#Arkansas
Railyard Loop bicycle trail in Rogers, AR, USA. It was a gorgeous November day when I took these pictures.
Nikon Z 7ii with Nikkor Z 24-120
Post-processing in RawTherapee
#photo #photograph #nikon #arkansas #rawtherapee #fallcolors #fall #autumn #bicycle
We lead the country in producing cheap food, and yet. #arkansas
https://armoneyandpolitics.com/arkansas-facing-food-insecurity/
#Scandal-Ridden #Arkansas #Governor #SarahHuckabeeSanders in an attempt to distract the public from her #corruption appoints #antiLGBTQ+ #Fascist to oversee #state #libraries
#JasonRapert recently called #LGBTQ+ people a #cult and a "#devil of #Hell."
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
The news of Bobby Petrino returning to #Arkansas has caused this fan to lost faith in this once great Country.
This guy really wants to support #Arkansas football, he just has a few very reasonable demands.
#Worries over #secrecy grow as #Arkansas #Republicans shield #State #records from the #public.
Weeks after #lawmakers in #LittleRock passed #legislation shielding certain #staterecords from public #disclosure, #opponents launched efforts to #amend the #State #Constitution to protect #Public #Access to #government #documents.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Arkansas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Corruption #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate
ICYMI: Meet Robyn Roberts: Determined Woman With 33 Grandchildren Graduates From College At 63 Years Old https://shinemycrown.com/meet-robyn-roberts-determined-woman-with-33-grandchildren-graduates-from-college-at-63-years-old/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #News #Arkansas #businessadministration #collegegraduation
Finding themselves. Fighting together. Growing apart.
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Meet Robyn Roberts: Determined Woman With 33 Grandchildren Graduates From College At 63 Years Old https://shinemycrown.com/meet-robyn-roberts-determined-woman-with-33-grandchildren-graduates-from-college-at-63-years-old/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #News #Arkansas #businessadministration #collegegraduation
Oh joy! What coverups will #ExxonLied tell about #Lithium #pollution? #Exxon does NOT have a good track record! Also, #DLE, the process Exxon is touting, "is an emerging technology, and most information about the process and its impact comes from the industry rather than peer-reviewed literature or other independent sources." (Source: Energy Research and Social Science, May 2023)
ExxonMobil is a lithium company now
ExxonMobil plans on extracting and producing battery-grade lithium from the #SmackoverFormation in #Arkansas.
By Emma Roth
November 13, 2023
“ExxonMobil is getting into the lithium production business. The company announced on Monday that it’s going to become a 'leading producer of lithium' by opening its first drilling operation in southern Arkansas.
“The demand for lithium has grown in the past couple of years, with the metal serving as a key ingredient in the rechargeable batteries that power electric vehicles, phones, laptops, and other tech. ExxonMobil plans to start producing lithium in 2027 and says it could make enough lithium to supply over 1 million electric vehicles per year by 2030.
“Earlier this year, ExxonMobil purchased 120,000 acres of lithium-rich land spanning a geologic formation — called the Smackover Formation — in Arkansas. To access the lithium, the company will first drill 10,000 feet below the surface using gas and oil machinery. From there, it will then use direct lithium extraction (DLE) to separate the lithium from the saltwater it’s mixed with. Once that’s done, ExxonMobil will inject the saltwater back into the ground.
“ExxonMobil says the DLE process 'produces fewer carbon emissions than hard rock mining and requires significantly less land.' The company will produce the battery-grade lithium on-site, which it will call Mobil Lithium. This technically isn’t the first time ExxonMobil is getting involved in the battery business, as the company manufactured the first lithium-ion battery in the 1970s.
“'Lithium is essential to the energy transition, and ExxonMobil has a leading role to play in paving the way for electrification,' Dan Ammann, the president of ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions, said in a statement. 'This landmark project applies decades of ExxonMobil expertise to unlock vast supplies of North American lithium with far fewer environmental impacts than traditional mining operations.'
“In addition to ExxonMobil, Canada-based Standard Lithium also plans on extracting lithium from the Smackover Formation. Meanwhile, Lithium Americas has begun mining for the metal at Thacker Pass in Nevada, and other companies are eyeing California’s Salton Sea as a potential lithium extraction site.
“Bringing lithium extraction stateside could make a big difference for EV automakers that want to produce batteries here in the US, as most of them currently source lithium from other countries, including Australia, Argentina, Chile, and China.”
