Reposted by Grace HillKeter-Class Kobold @koboldred.bsky.social · 30/04/2025bringing this back around 01798676
Reposted by Grace HillProud Appalachian @rwheeler.bsky.social · 26mwsaz.comGov. Beshear announces record investment from Appalachian Regional Commission to Eastern KentuckyGov. Andy Beshear announced a record investment from Appalachian Regional Commission to Eastern Kentucky. 031
Reposted by Grace HillTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 9hProposing analog to,”racism can explain every weird thing in America” is, “women are busy working for money is the secret reason everything we miss about a society is now dying.” 141057240
Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 14hwell, at least my O2 saturation is adequate? we bought a pulse oximeter in 2020 and it's come in handy on multiple occasion 040
Reposted by Grace HillJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 16hThis article offers half a dozen reasons why people have stopped having friends and family over, but it ignores the fact that the women who planned parties and kept homes tidy enough for unplanned guests are now working for pay full-time (usually more than 9-5). www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comThe dreadful decline of hosting at home: ‘I feel shame any time a friend comes over’It used to be quite normal to pop next door for a coffee or invite friends over for dinner. But not any more. What’s behind this change – and just how damaging is it? 641565271
Reposted by Grace HillJennifer RM @jenrm.bsky.social · 15hMy agronomist friend (and amazing chef) is awesome, and scholarly, and she debunked this particular meme quite thoroughly. This blog post of hers might be worth a read: feastofassumption.substack.com/p/vegetables...feastofassumption.substack.comVegetables Still Have Plenty of Nutrients, Thank You Very MuchSeveral smart people have asked me if the following chart is true. 2103
Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 17hI haven’t written anything in months, but I wrote a short little silly fic today, and it brought me joy. 030
Reposted by Grace HillBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 10/10/2026It's World Homeless Day, and I'll just say: Homelessness isn't some great unsolvable mystery. People are homeless because they don't have homes. This suffering persists not for lack of solutions, but because enormous wealth and power are invested in maintaining the very structures that produce it. 212192863
Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Yay for vaccines! I woke up and OH sent me back to bed 😂 020
Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026One of the more annoying things about having crappy lungs is how much time it wastes. Everyone else gets 2 or 3 days of sniffles. I’m over here trying to decide if that weight in my chest is my annual bout of pneumonia, and whether I should spend my day off in bed. 🙄 2101
Reposted by Grace HillGhostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 10/10/2026Announcing "our product attracts the kind of people who want to verbally abuse something that can't fight back on a level we've had to address structurally" feels like a little bit of a self-own, tbh, but thankfully I'm not in charge of their marketing. 423729
Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026overlaid hurricane Isaiah over Helene, and western NC is getting pummeled again, two years later. My fellow Appalachians, I'll be thinking of you tomorrow. 050
Reposted by Grace Hillweeder @weeder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Let's try something different this afternoon, everybody be sufferable 3141962
Reposted by Grace HillAppalachian Voices @appvoices.org · 09/10/2026The remnants of Hurricane Isaias could bring heavy rain, gusty winds and flooding to Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee this weekend, with impacts possible in neighboring states. Now is a good time to prepare. Flood safety tips: Ready.gov/floods 011
Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Infants are interesting and discerning. They will not be fooled by daddy’s voice reading the story from a screen vs sitting on daddy’s lap and interacting while daddy reads a board book. Those are different experiences and anyone who thinks they’re interchangeable is wrong. 010
Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 09/10/2026There is a whole body of study and research about attention, linguistics, and child development in the early childhood years. Research is pretty fucking clear that early childhood is not a time to outsource infant verbal development to an iPad, or an LLM with a voice model. It doesn’t work! 100
Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 09/10/2026BTW, the term of art for reading to a baby or toddler while cuddling and talking about the book is “joint attention.” You’re creating the habit of them directing their attention to the item you are also attending to, which is critical for later educational purposes. 150
Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Eric has always been one of the reporters I trust, wherever he goes. I’ll follow his reporting to his next (hopefully even better!) job! 091
Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 09/10/2026What happened to attending to the light and being ready to move with the car in front of you? And letting the space open up as you drive?! Instead, they just sit there until their car beeps at them that the car in front has departed. One after another, like timing delayed pinballs. 000
Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I know I live in a place with the highest per capita of 65+ after FL, and I know ~10% of residents are on opiates, and I know the college kids are back in town—but I sat through four red light changes because people are just sitting there on their phones or whatever. 110
Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Near, far, and close work. The near is optimized for my desk work with my computer, and the third pair is optimized for where I hold things when I'm sewing! I am using this year's insurance allowance for new glasses/lenses on the third pair and just replacing the lenses on the other two. 110
Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Because my optometrist is lovely, I am now using three (3!) pairs of glasses: near, far, and overpowered for close work. I’m not fond of progressive lenses, and I don’t like squinting when I’m sewing. 110
Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 09/10/2026You can’t always get what you want, but if you try real hard, you can get what you need—in my case, autism-friendly service providers, from hair stylists to optometrists to dentists. Yes, even (perhaps particularly) in small towns. 151
Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I will generally win a “rednecker than you” contest, even if I omit upsetting details. 🤣 020
Reposted by Grace HillRien Gray @riengray.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I am one book away from my goal for the year 👀! 11611
Reposted by Grace HillDanny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It don't get talked about enough that there's a network of thousands of cameras all over New Orleans that surveil everything, and is owned not by the city or NOPD, but by a private entity that is run by a former cop. www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-powe...currentaffairs.org“AI-Powered” Surveillance Networks are Worse Than You KnowIn New Orleans, everyone is being watched with facial recognition cameras and police drones—and your hometown might be next. 42715
Reposted by Grace HillMarvel Trumps Hate @marveltrumpshate.bsky.social · 08/10/20262 DAYS UNTIL MARVEL TRUMPS HATE SIGN-UPS CLOSE ON 10/10! What is MTH? Think of it like a commission for charity you put up for auction; you offer a fanwork/service (you have until Nov '27, but it's okay if it takes longer) & the winner donates $ to charity www.tumblr.com/marveltrumps...tumblr.comPost by @marveltrumpshate · 1 image💬 0 🔁 132 ❤️ 113 · Creator registration for Marvel Trumps Hate 2026 is officially open! · We're accepting sign-ups from now until 11:59 PM ET on Saturday, October 10 (what time is that for me?),… 021
Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 08/10/2026real bummer to open an email notif of a new fic posted and have the *summary* be obviously Claude unsubscribing PDQ 020
Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 08/10/2026went back to the wealth of fic published before chatgpt existed, and this 2017 fic is soothingly written by an actual human. It's lovely 020
Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 08/10/2026extremely fucking annoying to read a genuinely interesting fic, get to a plot twist, and then realize that the author pivoted to Claude. It’s so obvious and so pointless. What a waste of an idea 140
Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 08/10/2026My mother used to call me Commander Data for much the same reasons. She thought this was hilarious. 030
Reposted by Grace HillProud Appalachian @rwheeler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026sfchronicle.comIn ‘Partita,’ Barbara Kingsolver sets an Appalachian life to musicA follow-up to “Demon Copperhead,” the Pulitzer Prize winner’s new novel asks what art is for through the prism of life’s struggles — and rewards. 031
Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026*it's a UK company and they can write a paper check but it's an enormous fucking hassle every year, and since it's about the same amount as a McD's meal, I am not exercised about avoiding the hassle 040
Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026friend I cowrote a book with: I just got a royalty payment! me: I told them they could either send me a paper check or keep it, so I haven’t seen anything in years* 160
Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The other thing is that I am keenly aware of my own mortality. I could be hit by a bus tomorrow. If that happened, will I have done all that I could for them at that moment? I am not able to reassure myself that "kids will always turn out ok in the end." Because. Well. They don't. 070
Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Because I did this to them, I feel like I owe them a certain quality of parenting. I spend a lot of time thinking about how they'll view the choices I am making now, for them, when they're 25. Or 35. Will they be furious enough to want to cut me off? I hope not. No guarantees. 260
Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The thing about clinical depression is that staying here, for me, is a deliberate choice I make. When I chose to have children, I was very aware that they did not get a choice to be born, to be here. Much of my parenting is driven by that realization—they didn't ask for this. 171
Reposted by Grace HillSara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I threw together an explainer on what is happening with Olmstead rights (and what those are, for people unfamiliar). My latest @19thnews.org19thnews.orgThe federal government is backing away from a decades-old disability rights promiseLois Curtis and Elaine Wilson won a victory that gave people with disabilities the freedom to choose where they live. That legacy is now under threat. 05844
Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Sometimes I open a post by an account I had muted. I inevitably regret that decision. 020
Reposted by Grace HillAnthrodiva @anthrodiva.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I thought McSweeney's was supposed to be satire, this is documentary 3263
Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 06/10/2026That big yellow splotch maps pretty darn well to this one 092
Reposted by Grace HillVirginiaM - owlet @virginiam.bsky.social · 06/10/2026ONE WEEK UNTIL IT IS UNLEASHED UPON THE WORLD!! PREPARE prepare for... coziness justice good-faith curiosity a very cute house books and snacks BE READY 0116
