Farahn Morgan

contributing writer at @countyhwy. occasional dispatches at @unherd. contact: [email protected]

"On to Ektun in the potato chip van."

[Farahn Morgan @FarahnMorgan]

… which contains a short essay by yours truly about roller skates. Consider it a love letter to Vance’s Skateland, the Appalachian trailer park roller rink that raised me.

[County Highway @countyhwy]

No humble log cabin or stately summer home is complete without 250 Great American Things. A treasury of wit and wisdom for the whole family, guaranteed to start arguments and make you laugh out loud.

Order your copy here in time for America’s 250th:

https://t.co/sFmX4gEntV

[Farahn Morgan @FarahnMorgan]

Spent part of Saturday exploring Bloody Harlan, KY.

[County Highway @countyhwy]

With contributions from Ian Frazier, Sterling Holywhitemountain, Walter Kirn, Krist Novoselic, David Gates, Kurt Loder, Anne Fadiman, Meaghan Garvey, Jeff Weiss, David Samuels and more, it’s America’s ultimate 250th birthday book. Order your copy today!

https://t.co/PpIDjvQjT2

[Farahn Morgan @FarahnMorgan]

Absolutely no one on earth:

North Carolina:

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@NY_LBSS @milesHtown OMG… location MANHATTAN. I just saw that right now. But spiritually, I knew it all along.

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Every single smallish town in America has a data center resistance effort like this one now.

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@LoganDobson Ahhhh… my bad, Logan. Didn’t realize you’re paid to say this kind of thing. Hope the vacay on the cape is worth it.

[Farahn Morgan @FarahnMorgan]

@LoganDobson AI is the primary driver of new data center development…

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@BridgetPhetasy It’s almost as though society benefits from having different people in different places all over the country write about what they physically observe there…

[Katie Rogers @katierogers]

"Reporters and editors who get their ideas from their social-media feeds — which is most of them, most of the time — can mistake a paid simulation of public interest for the real thing and then make it real by covering it. "

https://t.co/jenxweDHCs

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Found a kind of gorgeous 1870s printing of Great Expectations from T.B. Peterson & Brothers.

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@CathyM19988 @PaulDeathwish @walterkirn He has… what? A minute and a half of screen time? That this is even a conversation tells you that he’s great in it.

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Politely requesting that non-smiling-in-recogniton MFers stay out of the South.

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Trucker friends, what are your most beloved indie truck stops? How come?

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

From @WSJFreeEx via @WSJOpinion: When it comes to magazine pieces, people still read, but not with much respect, or even regard for, the writer. Things were better as recently as the ’90s, with essayists like David Foster Wallace, writes @matthennessey.
https://t.co/m8VziatDuB

[Billy Bowling  𝕏 @babowling12]

Foggy spring morning flights in Appalachia >

📍Lebanon, VA

[Amanda Fortini @amandafortini]

The lost art of reading comprehension

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

Never let physical media die. Scrapbooks, CDs, DVDs, vinyl records, hardback books, cassette tapes. We need to keep all of it in rotation.

[Farahn Morgan @FarahnMorgan]

mother.

[lori harfenist @TheResident]

If I didn’t lose my mind now and then, I’d go crazy.