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/13/23958935/exxonmobil-lithium-drilling-arkansas
Here's Mark Jacob criticizing the *Times'* downplaying of Sarah Huckabee Sanders' lectern scandal, where her office spent $19,000 on a lectern with little accounting of where that money went. The issue here isn't just this one bit of wasteful spending, but a pattern of abuse throughout.
Mark Jacob is a former editor at the Chicago Sun-Times.
NPR link:
#USpol #politics #news #mediacriticism #newyorktimes #Arkansas #sarahhuckabeesanders #Republicans #gop #corruption
On a sunny November day, I visited the Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel in Belle Vista, Arkansas, USA. This non-denominational chapel of wood and glass sits in woods on a hilltop overlooking a lake. If my wife and I ever do a recommitment ceremony, we just might do it here. So beautiful!
Mizzou football hounds Arkansas to clinch 10-win season: Missouri right tackle Armand Membou's ejected, but the Hogs were knocked out by the Tigers, who secured a 10-win season. https://shut.net/2023/11/25/news-mizzou-football-hounds-arkansas-to-clinch-10-win-season?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Missouri #Americanfootball #Quarterback #Touchdown #Arkansas
So, apparently, this #Lithium project didn't pan out because the brine was so corrosive, it destroyed the equipment used to process it. YIKES! #Exxon is planning on using a similar process (closed loop extraction) in #Arkansas.
General Motors looks to California for its next lithium supply
The US automaker is investing in closed-loop extraction from the Salton Sea.
Jonathan M. Gitlin - 7/2/2021,
"CTR's Hell's Kitchen project will extract lithium salts from geothermal brine in the Salton Sea. By using heat from the brine to power the processing, it hopes to produce 15,000 tons of lithium carbonate and 49.9 MW of energy in 2023."
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/07/general-motors-looks-to-california-for-its-next-lithium-supply/
#LithiumExtraction #LithiumMining #Corrosive #Polluting
#EVs #Green or #Greenwashing?
I just came across a piece about #LithiumMining in #Arkansas using a method touted to be "greener". Like I'm always saying, if something sounds too good to be true, it probably isn't true. Also, #ExxonLied then -- who's to say they aren't now?!
Some questions about the plan to mine lithium in south Arkansas
By Sam Watson
November 14, 2023
"What are the environmental impacts here? This question is difficult to answer at this point. Normal lithium extraction is quite #environmentally damaging; it often involves treating brine containing lithium with sulfuric acid and letting the liquid evaporate in open pools, leaving lithium behind. #Exxon stated that they’d use something called 'direct lithium extraction.' There are several versions of this process, but we don’t yet know what Exxon will use. All of them have different environmental impacts, some more severe than others. The key here will be regulation and monitoring, but we have serious concerns here. The Division of Environmental Quality may not have capacity for this kind of continuous monitoring and the state’s friendliness to #OilAndGas makes us worried that upfront regulations to protect the #environment and people of south Arkansas will be lacking at best."
https://arktimes.com/news/2023/11/14/some-questions-about-the-plan-to-mine-lithium-in-south-arkansas
#OilAndGasCorporations #LaxRegulations #EnvironmentalImpact #BigOilAndGas #DirectLithiumExtraction #Mining #SouthernArkansas
Missouri vs Arkansas football: GameDay info, where to watch, predictions: "Better know your rivalry" sponsored by Shelter Insurance presents the Missouri-Arkansas game, a one-sided SEC rivalry with a big fancy trophy. https://shut.net/2023/11/24/news-missouri-vs-arkansas-football-gameday-info-where-to-watch-predictions?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Florida #Missouri #Arkansas #LSUTigersfootball
Here's Heather Cox Richardson on the racist fury of some white Southerners at JFK's and RFK's support for civil rights for African-Americans, a rage that forms the backdrop to JFK's assassination. As she notes, on the day of the assassination, the Dallas papercontained an ugly flyer attacking JFK for supporting "Communist inspired racial riots."
The Big Lie has been around for a long time.
#JFK #JohnFKennedy #Arkansas #racism #Democrats #Republicans
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-22-2023
Want workers? Pay more.
