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Drew Seitz

@wyomountie.bsky.social

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Proud Union ski patroller, wilderness medicine educator. Fmr: solar roughneck, Zamboni driver, hack carpenter, Antarctic snow melter. WV > ADK > WY > Chile > SLC. Montani Semper Liberi. COYS. Calmer than you are.

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Drew Seitz @wyomountie.bsky.social · Nov 5

Mountains and avalanches, European soccer (esp. Americans abroad and Spurs), Chilean Patagonia, cooking, grief and stress in outdoor responders.

Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · Nov 4

okay, time for a prompt post to distract us all from the horrors. quote this post with your areas of expertise, interest, hyperfixation and/or obsession and invite your audience to ask you questions about them.

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Drew Seitz @wyomountie.bsky.social · 1d

West by god deep cut there with the Flatwoods Monster.

Drew Seitz @wyomountie.bsky.social · 1d

booooooooo

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Drew Seitz @wyomountie.bsky.social · 2d

My WWII take is that the war was actually won because of the snowpack in the mountains of the western US (specifically the Cascades) and the ability to make insane amounts of electricity; thus insane amounts of aluminum.

Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 2d

Lol, lmao, lol, lmao

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Headphone Jack @bazookajoe204.bsky.social · 2d

funniest thing about this crew is that they claim membership in an elite group of sage truthtellers with superior bullshit detectors who are now pretending to be shocked that history's most infamous liar tricked them into campaigning for him

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Drew Seitz @wyomountie.bsky.social · 2d

Same.

Drew Seitz @wyomountie.bsky.social · 2d

So is Morgantown, WV.

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Drew Seitz @wyomountie.bsky.social · 2d

Many rudbeckia species only bloom every other year if they are reseeding themselves.

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 3d

I was an on-air DJ at WRFL 88.1 FM for four years and it's one of the most enriching things I've ever done. I love putting on the local college radio station wherever I'm at and letting someone take me on a ride through their tastes.

Emily White @emwhitenoise.bsky.social · 6d

College radio stations are seeing a surge in student interest.

Stations that once struggled to fill airtime are now overflowing with student DJs.

I spoke to 7 college radio stations across the U.S. to understand what is driving the revival:

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Drew Seitz @wyomountie.bsky.social · 3d

WZBT 91.1 here, tiny station with a tiny transmitter. We were picked up in the county jail and I remember getting letters in the mail with requests. College radio rules.

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 3d

The national myth that Vietnam was winnable but for an unwillingness to do warcrimes is stupid for many many reasons but chief among them to me is that arguably the opposite is true, we were entirely too willing to reach for simple atrocity and it made us lose twice. The conventional and moral wars

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

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Drew Seitz @wyomountie.bsky.social · 3d

"No Donny, these men are cowards."

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3d

#ICYMI: GOP lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027.

A GAO report shows the program has spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.

Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says

Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent at lea...

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Drew Seitz @wyomountie.bsky.social · 4d

Support these workers in person if you are able, and if not consider donating to their solidarity fund. The owner has already fired workers for union activity and they need your support!! www.gofundme.com/f/empower-su...

Empower SunTrapp Staff: Donate to Our Union Fund, organized by SunTrapp Workers Unite

Title: Stand with Us Before the Fight Starts: Launching Our So… SunTrapp Workers Unite needs your support for Empower SunTrapp Staff: Donate to Our Union Fund

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Drew Seitz @wyomountie.bsky.social · 4d

Attention Salt Lake City Workers: The staff of The SunTrapp Bar (oldest LGBTQ+ bar in Utah) is on a ULP strike! If you are able, please join the picket line tonight.

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Drew Seitz @wyomountie.bsky.social · 4d

Huh.

clyde bruckman's ghost's final repost says free link @ultralaser.bsky.social · 4d

terrible things are happening outside. poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. families are torn apart. men, women, and children are separated. children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.

diary of anne frank, january 13, 1943.

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K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 5d

this is a GOOD speech

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5d

I am just so fucking proud of her.

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 7d

Georgia's work reqs program spent "$54.2 million on administrative costs since 2021, compared to $26.1 million spent on health care costs." ~90% of admin. expenditures came from the federal budget "meaning that Georgia’s experiment is being funded by taxpayers around the country."

Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says

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Drew Seitz @wyomountie.bsky.social · 7d

Only gummy worms.

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Drew Seitz @wyomountie.bsky.social · 7d

Homer: SANCTUARY!! SANCTUARY!!

Rev. Lovejoy: I wish I'd never taught him that word.

Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 7d

what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.

Drew Seitz @wyomountie.bsky.social · 8d

This is what the Dems need to hammer non-stop. Americans do not want this.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8d

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

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Delta AFA @afadelta.bsky.social · 15d

We deserve due process!

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Drew Seitz @wyomountie.bsky.social · 9d

I put sunscreen on by squeezing some on the back of my hand and then applying to my face. Then rub the backs of both hands together so I don't have greasy hands.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 10d

we should take away all their money so they can’t do this

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11d

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

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