I've often thought about starting up a Mastodon instance for the Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High Point, NC area.
Not sure what exactly I'd name it/call it
Since I co-admin this instance, I would want it to to be hosted similarly as this one with MastoHost but would love to find someone reliable that could moderate and help run it if necessary.
Just curious if there would be much interest in an instance like that.
I feel Mastodon needs more instances that are focused on various places in the USA like this.
I just personally don't know how many people here on the #Fediverse would be interested in being on an instance that is focused more on the Triad or how many others would want to be on an instance with many others from within the same area of the US.
@DemocracyMattersALot ...yes. Having read that post by trumpo, one surely will realize that not one single thing in his recitation are things he supports or that we need....he disdains our military & its members; economy is best it's ever been (😉); aggressive border deal on the table which he nixes; 2A not under siege.....just another load of bollocks....
The project is over budget and behind schedule, with a lot of hard work left to do. Its opponents hope that makes #FossilFuel companies think twice about building the next one.
By Katie Myers
Published Jan 16, 2024
"As day broke over the small mountain town of #EllistonVirginia, one Monday in October, masked figures in thick coats emerged from the woods surrounding a construction site. Three of them approached three excavators and, one by one, locked themselves to the machines, bringing the day’s work to a halt. As they did so, several dozen of their fellow protesters gathered around them, unfurling banners and chanting amid the groaning and beeping of construction equipment.
"They made their way across the field, over patches of bare earth, around sections of rusty pipe meant for burial beneath the mountain. Eventually the metal tubes will form yet another section of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which will soon carry 2 billion cubic feet of #fracked#methane from the #ShaleFields of #WestVirginia to #NorthCarolina each day. Their breath billowed in the crisp air. Beyond them stretched a bright blue sky, and mountains tinged with yellow. The past night’s rain pooled on the muddy and compacted soil beneath their feet.
"Workers in highlighter-yellow vests and hard hats milled around, some looking amused, others frustrated. One or two engaged with the #protesters, only to be told off by an irate site manager. A few miles away at the West Virginia state line, another three dozen or so activists did much the same atop #PetersMountain. One even managed to crawl under an excavator and lock herself in place, despite the cold. The others rallied around, enclosing her in a tight, protective circle.
Some might wonder why they bothered. After all, the project is, by the Mountain Valley Pipeline company’s estimate, 94 percent complete and will be wrapped up before summer. It stalled for several years amid legal fights over various permits, but Senator #JoeManchin, a moderate Democrat from West Virginia, almost single-handedly revived it in 2022 in exchange for his support of key Democratic priorities. Since then, the Biden administration and the Supreme Court have all but assured its completion. With the approximately 303-mile pipeline approaching the final stretch after almost a decade’s work, it might seem hardly worth fighting at this point.
"A large contingent of steadfast opposition begs to differ — and will enthusiastically explain why. The pipeline is six years behind schedule, about half a billion dollars over budget, and, despite promises that it would be done by the end of last year, delayed once again. The remaining construction is over rugged terrain, with hundreds of water crossings left to bridge. The company recently postponed, shortened, and rerouted its planned extension into North Carolina, a proposal long stymied by permitting problems with the main line. And, just last month, #Equitrans, which owns the #pipeline and many others across the country, was said to be considering selling itself. The road to the pipeline’s completion remains rocky, its opponents argue, with many opportunities to make finishing it as difficult as possible.
"'We cannot let them destroy our land and water,' said a young woman named Ericka. Like many interviewed for this story, she gave only her first name out of fear of reprisal from #MountainValleyPipelineLLC, which has begun suing #protesters in a bid to silence them. She had brought her three children to occupy the land that day. 'What are we going to drink? Where are we going to live? People have to come here and stop this.'"
Climate change may make wildfires larger, more common in US southern Appalachian region
In a new study, North Carolina State University researchers have found that more extreme and frequent droughts would dramatically increase the amount of forest burned by wildfire in the southern Appalachian region of the Southeast through the end of the century
Last night I headed to City Walk Brewing in #Hickory, #NorthCarolina for a Christmas Eve drink. I started with a Walking After Midnight, a 9.5% ABV imperial stout aged in North Carolina bourbon barrels. I followed it up with Fallen Arches, a 6.6% ABV west coast IPA. #ItsAlwaysStoutSeason@beersofmastodon
I’m at a comedy club in Wilmington North Carolina right now, the same place there was a white supremacy coup d’état in 1898, and just under 50% of the couples in here are interracial. Love to see it. #wilmingtonnc#northcarolina#thesouth
A new lawsuit challenges several districts in #NorthCarolina's new Republican-backed congressional maps — alleging they're an illegal racial #gerrymander.
Love people? Thats snowflake. Accept people as they are? Build your relationship as equals?
Be kiiii-iiinnnnd all the time, respect people, recognize they are valuable like yourself???? Snowflake loser snowflake loser.
@SrRochardBunson@redstateinsurgents As a German that doesn't sound good. We had a 'Secret state police'. GeStaPo or Geheime Staatspolizei was the name in the time of the Nazis. Maybe you should try to stop the fascism of the GOP. Just saying...
