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Clay Wallace

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Reporter for @wuky.org in Lexington, KY. Podcast guy for the Capital City Museum in Frankfort, KY. Plays dulcimer & mandolin w/ @newsroom.band. ‘23 Morehead State grad. @claywallace.94 on signal he/they

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Clay Wallace @claywallace.bsky.social · Aug 12

Budget year ahead - subscribe to this feed to see skeets by verified Kentucky journalists and news outlets about the 2026 Kentucky General Assembly (tagged with #KYGA26)!

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Clay Wallace @claywallace.bsky.social · 8h

Sorry to hear about your dad. Thinking of you.

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Country Universe @countryuniverse.net · 15h

C. Faith, Cherry Valley (****1/2): The finest mainstream country debut since Miranda's Kerosene a generation ago, and it's not particularly close, and daresay this is even better than that record. Clever as all get out and twangy AF, Faith re-sets the bar for the neo-neo-traditionalist insurgency.

Carter Faith's "Cherry Valley" album cover.

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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 2d

📻On this week’s show: @gregsargent.bsky.social on Stephen Miller’s plan to “sleepwalk” America into authoritarianism; @pemalevy.bsky.social on the highest court citing the "dual state;" & @jakelahut.writes.news on the rise of the Ellisons' tech-media dynasty. https://lnk.to/onthemedia/bluesky

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Kentucky Men's Basketball @kentuckymensbball.bsky.social · 1d

Stuntin' on the Blue Carpet.

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Kentucky Men's Basketball @kentuckymensbball.bsky.social · 1d

Had to bring out special guest Jordan Smith for the Mountain Mamba's Big Blue Madness introduction.

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Clay Wallace @claywallace.bsky.social · 1d

Happy coming out day. This is no surprise and nothing new, but I am a bi trans guy AND I bring good news - even in 2025, even in Kentucky, even in a small town, it is possible to live a full and whole and joyful life as an out queer person in this world. THIS world. I promise. I love you.

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Clay Wallace @claywallace.bsky.social · 1d

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Small crowd on brick street lined with old two-and-three-story storefronts. There are tents all down the street and sidewalk and people dressed festively for Pride. In the background is a stage decorated for Pride with the top of the Old State Capitol visible.

Clay Wallace @claywallace.bsky.social · 1d

(Starts at 11 - hurry, there’s still parking left!) 🌈

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Clay Wallace @claywallace.bsky.social · 1d

GOOD MORNING it’s 55°, sunny, and a perfect day to come out and celebrate Capital Pride in Frankfort!!

Vendor setting up on a brick street (Saint Clair Street) in downtown Frankfort. There’s a large rainbow arch over the street.

An outdoor stage decorated with rainbow banners and streamers. The banner reads Capital Pride Kentucky with a stylized rainbow Capitol dome

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Clay Wallace @claywallace.bsky.social · 2d

First night in five years I’m sleeping without my weighted blanket (at the laundromat overnight) 🙁

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Friday. @npr.org has dropped EVEN MORE crop tops in the shop today! And restocked "Active Listener" sweatshirts. All proceeds go to supporting our member stations this month. shopnpr.org

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Rainbow Rodeo Magazine @rainbowrodeo.bsky.social · 3d

Contributor @joshfrmusic.bsky.social dissects the myth of authenticity in country music -- and takes us through a literature review of scholars and journalists hard at work to dispel it.

rainbowrodeomag.com/...

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Louisville Public Media @lpm.org · 3d

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky voted for putting a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to use deadly military force against drug cartels. The measure failed in a 48-51 vote. www.lpm.org/news/2025-10...

Paul bucks most Republicans in vote on Trump's use of war powers against cartels

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky voted for putting a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to use deadly military force against drug cartels.

www.lpm.org

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Clay Wallace @claywallace.bsky.social · 3d

And you can listen to “Heat Lightning” in full right here.

Heat Lightning, by S.G. Goodman

from the album Planting by the Signs

sggoodman.bandcamp.com

Clay Wallace @claywallace.bsky.social · 3d

Something fun you’ll hear in the podcast is a portion of S.G. Goodman’s “Heat Lightning” off her album Planting By The Signs. The song samples portions of the interviews in Dr. Hall’s collection. You can listen to those interviews (or read the transcripts) in Berea College’s archive.

bereacollege.on.worldcat.org

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Clay Wallace @claywallace.bsky.social · 3d

S5E2 - Dr. Eleanor Hasken-Wagner interviews Dr. Sarah Hall of Berea College about her book “Sown in the Stars” and her work collecting oral histories of farmers and gardeners throughout Kentucky who use moon phases and astrological calendars to determine when to plant and when to sow.

Sown in the Stars

Podcast Episode · Kentucky Deceased: Hauntings of Frankfort · 10/09/2025 · 1h 26m

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Violet and the Newsroom @newsroom.band · 3d

This week’s blog: rumination on songwriting by @anabelrose.bsky.social 💚

I’d sew my sweetheart to my side …

Hey all! Anabel here (and our lovely Clay in some spots). Not much in the [Violet and the] Newsroom world this week, so I have a little bit more time to think. After a big gig run these past couple…

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WUKY @wuky.org · 3d

In this week’s Conversation from the Lexington StoryCorps Booth, friends Shannon Williams and Isaac Jones discuss building confidence and community through karaoke.

StoryCorps Mobile Tour: Butcher It, Sell It, and Have a Good Time

Friends Shannon Williams and Isaac Jones discuss building confidence and community through karaoke.

www.wuky.org

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Lizardrath 💙 @lizardrath.bsky.social · 4d

WIRED reporter Vittoria Elliott tracked where the most migrants are being arrested, where exactly ICE is taking them, and where they're deported to. This is Immigration & Customs Enforcement, On The Grid.

youtube.com/watch?v=uD9E...

Where ICE Takes People—And Where They Send Them Next | On The Grid | WIRED

YouTube video by WIRED

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scaryssa walmart dog @meo.bsky.social · 4d

you have been visited by the orb of moral responsibility. repost to relieve your anguish

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WUKY @wuky.org · 4d

Lexington's Streets and Roads Director Rob Allen says the city spent nearly two million dollars on new snow removal equipment, including three new snow plows and three tanker trucks to pre-treat roads.

From @claywallace.bsky.social

Council reviews, revises ice and snow plan for upcoming winter season

In January of this year, two severe winter storm events and weeks of subfreezing temperatures disrupted the city and delayed school openings. This week, Lexington’s Environmental Quality and Public Wo...

www.wuky.org

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Clay Wallace @claywallace.bsky.social · 6d

Without downloading anything new, where are you mentally?

John Freeman from “Half-Life: Full Life Consequences” with the text: “It’s a good day to do what has to be done by me”
The text jumbles up near the end.

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Clay Wallace @claywallace.bsky.social · 7d

And when I used to drive Uber in Lexington, I’d always tune into The Matterhorn Mix (Europop and EDM) when it was on. Passengers LOVED it, esp. considering most of these rides were to or from college parties. Darude Sandstorm often got a cheer.

Clay Wallace @claywallace.bsky.social · 7d

(Now it plays Monday night instead of Monday morning. But it used to be what I’d listen to while getting ready for the day.)

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Clay Wallace @claywallace.bsky.social · 7d

The first radio show I started tuning into on purpose is on WRFL! I’d always liked listening to radio passively - in a “they’re keeping me company, I’ll listen to whatever’s on” kind of way - but in the early 2010s, I heard Col. Paco Chaos’ Pacobilly Hour and began listening every Monday morning.

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