Maureen Ogle
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An Excerpt from The Price of Plenty — Maureen Ogle
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I recently published a new book.
The Price of Plenty: A History of Meat in America.
Available at bookshopDOTorg, Amazon, B&N, Kobo.
PS: price/content same everywhere. As physical objects, however, the best QUALITY hard/paper books are at bookshop and B&N.
Read an excerpt!
The Price of Plenty: A History of Meat in America.
Available at bookshopDOTorg, Amazon, B&N, Kobo.
PS: price/content same everywhere. As physical objects, however, the best QUALITY hard/paper books are at bookshop and B&N.
Read an excerpt!
Old Potrero was divine
Well, dammit. I remember my first taste of Old Potrero rye whiskey, way back in 1996.
I should have done more. Anchor will disappear, and all we will have left is Wikipedia entries and dimming, infrequent memories.
I should have done more. Anchor will disappear, and all we will have left is Wikipedia entries and dimming, infrequent memories.
NEW: The head distiller for Hotaling & Co., the spirits portfolio spun off from Anchor Brewing Co. in its 2017 sale to Sapporo, posted to social media that the firm is closing its distillery. Following up for confirmation from the company. More TK.
February 17, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Old Potrero was divine
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In 1964, legendary jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie ran for US President as a write-in candidate. He wanted to rename the White House to the Blues House and would have appointed Charlie Mingus as minister of peace and Ray Charles as Librarian of Congress. [kottke.org]
Vote Dizzy!
In 1964, legendary jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie ran for President as a write-in candidate. Some of the more interesting details about his campaign:
If elected, he’d rename the White House to the Blues House.
Run
kottke.org
February 17, 2026 at 5:32 PM
In 1964, legendary jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie ran for US President as a write-in candidate. He wanted to rename the White House to the Blues House and would have appointed Charlie Mingus as minister of peace and Ray Charles as Librarian of Congress. [kottke.org]
You should watch this. I feel so bad for these guys.
People are just getting walloped in the balls left and right here. Steve-O levels of KOs to the cajones. First guy gets six or seven sticks right to the sack.
Here's 6.5 minutes of slalom skiers eating shit in a snowstorm at the Olympics, if that's your thing.
Monday's men's slalom finals had an astounding 52 DNFs across the first run.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tms...
Monday's men's slalom finals had an astounding 52 DNFs across the first run.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tms...
February 17, 2026 at 6:05 PM
You should watch this. I feel so bad for these guys.
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Coverage of Andy Barr, a sitting Congressman and candidate for U.S. Senate, running an ad declaring, "It's not a sin to be white" -- a variation of a notorious white nationalist slogan
AP: Zero
NYT: Zero
WashPost: Zero
Reuters: Zero
Politico: Zero
Axios: Zero
AP: Zero
NYT: Zero
WashPost: Zero
Reuters: Zero
Politico: Zero
Axios: Zero
Major corporations bankroll political ad featuring white supremacist slogan
Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), who is running to replace Mitch McConnell in the United States Senate, released his first television ad earlier this month.
popular.info
February 17, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Coverage of Andy Barr, a sitting Congressman and candidate for U.S. Senate, running an ad declaring, "It's not a sin to be white" -- a variation of a notorious white nationalist slogan
AP: Zero
NYT: Zero
WashPost: Zero
Reuters: Zero
Politico: Zero
Axios: Zero
AP: Zero
NYT: Zero
WashPost: Zero
Reuters: Zero
Politico: Zero
Axios: Zero
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We are living through dark, disturbing and dangerous times, but do not despair — the cavalry is coming! Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will be taking the stage this spring from Minneapolis to California to Texas to Washington, D.C. for the Land of Hope And Dreams American Tour.
February 17, 2026 at 5:11 PM
We are living through dark, disturbing and dangerous times, but do not despair — the cavalry is coming! Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will be taking the stage this spring from Minneapolis to California to Texas to Washington, D.C. for the Land of Hope And Dreams American Tour.
This
The Colorado River situation is a big f*ing deal, more than most people outside the West realize.
Today’s post focuses on weather in the Plains. High winds and fire danger there. Additionally, we take a look at the failure of Colorado River negotiations this weekend. This is a big deal, and we have a bevy of links to primary sources that explain this issue. Details below or at theeyewall.com.
February 17, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This
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Hey, I'm watching the Colbert interview with James Talarico, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, which CBS declined to air on broadcast TV, likely due to Trump administration threats... wanna watch it too?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
www.youtube.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Hey, I'm watching the Colbert interview with James Talarico, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, which CBS declined to air on broadcast TV, likely due to Trump administration threats... wanna watch it too?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
We are sooooo lucky to have a good hospital in my smallish town. Had knee surgery today, and once again I marvel at the nursing staff. Cheerful, competent, kind, etc.
A good hospital is a treasure.
A good hospital is a treasure.
February 17, 2026 at 12:58 AM
We are sooooo lucky to have a good hospital in my smallish town. Had knee surgery today, and once again I marvel at the nursing staff. Cheerful, competent, kind, etc.
A good hospital is a treasure.
A good hospital is a treasure.
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The world is so very bad, but this week we hung in our house a tapestry my mother wove, my father made the wooden hanger for with salmon-shaped hardware my brother cast out of copper, based on a photo I made on the middle fork of the Koyukuk River. It feels like the confluence of many homes.
February 16, 2026 at 11:22 PM
The world is so very bad, but this week we hung in our house a tapestry my mother wove, my father made the wooden hanger for with salmon-shaped hardware my brother cast out of copper, based on a photo I made on the middle fork of the Koyukuk River. It feels like the confluence of many homes.
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Literally found out one of my ancestors was trafficked from the islands and forced to work on a breeding plantation.
I also found a document which detailed how after the civil war, a white man took one of my cousins children for labor and just refused to give him back.
I also found a document which detailed how after the civil war, a white man took one of my cousins children for labor and just refused to give him back.
However bad we think chattel slavery is, it was worse.
February 16, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Literally found out one of my ancestors was trafficked from the islands and forced to work on a breeding plantation.
I also found a document which detailed how after the civil war, a white man took one of my cousins children for labor and just refused to give him back.
I also found a document which detailed how after the civil war, a white man took one of my cousins children for labor and just refused to give him back.
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ICE claims a Romulus warehouse brings 1,458 jobs + $150M in benefits. ICE also just bought IMPLAN economic modeling software Feb 4. This is PR math.
🚫 Jobs = temp construction + indirect spending
🚫 $33M in "tax revenue" — but federal land is tax-exempt
🚫 IMPLAN model outputs whatever you input
🚫 Jobs = temp construction + indirect spending
🚫 $33M in "tax revenue" — but federal land is tax-exempt
🚫 IMPLAN model outputs whatever you input
ICE purchases facility in Romulus, agency spokesperson says
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has purchased a facility in Romulus, Michigan, a spokesperson for the federal agency told CBS News Detroit on Sunday afternoon.
www.cbsnews.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:15 PM
ICE claims a Romulus warehouse brings 1,458 jobs + $150M in benefits. ICE also just bought IMPLAN economic modeling software Feb 4. This is PR math.
🚫 Jobs = temp construction + indirect spending
🚫 $33M in "tax revenue" — but federal land is tax-exempt
🚫 IMPLAN model outputs whatever you input
🚫 Jobs = temp construction + indirect spending
🚫 $33M in "tax revenue" — but federal land is tax-exempt
🚫 IMPLAN model outputs whatever you input
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Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
One reason why I pay to support his work.
Yeah, this went quickly from happening to me seeing it to “I should write about this” to me being unable to do anything else until I got this out.
Here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/tom-homan-...
Here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/tom-homan-...
The Trump admin argument that masks "are for officer safety reasons" is actually an admission
Tom Homan highlights how secrecy aims to block accountability, the immoral lawlessness at the core of the Trump administration. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
www.lawdork.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:17 AM
One reason why I pay to support his work.
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Instacart section on “essentials for cat owners” and the first item is just a giant rotisserie chicken LMAO
February 16, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Instacart section on “essentials for cat owners” and the first item is just a giant rotisserie chicken LMAO
Also: drones. The drone views are often amazing. The snowboard course is amazing, espec when seen via drone.
So, yeah, am rather digging the Olympics.
Full disclosure: cross country ski racing is thrilling.
So, yeah, am rather digging the Olympics.
Full disclosure: cross country ski racing is thrilling.
February 16, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Also: drones. The drone views are often amazing. The snowboard course is amazing, espec when seen via drone.
So, yeah, am rather digging the Olympics.
Full disclosure: cross country ski racing is thrilling.
So, yeah, am rather digging the Olympics.
Full disclosure: cross country ski racing is thrilling.
Me yelling at snowboard racing. So exciting.
Olympics is finally worth watching thanks to nbc’s peacock plus streaming. We can watch any bit we want.
Olympics is finally worth watching thanks to nbc’s peacock plus streaming. We can watch any bit we want.
February 16, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Me yelling at snowboard racing. So exciting.
Olympics is finally worth watching thanks to nbc’s peacock plus streaming. We can watch any bit we want.
Olympics is finally worth watching thanks to nbc’s peacock plus streaming. We can watch any bit we want.
Every time I go to a town hall hosted by one of my reps, I swear to god, they live in a different universe. They absolutely don’t grasp what’s happening.
Power, it turns out, really does corrupt.
Power, it turns out, really does corrupt.
Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in 🇺🇸 history & then Lisa Murkowski says that no one could have anticipated how threatening to conquer our NATO allies was a distraction w/ unforeseeable consequences 🤦♂️
“Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, said the issue of Greenland had “distracted in ways that I don’t think that any of us could have anticipated.”
