help our neighbors that really need someone right now.
There is no choice but to be there for each other.
There is no choice but to be there for each other.
Do they draw names from a hat for this shit or what?
West Virginia state senator invites 30 counties from Virginia, Maryland to consider joining state
A West Virginia State Senator introduced a resolution inviting 27 counties in Virginia and 3 in Maryland to explore joining West Virginia, citing shared Appalachian values and concerns over state poli...
www.wvnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Do they draw names from a hat for this shit or what?
"This is how it works: We protect each other, period. These are our neighbors, our friends, our family. We do the things we have to do to ensure that as many of us can make it to tomorrow as possible. Not everyone does. I need you to understand that we tried." dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
What I Need You To Understand, Notes from Chicago in Late October | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
"This is how it works: We protect each other, period. These are our neighbors, our friends, our family. We do the things we have to do to ensure that as many of us can make it to tomorrow as possible. Not everyone does. I need you to understand that we tried." dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
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This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
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More background on what Virginia voters are weighing today in the energy and environmental world:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202... (3/3)
insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202... (3/3)
In Virginia, Voters Head to the Polls Hot Over Data Centers, Solar Facilities and Rising Electric Bills - Inside Climate News
Virginia, birthplace of the Internet, has more data centers than anywhere else in the world, bringing in billions in tax revenues. But continued data center development is forcing electric rates up, a...
insideclimatenews.org
November 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
More background on what Virginia voters are weighing today in the energy and environmental world:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202... (3/3)
insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202... (3/3)
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I'm going to start a new political party. It's called Shut The Fuck Up and Feed People.
"But what if they're on drugs?"
Shut The Fuck Up And Feed People
"Or not really THAT poor?"
Shut The Fuck Up And Feed People
"What if they have a phone and nice nails?"
SHUT THE FUCK UP AND FEED PEOPLE
"But what if they're on drugs?"
Shut The Fuck Up And Feed People
"Or not really THAT poor?"
Shut The Fuck Up And Feed People
"What if they have a phone and nice nails?"
SHUT THE FUCK UP AND FEED PEOPLE
October 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I'm going to start a new political party. It's called Shut The Fuck Up and Feed People.
"But what if they're on drugs?"
Shut The Fuck Up And Feed People
"Or not really THAT poor?"
Shut The Fuck Up And Feed People
"What if they have a phone and nice nails?"
SHUT THE FUCK UP AND FEED PEOPLE
"But what if they're on drugs?"
Shut The Fuck Up And Feed People
"Or not really THAT poor?"
Shut The Fuck Up And Feed People
"What if they have a phone and nice nails?"
SHUT THE FUCK UP AND FEED PEOPLE
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It’s important to remember that community care doesn’t have to come in the form of $100s in donations or dropping off pallets of food.
Sometimes it’s picking up an extra rotisserie chicken for a neighbor, or doing a grocery pick up for an elder, or helping someone with laundry or childcare.
Sometimes it’s picking up an extra rotisserie chicken for a neighbor, or doing a grocery pick up for an elder, or helping someone with laundry or childcare.
October 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
It’s important to remember that community care doesn’t have to come in the form of $100s in donations or dropping off pallets of food.
Sometimes it’s picking up an extra rotisserie chicken for a neighbor, or doing a grocery pick up for an elder, or helping someone with laundry or childcare.
Sometimes it’s picking up an extra rotisserie chicken for a neighbor, or doing a grocery pick up for an elder, or helping someone with laundry or childcare.
I see people are mad about this but I feel like these have always been his positions? Or maybe nobody actually read the thing? www.gatesnotes.com/home/home-pa...
www.gatesnotes.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I see people are mad about this but I feel like these have always been his positions? Or maybe nobody actually read the thing? www.gatesnotes.com/home/home-pa...
Easy for me to say, of course, but I would not be reporting for duty. If you have family or friends considering enlistment you need to make sure they know their government does not give a fuck about them. federalnewsnetwork.com/pay-benefits...
Service members report major pay discrepancies as shutdown continues
“A quarter of families don't have more than $500 in savings. We are not a demographic set up to absorb a missed paycheck," Raleigh Smith Duttweiler said.
federalnewsnetwork.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Easy for me to say, of course, but I would not be reporting for duty. If you have family or friends considering enlistment you need to make sure they know their government does not give a fuck about them. federalnewsnetwork.com/pay-benefits...
"South Florida is home to the highest concentration of Jamaicans in Florida, which has the second-largest Jamaican population in the country after New York." Solid list of how to help. 👇
www.miamiherald.com/news/weather...
www.miamiherald.com/news/weather...
