Amy J
@dolooprn.bsky.social
RN, MUMPS-coding skillbilly, reader. Love all animals, esp. dogs. Lynch Syndrome. Cancer x3 (so far). Married to a fire captain (ret). Introvert.
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My latest: A company wanting to build a huge data center in rural Kentucky has faced road blocks from city/county government, so now it is suing the county. The end user of the proposed data center remains anonymous. #kyga26
A company that wants to develop a massive data center in Franklin, Kentucky has filed a lawsuit against Simpson County over a recently passed ordinance requiring it to obtain a conditional use permit.
Data center developer sues Simpson County government over land use ordinance
A company that wants to develop a massive data center in Kentucky has sued Simpson County over a recently passed ordinance requiring it to obtain a conditional use permit.
www.lpm.org
January 28, 2026 at 3:00 PM
My latest: A company wanting to build a huge data center in rural Kentucky has faced road blocks from city/county government, so now it is suing the county. The end user of the proposed data center remains anonymous. #kyga26
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It’s impossible to overstate what a big deal this is for this legendary Kentucky brand. The last time Jim Beam closed down like this was during Prohibition. Trump’s tariffs & fight with Canada are surely to blame.
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
Major Kentucky bourbon maker Jim Beam shuttering distillery for 2026
The move comes as Kentucky’s $9 billion bourbon industry is dealing with a glut of supply and slipping sales.
www.kentucky.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
It’s impossible to overstate what a big deal this is for this legendary Kentucky brand. The last time Jim Beam closed down like this was during Prohibition. Trump’s tariffs & fight with Canada are surely to blame.
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
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An anonymous AI company wants to buy Dr. Tim Grosser's family land in Kentucky to build a data center.
They offered him up to $8 million dollars, and he refused.
They asked him to name his price, and he still refused.
They offered him up to $8 million dollars, and he refused.
They asked him to name his price, and he still refused.
December 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
An anonymous AI company wants to buy Dr. Tim Grosser's family land in Kentucky to build a data center.
They offered him up to $8 million dollars, and he refused.
They asked him to name his price, and he still refused.
They offered him up to $8 million dollars, and he refused.
They asked him to name his price, and he still refused.
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A South Korean company is ending its joint venture with Ford to build batteries for electric vehicles, casting uncertainty on the massive plant in Glendale, Kentucky.
Ford, South Korean company end partnership on EV battery plant in Kentucky
A South Korean company is ending its joint venture with Ford to build batteries for electric vehicles, casting uncertainty on the massive plant in Glendale, Kentucky.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
A South Korean company is ending its joint venture with Ford to build batteries for electric vehicles, casting uncertainty on the massive plant in Glendale, Kentucky.
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Vogue did some glamour shots of Kentucky's first family in their profile of Gov. Andy Beshear.
Tagging @lebassett.bsky.social here for absolutely no reason at all. www.vogue.com/article/andy...
Tagging @lebassett.bsky.social here for absolutely no reason at all. www.vogue.com/article/andy...
July 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Vogue did some glamour shots of Kentucky's first family in their profile of Gov. Andy Beshear.
Tagging @lebassett.bsky.social here for absolutely no reason at all. www.vogue.com/article/andy...
Tagging @lebassett.bsky.social here for absolutely no reason at all. www.vogue.com/article/andy...
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South Carolina is expected to be the first Democratic presidential primary state in the 2028 election. Gavin Newsom is currently touring the state, and guess who's coming next week:
Democrats' 2028 buzz grows with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear heading to SC
Buzz is building in South Carolina as Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is the latest possible 2028 presidential hopeful to travel to the state and court voters.
www.postandcourier.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
South Carolina is expected to be the first Democratic presidential primary state in the 2028 election. Gavin Newsom is currently touring the state, and guess who's coming next week:
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Eastern Kentucky attorney Ned Pillersdorf is running for Congress against longtime GOP incumbent Hal Rogers, highlighting his concern over Medicaid and food stamp cuts in Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill." From @weku.bsky.social
Attorney Ned Pillersdorf announces bid for House of Representatives
Eastern Kentucky lawyer Ned Pillersdorf formally announced his campaign to run for House of Representatives as a Democrat Friday.
