I would not have guessed that we didn't reach racial parity in voter registration until *2010*

I've said it before. But I continue to be amazed that the American medical system makes it impossible for doctors to answer the question "how much will this cost?"

And with the other half, we could feed 7.2 billion people...

Only half of all farmed calories are available for human consumption.

Looks like a fun event Let’s be careful not to shift burdens to individuals - change the system! I’d say: 1) vote 2) join an org working on env issues 3) the energy-focused personal actions are well covered For food, 4) minimize food waste 5) eat more plants/less meat and especially less beef

"During the past two decades, Gulf monarchies such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have come to occupy a far more central place in the global food economy than is often recognised." www.ft.com/content/3634...

When the expanded CTC expired in 2022, each $1,000 in lost benefits reduced consumer sentiment by 1.7 points—with effects lasting nearly two years—long after the checks stopped, from @jacobbastian.bsky.social and Melody Harvey www.nber.org/papers/w35059

Folks who argue that AI is pointless or useless aren't being particularly fair-minded or really engaging with the reality. But ... companies sure are making it easy to think that.

Irresponsible headline from Fortune. The Hormuz fertilizer shock could be very bad, but it's not going to cut global food production in half! This kind of alarmism desensitizes people to real crises. fortune.com/2026/04/09/g...

From @ifpri.org, of the most thoughtful things I’ve read on the global fertilizer supply crisis, with some important nuanced points like: “Notably, global average yields did not decline following the fertilizer price spikes after the invasion of Ukraine.” www.ifpri.org/blog/the-ira...

Springtime!

Thought this quote was a joke, but no.

Assumed this kale stump was dead until I saw yesterday that it had sprouted new leaves. I forgot that it’s technically a biennal but I could’ve sworn we planted this in 2023, which would make this year three…

This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now.

This is one of the most important issues with the global food system, yet it is often ignored. Put simply, we don't actually grow much *food* in our farms around the world. Instead, we grow grossly inefficient animal feed and biofuels. drawdown.org/news/only-ha...

Highlights from year two of our backyard permaculture experiment: Our first peaches and pears. Managing to not kill most of our trees. Weighing every ounce of produce on a kitchen scale and logging the results in a spreadsheet.

The original story doesn't mention climate change at all; real negligence on the part of the broadcaster.

A few days ago, these guys were under nine inches of snow.

Higher temperatures is forcing irrigation districts to begin irrigating two weeks earlier than normal, putting more pressure of California's #water supplies. Another impacts of human-caused #climatechange abc30.com/post/early-h...

Seems like a recipe for instability. Arguably the important thing that has kept the Castros in power is their claim to successfully defying US hegemony.

69/ I agree. Impact of Iran war is STRUCTURAL shift to electrification stack. Read Lauri's thread: "The real, lasting effect of the 2021-22 fossil fuel crisis was a major acceleration in solar that pushed coal down *faster* than the pre-crisis trendline in the following years." x.com/laurimyllyvi...

"The gulf region handles about one third of the global trade in inorganic nutrients and in terms of the agricultural cycle this is the key moment for shipments to be steaming out from the Gulf towards the major agricultural zones of the world." adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...

Was starting to prep some raised beds and accidentally dug up this overwintered shallot. First harvest of 2026!

A large fraction of the world’s synthetic fertilizer is stuck in the Strait of Hormuz

Interesting illustration of AI's parasitic nature. If some of these sites close, it'll start losing some of its training data...

Only 3% of Wisconsin corn is consumed by humans.

I dunno man

Against my better judgment, I waded into the @adamtooze.bsky.social DoorDash fiasco. When public opinion clashes with the data, we should still take public opinion seriously (though maybe not literally). toughgrowing.substack.com/p/why-it-mat...

Rice contribution is eye-popping 😮

British colonial officials personally trained by Thomas Malthus delivered less aid than peers during Indian droughts. ericnrobertson.github.io/files/jmp.pdf

Harvested some basement grow light basil last night.

little item for the Senate Dems to ponder: which of the reforms you’re currently floating is going to stop this?

In Guatemala, successive years of bad weather have led to stagnation and decline of maize and bean harvests. Is it an aberration, or a new normal fueled by climate change?

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

The perils of efficiency: more efficient irrigation technology in western Kansas led to more total groundwater being extracted, not less. Once farmers were able to capture more water, they switched to thirstier and more profitable crops.

A reminder that the soil micro-environment is much more diverse than our soils tests tell us. "At this scale, pH can vary by more than 1 unit over mm or sub-mm distances, driven by localized microbial activity or organic matter decomposition." bsssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.

They are not hiding it. US politics must draw connection between authoritarian crackdown at home and abroad. Escalation of repression at home AND Escalation by US military in Latin America on drug war pretexts and regime change operations in a new Cold War.

Idk man I'm about hit the streets with my "The House and Senate must be briefed immediately and compelling evidence to explain and justify this unauthorized use of military force should be presented forthwith" sign

This article from @drjeffmasters.bsky.social has stuck with me. There's lots of great climate science out there, but far fewer attempts to synthesize it into real narratives about what our near future may look like.

Fresh dystopian hell from Samsung fridges with ads.

Back from Guatemala now and trying to snatch up anything in the yard that's still harvestable.

Hard not to see some elements of 4 too, but overall I agree

More carbon in the atmosphere means more carbon in your food. More carbon in your food means fewer nutrients. At 550ppm of CO2, for example, it means 38% less zinc in chickpeas.  theconversation.com/climate-chan...

Something I find curious is how much time "popularists" like @mattyglesias.bsky.social spend talking about nuclear power and fossil fuels--and how much time they spend urging Democrats to talk about them. www.pewresearch.org/science/2025...