South Florida mobilizes relief efforts for Jamaica ahead of Hurricane Melissa
Here’s how to help.
www.miamiherald.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"South Florida is home to the highest concentration of Jamaicans in Florida, which has the second-largest Jamaican population in the country after New York." Solid list of how to help. 👇
www.miamiherald.com/news/weather...
www.miamiherald.com/news/weather...
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My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."
We Have to Move
"There are living, breathing people all around you who need your sense of decency to be made material. Don’t give up on them, or on you."
organizingmythoughts.org
October 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."
If you have the means this is a good time to support mutual aid groups where you live. If a group is not active in your area you can start one.
October 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
If you have the means this is a good time to support mutual aid groups where you live. If a group is not active in your area you can start one.
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good morning, I can't stop thinking about how 34,000 of my neighbors are going to lose access to SNAP in a week.
October 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
good morning, I can't stop thinking about how 34,000 of my neighbors are going to lose access to SNAP in a week.
This is immoral. virginiamercury.com/2025/10/22/r...
Shutdown likely to halt food benefits for 42 million in just days • Virginia Mercury
WASHINGTON — More than 42 million low-income Americans are at risk of losing food assistance Nov. 1 if the government shutdown continues. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which operates the Supplem...
virginiamercury.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This is immoral. virginiamercury.com/2025/10/22/r...
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just to break down the profoundly degraded discursive state we're in
PROTESTORS: the president is not a king! no kings in this country!
PRESIDENT: [posts video of self in crown, shitting on citizens]
PRESIDENT'S FRIEND: there is a king. King Jesus
NOBODY IN PRESS ROOM: you've missed the point
PROTESTORS: the president is not a king! no kings in this country!
PRESIDENT: [posts video of self in crown, shitting on citizens]
PRESIDENT'S FRIEND: there is a king. King Jesus
NOBODY IN PRESS ROOM: you've missed the point
October 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
just to break down the profoundly degraded discursive state we're in
PROTESTORS: the president is not a king! no kings in this country!
PRESIDENT: [posts video of self in crown, shitting on citizens]
PRESIDENT'S FRIEND: there is a king. King Jesus
NOBODY IN PRESS ROOM: you've missed the point
PROTESTORS: the president is not a king! no kings in this country!
PRESIDENT: [posts video of self in crown, shitting on citizens]
PRESIDENT'S FRIEND: there is a king. King Jesus
NOBODY IN PRESS ROOM: you've missed the point
tyfys
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October 17, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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October 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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appalachianmemories.org/2025/10/15/w... #appalachia #appalachianmountains #appalachianpeople #landgrab #news #author #booksky #writing #blog #openAIethics
Who Owns Appalachia? Outside Ownership and Land Exploitation
Appalachia carries a long running legacy of extraction. Coal seams, timber stands, gas deposits and fertile valleys attracted waves of investment across two centuries. Ownership patterns establishe…
appalachianmemories.org
October 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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I know not everyone is who they thought they would be under a fascist, authoritarian regime. That's okay. But it's time to do more than react and post about it. It's time to get organized—including mapping or creating lines of support and defense in your community.
Mapping Community Defense and Care in Our Neighborhoods
This worksheet can help us prepare for Trump's military interventions at the neighborhood level.
organizingmythoughts.org
October 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I know not everyone is who they thought they would be under a fascist, authoritarian regime. That's okay. But it's time to do more than react and post about it. It's time to get organized—including mapping or creating lines of support and defense in your community.
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They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.
October 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.
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So what are the best resources we should be pushing our people with regards to coping with upcoming, missed paychecks?
I know about the relief societies, but what other ones are out there?
I know about the relief societies, but what other ones are out there?
October 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
So what are the best resources we should be pushing our people with regards to coping with upcoming, missed paychecks?
I know about the relief societies, but what other ones are out there?
I know about the relief societies, but what other ones are out there?
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Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.
6a E Mark.mp4 - 6a E Mark - Frame.io
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October 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.
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“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
October 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
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"There just isn’t enough time. There’s only what we manage to make of it—what we build, what we protect, what we remember to carry to the car. The gas mask. The snacks. The question we forgot to ask. The name of the person taken." My latest.
The Emergency Is the Atmosphere
“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."
organizingmythoughts.org
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
"There just isn’t enough time. There’s only what we manage to make of it—what we build, what we protect, what we remember to carry to the car. The gas mask. The snacks. The question we forgot to ask. The name of the person taken." My latest.