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Andrew Koricich

@drandrewk.bsky.social
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Executive Director @arrc.bsky.social | Professor of Higher Ed @appalachianstate.bsky.social | PI @ruraltalentlabs.bsky.social | Studying rural higher ed | Rescue dog dad | National Parks enthusiast | Amateur chef | Proud Appalachian | 🏳️‍🌈

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Andrew Koricich @drandrewk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Here’s a novel idea, then: Pull the fucking plug on ALL OF IT. NOW.
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spooky halloween txt @metaltxt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Well, what I always say, "I just want everybody to be treated good." I try not to get into the politics of everything. I try to get into the human element of it. I have some of everybody in my own immediate family and in my circle of employees. I've got transgender people. I've got gays. I've got lesbians. I've got drunks. I've got drug addicts — all within my own family. I know and love them all, and I do not judge.

And I just see how broken-hearted they get over certain things and I know how real they are. I know how important this is to them. That's who they are. They cannot help that any more than I can help being Dolly Parton, you know, the way people know me. If there's something to be judged, that is God's business. But we are all God's children and how we are is who we are.
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Andrew Koricich @drandrewk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Heaven may have added an Angel, but Appalachia just lost our Queen. Rest easy, Dolly. You were the best.
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
So, we found a live bat in our galleries. 🦇 a thread🦇
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 17/08/2026
Water in this Western Maryland community is so expensive that residents put off bathing
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Water in this Western Maryland community is so expensive that residents put off bathing
In Allegany County, water rationing is driving a government takeover of a corporate-owned utility.
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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
uh oh.
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Every Free Library Card You Can Get for Libby — Unlock Libby
Discover every free library card that works with Libby — from reciprocal agreements to programs anyone in the U.S. can join, regardless of where they live.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 04/08/2026
"A.i." is bullshit. "A.i." detection tools are bullshit. "A.i." in education is bullshit. "A.i." in the arts is bullshit. "A.i." in business and government is bullshit.
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Good grief, this hits home.
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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
A-frame Benson, AZ
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Andrew Koricich @drandrewk.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Correction: A titanic pop anthem of ALL TIME Rest easy, Bonnie.
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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 27/05/2026
What happened when the federal government decided to build one of the nation’s largest immigrant detention centers in rural Pennsylvania? Listen to Ep. 1 of ICEd Out, a new 3-part audio series from @penncapital-star.com to learn how the community responded. penncapital-star.com/podcasts/par...
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ICEd Out, Episode One: A community in limbo • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
The 7,500-person immigrant detention facility proposed for a former Big Lots warehouse in Tremont Township, Schuylkill County, would be among the largest in the nation.
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jesse, head of endorsement deals at BOOingo Wireless @killgoldfish.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
my gf works corporate and is on a training about AI and there's a word cloud for "what do you use AI for." the largest word by far is "Nothing" and the trainer is PISSED
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Andrew Koricich @drandrewk.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
It was an honor to speak to this audience and speak frankly about Workforce Pell and rural learners. It’s the beginning of many important conversations on how to bring more opportunities for valuable credentials and good jobs in rural communities.
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Andrew Koricich @drandrewk.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
That which can be built can also be torn down. And that must be the fate of every single data center project in the country.
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 05/05/2026
‘We were a sacrifice zone.’
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The dark legacy of the atomic age is still playing out in New Mexico - High Country News
‘We were a sacrifice zone.’
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Andrew Koricich @drandrewk.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The @ruraltalentlabs.bsky.social kicked off our West Virginia listening tour this week with the delightful town of Marlinton. We had amazing conversations with a range of community members, and our state partners came away with a LOT to think about. Can’t wait for our next stops!
Brown sign reads “welcome to Marlinton”Colorful mural reads “this is the place it starts. beyond the Allegheny, where this primordial river parts the hill”Steel girder bridge on recreational trail. Dad walking with two children in the distance Sign on utility pole reads “it’s okay to scream”
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Andrew Koricich @drandrewk.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Dan Greenstein was always acting in bad faith, and he was never qualified for the PASSHE role, which he showed on a daily basis. When this happened and I’d be interviewed, I told every reporter this is what would happen, but that I truly hoped I was wrong. I wasn’t. triblive.com/news/pennsyl...
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PennWest merger undershot estimated tuition revenue by $53M, enrollment by 4,800 students
While the 2022 merger of California, Clarion and Edinboro universities realized savings in personnel and operations, enrollment projections for Pennsylvania Western University were short 4,800 student...
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 22/04/2026
This is Fitz and June. Fitz just got here and thinks this place is pretty great. June was here first and thinks it's time to return Fitz. 13/10 for both (TT: muester)
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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
About to have to unpin this for #CharitibundiBowl business but if anybody in North Carolina might be able to help, we're really struggling to find these girls a home. If you know anybody who might be able to take them in, please have them contact Molly at ABTCR: www.coonhoundrescue.com/CONTACTS.html