Arkansas has one of the 'most severe' workforce shortages, according to analysis
https://katv.com/news/local/arkansas-has-one-of-the-most-severe-workforce-shortages-according-to-analysis-marlena-gutierrez-hughes-staffing-agency-resume-employment-job-seeking-michael-pakko-economic-development-institute-university-of-arkansas-little-rock-unemployment-labor-market #arkansas #arpx #arpolitics #arkansasnews #labor #Laborshortage #laborshortages #economy
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Remembering John F. Kennedy's assassination and how the announcement of his death was received in my junior high school in small-town south Arkansas…. The remembrance is in two parts, part 2 following part 1.
#JFK #JohnFKennedy #Arkansas #racism #Democrats #Republicans
Although my heart still lies with Beaver, UT, the city of Flippin, AR was a gift that kept on giving.
Garvan Gardens Holiday Lights Pictures
I had planned to do a lot more on this trip and do like a full road trip report, but that didn't exactly work out. We got in Friday night, then Saturday went to the holiday lights, and as soon as I got back to the hotel, I got violently ill. No idea why, but I couldn't do anything else. At the very least I did get so
https://mikelsigler.com/2023/travel/garvan-gardens-holiday-lights-pictures/
#TravelAndEntertainment #Arkansas #HotSprings #photography
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I had planned to do a lot more on this trip and do like a full road trip report, but that didn’t exactly work out. We got in Friday night, then Saturday went to the holiday lights, and as soon as I got back to the hotel, I got violently ill. No idea why, but I couldn’t do anything else. At the very least I did get some good pictures of the holiday lights.
Garvan Woodland Gardens is a big botanic garden in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Every year they do a holiday light display that’s honestly one of the most impressive ones I’ve seen. We have been wanting to go for a while but we always ended up missing out due to school or work or some other conflict. This year, we managed to make it happen.
Admission is $20 for adults and $10 for children. Parking is free. Garvan Gardens is about a 20 minute drive from downtown Hot Springs. We did all the loops, even backtracking to make sure we saw everything, and according to my Apple Watch, that was somewhere between 2 and 3 miles. It’s a very large display.
For these pictures, I used my Fuji X-S20 with a Viltrox 23mm F1.4 lens. I didn’t want the lights to be super sharp, because it kinda works better to me when the lights all blend together as the thing they’re supposed to be, so I used a Black Mist 1/8 diffusion filter. I’m pretty happy with the results. Anyway, photos!
I also pressed Daisy into service as my camera crew using the DJI Pocket 3, it took some very good video that I’m going to edit and post on my YouTube channel soon, I’ll update this post when I get it done.
https://mikelsigler.com/2023/travel/garvan-gardens-holiday-lights-pictures/
#ScandalRidden #Arkansas #Governor #denies #clemency for #innocent #Black #man; #pardons #turkey.
The #Story of #CharlieVaughn #Resurfaces
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Arkansas #Incarceration #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #ThePartyOfHate #BlackMastodon
https://rollingout.com/2023/11/20/arkansas-denies-clemency-man/
Sarah Sanders is a spectacular piece of shit. #SarahHuckabeeSanders #Arkansas #GOPPOS #GOPTraitors #GOPLiars
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Pardons Turkey but Denies Clemency for Wrongly Imprisoned Man https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2023/11/sarah-huckabee-sanders-pardons-turkey-but-denies-clemency-for-wrongly-imprisoned-man/
Worst loss in Auburn history: Did we just witness it?: Auburn's shocking 31-10 loss to New Mexico State could be the worst in history. Here's why it's so embarrassing. https://shut.net/2023/11/19/news-worst-loss-in-auburn-history-did-we-just-witness-it?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Americanfootball #Touchdown #Arkansas #Wisconsin
I'm starting my babka.social account with one of my favorite photos from the trip that Candy and I just took to Bentonville, AR.
Fall colors at the Mildred B Cooper Memorial Chapel in Bella Vista, AR, USA
Nikon Z 7ii
Postprocessing in RawTherapee
#photo #photograph #FallPhotography #FallColors #autumn #Arkansas #nikon #RawTherapee #leaves
Fall colors at the Mildred B Cooper Memorial Chapel in Bella Vista, AR, USA
Nikon Z 7ii
Postprocessing in RawTherapee
#photo #photograph #FallPhotography #FallColors #autumn #Arkansas #nikon #RawTherapee #leaves
Will Rogers Jo'Quavious Marks Mississippi State football Southern Miss Source: Mississippi State football seniors Will Rogers and Jo'Quavious Marks expected to return against Southern Miss after recent injuries. https://shut.net/2023/11/18/news-will-rogers-joquavious-marks-mississippi-state-football-southern-miss-source?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Americanfootball #Quarterback #Twitter #Arkansas
I got to see the "Screaming Quapaw" effigy teapot at the Museum of Native American History in Bentonville, AR today.
