Settled three prewars at my tree farm
@agroforest.bsky.social
Retired lawyer. Roadie. Cat colony guardian. Turning a Christmas tree farm in the Driftless Area into a food forest.
I don't think Trump expects to live long enough to see his name removed from the Kennedy Center. So, at least there's that, I guess.
December 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I don't think Trump expects to live long enough to see his name removed from the Kennedy Center. So, at least there's that, I guess.
Toyota sucks, part eleventy-thousand:
“It is surprising and sickening and dystopian to see an automaker operating like this, literally making a game out of poisoning communities and accelerating climate change"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“It is surprising and sickening and dystopian to see an automaker operating like this, literally making a game out of poisoning communities and accelerating climate change"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Revealed: how Toyota uses retro-style games and prizes to urge US workers to lobby politicians
Games such as Dragon Quest used to mobilize workers to back corporate goals including relaxing environmental rules
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Toyota sucks, part eleventy-thousand:
“It is surprising and sickening and dystopian to see an automaker operating like this, literally making a game out of poisoning communities and accelerating climate change"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“It is surprising and sickening and dystopian to see an automaker operating like this, literally making a game out of poisoning communities and accelerating climate change"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Did Roy Spencer* cook here?
"Indeed, inflation in several categories that had long been stubborn seemed to nearly evaporate, according to the government... “This one-of-a-kind report produced anomaly after anomaly, almost all pointing in the same direction,”
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
"Indeed, inflation in several categories that had long been stubborn seemed to nearly evaporate, according to the government... “This one-of-a-kind report produced anomaly after anomaly, almost all pointing in the same direction,”
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Economists Wince at Trump Administration Inflation Numbers
Get caught up.
www.bloomberg.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Did Roy Spencer* cook here?
"Indeed, inflation in several categories that had long been stubborn seemed to nearly evaporate, according to the government... “This one-of-a-kind report produced anomaly after anomaly, almost all pointing in the same direction,”
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
"Indeed, inflation in several categories that had long been stubborn seemed to nearly evaporate, according to the government... “This one-of-a-kind report produced anomaly after anomaly, almost all pointing in the same direction,”
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
EU showing a lack of vision/morality. Plenty of Trumpian idiocy, tho, so there's that
The European Union is planning a softening of emissions rules for new cars, scrapping an effective ban on combustion engines (as of 2035) following months of pressure from the automotive industry - Bloomberg Green
The European Union is planning a softening of emissions rules for new cars, scrapping an effective ban on combustion engines (as of 2035) following months of pressure from the automotive industry - Bloomberg Green
December 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
EU showing a lack of vision/morality. Plenty of Trumpian idiocy, tho, so there's that
The European Union is planning a softening of emissions rules for new cars, scrapping an effective ban on combustion engines (as of 2035) following months of pressure from the automotive industry - Bloomberg Green
The European Union is planning a softening of emissions rules for new cars, scrapping an effective ban on combustion engines (as of 2035) following months of pressure from the automotive industry - Bloomberg Green
I was told this was the best economy ever
The US economy added 64,000 jobs in November as the unemployment rate crept up to 4.6%, according to Labor Department data published Tuesday. finance.yahoo.com/news/unemplo...
The US economy added 64,000 jobs in November as the unemployment rate crept up to 4.6%, according to Labor Department data published Tuesday. finance.yahoo.com/news/unemplo...
Unemployment rose in November to highest level since 2021, even as economy added jobs
The US economy added 64,000 jobs in November as the unemployment rate crept up to 4.6%, according to Labor Department data published Tuesday.
finance.yahoo.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I was told this was the best economy ever
The US economy added 64,000 jobs in November as the unemployment rate crept up to 4.6%, according to Labor Department data published Tuesday. finance.yahoo.com/news/unemplo...
The US economy added 64,000 jobs in November as the unemployment rate crept up to 4.6%, according to Labor Department data published Tuesday. finance.yahoo.com/news/unemplo...
Is Ag pro cancer?
Iowa cannot solve its nitrate problem unless we [stop] new drainage tile. We’re installing thousands of miles (yes thousands) of new tile every year. We gift the financial benefits to farmers and earth movers and stick you with a tumor... riverraccoon.substack.com/p/tiling-for...
