Andrew Koricich
@drandrewk.bsky.social
Executive Director @arrc.bsky.social | Professor of Higher Ed @appalachianstate.bsky.social | PI @ruraltalentlabs.bsky.social | Studying rural higher ed | Rescue dog dad | National Parks enthusiast | Amateur chef | Proud Appalachian | 🏳️🌈
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Andrew Koricich
@drandrewk.bsky.social
· Mar 17
We are excited to share that ARRC has secured a $7.25 million grant from Ascendium Education Group to launch the Rural Talent Development & Attraction Lab over the next 4 years under the leadership of @drandrewk.bsky.social & in collaboration w/ @sheeoed.bsky.social.bsky.social and HCM Strategists.
The @ruraltalentlab.bsky.social is one of those projects that feels like a dream come true. An amazing team, a collaborative funder, and a vision for a better future. We can’t wait to get started!
So, I guess @reuters.com is no longer a reliable or respectable news outlet.
Nicolas Maduro's heavy-handed rule in Venezuela is finally ended by Trump reut.rs/3YWbo3K
Nicolas Maduro's heavy-handed rule in Venezuela is finally ended by Trump
Nicolas Maduro ruled Venezuela with a heavy hand for more than 12 years, presiding over deep economic and social crises and resisting pressure from domestic opponents and foreign governments for political change.
reut.rs
January 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
So, I guess @reuters.com is no longer a reliable or respectable news outlet.
I had a chance to talk to @bethmacy.bsky.social when she was working on her most recent book. It was a true delight, and she is the real deal! I will be cheering her on from one state down!
Delighted to be quoted in this piece about the fabulous @bethmacy.bsky.social running for Congress in Virginia's ruby-red 6th District.
She’s Written Bestsellers About Appalachian Struggles. She’s Running for Office. But Don’t Compare Her to JD Vance.
“Dopesick” author Beth Macy’s unlikely bid for Congress.
www.politico.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I had a chance to talk to @bethmacy.bsky.social when she was working on her most recent book. It was a true delight, and she is the real deal! I will be cheering her on from one state down!
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Ho-Made
Cotton Valley, LA
Cotton Valley, LA
December 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Ho-Made
Cotton Valley, LA
Cotton Valley, LA
One day, the genAI industry is going to go down in flames. I will be there throwing tinder on the fire and cheering its demise.
"The girls begged for help, first from a school guidance counselor and then from a sheriff’s deputy assigned to their school...The principal had doubts they even existed." 1/
And now one girl is expelled for fighting back.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
And now one girl is expelled for fighting back.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. She was the one expelled
A 13-year-old girl at a Louisiana middle school got into a fight with classmates who were sharing AI-generated nude images of her
abcnews.go.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
One day, the genAI industry is going to go down in flames. I will be there throwing tinder on the fire and cheering its demise.
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The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has finally received full federal recognition, which it has sought since 1888. Tribal leaders were moved to tears after President Trump signed the measure. n.pr/3L95mJU
North Carolina's Lumbee Tribe receives full federal recognition after 137-year effort
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has finally received full federal recognition, which it has sought since 1888. Tribal leaders were moved to tears after President Trump signed the measure.
n.pr
December 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has finally received full federal recognition, which it has sought since 1888. Tribal leaders were moved to tears after President Trump signed the measure. n.pr/3L95mJU
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"A new study has found that eating 50g or more of high-fat cheese a day correlates with a lower risk of developing dementia. That means all cheeses with more than 20 percent fat content, including brie, gouda, cheddar, parmesan, gruyere, and mozzarella." www.sciencealert.com/cheese-linke...
Cheese Linked to Lower Dementia Risk in 25-Year Study
One of the finest foods available to humanity may carry an unexpected benefit.
www.sciencealert.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
"A new study has found that eating 50g or more of high-fat cheese a day correlates with a lower risk of developing dementia. That means all cheeses with more than 20 percent fat content, including brie, gouda, cheddar, parmesan, gruyere, and mozzarella." www.sciencealert.com/cheese-linke...