www.weku.org
July 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Eastern Kentucky attorney Ned Pillersdorf is running for Congress against longtime GOP incumbent Hal Rogers, highlighting his concern over Medicaid and food stamp cuts in Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill." From @weku.bsky.social
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Instagram channel @Art_DailyDose
Jo Hobbs, is a UK needle-felting artist known for crafting realistic miniature animal figures from wool
Artist: @jurlyjocreation
#art #needlefelting #dog #sculpture #animals #UnitedKingdom #UK #artist
Jo Hobbs, is a UK needle-felting artist known for crafting realistic miniature animal figures from wool
Artist: @jurlyjocreation
#art #needlefelting #dog #sculpture #animals #UnitedKingdom #UK #artist
June 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Instagram channel @Art_DailyDose
Jo Hobbs, is a UK needle-felting artist known for crafting realistic miniature animal figures from wool
Artist: @jurlyjocreation
#art #needlefelting #dog #sculpture #animals #UnitedKingdom #UK #artist
Jo Hobbs, is a UK needle-felting artist known for crafting realistic miniature animal figures from wool
Artist: @jurlyjocreation
#art #needlefelting #dog #sculpture #animals #UnitedKingdom #UK #artist
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"My mom [Martha] was making this octopus for me when she passed away from COPD. She’d work on it while in treatments.” Becca
Eleanor, Loose Ends finisher spent more than a year and a half finishing this and marked Becca's mother's final stitch with a red duplicate stitch in the shape of a heart.
Eleanor, Loose Ends finisher spent more than a year and a half finishing this and marked Becca's mother's final stitch with a red duplicate stitch in the shape of a heart.
June 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
"My mom [Martha] was making this octopus for me when she passed away from COPD. She’d work on it while in treatments.” Becca
Eleanor, Loose Ends finisher spent more than a year and a half finishing this and marked Becca's mother's final stitch with a red duplicate stitch in the shape of a heart.
Eleanor, Loose Ends finisher spent more than a year and a half finishing this and marked Becca's mother's final stitch with a red duplicate stitch in the shape of a heart.
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The Trump administration’s cuts to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health will also halt a first-of-its-kind study of the causes of thousands of firefighters’ cancer cases.
Trump Laid Off Nearly All the Federal Workers Who Investigate Firefighter Deaths
The cuts, which are part of Trump’s slashing of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, will also halt a first-of-its-kind study of the causes of thousands of firefighters’ cancer…
www.propublica.org
April 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Trump administration’s cuts to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health will also halt a first-of-its-kind study of the causes of thousands of firefighters’ cancer cases.
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This bill rolling back Kentucky worker protections to federal minimums just passed a Senate committee in a late night meeting. I'm told the Kentucky Labor Cabinet secretary signed up to speak against it but was not called to the table to be able to testify to the committee. #kyga25
Bill rolling back labor rules a ‘direct assault’ on Kentucky workers, unions say
A Kentucky bill would cut back enforcement of state worker protections to federal minimums. It’s part of a history of bills designed to put fewer restrictions on employers.
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March 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
This bill rolling back Kentucky worker protections to federal minimums just passed a Senate committee in a late night meeting. I'm told the Kentucky Labor Cabinet secretary signed up to speak against it but was not called to the table to be able to testify to the committee. #kyga25
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People weren’t the only ones left at least temporarily homeless by the mid-February flood. An unknown number of pets were left behind, too. Elexis Craft is the manager of the Floyd County Animal Shelter. She said they’ve received at least two dozen pets likely displaced by the flood.
Floyd County Animal Shelter receives dozens of pets that manager says likely belonged to flood victims
People weren’t the only ones left at least temporarily homeless by the mid-February flood. An unknown number of pets were left behind, too.
www.weku.org
March 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
People weren’t the only ones left at least temporarily homeless by the mid-February flood. An unknown number of pets were left behind, too. Elexis Craft is the manager of the Floyd County Animal Shelter. She said they’ve received at least two dozen pets likely displaced by the flood.
