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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If you know me at all, you know I won't miss the sun and warmth. I will miss these folks though. Bring on the dying of the light and end the Tryanny of the Sun. #fallvibes #fallcolors

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Mountain Mama was looking pretty good this evening. #WestVirginia

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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 · 08/07/2026

I'm not sure there's any fighting tech that makes people's lives easier, at least in the short run, regardless of whether it makes lives better. Academic life starting to have an abacus feel.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Calm before the storm, 2026 ed. IYKYK #MPSA

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Folks laud Texas for brisket, but folks sleep on Texas Smoked Turkey (never had it before living there). Given beef prices, went with some pistachio smoked Turkey.

Pistachio smoked Turkey on a cutting board.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Beautiful day in West Virginia. Here's to the shining beacon on a hill. #WVU WV

Woodburn Hall (built 1876) on the downtown campus of West Virginia University.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Good coverage by @bradmcelhinny.bsky.social on early tea-leaf-reading in WV. Dem's filed candidates in most races - a signal about national level prospects. But in the state, midterms are super low turnout elections.

County election turnout maps (choropleths) for West Virginia.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

The newest map of data centers, real and planned (imagined?), and transmission from the NREL (now National Lab of the Rockies). 🔌💡 🏛️ 📊📈

National Lab of the Rockies map of data centers transmission, and planned data centers.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Good geospatial analysis by @pewresearch.org this year on the siting of data centers. It's not likely that we are setting our phones, computers, and other systems aside anytime soon. As a professor, ask me how I know. 1/2 💡🔌 🏛️ #WestVirginia #rural

Map of the U.S. displaying the locations of data centers and siting.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Fresh Kiwi juice before clarification.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Need that fresh squeezed lemon juice.

A juice press filling a cup full of lemon juice.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

This weekend is Winter Solstice, the shortest day and longest night. That's right, the best day of the year. The heathens are coming to celebrate. First, the oleo saccharum #cocktails

An oleo saccharum of lemon peels and cane sugar crystals.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

It was an honor to stop by Becca Coltogirone's class this past Friday to discuss when, why, and how science matters in the policy process. The students were bright, engaged, and quick to grasp what it means to be publicly engaged scientists. #publicpolicy #science #WestVirginia #letsgo #wvubiology

Professor Sam Workman in front of a white board with WVU Biology students seated.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

There is a little place called Reims, fount of Kings and the Nectar of the Gods. No cocktail surpasses it's straw glow. Happy TG everybody. 🍾 #champagne

Taittinger Champagne in a vintage champagne flute atop a wooden table.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

If anyone wonders about the milk washed version, here it is... #cocktails 🍸🍹

A milk-washed version of a "Without Faculty" cocktail with brulee banana and sitting atop a wooden table.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

"And yet I have had the weakness... to wish you to know with what a sudden mastery you kindled me, heap of ashes that I am, into fire". - A Tale of Two Cities @davidwondrich.bsky.social

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

This weeks cocktail honors a great culture and one of its finest scientists - Fernandito with Dark Chocolate Zonda. Kudos if you've experienced the Zondas. Here's to you Leti, welcome to the Mountain Mama. Time to tip one. #cocktails 🍸 🍹

Fernandito with Dark Chocolate Zonda (Espooma) in a sling glass with orange peel, cherry, and mint garnish sitting atop a wooden table.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

The invasion has reached the sacred cocktail lands of Morgantown. #spottedlanternfly

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

It's Negroni week, so Thirsty Thursday calls for a special cocktail. I find someone close to me doesn't always appreciate a Negroni. If you have someone similar in life, expand your mind. Today's post creates the perfect pair. Time to tip one. Mr. Negroni and Mrs. Contessa. #cocktails 🍸🍹

A Negroni and Contessa cocktail with citrus garnish in rocks glasses, side by side on a roof.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Behind every powerful woman is a man who's job it is to look exquisite, like a fine handbag. Adonis was that man for Aphrodite. Glorious equinox is upon us. Good riddance summer. Time to tip one. #cocktails 🍸🍹

Adonis cocktail in a champagne coupe sitting in the sun.

An Adonis cocktail in a champagne coupe sitting on a wooden table.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Cocktail Sunday afternoon this week is the Pegu Club, AKA, "Margaritas are better with gin." Time to tip one. #cocktails 🍸 🍹

Pegu Club cocktail in a coupe glass sitting on wood in sunlight.

Pegu Club cocktail Ina coupe glass sitting in sunlight on a window sill.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

As summer wanes, our spirits are in transition to colder, darker, better days. Rum is a spirit that soldiers on into Fall/Winter. This one is turn of the last century old, a president among cocktails. 🍸🍹 #cocktails

A Presidente, cocktail sitting on a window sill in a coupe glass with orange peel garnish.

A Presidente, cocktail sitting on a wooden table in a coupe glass with orange peel garnish.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

This week's cocktail packs a lot of flavor in a low ABV drink. Restorative and elegant as a quiet bamboo forest. #cocktails 🍸 🍹

A Bamboo cocktail with Sherry and Vermouth in a coupe glass with orange peel garnish.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

A few too many of these and you will assuredly see the lord. This week's cocktail is the Angel Face. #cocktails 🍸🍹

An Angel Face cocktail with gin, Calvados, and apricot liqueur atop a wooden table with orange peel garnish.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Voronoff thought grafting in a monkeys testicles would extend life and vitality. This definitely won't make you live longer, but you'll be more vigorous for the weekend. 🍸🍹 #cocktails

A Monkey Gland cocktail with gin, orange juice, Absinthe, and Grenadine in a coupe sitting atop a wooden table.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

This week's cocktail has its roots in The Levant - home to beautiful flavor combinations that stoke something ancient inside us. This is Byblos. 🍸🍹 #cocktails

