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Ohio-based trio The Peel weave the traditional with the experimental for songs that reflect the dissonance of modern life with our natural surroundings. Draped in wooded hues, the first single, “Adam Disturbed a Bird,” finds the trio’s strings sparring in a concert of voices. bit.ly/4lWtxIM

Deep cut 90s movies I have watched in the last week with my kids (8 and 11) that have been delightful:

North (Reba 4-eva)

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (surprisingly feminist!)

Now & Then (just like me, they hated the adult parts and loved the kids part)

It feels really wonderful putting something creative into the world especially at a time like this. Take a listen 🌿✨

The Peel's 'In the Ferns' blends experimentation with tradition "In the Ferns," the third release from The Peel, draws on the textures of Appalachian instrumentation while channelling sonic exploration.

The record also got reviewed on our local NPR affiliate: @woubnews.bsky.social . woub.org/2025/07/25/t...

Friends! My band, The Peel, released a new album last Friday.

You can stream it on all the streaming platforms (or purchase digitally), we also pressed vinyl for this one and you can pre-order here: thepeel-suncru.bandcamp.com/album/in-the...

Today I am staffing a legal clinic in a rural community center, and when folks walk in they are being asked "are you here for the line dancing or the lawyers?" I love rural law

Yes. WNYC will survive without federal money. Your rural npr affiliate that provided the farm report is going to die without it.

Appalachian folks literally helped build the labor movement in America. They fought police and died for their unions. And since then they have been cheated, scammed, stereotyped, lied to, and killed. I’ve repeatedly said that we should be looking towards Appalachian history for inspiration.

Congrats Marie!! Nice to see ya round these parts.

How are my fellow LSC-funded legal aid attorneys feeling? Anyone have hope or a pep talk for me? (Or not. That's fine too.)

Communities at Risk Learn about the Legal Services Corporation's national impact. See how eliminating LSC would hurt families and communities nationwide.

Eliminating LSC funding does not just harm individuals — it destabilizes entire communities and hurts local economies.

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Illinois could lose $18M in legal aid funding if Trump’s budget passes — hurting Legal Aid Chicago, others The White House is proposing to eliminate Legal Services Corporation, the country’s largest funder of civil legal aid. If passed, thousands of Illinoisans would no longer receive free legal help throu...

The White House is proposing to eliminate Legal Services Corporation, the country’s largest funder of civil legal aid. If passed, thousands of Illinoisans would no longer receive free legal help through the state’s three legal aid groups. www.wbez.org/money/2025/0...

Public school advocates claim victory as Ohio judge calls private voucher program unconstitutional • Ohio Capital Journal A Franklin County judge said Ohio’s private school voucher program is unconstitutional in a ruling this week. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost's office is planning an appeal of the decision.

A Franklin County judge said Ohio’s private school voucher program is unconstitutional in a ruling this week. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost's office is planning an appeal of the decision. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/06/26/p...

Time to move on from outdated and no longer workable 1965 law forcing public schools to bus private school students: editorial Repealing the 1965 busing law isn’t a matter of anti-religious bias, as some may suspect. It’s a matter of common sense. And it’s a constitutional imperative, writes the editorial board of The Plain D...

Plain Dealer Editorial
Time to move on from outdated and no longer workable 1965 law forcing public schools to bus private school students
www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...

United Academics of Ohio University Undeterred by University Objection ATHENS, OH — Members of the United Academics of Ohio University (UAOU) responded to Ohio University’s (OU) objection to their union certification, by stating that they are undeterred and will continue...

We are outraged by @ohiouniversity.bsky.social's decision to appeal their unsuccessful & unmerited objection to certification of their faculty union. This is an appalling lack of respect for the overwhelming majority of faculty who voted for their union @uaou.bsky.social earlier this year.

I, however, schedule send my texts for the next morning so nobody knows how late I am up 😂

Tenant unions encourage struggling renters to organize: 'We're all in the same boat' Days before a tenants' rights ordinance will be introduced, tenant unions gathered in Palmer Square calling for action against unresponsive landlords and evictions.

“Knowing that we’re all in the same boat, it makes you feel protected against these systems that are meant to scare and intimidate you.”

chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/05...

#housing+ #urbanism+ #urbanism

Trillium

Trillium

Morel mushroom

Path with spring ephemerals (flocks and violets)

Spring is *springing* here in Athens. Trillium, morels, and so many Ramps!

Cory Booker’s long speech offers a strategy for Trump opponents in a fragmented media landscape The length of Booker’s speech grabbed headlines, but the senator’s media strategy helped sustain attention afterward while disrupting Trump’s public spotlight.

More analysis: theconversation.com/cory-bookers...

#USPolitics #Senate #Activism #Politics #Trump #Rhetoric

Cory Booker’s long speech offers a strategy for Trump opponents in a fragmented media landscape The length of Booker’s speech grabbed headlines, but the senator’s media strategy helped sustain attention afterward while disrupting Trump’s public spotlight.

Erik Johnson and I wrote about how Cory Booker's speech offers the beginnings of a media strategy to counter Trump. If you've been following (dwindling) media coverage of this speech, you're probably already familiar with how headlines repeat a unified message about the speech's meaning.

Opening my Outlook calendar Monday morning and doing the Press Your Luck “no whammies” but it’s “no meetings, no meetings, no meetings”

We have guests in our office today and one just walked by my office while I was on hold with a clerk's office (on speaker) and I am now very self conscious that this person thinks I was listening to that music as a *choice.*

Best week of the year in Athens. Human creativity may be the best antidote to all of *THIS* (gestures wildly) going on.

www.athensfilmfest.org

The Long Speech: Rhetorical Abundance in Circulation This essay analyzes excessively long speeches in order to argue that circulation naturalizes rhetorical processes that govern meaning within texts. In our view, abundant acts of address unsettle do...

Cory Booker is 16 hours into a speech that's still going. I wrote with Erik Johnson about how these kinds of performances in history disrupt and redirect media. Is that still possible? www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

The Long Speech: Rhetorical Abundance in Circulation This essay analyzes excessively long speeches in order to argue that circulation naturalizes rhetorical processes that govern meaning within texts. In our view, abundant acts of address unsettle do...

Cory Booker is still speaking 12 hours in. Any academic folks interested in the history and rhetorical importance of "the long speech," here is an excellent article by @mattdetar.bsky.social : www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

I want to see the order! Nothing in NFHA's email or press release...

I cannot believe that there isn't a single nonstop flight from the entire state of Ohio (any city!!) to Portland Oregon. This state will be the death of me. (I don't care about connecting, but I'm trying to find a flight for my 11-year-old...)

An Appalachian mirage: Thought it was a lovely clump of daffodils, turns out it was a dollar general bag stuck on crabgrass.

8 year old just asked whether cats have "exposable" thumbs

the case that is currently my nemesis is a family law case 🙃 no shareholder derivative cases at legal aid lol