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WV raised / Ivy League educated. No better and no worse than anyone. Opinions always my own and the result of critical thinking. Humanist. Feminist. Fan of dogs and this resilient Mother: 🌍

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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 3h
Just like the Dark Ages was followed by the Renaissance, I think we’re going to move from the “You Can Just Say Stuff” to the “Actually, You Can’t Just Say Stuff“ period of enlightenment. At least I hope.
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Molly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social · 11h
JR: On what universe did anyone in your office think that was acceptable? DOJ: Your honor, we did our best -- JR: No, you did not do your best. You did your absolute worst.
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A WEST VIRGINIA REPUBLICAN SENATOR now on the record saying that ICE has gone too far.
theguardian.com
Trump ally urges administration to ‘step back’ and rethink immigration agenda
Republican senator Jim Justice of West Virginia criticizes immigration crackdown as ranchers’ associations condemn ICE activity
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh hell no.
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The time to delete your accounts on these apps was yesterday.
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
(martin scorsese voice): ABSOLUTE CINEMA
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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
this is fantastic and I learned something new
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
At first read it sounds like even Trump’s first name is trying to disassociate from Trump.
Bluesky trending story headline reads: Donalds strips Trump from website
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Thomas Merton wrote, “there is always a temptation to diddle around in the contemplative life, making itsy-bitsy statues.” There is always an enormous temptation in all of life to diddle around making itsy-bitsy friends and meals and journeys for itsy-bitsy years on end. It is so self-conscious, so apparently moral, simply to step aside from the gaps where the creeks and winds pour down, saying, I never merited this grace, quite rightly, and then to sulk along the rest of your days on the edge of rage.

I won’t have it. The world is wilder than that in all directions, more dangerous and bitter, more extravagant and bright. We are making hay when we should be making whoopee; we are raising tomatoes when we should be raising Cain, or Lazarus.”
-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Same, buddy. Same.
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Spectrum News NY1 @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The last speaker at the 9/11 remembrance ceremony lost his father to the attacks.
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“It’s fairly clear to me that Trump is hell-bent on corrupting the midterm elections,” Hinton says…. “If you wanted to corrupt those midterm elections and you wanted to use AI, all you needed to do was get detailed information on US citizens. And what Doge did looked like just what you would do.”
theguardian.com
State handouts, 10,000 lasers – and Trump’s election: six things we learned from the Elon Musk film
Alex Gibney’s marathon documentary delivers numerous eye-raising insights into the broligarch’s business deals, early idealism and apocalyptic appetite for fathering children
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Oh look, more authoritarianism:
theguardian.com
US health officials exclude measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania from counts
RFK Jr, the health secretary, has suggested the death were ‘fabricated’ while the CDC claimed it was reviewing them
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Walking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
BREAKING: sucks to have stuff renamed by white people, doesn’t it?
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I saw a mom and her small child waiting at a bus stop when a Cybertruck drove by and the kid pointed and yelled to his mom, “what the heck is that!?” The look of disgust and confusion on his face was the purest and funniest reaction to that hunk of metal that I have witnessed. 😆
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
💛 Dolly Forever 💛
Mural in Asheville, NC, of Dolly Parton smiling
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 16/07/2026
This is a cool visualization of how trees cool us down and asphalt heats us up. www.ctinsider.com/projects/202...
ctinsider.com
An over 20-degree temperature gap shows the cooling power of Connecticut’s trees
Maps show how trees cool neighborhoods while roads and buildings create hotter urban areas across the state.
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
it is hard to focus on any one bad thing right now, but i fear that the repercussions of this will be catastrophic for all living things, including us humans 💔
nytimes.com
Trump Cuts Habitat Protections for Endangered Species (Gift Article)
The rule change ends a safeguard that had been in place for 50 years and could hasten the demise of imperiled animals.
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
If you’re running in an election and you’re against data centers: you are going to win. This is in West Virginia and just one of several packed city council meetings about this issue.
wtov9.com
Residents pack council meeting to oppose data center at former Warwood foundry site
Concerned residents packed Wheeling City Council chambers Tuesday evening to press city leaders for answers about a proposed data center development tied to the
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
If anyone would like to witness exactly what Syrians were fleeing when they lawfully entered the U.S. seeking safety, the documentary For Sama has left an indelible impression on me since the moment I watched it 7 years ago. I fear for Syrian and Haitian immigrants today. 💔
m.youtube.com
FOR SAMA (2019) | Official Trailer | PBS Distribution
YouTube video by PBS Distribution
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Every asshole not invited to your family’s wedding was on the White House lawn last night.
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
And yet? He is still absolutely worthless.
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I’m sorry but this NYT article describes events that happened nearly a year ago. How long were these reporters sitting on info for a lucrative book deal instead of releasing when it might actually act in the public‘s best interest??? (i.e. THE WHOLE POINT OF JOURNALISM)
nytimes.com
Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Our present dystopian hellscape can be traced back to Obama taking the piss out of Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and you can’t convince me otherwise. If that cursed event didn’t exist Trump would be in another timeline selling steaks and ties and bankrupting but not at a fed level.
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
A protest happening against Sen. Husted for accepting Epstein donations in an Ohio county that went 71% for Trump in ‘24.
wtrf.com
Protesters gather outside Jefferson County Courthouse over Epstein-related concerns
JEFFERSON COUNTY, OH (WTRF) – Protesters gathered outside the Jefferson County Courthouse today calling on Ohio Senate candidate Jon Husted to answer questions surrounding alleged campaign do…
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I 1000000% agree here.
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Michael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 28/05/2026
President of MIT not mincing words today in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s...
So let me say it as clearly as I can: Without basic scientific research, supported by the kind of farsighted public investment that allows large-scale, undirected, curiosity-driven inquiry, the scientific pipeline will run dry.
In daily life, people may not feel the effects right away, or even in 10 years. But we will feel it. And when someone we love needs therapies that could have emerged but didn't or when other countries now
investing in science can launch new science-based industries or run their societies on vast resources of fusion energy or reap the benefits of quantum computing power or advanced medical breakthroughs, America will wish it sustained its leadership in scientific research here and now.
Sally Kornbluth is the president of MIT.
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
A friendly reminder that it is always the right time to delete your Amazon accounts and disengage from the many, many companies Amazon owns. An incomplete list: red-website-design.co.uk/everything-o...
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Isaac G. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
So many people on here saying “well actually Obama doesn’t talk like this” and get out of here with that sh*t. He won over my WV grandparents, none of whom had college educations, because he was authentic, told stories. Folks understood him! Not talking down doesn‘t mean you aren’t talking plain.
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Good on you, Pope Leo. 🤍
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
We must understand that the Voting Rights Act was not merely about ensuring Black Americans rights, it was about democratizing America. This ruling is not just a decimation of Black rights and Black Americans’ ability to have representation, it is a fatal blow to multiracial democracy.
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I say it again and again: Because we don’t learn the real history of this country, we do not understand what this country is capable of. After 1870, 22 Black men served in Congress. By 1901, because of racist SCOTUS rulings, electoral coups and election cheating and violence, there were none.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Dear god. Very, very serious allegations of mass civil rights violations at the State of Florida's Everglades immigration detention center (officially known as "Alligator Alcatraz").
Attorneys representing immigrants held at the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site alleged Friday in federal court that guards beat and pepper-sprayed detainees after a protest over lost phone access — allegations they argue show state and federal officials defying a recent court order protecting detainees’ civil rights. In a court filing in Fort Myers, lawyers with the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation and civil rights groups said officers at the controversial Everglades facility entered a unit earlier this month and physically assaulted detainees. One man was thrown to the ground and “severely beat,” according to his attorney, who submitted photographs to the court showing her client with a black eye. The attorney, Katie Blankenship of the legal-services organization Sanctuary of the South, wrote in a sworn declaration that officers broke another detainee’s wrist and “pepper sprayed everyone in the cage.” The violence, the attorneys say, erupted after site employees abruptly cut off detainees’ access to phones on April 2 — eliminating what they described as their clients’ only connection to legal counsel and their families. The day-long prohibition came less than a week after Middle District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell issued an order expanding Alligator Alcatraz detainees’ access to their lawyers and their ability to use phones at the remote pop-up facility.
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The year is 2026. You, the biggest putz in the world, are Vice President to a man you once described as ”Hitler”. That president threatens genocide. The pope condemns war and genocide. You tell the Pope to stick to issues of morality. You somehow find a way to sleep at night.
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
This whole thread. ❤️‍🔥👏🏼
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
All honor to the Hungarian people for showing the way.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Given Trump’s Easter threats to carry out new war crimes in Iran, we should think one or two steps ahead about a coup attempt connected to the war. And then deter it. (1/17)
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Stephen Morrison @stephen-morrison.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
"This Trump is totally different than the one we made up in our heads!"
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Headline from West Virginia: wtov9.com/news/local/r...
wtov9.com
Rising fuel costs strain Brooke County EMS budget, director says
Rising fuel prices are starting to ripple into public safety budgets in Brooke County, where emergency management officials say suppliers are already warning of
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Wheeling, West Virginia. #NoKings #WV
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
It gets more difficult to recruit for ICE once a person’s prefrontal cortex fully matures.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Last 14 months of Biden's term: +1.74m jobs First 14 months of Trump's term: 150,000 jobs (total! for the whole 14 months!) www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
It may seem trivial, unglamorous, and even hackneyed, but this message is something I think about a lot these days and believe is the only redemptive path our culture has: www.neil.blog/full-speech-...
neil.blog
'What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness' by George Saunders — Neil Pasricha
Delivered by George Saunders ( Source: The Ladders )
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Republicans breaking the bones of military veterans who are exercising their 1st Amendment rights seems like something that all Americans should be against but seriously questioning the morality of about 1/4 of us.
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I guess when you’re this rich it doesn’t matter that in a few decades one of your homes will be under the ocean.
nytimes.com
The New Miami Gold Rush
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Literally everything that is going wrong in the US is directly tied to our country’s inability to reckon with and overcome white patriarchy. It is our collective karma.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Our federal government killed a disabled genocide survivor and is covering up for a child rapist. And that is just today’s news. It is just unconscionable to be treating this as normal or acceptable in any way. www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...
investigativepost.org
Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol dies in Buffalo.
A nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol miles from his home dies in Buffalo after having been missing for nearly a week.
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Hillbilly_Ivy_League @rossman81.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Hope this paradigm shifts outside of sports, too. 💛💛💛
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Doc, does this gyre look like it's widening to you?
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