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Emily Satterwhite

@mountainsfalling.bsky.social

Pipeline fighter in Appalachia. Holler to Holler mutual aid. Appalachian studies. United Campus Workers UCW-VA.

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Building the camps The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.

“The U.S. is now fully embracing the large detention camp model for those who by and large—according to its own agency reports—have committed no crime, save for crossing the border without papers.”
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11.02.2026 18:52 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

What kind of people working for which arm of DHS would destroy water supplies in a desert? In 2011?
The cruelty, violence and inhumanity of today is an escalation, but isn’t new.
Abolish ICE, CBP and DHS.

02.02.2026 13:35 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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DHS should be embarrassed that their ICE agent hires are so soft they can’t handle being videotaped, even while masked, so they resort to pepper spraying women at close range.

And we should be proud of the Santa Barbara women who stood their ground anyway.

31.01.2026 17:08 — 👍 19050    🔁 7054    💬 1276    📌 552

Same.

02.02.2026 01:53 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ochoa and Raymundo have been with CBP since 2014 and 2018. More training and body cams won’t help.
Dismantle CPB
Abolish ICE
Eliminate DHS

01.02.2026 21:33 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Bipartisan negotiators released a DHS funding bill that does not significantly reduce ICE and CBP’s funding nor rein in the agencies’ abuses of power.

Make no mistake: Any Democrat who votes for this bill is complicit in Trump’s campaign of terror.

Grow a spine and vote no.

21.01.2026 23:04 — 👍 5119    🔁 1771    💬 212    📌 179

Incapable of understanding how "abolish ICE" was silly but arresting 5 year olds is public policy

22.01.2026 00:02 — 👍 6326    🔁 1477    💬 0    📌 30
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World's 1st Production Solid-State Battery! - CleanTechnica Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. A small company in Finland, Donutlabs, has announced the world’s first production solid-state battery. The batteries are rate...

And the world's first production solid-state battery comes from Finland!
“This is the moment internal combustion stops competing, and starts becoming irrelevant.”

08.01.2026 14:21 — 👍 57    🔁 17    💬 4    📌 1

New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.

20.01.2026 23:13 — 👍 10792    🔁 5269    💬 446    📌 640

“The answer for humanists, as for the rest of the academy and the rest of civil society, is to organize.”

30.12.2025 02:59 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

“Solar, wind power and batteries are set to make life a misery for the liquefied natural gas market.”

30.12.2025 02:16 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

🤔

30.12.2025 02:11 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

My only real hope is that Youngkin pisses off Spanberger enough by the 17th that she removes most or all of his appointments to university boards across the state, not just UVA. My assumption, tho, is that she won't, because of etiquette nonsense.

29.12.2025 16:39 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Gas Exports Are Driving Up Americans’ Energy Bills, Report Says - Inside Climate News Higher exports of liquefied natural gas in 2025 played a significant role in rising utility bills, an analysis of federal data found.

LNG exports from US up 22% over a year ago, when US was already largest exporter in the world. This is a significant cause of energy inflation costs in US.
insideclimatenews.org/news/17122025/liquefied-natural-gas-exports-driving-up-energy-bills/?utm_source=InsideClimate+News&utm_campaign=8b44c2acfb

20.12.2025 14:01 — 👍 15    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you for flagging!

24.12.2025 03:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

20. So this goes back to point 10. When we are a net exporter, decisions to produce more help producers and hurt consumers. And in this case, are ALSO bad for the climate. It's lose / lose all around.

20.12.2025 16:11 — 👍 791    🔁 64    💬 2    📌 4

10. In other words, in 2012 new production benefited domestic producers AND consumers. But today, new production only benefits producers. That's a fundamentally different policy and political environment. And note also that domestic consumption is basically flat for the last 20 yrs.

20.12.2025 15:35 — 👍 1315    🔁 114    💬 6    📌 5
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Stand with Appalachia! Donate today. The Appalachian region and its sacred beauty deserve to be preserved forever. The precious headwaters that begin here provide water to millions of

Environmental protections are under attack, but Appalachian Voices is standing strong. Please help us continue our work. 💚 Make your tax-deductible #donation today! https://appvoices.org/donate/

21.12.2025 16:01 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Then & Now: Mountain Valley Pipeline moves ahead with Montgomery County compressor station Developers say the compressor station will help Mountain Valley Pipeline meet a strong demand for natural gas. Opponents say it could harm eastern Montgomery County.

“People already have health issues down there, are already fighting cancers and lung diseases. They don’t need more,” Mello said.

22.12.2025 20:31 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

I enjoyed this! Interesting defense of its use of AI.

24.12.2025 02:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

SAME

19.12.2025 01:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Revealing that the closest strike isn't within 1,000 miles of the US border in Miami.

16.12.2025 19:24 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

And three Democrats

18.12.2025 02:37 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Republicans have hit a new & disgusting low with Marjorie Taylor Greene's bill that would put parents & doctors in jail for providing gender affirming healthcare.

Trans kids deserve support, love, & care that affirms their needs, not cruel, despicable attacks on their existence.

17.12.2025 20:51 — 👍 633    🔁 143    💬 9    📌 11

…I'm so goddam tired. Ppl are increasingly in their city halls about "AI" data centers making their water & power bills & air quality worse, & literally all Dems would have to do sew up up that bloc is *Vibe With That Energy.*

It's affordability & billionaire overreach all in one package you dorks!

12.12.2025 16:58 — 👍 252    🔁 85    💬 7    📌 3

Again, we don't have an Opposition Party, not even close; these people are a dangerous fucking joke, the lowest bar possible.

We have a room full of people who are "colleagues" with fascists, who protect their capital at all cost & do the bare minimum to gaslight enough people to get reelected.

12.12.2025 22:56 — 👍 16    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0
A knit peach, teal, and white kitten with black eyes resting on an American Airlines seat tray.

A knit peach, teal, and white kitten with black eyes resting on an American Airlines seat tray.

This is my friend's cat. Its name is Cookie Swirl, and it disappeared in the American section of Charlotte airport on 11/10. We're asking for your help. She doesn't have any other socials, so if you can post it widely to see if anyone knows where it is. It's a little thing, but matters a lot to her.

12.12.2025 22:22 — 👍 724    🔁 765    💬 9    📌 18
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Speech balloons: How Appalachia Comics Project gives voice to the mountains - Asheville's 828 News NOW Founded by comics writer Andrew Aydin, the Appalachia Comics Project is a collaborative comics enterprise dedicated to telling the stories of the Appalachians who survived Tropical Storm Helene.
13.12.2025 03:16 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The Trump Administration Ramps Up Its War On Coal Miners A planned rule to set new silica exposure limits—and address Appalachia’s ongoing black lung crisis—has been under continued assault. Now, it looks like it's off the table.

A planned rule to set new silica exposure limits—and finally address Appalachia’s devastating black lung crisis—has been under continued assault by coal bosses and the Trump admin. Now, it looks like it’s off the table entirely.

New for @inthesetimes.com: inthesetimes.com/article/the-...

11.12.2025 23:06 — 👍 409    🔁 169    💬 22    📌 19

An excellent article detailing how battery storage, combined with additional technology, will make gas-fired powerplants unnecessary, and the LNP nuclear option completely obsolete.

Assuming this is not your doppelganger, great research insights Prof. 👏👍😎 @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au

11.12.2025 22:19 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

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