Roger Grant @roger-grant.bsky.social · 17hI just published The Bloody Long Walk I have to admit I’ve lost a step or two along the way. It happens. But like most guys I still want to climb the ladder to patch the roof, paint the house, and clean the gutters. I don’t want to shrivel into old age.medium.comThe Bloody Long Walkand the challenge of turning 75. 010
Reposted by Roger GrantJamie Ager @jamie.agerforcongress.com · 31/07/2025My name is Jamie Ager. I'm a father, husband, farmer, and proud son of Western NC. And I figured, if I'm gonna run for Congress, I should introduce myself and tell you why I'm running. #ncpol #wnc #nc11 1711754
Roger Grant @roger-grant.bsky.social · 08/10/2026There might be a different story... www.cnn.com/2026/10/08/b...cnn.comOil prices jump amid record tanker attacks in Hormuz | CNN BusinessOil prices climbed Thursday on continued worries about global supply and as record tanker attacks in the Middle East sent crossings through the Strait of Hormuz to a two-month low. 021
Roger Grant @roger-grant.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It does no good to find anything unlawful that he has done unless he is impeached and his ass thrown in jail. 000
Roger Grant @roger-grant.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is why WE VOTE, I VOTE, YOU VOTE, OUR FAMILIES VOTE, OUR FRIENDS VOTE, OUR COMMUNITY VOTES 000
Roger Grant @roger-grant.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I think instead of calling them artificial media outlets we should call them super-intelligent media outlets. 000
Reposted by Roger GrantCHCH News @chchnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Niagara Falls lit red white and blue, thanking Buffalo Bills.chch.comNiagara Falls lit red white and blue, thanking Buffalo BillsThe falls were lit up as a show of thank you to the Buffalo Bills for having the Canadian national anthem at their home opener a couple of weeks ago. 843849601
Reposted by Roger GrantRobert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Nick Cave on AI and creativity 051
Roger Grant @roger-grant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026www.npr.org/2026/09/30/n...npr.orgA startup wants to build a massive nuclear-powered data center on public land in UtahValar Atomics wants to place over 450 reactors on more than 9,500 acres in Utah to power a huge data center project. 000
Reposted by Roger GrantBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social did the country 2 big favors this week His talk with the Nvidia CEO revealed a shallow, glib, defensive man (and thus a technology) nowhere near safe maturity His talk with Abdul El-Sayed revealed a humane, responsive, and morally rich man ready for leadership 1528659
Roger Grant @roger-grant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Check your voting status at vote.govvote.govRegister to vote in your state | Vote.govFind the information you need to make registration and voting easy. Official voter registration website of the United States government. 000
Reposted by Roger GrantJamie Ager @jamie.agerforcongress.com · 25/09/2026I’m a farmer and an entrepreneur, which taught me how to lead, how to be humble, and how to execute, not just talk about big ideas. Right now, this country needs leaders in Washington who will roll up their sleeves, work hard, and fight for Western North Carolina. #NC11 #WNC #WesternNC 0197
Reposted by Roger GrantWNCTimes.com @wnctimes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The Fuel Shock: How the War with Iran and Global Energy Chokepoints Are Grounding School Transit and Extracurriculars wnctimes.com/article/the-... #IranWar #FuelPrices #GasPrices #Schools #NorthCarolina #NCNEWS #WNC #WncMountains #Education #Students #Children #Asheville #HaywoodCounty #Bucombewnctimes.comThe Fuel Shock: How the War with Iran and Global Energy Chokepoints Are Grounding School Transit and Extracurriculars | WNC TimesNews -- September 25, 2026: School buses represent the single largest mass transit fleet in the United States, operating over 480,000 yellow buses and carrying approximately 25 million children to an... 001
Roger Grant @roger-grant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Well, no. But the Slate was not available when I bought my 2023 Ford Maverick hybrid ( 48.7 mpg average over 3 years) 000
Reposted by Roger GrantBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is quite funny in a not-at-all funny kind of way www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...nytimes.comFrom 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada FizzleIt was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare. 18518
Roger Grant @roger-grant.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Great picture, how would you rate versus true color? 120
Reposted by Roger GrantJamie Ager @jamie.agerforcongress.com · 18/09/2026The government's job isn't to track private citizens. All across Western North Carolina, I keep hearing the same concern: people don't trust Flock & Axon cameras that watch their every move. We need real guardrails before this technology outpaces our constitutional rights. #WNC #NCpol #NC11 01911
