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Emily Hilliard
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Folklorist & writer | MAKING OUR FUTURE: VISIONARY FOLKLORE & EVERYDAY CULTURE IN APPALACHIA (UNC Press 2022) | @spinstersounds.bsky.social co-owner | @thefemalebobdylan.bsky.social podcast |
Please say he’ll be playing Alan Partridge 🙏
January 17, 2026 at 2:50 AM
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO

this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide.

He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
January 15, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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Pre-order It Is Not Enough to Survive: The Young Patriots Story (5/26) NOW and get 30% off. On sale @UNC_Press til the end of the month.

Featuring: Rednecks, Black Panthers, & Blue Ribbon Beer! Colonel Sanders watching the 1968 DNC riots! High-grade People Power! & more!

Link below⤵️
January 13, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Dreamt I was attending some type of conference all about the cassette tape. The name tags were old tape labels. If a gathering like this doesn't exist like this already, maybe it should??
January 13, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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We have a long road ahead of us but our team is built for this moment. Thanks for the support! 🌾
Hi folks, I'm seeing a lot of "Eyes on Minneapolis" & "We support Minnesota" sentiment. Here's a tangible way you can help:

Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org.

Please donate what you can.

www.2harvest.org
Second Harvest Heartland | Local Minnesota, Wisconsin food bank | 2harvest.org
There is more than enough food for everyone. As one of the nation’s largest hunger relief agencies, it’s our job to make sure healthy, nutritious food gets to the households who need it. Every day, we...
www.2harvest.org
January 12, 2026 at 1:05 AM
RIP Bobby Weir! 🌹

youtu.be/-_UCpLbx7yU?...
Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia Montage (1971, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1991) LoloYodel
YouTube video by LoloYodel
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January 11, 2026 at 1:06 AM
For the past 10 months I've been researching the history of
knitting in Appalachia via archives, museums, and with sheep farmers, wool producers & practitioners here and in Ireland. I'll be presenting on my work to date at this year's Knitting History Forum knittinghistory.co.uk/meet-the-spe...
Meet the speaker: Emily Hilliard
The next annual Knitting History Forum conference is on Saturday 7 February 2026, with presentations on the history of knitting. The conference is hosted online and tickets are available to purchas…
knittinghistory.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says they've been informed by the FBI that US DOJ has said FBI will solely lead the investigation into Renee Nicole Good's killing by a federal officer. State investigators no longer have access to "case materials, scene evidence/investigative interviews"
January 8, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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"Soothing and transportive from start to finish, this is a record to sink yourself into and get to know intimately well." Thank you @recordcratesunited.bsky.social! recordcratesunited.com/2025/12/29/w...
Wednesday Knudsen – Atrium
As 2025 draws to a close, I’m continuing to highlight some of the best albums of the year that I’ve had the pleasure of listening to. This is one of them. Over the years as a member of …
recordcratesunited.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Finally facing facts that no non-dairy egg nog is as good as the real stuff :(
December 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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As a close friend of Dory's, a performer of her music, and one of the carriers of her legacy (and her microphone !), Julia shares stories of Dory's painting and needlepointing in her Berkshires farmhouse, Frank Sinatra's deaf cat, and plans for the Dory Previn archive.
NEW EPISODE: We talk with Julia Greenberg, co-director of the excellent 2024 documentary, "Dory Previn: On My Way to Where." The film recounts Dory's far-flung creative life at the intersection of classic Hollywood, pop music, and Laurel Canyon bohemia. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
S2 Episode 3 Bonus: Documenting Dory Previn wsg Julia Greenberg
Podcast Episode · The Female Bob Dylan · S2, E3 Bonus · 35m
podcasts.apple.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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I've been a bit quieter than usual these past months because @astra.bsky.social and I have been going deep into what we are calling End Times Fascism. The research has been bleak, I won't lie, but it's also been inspiring.
December 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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So great to see Wednesday Knudsen’s ATRIUM on this list! “Each title evokes an image or feeling (such as “Place of Dream,” “Room and Window,” “Skyline”) that the listener can focus on while immersing themselves in her sound poems.” daily.bandcamp.com/best-of-2025...
The Best Experimental Music of 2025
These are the best experimental music releases of the year.
daily.bandcamp.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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In celebration of the last Bandcamp Friday of 2025, we're offering 20% off all releases & merch—hats, tapes, pins, stickers, LPs & digital albums—Friday 12/5 only, w/ code BCFRIDAY25

Your support helps our amazing artists & keeps this little feminist label going strong! spinstersounds.bandcamp.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Cranberry Chess Pie & Pecan Pie with Brown Sugar (no Karo) and Bourbon
November 28, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Waltz with us again!
🍗New Episode🍗 In which we rate the Last Waltz performances on a scale from "superior" to "madness/genius?" We also discuss Levon Helm's thousand yard stare, visit Garth Hudson's mulch factory & consider the correlation (or causation?) between V-neck depth and ego

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Episode 6: The Official FBD Last Waltz Tier List with Kana Zink
Podcast Episode · The Female Bob Dylan · 11/27/2024 · 58m
podcasts.apple.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Love to make a little make a little ramekin pie preview
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Making Our Future— my book on the visionary potential of grassroots culture in West Virginia—just celebrated its 3rd birthday. Some day I’ll write another one! uncpress.org/978146967162...
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
It was an honor to review & blurb the legendary Alice Gerrard's new memoir, out now w/ @uncpress.bsky.social!

I was trying to work in a mention of how she taught her dog to grab her a beer from the fridge (as just one example of her legendary status) but I couldn't quite make it work
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Dory Previn got “Female Bob Dylan-ed” before her 1st album even came out!

Big thanks to the Dory Previn Documnetary co-director Julia Greenberg for sharing this clipping from Dory’s media scrapbook.

Listen to our new episode “Screaming in the Car with Dory Previn” wherever you get your podcasts.
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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We deep dive into her writing and the way she translates emotion and experience into song, detouring to talk mental health advocacy, Valley of the Dolls, Catholicism and more. As a wise man (Sarah Bachman) once said, you will love Dory Previn if you've ever really snapped!
NEW EPISODE! Paying our respects to lyricist, truth-teller, and style icon Dory Previn (1925-2012). Previn was an accomplished songwriter for film and TV for years before pivoting to the spotlight as a cult-famous singer-songwriter in her 40s podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
S2 Epsiode 3: Screaming in the Car with Dory Previn
Podcast Episode · The Female Bob Dylan · 11/21/2025 · 1h 3m
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November 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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It was a great pleasure to work with Sarah Bachman (artist, at left) and Michelle Markel (co-author, center) on the launch of our children’s book, *Fearless Benjamin* (Lay) at the Abington Quaker Meeting House Tuesday evening. Special thanks to Loretta Maguire Fox and Lee Hall!
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM