#appalachia — Public Fediverse posts

To Live Here, You Have to Fight How Women Led Appalachian Movements for Social Justice, 2017

Launched in 1964, the War on Poverty quickly took aim at the coalfields of southern Appalachia. There, the federal government found unexpected allies among working-class white women devoted to a local tradition of citizen caregiving and seasoned by decades of activism and community service.

#books
#nonfiction
#America
#Appalachia
#SocialJustice
#poverty
#women

Oh hey! It’s #BandcampFriday. If you’re looking to add some good tunes to the collection, Jodi Jones’ debut collection is fantastic. And so fitting for #LaborDay weekend.

https://jodijones.bandcamp.com/album/american-dream

#Appalachia #Music #Folk

Oh hey! It’s #BandcampFriday. If you’re looking to add some good tunes to the collection, Jodi Jones’ debut collection is fantastic. And so fitting for #LaborDay weekend.

https://jodijones.bandcamp.com/album/american-dream

#Appalachia #Music #Folk

Oh hey! It’s #BandcampFriday. If you’re looking to add some good tunes to the collection, Jodi Jones’ debut collection is fantastic. And so fitting for #LaborDay weekend.

https://jodijones.bandcamp.com/album/american-dream

#Appalachia #Music #Folk

Oh hey! It’s #BandcampFriday. If you’re looking to add some good tunes to the collection, Jodi Jones’ debut collection is fantastic. And so fitting for #LaborDay weekend.

https://jodijones.bandcamp.com/album/american-dream

#Appalachia #Music #Folk

Oh hey! It’s #BandcampFriday. If you’re looking to add some good tunes to the collection, Jodi Jones’ debut collection is fantastic. And so fitting for #LaborDay weekend.

https://jodijones.bandcamp.com/album/american-dream

#Appalachia #Music #Folk

Tennessee beauty is unmatched.
#nature
#naturephotography
#smokies
#appalachia
#appalachianculture
#moon
#orion
#constellation

https://youtube.com/shorts/wTAqVLI1Y4w?is=FthBU5SMM8hJHkRi

Today the big moving van left the big city for the mountains.

Bittersweet moment to leave a loving home of 20+ years but the #Appalachians were calling me home.

It definitely was the house that built me. Now it is time to get back to my heritage and create new stories. My soul belongs in these mountains.

#Atlanta suburbs are no longer welcoming.

#Appalachia #Georgia #BlueRidgeMountains

#introduction. I'm Sunflower (not my real name), & I'm new to #Mastodon. (She/her/y'all). 30-something w/ fond memories of the #90s & early #2000s. I live w/ a hidden #disability & chronic #migraine. I like writing #altText on my photos, & maybe I have a bit too much fun w/ it. I love #crafting #hiking #photography #books & #fungi. I'm passionate about #Appalachia #Travel & #coffee. I love #rain, rainy days are my favorite. I try to practice #gratitude & see myself as a #nerd. Thx for ⭐️ & 🔄!

Appalachian Folklore's Creepiest Creatures: Mothman & Snallygaster! #appalachia #mothman

Appalachians Against Uranium + the Case of the Ulm 5

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/07/26/appalachians-against-uranium-the-ulm-5/

If you really listen, you'll discover that #Appalachians speak in #poetry. You just have to open your mind and heart.

#Appalachia

Hype for the Future 235U: Holmes County, Ohio

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/06/23/hype-for-the-future-235u-holmes-county-ohio/

Hype for the Future 235L: Carroll County, Ohio

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/06/23/hype-for-the-future-235l-carroll-county-ohio/

Hype for the Future 235I: Belmont County, Ohio

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/06/23/hype-for-the-future-235i-belmont-county-ohio/

Hype for the Future 235H: Monroe County, Ohio

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/06/23/hype-for-the-future-235h-monroe-county-ohio/

Hype for the Future 173C: City of Toccoa, Georgia

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/04/22/hype-for-the-future-173c-city-of-toccoa-georgia/

Nick Brumfield wrote a review of "The Night of the Hunter" movie. He analyzed it as an example of cinema set in Appalachia before the idea of Appalachia was resurrected and codified in the 1960s.
https://expatalachians.com/the-original-hillbilly-horror-movie-the-night-of-the-hunter

#misogyny #community #adultism #psychology #psychopaths #attachment #religion #christianism #beliefs #faith #hope #NightOfTheHunter #movie #RobertMitchum #Appalachians #serialKillers #crime #predators #Laughton #GreatMigration #GreatDepression #Appalachia #hillbilly #horrorMovie #history #AmericanHistory #whiteHistory

Hype for the Future 149A: City of Saluda, North Carolina

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/03/29/hype-for-the-future-149a-city-of-saluda-north-carolina/

2,080 acre hyperscale data center zoning map application submitted in Maysville-Mason County #Kentucky near the #OhioRiver in rural #Appalachia for “Cloud computing technologies.”

