Andrew Koricich

picture of Auburn, West Virginia

picture of Auburn, West Virginia

picture of Auburn, West Virginia

picture of Auburn, West Virginia

Auburn, West Virginia
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Spending $45 million to fire your second-winningest coach because of three consecutive losses is just gross and unacceptable no matter how you look at it.

I’d love to hear how they see this decision being connected to their mission as a land-grant university.

I’m just going to leave this here without reminding anyone that Penn State is shuttering 7 regional campuses and offering employee buyouts while doing a $250 million stadium expansion and this nonsense.

(Yes I know these things don’t come from the same buckets of money. But still…)

Bill Ding
Cut Bank, MT

I got dirty looks when I asked what the denominator was to get to 100%. Is it the actual number of hours we work, or is it a false 40 regardless (it was the latter). I also asked why classes are 10% of workload but we bill 12.5% to grant sponsors. That also was not a well-received question.

WNC may see delays in receiving federal Helene aid as government shuts down Lawmakers spoke out against the impact of the government shutdown on WNC as the area waits for millions in federal relief funds.

Blue Ridge Public Radio reports: Lawmakers spoke out against the impact of the government shutdown on western NC as the area waits for millions in federal relief funds.

www.wunc.org/2025-10-01/w...

let the gourd times roll

Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene An analysis by ProPublica and The Assembly of the more rural counties in North Carolina hardest hit by Helene shows that the households that got the most aid tended to have the highest incomes.

NEW: Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families.

But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.

With @theassemblync.bsky.social

FLASHBACK: Another video from Blowing Rock of the tornado, ahead of Helene, on September 25, 2024, 6:35pm, going over Chetola resort, as posted by Brad Panovich at the time. Warning: some bad language

anyway I need to cleanse my palate

for each like, i'll drop a folk song recommendation

Brown dog with white highlights sits perched on a gray couch, staring longingly out of a window. Sitting next to her is a larger, white dog with brown and black markings stares longingly at a wall.

The timeline sucks. Here are my dogs being themselves.

Did I just get the email from the CIO about this very thing?

Yes, yes I did.

I am absolutely cackling at how completely Bill Belichick is being humiliated right now.

Bottoms
Black Creek, NC

Postmodernism Week
Bombay Beach, CA

Community center
Ribera, NM

Hair We R
Las Vegas, NM

There’s one in our area that has a bar and a legit smokehouse setup. Folks will just go there for lunch, buying no groceries. Maybe I’m just not getting the ambience of it all 🤷‍♂️

I love this so much!

I mean, yes, classes start next week. But a week in Minneapolis the week beforehand is a pretty nice way to wrap up the summer!

a man wearing sunglasses holds a bottle of table salt Alt: a man wearing sunglasses holds a plastic gun armed with a bottle of table salt

I’m still really struggling to process that the Bug-A-Salt and its commercial are not satire.

a cartoon of four men sitting on a couch with yep written on the bottom right Alt: a cartoon of four men sitting on a couch with yep written on the bottom right

Happy King of the Hill Day to all who celebrate!

Fall and winter are the best because being depressed about things in a hoodie is like 1000 times better than being depressed about things in a stupid t-shirt

Veterinary clinic
Marion, KS

he's bitin the heads off the angels now

Laserwash
Jourdanton, TX

Excited to kick off a 4-yr #Ascendium project with @arrc.bsky.social's research team @tycmcnamee.bsky.social, @alisahicklinfryar.bsky.social, Laken DeBoard, @vsansone.bsky.social, @drandrewk.bsky.social, examining rural higher ed & workforce dev in 5 states!
www.regionalcolleges.org/project/rura...

You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳

FAST COMPANY Article: While retirement typically occurs, after completing a career and saving and investing for it, a new trend is emerging among Gen Z career professionals called "micro-retirement." Micro- retirements involve taking a one to two- week break from work every 12 to 18 months. Gen Z is using micro-retirement to avoid burnout, find greater fulfillment in their work, and enhance their overall well-being. However, it's not just Gen-Z:

'Vacations.'

The word is 'vacations.'