Damn, I thought Texas was bad, but West Virginia is climbing to the top of eugenicist shitholes. Not only do they not want to care for their immates (depriving them of things like diabetic meds) but also support for "voluntary sterilization of incarcerated people."

#ThisIsAmerica where #eugenics have always found a home.

>New Law Could Make It Even Harder to Get Health Care in Deadly West Virginia Lockups
https://boltsmag.org/west-virginia-jails-and-prisons-health-care/

#AmericanEmpire #prison #WestVirginia #PartyOfStupid

https://ncwvmedia.com/aitest/2023/08/23/religious-boarding-school-in-west-virginia-reaches-record-100-million-settlement-for-child-abuse/ #childabuse #westvirginia

🇺🇸 West Virginia 👀

• 91 % coal powered
• Saving a coal power plant from being shut down
• Expanding the plant to burn twice the amount of coal

"Coal is such an important part of our economy and our state’s history" - West Virginia’s governor

(1/2) #WestVirginia #USA #coal

@stopthatgirl7 #WestVirginia ☹️

Good effort by #WestVirginia in the first half; only down seven to the #NittanyLions. #CFB #CollegeFootball

Today in Labor History September 2, 1921: The Battle of Blair Mountain ended on this date in 1921, with the U.S. government bombing striking coal miners by plane, the second time the U.S. government used planes to bomb its own citizens (the first was in the Tulsa riots, earlier that year). The Battle of Blair Mountain was one of the largest civil uprisings in U.S. history and the largest armed insurrection since the Civil War. The uprising lasted 5 days and involved 10,000-15,000 coal miners confronting an army of scabs and police. The battle came as mine owners tried to crush attempts by coal miners to unionize the southwestern West Virginia coalfields. From the late 1800s, mine owners forced workers to live in company towns, where rent was deducted from their wages and they were paid in scrip, which was accepted only at the overpriced company stores and was worthless everywhere else. The work was very dangerous and safety equipment and precautions were minimal. The mine owners had a long tradition of using private detectives and goons to spy on workers, infiltrate their meetings, rough them up, and block any attempts to unionize. The battle began after Sheriff Sid Hatfield (an ally of the miners and hero from the Battle of Matewan) was assassinated by Baldwin-Felts agents. Much of the region was still under martial law as a result of the Battle of Matewan. Miners began to leave the mountains armed and ready for battle. Mother Jones tried to dissuade them from marching into Logan and Mingo Counties, fearing a bloodbath. Many accused her of losing her nerve. The miners ignored her and a battle ensued between miners and cops, private detectives, scabs and eventually the U.S. military.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #coal #mining #strike #union #BlairMountain #WestVirginia #matewan #police #PoliceBrutality #massacre #PoliceMurder #Riot #MotherJones

Wealthy Family Wants to Reopen Major Industrial Polluter in #Alabama Despite Mounting Debts and Proposed #Regulation
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A new #EPA proposal could soon limit the toxic emissions that pollute Birmingham’s historically Black north side.

It could also complicate plans to reopen a shuttered plant owned by the family of #WestVirginia Gov. Jim Justice.

https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-proposes-regulation-emissions-coke-plants?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

One of my favorite historic sites is the old Glade Creek Grist Mill in WV... Happy Friday to all!

"𝐆𝐋𝐀𝐃𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐆𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋"
𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐭 https://shelia-hunt.pixels.com/featured/glade-creek-grist-mill-shelia-hunt.html

#GladeCreek #GladeCreekGristMill #gristmill #WestVirginia #mill #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #LandscapePhotography #photography #Mastoart #art #fediart #nature #FediGiftShop #ArtforInteriorDesign #officedecor #homedecor

#Christian Boarding school ordered to pay $100m for #abusing #students

An awful story that needs more attention

#WestVirginia

https://www.wboy.com/news/harrison/record-100m-settlement-reached-in-miracle-meadows-school-abuse-case-attorneys-say/

New USGS National Map Data Reveals The Potomac River’s Submerged Topography
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https://www.usgs.gov/news/technical-announcement/new-usgs-national-map-data-reveals-potomac-rivers-submerged-topography <-- shared technical article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #LiDAR #opendata #HarpersFerry #westvirginia #virginia #USA #potomac #river #water #hydrology #hydrospatial #TheNationalMap #USGS #ICPRB #bathymetry #topobathy #elevation #3dep #3dntm #inflationreductionact #riverflow #appliedscience #model #modeling #fateandtransport #waterquality #waterresources #waterresourcemanagement #engineering #infrastructure #transportation #usecase #ecosystems #environment
@usgs

Prisoner in #WestVirginia denied parole for not converting to Christianity. Judge says #prison system can't do that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjtq96se02c

#WestVirginia can restrict #AbortionPill sales, judge rules, despite FDA approval that it’s safe

The federal judge cited the Supreme Court in his ruling.