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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welcome home to your parents’ house, the channels are Yellowstone, masterpiece mystery, and Jimmy fallon, btw someone from your high school died in a real weird way
December 19, 2025 at 5:09 AM
welcome home to your parents’ house, the channels are Yellowstone, masterpiece mystery, and Jimmy fallon, btw someone from your high school died in a real weird way
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if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
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Completely unrelated, but this is an example of a particular aesthetic among white southern men that I call the perpetual 9-year-old haircut. Put this guy in a golf polo of an SEC school and he's interchangeable with the ruling class of many southern cities.
“The board hired Nelson without conducting a search. It is standard practice for boards to convene search committees….
Nelson, a Republican, has no prior work experience in higher education.” lailluminator.com/2025/12/03/l...
Nelson, a Republican, has no prior work experience in higher education.” lailluminator.com/2025/12/03/l...
Louisiana Revenue Secretary Richard Nelson named community college system president • Louisiana Illuminator
A member of Gov. Jeff Landry’s cabinet has been chosen to lead the state’s community and technical college system
lailluminator.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Completely unrelated, but this is an example of a particular aesthetic among white southern men that I call the perpetual 9-year-old haircut. Put this guy in a golf polo of an SEC school and he's interchangeable with the ruling class of many southern cities.
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This is so true and is part of why works like, say, Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead, or the novels of Jesmyn Ward or the late Daniel Woodrell have struck me so powerfully—they not only depict but value whole rural, working class worlds that most art, including most country music, overlooks entirely
I think we lost it in editing but I talked about that very thing. Real rural life is virtually invisible — no art for dollar stores and meth clinics. And its racial diversity is erased. Actual rural people, especially poor ones, cannot access its aesthetic power
This is really important, because it is also about who can access the rural aesthetic. It's not always rural residents!
December 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This is so true and is part of why works like, say, Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead, or the novels of Jesmyn Ward or the late Daniel Woodrell have struck me so powerfully—they not only depict but value whole rural, working class worlds that most art, including most country music, overlooks entirely
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I think we lost it in editing but I talked about that very thing. Real rural life is virtually invisible — no art for dollar stores and meth clinics. And its racial diversity is erased. Actual rural people, especially poor ones, cannot access its aesthetic power
This is really important, because it is also about who can access the rural aesthetic. It's not always rural residents!
Maybe related, maybe not — I talked with Emily Keegin about rural aesthetics and politics
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
December 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I think we lost it in editing but I talked about that very thing. Real rural life is virtually invisible — no art for dollar stores and meth clinics. And its racial diversity is erased. Actual rural people, especially poor ones, cannot access its aesthetic power
Perfect pitch. Perfect timing.
No notes.
😂😂
No notes.
😂😂
This is Mr. Paworotti. His favorite Christmas song is Howl-lelujah. If you'll excuse him, his solo is coming up. 13/10 (TT: therealpaworotti)
December 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Perfect pitch. Perfect timing.
No notes.
😂😂
No notes.
😂😂
At my parents’, who made scratch cinnamon rolls, and can confirm: heavy cream before baking results in a magnificent texture.
He adds: "I also topped the rolls with heavy cream before baking, which is why the bottoms have a gooey, sticky, caramel-y situation going on."
He does his icing like this: www.designeatrepeat.com/cinnamon-rol...
2/2
He does his icing like this: www.designeatrepeat.com/cinnamon-rol...
2/2
Easy Cream Cheese Frosting for Cinnamon Rolls
This cream cheese frosting for cinnamon rolls is easy to make, super delicious, and it has the perfect light, fluffy texture. So good!
www.designeatrepeat.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
At my parents’, who made scratch cinnamon rolls, and can confirm: heavy cream before baking results in a magnificent texture.
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as far as i’m concerned, this is witchcraft
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
as far as i’m concerned, this is witchcraft
This is the kind of anti-social behavior the FBI should be tracking to predict who will become a serial killer.
Not family, but one time in grad school, my now-husband and I hosted a holiday party for friends. There was an apple pie, and rather than cut a slice like a normal person, one of the guests took the serving spoon out of the baked ziti and--without cleaning it--scooped the *middle* out of the pie.
