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@B13vins @1011_News @JohnGrinvalds Try Germany. I have loads of fun partying at Oktoberfest where they don't have balloon releases or single use plastics and it's not controversial 🥳

@1011_News @JohnGrinvalds Fun hater, & notice how she said she use to live in Nebraska 🙄

A former UNL student who worked to get rid of the balloon release says she's very bothered by the return of the tradition. "Fun should not come at the expense of somebody or something else." @JohnGrinvalds interviewed multiple people about the topic - watch 10/11 tonight at 10.

@tylerscott @1011_News @JohnGrinvalds I actually own a pre-used Fairphone but I'm glad you're aware of the impact of electronics on the environment

@Perl_of_Wisdom @1011_News @JohnGrinvalds I actually received my B.S segrees in Economics and Environmental Economics from UNL :) The benefits didn't outweigh the costs with this one

@1011_News @JohnGrinvalds Fun literally always comes at the expense of something else. Every decision has an opportunity cost. But an environmentalist not understanding the most basic rules of economics is not surprising.

@Dani69301212 @1011_News @JohnGrinvalds Wanna get a team together and help? And to be even more environmentally friendly, we can walk too!

@1011_News @JohnGrinvalds So many other things to worry about that of a few 🎈’s going into the air. It’s tradition. If you wanna do a solid for your side of it how bout you go pick them up afterwords!

@thejunebug34 @1011_News @JohnGrinvalds I actually have. Here's the one from Lincoln!

@1011_News @JohnGrinvalds Lol This girl has never been to a landfill and it shows. Balloons are the least of our problem

@bstauden @1011_News @JohnGrinvalds I'm quite happy with myself ☺️ And I don't have cats, but having pets tends to make people happier and more empathetic so I suggest trying it if you don't have any

@1011_News @JohnGrinvalds Millennial and GenZ women hate themselves, It’s pretty obvious. She probably has 3 cats at home too.

@Nic97067339 @1011_News @JohnGrinvalds No, but thanks 😊

@1011_News @JohnGrinvalds How about you got sit in a room by yourself and leave the rest of us alone.

@GingerProblemz @1011_News @JohnGrinvalds It's a prime example of empathy and caring about the consequences of littering. Multiple studies have shown how balloons travel thousands of miles and hurt animals. Many states have banned balloon releases for this reason.

@1011_News @JohnGrinvalds As a CU fan, what in the FUCK are you talking about? It's sports. It's competitive, it's not some participation trophy bullshit. How does releasing balloons hurt anyone??? If they wanna do this shit for hype reasons. send it. this is a prime example of liberal brain rot.

@Husker__Chief @SunglassesVisor @n0ne0fthebel0w @1011_News @JohnGrinvalds This would take research, money, resources, etc to track the balloons which Husker Atheltics doesn't prioritize, so we go with the countless articles about balloons and research from other universities about it. Clemson did a study and tracked it before they banned their release

@WilliamsForOPPD Welcome to the new normal

Weather getting real weird. It is “dangerously hot” with an extreme heat warning for the next few hours… and ice just started falling from the sky. Awesome. Normal. Nothing unusual about the climate here.

These are only controversial things in the US...I've been in Germany for 5 weeks now and have yet to have anybody tell me they disagree with any of these statements

"Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself" ~ Atticus Finch - To Kill a Mockingbird

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free ." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world." - Dolores Huerta

"It's not only the swomee swans, barbaloot bear and humming fish that are disappearing. It's the whooping crane, the salt creek tiger beetle, the pallid sturgeon, great cultural symbols of the state of Nebraska, vanishing." valiantpost.com/embrace-nebras…

Princeton sociologist Matthew Desmond says if the top 1% of Americans paid the taxes they owed, it would raise $175 billion each year. "That is just about enough to pull everyone out of poverty," the author says. n.pr/42I9bK8

#Climatechange is disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations - 80% of people displaced are women and girls. Not only do they need to survive, but also care for their families in fear of heightened violence. #WomensHistoryMonth #EJFriday msmagazine.com/2023/03/23/wom…

@NebraskaFreedom @Wasps_n_Moths Then keep them away from churches

@Wasps_n_Moths Keeping kids free from groomers.

NE Teacher of the Year Renee Jones celebrating Drag Queen Story Hour and buying books for her classroom like “The Hips on the Drag Queen go Swish Swish Swish.” Maybe academic proficiency wouldn’t be on a decline if this wasn’t a priority. Time to take back our schools!

Complimenting something and getting the response of, "OH thanks! It's $8 from Trader Joe's" Forgot how Midwest this one is 10/?

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Some reverse culture shocks I've experienced after backpacking Europe for 8 months: 1/?