The site is in the Ohio River Watershed, along the boundary between the Lee Creek and Lawrence Creek
sub-watersheds.

The project, west of downtown Maysville, is near Slack Pike Road, Germantown Road and Valley Pike near 'D's Thirsty Beaver' which is located at 3538 Germantown Rd, Maysville, KY 41056.

This is the third hype-scale data center within 31 miles to be built. # 2, in the last image, at the former Stuart Coal power plant in Adams County, Manchester, Ohio, has already received federal approval. Another one is planned for the shuttered Killen Station in Rome, Ohio, just east of Manchester, Ohio, all on the Ohio River, in Adams County, also.

#DataCenter #News

The Maysville-Mason County Joint Planning Commission will host two days of public hearings on Wednesday, March 25, and Thursday, March 26 at 5:30 p.m. at the Maysville Community and Technical College Fields Auditorium.

https://maysville-online.com/news/214311/hyperscale-data-center-zoning-map-amendment-application-submitted

Data Center portal, City of Maysville-Mason County Joint Planning Commission:
https://www.cityofmaysvilleky.gov/departments/codes_department/data_center.php #Ohio #AppalachianOhio

Data Center zoning application: https://cms5.revize.com/revize/maysville/Document%20Center/Forms/New%20node/Planning%20&%20Zoning/Rezoning%20Application%20-%20Proposed%20Data%20Center%20in%20Mason%20County.pdf?t=202603121435580&t=202603121435580

Hype for the Future 133H: City of Huntington, West Virginia

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/03/13/hype-for-the-future-133h-city-of-huntington-west-virginia/

A shot from the village in December.

#ColorADay #BWFri #ClassicMono #AlphabetChallenge #WeekIForInteriors #StreetPhotography #OpenMic #MicroFourThirds #Appalachia

My name is Laura, but y'all feel free to call me Lala if you like. Or Tink. Or Ishe. I'm here for {in no special order}:

#bulletjournaling
#dogs
#Caturday
#crochet
#Appalachia
#AppalachianHistory
#actualadoptee
#bookwyrm
#wolves
#phonephotography
#Irishlanguage
#pizza
#art
#StardewValley
#music
#stationery
#witchy
#drawing
#buckdance
#donorconceived
#notparentexpected
#formerfosteryouth
#exvangelical
#AuDHD
#Bridgerton
#DerryGirls
#FruitsBasketanime
#manga
#anime
#humor
#yallmeansall 🌈
#tattoos

Please boost, if you'd like. I may edit this in the future. If you've a similar list, I'm happy to boost in return.

Hype for the Future 121B: Churchville, Virginia

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/03/01/hype-for-the-future-121b-churchville-virginia/

Hype for the Future 103P: George Washington and Jefferson National Forests

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/02/11/hype-for-the-future-103p-george-washington-and-jefferson-national-forests/

Hype for the Future 100E: Madison County, North Carolina

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/hype-for-the-future-100e-madison-county-north-carolina/

Hype for the Future 96A: Highland and Bath Counties, Virginia

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/hype-for-the-future-96a-highland-and-bath-counties-virginia/

Rules governing large-scale Maysville, #Kentucky #Appalachia data center zoning move toward final vote

"They want to ram it through as hard as possible with as little protection as possible"

They didn't allow public comment

This is the same community that is against solar farms. They are ok with Big Data farms, just not solar. WTH
#DataCenter #OhioRiver .
https://www.wcpo.com/news/northern-kentucky/rules-governing-large-scale-maysville-data-center-move-toward-final-vote

Hype for the Future 77L: The Switzerland of Ohio

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/hype-for-the-future-77l-the-switzerland-of-ohio/

Appalachia

I discovered North Carolina born, Colorado based singer songwriter Emily Scott Robinson several years ago when her Traveling Mercies album came out. Her newest - featuring the title track here - will be released in January 2026. Her voice + lyrics take us on a timeless journey through the hearts + minds of the people we meet on the backroads across America

#emilyscottrobinson #singer #songwriter #americana #countrymusic #appalachia #folkmusic #countryfolk #newmusic #musicworld #listenup #nowplaying #randomplay #simsongs #mixtape #nowhearthis

This is about as close as we get to #Skyline out here. But I think it's a good view.

