Rebecca Terk
@rebeccaterk.bsky.social
Feeding people. Growing things.
Protecting land & water.
He Sapa, SoDak, USA
Protecting land & water.
He Sapa, SoDak, USA
Once upon a time, I was a barista in a lil indie coffee shop in Madison, WI called Eureka Joe’s.
We ALL loved working on days when @theonion.com was delivered.
Now, it will be delivered direct to me. The power feels overwhelming
We ALL loved working on days when @theonion.com was delivered.
Now, it will be delivered direct to me. The power feels overwhelming
December 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Once upon a time, I was a barista in a lil indie coffee shop in Madison, WI called Eureka Joe’s.
We ALL loved working on days when @theonion.com was delivered.
Now, it will be delivered direct to me. The power feels overwhelming
We ALL loved working on days when @theonion.com was delivered.
Now, it will be delivered direct to me. The power feels overwhelming
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Going to BIG town (Sioux Falls) to see bestie who moved from Denver in May (I helped pack & load).
I’ve not gotten there all these months & am reminded of my NY state grandpa describing my VT family, “they get up in the hills & they won’t come down, & they sure as hell don’t want you coming up!”
I’ve not gotten there all these months & am reminded of my NY state grandpa describing my VT family, “they get up in the hills & they won’t come down, & they sure as hell don’t want you coming up!”
December 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Going to BIG town (Sioux Falls) to see bestie who moved from Denver in May (I helped pack & load).
I’ve not gotten there all these months & am reminded of my NY state grandpa describing my VT family, “they get up in the hills & they won’t come down, & they sure as hell don’t want you coming up!”
I’ve not gotten there all these months & am reminded of my NY state grandpa describing my VT family, “they get up in the hills & they won’t come down, & they sure as hell don’t want you coming up!”
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Citizens nationwide and in NW Ohio are asking important questions on data centers. They're worried that facilities demand massive amounts of energy, eat up farmland, cede local ownership and control, and drive up utility costs even more. Ask questions first!
December 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Citizens nationwide and in NW Ohio are asking important questions on data centers. They're worried that facilities demand massive amounts of energy, eat up farmland, cede local ownership and control, and drive up utility costs even more. Ask questions first!
Who among us…?
"The raccoon entered the ABC liquor store in Ashland, Va., through the ceiling early Saturday morning. 'It wreaked havoc,' said Carol Mawyer, the public relations manager for Virginia ABC. 'It broke several bottles and consumed the spirits.'"
I love him.
I love him.
A Drunk Raccoon Passed Out in the Bathroom of a Virginia Liquor Store
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Who among us…?
I have been craving cake INTENSELY for a few days, so I made this simple pumpkin spice Bundt this afternoon.
It’s supposed to cool in the pan for two hours. TWO. HOURS.
I am accomplishing a lot of little projects just trying to keep myself from thinking about carving off a giant hunk
It’s supposed to cool in the pan for two hours. TWO. HOURS.
I am accomplishing a lot of little projects just trying to keep myself from thinking about carving off a giant hunk
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I have been craving cake INTENSELY for a few days, so I made this simple pumpkin spice Bundt this afternoon.
It’s supposed to cool in the pan for two hours. TWO. HOURS.
I am accomplishing a lot of little projects just trying to keep myself from thinking about carving off a giant hunk
It’s supposed to cool in the pan for two hours. TWO. HOURS.
I am accomplishing a lot of little projects just trying to keep myself from thinking about carving off a giant hunk
Canyon controversy: people are illegally dumping trash in our cans at the end of the county road. BUT, ALSO, neighbors who are used to their can being in a particular place in the row are dumping trash based on the order of cans (despite address being marked on lids) 🧵
December 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Canyon controversy: people are illegally dumping trash in our cans at the end of the county road. BUT, ALSO, neighbors who are used to their can being in a particular place in the row are dumping trash based on the order of cans (despite address being marked on lids) 🧵
I was not spiritually ready for this.
But our last bag of pellets was burning (backup heat for when the woodstove doesn’t quite keep up), so I cleaned out the truck, crossed town, and then unloaded that 800lb load with the Bernese blend doggo dancing around my feet, super delighted with winter 🥶
But our last bag of pellets was burning (backup heat for when the woodstove doesn’t quite keep up), so I cleaned out the truck, crossed town, and then unloaded that 800lb load with the Bernese blend doggo dancing around my feet, super delighted with winter 🥶
December 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I was not spiritually ready for this.
But our last bag of pellets was burning (backup heat for when the woodstove doesn’t quite keep up), so I cleaned out the truck, crossed town, and then unloaded that 800lb load with the Bernese blend doggo dancing around my feet, super delighted with winter 🥶
But our last bag of pellets was burning (backup heat for when the woodstove doesn’t quite keep up), so I cleaned out the truck, crossed town, and then unloaded that 800lb load with the Bernese blend doggo dancing around my feet, super delighted with winter 🥶
Although I solo’d my T-day, I did not want for food prep. 30lbs of apples canned as sauce, 8-10 chicken carcasses simmered into stock, & a couple bags of last-harvest cilantro puréed & frozen in little dollops.
Still a few tomatoes & peppers for roasting tomorrow, & the stock defatting & canning.
Still a few tomatoes & peppers for roasting tomorrow, & the stock defatting & canning.
November 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Although I solo’d my T-day, I did not want for food prep. 30lbs of apples canned as sauce, 8-10 chicken carcasses simmered into stock, & a couple bags of last-harvest cilantro puréed & frozen in little dollops.
Still a few tomatoes & peppers for roasting tomorrow, & the stock defatting & canning.
Still a few tomatoes & peppers for roasting tomorrow, & the stock defatting & canning.
“You’ll be visited by three spirits…”
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 AM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits…”
Flying solo for T-day.
But I picked up some extra roasting chickens the other day, having an inkling that a feed might be needed.
Got the call yesterday: a colleague’s grandpa in hospice and lots of family to be fed.
Menu already written in my brain…
But I picked up some extra roasting chickens the other day, having an inkling that a feed might be needed.
Got the call yesterday: a colleague’s grandpa in hospice and lots of family to be fed.
Menu already written in my brain…
November 27, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Flying solo for T-day.
But I picked up some extra roasting chickens the other day, having an inkling that a feed might be needed.
Got the call yesterday: a colleague’s grandpa in hospice and lots of family to be fed.
Menu already written in my brain…
But I picked up some extra roasting chickens the other day, having an inkling that a feed might be needed.
Got the call yesterday: a colleague’s grandpa in hospice and lots of family to be fed.
Menu already written in my brain…
Pile o’ Dirt Porter: an excellent way to celebrate the final digging of this season’s (very dirty) carrots
November 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Pile o’ Dirt Porter: an excellent way to celebrate the final digging of this season’s (very dirty) carrots
I see we have a final day of garden harvest & general yard clean up before Mama Nature ramps up the outdoor fridge/freezer space.
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I see we have a final day of garden harvest & general yard clean up before Mama Nature ramps up the outdoor fridge/freezer space.
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
November 24, 2025 at 3:16 AM
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
Escaped to the woods today—just a gorgeous mid 40’s-50’s calm sunny day for waging War on Christmas™️ (jk—it’s really liberating baby aspen from invading white spruce) and general clean up of slash and old downed rotted pine.
Tuesday the temps plummet—hoping for enough snow to burn slash this year.
Tuesday the temps plummet—hoping for enough snow to burn slash this year.
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Escaped to the woods today—just a gorgeous mid 40’s-50’s calm sunny day for waging War on Christmas™️ (jk—it’s really liberating baby aspen from invading white spruce) and general clean up of slash and old downed rotted pine.
Tuesday the temps plummet—hoping for enough snow to burn slash this year.
Tuesday the temps plummet—hoping for enough snow to burn slash this year.
I spent pretty much all day putting together a how-to on gathering & sharing exhibits for individual intervenors (that is, regular people intervening in a state permitting process because they care) in a uranium exploration contested case.
And lemme tell ya I love my work, but my brain is FRIED. 🤯
And lemme tell ya I love my work, but my brain is FRIED. 🤯
November 23, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I spent pretty much all day putting together a how-to on gathering & sharing exhibits for individual intervenors (that is, regular people intervening in a state permitting process because they care) in a uranium exploration contested case.
And lemme tell ya I love my work, but my brain is FRIED. 🤯
And lemme tell ya I love my work, but my brain is FRIED. 🤯
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He brought the big guns to the showdown!
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 AM
He brought the big guns to the showdown!
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Refreshing to see #SouthDakota leadership with a realistic look at #waterpollution: "I think you can have some incentives, but we’re going to have to look at some restrictions as well, and regulate.” Water is a growing concern on both sides of the river.
One of South Dakota’s top lawmakers said it may be time to move beyond financial incentives and consider new regulations on #agriculture to address the state’s polluted rivers and lakes: “I think it takes more than the carrot to address this."
With so much polluted water, SD lawmaker says state can no longer ‘dance around’ ag regulations • South Dakota Searchlight
A top lawmaker said it may be time to move beyond financial incentives and consider regulations on agriculture for water pollution.
buff.ly
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Refreshing to see #SouthDakota leadership with a realistic look at #waterpollution: "I think you can have some incentives, but we’re going to have to look at some restrictions as well, and regulate.” Water is a growing concern on both sides of the river.
That’s some seriously crappy lawyering.
A senior ICE official just admitted in an evidentiary hearing in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case that someone else drafted his declaration in the case and he didn’t know what certain words meant.
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
That’s some seriously crappy lawyering.
Ok. I’ve gotta ask. Has anyone had a meeting invitee send an “AI meeting notes” facilitator to your Zoom (without attending themselves or notifying you they were planning to do so)?
Protocol? Thoughts? WTH?
(I kicked it out.)
Protocol? Thoughts? WTH?
(I kicked it out.)
November 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Ok. I’ve gotta ask. Has anyone had a meeting invitee send an “AI meeting notes” facilitator to your Zoom (without attending themselves or notifying you they were planning to do so)?
Protocol? Thoughts? WTH?
(I kicked it out.)
Protocol? Thoughts? WTH?
(I kicked it out.)
One of the most ironic things from my years lobbying the #SDLegislature was that time the SDFU lobbyist called me out in the senate lobby, saying my org’s position was basically, “We hate Governor Noem & everything she does is wrong.”
That wasn’t our position, but…🤷🏼♀️
That wasn’t our position, but…🤷🏼♀️
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 AM
One of the most ironic things from my years lobbying the #SDLegislature was that time the SDFU lobbyist called me out in the senate lobby, saying my org’s position was basically, “We hate Governor Noem & everything she does is wrong.”
That wasn’t our position, but…🤷🏼♀️
That wasn’t our position, but…🤷🏼♀️
As a former (state level) lobbyist in South Dakota, I learned the fine art of kudos & camaraderie on ONE. SINGLE. THING. while avoiding the swift kick in the teeth on literally every other thing.
*studiously avoiding the cringy term, “strange bedfellows” because ewww*
*studiously avoiding the cringy term, “strange bedfellows” because ewww*
Again before we go praising MTG… and if shes truly changed great, but can somebody please ask her about January 6? Have her address that to see if this is real
November 18, 2025 at 1:39 AM
As a former (state level) lobbyist in South Dakota, I learned the fine art of kudos & camaraderie on ONE. SINGLE. THING. while avoiding the swift kick in the teeth on literally every other thing.
*studiously avoiding the cringy term, “strange bedfellows” because ewww*
*studiously avoiding the cringy term, “strange bedfellows” because ewww*
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
This one is very helpful with the leaf-raking.
(Also her ball is stuck under my car, so I am not allowed to work til I dislodge & throw it)
(Also her ball is stuck under my car, so I am not allowed to work til I dislodge & throw it)
November 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This one is very helpful with the leaf-raking.
(Also her ball is stuck under my car, so I am not allowed to work til I dislodge & throw it)
(Also her ball is stuck under my car, so I am not allowed to work til I dislodge & throw it)
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Short answer: Yes.
More details: Electricity prices increased 267% over 5 years for energy customers who live near newly constructed data centers.
The report said that wholesale prices have doubled since 2020, mainly in areas near data center hot spots.
More details: Electricity prices increased 267% over 5 years for energy customers who live near newly constructed data centers.
The report said that wholesale prices have doubled since 2020, mainly in areas near data center hot spots.
Do data centers lead to higher energy prices in the region? The latest fact brief:
Fact brief: Can data centers lead to higher energy prices?
A fact brief that refutes or confirms a claim with supporting information and additional evidence and context.
buff.ly
November 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Short answer: Yes.
More details: Electricity prices increased 267% over 5 years for energy customers who live near newly constructed data centers.
The report said that wholesale prices have doubled since 2020, mainly in areas near data center hot spots.
More details: Electricity prices increased 267% over 5 years for energy customers who live near newly constructed data centers.
The report said that wholesale prices have doubled since 2020, mainly in areas near data center hot spots.