Iowa cannot solve its nitrate problem unless we [stop] new drainage tile. We’re installing thousands of miles (yes thousands) of new tile every year. We gift the financial benefits to farmers and earth movers and stick you with a tumor... riverraccoon.substack.com/p/tiling-for...
Tiling for Dollars
A high level discussion is needed about drainage tile
riverraccoon.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Is Ag pro cancer?
Iowa cannot solve its nitrate problem unless we [stop] new drainage tile. We’re installing thousands of miles (yes thousands) of new tile every year. We gift the financial benefits to farmers and earth movers and stick you with a tumor... riverraccoon.substack.com/p/tiling-for...
Iowa cannot solve its nitrate problem unless we [stop] new drainage tile. We’re installing thousands of miles (yes thousands) of new tile every year. We gift the financial benefits to farmers and earth movers and stick you with a tumor... riverraccoon.substack.com/p/tiling-for...
Props to whoever selects photos at the Guardian. This photo of the shitsquatch is perfect (even if he should never make news again).
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Manchin urges lawmakers to stop acting in ‘attack mode’ amid political violence
Former senator’s comments echo recent call from Erika Kirk that ‘everyone has responsibility’ to tone down hatred
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Props to whoever selects photos at the Guardian. This photo of the shitsquatch is perfect (even if he should never make news again).
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
In 2026, let's all be providers of bad news for Republicans.
December 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
In 2026, let's all be providers of bad news for Republicans.
Few failures as delicious as Sinema's failures.
Sinema lobbied hard for the data center, but her involvement created exactly the opposition she tried to sweeping away.
Thumbs down: Chandler kills Sinema-backed data center in 7-0 vote
Sinema lobbied hard for the data center, but her involvement created exactly the opposition she tried to sweeping away.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Few failures as delicious as Sinema's failures.
Josh Marshall says we can't put the genie back in the bottle, but maybe ostracism, prosecution, and incarceration would be a start?
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/rough...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/rough...
Rough Seas Abroad Under Trump II
I’ve written a number of times over the years about the fact...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Josh Marshall says we can't put the genie back in the bottle, but maybe ostracism, prosecution, and incarceration would be a start?
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/rough...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/rough...
I hate to think of myself as someone who would lustily cheer this guy being strapped to a guillotine
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I hate to think of myself as someone who would lustily cheer this guy being strapped to a guillotine
The best sentence I read this week:
The president is fully checked out because he’s old, enfeebled, and his brain is slowly turning into pasta e fagioli. newrepublic.com/post/204003/...
The president is fully checked out because he’s old, enfeebled, and his brain is slowly turning into pasta e fagioli. newrepublic.com/post/204003/...
Hey, Does Anyone Want to Talk About Donald Trump’s Infirmities?
He’s clearly slipping, mentally and physically, but the political press suddenly finds it less newsworthy that we have a woefully aging president.
newrepublic.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The best sentence I read this week:
The president is fully checked out because he’s old, enfeebled, and his brain is slowly turning into pasta e fagioli. newrepublic.com/post/204003/...
The president is fully checked out because he’s old, enfeebled, and his brain is slowly turning into pasta e fagioli. newrepublic.com/post/204003/...
Republicans crater the economy, part eleventy-billion.
A new poll by Politico shows that 46% of Americans surveyed say that the cost of living is the “worst they can remember it being”. What’s more, 37% of Trump voters share that view. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
A new poll by Politico shows that 46% of Americans surveyed say that the cost of living is the “worst they can remember it being”. What’s more, 37% of Trump voters share that view. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Top Democrat calls Navy admiral briefing about ‘double-tap’ strike on vessels ‘one of the most troubling things I’ve seen’– live
Adm Frank Bradley spoke to lawmakers in a private session on the suspected drug boats; Jim Hines tells CNN the briefing was troubling but Bradley confirmed there was not a ‘kill them all’ order
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Republicans crater the economy, part eleventy-billion.
