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Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 1d

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Harold Makes Bank

My friends Larry and Margie Stone of rural Elkader offered me some apples so I stopped by a couple of weeks ago.

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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."

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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.

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Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 1d

Guest on the great @piperformissouri.bsky.social podcast today!

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Soybeans and Sisyphus

A conversation with Dr. Chris Jones

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jodellm.bsky.social @jodellm.bsky.social · 2d

Weds Nov 12 at 6pm-8pm
“heartland at a crossroads”

Tom & Ruth Harkin Ctr
2800 University AV
Des Moines, IA 50311

Tix $40

Chris Jones discusses

📕We Crapped In Our Nests: Notes From Edge of the World
By
•Art Cullen
-Pulitzer Prize winner
-witness rural America
-editor📰Storm Lake Times

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Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 18d

In six weeks (approximately).
Profanity will happen.
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The Heartland at a Crossroads: Bold Voices on America's Rural Future

Join Art Cullen and Chris Jones on Wednesday, November 14 at 6:00 p.m. for a discussion of Art's new book.

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Inside Animal Ag @insideanimalag.bsky.social · 2d

Chris Jones does the hard, wonky work analyzing what share of farmers in Iowa (probably representative of the U.S.) are making a lot of money by polluting waterways, and how the USDA obscures that info.

Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 3d

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Harold Makes Bank

My friends Larry and Margie Stone of rural Elkader offered me some apples so I stopped by a couple of weeks ago.

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Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 3d

Becks will fly them to Indiana to see their seed

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Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 3d

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Harold Makes Bank

My friends Larry and Margie Stone of rural Elkader offered me some apples so I stopped by a couple of weeks ago.

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Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 10d

Mississippi River morning, IA/WI

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Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 12d

Southwest Iowans:

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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 14d

Former #Iowa water scientist Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social has a clever and funny way of writing that will make you angry:

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Speech isn't Free, it's Priceless

I’ve never watched Jimmy Kimmel’s show, but I do have a spatula that would be like all other spatulas on earth were it not graced with an image of his bewhiskered face.

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Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 15d

Yeah he could’ve shortened three to 3 but went with pox instead

Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 15d

Drinking tap water in Iowa is more risky than any of this

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Via Malcontenti @viamalcontenti.bsky.social · 16d

Just read. You should read int too.

Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 16d

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Speech isn't Free, it's Priceless

I’ve never watched Jimmy Kimmel’s show, but I do have a spatula that would be like all other spatulas on earth were it not graced with an image of his bewhiskered face.

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Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 16d

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Speech isn't Free, it's Priceless

I’ve never watched Jimmy Kimmel’s show, but I do have a spatula that would be like all other spatulas on earth were it not graced with an image of his bewhiskered face.

open.substack.com

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Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 18d

In six weeks (approximately).
Profanity will happen.
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-heartl...

The Heartland at a Crossroads: Bold Voices on America's Rural Future

Join Art Cullen and Chris Jones on Wednesday, November 14 at 6:00 p.m. for a discussion of Art's new book.

www.eventbrite.com

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Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 19d

It’s also interesting that some diseases and disorders become an obsession with these morons, while other stuff like cancer and COVID is something we should all just get used to.

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Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 19d

Interesting that the guy who took heroin to ease his pain is down with women “toughing it out” because Tylenol autism something something

Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 19d

Beyond the false anti-vaccine talking points, beyond peddling Wakefield-level bullshit over MMR, telling pregnant women with a headache to “tough it out” instead of taking Tylenol or they’ll give their baby autism is something else. www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Trump, without any evidence, tries to link Tylenol and autism

A 2024 study in JAMA, in which researchers analyzed data from 2.5 million children in Sweden, found no association between prenatal acetaminophen use and autism.

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Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 23d

That feel when you get on a bush plane in the Canada wilderness

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Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 23d

Thanks, very interesting

I had one the Red Haven variety but rabbits skirted the bark and it died

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Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 24d

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What in the af is Zach Wahls thinking here

Iowa official defies governor’s order to fly flags at half-staff for Charlie Kirk

Jon Green says Republican governor failed to issue similar order after other prominent cases of gun violence

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Wisconet @wisconet.bsky.social · 24d

Coming soon to the Wisconet website: Chill Hour calculations for each of our weather stations.

We calculate chill hours as the sum of the number of hours between 32°F and 45°F during the October 1 - February 28/29 time frame.

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Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 25d

Peaches, peaches, peaches, and free speech open.substack.com/pub/riverrac...

Peaches

I’m sure many of you share the feelings I have about the current state of affairs in our country.

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Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 24d

Great!

Wisconet @wisconet.bsky.social · 24d

Coming soon to the Wisconet website: Chill Hour calculations for each of our weather stations.

We calculate chill hours as the sum of the number of hours between 32°F and 45°F during the October 1 - February 28/29 time frame.

wisconet.wisc.edu

Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 25d

Peaches, peaches, peaches, and free speech open.substack.com/pub/riverrac...