Brad Y
@byoder.bsky.social
Special education teacher in rural Appalachia. Father. Door Dasher extraordinaire. Amateur nature photographer.
I know nothing at all about #rocks but my favorite dorky dad activity is to go about halfway out in the river and dig down under the surface and find what I think are cool rocks.
July 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I know nothing at all about #rocks but my favorite dorky dad activity is to go about halfway out in the river and dig down under the surface and find what I think are cool rocks.
Renovating my old clapboard house. Was hoping to find some old coins. No luck so far but found this calendar from 1916. Pretty cool
#antiques
#restoration
#antiques
#restoration
July 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Renovating my old clapboard house. Was hoping to find some old coins. No luck so far but found this calendar from 1916. Pretty cool
#antiques
#restoration
#antiques
#restoration
What ever happened to crop circles? Feel like they were all the rage 20 years ago
July 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
What ever happened to crop circles? Feel like they were all the rage 20 years ago
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Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸
June 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸
New type of running today. Wanted to be with my boys but they wanted to skate. So I ran 50 laps around this little skate park. In crocs. It was not well thought out. Massive blisters. Haha!
June 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM
New type of running today. Wanted to be with my boys but they wanted to skate. So I ran 50 laps around this little skate park. In crocs. It was not well thought out. Massive blisters. Haha!
Went up Mt Cole in #Virginia to watch the sunset with the wildfire smoke making filters. Could not capture the true beauty. The sun was purple, pink, and yellow.
#hiking
#photography
#appalaciantrail
#getoutside to #nature
#hiking
#photography
#appalaciantrail
#getoutside to #nature
June 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Went up Mt Cole in #Virginia to watch the sunset with the wildfire smoke making filters. Could not capture the true beauty. The sun was purple, pink, and yellow.
#hiking
#photography
#appalaciantrail
#getoutside to #nature
#hiking
#photography
#appalaciantrail
#getoutside to #nature
2 sides of the storm. Love the mountains bathed in sunlight contrasting the impending rain overhead.
#appalachia
#photography
#appalachia
#photography
May 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
2 sides of the storm. Love the mountains bathed in sunlight contrasting the impending rain overhead.
#appalachia
#photography
#appalachia
#photography
Today my sons completed a central PA rite of passage for them. Climbing to the top of the 1000 Steps outside Mount Union, PA. Quarry workers used to climb those steps every day to get to work. One of my favorite views any where. Worth the climb.
#photography
#hiking
#getoutside to #nature
#photography
#hiking
#getoutside to #nature
May 27, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Today my sons completed a central PA rite of passage for them. Climbing to the top of the 1000 Steps outside Mount Union, PA. Quarry workers used to climb those steps every day to get to work. One of my favorite views any where. Worth the climb.
#photography
#hiking
#getoutside to #nature
#photography
#hiking
#getoutside to #nature
#ThickTrunkTuesday. This is a massive Sycamore on the farm I grew up on. Less than 50 feet from her is the remains of the Pennsylvania Canal. Spread throughout the fields surrounding her are countless Native American artifacts. The stories she could tell…
May 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
#ThickTrunkTuesday. This is a massive Sycamore on the farm I grew up on. Less than 50 feet from her is the remains of the Pennsylvania Canal. Spread throughout the fields surrounding her are countless Native American artifacts. The stories she could tell…
Not really #trailrunning. More gravel. When this trail opened I said I was gonna do this all the time. But the tunnel makes my gps go wonky and I hate that.
#blueridgetunnel
#getoutside to #nature
#blueridgetunnel
#getoutside to #nature
May 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Not really #trailrunning. More gravel. When this trail opened I said I was gonna do this all the time. But the tunnel makes my gps go wonky and I hate that.
#blueridgetunnel
#getoutside to #nature
#blueridgetunnel
#getoutside to #nature
Cheating because my #stunday photo was from a hike I did with my boys yesterday. Mount Cole in VA. Was an awesome hike and my boys did great but still getting the ticks off.
May 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Cheating because my #stunday photo was from a hike I did with my boys yesterday. Mount Cole in VA. Was an awesome hike and my boys did great but still getting the ticks off.
Which there was a way to share how amazing the trail smells while out #trailrunning with all these beautiful #flowers blooming.