📷 #Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III
🔎 Olympus M.Zuiko 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 R

#Appalachia #SmallTown #StreetPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #Monochrome #SouthernTier #WesternNY

This is about as close as we get to #Skyline out here. But I think it's a good view.

📷 #Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III
🔎 Olympus M.Zuiko 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 R

#Appalachia #SmallTown #StreetPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #Monochrome #SouthernTier #WesternNY

A rare peek behind the curtain...

#HumansOfMastodon #Selfie #BlackAndWhite #BNW #Monochrome #TieDye #EastcoastKin #Appalachia #MobilePhotography

So. Much. #Texture.

📷 Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III
🔎 Olympus M.Zuiko 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 R

#ColorADay #BWFri #MicroFourThirds #Doors #UrbanDecay #PeelingPaint #StreetPhotography #BlackAndWhite #BNW #Monochrome #WesternNY #Appalachia #SouthernTier

So. Much. #Texture.

📷 Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III
🔎 Olympus M.Zuiko 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 R

#ColorADay #BWFri #MicroFourThirds #Doors #UrbanDecay #PeelingPaint #StreetPhotography #BlackAndWhite #BNW #Monochrome #WesternNY #Appalachia #SouthernTier

A moment of #calm for #ForestFriday.

📷 Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III
🔎 Olympus M.Zuiko 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 R

#Moss #Green #Brown #Trees #Forest #Appalachia #SouthernTier #WesternNY #MicroFourThirds #NaturePhotography #Mosstodon #LichenSubscribe

A moment of #calm for #ForestFriday.

📷 Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III
🔎 Olympus M.Zuiko 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 R

#Moss #Green #Brown #Trees #Forest #Appalachia #SouthernTier #WesternNY #MicroFourThirds #NaturePhotography #Mosstodon #LichenSubscribe

A bit of Cuba Lake for #FishyFriday.

📷 Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III
🔎 Olympus M.Zuiko 40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R

#FromAbove #Water #Ripples #Reflections #NatureObservation #QuietWater #WesternNY #NewYorkState #SouthernTier #Appalachia #MicroFourThirds #Fishing #Fish

A bit of Cuba Lake for #FishyFriday.

📷 Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III
🔎 Olympus M.Zuiko 40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R

#FromAbove #Water #Ripples #Reflections #NatureObservation #QuietWater #WesternNY #NewYorkState #SouthernTier #Appalachia #MicroFourThirds #Fishing #Fish

Trading my #WestVirginia #Ancestor Farmhouse for a #Georgia #Bungalow

New #Blog Post: From One #Mountain Home to Another: Trading West Virginia Roots for a Georgia Ridge.

It was incredibly difficult to let go of the hope of buying my Grandparent's farm in #Appalachia.

https://ancestryroads.blogspot.com/2025/08/from-one-mountain-home-to-another.html

@Appalachian #Genealogy #familyhistory

A thunderstorm rolled through on July 13, and I decided it was time to experiment a little. I'm happy with the results.

📷 Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III
🔎 Olympus M.40-150mm
🖥️ Luminar Neo

#Thunderstorms #Stormclouds #Lightrays #Photography #BlackAndWhite #WesternNY #SouthernTier #Appalachia #Skies

A thunderstorm rolled through on July 13, and I decided it was time to experiment a little. I'm happy with the results.

📷 Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III
🔎 Olympus M.40-150mm
🖥️ Luminar Neo

#Thunderstorms #Stormclouds #Lightrays #Photography #BlackAndWhite #WesternNY #SouthernTier #Appalachia #Skies

My new series leading up to the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 2026.

The American Revolution in Appalachia series will discuss the people, places, and events that were involved in creating a new nation. This is not focused on modern day #politics but telling all sides of how the Country became a #nation.

Episode one has been uploaded today: The Western Theater.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq9nP2ZUTmA

#DeclarationofIndependence #America #USA #Appalachia #Appalachians

Starting a new series of #shorts and short #documentaries on #Appalachia in the #American #Revolution leading up to the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

The first short: Drummers in the American Revolution.

https://youtu.be/v8Elqs293BU?

#AmericanRevolution #AmericanRevolutionaryWar #americanrevolution250 #Appalachians #Drummers #documentary #history

Notorious US #ChemicalPlant polluting water with toxic #PFAS, lawsuit claims

Complaint says #Chemours factory dramatized in Hollywood movie #DarkWaters continues to pollute #WestVirginia river

by Tom Perkins, January 27, 2025

"The chemical giant Chemours’s notorious West Virginia PFAS plant is regularly polluting nearby water with high levels of toxic 'forever chemicals', a new lawsuit alleges.

"It represents the latest salvo in a decades-old fight over pollution from the plant, called Washington Works, which continues despite public health advocates winning significant legal battles.

The new federal complaint claims #WashingtonWorks has been spitting out levels of PFAS waste significantly higher than what a discharge permit has allowed since 2023, which is contaminating the #OhioRiver in #ParkersburgWestVirginia, a town of about 50,000 people in #Appalachia.

"The factory was the focal point of a Hollywood movie, Dark Waters. It dramatized the story of how the pollution widely sickened Parkersburg residents, and the David v Goliath legal saga in which a group of residents and attorneys took on Chemours, then part of DuPont.
The findings ‘highlight the importance of careful scrutiny of novel chemicals’, said Irene Jacz, a study co-author and Iowa State economist.

"An epidemiological study stemming from the case blew the lid off of the health risks of PFAS, and ultimately cost #DuPont about $700m.

"Though the landmark case still reverberates across the regulatory landscape, the suit started almost 25 years ago, concluded in 2016, and Chemours’s pollution continues. The new lawsuit is part of other legal actions related to the facility that have filled the gap left by weak regulatory action, local advocates say. The never-ending struggle 'wears you out', added Joe Kiger, a Parkersburg resident who was one of the original litigants in 2001.

"'We have put up with this for 24 years, and [Chemours] is still polluting, they’re still putting this stuff in the water,' Kiger said.

"The new lawsuit, filed by the #WestVirginiaRiversCoalition, alleges 'numerous violations' since the level of PFAS the company is permitted to discharge per a consent order was lowered in early 2023. Among the contaminants are #PFOA, a PFAS chemical to which virtually no level of exposure in drinking water is safe, the #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency (#EPA) has found. It also includes #GenX, a compound for which the EPA has similarly found very low exposure levels can cause health problems.

"The EPA ordered Chemours to take corrective action, but the company has done nothing in response, and the agency has not taken further action, the suit states. The complaint does not mention drinking water, which is largely filtered. But the suit alleges the ongoing pollution prevents residents from using the river for recreation.

"In a statement, Chemours said the 'concerns are being addressed' through the consent order. It also noted it was renewing discharge permits with the state, and was working with regulators 'to navigate both the consent order and the permit renewal process'.

"'Chemours recognizes the Coalition as a community stakeholder and invites the Coalition to engage directly with the Washington Works team,' a spokesperson wrote.

"The EPA and West Virginia Rivers Coalition declined to comment because litigation is ongoing.

"Kiger and others who have taken on Chemours and DuPont railed against the company, accusing it of 'greed' and putting profits above residents’ health. Some in Parkersburg refer to the waste as the 'Devil's Piss'.

"'They do what they can to make money,' said Harry Deitzler, a West Virginia attorney who helped lead past lawsuits.

"'The officers in the corporation sometimes don’t care about what’s right and wrong – they need to make money for shareholders and the lawsuits make everyone play by the same rules.'

"Still, most residents are not aware of the ongoing pollution, those who spoke with the Guardian say. Chemours is a large employer that still wields power locally, and spends heavily on charitable giving. Many remain supportive of the company, regardless of the pollution, Kiger said.

"'That’s the kind of stuff you’re up against,' he added. 'People put a blind trust in them. It could be snowing out and Chemours would tell everyone it’s 80F [27C] and sunny, and everyone will grab their tan lotion.'