Such am amazing museum. My wife and I left without doing it justice because our brains were full. I have to come back someday soon.
Free Free Palestine 🇵🇸🍉
https://www.tiktok.com/@pastygoblin/video/7298820320318868778
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US Geological Survey confirms 3.6 magnitude earthquake Illinois details inside: "Minor Earthquake Strikes Standard, Illinois. Epicenter located 100 miles southwest of Chicago. 3.6 magnitude quake not anticipated to cause significant damage." https://shut.net/2023/11/16/news-us-geological-survey-confirms-3-6-magnitude-earthquake-illinois-details-inside?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #AssociatedPress #Chicago #Tennessee #Arkansas #Indiana
#Arkansas needs to make Mike Gundy tell them no at least ten times.
Mississippi State fires Zach Arnett as head coach in 1st season after succeeding the late Mike Leach: Mississippi State fires head coach Zach Arnett after 5-6 record, promoting Greg Knox as interim coach. Search for new coach underway. https://shut.net/2023/11/14/news-mississippi-state-fires-zach-arnett-as-head-coach-in-1st-season-after-succeeding-the-late-mike-leach?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Florida #Americanfootball #Headcoach #Quarterback #Arkansas
Coffee, sandwiches, and a blueberry lemon muffin at Onyx Coffee Lab in Rogers, AR. #coffee #coffeehouse #latte #latteart #muffins #pastries #sandwiches #food #foodpic #foodphoto #travels #travelphotos #travelphotography #travelblog #Arkansas #RogersAR
Most vibing coffee house in Rogers, AR called Onyx Coffee Lab. #coffee #coffeehouse #interior #interiordesign #plants #indoors #Arkansas #RogersAR #naturallight #travels #travelphotography #travelblog #SilentSunday
🚨MELTDOWN ALERT 🚨
#Arkansas is down big to #Auburn. #FireEverybody
Exxon, which invented lithium-ion battery in 1970s, plans to begin producing at least 10,000 metric tons per year of lithium in Arkansas by 2026.
#Exxon #Arkansas
https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/exxon-aims-to-begin-lithium-production-by-2026-in-arkansas-101699733296713.html
A mountain lion sighting on a trail camera has been confirmed near Amity in the Ouachita Mountain foothills of southwest Arkansas.
Mountain lions were widespread in the state until the 1920's. Sightings since then are typically interloping males from other populations. A mountain lion killed in 2014 was confirmed by DNA testing to have likely originated from the Black Hills, SD population.
After traveling for a while, it sure has been nice revisiting an old favorite: Cracker Barrel! Also, didn’t know that they started to serve alcohol now. Wondering if that’s an Arkansas thing? #food #foodpic #Arkansas #foodie #dining #restaurants #Travels #travelphoto
Explore the relationship between architecture and nature inspired by the Anthony Chapel in Hot Springs, Arkansas. https://www.lourrylegarde.com/art_collection/nature-inspired-modern-art-a-unique-and-eye-catching-combination #fediart #natureinspired #modernart #natureart #anthonychapel #nature #mastoart #ayearforart #artmatters #fedigiftshop #hotsprings #arkansas #natureinspired #architecture #geometrical
#Arkansas #Huckabee #MikeHuckabee #SarahHuckabee #SarahHuckabeeSanders
Looks like Papa passed on more than his genes.
I'll be vacationing in Bentonville, AR next week. I'm taking my bike and my camera and I'm looking for places to ride. I'm into bike touring, never MTB-ed, so roads and flat-ish trails would be best. Photogenic is a must. Anywhere in the 10-40 mile range, either out 'n' back or a loop would be great. Where should I go?
"In the ’90s, then-Gov. Mike Huckabee appointed Ted Suhl to a newly created review board responsible for licensing behavioral health and foster care facilities, such as the Lord’s Ranch itself. In 2006, Suhl gave the governor, his wife and their daughter — now Gov. Sarah Sanders — a private plane ride to a Republican Party event in North Carolina; Huckabee was exploring a presidential run at the time."
"A federal lawsuit filed in Little Rock Monday against Ted Suhl, the former behavioral health services mogul convicted of bribing a state official but later set free by then-President Donald Trump, describes decades of alleged 'systematic and widespread' child abuse by staff members at Suhl’s now-defunct Lord’s Ranch."
