Eh. I'm not sure about the "you can't fake it" aspect. Recently deceased Hubert Aiwanger had a fake accent (nobody shifts that many as to os) but it worked because he was a rurality LARPer running to be the voice of rurality LARPers....
November 6, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Eh. I'm not sure about the "you can't fake it" aspect. Recently deceased Hubert Aiwanger had a fake accent (nobody shifts that many as to os) but it worked because he was a rurality LARPer running to be the voice of rurality LARPers....
I do work in the rural health space, and there is *ahem* pressure to make maps that emphasize the vastness of rural places- like a rhetorical sleight of hand.
Mind you, my family hails from the rural South, so I definitely see their political marginalization at the axis of race x rurality.
Mind you, my family hails from the rural South, so I definitely see their political marginalization at the axis of race x rurality.
November 5, 2026 at 3:04 PM
I do work in the rural health space, and there is *ahem* pressure to make maps that emphasize the vastness of rural places- like a rhetorical sleight of hand.
Mind you, my family hails from the rural South, so I definitely see their political marginalization at the axis of race x rurality.
Mind you, my family hails from the rural South, so I definitely see their political marginalization at the axis of race x rurality.
W&F council has successfully preserved a 3 HQ/district footprint/devolved centre model but we keep getting our legs cut off by a government that doesn’t understand what rurality means for service delivery
November 9, 2026 at 2:01 PM
W&F council has successfully preserved a 3 HQ/district footprint/devolved centre model but we keep getting our legs cut off by a government that doesn’t understand what rurality means for service delivery
Led by Dr. Michael Budu, new COAST Study publication in @aidsjournal.bsky.social examines rurality and hospital readmissions among people living with HIV in BC, finding small urban and rural residence associated with lower odds of readmission than large urban areas.
www.ovid.com/jnls/aidsonl...
www.ovid.com/jnls/aidsonl...
November 4, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Led by Dr. Michael Budu, new COAST Study publication in @aidsjournal.bsky.social examines rurality and hospital readmissions among people living with HIV in BC, finding small urban and rural residence associated with lower odds of readmission than large urban areas.
www.ovid.com/jnls/aidsonl...
www.ovid.com/jnls/aidsonl...
*nods in Pennsylvanian rurality*
To be honest I'm usually just afraid of my neighbors, but now I will eye them with uncertainty; for me this is a win.
To be honest I'm usually just afraid of my neighbors, but now I will eye them with uncertainty; for me this is a win.
November 4, 2026 at 3:30 AM
*nods in Pennsylvanian rurality*
To be honest I'm usually just afraid of my neighbors, but now I will eye them with uncertainty; for me this is a win.
To be honest I'm usually just afraid of my neighbors, but now I will eye them with uncertainty; for me this is a win.
The county cohorts are defined strictly by Census ACS demographics and rurality (>=50% Hispanic, Midwest/Plains rural, >=80% white non-college, >=40% BA).
The trigger annotations pair each cohort with the top issue breaks for that group in the 2026 SSRS exit polls, AP Voter Poll, and WaPo-Ipsos.
The trigger annotations pair each cohort with the top issue breaks for that group in the 2026 SSRS exit polls, AP Voter Poll, and WaPo-Ipsos.
November 5, 2026 at 8:45 PM
The county cohorts are defined strictly by Census ACS demographics and rurality (>=50% Hispanic, Midwest/Plains rural, >=80% white non-college, >=40% BA).
The trigger annotations pair each cohort with the top issue breaks for that group in the 2026 SSRS exit polls, AP Voter Poll, and WaPo-Ipsos.
The trigger annotations pair each cohort with the top issue breaks for that group in the 2026 SSRS exit polls, AP Voter Poll, and WaPo-Ipsos.
Sam the rural health advoCATe is fascinated by this study, conducted at the Census Block level. No measure of rurality at that level, but Sam notes that minoritized population rural areas & Appalachia light up.
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...?
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...?
Distribution of Coal Power, Pollution, and Poverty
This cross-sectional study characterizes the populations and adverse social exposome of communities neighboring operational coal-fired power plants.
jamanetwork.com
November 6, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Sam the rural health advoCATe is fascinated by this study, conducted at the Census Block level. No measure of rurality at that level, but Sam notes that minoritized population rural areas & Appalachia light up.
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...?
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...?
By-election for Annandale East and Eskdale set for the 10th of December. The Conservatives would have only narrowly beat Labour in 2022, by about 4.1% after transfers; given rurality and the fact by-elections are more favourable conditions for the Conservatives, I'd say this leans their way.
