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  1. Godfestation is a journey of the soul and the open road through horrors and wonders, Southern Appalachia, and the American West. It’s been out for one month. Thank you to everyone who has got a copy!
    #books #horror #Appalachia #magicalrealism

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  2. Godfestation is a journey of the soul and the open road through horrors and wonders, Southern Appalachia, and the American West. It’s been out for one month. Thank you to everyone who has got a copy!
    #books #horror #Appalachia #magicalrealism

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  3. Godfestation is a journey of the soul and the open road through horrors and wonders, Southern Appalachia, and the American West. It’s been out for one month. Thank you to everyone who has got a copy!
    #books #horror #Appalachia #magicalrealism

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  4. Godfestation is a journey of the soul and the open road through horrors and wonders, Southern Appalachia, and the American West. It’s been out for one month. Thank you to everyone who has got a copy!
    #books #horror #Appalachia #magicalrealism

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  5. Godfestation is a journey of the soul and the open road through horrors and wonders, Southern Appalachia, and the American West. It’s been out for one month. Thank you to everyone who has got a copy!
    #books #horror #Appalachia #magicalrealism

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  6. September 11 is, of course, the date that El Sandifer's annual piece on the 9/11/2011 installment of the newspaper comic Barney Google and Snuffy Smith comes out (and the one for the next year is posted on her Patreon). This year, we get a look at #Appalachia - its geology, its history and the stereotypes of Appalachians that exist.

    eruditorumpress.com/blog/ameri

    "America a Prophecy" is indeed, a preposterous critical undertaking. It's also brilliant, each post a banger.

  7. September 11 is, of course, the date that El Sandifer's annual piece on the 9/11/2011 installment of the newspaper comic Barney Google and Snuffy Smith comes out (and the one for the next year is posted on her Patreon). This year, we get a look at #Appalachia - its geology, its history and the stereotypes of Appalachians that exist.

    eruditorumpress.com/blog/ameri

    "America a Prophecy" is indeed, a preposterous critical undertaking. It's also brilliant, each post a banger.

  8. September 11 is, of course, the date that El Sandifer's annual piece on the 9/11/2011 installment of the newspaper comic Barney Google and Snuffy Smith comes out (and the one for the next year is posted on her Patreon). This year, we get a look at #Appalachia - its geology, its history and the stereotypes of Appalachians that exist.

    eruditorumpress.com/blog/ameri

    "America a Prophecy" is indeed, a preposterous critical undertaking. It's also brilliant, each post a banger.

  9. September 11 is, of course, the date that El Sandifer's annual piece on the 9/11/2011 installment of the newspaper comic Barney Google and Snuffy Smith comes out (and the one for the next year is posted on her Patreon). This year, we get a look at #Appalachia - its geology, its history and the stereotypes of Appalachians that exist.

    eruditorumpress.com/blog/ameri

    "America a Prophecy" is indeed, a preposterous critical undertaking. It's also brilliant, each post a banger.

  10. Hype for the Future 235I: Belmont County, Ohio

    Overview Belmont County is a notable suburban and semi-rural county located along the Ohio River and the eastern edge of the State of Ohio directly west of Wheeling, West Virginia, home to notable communities such as Bellaire, Martins Ferry, Saint Clairsville, Barnesville, Bethesda, Bridgeport, Brookside, Fairview, Flushing, Holloway, Morristown, Powhatan Point, Shadyside, Wilson, and Yorkville. Today, the county is home to notable community amenities such as the National Imperial Glass […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  11. Hype for the Future 235H: Monroe County, Ohio

    Overview Monroe County is a notable rural Appalachian county in the eastern portion of the State of Ohio and the second-least-populated county statewide after only Vinton County, home to notable smaller villages and unincorporated areas including Woodsfield (county seat), Antioch, Beallsville, Clarington, Graysville, Jerusalem, Lewisville, Miltonsburg, Stafford, and Wilson. The county is not directly connected to any major Interstate or United States highways, though state highways located […]

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  12. Hype for the Future 235G: Marietta, Ohio

    Introduction Marietta is a notable smaller community serving as the oldest city in Ohio and home to a number of local community amenities and attractions throughout the area. The community is also notable as one of the oldest communities of the Northwest Territory and directly descended from the New England settlers of the Ohio Company of Associates home to a number of historic districts and historical museums throughout the area. Notable sites within the city include the Campus Martius […]

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  13. Hype for the Future 230C: Meigs County, Ohio

    Overview Meigs County is a notable rural county of Appalachian Ohio which uses Pomeroy as the county seat and Middleport as the largest village, with villages elsewhere including Racine, Rutland, and Syracuse. Notable highways located throughout include Routes 7, 32, 124, 143, 248, 325, 681, 684, 689, 733, and 833. Overall, the overwhelmingly distressed county is home to a historical society in the Village of Middleport.

