Kate Van Cantfort
@katevanc.bsky.social
Single Liberal momma living the farm life on the cutting edge of the rural South. SC/GA based. A blue dot in the rural, red, poor South. Designing sustainable gardens and sharing stories of this place.
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Neighbors and Other Stories has been cited as one of the New York Times Notable Books of 2024. Below is the essay that brought attention to her amazing southern fiction. bittersoutherner.com/feature/2022... @nytimes.com @bittersouth.bsky.social @levarburton.bsky.social @neglectedbooks.com
The Short Stories and Too-Short Life of Diane Oliver — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
In the 1960s, a young writer named Diane Oliver published six short stories about the horrors of racism.
bittersoutherner.com
November 27, 2024 at 4:00 AM
Neighbors and Other Stories has been cited as one of the New York Times Notable Books of 2024. Below is the essay that brought attention to her amazing southern fiction. bittersoutherner.com/feature/2022... @nytimes.com @bittersouth.bsky.social @levarburton.bsky.social @neglectedbooks.com
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November 29, 2024 at 4:13 PM
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“In 2021, Patrick carried out the ultimate act of reclamation, purchasing the plantation house and surrounding 2.5 acres where his great-grandfather Byron had been enslaved.” @bittersouth.bsky.social
bittersoutherner.com/feature/2024... #justice
bittersoutherner.com/feature/2024... #justice
Black Earth — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
In North Carolina, a Black farmer purchased the plantation where his ancestors were enslaved— and is reclaiming his family’s story, his community’s health, and the soil beneath his feet.
bittersoutherner.com
December 3, 2024 at 1:36 PM
“In 2021, Patrick carried out the ultimate act of reclamation, purchasing the plantation house and surrounding 2.5 acres where his great-grandfather Byron had been enslaved.” @bittersouth.bsky.social
bittersoutherner.com/feature/2024... #justice
bittersoutherner.com/feature/2024... #justice
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Three years ago we scrapped our planned afternoon taping as the mob stormed the capitol and decided to go live. we didn’t know what to say except to be honest and plainspoken about what we saw so I wrote this and am so proud to work for a show that aired it https://youtu.be/UOIFBKB4mIE
Seth Meyers Calls For Trump's Removal After Violent Insurrection at Capitol
Seth Meyers discusses the surreal and horrifying scenes of an armed insurrection incited, directed and encouraged by Donald Trump.Late Night with Seth Meyers...
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January 6, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Three years ago we scrapped our planned afternoon taping as the mob stormed the capitol and decided to go live. we didn’t know what to say except to be honest and plainspoken about what we saw so I wrote this and am so proud to work for a show that aired it https://youtu.be/UOIFBKB4mIE
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A record number of women were elected to statehouses last year. But in the Southeast, where some legislatures are more than 80% male, representation is lagging as lawmakers pass bills that most impact women, like near-total abortion bans.
www.propublica.org/article/stat...
www.propublica.org/article/stat...
How Many of Your State’s Lawmakers Are Women? If You Live in the Southeast, It Could Be Just 1 in ...
A record number of women were elected to statehouses last year. But in the Southeast, where some legislatures are more than 80% male, representation is lagging as lawmakers pass bills that most impact...
www.propublica.org
January 11, 2024 at 12:22 PM
A record number of women were elected to statehouses last year. But in the Southeast, where some legislatures are more than 80% male, representation is lagging as lawmakers pass bills that most impact women, like near-total abortion bans.
www.propublica.org/article/stat...
www.propublica.org/article/stat...
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Donald Jr. posted the name and photo a guy who shared personal texts from JD Vance in which Vance criticized Trump.
The threatened retaliation to revoke his employer's federal contracts is bad enough. But this shit is also eventually going to get someone killed.
The threatened retaliation to revoke his employer's federal contracts is bad enough. But this shit is also eventually going to get someone killed.
Trump allies threaten Deloitte contracts after employee shares Vance chats
Republicans are targeting $3 billion in federal contracts because a consultant disclosed exchanges unconnected to his work to a reporter.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 7, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Donald Jr. posted the name and photo a guy who shared personal texts from JD Vance in which Vance criticized Trump.
The threatened retaliation to revoke his employer's federal contracts is bad enough. But this shit is also eventually going to get someone killed.
The threatened retaliation to revoke his employer's federal contracts is bad enough. But this shit is also eventually going to get someone killed.
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How could any democracy survive this? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Many Links Between Project 2025 and Trump’s World
Former president Donald J. Trump has attempted to distance himself from Project 2025, the conservative policy initiative. But well over half of its contributors have worked for him, and many of its po...
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2024 at 6:50 PM
How could any democracy survive this? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
My life’s work…
What Wild Ones and Homegrown National Park can teach us: We are not powerless in this era of mass extinctions. We are a long, long way from powerless. But to save our wild neighbors, we’ll need to get our hands dirty first. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/o...
Opinion | Donate This Holiday Season. Biodiversity Needs Your Help. (Gift Article)
Help for converting a garden, no matter how small, into a wildlife sanctuary.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2024 at 2:41 PM
My life’s work…
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“We have hardly begun to understand how inextricably our health and safety are intertwined with those of our wild neighbors.”
Read Margaret Renkl’s call to action to safeguard our wildlife and support the organization’s working so hard to protect them: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/o...
Read Margaret Renkl’s call to action to safeguard our wildlife and support the organization’s working so hard to protect them: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/o...
Opinion | We Can’t Keep Waiting for Our Leaders to Save Us
We have hardly begun to understand how inextricably our own health and safety are intertwined with those of our wild neighbors.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2024 at 6:57 PM
“We have hardly begun to understand how inextricably our health and safety are intertwined with those of our wild neighbors.”
Read Margaret Renkl’s call to action to safeguard our wildlife and support the organization’s working so hard to protect them: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/o...
Read Margaret Renkl’s call to action to safeguard our wildlife and support the organization’s working so hard to protect them: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/o...
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TWO WEEKS LEFT: Support expansion of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge to include the site of a proposed mine: act.southernenvironment.org/w8okzcm?p2as...
Support expansion of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
I just took action along with @selc_org to support expanding the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge to allow potential acquisition of the site of a proposed mine that threatens the swamp’s globally s...
act.southernenvironment.org
November 26, 2024 at 9:25 PM
TWO WEEKS LEFT: Support expansion of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge to include the site of a proposed mine: act.southernenvironment.org/w8okzcm?p2as...
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The View from Rural Missouri by Jess Piper | Substack
My name is Jess and I was a high school Literature teacher for 16 years until I decided to run as a Democrat in a rural, red district in Missouri. I bring you news and politics from Missouri and beyon...
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November 29, 2024 at 1:57 PM
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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN
December 2, 2024
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
TODAY AT 10:46 AM
Podcast episode
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
December 2, 2024
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
TODAY AT 10:46 AM
Podcast episode
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
December 3, 2024 at 11:46 PM
LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN
December 2, 2024
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
TODAY AT 10:46 AM
Podcast episode
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
December 2, 2024
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
TODAY AT 10:46 AM
Podcast episode
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...