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Today we celebrate the life of the Forever Voice of the Vikings - thank you Jeff Fylling for the impact you made on so many @AugustanaSD @GoAugie athletes, coaches, staff, and fans 🙏

@bigkyz USA 🇺🇸 USA 🇺🇸 USA 🇺🇸 👏👏👏👏

@AdamSpelhaug @wagner_farms Way past the DMZ line

@wagner_farms @bigkyz Maybe Marshall Cty MN

Mama is not happy at the moment

@wagner_farms All good either way. I prefer to keep warm relations between our 2 countries, and my household

@bigkyz Ha! Dang here I thought that five miles that separated me from a border county was enough

@wagner_farms Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but anything north of Hwy 14 is Canada to me.

@bigkyz Marshall Co so far north it identifies as a Canadian province?

🇺🇸 bourbon > 🇨🇦 whiskey

"It has always seemed strange to me... The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second." - John Steinbeck This quote is taken from John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row (1945). In the novel, Steinbeck examines a core contradiction of modern life: the virtues people publicly celebrate are rarely the ones that lead to success. Kindness, honesty, generosity, and empathy are praised in principle, yet in competitive economic systems they often hinder advancement. In contrast, traits like greed, shrewdness, and self-interest tend to produce material rewards, even while being morally criticized. Steinbeck isn’t condemning success itself. Rather, he highlights a cultural paradox—society applauds virtue but frequently profits from its opposite. The final line underscores this tension: goodness is admired, yet ambition and self-interest are what generate the wealth and productivity people ultimately enjoy. Maybe that contradiction is simply part of the world we live in.

I locked the classroom door and turned to twenty five high school seniors, the Class of 2026. They were supposed to be the digital generation, confident and plugged in. Instead, staring back at me under the glow of hidden phones, they just looked tired. I asked them to turn their phones off. Not silent. Off. On my desk sat an old olive green military rucksack that belonged to my father. For weeks they ignored it, assuming it was just junk. They didn’t know it was the heaviest thing in the building. I dragged it to the center of the room. Thud. I told them we weren’t doing the Constitution that day. I handed out blank index cards with three rules. No names. Total honesty. Write down the heaviest thing you are carrying. At first, no one moved. Then Sarah, straight A student, perfect everything, started writing. Then Marcus, the football captain, hunched over his card and wrote just three words. One by one, they folded their cards and dropped them into the bag. I zipped it shut and told them this bag was who they really were. Then I began to read. A father pretending to go to work after losing his job. A student carrying Narcan for their mom. A kid mapping exits everywhere. A teen trapped between parents screaming about politics. A girl with thousands of followers crying alone at night. Then the last card. I don’t want to be here anymore. I’m just waiting for a sign to stay. Marcus was crying openly. Sarah was holding the hand of a boy who usually sat alone. The cliques were gone. They were just kids carrying too much. I told them the bag would stay in the room so they wouldn’t have to carry it alone anymore. When the bell rang, no one rushed out. Every student stopped and touched the rucksack on the way out. I see you. That night, a parent emailed me. Their son hugged them for the first time in years and asked for help. Everyone you pass is carrying something you can’t see. Be kind. Be curious. Ask the people you love what they’re carrying. You might save a life.

Assman Land & Cattle has two paid internship positions available. We are an organic farming, feedlot, bison cow/calf, and beef cow/calf operation seeking one or more individuals to join our positive work environment. We operate new and late-model John Deere equipment. Quality workmanship and proper animal husbandry is important to us. Housing Provided. We are looking to fill one or both positions, depending on applicants. ⸻ Position 1: Cattle Feeding Specialist & Ranch Hand This position will cover all aspects of a cow/calf and feedlot operation. Responsibilities include: • Cattle feeding and daily care • General ranch duties • Cow/calf and feedlot operations • Pasture Checking and Bison Management. Requirements: • Livestock experience required • CDL and/or welding experience preferred but not required ⸻ Position 2: Farming & General Mechanic This position focuses on farming and haying operations, with mechanical responsibilities based on experience. Responsibilities include: • All aspects of farming and haying • Equipment maintenance and repair • General maintenance to major repairs (depending on experience) Requirements: • Farming/agriculture experience required • CDL and/or welding experience preferred but not required ⸻ Paid internship Housing provided Located near Mission, SD There is an opportunity for full-time employment for both positions. Resume and References Required. To apply Call Scott Assman: 6058280352

@jjans27 @mchristensenbv @sdfbca @KaraKayser Thanks gents. Appreciate you.

@mchristensenbv @sdfbca @bigkyz @KaraKayser On a short, short list of ‘The Best Guys of All Time’!! Congrats fella, proud to know you for 45+ years! @bigkyz

Proud of my brother Josh Kayser! @bigkyz @KaraKayser #FightOn ⚔️

@EichackerJoe Getting to be a trend, and I hate it

@bigkyz 16% to 8% in a couple days too. Fun times

The weather is BS, if I wanted to harvest in the heat I'd grow poverty grass

Generate X folks are not the people you want to mess with. #IamGenX

@ShayKayser @JimboLarsen He owes all of us one for putting up with him all these years

@JimboLarsen Make sure he has a large tab in the club house!

My opponent got an Ace. Congratulations Mike

@jjans27 Now it's time to kiss your ass goodbye.

OUTTA MY WAY! OUTTA MY DAY! 🤘🏽@bigkyz

@urbanfarmer00 Watering the flower used to have a different meaning.....you are old

How old are you? I’m water the flowers while drinking coffee at 6am on a beautiful morning old….

@dweberolllllllo Bright side is lot easier with autosteer.... Still looking for my settlement on the crooked neck I obtained growing up cultivating

@wagner_farms No it wasn't that long ago. I've got a feeling someone is trying to make me feel old, and they're doing a fine job.

@bigkyz congrats… but a black and white photo? Come on it wasn’t THAT long ago.