Helen
@helenoappalachia.bsky.social
Appalachian mom, art educator, friend. Growing, learning, creating. Love the outdoors. GenX. Talking politics is a family tradition. Devoted to my home state even as she breaks my heart.
#WV 💛💙
Liberty and Justice for All 🗽☮️
#WV 💛💙
Liberty and Justice for All 🗽☮️
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This was Puerto Rico's moment, a spotlight on a collective son who quit bagging groceries a decade ago and became the world's most streamed artist on Spotify last year.
Puerto Rico stops for 13 minutes to applaud history and bask in Bad Bunny's glow
This was Puerto Rico's moment, a spotlight on a collective son who quit bagging groceries a decade ago and became the world's most streamed artist on Spotify last year.
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February 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM
This was Puerto Rico's moment, a spotlight on a collective son who quit bagging groceries a decade ago and became the world's most streamed artist on Spotify last year.
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So who took over for Epstein?
February 9, 2026 at 3:51 AM
So who took over for Epstein?
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Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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Seneca Rocks 11/22
February 8, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Seneca Rocks 11/22
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The President says elections should be nationalized. Isn't that what is done in Russia? GOP preaches "states rights" until things are done they don't like, then the Feds take it over. World's biggest hypocrites.
February 8, 2026 at 1:50 AM
The President says elections should be nationalized. Isn't that what is done in Russia? GOP preaches "states rights" until things are done they don't like, then the Feds take it over. World's biggest hypocrites.
My old stomping grounds. #legendary #followthedrinkinggourd The bar known as the Underground Railroad, now known as 123 Pleasant Street. #rockagainstfacismusa #whereismarshaferber
February 8, 2026 at 1:27 PM
My old stomping grounds. #legendary #followthedrinkinggourd The bar known as the Underground Railroad, now known as 123 Pleasant Street. #rockagainstfacismusa #whereismarshaferber
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Always brutally honest, I HATE “days/months” that are dedicated to ANYTHING that should be an EVERY DAY EVENT! So while January’s Black History Month, We Sane Americans should be honoring their battle for equality/civil rights EVERY DAY! Equality 4 All! youtu.be/7OSWrHNHdcg?... go.bsky.app/UXp7CwAo
February 5, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Always brutally honest, I HATE “days/months” that are dedicated to ANYTHING that should be an EVERY DAY EVENT! So while January’s Black History Month, We Sane Americans should be honoring their battle for equality/civil rights EVERY DAY! Equality 4 All! youtu.be/7OSWrHNHdcg?... go.bsky.app/UXp7CwAo
I want to go back to Galway someday.
Tonight's Waning Gibbous Moon (February 4th) 89% illumination, Distance 385,138km. Galway, Ireland. #Moon #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #MoonShot #Luna #SkyAtNight #Ireland #Scape #Landscape #Sky #Clouds #SkyScape #Photography
February 5, 2026 at 1:58 AM
I want to go back to Galway someday.
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
And they deserve it and much gratitude for doing the hard work of standing up to fascism.
#GVerse This is why Minneapolis has been nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize! 🏆
February 5, 2026 at 1:44 AM
And they deserve it and much gratitude for doing the hard work of standing up to fascism.
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Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
BREAKING: Lithuania has launched a human trafficking investigation related to Epstein files
February 4, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
Why hasn’t he been arrested?
Quick round up:
- the government is covering up evidence the president is a pedophile
- he’s openly taking bribes from foreign governments
- his masked agents are shooting citizens in the streets
- the FBI is helping him steal the election
- he’s threatening war against multiple allies
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- the government is covering up evidence the president is a pedophile
- he’s openly taking bribes from foreign governments
- his masked agents are shooting citizens in the streets
- the FBI is helping him steal the election
- he’s threatening war against multiple allies
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February 4, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Why hasn’t he been arrested?
My question? Would you be surprised if they demolished the building?
Congress appropriated $257 million to renovate the Kennedy Center before Trump shut it down. Follow that money and see where it goes.
February 4, 2026 at 12:36 AM
My question? Would you be surprised if they demolished the building?
Go Seahawks!
#ETTD
He killed the Kennedy Center & good luck Bob Kraft, you’re disgusting!
He killed the Kennedy Center & good luck Bob Kraft, you’re disgusting!
February 4, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Go Seahawks!
Go Seahawks!
A reminder that the New England Patriots plane is flown by Omni air who contracts with ICE to fly people in chains to Africa and Asia several times per week.
Go Seahawks.
Go Seahawks.
February 4, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Go Seahawks!
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Minnesota needs to know the number of children in federal detention, who they are, and where they’re being held.
February 3, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Minnesota needs to know the number of children in federal detention, who they are, and where they’re being held.
I was looking for a post I saw a while back and it simply read “Epstein is in the trump files.” That has really stuck with me. #epsteinisinthetrumpfiles
It is more accurate to say that Epstein is in the Trump files.
February 3, 2026 at 9:43 PM
I was looking for a post I saw a while back and it simply read “Epstein is in the trump files.” That has really stuck with me. #epsteinisinthetrumpfiles