Jake Richards
@jaybirdjake.bsky.social
Author of the Backwoods Library: “Backwoods Witchcraft”, “Doctoring the Devil”, “Appalachian Folk Healing”, and “Conjure Cards”.
Author and curator of Holy Stones & Iron Bones blog
Appalachian AniMystic 🎣 🦌
Author and curator of Holy Stones & Iron Bones blog
Appalachian AniMystic 🎣 🦌
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Fern gully green
Ferns in the Appalachian mountains.
#coloraday #greensat #eastcoastkin #ferns #forest #photography
Ferns in the Appalachian mountains.
#coloraday #greensat #eastcoastkin #ferns #forest #photography
November 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Fern gully green
Ferns in the Appalachian mountains.
#coloraday #greensat #eastcoastkin #ferns #forest #photography
Ferns in the Appalachian mountains.
#coloraday #greensat #eastcoastkin #ferns #forest #photography
Until the end of November, all Card and Bone Readings are 40% off!!! ($32 for Card, $48 for Bone). Message me here or email me at drbuck313@gmail.com to book!
November 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Until the end of November, all Card and Bone Readings are 40% off!!! ($32 for Card, $48 for Bone). Message me here or email me at drbuck313@gmail.com to book!
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT!!!! SAVE AND SHARE!!!!
#Appalachianfolkmagic #Appalachianfolkhealing #HouseofSpirits #backwoodswitchcraft #Appalachianmountains #Appalachiangraveyards
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July 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT!!!! SAVE AND SHARE!!!!
#Appalachianfolkmagic #Appalachianfolkhealing #HouseofSpirits #backwoodswitchcraft #Appalachianmountains #Appalachiangraveyards
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Get ready yall! (forgot about this app 😆)
July 14, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Get ready yall! (forgot about this app 😆)
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I still have spaces available this next week for card readings for 40% off, so rate is $36. Message me here or email me at drbuck313@gmail.com to book one.
#appalachianmountainreligion #appalachiancards #playingcards #cardreadings #backwoodswitchcraft #appalachianfolkhealing #blueridgeconjureman
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June 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I still have spaces available this next week for card readings for 40% off, so rate is $36. Message me here or email me at drbuck313@gmail.com to book one.
#appalachianmountainreligion #appalachiancards #playingcards #cardreadings #backwoodswitchcraft #appalachianfolkhealing #blueridgeconjureman
#appalachianmountainreligion #appalachiancards #playingcards #cardreadings #backwoodswitchcraft #appalachianfolkhealing #blueridgeconjureman
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Force of nature 🐺
May 2, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Force of nature 🐺
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Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise."
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr will require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, WaPo reports
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a spokesperson from the HHS.
www.reuters.com
May 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise."
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
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I thought this was locat at first: we have a bar down the road called Crowbar 🤣
Did y'all know that before the crowbar was invented, crows just drank at home 🥴🥴🤣🤣
Happy Sunday y'all
Happy Sunday y'all
April 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I thought this was locat at first: we have a bar down the road called Crowbar 🤣
I still have spaces available for traditional Appalachian card readings, 30% off until May 1st!
Rate right now is $42.
Message me or email me at drbuck313@gmail.com
Rate right now is $42.
Message me or email me at drbuck313@gmail.com
April 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I still have spaces available for traditional Appalachian card readings, 30% off until May 1st!
Rate right now is $42.
Message me or email me at drbuck313@gmail.com
Rate right now is $42.
Message me or email me at drbuck313@gmail.com
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These are some of my thoughts surrounding this question, which I believe needed more context than a simple yes or no.
holystonesandironbones.com/2025/04/05/i...
holystonesandironbones.com/2025/04/05/i...
Is Appalachian Folk Magic a Closed Practice? A Discourse.
Author’s working pipe and hand-carved deer hoof pipe tamper A recent email thread with some colleagues somewhat touched on the subject of the impact and threats that Appalachian folk traditio…
holystonesandironbones.com
April 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
These are some of my thoughts surrounding this question, which I believe needed more context than a simple yes or no.
holystonesandironbones.com/2025/04/05/i...
holystonesandironbones.com/2025/04/05/i...
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April 5, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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#appalachianfolkmagic #Appalachianmountains #appalachianmountainreligion #Appalachianfolkmedicine
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every person involved in this needs to be in prison
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
every person involved in this needs to be in prison
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Iconic Golden Girls actress Bea Arthur, who served in the Marine Corps, has had her contribution scrubbed from Department of Defence website
Web page about iconic Golden Girls actress becomes latest victim of DEI purge
Bea Arthur, who served in the Marine Corps, has had her wartime contribution scrubbed from the Department of Defence (DOD) website. The URL now reads "DEIBefore".
www.thepinknews.com
March 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Iconic Golden Girls actress Bea Arthur, who served in the Marine Corps, has had her contribution scrubbed from Department of Defence website
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RFK Jr. & his brain worm would just like to remind everyone that he doesn’t give a flying fuck.
‘If H5N1 were to be allowed to run through a flock of 5 million birds, “that’s literally 5 million chances for that virus to replicate or to mutate,” Dr. Hansen said.😱
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...
‘If H5N1 were to be allowed to run through a flock of 5 million birds, “that’s literally 5 million chances for that virus to replicate or to mutate,” Dr. Hansen said.😱
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...
RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread
The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
RFK Jr. & his brain worm would just like to remind everyone that he doesn’t give a flying fuck.
‘If H5N1 were to be allowed to run through a flock of 5 million birds, “that’s literally 5 million chances for that virus to replicate or to mutate,” Dr. Hansen said.😱
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...
‘If H5N1 were to be allowed to run through a flock of 5 million birds, “that’s literally 5 million chances for that virus to replicate or to mutate,” Dr. Hansen said.😱
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...
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The levels of pissed off this book made me not even 10 pages in when I read it (thankfully didnt spend money on it). The amount of times she has said to practice Appalachian magic you don't need families ties or roots because its "an eclectic path."
March 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The levels of pissed off this book made me not even 10 pages in when I read it (thankfully didnt spend money on it). The amount of times she has said to practice Appalachian magic you don't need families ties or roots because its "an eclectic path."
Kind of disappointed i got this much detail tonight but not LAST night with the blood moon.
March 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Kind of disappointed i got this much detail tonight but not LAST night with the blood moon.