Tracy Stevens

Proud Irish rhetorician. Follow for edification, or not, re/tweets are all me

[Tracy Stevens @twellmon03]

@greta sad to see you double down on the Rubio mem/photo “story.” We’ve used our own photos for years to get our passports. The website is actually rather easy to use.

[Stock Mom™ @stockmom]

I can't stop listening to this song. Best thing that came out of the World cup being in the United States this year. 🇺🇸

Watching this compilation of fans from all over the world at the 2026 World Cup in America is so heartwarming.

USA USA USA 🇺�

[Ohio Natural Energy Institute @OHNaturalEnergy]

TONIGHT!

The inaugural Shale Crescent Dirt Cup presented by the Ohio Natural Energy Foundation at @RaceMCS!

To get tickets and for more information, visit, https://t.co/MHEfIWAaRK.

#WhoYaGot

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Hot Laps | Start at 7:30pm
Racing | Starts at 8:00pm

[Ohio Natural Energy Institute @OHNaturalEnergy]

Today we kicked off our 2026 Geology Teacher Workshop at @KimbleCompanies in Dover, OH!

We welcome an incredible group of educators from across Ohio for day one of hands-on learning, industry connections, and classroom resources.

[Tracy Stevens @twellmon03]

Yup

[Supersonic Redhead🛫 @Supersonic_Red]

There’s a generation a lot of people forget exists. We were born at the tail end of the Boomers, but we are not culturally the same as people born in the 40s and early 50s. We are Generation Jones.

And honestly, it explains a lot.

We grew up in a world that still felt fundamentally analog, but we were young enough to be dragged headfirst into the digital revolution. We are the bridge generation between rotary phones and smartphones, between slide rules and AI, between Walter Cronkite and algorithm driven media.

We remember when there were only a few television channels and the entire country watched the same thing at the same time. We also adapted to the internet, email, forums, social media, streaming and now artificial intelligence. We lived before and after the technological singularity hit everyday life.

That is not a small thing.

People born in the 40s came of age in a post World War II America that was still industrial, deeply hierarchical and institutionally stable. Their formative years were shaped by the Cold War, Vietnam, the civil rights era and a society where information moved slowly.

Generation Jones came later. We inherited the aftermath of all of that.

We were the kids who watched Watergate destroy blind trust in government. We watched manufacturing begin to collapse. We saw divorce rates explode. We were the first truly latchkey generation in massive numbers. We learned independence early because many of us had to.

We grew up with one foot in old America and one foot in whatever this new thing was becoming.

We played outside until the streetlights came on but we also learned DOS commands. We learned cursive and keyboarding. We had card catalogs and Google searches. We went from vinyl records to cassette tapes to CDs to MP3s to streaming in one lifetime.

We remember maps. We remember memorizing phone numbers. We remember life before GPS and before every human interaction became filtered through a screen.

And because of that, I think Generation Jones developed a very unique perspective. We are adaptable because we had no choice but to adapt. We learned technology as adults instead of being born into it. We remember a slower world but were forced to survive in a rapidly accelerating one.

That creates a very different mindset than either older Boomers or younger Gen X and Millennials.

A lot of us also reject the caricature people now associate with “Boomers.” We were not buying houses for the cost of a sandwich in 1965. The interest rate on my first house was over 14% and that was after buying down a point. Many of us got hit by recessions, outsourcing, pension collapses and economic instability just like younger generations did. We watched promises evaporate in real time.

We understand older generations because we were raised by them. We understand younger generations because we had to evolve alongside them.

That’s why the Jones generation often feels culturally homeless. We are rarely discussed, rarely defined and usually lumped into categories that don’t actually fit us.

But we exist.

We are the human transition point between the industrial age and the digital age.

And frankly, there will probably never be another generation quite like us again.

[Tracy Stevens @twellmon03]

Interrupting … this.

[Timo. @preman_20]

The cat made the window cleaner's day.

[ZitoSalena @ZitoSalena]

The problem on Capitol Hill & also among reporters is our relationship & understanding of our military is broken. When you have less than half of 1% of people in this country serving in our military, our understanding of their lives is both limited. https://t.co/NDeq4urX7u

[Tracy Stevens @twellmon03]

I just want Hoziers hair. Is that too much to ask?!

[Tracy Stevens @twellmon03]

Evolution of grand parenting: the freeze game. Coach Papa with coffee in hand

[Ohio Natural Energy Institute @OHNaturalEnergy]

Yesterday, we were at both @EFCTS and Wildwood Environmental Academy!

We shared career opportunities in oil and gas, made lip balm, and showed students geological fossils.

[Ohio Natural Energy Institute @OHNaturalEnergy]

Do you know any students interested in pursing a career in the natural gas and oil industry? The Foundation is proud to offer support to these students.

The application deadline is almost here!

For more information, visit, https://t.co/OPIGGrERfb.

[Senator Jay Hottinger, Ret. @JayHottinger]

Jay’s Jots: “Doctors don't make you healthy.
Teachers don't make you learn.
Trainers don't make you fit.
Coaches don't make you rich.
At some point you have to understand that this life is 100% your responsibility.”

Others can help but your ultimate well being depends upon you.

[Greta Van Susteren @greta]

Best cartoon of the day on X

[Ohio Natural Energy Institute @OHNaturalEnergy]

Today, Shawn is doing virtual presentations with high school students from Georgetown High School, part of @GEVSD, sharing information about our industry and making lip balm!

[Ohio Natural Energy Institute @OHNaturalEnergy]

Today, Mandolyn was in Licking Valley with a middle and high school STEM group doing "sweet explorations" to learn how crude oil and natural gas are produced!

[Ohio Natural Energy Institute @OHNaturalEnergy]

Today, Mandolyn is at Claymont Middle School talking with students!

[Ohio Oil & Gas Assoc @ooga_hq]

Congratulations to both Brian Chavez and Jon Airey. Join us at our upcoming annual meeting to honor and celebrate this year's award recipients.

[Ohio Natural Energy Institute @OHNaturalEnergy]

Last week, more than 30 employees from nine oil and gas companies joined us for an Industry Safety Training!

We covered a variety of topics, ranging from unrefined natural gas and crude oil safety to fire dynamics.

Tomorrow is the reward for being safe today.

[Ohio Natural Energy Institute @OHNaturalEnergy]

It was a busy past few days!

Yesterday, Mandolyn was at the Apollo Career Center talking about careers, and Shawn was at Circleville High School with a career exploration class!

Today, Shawn was at Cloverleaf High School, part of @CloverleafLocal, for their annual career fair.

[Ohio Natural Energy Institute @OHNaturalEnergy]

We're less than 1 month away from the scholarship application deadline!

Ohio students pursuing a career in the oil and gas industry can apply for a $1,500 scholarship, with renewal opportunities for a total of 4 years.

For more information, visit, https://t.co/OPIGGrFp4J.