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Don Carr

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Author of THE MIDNIGHT RAMBLER and the upcoming THE REPUBLIC OF AWESOME. Environmental writer and Great Lakes flack. Iowa born, South Dakota raised, Minnesota to the end. www.doncarrauthor.com Views my own. Live Green or Die Hard.

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · Nov 10

“I am quickly finding that an environmental thriller is a sub genre that resonates with me and connects to so many current events.” www.bestthrillerbooks.com/teresa-brock...

The Midnight Rambler By Don Carr — the best thriller books

I am quickly finding that an environmental thriller is a sub genre that resonates with me and connects to so many current events. Sophie Grant, our FMC, is one bad a$$ Environmental Protection Agency...

www.bestthrillerbooks.com

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 3h

Her dairy farming neighbors southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/10/10/d...

Noem's South Dakota neighbors hit with an immigration audit that decimates their workforce • South Dakota Searchlight

Dairy farm audits in South Dakota under the Trump administration’s escalated immigration enforcement efforts have “created unrest."

southdakotasearchlight.com

Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 1d

Ok then

Libertarian Party of Wisconsin: Urges environmental accountability for incoming data centers

“Politicians must hold corporations to the same standards as constituents” With new, hyperscale data centers popping up all over Wisconsin, from Mount Pleasant to Port Washington, the Libertarian Part...

www.wispolitics.com

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Ben Maas @masbenmaas.bsky.social · 1d

From Dr Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social

"The waste produced by livestock [beef cattle, dairy cows, hogs, chickens & turkeys] in the St. Croix River watershed is equivalent to 3.25 million more people living in the region."

wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/07/31/r...

Researcher finds livestock waste in St. Croix watershed equivalent to more than 3 million people • Wisconsin Examiner

Livestock farming within the St. Croix River watershed has created waste equivalent to 3.25 million extra people living in the region.

wisconsinexaminer.com

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 1d

A+ Blade ed board www.toledoblade.com/opinion/edit...

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Lake Michigan @lakemichigan13.bsky.social · 1d

Humans. Watch this and learn about why Line 5 is not good for the Great Lakes 🌊🌊

Oil & Water Don't Mix @owdm.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI: Troubled Water, a documentary about Line 5, is airing and streaming on PBS across the country right now!

Want to tune in? Head to https://www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/troubled_water_on_pbs_nationwide.

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 2d

"I'm Boots Riley it's a pleasure to meet you
Never let they punk ass ever defeat you"

Also best song on parenting ever

Wear Clean Draws

YouTube video by The Coup - Topic

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 2d

Had no idea the dead guy moved.

Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 2d

Kathmandu!

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 2d

Thinking back on the time when she got busted as a socialist hoovering up farm subsidies and said she was no longer a farmer.

Then she ran for Gov and became a "life-long farmer and rancher."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Kristi Noem: "I was in Portland and met with the governor and mayor and chief of police and superintendent of the highway patrol. They are all lying and disingenuous and dishonest people. Because as soon as you leave the room, then they make the exact opposite response."

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Farm Aid @farmaid.org · 2d

We were very proud to learn this week that Farm Aid 40, which took place last month in Minneapolis, was the first-ever Zero Waste event at Huntington Bank Stadium! That means we reached a 90% diversion rate.

In these photos, hay bales are donated to a local farmer:

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 3d

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Alex Formuzis @alexformuzis.bsky.social · 3d

Corn is the most nitrogen-fertilizer-intensive crop in the U.S. & accounts for more than 2/3 of all nitrogen fertilizer use nationwide. Nitrogen fertilizer is applied to crops & interactions in the soil turn it into #nitrousoxide, a greenhouse gas roughly 300X more powerful than CO2. #climatechange

Fertilizing ‘continuous corn’ drives major source of farm greenhouse gases, but conservation can help

Millions of acres in four major Corn Belt states are used to grow "continuous corn” on the same fields year after year, requiring significant use of

www.ewg.org

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 3d

AWESOME

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Rowsdower @rowsdower.com · Dec 3

Typical Monday night with the boys.

The characters Troy McGregor, Zap Rowsdower and Mike Pipper are seen in a dark room, illuminated by oil lamp, in the hit 1990 film The Final Sacrifice.

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 5d

Flying my P51 into the sun

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JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 6d

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

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Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 8d

I can see how a Replacements biopic is a tempting idea but man you you gotta nail it or you're just begging a bunch of the most opinionated fifty-something guys on the planet to never give you a moment's peace lol

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 8d

Doin our best!

Great Lakes Region Unprepared for Increasing Water Use Demands - Alliance for the Great Lakes

CHICAGO, IL (August 20, 2025) – The Great Lakes region faces the prospect of water shortages, groundwater conflicts, and contaminated aquifers as demand sharply increases from large water users such [...

greatlakes.org

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 8d

Hmm. With solar energy, the big explosions take place 93 million miles away

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 8d

A fireball lit up the sky across the Los Angeles area on Thursday night after an explosion at a Chevron refinery in El Segundo, alarming nearby residents who said it felt like an earthquake. The cause of the explosion was not clear. No injuries were reported. nyti.ms/42pPCaW

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 8d

not a safety net, more of a trampoline.

Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 8d

in terms of government welfare there is no competition.

Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 8d

They don't like it?

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 8d

BFD

After 40 years and $84M in cleanup, Muskegon Lake comes off toxic list

Federal, state and local officials gathered to announce the formal delisting of Muskegon Lake from the Area of Concern program.

www.mlive.com

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 8d

Trump Campaign Advisors Receive Over $2 Million in Trade Bailout Payments

Fifteen members of an agribusiness council that advised Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign have received $2.2 million from the federal bailout program for farmers hurt by the president's trade ...

www.ewg.org

Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 8d

$30-$50 billion? That's a lot of cheddar that could go to land retirements/easements in environmentally sensitive areas.

Will just set in on fire instead. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Trump making plans to send billions in cash bailouts to farmers with taxpayer money

The president has also said he wants to use direct tariff revenue for the payments, but that could trigger a major fight in Congress.

www.politico.com

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