November 8, 2026 at 9:44 PM
By-election for Annandale East and Eskdale set for the 10th of December. The Conservatives would have only narrowly beat Labour in 2022, by about 4.1% after transfers; given rurality and the fact by-elections are more favourable conditions for the Conservatives, I'd say this leans their way.
It's easy to explain, Tom. It's due to Dem's embrace of neo-liberalism specifically & their overall commitment to "moving to the center" rather than moving the center to them.
In 1992 pundits celebrated Clinton for moving the Dem party to the center.
Then in 1994 the Dems center was decimated. 1/3
In 1992 pundits celebrated Clinton for moving the Dem party to the center.
Then in 1994 the Dems center was decimated. 1/3
November 1, 2026 at 8:34 PM
It's easy to explain, Tom. It's due to Dem's embrace of neo-liberalism specifically & their overall commitment to "moving to the center" rather than moving the center to them.
In 1992 pundits celebrated Clinton for moving the Dem party to the center.
Then in 1994 the Dems center was decimated. 1/3
In 1992 pundits celebrated Clinton for moving the Dem party to the center.
Then in 1994 the Dems center was decimated. 1/3
Rural students face well-documented barriers to college access, but research from Stephanie Marie Haines complicates that picture. Read our latest digest sharing what these findings reveal about rurality, financial resources, and college access.
Haines: Financial Aid Access Across the Urban-Rural Continuum — The Rural Reconciliation Project
In The Landscape of Financial Aid Access in Iowa: An Examination of FAFSA Completion Rates Across the Urban-Rural Continuum , Stephanie Marie Haines (Iowa State University School of Education) discus...
www.ruralreconcile.org
November 2, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Rural students face well-documented barriers to college access, but research from Stephanie Marie Haines complicates that picture. Read our latest digest sharing what these findings reveal about rurality, financial resources, and college access.
In our recent paper, we looked at multilevel factors associated with HPV vaccination among Iowa youth. Receipt of school-required and other routinely recommended vaccines were positively associated with uptake; rurality was negatively associated. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Multilevel factors associated with human papillomavirus vaccination coverage in Iowa youth: Evidence from a statewide immunization registry
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination at the earliest opportunity is critical for preventing cervical, vulvar, vaginal, anal, rectal, and oropharynge…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 30, 2026 at 6:45 PM
In our recent paper, we looked at multilevel factors associated with HPV vaccination among Iowa youth. Receipt of school-required and other routinely recommended vaccines were positively associated with uptake; rurality was negatively associated. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The rural landscape remains understudied within the broader fields of planning, architecture, or landscape. In April, the HDS Garden Group and the GSD Rural Group collaborated to address the deficiency.
Read more loebfellowship.gsd.harvard.edu/stories/root...
Read more loebfellowship.gsd.harvard.edu/stories/root...
The LOEB Fellowship | Rooted Futures: Exploring Rurality, Design, Land, and Kinship
loebfellowship.gsd.harvard.edu
October 30, 2026 at 3:33 PM
The rural landscape remains understudied within the broader fields of planning, architecture, or landscape. In April, the HDS Garden Group and the GSD Rural Group collaborated to address the deficiency.
Read more loebfellowship.gsd.harvard.edu/stories/root...
Read more loebfellowship.gsd.harvard.edu/stories/root...
New research, shared by Sam the rural health advoCATe. Notably, higher disability prevalence in rural counties was linked to lower receipt of flu vaccines and mammograms, creating dual levels of disparity.
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.ruralhealthresearch.org/alerts/739?
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.ruralhealthresearch.org/alerts/739?
County-Level Differences in Fee-for-Service Medicare Quality Measures by Rurality and Disability Status
Research Alert from the Rural Health Research Gateway for: County-Level Differences in Fee-for-Service Medicare Quality Measures by Rurality and Disability Status
www.ruralhealthresearch.org
October 29, 2026 at 2:50 PM
New research, shared by Sam the rural health advoCATe. Notably, higher disability prevalence in rural counties was linked to lower receipt of flu vaccines and mammograms, creating dual levels of disparity.
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.ruralhealthresearch.org/alerts/739?
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.ruralhealthresearch.org/alerts/739?
My kid's geo textbook is a direct translation of a French version and there are tons of hilarious nonwords in it, like teaching the kids what the nonword rurality means.
October 26, 2026 at 9:29 PM
My kid's geo textbook is a direct translation of a French version and there are tons of hilarious nonwords in it, like teaching the kids what the nonword rurality means.