A vodka cocktail with vodka, feta-washed vodka, watermelon cordial and basil oil in a coupe glass.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Let's ease into the weekend with a sunrise fit for sunset. Midnight Sun. 🍸🍹 #cocktails #poliscidrinks #appalachiadrinks

Riff on a Tequila Sunrise cocktail with tequila, coconut Clarified Cara Cara orange juice, orange Cordial, and Grenadine.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

If you want something simple that will blow your mind, make strawberry syrup. Add an 1.5 oz of brandy, and 0.75 oz Strawberry syrup to your champagne, and add an orange slice garnish 🤌

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

This week's cocktail is a summer treat and true blending of cultures. Pick a ripe one and the balls will make it shine. All hail Cantaloupe. #cocktails 🍸🍹

A cocktail of tequila, Cantaloupe, pink peepercorn, and lime in a coupe glass atop stone.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

And speaking of Harahorn Gin 🇳🇴, it makes an excellent Gimlet to ease you into Friday. 🍸🍹 #cocktails

A Gin Gimlet in a Nick 'n Nora glass with mint garnish.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

It's been a week. Time for a little cocktail booster. This time, it's my take on The Gage's (Chicago) San Juan Deluxe. I'll call it The Tropic of Winston. #cocktails 🍸🍹

A Scotch highball with lime cordial and lemon garnish in a highball sitting on stone.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

We are rapidly coming to the close of berry season here in Appalachia. This week's cocktail is a 2 parter. The first installment is the classic French Martini. Stayed tuned for part 2. 🍸🍹#cocktails

A French Martini in a Martini glass with raspberry garnish.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Thanks to climate change and new local fauna, a heavy does of antibiotics have robbed me of this weeks cocktail allotment. I've taken it as a sign to check a mocktail off my list. So, this week, drink to your health. My version of a Shirley Temple. 🍸🍹#mocktail #cocktails

A Shirley Temple cocktail with Italian red bitter soda, lemon and lime juice, and of course, Grenadine in a highball glass with cherry garnish.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Happy Independence Day! And Vive La France! Like this cocktail, we needed a touch of French help to get it just right. L’Étoile Libre!

A rum cocktail with a split base and lime cordial in a Nick and Nora glass with thin lime wheel.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

When I was really young, my grandfather would make cordials for everyone to sip on the weekend. It's a tradition that's mostly dead, but it's this week's "cocktail." Red Berry Basil Cordial 🍸🍹 #cocktails #mixology #drinks

Strawberry-Raspberry-Basil cordial in a highball glass with mint sprig.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Doing some research for a Fernet cocktail (for a friend). This is a good one. Boots with Fer - People's Perscription Cocktails, Alexandria, VA.

Fernet Branca cocktail with almond orgeat, Laird's 86, lemon, vegan foam, and sage.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Here's to France and all cultures that take botanical gardens seriously. Jardin Royale - Think fondly of times in Reims. #cocktails 🍸🍹

A Champagne cocktail in a flute with Elderflower liqueur and Genepi with edible flower garnish.

A Champagne cocktail in a coupe with Elderflower liqueur and Genepi with edible flower garnish.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Interesting figure by the Economist when considering economic development strategies and indisyry/firm targeting in state/local planning. #economicdevelopment #WV

A figure delineating work-life balance across a range of companies and industries showing which are better/worse from a human well-being perspective.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

So long to Spring's temperate nature. The tyranny of the sun is upon us. This is a farewell to our gin-focused conversations and it's my all-time favorite cocktail. Read ahead for an opinionated take on the Bramble. 🍸🍹#cocktails #poliscideinks #WestVirginia

A blackberry Bramble with lime cordial and mint syrup in a rocks glass on stone.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

This week's #cocktail is for an old friend. She's the best in the business at the science of water policy and biggest Cynar fan I know. Here you go @eakoebele.bsky.social, Cardoon's Cousin! #keepingmyword. 🍸🍹🥃 #WestVirginia #poliscidrinks

A Cynar cobbler cocktail with Lillet Rouge, lemon, and grenadine in a rocks glass with orange peel garnish.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Spring is sadly coming to an end, a casualty of the tyranny of the sun. Here is a cocktail for contemplating the enormity of it all and recall cooler, colorful days. 🍸🍹🥃 #cocktails #poliscidrinks #WestVirginia

A gin and sake cocktail with lychee liqueur in a coupe glass with cherry garnish.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Long week means a bonus cocktail. Perfect weather in middle Appalachia for an Amaretto Sour. This Jeff Morgenthaler's spec. 🍸🍹🥃 #cocktails #WestVirginia #poliscidrinks #amaretto #bourbon #lemon

An Amaretto Sour cocktail in a rocks glass with foamy top and lean peel garnish.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Earlier this week, we posted a map on county-level spending in the general fiscal category of "Culture and Recreation." Today, we examine one of the most important institutional cogs within the category—Public Libraries. #publiclibraries #economicdevelopment #publicpolicy #rural #localgovernment

This is a choropleth map of the public library's proportion of county spending within the general category "Culture and Recreation" in West Virginia.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Along with diversification in the energy sector for oil and gas, West Virginia has a strong, emergent economy around tourism, culture, the arts, and recreation. WV #artsandculture #economicdevelopment #westvirginia #localgovernment #counties #rural #publicpolicy

A county choropleth map of per capita spending on the the general category "Culture and Recreation" in West Virginia.

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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Happy Cinco de Mayo to my Mexican brothers and sisters who found a way to make superb liquor in an unforgiving environment. A true testament to innovativeness and problem solving. 🍸🍹#poliscidrinks #cocktails #WestVirginia WV

A Tequila cocktail with Tajin rim and lime wheel in a coupe glass.

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