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Lisa

@lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social
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I’m a living embodiment of my grandma’s old sayings: “you wear your heart on your sleeve” “you’re like a broken record” “gettin old ain’t for sissies” anthropology&social change, speech/language pathology WV holler dweller Water protector Nature lover

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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 8h
Colonizers killed all the American Chestnut trees the first time. Colonizers planning to kill the few remaining trees folks have poured their lifeblood into preserving. Nothing but money is sacred to these monsters. #westvirginia #americanchestnuts #stopdatacenters tacf.org/american-che...
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The American Chestnut Trees at Clements Tree Nursery | The American Chestnut Foundation
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The groundwork for data center destruction was laid years ago. apnews.com/article/west...
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West Virginia lawmakers eliminated local authority to regulate data centers and similar projects
As news of a planned data center complex in West Virginia spread quickly, so did the effort to learn more.
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Appalachian Voices @appvoices.org · 30/07/2026
"The ideal outcome here would be for those laid-off workers to be re-employed reclaiming this land to the highest possible standards," says Appalachian Voices’ Willie Dodson. ✍️: Dan Radmacher for The Appalachian Voice
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Coalition Stopped Mining on the Edge of the Monongahela National Forest — for Now
A coalition banded together to stop a coal company from using a haul road through the Monongahela National Forest to transport coal to a railroad facility about 20 miles away in Rupert, West Virginia.
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/edit...
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Gazette-Mail editorial: Greenbrier fight finds Justice in real trouble
If Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., was concerned with "waste, fraud and abuse," a key phrase of congressional Republicans and the Trump administration early last year, maybe he should've taken a
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
I often think WV is the canary in the coal mine. #appalachia #wv #fuckice mountainstatespotlight.org/2026/01/31/i...
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How ICE arrests of immigrants in West Virginia are overstepping constitutional limits
President Trump’s immigration crackdown has come to West Virginia, prompting ICE raids that threaten to trample the Constitution
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
www.wvhighlands.org/article/deca...
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Decades without clean water: How the Coalfield Clean Water Act aims to address southern West Virginia’s water crisis - West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
Southern West Virginia coalfield communities have lacked clean water for decades. Learn how the Coalfield Clean Water Act aims to fix this crisis.
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
reimagineappalachia.org/wp-content/u... #appalachia #coalcountry #wv
reimagineappalachia.org
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Picture of poem by Dale Marie Prizant from book Appalachian Reckoning (a response to jd vance’s Hillbilly Elegy)

American Elegy is coming
Just you wait—
A bestseller will kill you off too
I’m a hillbilly, they plum kill’t me
Bulldozed my bones and valley fill
with the other dead canaries 
When Exxon oil busts up your aquifers
a red state lawyer
will write a bestseller 

about your loose bootstraps too
and shove them down your throat 
You’ll be paying nestlé for your muddy tap
Before your book club figures out
That our selenium sludge runs
downstream 
And we are your headwaters.
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
www.wvgazettemail.com/news/legisla...
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Beset by US-highest water violation rate, WV has weaker standards than other states
Beset by the nation's highest health-based drinking water violation rate, West Virginia has weaker water quality standards than other states. The West Virginia Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee...
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
“WV is hoping for $60 million” but the bottom line is $24 million paid over 3 years. The low price paid for human lives shows their true values. The state of WV is a tragedy…and the people suffer. wchstv.com/news/local/w...
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West Virginia reaches settlement over toxic chemicals found in soil and water
West Virginia is hoping to get about $60 million for toxic chemicals that have been found in the state’s water and soil for decades.
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
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Photo Essay: Floods ‘People Living In The Aftermath’ - West Virginia Public Broadcasting
WVPB asked photojournalist and West Virginia native Roger May to go back home and take a hard look at how residents are still struggling to find normalcy nine months after flooding hit southern West V...
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival
Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
www.wboy.com/news/west-vi...
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Certain exhibits being removed from Harpers Ferry under Trump administration order
The ACLU of West Virginia has spoken out against a move by the Trump administration to remove references to slavery from exhibits in the state’s only national historic park.