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Updated story on Mitch McConnell making his retirement official notes that both Daniel Cameron and Andy Barr announced their intentions for the open seat before McConnell was even done with his speech. Gov. Andy Beshear (the only Dem in KY with statewide success) says he's not running. #kysen
Mitch McConnell announces he will not run for reelection to Senate
Mitch McConnell announced his decision not to run for an eighth term to the U.S. Senate in a speech on the floor of the chamber Thursday.
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February 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Updated story on Mitch McConnell making his retirement official notes that both Daniel Cameron and Andy Barr announced their intentions for the open seat before McConnell was even done with his speech. Gov. Andy Beshear (the only Dem in KY with statewide success) says he's not running. #kysen
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The advice helped him when his wife was sick with breast cancer. And now 20 years later, he still finds it's still invaluable while supporting her through dementia.
For one husband, caregiving came easier when he learned to 'shut up and listen'
The advice helped him when his wife was sick with breast cancer. And now 20 years later, he still finds it's still invaluable while supporting her through dementia.
www.npr.org
February 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The advice helped him when his wife was sick with breast cancer. And now 20 years later, he still finds it's still invaluable while supporting her through dementia.
@titianred.bsky.social would you mind boosting to your Oklahoma dog folks? Bull Terrier people are a tight-knit group, but this group is in a serious bind…
If you live in the Oklahoma City area and can take these 3 in even temporarily, this is an extreme emergency. Please help or share
#Dogs #Foster #DogsOfBluesky #Emergency
#Dogs #Foster #DogsOfBluesky #Emergency
January 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
@titianred.bsky.social would you mind boosting to your Oklahoma dog folks? Bull Terrier people are a tight-knit group, but this group is in a serious bind…
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Breaking: doctors starting to suspect that women's bodies work differently than men's
Breaking: doctors starting to suspect that women's bodies work differently than men's
REGINA, SK - In a groundbreaking speech, Dr. Jeremy Edgar of Fairmont Grover Health Research Institute, delivered new findings that the female body may have innate biological differences than male bod...
www.thebeaverton.com
December 12, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Breaking: doctors starting to suspect that women's bodies work differently than men's
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Exactly. Anyone who works in healthcare can tell you what the problem is.
December 14, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Exactly. Anyone who works in healthcare can tell you what the problem is.
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Scientists have identified two types of brain cells in the abdomen that appear to control different aspects of digestion.
These neurons in the abdomen help form the gut-brain connection
Scientists have identified two types of brain cells in the abdomen that appear to control different aspects of digestion.
www.npr.org
December 12, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Scientists have identified two types of brain cells in the abdomen that appear to control different aspects of digestion.
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I will never, ever get over this.
December 3, 2024 at 5:49 PM
I will never, ever get over this.
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From NBC: President Joe Biden has decided to issue a pardon for his son Hunter and is expected to announce it Sunday night, according to a senior White House official with direct knowledge of the decision. www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe...
President Biden set to issue a pardon of his son Hunter Biden
The president is expected to announce his decision Sunday night, according to a senior White House official.
www.nbcnews.com
December 2, 2024 at 12:27 AM
From NBC: President Joe Biden has decided to issue a pardon for his son Hunter and is expected to announce it Sunday night, according to a senior White House official with direct knowledge of the decision. www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe...
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NEW: @joesonka.bsky.social analyzed tons of records to find that of the 26 lottery winners’ license applications and business filings with the secretary of state’s office. roughly three quarters had no current ties to Kentucky.
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Kentucky medical marijuana lottery dominated by out-of-state pot companies
Most of the first 26 businesses to win Kentucky medical cannabis cultivator and processor licenses from its lottery system are tied to marijuana companies based in other states, one of which likely su...
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November 25, 2024 at 5:54 PM
NEW: @joesonka.bsky.social analyzed tons of records to find that of the 26 lottery winners’ license applications and business filings with the secretary of state’s office. roughly three quarters had no current ties to Kentucky.
www.lpm.org/news/2024-11...
www.lpm.org/news/2024-11...