A new poll by Politico shows that 46% of Americans surveyed say that the cost of living is the “worst they can remember it being”. What’s more, 37% of Trump voters share that view. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
A new poll by Politico shows that 46% of Americans surveyed say that the cost of living is the “worst they can remember it being”. What’s more, 37% of Trump voters share that view. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Come for a dose of climate optimism, stay for Katherine Hayhoe's fantastic cats: heated.world/p/al-gores-c...
Al Gore's case for optimism
Gore talks to HEATED about COP30, the Gates memo, and why he thinks billionaires should face far more scrutiny in the climate fight.
heated.world
December 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Come for a dose of climate optimism, stay for Katherine Hayhoe's fantastic cats: heated.world/p/al-gores-c...
Krugman is no fan of Hasset:
"[B]asically everyone understands that Hassett is an ideological DEI hire. That is, his career has depended not on getting things right but on displaying unswerving loyalty to conservative causes"
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/eggs-gas-a...
"[B]asically everyone understands that Hassett is an ideological DEI hire. That is, his career has depended not on getting things right but on displaying unswerving loyalty to conservative causes"
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/eggs-gas-a...
Eggs, Lies and Gasoline
The unbearable lightweightness of being Kevin Hassett
paulkrugman.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Krugman is no fan of Hasset:
"[B]asically everyone understands that Hassett is an ideological DEI hire. That is, his career has depended not on getting things right but on displaying unswerving loyalty to conservative causes"
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/eggs-gas-a...
"[B]asically everyone understands that Hassett is an ideological DEI hire. That is, his career has depended not on getting things right but on displaying unswerving loyalty to conservative causes"
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/eggs-gas-a...
Misspelled "certainty" “There is a possibility that the U.S. will betray Ukraine on the issue of territory without clarity on security guarantees,” Macron said, according to Spiegel, adding there was “a great danger” for Zelenskyy.
“We cannot leave Ukraine and Volodymyr alone with these guys.” www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Macron warned US could ‘betray’ Ukraine in leaked leaders’ call, Spiegel reports
According to a transcript obtained by the German outlet, Europe rallied around Volodymyr Zelenskyy and sharply criticized Washington.
www.politico.eu
December 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Misspelled "certainty" “There is a possibility that the U.S. will betray Ukraine on the issue of territory without clarity on security guarantees,” Macron said, according to Spiegel, adding there was “a great danger” for Zelenskyy.
Ford CEO on Trump slashing CAFE standards is why you should absolutely, positively, shun Ford:
“Today is a victory for common sense and affordability… We believe that people should be able to make a choice,” Farley said.
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/12...
Fuck Ford
“Today is a victory for common sense and affordability… We believe that people should be able to make a choice,” Farley said.
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/12...
Fuck Ford
Trump wants tiny Japanese-style cars for US even as he cuts mpg goals
Even the first Trump administration had tougher fuel economy targets.
arstechnica.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Ford CEO on Trump slashing CAFE standards is why you should absolutely, positively, shun Ford:
“Today is a victory for common sense and affordability… We believe that people should be able to make a choice,” Farley said.
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/12...
Fuck Ford
“Today is a victory for common sense and affordability… We believe that people should be able to make a choice,” Farley said.
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/12...
Fuck Ford
Wonkette is incisive, as per: "And at the intersection of dementia and Hitler, Trump went on yet another Hitler dementia rant about Minneapolis and Somalians and Ilhan Omar. www.wonkette.com/p/person-wom...
Person. Woman. Boot. Edge. Edge. Tabs, Thurs., Dec. 4, 2025
The intersection of dementia and Hitler.
www.wonkette.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Wonkette is incisive, as per: "And at the intersection of dementia and Hitler, Trump went on yet another Hitler dementia rant about Minneapolis and Somalians and Ilhan Omar. www.wonkette.com/p/person-wom...
Trump take EPA.
Trump announced that he is repealing federal fuel economy standards, significantly weakening fuel efficiency requirements for new cars and light trucks. It's his latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and the new energy economy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump announced that he is repealing federal fuel economy standards, significantly weakening fuel efficiency requirements for new cars and light trucks. It's his latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and the new energy economy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump says he will repeal Biden-era fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks
Move marks president’s latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and support for cleaner-running vehicles
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Trump take EPA.