#Abortion
https://apnews.com/article/mifepristone-west-virginia-abortion-bill-genbiopro-cc0a4c462cbb543d9e5d28eebc161efe

Judge rules West Virginia can restrict abortion pill sales https://politicaliq.com/2023/08/25/judge-rules-west-virginia-can-restrict-abortion-pill-sales/ #Abortion #AbortionRights #WestVirginia #mifepristone #JimJustice #RobertChambers #healthcare #medical #politicaliq #news #politics

Historic, yellow Thurmond, West Virginia railroad station:

https://pixels.com/featured/thurmond-railroad-station-norma-brandsberg.html?product=art-print

More fine art: www.ElegantFinePhotography.com

#thurmondstation #oldtrainstation #westvirginia #westvirginiarailroad #yellowrailroadstation #oldrailroadstation #AYearforArt #normabrandsberg #elegantfinephotography #railroad

My first Brook Trout expedition in West Virginia. Caught him with a yarn bug on my Dragontail Foxfire.

#brooktrout #trout #tenkara #flyfishing #fishing #westvirginia #nature #outdoors

The #WestVirginia University crisis stems from not only financial mismanagement, but also "an astonishing failure to recognize the power of #education in transforming the lives of West Virginians." https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/08/west-virginia-university-cuts-programs.html #HigherEd

Today in Labor History August 21, 1920: Ongoing violence by coal operators and their paid goons in the southern coalfields of West Virginia led to a three-hour gun battle between striking miners and guards that left six dead. 500 Federal troops were sent in not only to quell the fighting, but to ensure that scabs were able to get to and from the mines. A General Strike was threatened if the troops did not cease their strikebreaking activities. This was just 3 months after the Matewan Massacre, in which the miners drove out the seemingly invincible Baldwin-Felts private police force, with the help of their ally, Sheriff Sid Hatfield. 1 year later, Sheriff Hatfield was gunned down on the steps of the courthouse by surviving members of the Baldwin-Felts Agency. News spread and miners began arming themselves, leading to the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest armed insurrection since the Civil War and the largest labor uprising in U.S. history. Over 100 people were killed in the 5-day battle, including 3 army soldiers and up to 20 Baldwin-Felts detectives. Nearly 1,000 people were arrested. 1 million rounds were fired. And the government dropped bombs from aircraft on the miners, only the second time in history that the government bombed its own citizens (the first being the pogrom against African American residents of Tulsa, during the so-called Tulsa Riots).

The Battle of Blair Mountain is depicted in Storming Heaven (Denise Giardina, 1987), Blair Mountain (Jonathan Lynn, 2006), and Carla Rising (Topper Sherwood, 2015). And the Matewan Massacre is brilliantly portrayed in John Sayles’s film, “Matewan.”

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #mining #strike #union #WestVirginia #matewan #BattleOfBlairMountain #uprising #CivilWar #GeneralStrike #tulsa #massacre #racism #books #fiction #film #writer #author #novel @bookstadon

Tubing day in Harper's Ferry! #washingtondc #dc #dmv #westvirginia #wv

#FuckJoeManchin #WestVirginia #Manchin #GOPTraitors

Joe Manchin is big mad because Biden is using climate bill to fight climate change https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/8/19/2188271/-Joe-Manchin-is-big-mad-because-Biden-is-using-climate-bill-to-fight-climate-change?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=main

West Virginia University is axing 32 majors--after accepting enrollment and tuition payments for the same.

#WestVirginia #WestVirginiaUniversity #HigherEducation

https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/08/west-virginia-university-cuts-programs.html?via=rss_socialflow_twitter