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This is the kind of anti-social behavior the FBI should be tracking to predict who will become a serial killer.
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It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
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🚨🚨 ICE ALERT 🚨🚨
ICE agents have been reported in the Boone (NC) and adjacent areas. They are targeting Christmas tree farms, conducting Kavanaugh stops, and are waiting outside certain stores.
Warn anyone who needs to be. Remember ICE can’t come on your private property w/o judicial warrants.
ICE agents have been reported in the Boone (NC) and adjacent areas. They are targeting Christmas tree farms, conducting Kavanaugh stops, and are waiting outside certain stores.
Warn anyone who needs to be. Remember ICE can’t come on your private property w/o judicial warrants.
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
🚨🚨 ICE ALERT 🚨🚨
ICE agents have been reported in the Boone (NC) and adjacent areas. They are targeting Christmas tree farms, conducting Kavanaugh stops, and are waiting outside certain stores.
Warn anyone who needs to be. Remember ICE can’t come on your private property w/o judicial warrants.
ICE agents have been reported in the Boone (NC) and adjacent areas. They are targeting Christmas tree farms, conducting Kavanaugh stops, and are waiting outside certain stores.
Warn anyone who needs to be. Remember ICE can’t come on your private property w/o judicial warrants.
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DHS fascists are apparently coming to Durham, NC today.
I hate this so fucking much.
Much love to the beautiful people of Durham.
www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
I hate this so fucking much.
Much love to the beautiful people of Durham.
www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
November 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
DHS fascists are apparently coming to Durham, NC today.
I hate this so fucking much.
Much love to the beautiful people of Durham.
www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
I hate this so fucking much.
Much love to the beautiful people of Durham.
www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
🚨🚨 ICE ALERT 🚨🚨
ICE agents have been reported in the Boone (NC) and adjacent areas. They are targeting Christmas tree farms, conducting Kavanaugh stops, and are waiting outside certain stores.
Warn anyone who needs to be. Remember ICE can’t come on your private property w/o judicial warrants.
ICE agents have been reported in the Boone (NC) and adjacent areas. They are targeting Christmas tree farms, conducting Kavanaugh stops, and are waiting outside certain stores.
Warn anyone who needs to be. Remember ICE can’t come on your private property w/o judicial warrants.
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
🚨🚨 ICE ALERT 🚨🚨
ICE agents have been reported in the Boone (NC) and adjacent areas. They are targeting Christmas tree farms, conducting Kavanaugh stops, and are waiting outside certain stores.
Warn anyone who needs to be. Remember ICE can’t come on your private property w/o judicial warrants.
ICE agents have been reported in the Boone (NC) and adjacent areas. They are targeting Christmas tree farms, conducting Kavanaugh stops, and are waiting outside certain stores.
Warn anyone who needs to be. Remember ICE can’t come on your private property w/o judicial warrants.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
I swear, I think I pulled something laughing at this.
November 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I swear, I think I pulled something laughing at this.
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Post Office
Beaverville, IL
Beaverville, IL
November 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Post Office
Beaverville, IL
Beaverville, IL
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"When fast ecotourism growth meets a lack of regulation, especially around property values and sales, those living around “gateway” communities like Fayetteville can find their lives becoming unaffordable — even more so with the steep terrain of the Appalachians further limiting buildable land."
"But John David, director of SALS and long-time labor organizer in the region, said many of the long-time West Virginians SALS works with “don’t relate to the, let’s call it privileged folks” drawn to the area for its beauty and opportunities for outdoor recreation."
Five Years After It Became a National Park, There's a Growing Divide In West Virginia's New River Gorge
Many long-time West Virginians see the divide between their reality of the area — a community that still faces long-standing infrastructure and quality-of-life issues — and the version accessible to t...
www.100daysinappalachia.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"When fast ecotourism growth meets a lack of regulation, especially around property values and sales, those living around “gateway” communities like Fayetteville can find their lives becoming unaffordable — even more so with the steep terrain of the Appalachians further limiting buildable land."