In other #news.
#Appalachia #KentuckyProud #SocialMedia

>Foraging in Appalachia Brings Social Media Success https://dailyyonder.com/foraging-in-appalachia-brings-social-media-success/2023/09/01/

But hey, #COVID19 is over, it's mild, learn to live with it, you puss. (/s. It's going to get ugly this fall and winter.)

Kentucky school districts cancel classes weeks into year amid COVID, flu and strep outbreaks https://nypost.com/2023/08/24/covid-flu-and-strep-causes-kentucky-schools-to-cancel-class/

#KentuckyProud #health #medical #WearAMask #GetVaccinated

Well, shit, just what we need. Asshole #Christofascists harassing people meeting in the Pine Mountain Settlement School. Folks, you may need to reconsider and meet elsewhere if this keeps up.

One arts gathering flees, another cancels after confrontation in Harlan County https://kentuckylantern.com/2023/08/23/one-arts-gathering-flees-another-cancels-after-confrontation-in-harlan-county/

#SafetyFirst #KentuckyProud

FTA: "Thanks to Kentucky Republicans, we now have a book banning preacher on our library board, and due to the ignorant vitriol they stirred up with Senate Bill 150, the library director carries a gun to work.

Thanks to Kentucky Republicans, the dream of moving to a small, rural, Kentucky town for the slower pace and peace and quiet no longer exists." (e)

#KentuckyProud #PartyOfStupid #Christofascists #books #reading #libraries #censorship #fuckery

Because there are clusterfucks, and then there is this. Holy shit! How the fuck you still got kids on a bus at 10pm? Not even airlines managing their #FlyingCattleCars are this incompetent nor their software as awful as the PoS this school district apparently used for their buses.

Kentucky's 1st school day ends in "disaster" when buses drop kids off at 10pm. Superintendent apologizes (video) https://boingboing.net/2023/08/10/kentuckys-1st-school-day-ends-in-disaster-after-buses-dropped-off-kids-at-10pm-superintendent-apologizes-video.html

#KentuckyProud #fail

Meanwhile, in the #BadEconomy, states continue working to #BringBackChildLabor. (BTW, not to mention heavy sex harassment bar workers often get that these teens will be exposed to). Kentucky, of course, is one of the states.

States seek to let teens as young as 14 serve booze in restaurants https://forwardky.com/states-seek-to-let-teens-as-young-as-14-serve-booze-in-restaurants/

#PartyOfStupid #KentuckyProud

Well, if they can't find an alcahuete (Spanish equivalent of toady), they can just leave the position vacant or ditch it and say fuck it. While at it, just eliminate the KY Dept. of Ed. The hicks can all homeschool or better yet stay illiterate.

#PartyOfStupid #Christofascists #KentuckyProud

Calling all toadies: Kentucky needs a new education commissioner https://kentuckylantern.com/2023/08/03/calling-all-toadies-kentucky-needs-a-new-education-commissioner/

Meanwhile, in local retrograde #fuckery.

Kentucky Allowed to Enforce Trans Care Ban, Appeals Court Rules https://www.advocate.com/law/kentucky-trans-care-ban

#PartyOfStupid #Christofascists #bigotry #LGTBQIA #KentuckyProud

Doctors Confirm McConnell Had A Stroke After Imagining A Happy Black Person https://www.theonion.com/doctors-confirm-mcconnell-had-a-stroke-after-imagining-1850683094

FTA: "At press time, McConnell had reportedly died after hearing the song 'Happy' by Pharrell."

If only. #BarelySatire #KentuckyHuckster #PartyOfStupid #KentuckyProud

In the local #BadEconomy. On side note, I had a student research consult recently writing about this sort of thing. I could've used this report to share. Link to report including in article.

>More help for undergrads’ basic, child care needs could up Kentuckians’ earning power
https://kentuckylantern.com/2023/07/25/more-help-for-undergrads-basic-child-care-needs-could-up-kentuckians-earning-power/

#ReferenceDesk #GovDocs #KentuckyProud #academia #HigherEd

Kentucky Methodists tally congregations lost to LGBTQ rift as a conservative alternative grows https://kentuckylantern.com/2023/06/26/kentucky-methodists-tally-congregations-lost-to-lgbtq-rift-as-a-conservative-alternative-grows/

The Southern Baptists are not the only ones having to deal with their sky fairy inspired bigotry and misogyny.

#religion #Christian #Christofascists #KentuckyProud

KKK Members in Kentucky Pull Gun on LGBTQ Activists – Police Let Them Go https://www.advocate.com/news/kkk-kentucky-lgbtq-gun-threat

Not surprising because #ThisIsAmerica.
#KentuckyProud #SoundsAboutWhite
#lgbtq

Edit note: This was in Corbin, KY, which is not far from where I live.

‘Disappointing’ report shows how Kentucky children are faring. The commonwealth ranked No. 40 overall for key indicators of well-being https://kentuckylantern.com/2023/06/14/disappointing-report-shows-how-kentucky-children-are-faring/

Not surprising, but hey, priorities, man.
#BadEconomy #KentuckyProud #PartyOfStupid #poverty #children

In more turtle news.

Turtle takes a ride in the back of Kentucky police cruiser https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/06/09/Glasgow-police-department-turtle-Kentucky/8501686338454/

#KentuckyProud #turtles #wildlife #nature

United Methodist Church in Kentucky losing congregations to rift over LGBTQ inclusion https://kentuckylantern.com/2023/06/02/united-methodist-church-in-kentucky-losing-congregations-to-divisions-over-lgbtq-inclusion/

Basically, the UMC is not bigoted enough for certain folks, so they are leaving to set up their own more bigoted churches.

#religion #Christians #LGBTQ #KentuckyProud #Christofascists

Top 20 lobbying orgs for first four months of 2023 https://forwardky.com/top-20-lobbying-orgs-for-first-four-months-of-2023/

#KentuckyProud #FollowTheMoney #FYI #RealOwners

Prison building has provided little economic value in Eastern Kentucky, study says https://www.kentucky.com/news/state/kentucky/article275792726.html

In the #BadEconomy. Even local admins admit (reluctantly) that no, prisons have not delivered economic value.

#KentuckyProud #prison (c)

I do not condone it, but I can understand it. It was the LAST Hot Pocket.

>Kentucky man accused of shooting roommate for eating last Hot Pocket
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kentucky-man-accused-shooting-roommate-eating-last-hot-pocket-rcna85930

#KentuckyProud

What Kind of Teacher Would Let a Student Come to School in a KKK Costume? https://www.theroot.com/what-kind-of-teacher-would-let-a-student-come-to-school-1850449272

A not too bright one (possibly racist) right here in Kentucky. #fail #KentuckyProud