the Bluetooth thing is crazy but also if they don’t like sunscreen, pesticides and fluoride this problem just might sort itself out.

sorry i stopped listening as soon as i heard you say “seed oils”

one thing about it, the appalachian podcasters are gonna sell merch

gotta start teaching kids education is important, professionalism is important — but a lot of times, you get work just by proving you're a good hang.

don't know if i've just spent too long wearing headphones and editing audio, but have y'all noticed lots of youtubers are using AI to "clean up" the narration on their videos? it sounds so sterile and fake and bad.

it's unfortunate "karen" has become the name for all mean old white ladies, because the actual "karens" i've met are the sweetest, kindest people ever.

some boys really stop smiling for photos in 5th grade and make that a permanent feature of their personality. life is short, men. american masculinity is a prison. smile in those Easter photos with your beautiful families. that's how you want your kids to remember you.

When Pastor John Langenstein found out he’d been assigned North View UMC, everyone he talked to had the same response: “Oh, you’re going to the egg church.”

Everybody acted like climate change was a big joke — and now we have tornadoes in West Virginia.

The slavery section of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture was one of the most heart-rending things I've seen in my life. I remain shaken by it. And I am immensely grateful for that experience. There will never be healing in this nation until we reckon with our sins.

thin dime hard times Hell on Church Street blues

It finally happened. I forgot how old I am. I just realized that for at least the last 6 months I’ve been telling people I’m a year older than I actually am.

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not enough money when your job is to commit federal crimes, tbh. i’d need mid- high- six figures.

BREAKING: Homeland Security suddenly and illegally announced that it's ending a legally binding collective bargaining agreement with 50,000 TSA workers and their union.

poll: what song should be considered a war crime and why is it billy joel's "for the longest time"

the thing about tommy tuberville is, he says the kinds of things you'd imagine someone named "tommy tuberville" would say

Winston Churchill visiting the WH in 1942. Not wearing a suit

same people who want English to be the U.S. national language also think this is a Christian nation. but the Kingdom of God is a congregation of "all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues."

And they’re going to lose again.

My latest radio story takes us to New Vrindaban, West Virginia. It’s a Hare Krishna community in the state’s northern panhandle, best know for its opulent Palace of Gold. But this story ain’t about that. I went to see the kitchens of New Vrindaban.

Read the whole thing, but in short: when a judge issues a civil contempt order, law enforcement (in federal cases, the U.S. Marshalls) works for the courts and no one else.

At this point, there are only two options: A) Elon is so dishonest that he is willing to peddle obvious lies to score PR points B) Elon really is this stupid

Tweet of the Night 🏆

Ok look I don’t know a lot about rap but is there any chance at all Kendrick could handle our Elon Musk problem through song.

custard stand might use AI, but skeenies would never

A 19-year-old West Virginia resident with intellectual disabilities, for example, was not able to start a job at Goodwill on Monday because a nonprofit group that facilitates employment had not received the federal grant money it requested last week.

i’m not the kind of parent who does school projects for his kid which is hard because i know i could still rock a diorama. that school wouldn’t know what hit it.

Do not comply in advance.

me, after taking a knife and cutting the world in two: “wow, wayyyy more worms than i expected.”

opening a cafe where the patrons have to walk backward. gonna call it “butt first coffee”

Timothy Snyder’s “On Tyranny,” Rule No. 1: Do not obey in advance.

I mean yes, there is such a concept in Christianity. It appears quite notably in the letters of Paul, for instance, where it’s a concept he *relentlessly* argues against, and in the Gospel where it’s a concept Jesus very much repeatedly scorns. So it is technically in there!

if you see this post, your actions are: - if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this - if you don't have a spare buck, just repost your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive

Sometimes, when I open my front door, I find a little aluminum pie plate there on my front step. But it's not from Door Dash or Uber Eats — it's the ugly leftovers from my neighbor Kim Kerr's cinnamon roll business. (They might look ugly but they taste amazing.)

despite all the stimulant and nonstimulant medications developed for ADHD over the last couple decades, i don’t think anything has led to a greater quality of life improvement for my people than the invention of the apple airtag

The call to be merciful isn’t just for Presidents. It’s for all of us.

i try to be an optimist but good lord if this bird flu thing pops off 1. nobody's working from home, 2. no schools will be canceled, 3. nobody's wearing a mask, 4. nobody's developing a vaccine and 5. lots of people are going to die and somehow it will be joe biden's fault.

If you’re upset by a woman prophetically speaking truth to power, allow me to introduce you to Jesus’ mom: “God has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble. God has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty.” -Luke 1:52-53

he that hath an ear, let him hear.

faithful Christians are about to find out what Jesus really meant when he talked about being hated for His name's sake.

alright you wanna know how to support trans people? hire them. It's REALLY hard already for visibly trans people to get jobs, even before this shit. Support places that have trans people working front of house, and make sure owners know that's part of why you're there.

until this morning i thought onyx storm was a pokemon thing

If you cant afford art, or cant draw or whatever yourself, USE PUBLIC DOMAIN IMAGES NOT AI.

well. the horse is back in the hospital.

ain’t it crazy how evangelicals only seem to dig up that scripture about “obeying those that have authority over you” when their guy is in the White House