Roger Grant @roger-grant.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Federal lawsuit, filed Friday in Washington, D.C., argues the administration's suggestions that federal agents could be deployed to the polls violate the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which bars intimidating another person from voting. www.npr.org/2026/09/18/n...npr.orgIt's illegal for armed federal officers to be at polls. Lawsuits seek to ensure thatThe latest lawsuit, first reported by NPR, argues the Trump administration's repeated suggestions that federal officers could be at polling sites is a form of illegal voter intimidation. 000
Roger Grant @roger-grant.bsky.social · 18/09/2026If we stop buying his shit, we've just saved ourselves a boat load of shit. 000
Reposted by Roger Grantalexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Battery electric vehicle share of the car market rose past 30% in the EU in August beating any suggestion that appetite for EVs is waning. There were 203,000 electric cars registered in 16 of EUs key markets, a 54% increase on the same month in 2025 www.electrifying.com/blog/article... #ActOnClimateelectrifying.comOne in three new cars in Europe are now EVs, beating industry forecastsElectric share of the new car market in Europe passed 30% in August this year 1120462
Roger Grant @roger-grant.bsky.social · 18/09/2026That's my hometown and ain't nobody going to tell them it's not Lake Ontario! 000
Roger Grant @roger-grant.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Stupid is as stupid does. www.npr.org/2026/09/17/n...npr.orgPeople's houses are collapsing into the ocean. FEMA gives them no other optionWaterfront homes are collapsing along the coast. Homeowners generally have plenty of warning before their house buckles. So why aren't most houses removed, or at least emptied, before they fall? 000
Reposted by Roger GrantBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The right to vote is one of the most fundamental parts of our democracy. Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com and make a plan to vote early or on Election Day on November 3. 396169866011
Reposted by Roger GrantWNBA @wnba.com · 13/09/20262026 FIBA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS 🇺🇸🏆 The #USABWNT claim their fifth consecutive and 12th overall #FIBAWWC title. 14758266
Reposted by Roger GrantJoseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026You know what gets a library perpetual access to a book??? Purchasing the physical book. I guarantee the publisher won’t come steal it back!!! 261024310
Reposted by Roger GrantRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Trump's attacks on our civil liberties didn't come out of nowhere. The groundwork for his Orwellian surveillance state was laid by the post-9/11 PATRIOT Act. Only one Senator at the time had the foresight to see what it would unleash. 521829582
Roger Grant @roger-grant.bsky.social · 11/09/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CB9...youtube.comMark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Sting & Phil Collins - Money for Nothing LiveYouTube video by GuitarDocs 011
Roger Grant @roger-grant.bsky.social · 09/09/2026www.npr.org/2026/09/09/n...npr.orgBallot seizures seemed impossible. But judges and officials are prepping for them nowThe idea of law enforcement taking possession of ballots in the middle of an active election used to be considered impossible. Now, it's a scenario voting officials — and judges — are training for. 000
Reposted by Roger GrantAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/09/2026PSA: Election officials in California, Oregon, Washington and elsewhere are telling voters if you can, return your ballot through an official ballot drop box rather than trusting it to the mail. 537109064170
Roger Grant @roger-grant.bsky.social · 09/09/2026www.bpr.org/climate-envi...bpr.orgEl Niño could be supercharged this year. Here’s what that means for the Blue RidgeA common weather pattern is intensifying due to global climate change, and that might mean a soggy winter in WNC. 010
Reposted by Roger GrantWonder Why🦆Ducky🦆 @duck-flying.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Australians will be able to switch off social media algorithms under planned legislation If tech firms such as Meta, Google and TikTok did not give the option to turn off algorithms, they should face "substantial" penalties www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comAustralians will be able to switch off social media algorithms under planned legislationFirms like Meta, Google and TikTok should face "substantial" penalties if they don't give the option, minister says. 20775322100
Roger Grant @roger-grant.bsky.social · 07/09/2026www.npr.org/2026/09/07/n...npr.org'Her body temperature was 106': How heat is killing Americans in their homesHeat kills thousands of people across the U.S. every year. The risk is especially high for the millions of Americans who live in manufactured housing like mobile homes and trailers. 000
Reposted by Roger GrantMolly White @molly.wiki · 05/09/2026Huge congratulations to the US-based Wikimedia Foundation employees who voted with 92% support in favor of unionizing, and shoutout to the tireless work of the organizers.wikiworkersunited.orgWikimedia Foundation Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form Union with CWAU.S. workers form first recognized unit as global union movement builds across Wikimedia Foundation 184468829
