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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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apnews.com
China has kept its promise to stop funding overseas coal, but loopholes are helping coal expand
It has been five years since China promised the United Nations to stop funding overseas coal projects.
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
For my journo friends, some helpful, digestible stuff on the (un)realities of voter fraud. WV #WestVirginia #journalism #Election2026
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Microplastics in soil pose global threat by acting like ‘Trojan horse’ to deliver toxins. Exclusive: Plastic surfaces form hotspots with an increase of antibiotic-resistant genes, study finds. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Microplastics in soil pose global threat by acting like ‘Trojan horse’ to deliver toxins
Exclusive: Plastic surfaces form hotspots for interaction between plastics, microbes and agrochemicals
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
How 'bout 'em 'Eers? #wvumountaineers #WVUFootball #WestVirginia #WVU #WV
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KFF @kff.org · 18/09/2026
Tightening state fiscal conditions — combined with other budgetary pressures, like federal Medicaid spending cuts in the 2025 reconciliation law — may increase the likelihood of states enacting Medicaid restrictions: on.kff.org/3SVUbIB
Map shows the percent change in state general fund spending, FY 2026 over FY 2025. State Fiscal Conditions Are Tightening: 11 States Experienced Reductions in General Fund Spending in FY 2026.
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Mountain Mama was looking pretty good this evening. #WestVirginia
Snowshoe, WV at sunset.
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Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Delighted our Element, Gender & Local Political Ambition, is out in the world! Look for a substantive thread with key findings soon! Shout out to the Representation of Women Lab, supported by @rooneyinstitute.bsky.social, @francoinstitutend.bsky.social, and our friends at the nonprofit United WE.
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
As a cocktail guy, I can say that 5 of these are not, in fact, worth trying.
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I do a lot of translation in my job. The issues important to average people are actually really easy to understand. He does too. Just doesn't want to do his job.
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
One thing I hate about college football season is the media's compulsory human-interest stories. I just can't bring myself to care who their girlfriends/boyfriends are, the bar fights that put them in jail, etc. I'd just as soon watch AI slop cause it's about as compelling. #endrant
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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 10/09/2026
New from us: Anthropic just published scenarios for AI’s possible economic impacts, which range from minimal, to explosive GDP growth of 15% by 2030 as knowledge-worker unemployment hits 18%. I sat down with their co-founder Jack Clark to pick his brains on how they’re thinking about all of this.
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Yep. The answer is at our fingertips. That ain't changing though, not in our lifetimes.
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Important 📃
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
#APSA2026 - pillowy whitecaps hide the darkness beneath.
A Guinness at Dillon's pub in Boston, MA.
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This guy knows stuff. Epic 🧵.
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Rest in Power, Dolly. You were the best of us. 😭
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
👀 #Appalachians
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This week at the 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙮, we have the palliative for your week at work. Join us for Jasper's "Secret" Mix, how to throw a real banger, and a great rum punch from the King of Caribbean bartending. 🍹
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Jasper's Planter's Punch
A rum punch from the King of Caribbean bartending
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Mark Lubell @envpolicycenter.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
How many episodes of extreme heat can Europe(or anywhere) endure before we see mass climate migration? If we could accurately measure climate migration, it is surely already happening all over the world. apnews.com/article/ital...
apnews.com
Europe heat wave puts all major Italian cities on red alert as Austria sets heat record
Italy has placed all major cities under the highest heat alert as Europe faces a severe heat wave. This extreme weather has set a national temperature record in Austria, fueled wildfires in France, an...
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Lori Kersey @lorikerseywv.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Huntington community organizers start ballot initiative to prohibit Flock cameras westvirginiawatch.com/2026/08/06/h...
westvirginiawatch.com
Huntington community organizers start ballot initiative to prohibit Flock cameras • West Virginia Watch
Organizers are starting an effort that, if successful, would prohibit Flock Safety surveillance devices in Huntington.
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Dan Appalachia @danappalachia.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A massive data center is being built in Tucker County, WV - one of the most beautiful, pristine areas in the east. But even worse, state govt passed a bill eliminating local govts authority to regulate such projects. How Tucker residents lost any say on a data center share.google/Roa23mEhGWgi...
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As Tucker County locals uncovered plans for a data center, lawmakers shut them out of decision-making
Tucker County residents fought for details of a data center campus planned in their community. Lawmakers made sure they couldn’t do anything about it.
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Let me add that knowing for sure you need to find your own water and proper rural waste disposal is infinitely better than trusting a failing utility with your health and paying for the privilege.
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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 06/08/2026
COMMENTARY: Beautiful clean water. Four counties. Two days. Hardly any notice. That describes the water listening tour Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Tuesday morning in Huntington, West Virginia, an area we all of course associate with bad water, I guess, writes Quenton King.
westvirginiawatch.com
Morrisey’s listening tour won’t fix West Virginia’s water issues, but that was never the point
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Everyone wants econ development and growth. But, in the era of decreasing population, esp for small and mid-size towns, this isn't very responsible thinking. Need good thinking on how to do govt smaller and better or if need be, not at all.
wvmetronews.com
Former Worthington mayor seeks to dissolve the town, declare the sewer system distressed - WV MetroNews
Debbie Helfin says no one cares anymore.
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Maggie Kimberl @lougirl502.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
www.alcoholprofessor.com/blog-posts/a...
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American Whiskey Report July 2026 | Alcohol Professor
The latest and greatest from the world of American Whiskey
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
If my cats are an indication, the perspective and scale here represents a worldview they actually hold.
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Flock cameras in WV, courtesy of deflock.org.
maps.deflock.org
DeFlock Maps | ALPR Camera Map & Privacy Routes
Explore ALPR camera locations and plan privacy-optimized routes across the United States.