~ Benjamin Hardy
Later this week, #Arkansas Gov. #SarahHuckabeeSanders is set to endorse her one-time boss, former President #DonaldTrump, currently out on #bail, Sanders’ office confirmed. Sanders’ endorsement will come at a rally in #Hialeah, #Florida on Wednesday night meant to serve as a counterprograming event for the #GOP #primary debate taking place that same evening. #Trump, for the third time, is skipping participation in the debate.
Arkansas sheriff charged with obstruction of justice tied to federal drug investigation
https://www.kait8.com/2023/11/03/arkansas-sheriff-arrested-by-federal-agents/ #arkansas
#Arkansas #librarian out of a job for not '#banning #books'
Suckabee is really following in her daddy's footsteps!
> Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders approval rating at 48%, poll says
Who'd have thought that child labor would be unpopular!?
@johnettesnuggs @oppophonist They're Confederate zombies, decorated as "Republicans".
And of course Arkansas was a member state of the traitorous Confederacy, many citizens of which evidently couldn't let go of the disgraceful slaveholder-past until today.
#RuleOfLaw #DefendTheUnion #DefendTheConstitution #ReconstructionAmendments #DefendDemocracy #VotingRights #HumanRights #CivilRights #Arkansas #HuckabeeSlanders
Arkansas governor's $19,000 lectern remains out of sight, but not out of mind with audit underway
#ArkansasGovernor #LecternAudit #HuckabeeSanders #Arkansas #Lectern #Audit #Politics #News
Hughes Drive-In • Hughes, Arkansas, USA
Hasselblad 500C/M • Kodak Tri-X 400 • 2023
#FilmPhotography #Kodak #TriX #Film #Camera #120film #Photography #BW #Hughes #Arkansas #Hasselblad #500CM #Monochrome #Art #Hughes #DriveIn #Restaurant #September_28_2023 #US79Adventures
Maxfield’s • Magnolia, Arkansas, USA
Hasselblad 500C/M • Kodak Tri-X 400 • 2023
#FilmPhotography #Kodak #TriX #Film #Camera #120film #Photography #BW #Magnolia #Arkansas #Hasselblad #500CM #Monochrome #Art #Maxfields #Antique #Store #Cat #Display #September_27_2023 #US79Adventures
Cameo Theatre • Magnolia, Arkansas, USA
Hasselblad 500C/M • Kodak Tri-X 400 • 2023
#FilmPhotography #Kodak #TriX #Film #Camera #120film #Photography #BW #Magnolia #Arkansas #Hasselblad #500CM #Monochrome #Art #Cameo #Theatre #Vintage #Architecture #September_27_2023 #US79Adventures
Hawksbill Crag #ozarks #OzarkMountains #nature #naturephotography #silentsunday #photography #Arkansas
Free Speech Lover Sarah Huckabee Sanders Will Tell You What Words You Can Use, Okay? #SarahFuckabee #Arkansas #GOP #FreeSpeech https://www.wonkette.com/p/free-speech-lover-sarah-huckabee
#Kroger brand bagged collard greens are being recalled due to detection of listeria 🤮💩🚽
Check bags for:
Lot Code 110093-387
UPC 11110-18171
Best by October 16, 2023
Packages were shipped to Kroger stores in #Alabama, #Arkansas, #Georgia, #Illinois, #Indiana, #Kentucky, #Mississippi, #Missouri, #SouthCarolina, and #Tennessee
#Arkansas Governor #SarahHuckabeeSanders issues an executive order banning "woke language" in official state communication, mandating the use of feminine terms over inclusive terminology. This move, critiqued by progressives, reflects a broader conservative backlash against evolving gender-inclusive language
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/10/sarah-huckabee-sanders-bans-woke-language-in-arkansas/
Republicans are moving on from banning books to banning words. Soon they will ban using the words Republican and fascist in the same sentence.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sarah-huckabee-sanders-anti-woke_n_65327ce1e4b0eb7cdbc26f38
#Woke #Fascist #Arkansas
Our highlight of the week is a data visual created by @alexip718 which puts into context the gun violence epidemic in the rural American South.