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 13/04/2026
Now, you might say, "What about all the knowledge we'd lose if we push all the abusive geniuses out of academia?!" But I'd counter and say, "Well, what about the knowledge we've already lost from the budding scholars whose careers they've derailed with their abuse?"
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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Diagonal siding Williamsport, IN
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Andrew Koricich @drandrewk.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
SAME.
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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 07/04/2026
Let me say this plainly: Iranian children have as much of a right to live and thrive as American children. Their babies MUST be as precious to me as my 6 niblings and my baby grandnib are IF I want them to have a future. If I want a future for my kin AND humanity, I MUST act like it. So must you.
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Andrew Koricich @drandrewk.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Well, I’m just going to use this morning to introduce our newest packmember, Humphrey. He’s a 7y/o lab/hound mix who was surrendered in December when he couldn’t adjust to being the only dog after losing his canine pal. He’ll never bark alone again in this house. #dogs #dogsky #hounds #adoptdontshop
Handsome black dog standing outside in a fenced yard Handsome black dog laying on a zebra print blanket. Handsome black dog starting out over a fenced yard Handsome black dog sleeps in the sun in a huddle with two tri-color hounds
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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Good Food Coming Soon Canton, SD
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Andrew Koricich @drandrewk.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
1,000,000 times this.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
I don't respect govt services that make a profit, if they do someone needs to be fired
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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
☘️ Cumming Tap ☘️ Cumming, IA
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Polymarket, Kalshi and all the rest of these prediction markets need to be wiped off the face of the earth. They provide absolutely nothing of value and are corrupting everything they touch.
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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Vending machine La Crosse, WA
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Andrea Kaston Tange @aktange.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Worth doing whether or not you think you might be "expert" enough for their metrics. Let THEM waste the time trying to figure out if you're in there or not. And tell them you'll come after them if they add you later.
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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Treat's for Her Plymouth, IN
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
If you took $1 billion and gave it to the endowment of a different small college each day, they could each provide a free college education to several hundred students per year in perpetuity. Instead we are using that money to bomb schools and kill students in Iran, for no clearly stated purpose.
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Marc Murphy @murphycartoons.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
America always comes for what Appalachia has and just takes it. Including its people.
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National Rural Health Association @ruralhealth.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
“Health care has always been about humanity and relationship," says NRHA President Carrie Henning-Smith. "If your first and only provider is an avatar, we're removing trust, comfort, and continuity." Read more: www.npr.org/2026/02/14/n... #ruralhealth
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Dr. Oz pushes AI avatars as a fix for rural health care. Not so fast, critics say
Dr. Mehmet Oz, who heads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is advancing a $50 billion plan to modernize rural health care.
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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Shingle Diggins Family Restaurant Coloma, MI
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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Post Office Ophir, CO
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Andrew Koricich @drandrewk.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Dispatches from the High Country ecosystem.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 01/03/2026
Congrats to @ncaaup.bsky.social & all who fought against this surveillance policy that would've allowed admin to hijack microphones in the classroom for secret recordings. This move would've chilled classroom discussion & suppressed students' willingness to ask questions & take intellectual risks.
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UNC-CH Will ‘Scrap’ New Recording Policy, Chancellor Says
The move comes less than three weeks after the controversial rules were enacted.
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I don’t even know anymore. War, the senseless murder of civilians, pedophiles in power, just a whole lot of fuckshit.
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Andrew Koricich @drandrewk.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
If you’re worried about your dog running away, get a GPS collar, not a Ring spycam.
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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Crenellation Robinson, ND
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Andrew Koricich @drandrewk.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
I can move farther and faster in something with wheels. I thought we already figured this out millennia ago.
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
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Dr. Ty C. McNamee @tycmcnamee.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I'm fortunate to be on the advisory board for @nchems.bsky.social's project on the rural US, land-grants, extension, & workforce nchems.org/project/serv... Excited to share a project-related brief "Recognizing Extension Learning: Pathways to Credit and Career Advancement" nchems.org/wp-content/u...
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Andrew Koricich @drandrewk.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
There is NO scenario in which the best way to help rural communities receive healthcare is some AI bullshit.
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Andrew Koricich @drandrewk.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
There is NO scenario in which the best way to help rural communities receive healthcare is some AI bullshit.
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