How can you possibly fail to anticipate this? How is this a thing any adult, let alone a US Senator, can say?
How can you possibly fail to anticipate this? How is this a thing any adult, let alone a US Senator, can say?
February 16, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Every time I go to a town hall hosted by one of my reps, I swear to god, they live in a different universe. They absolutely don’t grasp what’s happening.
Power, it turns out, really does corrupt.
Power, it turns out, really does corrupt.
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The best time to get whistles into your community was yesterday the next best time is right now. We will make and send you whistles, for free, in quantities of 100 to thousands, just ask here: linktr.ee/3dwhistles
While MLPS was a victory, moral and tangibly, for ICE resisters, don't call it 'a retreat.' The dystopia is just getting started
Thousands of new agents. 150 new offices in every state. And the nationwide gulag archipelago. The fight has just begun
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
Thousands of new agents. 150 new offices in every state. And the nationwide gulag archipelago. The fight has just begun
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
No, ICE isn’t ‘retreating.’ It’s loading up to invade your town. | Will Bunch
A much-hyped ICE pullback from Minneapolis is a blip in a looming nationwide surge of arrests, concentration camps.
www.inquirer.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:36 PM
The best time to get whistles into your community was yesterday the next best time is right now. We will make and send you whistles, for free, in quantities of 100 to thousands, just ask here: linktr.ee/3dwhistles
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Washington DC wildlife:
Small flock of cedar waxwings briefly stopping outside my home office window this afternoon. 🪶
Small flock of cedar waxwings briefly stopping outside my home office window this afternoon. 🪶
February 15, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Washington DC wildlife:
Small flock of cedar waxwings briefly stopping outside my home office window this afternoon. 🪶
Small flock of cedar waxwings briefly stopping outside my home office window this afternoon. 🪶
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If you think there’s NOTHING in our heritage (or in any nation’s) to be unapologetic about, you’re a fool. A dangerous fool.
February 15, 2026 at 9:53 PM
If you think there’s NOTHING in our heritage (or in any nation’s) to be unapologetic about, you’re a fool. A dangerous fool.
Heroes. A dirty job but they did it.
RFK, Jr. says he snorted cocaine off toilet seats. David frum and I discuss. Subscribe to get the full video when it's released.
February 15, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Heroes. A dirty job but they did it.
In December 1863, one Fred Pabst was forced to beach his beloved Sea Bird during a Lake Michigan storm.
Vessel was destroyed. But everyone survived.
Pabst’s father in law offered his a job.
Vessel was destroyed. But everyone survived.
Pabst’s father in law offered his a job.
Searchers have discovered the wreck of a luxury steamer that sank in a Lake Michigan gale in the late 19th century, completing a quest that began almost 60 years ago. https://to.pbs.org/4au4hFe
Wreck of steamer lost in 1872 discovered in Lake Michigan
a group that works to discover shipwrecks around the world, announced Friday that a team led by shipwreck hunter Paul Ehorn found the Lac La Belle about 20 miles offshore between Racine and Kenosha, W...
to.pbs.org
February 15, 2026 at 10:38 PM
In December 1863, one Fred Pabst was forced to beach his beloved Sea Bird during a Lake Michigan storm.
Vessel was destroyed. But everyone survived.
Pabst’s father in law offered his a job.
Vessel was destroyed. But everyone survived.
Pabst’s father in law offered his a job.
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BREAKING: AOC in Germany:
“You are the Attorney General of the United States of America and you don't want to hold anyone of these pedophiles accountable? Resign or be impeached!"
“You are the Attorney General of the United States of America and you don't want to hold anyone of these pedophiles accountable? Resign or be impeached!"
February 15, 2026 at 9:54 PM
BREAKING: AOC in Germany:
“You are the Attorney General of the United States of America and you don't want to hold anyone of these pedophiles accountable? Resign or be impeached!"
“You are the Attorney General of the United States of America and you don't want to hold anyone of these pedophiles accountable? Resign or be impeached!"
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Yes, there is racism in Latin America that started from Iberian colonization. It's different from the U.S. in part because of the Catholic Church and more fluid Iberian ideas of whiteness. But it was hierarchical. So, one can become white. See colonial casta chart and Brazil's blanquismo. 1/3
February 15, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Yes, there is racism in Latin America that started from Iberian colonization. It's different from the U.S. in part because of the Catholic Church and more fluid Iberian ideas of whiteness. But it was hierarchical. So, one can become white. See colonial casta chart and Brazil's blanquismo. 1/3
This. We are literally living under a lawless federal government.
Another sign of the erosion of the rule of law and creeping fascism and authoritarianism in the U.S.: "Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn't stopped" www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump’s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records ...
www.reuters.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:16 PM
This. We are literally living under a lawless federal government.