Helen
@helenoappalachia.bsky.social
Appalachian mom, art educator, friend. Growing, learning, creating. Love the outdoors. GenX. Talking politics is a family tradition. Devoted to my home state even as she breaks my heart.
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Liberty and Justice for All 🗽☮️
#WV 💛💙
Liberty and Justice for All 🗽☮️
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Always brutally honest, I HATE “days/months” that are dedicated to ANYTHING that should be an EVERY DAY EVENT! So while January’s Black History Month, We Sane Americans should be honoring their battle for equality/civil rights EVERY DAY! Equality 4 All! youtu.be/7OSWrHNHdcg?... go.bsky.app/UXp7CwAo
February 5, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Always brutally honest, I HATE “days/months” that are dedicated to ANYTHING that should be an EVERY DAY EVENT! So while January’s Black History Month, We Sane Americans should be honoring their battle for equality/civil rights EVERY DAY! Equality 4 All! youtu.be/7OSWrHNHdcg?... go.bsky.app/UXp7CwAo
I want to go back to Galway someday.
Tonight's Waning Gibbous Moon (February 4th) 89% illumination, Distance 385,138km. Galway, Ireland. #Moon #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #MoonShot #Luna #SkyAtNight #Ireland #Scape #Landscape #Sky #Clouds #SkyScape #Photography
February 5, 2026 at 1:58 AM
I want to go back to Galway someday.
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
And they deserve it and much gratitude for doing the hard work of standing up to fascism.
#GVerse This is why Minneapolis has been nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize! 🏆
February 5, 2026 at 1:44 AM
And they deserve it and much gratitude for doing the hard work of standing up to fascism.
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Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
BREAKING: Lithuania has launched a human trafficking investigation related to Epstein files
February 4, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
Why hasn’t he been arrested?
Quick round up:
- the government is covering up evidence the president is a pedophile
- he’s openly taking bribes from foreign governments
- his masked agents are shooting citizens in the streets
- the FBI is helping him steal the election
- he’s threatening war against multiple allies
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- the government is covering up evidence the president is a pedophile
- he’s openly taking bribes from foreign governments
- his masked agents are shooting citizens in the streets
- the FBI is helping him steal the election
- he’s threatening war against multiple allies
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February 4, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Why hasn’t he been arrested?
My question? Would you be surprised if they demolished the building?
Congress appropriated $257 million to renovate the Kennedy Center before Trump shut it down. Follow that money and see where it goes.
February 4, 2026 at 12:36 AM
My question? Would you be surprised if they demolished the building?
Go Seahawks!
#ETTD
He killed the Kennedy Center & good luck Bob Kraft, you’re disgusting!
He killed the Kennedy Center & good luck Bob Kraft, you’re disgusting!
February 4, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Go Seahawks!
Go Seahawks!
A reminder that the New England Patriots plane is flown by Omni air who contracts with ICE to fly people in chains to Africa and Asia several times per week.
Go Seahawks.
Go Seahawks.
February 4, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Go Seahawks!
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Minnesota needs to know the number of children in federal detention, who they are, and where they’re being held.
February 3, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Minnesota needs to know the number of children in federal detention, who they are, and where they’re being held.
I was looking for a post I saw a while back and it simply read “Epstein is in the trump files.” That has really stuck with me. #epsteinisinthetrumpfiles
It is more accurate to say that Epstein is in the Trump files.
February 3, 2026 at 9:43 PM
I was looking for a post I saw a while back and it simply read “Epstein is in the trump files.” That has really stuck with me. #epsteinisinthetrumpfiles
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February 2, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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I guess they are pretty upset.
For some reason.
For some reason.
February 1, 2026 at 6:16 PM
I guess they are pretty upset.
For some reason.
For some reason.
I love recycled materials in art.
January 31, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I love recycled materials in art.
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Autocratic regimes hate the free press. They hate journalism because they don’t want to be held accountable. These Minnesota journalists are being targeted because journalism has prevented this administration from doing even more insane things in Minnesota. Remember it was video that proved lying …
January 30, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Autocratic regimes hate the free press. They hate journalism because they don’t want to be held accountable. These Minnesota journalists are being targeted because journalism has prevented this administration from doing even more insane things in Minnesota. Remember it was video that proved lying …
Celebrating one of my people’s birthday in the city of Pittsburgh today. Coming up here from the heels of West Virginia. It’s nice to be in a city for a bit.
January 31, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Celebrating one of my people’s birthday in the city of Pittsburgh today. Coming up here from the heels of West Virginia. It’s nice to be in a city for a bit.
It’s astonishing that he is still president or was ever elected in the first place. I guess it’s true, he really just held up a mirror to the social sicknesses festering our country. 😞
January 31, 2026 at 2:18 PM
It’s astonishing that he is still president or was ever elected in the first place. I guess it’s true, he really just held up a mirror to the social sicknesses festering our country. 😞
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Six days ago federal officers murdered a man in the streets of Minneapolis and we still don't know their identities. Is there any modern precedent for this?
January 30, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Six days ago federal officers murdered a man in the streets of Minneapolis and we still don't know their identities. Is there any modern precedent for this?
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