"The saga began in the late 1990s when the plant’s pollution was suspected of sickening nearby livestock, and an investigation by attorneys revealed the alarming levels at which PFAS was being discharged into the water and environment.

"A class action lawsuit yielded about $70m in damages for area residents in 2004, but the litigation did not prove DuPont’s PFAS pollution was behind a rash of #cancer, #KidneyDisease, stubbornly high cholesterol and other widespread health problems in the region.

"Instead of dividing the settlement up among tens of thousands of residents, which would have only provided each with several hundred dollars, the money went toward developing an epidemiological study with independent scientists to verify that widespread local health issues were caused by DuPont’s pollution.

"The move was a gamble that ultimately paid off – the study of about 70,000 people showed by 2012 that PFOA probably caused some forms of cancer, #ThyroidDisease, persistently #HighCholesterol, pregnancy-induced #hypertension and #autoimmune problems.

"Subsequent studies have shown links between the chemical and a host of other serious health problems – #BirthDefects, #neurotoxicity, kidney disease and #LiverDisease – that residents in the area suffered.

"DuPont and Chemours in 2017 settled for $671m in costs for about 3,500 injury suits, and have paid more to install water-filtration systems throughout the region. Separately, Chemours in 2023 settled with the state of #Ohio for $110m for pollution largely from Washington Works.

"The EPA and state regulatory agencies have at times been staffed with former DuPont managers or industry allies, and litigation has been the only way to get any meaningful movement, said Rob Bilott, the attorney who led the original class-action suit.

'"It’s infuriating,' Bilott said. 'It took decades of making DuPont documents and internal data public, and getting the story out through movies, news articles, books and public engagement, and that’s what finally pushed the needle here. This is the impact of citizens forcing it through decades of litigation.'

"The latest lawsuit is a citizen’s suit under the #CleanWaterAct. Such suits give citizens the power to ask a judge to enforce federal law when a polluter is violating it and regulators fail to act.

"The lawsuit asks a judge to order the company to pay $66,000 for each day it has been in violation, which is stipulated in the permit. That would total around $50m, but the main goal is to stop the pollution.

"The EPA has acknowledged Chemours is violating the law, but has 'taken no further enforcement action regarding Chemours’s violations as of the date of this complaint', the suit reads."

Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/27/chemours-pfas-pollution-lawsuit

Archived:
https://archive.ph/p3wA6
#Environment #PFASPollution #PollutionRunoff #WaterIsLife #DevilsPiss

@creckling cool, High Lonesome, the story of #bluegrass is on it 👍

#appalachia #BillMunroe #SamBush #AlisonKrauss

Climate Change Key Driver Of Catastrophic Impacts Of Hurricane Helene That Devastated Both Coastal And Inland Communities [technical report]
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http://alturl.com/5n38k <-- shared technical report
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #hurricane #hurricanehelene #spatiotemporal #risk #hazard #naturaldisaster #impact #climatechange #precipitation #seasurfacetemperature #Appalachia #damage #loss #infrastructure #deaths #rainfall #precipitation #flood #flooding #engineeringgeology #erosion #massmovement #mudslides #landslides #debrisflows #disastermanagement #prediction #mitigation #climatemodels #model #modeling #spatiotemporal #IRIS #winds #extremeweather #weather #storm #humanimpacts #costs #economy #SST #warning #weatherprediction #dams #reservoirs #loss #lossoflife

Helping Appalachia webcast on Ancestry Roads will be starting in ~30 minutes.

Hear from @AncestryRoads & @ai6yr about the current status of WNC & the Southern Appalachains as people start to dig themselves out & start the LONG process of recovery from #Helene.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk_O668vuG8

@redstateinsurgents

#TVAC #Southern #Appalachia #Podcast #Live #RedStateInsurgents #Resillience #Community #HAMRadio

"A View Of The Laurel Highlands" Watching the sunset's colors and light as they dance across Central Pennsylvania's Laurel Highlands is the best way to end the day.

At my website as cool wall art options, coffee mugs, tshirts and so much more: https://lois-bryan.pixels.com/featured/a-view-of-the-laurel-highlands-lois-bryan.html

And at #FineArtAmerica: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-view-of-the-laurel-highlands-lois-bryan.html

#art #giftideas #LaurelHighlands #BlueKnobMountain #Appalachia #buyintoart #ayearforart #sunset #mountains #landscape #NotAi #LoisBryan