"the process of infrastructural development and operation in the settler colony has always been one of land theft and the destruction of Indigenous lifeways/ frequently enacted in and through territories categorized as rural, premised on the logics of colonial land expropriation"
October 28, 2026 at 12:30 PM
"the process of infrastructural development and operation in the settler colony has always been one of land theft and the destruction of Indigenous lifeways/ frequently enacted in and through territories categorized as rural, premised on the logics of colonial land expropriation"
Follow up question: do you have state level information on % rural red population? I don’t think it would be doable across all states but try for handful that are close
Is there a difference in just how red rural the states are? And how does that rurality affect the change?
More rural = bigger miss
Is there a difference in just how red rural the states are? And how does that rurality affect the change?
More rural = bigger miss
October 29, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Follow up question: do you have state level information on % rural red population? I don’t think it would be doable across all states but try for handful that are close
Is there a difference in just how red rural the states are? And how does that rurality affect the change?
More rural = bigger miss
Is there a difference in just how red rural the states are? And how does that rurality affect the change?
More rural = bigger miss
I would have bet rurality did exist
October 26, 2026 at 9:35 PM
I would have bet rurality did exist
how stressful and destabilizing, these fuel shortages. At the base of the great rift valley, Malawi is a hilly rurality.
hitch hiked the length of this amazing place gratis, once. by the grace of commuters and other travelers, most with a sense of humor, and whoo! our cheek. i'm so sorry, friends.
hitch hiked the length of this amazing place gratis, once. by the grace of commuters and other travelers, most with a sense of humor, and whoo! our cheek. i'm so sorry, friends.
Road to nowhere: Malawi’s deepening fuel crisis
The southeast African nation has been hit by a currency shortage – and the nation’s drivers are paying the price
theweek.com
October 29, 2026 at 2:29 AM
how stressful and destabilizing, these fuel shortages. At the base of the great rift valley, Malawi is a hilly rurality.
hitch hiked the length of this amazing place gratis, once. by the grace of commuters and other travelers, most with a sense of humor, and whoo! our cheek. i'm so sorry, friends.
hitch hiked the length of this amazing place gratis, once. by the grace of commuters and other travelers, most with a sense of humor, and whoo! our cheek. i'm so sorry, friends.
“rural settings are crucial sites of political contestation in the contemporary context, struggles waged at or through technologies and practices of mediation that often take infrastructural forms and that are difficult to predict in advance of how they sit on familiar ideological spectrums”
Patrick Brodie and Darin Barney eds., "Media Rurality" (Duke UP, 2026)
Podcast Episode · New Books in Communications · May 3 · 1h 20m
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October 28, 2026 at 12:36 PM
“rural settings are crucial sites of political contestation in the contemporary context, struggles waged at or through technologies and practices of mediation that often take infrastructural forms and that are difficult to predict in advance of how they sit on familiar ideological spectrums”
"There is no single definition or measurement of rurality. It is often based on population size, population density, or geographical proximity to urban areas. Measurements of rural vary, ranging from populations of 2,500 to 50,000.[1]"
October 26, 2026 at 9:45 PM
"There is no single definition or measurement of rurality. It is often based on population size, population density, or geographical proximity to urban areas. Measurements of rural vary, ranging from populations of 2,500 to 50,000.[1]"
post-pit rurality offers a lot of openings and this is the bit of the coalfield where speaking Welsh is not fringe
October 25, 2026 at 10:26 AM
post-pit rurality offers a lot of openings and this is the bit of the coalfield where speaking Welsh is not fringe
hmm, I suppose so, it’s that I associated rurality with less urbanized land/proximity to population centers
October 24, 2026 at 1:18 AM
hmm, I suppose so, it’s that I associated rurality with less urbanized land/proximity to population centers
ABSOLUTELY!!!
In fact, Democrats held a MAJORITY of the most rural House districts up until the 1994 elections. And they even managed to regain it briefly with Dean's 50-state plan.
From "Rural vs Urban" by @smettler.bsky.social:
In fact, Democrats held a MAJORITY of the most rural House districts up until the 1994 elections. And they even managed to regain it briefly with Dean's 50-state plan.
From "Rural vs Urban" by @smettler.bsky.social:
October 23, 2026 at 3:16 PM
ABSOLUTELY!!!
In fact, Democrats held a MAJORITY of the most rural House districts up until the 1994 elections. And they even managed to regain it briefly with Dean's 50-state plan.
From "Rural vs Urban" by @smettler.bsky.social:
In fact, Democrats held a MAJORITY of the most rural House districts up until the 1994 elections. And they even managed to regain it briefly with Dean's 50-state plan.
From "Rural vs Urban" by @smettler.bsky.social: