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@michaelcolby.bsky.social
@Broadsides
Writer, activist, mischief maker.
Walden, Vermont Beigetreten Haziran 2009
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For what it’s worth, I’m slowly raising my head over at the non-fascist site, and can be found at @michaelcolby.bsky.social
#FuckMusk
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“But maybe the most ridiculous way that we use corn is ethanol,”
Oliver recommended... making federal farm subsidies contingent on things like preserving topsoil, controlling runoff and slashing greenhouse gas emissions. theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/a…
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This has got to be one of the dumbest articles ever in the @nytimes. The depths of its ahistorical — and hysterical— depiction of a lifelong peaceful activist is pure absurdism. She used a profanity! She gets paid to teach organizing! She travels! nytimes.com/2024/05/01/nyr…
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A very fine choice, and a very rare occasion in which I find myself in agreement with @GovPhilScott. Write on, @biancastone
VTDigger@vtdigger
Third-generation writer Bianca Stone named Vermont’s new poet laureate buff.ly/3JHJvoI
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"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." -- Upton Sinclair
Nicholas Kristof@NickKristof
It's hard to understand why an economics professor showing concern for a student would be thrown to the ground and arrested. This is not an obvious way to defuse a crisis.
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"Part of the problem, some experts said, is that the U.S.D.A. has long been in the position of both regulating and promoting the business of agriculture."
Scientists Fault Federal Response to Bird Flu Outbreaks on Dairy Farms nytimes.com/2024/04/19/hea…
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Best management practices aren’t working to stem farm pollution. The US spent more than $30 billion since 1997 on efforts to clean up the Mississippi Basin, but in 2023 EPA said “Attempts to address nutrients are complex, difficult, and often costly.” thenewlede.org/2024/04/its-ge…
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All of these stories of failure to make progress on nitrate pollution boil down to one thing: prioritizing farmer and industry preferences over human and ecological health. startribune.com/50-years-of-pr…
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The Republican party has become a full-fledged anti-sex movement | Rebecca Solnit #Echobox=1712056664" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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