KFF Health News' Renuka Rayasam headed to Phillips County, Arkansas, which topped the country in per capita rate of gun homicides, to see how generational racism and disinvestment have led to dire outcomes:
#arkansas #publichealth #gunviolence #racism #economy #news
https://www.thexylom.com/post/residents-of-a-rural-arkansas-county-grapple-with-endemic-gun-violence
#sarahhuckabeesanders thinks she can control what words people use. This of course means people in #AK must use these banned words constantly https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sarah-huckabee-sanders-anti-woke_n_65327ce1e4b0eb7cdbc26f38 #arkansas
#Fascist #Arkansas #Governor #SarahHuckabeeSanders #bans “#woke #language” in #Arkansas.
She accused "the left" of treating "woman" like "a dirty word." In the meantime Arkansas continues to rank among the #worst #states for #education and #childwelfare.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/10/sarah-huckabee-sanders-bans-woke-language-in-arkansas/
#Arkansas #Gov. #SarahSanders #bans #genderneutral #terms from #state #documents, in an attempt to distract from #PodiumGate where she paid $19,000 for a $976 podium. Which was actually to pay for a #luxury #European #trip using #taxpayer #funds. She then attempted a #coverup.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Arkansas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.axios.com/2023/10/19/sarah-huckabee-sanders-gender-neutral
NEW: From 2016 to 2020, rural Phillips County, Ark., had the country’s highest per capita rate of gun homicides. What has led to this? How have residents responded?
(via @kffhealthnews)
#arkansas #publichealth #economy #gunviolence #racism #news
https://www.thexylom.com/post/residents-of-a-rural-arkansas-county-grapple-with-endemic-gun-violence
"Backed into a corner over ongoing questions and now a Republican lawmaker-approved audit into her very expensive lectern purchase from a Trump White House associate, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders tried to deflect the attention Thursday by attacking transgender people."
~ Austin Bailey
#SarahHuckabeeSanders #Republicans #transphobia #PoliticsofDistraction #cruelty #CrueltyIsthePoint #Arkansas
#Arkansas #COVID19 Forecast 10/19
🤞 Little Rock has moderate Local Prevalence maxing at 13 /area and stabilizing
🙂 Fayetteville is moderate at up to 8 /area and stable
Check your forecast at: https://my.hubbubworld.com
They want to convert it to a nature preserve so they can exploit fossil fuels and ruin the area. That's the only benefit to changing the designation.
'Town hall' planned this month in Jasper about Buffalo River's future; Walton group won’t participate - Arkansas Times
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2023/10/18/town-hall-planned-this-month-in-jasper-about-buffalo-rivers-future-walton-group-wont-participate #pollution #environment #buffaloriver #arkansas #fossilfuels #WaterQuality #river
a lot of #christofascist #evangelical #homeschoolers are starved by their parents until they "earn their keep" with domestic, sometimes farming and trades labor. these are not chores but full domestic jobs.
this is why #Arkansas was the first state during the #pandemic to undo #childAbuse and #childLabor laws. lots of homeschoolers.
now #Florida is next.
but the next step? coerce public school kids to work for their #schoolMeals; and eventually "education".
"Maybe 30 to 40 years from since we’ve been tracking, we have not had a local case of malaria in our state,”...
A renewed risk for malaria in Arkansas carries a lot of history.... Arkansas had one of the highest malaria rates in the nation in the 1920s and 1930s, with most in the counties near the Mississippi River. #arkansas #malaria
Josh Marshall tells you everything you ever wanted to know — and then some — about Arkansas' "Podiumgate" story. Sarah Huckabee Sanders! Money! Secrecy! Circumvention of FOIA requessts! Lies!
And corruption galore! The kind of corruption that can only be conjured up nowadays in a state totally controlled by Republicans, especially bible-belt ones. The kind of corruption the US hasn't seen since the gilded age.
#Arkansas #PodiumGate #SarahHuckabeeSanders
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/lets-talk-about-podiumgate
Not another one! Sheesh. Didn't take her long once elected.
‟Whistleblower’s attorney claims Arkansas governor’s office altered, withheld public records”
‟An anonymous whistleblower claims Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ office improperly altered and withheld public records related to ongoing scrutiny of the office’s spending, according to the whistleblower’s attorney.”
Ruh-roh, #HuckaBS...
"Whistleblower says governor’s office illegally altered, withheld records related to podium purchase
An anonymous former state employee came forward Friday claiming to have evidence that the #Arkansas governor’s office doctored documents and unlawfully withheld financial records that should have been made public under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA."
