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Shawn Means

@shawnmeans.bsky.social

Appalachian by Birth and by Choice. Boomer. Retired Non-Profit Executive turned Tourism Entrepreneur. Covert Operations Director at the West Virginia Hot Dog Blog since 2006.

168 Followers  |  199 Following  |  166 Posts  |  Joined: 30.11.2024  |  1.8363

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Just checked on my wife's ACA renewal and her premium will go from $389 to $1800 on January 1st.

Is America great again yet?

04.11.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks like C. comatus to me. I thought Podaxis only grew in deserts.

31.10.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think George Soros might be flat broke after he pays all of the Antifa protestors who came out today for #NoKings

18.10.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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About 2,500 at the state capitol for #NoKings in Charleston, WV

18.10.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You know what we don't need more of? Well, a lot of things but mostly I was talking about streaming services. We definitely do NOT need more streaming services.

14.10.2025 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Dark Side from Eddie and the Cruisers.

06.10.2025 08:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, absolutely. And I hate to give the devil his due, because after all, he is still the devil. But this one thing is rather bold and brilliant. Or just lucky.

05.10.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If you were depending on tourism for your livelihood you might not think it a waste of money. Morrissey got it right this time. Even a blind MAGA squirrel can occasionally find an acorn.

05.10.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The handles were engineered with the tightest of tolerances. They would break if the ice had been frozen about one minute too long, requiring the purchase of a new one. Truly visionary planned obsolescence.

30.09.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Innocent of these charges, but guilty of felony bad judgement vis-a-vis the whole Hillary email thing.

26.09.2025 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, it's kinda like when they frame up a mob boss. Maybe he didn't do this crime, but boy, he's arguably the worst thing to happen to democracy in generations.

25.09.2025 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Saying the loud part louder.

17.09.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"I think it's worth it to have some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights." - Charlie Kirk, 2023

10.09.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I like the caps, but the stipes are slimy and stringy.

06.09.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You have a warped sense of humor, and I couldn't be more proud.

04.09.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My wife and her "doll eyes" (aka "Baneberry") found yesterday in the New River Gorge National Park.

02.09.2025 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've never harvested them ripe, usually wait until early winter and get them naturally dried and add them to turkey tail tea.

02.09.2025 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cutleaf Coneflower and an iridescent friend. Today in the New River Gorge National Park.

02.09.2025 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What will you do with the spicebush berries?

01.09.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE is on the job in the Kanawha City neighborhood of Charleston WV. Four brownshirts asleep in the car parked at the corner of 53rd and Noyes, apparently drowsy from watching out for nonexistent illegals.

21.08.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Putnam County man sentenced for failure to pay employment taxes A Putnam County man was sentenced on Monday to time in prison and a restitution of more than $430,000 after failing to pay over employment taxes on behalf of his business.

No fair! Jim Justice did worse and he got elected to the US Senate!
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19.08.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Related: When the ACA premium tax credit is allowed to expire at the end of the year, hospitals and doctors will be out of work because thousands of WVians will not have insurance.

18.08.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So, if they need any input on the hot dog chapter I'm a DM away. πŸ˜‚

12.08.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Saw this book in a coffee shop in West Virginia and immediately thought of @theauthorguy.bsky.social

04.08.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fair is fair.

19.07.2025 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But that would have left me with nothing to snark at!

12.07.2025 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I've found that most bowling alleys are inside.

12.07.2025 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I've never once seen it on anything but a maple. You?

11.07.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If you're not already familiar with TREM science, you should look it up. Tree Related Microclimates.

09.07.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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