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  14. Hype for the Future 183P: Bristol, Virginia and Tennessee

    Overview Located firmly within the Appalachian region of the United States of America are the twin cities of Bristol, Virginia; and Bristol, Tennessee; both associated with the Tennessee Tri-Cities region along with Kingsport and Johnson City to the west and southwest. Within the downtown area of the city, State Street is effectively divided evenly between the Commonwealth of Virginia to the north and the State of Tennessee to the south. On the Virginian side, Bristol is an independent city […]

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  15. Hype for the Future 177Q: City of Rogersville, Tennessee

    Overview The City of Rogersville is a community that serves as the county seat of Hawkins County in East Tennessee, with the community associated with the Hale Springs Inn, the Swift Museum, and the Amis Mill Eatery.

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  16. Hype for the Future 177H: Scott County, Tennessee

    Overview Scott County, an East Tennessee county historically notable for Union control during the American Civil War with mixed allegiances more prevalent throughout the East Tennessee region in general. Today, the county is notable for proximity to the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area to the west with a Historic Rugby site nearby and the Grand Vista Hotel, the Museum of Scott County, the Historic Scott County Jail, and the Timber Rock Lodge located nearby in and around […]

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  17. Hype for the Future 166D: City of Knoxville, Tennessee

    Introduction Within the State of Tennessee, the City of Knoxville serves as the third-largest city in the State, the largest city in East Tennessee, and one of two principal cities within the Grand Division (along with the City of Chattanooga further south). Today, the community is located at the crossroads of Interstates 40 and 75 and serves as the central city of a significant media market, representing one of the three (3) distinct media markets in East Tennessee, along with the […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  18. Hype for the Future 149D: Central Rutherford County, North Carolina

    Introduction Much of the County of Rutherford in the State of North Carolina is identified as an urban cluster at town size, combining the communities of Rutherfordton, Ruth, Forest City, and Spindale. Today, each municipality is associated with the heritage of the entire county, with distinct perspectives within each individual community and beyond. Travel Rutherford County, North Carolina, is associated with United States Routes 64, 74, 74A, 74 Business, 221, and 221A; and North Carolina […]

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  19. 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.

    maysville-online.com/news/2143

    Data Center portal, City of Maysville-Mason County Joint Planning Commission:
    cityofmaysvilleky.gov/departme #Ohio #AppalachianOhio

    Data Center zoning application: cms5.revize.com/revize/maysvil

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

    Introduction The City of Huntington is situated largely within Cabell County, West Virginia, along the Ohio River, though the western end of the community may also extend over the line into Wayne County. In any case, however, the Cabell County communities are notable for containing notable urban features, though the city limits are on the relatively smaller side in terms of both area covered and population counts. Notable Attractions Perhaps the most significant tourist destinations for […]

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  21. Hype for the Future 104F: Cherokee National Forest and Great Smoky Mountains National Park Compared

    Introduction While both the Cherokee National Forest and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are primarily associated with Tennessee, portions of both areas are also located in the adjacent State of North Carolina, though a significantly smaller portion of Cherokee exists in Ashe County while a significantly larger portion of the Great Smoky Mountains exist within the North Carolina counties further south and west. Mountain Ranges Nearly all the state line between Tennessee and North […]

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  22. 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 .
    wcpo.com/news/northern-kentuck

  23. Hype for the Future 78G: The Marietta-Parkersburg Area

    Introduction Located within the southeastern portion of the State of Ohio and relatively northwest in the main body of the State of West Virginia is the Marietta-Parkersburg combined area. While Marietta is located directly along the Ohio River to serve as the county seat of Washington County, Parkersburg is located further downstream to serve as the county seat of Wood County. Marietta also serves as the oldest city in Ohio and as a community on the mouth of the Muskingum River, whereas […]

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  24. Trump’s treatment of Appalachia’s coal miners exemplifies his approach to labor in general: Kneecap unions whenever possible, prop up industry profits at all costs, and if a few workers die in the process, pretend it never happened.

    inthesetimes.com/article/trump

    #Appalachia #BlackLung #CoalMiners #Journalism #KimKelly #LabourDay

  25. Trump’s treatment of Appalachia’s coal miners exemplifies his approach to labor in general: Kneecap unions whenever possible, prop up industry profits at all costs, and if a few workers die in the process, pretend it never happened.

    inthesetimes.com/article/trump

    #Appalachia #BlackLung #CoalMiners #Journalism #KimKelly #LabourDay

  26. Trump’s treatment of Appalachia’s coal miners exemplifies his approach to labor in general: Kneecap unions whenever possible, prop up industry profits at all costs, and if a few workers die in the process, pretend it never happened.

    inthesetimes.com/article/trump

    #Appalachia #BlackLung #CoalMiners #Journalism #KimKelly #LabourDay

  27. Trump’s treatment of Appalachia’s coal miners exemplifies his approach to labor in general: Kneecap unions whenever possible, prop up industry profits at all costs, and if a few workers die in the process, pretend it never happened.

    inthesetimes.com/article/trump

    #Appalachia #BlackLung #CoalMiners #Journalism #KimKelly #LabourDay

  28. #Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill will help clean Kentucky mining sites wmky.org/news/2024-03-15/offic

    "#Kentucky is receiving more than $74 million in federal funding to create jobs through the clean-up of historic mine sites... the money will be used to clean hazards left by historic #mining... & to rebuild #WaterInfrastructure and address water supply issues"

    #Appalachia #Conservation #Restoration #Pollution #USpol #JoeBiden #Democrats