#SarahHuckabeeSanders really doesn’t want anyone to know she blew $20K on THIS…
The #gay-#hating #governor spent what many people spend on a #car on a #custommade #podium with it’s very own traveling case.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Arkansas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
Just going to leave this link here.
"Arkansas Ranks First on Americans United for Life’s Annual 'Life List' for Third Straight Year"
Benjamin Hardy reports,
"Arkansas kicked another 72,519 people off Medicaid in August, including at least 23,000 children."
By the reckoning of the newspaper Arkansas Times, for which Hardy writes, Arkansas' post-pandemic Medicaid purge is the harshest in the nation.
Other data show Arkansans as among the most resolutely "pro-life" voters in the country, in a state heavily dominated by white evangelicals.
Go figure.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signs law restricting release of her travel, security records
#SarahHuckabeeSanders #Arkansas #TravelRecords #SecurityRecords #TransparencyLaw #GovernorSigning #Politics #News
#HuckaBS #Arkansas “Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed law restricting release of her travel & security records after Legislature wrapped up special session marked by a fight to more broadly scale back state Freedom of Information Act.
The law allows the state to wall off details about the security provided the GOP governor and other constitutional officers, including who travels on the State Police airplane and the cost of individual trips.” https://apnews.com/article/huckabee-sanders-travel-security-arkansas-records-320300ea14af98adf88e2a2d39647a94
⚠️ #Arkansas Inspector General Allison Bragg wants the bill to gut #FOIA to apply 🚨 retroactively 🚨
The bill has passed the House panel, Arkansas Senate and is now going to the full House for a vote
https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2023/sep/13/arkansas-senate-approves-bill-to-modify-open-recor/
HB1012: https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2023S1%2FPublic%2FHB1012.pdf
As CNN reports, Arkansas' flagship university med school hospital UAMS has been on an orgy of filing lawsuits — numbers rose from 35 lawsuits in 2016 to more than 3,000 in 2021 — to recover payments owed for medical services, some as little as $100. Those sued include UAMS employees who worked during the Covid pandemic and were then called "heroes" by UAMS.
#Arkansas #nurses #doctors #MedicalWorkers
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https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/08/us/arkansas-hospital-debt-collections-lawsuits-pandemic/index.html
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#Arkansas is a landlocked state.
but u can travel south to every state that it borders
As Austin Bailey reports, though the Arkansas Department of Education recently announced that it defund and discredit AP programs in African American Studies, every Arkansas school district offering the program has stated it intends to keep the program going. As Bailey notes, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Saunders has instructed the head of the state education department to target "critical race theory."
#Arkansas #Republicans #racism #SarahHuckabeeSanders #education
#arkansas would be a great place to live if #cannabis was federally legal in the #USA and if you own a tornado shelter, air conditioner, home school your children, and are not #lgbtq2sia Lol 😭
The Arkansas Department of Education is prohibiting high school students from receiving credit toward graduation for taking AP African American Studies, according to multiple reports. ...#Arkansas..#GOP...#whitenationalism..
Arkansas Education Department gives culture war excuses for dumping AP African American Studies.
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2023/08/14/arkansas-department-of-education-gives-culture-war-excuses-for-dumping-ap-african-american-studies #Arkansas #AfricanAmericanStudies #BlackHistory #Prohibited #Education #Teachers #Schools #CultureWars
Via Judd Legum: The Arkansas Department of Education says it will not count AP African American Studies toward graduation credit and teachers/schools that continue to offer the course risk violating Arkansas law on “prohibited topics”. #Arkansas #AfricanAmericanStudies #BlackHistory #Prohibited #Education #Teachers #Schools
For #FungiFriday I thought I’d post this picture of a community of #fungi growing together on a decaying log near the West Mountain Trail in #HotSprings #NationalPark in Hot Springs #Arkansas. The lighter bracket fungi are probably in the genus Trametes. The darker softer fungi are what some locals call “Wood Ear” fungi, although I’m unsure what they actually are.
#Mushtodon and #Mosstodon in one photo from April 2015.
Political reporter Monica Potts returned to her hometown of Clinton, #Arkansas to investigate the effect of a stagnant #economy and how it created fertile ground for #racism among white residents.
In our magazine, an excerpt from her book Forgotten Girls: A Memoir about Friendship and Lost Promise in America.
https://www.texasobserver.org/white-people-rural-arkansas-recession-forgotten-girls/
#books @bookstodon #nonfiction #memoir #workers #rural #culture #journalism #politics #USpol