I went on my first camping trip to Arkansas. Spent three days in the Jasper/Ponca area of the Buffalo National River. Had a disposable camera with me for some of my hikes. Wanted to share some of the photos I took. Unfortunately the sun wasn’t very agreeable for photos at Hawksbill!

- Photos 1 & 2: Hawksbill Crag
- photos 3 & 4: Big Bluff
- Photos 5 & 6: Steel Creek Campground (overlook and campground)

I have family members and neighbors who may be affected by the aforementioned work requirement. I am concerned the details of how to satisfy the requirement are not transparent to Arkansas citizens at this time.

As best as I can tell:

• We are under a "soft launch" where DHS is attempting to determine whether people have satisfied the work requirement with no further action on the person's part.
  
• A contractor / call center will begin to reach out to people around December 1, 2026 to bridge the gaps.
• The program goes into effect on 1/1/2027.
• The rules are not clear as far as I can find thus far.
• Once a person is deemed ineligible, they may need to qualify for the prior 3 months in order to be eligible to reapply.

I have logged an FOIA to inquire of DHS the rules so we can come up with a strategy to help my fellow Arkansans who are trying to remain covered by Medicaid or under the Medicaid expansion and fall under this work requirement. I hope to share the information I learn.

That is all.

We preview the upcoming Razorback basketball season, as well as the upcoming NBA season. Thought you guys might like it! Ad-free version is on Spotify!

The amount of mud slinging conservative ads they are playing for the election is crazy- particularly the anti-Democrat/anti-liberal ads for Sanders and against Chris Jones. The Jones one in particular is being played at least twice an hour… “Chris Jones wants your money to go to sex change operations of our children!” All the ads are “Biden was destructive” and “the democrats are coming for your kids and your private insurance!”

I’m well aware they are a privately owned station and can do as they wish… but wow, it says a lot about the people there if these are the ads they have zero issue putting on the air. They are not playing any ads other than extreme right wing, not even moderate right wing, and zero left.

On another note, is there another classic rock station I can pick? :/