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
As attempts to erase history, we must never forget. #johnbrown #abolition
Image shows photo of John Brown with text: Harper’s Ferry October 16, 1859-October 18, 1859.
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Eric Engle @ezwv.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
My latest in the Parkersburg News & Sentinel on restoring collective bargaining rights for federal employees who’ve been unlawfully robbed of them by executive orders, about 2/3 of the federal workforce. @nteunational.bsky.social www.newsandsentinel.com/opinion/loca...
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Op-ed: Restore collective bargaining rights
A recent article in the publication Government Executive dated Aug. 29 titled “Federal Collective Bargaining is in the U.S National Interest” is one of the best-written and most powerful pieces I’ve r...
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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 14/08/2025
A federal rule to limit coal miners’ exposure to dangerous silica dust — which was set to go into effect next week after already being delayed for months — is expected to be further postponed following a joint status update filed in federal court this week, reports @caitycoyne.bsky.social.
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‘They don’t care:’ Advocates for miners with black lung worry as silica dust rule delayed again • West Virginia Watch
A federal rule to limit coal miners’ exposure to dangerous silica dust — which was set to go into effect next week after already being delayed for months — is expected to be further postponed…
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
It’s a blank stare. You can’t miss it. It haunts you. You can’t help but feel the same sadness when you see it. ledenews.com/novotney-the...
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Novotney: 'The Hurt Is Like Nothing Else Ever Felt'
Such a tragedy changes everything in a person's life.
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West Virginia University Press @wvupress.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
I Hate It Here, Please Vote For Me received a wonderful review in the Appalachian Journal!! Ferrence’s experience and commentary on the current polarizing political landscape feels particularly relevant, and Josh Howard agrees. Read the rest in the Summer 2025 issue. #politics #politicalbook #gop
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Appalachian Mycologist @mycologist.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
"three-quarters of patients served by West Virginia hospitals rely on Medicare, Medicaid and PEIA" A large part of our population (like my partner with a chronic illness) live near borders and get most care out of state. Recently Medicaid stopped crossing state lines stranding many folks I know 😞
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
www.counterpunch.org/2025/07/30/t...
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The EPA's Repeal of Core Greenhouse Gas Rules
“Trump’s EPA to repeal core of greenhouse gas rules,” was the Reuters headline this week as Lee Zeldin, chosen by Donald Trump to be administrator of the
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
And this is what the WV attorney general has to say about protecting our state’s resources. #appalachia #westvirginia #EPA #leezeldin #radicalenvironmentalist #cleanair #cleanwater #mountaineers
Image shows WV AG repost of EPA director Lee Zeldin’s x post trashing the work of environmentalists and blaming environmental regulations for increased energy costs. WV AG states “we are proud to partner with the new EPA…to undo decades of bad policy”
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Extraction and exploitation persists in Frackalachia ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/frackalachia...
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Frackalachia Update 2025
New gas development for data centers and LNG is "destined to disappoint" as Appalachia's fracking counties continue their economic spiral.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/07/2025
of all the books i won't read, this is the book i won't read the most
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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
VICTORY: A court has ruled the WV Water Development Authority unconstitutionally granted funds to an out-of-state religious school. We’ve said all along it's inappropriate for public infrastructure money to fund religious education and advocacy. This is a big win for church-state separation.
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
WV has always been the canary in the coal mine. We’ve always known we’re all we’ve got. #westvirginia #climatecrisis #mutualaid #solidaritynotcharity westvirginiawatch.com/2025/04/29/f...
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FEMA’s refusal to help some West Virginia counties just a taste of what’s to come • West Virginia Watch
About 94% of West Virginia communities are considered “Special Flood Hazard Areas,” which means those areas are at a high risk of flooding.
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
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From authors like Barbara Kingsolver and David Joy, these novels are made for the shade.
Whether you’re rocking on the front porch or swinging in a hammock, our summer reading list packs more heat than an August afternoon.
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
www.advocate.com/voices/straw...
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How a parade invite became a fight for LGBTQ+ visibility in Appalachia
The West Virginia Strawberry Festival, a beloved tradition celebrating community and heritage, turned into a battleground of hate and prejudice for Mr. Gay West Virginia United States.
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Will anyone care about WV after the coal is gone and the last gas is fracked? www.accuweather.com/en/weather-n...
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Deadly West Virginia flooding won't be the last of this week
At least 6 people were killed by flooding in West Virginia over the weekend, and the forecast is for more rain.
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
#nokings Buckhannon WV
Four women hold no kings, no crowns signs, pride flag, and american flag
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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
This is the correct move by the Board of Education. The Constitution doesn't allow the governor to ignore laws he doesn't like.
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Defying Morrisey executive order, WV board of ed directs schools to follow existing vaccines law • West Virginia Watch
School officials will instruct public schools to follow the state’s existing vaccine laws, going against Gov. Morrisey's executive order.
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Aunt Jules @japulver.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Time for some #MaliciousCompliance! You know what to do-spam the shit out of these snitch lines! Render them completely useless. And go! #WagePeace
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
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After floods, Morrisey promised to be there ‘every step of the way.’ Residents wonder where the help is.
Communities across southern West Virginia need more help as they build back and recover from the February floods that hit the region
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
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Pantry Nearly Out Of Food as Water Crisis Deepens in Wyoming County - WOAY-TV
PINEVILLE, W.Va. (WOAY) – At the Wyoming County Food Pantry, shelves that once held boxes of pasta, canned vegetables, and gallon jugs of water now sit nearly empty. Each week, the line of families in...
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
My Fasnacht 2025 mask represents inner reflection of the past year that brought changes related to menopause and personal transformation. I threw the mask into the ritual fire to burn in effigy along with old man winter at the end of the festival. www.sametoveposviceni.cz/wp-content/u...
Photo of woman with long wavy hair wearing a mask at Fasnacht festival. White mask features fresh-pressed orange rose petals and long greenery sprigs on one temple and dried flowers/leaves on the other. Additional features: large fuzzy purple eyebrows and mustache, feathered rainbow eyelashes;,almond-shaped eyeholes are lined with circular purple sequins, purple arched expression lines are painted on the forehead, and clownish red discs accent the cheeks. White wispy feathers line the top hairline of the mask. In the background: festival-goers standing near rustic grey gazebo decorated with traditional Swiss flags and a grey winter sky.
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
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The West Virginia Mine Wars
An event with the author Raymond Tyler and illustrator Summer McClinton alongside Shaun Slifer and Kenzie New-Walker of the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum.
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
This piece from 1935 www.marxists.org/archive/dutt...
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CPGB: The Question of Fascism and Capitalist Decay
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Eric Engle @ezwv.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
🚨This is a must-read I have to share publicly. Please read and share widely.🚨 www.laborpolitics.com/p/federal-wo...
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Federal Workers Can Defeat Musk’s Coup. Here’s How.
Elon Musk is not invincible
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Appalachian Voices @appvoices.org · 11/02/2025
Intense rainfall + thawing ground from warm temperatures = New or worsened #AbandonedMineLand problems. 🚨 But the federal funding freeze is disrupting states' ability to proceed with #MineReclamation. Read our statement: appvoices.org/2025/02/11/a...
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Abandoned Mine Land cleanup disrupted by federal funding freeze
As the Appalachian region is experiencing intense rainfall this week, the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement is not processing state requests seeking approval for abandoned m...
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Olallo Rubio @olallorubio.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
FUCKED UP - MACKLEMORE www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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Macklemore - fucked up.
YouTube video by ANRed Audiovisual
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Early evidence of “woke” Origins of the term show up in West Virginia’s Black Union coal miners www.oneducation.net/no-17-septem...
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traces of 'woke' in 20th-century U.S. history - on_education
In recent years, attacks on wokeness have undermined the scope and methods of history education in U.S. American schools and colleges. Current critiques by conservatives that wokeness curtails America...
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Did someone say anarchism?
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adrienne maree brown @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
happy black history life
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Lo @morningfog.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
THIS IS THE WAY 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Malcolm Kenyatta understands the what’s needed NOW.
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Billions upon billions in already allocated funds, stolen with the stroke of a sharpie. Details here: www.councilofnonprofits.org/files/media/...
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
I love how bluesky is a blank slate for us to create the world we want 🌎🩵🙌🏻
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