#photography
#getoutside to #nature
#photography
#getoutside to #nature
May 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Which there was a way to share how amazing the trail smells while out #trailrunning with all these beautiful #flowers blooming.
#photography
#getoutside to #nature
#photography
#getoutside to #nature
I needed the #mountains so bad that I could feel it in my throat on my drive to the trail. Therapeutic.
#traileunning
#getoutside to #nature
#photography
#traileunning
#getoutside to #nature
#photography
May 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I needed the #mountains so bad that I could feel it in my throat on my drive to the trail. Therapeutic.
#traileunning
#getoutside to #nature
#photography
#traileunning
#getoutside to #nature
#photography
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personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down
April 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down
Running back down the mountain and come across a fresh pile of bear scat and then get into town and all the neighborhood dogs are going nuts. Think I just missed crossing paths with Mr. Bear.
#trailrunning
#photography
#getoutside to #nature
#trailrunning
#photography
#getoutside to #nature
April 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Running back down the mountain and come across a fresh pile of bear scat and then get into town and all the neighborhood dogs are going nuts. Think I just missed crossing paths with Mr. Bear.
#trailrunning
#photography
#getoutside to #nature
#trailrunning
#photography
#getoutside to #nature
I love a distant turn while #traileunning. What’s going to be around the turn? A bear? Coyote? Deer or turkeys? Nothing but trees and the trail to keep pushing myself on? Three different trail runs around the turn was a naked person. Haha!
#photography
#getoutside to #nature
#photography
#getoutside to #nature
April 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I love a distant turn while #traileunning. What’s going to be around the turn? A bear? Coyote? Deer or turkeys? Nothing but trees and the trail to keep pushing myself on? Three different trail runs around the turn was a naked person. Haha!
#photography
#getoutside to #nature
#photography
#getoutside to #nature
Still learning my ways around the small town in #applachia. Pictures don’t do this little league field justice. Even my son that doesn’t like baseball wanted to play Also, it had such a bear feel that I was shocked we didn’t see a bear.
April 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Still learning my ways around the small town in #applachia. Pictures don’t do this little league field justice. Even my son that doesn’t like baseball wanted to play Also, it had such a bear feel that I was shocked we didn’t see a bear.
Not particularly religious these days but went on a diet for Lent and dropped 30 pounds. I’ll be back on the diet tomorrow but today…I’m eating every morsel of this monster.
April 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Not particularly religious these days but went on a diet for Lent and dropped 30 pounds. I’ll be back on the diet tomorrow but today…I’m eating every morsel of this monster.
Every so often I think about the fact that our country accidentally deported someone and the leaders say there’s nothing they can do and we know he’s not just lost in a country but stuck in a prison and our military is not attacking said country and we are not in full revolt and it hurts my soul.
April 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Every so often I think about the fact that our country accidentally deported someone and the leaders say there’s nothing they can do and we know he’s not just lost in a country but stuck in a prison and our military is not attacking said country and we are not in full revolt and it hurts my soul.
I spend a lot of time #trailrunning in the woods. Today I ended up out somewhere in Allegheny County, VA. Found this thicket of new growth, at least 10-15 acres. Pictures don’t do justice. Never seen woods this thick.
#getoutside to #nature
#photography
#getoutside to #nature
#photography
April 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I spend a lot of time #trailrunning in the woods. Today I ended up out somewhere in Allegheny County, VA. Found this thicket of new growth, at least 10-15 acres. Pictures don’t do justice. Never seen woods this thick.
#getoutside to #nature
#photography
#getoutside to #nature
#photography
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From the same article in the WSJ:
April 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
From the same article in the WSJ:
April 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Reposted by Brad Y
Reposted by Brad Y
Today, while the market collapsed and four soldiers who died on an exercise in Lithuania arrived at Dover, where was Donald Trump? Was he monitoring the markets? Was he there for the arrival of these heroes?
Nope: he was golfing, with the Saudis
Nope: he was golfing, with the Saudis
April 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Today, while the market collapsed and four soldiers who died on an exercise in Lithuania arrived at Dover, where was Donald Trump? Was he monitoring the markets? Was he there for the arrival of these heroes?
Nope: he was golfing, with the Saudis
Nope: he was golfing, with the Saudis