Trump announced that he is repealing federal fuel economy standards, significantly weakening fuel efficiency requirements for new cars and light trucks. It's his latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and the new energy economy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump announced that he is repealing federal fuel economy standards, significantly weakening fuel efficiency requirements for new cars and light trucks. It's his latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and the new energy economy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Bloomberg: "US companies fired employees or otherwise reduced payrolls last month by the most since early 2023, further accelerating a trend of job losses... Unemployment currently sits at 4.4%."
It's good to cover sundowning grandpa's naps, but let's have more coverage of the cratering economy
It's good to cover sundowning grandpa's naps, but let's have more coverage of the cratering economy
December 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Bloomberg: "US companies fired employees or otherwise reduced payrolls last month by the most since early 2023, further accelerating a trend of job losses... Unemployment currently sits at 4.4%."
It's good to cover sundowning grandpa's naps, but let's have more coverage of the cratering economy
It's good to cover sundowning grandpa's naps, but let's have more coverage of the cratering economy
Brad Johnson (@climatebrad.hillheat.com) has noticed Ruben Gallego, of Laken Riley Act and Trump nominee approving fame, has continued furiously tunneling into Shit Mountain. As a long time downtown Phoenix Democrat, I'm disgusted by his Sinemaen turn. hillheat.news/p/ruben-gall...
Ruben Gallego Smells Like Joe Manchin
Climate hawks take Jersey City; Gallego goes Manchin; Jared Isaacman and Lee Beaman take the Capitol
hillheat.news
December 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Brad Johnson (@climatebrad.hillheat.com) has noticed Ruben Gallego, of Laken Riley Act and Trump nominee approving fame, has continued furiously tunneling into Shit Mountain. As a long time downtown Phoenix Democrat, I'm disgusted by his Sinemaen turn. hillheat.news/p/ruben-gall...
Pitchforks now?
"American victims of natural disasters are being abandoned by Trump. That abandonment reflects his personal cruelty and that of those around him, as well as the ideological allegiance to cruelty among the libertarian tech broligarchy." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-to-d...
"American victims of natural disasters are being abandoned by Trump. That abandonment reflects his personal cruelty and that of those around him, as well as the ideological allegiance to cruelty among the libertarian tech broligarchy." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-to-d...
Trump to Disaster Victims: Drop Dead
Sorry, but we don’t help the little people
paulkrugman.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Pitchforks now?
"American victims of natural disasters are being abandoned by Trump. That abandonment reflects his personal cruelty and that of those around him, as well as the ideological allegiance to cruelty among the libertarian tech broligarchy." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-to-d...
"American victims of natural disasters are being abandoned by Trump. That abandonment reflects his personal cruelty and that of those around him, as well as the ideological allegiance to cruelty among the libertarian tech broligarchy." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-to-d...
Audrey Robertson is a malevolent imbecile:
Unclear if "Robertson understands the difference between "energy" and "electricity," which seems like an issue. She repeatedly said she "hates" — or even "doesn't believe in," per one source — "clean energy,"
www.gravityisgone.com/a-collective...
Unclear if "Robertson understands the difference between "energy" and "electricity," which seems like an issue. She repeatedly said she "hates" — or even "doesn't believe in," per one source — "clean energy,"
www.gravityisgone.com/a-collective...
'A Collective WTF': National Renewable Energy Laboratory Gets a Trumpian Name Change
NREL employees, many of whom joined the lab specifically to work toward its clean energy mission, are not happy about the oil-soaked leadership's moves.
www.gravityisgone.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Audrey Robertson is a malevolent imbecile:
Unclear if "Robertson understands the difference between "energy" and "electricity," which seems like an issue. She repeatedly said she "hates" — or even "doesn't believe in," per one source — "clean energy,"
www.gravityisgone.com/a-collective...
Unclear if "Robertson understands the difference between "energy" and "electricity," which seems like an issue. She repeatedly said she "hates" — or even "doesn't believe in," per one source — "clean energy,"
www.gravityisgone.com/a-collective...