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Also, great use-case for stacked bar charts, whether vertical or horizontal. Should have used them on the map.
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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
@energyinnovation.org on the impact of federal energy policy decisions since Jan 2025: 152GW lost clean energy capacity additions through 2030 and 637GW through 2040, an extra $650bn in energy costs for households, and $2.3trn in lost GDP 2026-2040: thepowerline.substack.com/p/federal-en... 🔌💡
thepowerline.substack.com
Federal Energy Policy Will Increase Energy Bills, Cut Off Affordable Electricity Generation Additions
More emissions, higher consumer costs, dirtier air, and less power when we need it most
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The WV Legislature is looking like they will, thankfully, weigh in on the debate over Flock cameras. I don't think a lot of folks realize that even the most progressive towns or cities are undermining privacy with these contracts - and unwittingly or dimwittedly abetting the surveillance state.
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The Daily West Virginia Weakly for August 3, 2026
GOP disavows Pritt, school clothing vouchers and Mary Lou Retton wins Olympic gold
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Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This is a distraction and a political stunt ahead of the midterms. If the ratepayer protection is to happen at all, it won't be from the White House but rather from FERC and state PUCs: www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
eenews.net
Trump expands data center power price pledge
Most Republican governors are signing — even as Democratic counterparts say there's been no outreach from the White House.
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This week at the 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙮, we refuse to confine whisky to fall and winter. Join us for more Appalachian fruits, Churchill, and Chickens. 🍸
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Raspberry Scotch Whisky Highball
Whisky isn't just for winter
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Yes, too many people miss that point. For folks that just think the administration is inept in everything, you'd be hard pressed to find a president in the last 200 years who was better at getting what they want. You could also say no president learned the lessons of his first term better.
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Kent Willis MD @kentwillismd.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Waterproof Watch 1.5 oz Dorthy Parker NY gin 0.75 oz amaro Montenegro 0.75 oz Aperol 2 dashes pimento bitters #cocktail #PCCMeats #neosky #medsky #scicocktail
Drink with the requisite bottles
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Gonna be a lot more of this - even here in Morgantown (where I'm on our water utility board), we have thousands of attempts to breach the systems governing drinking water and wastewater.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I can't stress enough what a crisis this is. Trump's own intelligence agencies concluded that Iran attacked Minnesota's critical infrastructure and Trump is saying that it's Minnesota's own fault and denying it was Iran. The federal government won't defend blue states in a literal war.
nytimes.com
U.S. Sees Iran as Likely Behind Cyberattack on Minnesota Water Systems (Gift Article)
Investigators cautioned that the assessment was preliminary. There were no indications that any water supply had been rendered unsafe to drink.
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American Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
From our FirstView: Still Instrumentally Inclusive by STUART J. TURNBULL-DUGARTE and ALBERTO LÓPEZ ORTEGA. doi.org/10.1017/S000...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
US oil inventories fall to ‘precariously low’ level as Iran war disrupts supply www.ft.com/content/86f3...
ft.com
US oil inventories fall to ‘precariously low’ level as Iran war disrupts supply
Decline could erode ability to supply Asian and European markets dependent on supplies from the Middle East
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Fun chart apnews.com/article/groc...
Grocery shopping putting a strain on family budgets
The price of food purchased for home use rose 33% from 2019 through June 2026. Consumers now are buying fewer of their favorite foods or less food overall.
Change in at home food prices, U.S. cities chart
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
To my point.
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Also, add these to Flock Cameras, which are entering contracts with even the most progressive cities for facial recognition, tracking, etc.
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Yes. And I think on the ground, we're going to be studying gambling soon the same way we study the cocaine and opioid epidemics in a future decade. It saturates life for a few generations younger than me, especially among young men.
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Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
An irony of the current discourse about standards of social science research is it reproduces the very shoddy practices it decries: confirmation bias, correlation-causation fallacy, ecological fallacy, over-generalization, cherry-picking anecdotal evidence, advocacy over empirics
wsj.com
Essay | Is It Time to ‘Liquidate’ the Study of Sociology?
Sociology has long been tasked with investigating society’s most pressing challenges. But these days, sociologists’ greatest obstacle may be themselves.
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
No idea what these metrics are, but there's a lot face validity on both dimensions for the Mountain State. We're very very prepared and not very flexible. WV
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This week at the 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙮, join us for a discussion of the world's finest peaches, Tiki Old-Fashioneds, a recipe for a sugar-free simple syrup, and one of our finest Marines. 🍸
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Tom's Tiki Triple — A Tiki-Inspired, Sugar-Free, Rum Old-Fashioned
Triple your rum, triple your fun
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Doug Thompson @dithomps.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The earliest surviving Egyptian papyrus is the daily logbook of a bureaucrat named Merer (ca. 2550 BCE). Merer supervised the production of limestone for the outer shell of the Great Pyramids at Giza. Many of the “great achievements of civilization” have indeed “come from government bureaus.”
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Superb. #datacenters
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Ivana Dragicevic (@ivdragicevic)
My message for you today:
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Marcella Alsan @marcellaalsan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Open access in QJE!📢 Using newly assembled archival data, we show how the AMA's nationwide campaign against national health insurance, labeling it "socialized medicine" and promoting private insurance, helped steer the U.S. away from universal health care academic.oup.com/qje/article/...
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Why Doesn’t the United States Have National Health Insurance? The Political Role of the American Medical Association
Abstract. This article examines how the American Medical Association (AMA) helped shape the development of the U.S. health insurance system in the critical
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American Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
From our FirstView: New Evidence and Design Considerations for Repeated Measure Experiments in Survey Research by @dianamejordan.bsky.social, TRENT OLLERENSHAW and @atrexler.com. doi.org/10.1017/S000....
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