Mike Elliott
@mthousehusband.bsky.social
Facultative vegetarian. Always in the mountains. Making a life in beautiful Browning, Montana.
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American farmers overproduce low value commodities for an increasingly competitive global market and other countries like Brazil and Argentina are happy to compete in an ecological race to the bottom, replacing rainforest with soybeans and selling them to China.
American farmers overproduce low value commodities for an increasingly competitive global market and other countries like Brazil and Argentina are happy to compete in an ecological race to the bottom, replacing rainforest with soybeans and selling them to China.
Which states are most exposed as soybean exports falter? - Investigate Midwest
U.S. soybean producers are ending 2025 facing one of the most uncertain markets in recent years. China, by far the largest buyer of U.S. soybeans, has sharply reduced its purchases throughout the year...
investigatemidwest.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Say it with me:
American farmers overproduce low value commodities for an increasingly competitive global market and other countries like Brazil and Argentina are happy to compete in an ecological race to the bottom, replacing rainforest with soybeans and selling them to China.
American farmers overproduce low value commodities for an increasingly competitive global market and other countries like Brazil and Argentina are happy to compete in an ecological race to the bottom, replacing rainforest with soybeans and selling them to China.
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I’m a product of big government. Everyone likes to shitpost the government. California taxpayers and the regents of the University of California saved my ass. fortune.com/2025/11/06/s...
Scott Galloway says he’s a product of big government: ‘Taking bets on unremarkable people pays off’ | Fortune
Galloway credits UCLA for his success, despite an initial rejection: “California taxpayers and the regents of the University of California saved my ass.”
fortune.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I’m a product of big government. Everyone likes to shitpost the government. California taxpayers and the regents of the University of California saved my ass. fortune.com/2025/11/06/s...
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Nearly a quarter-century ago, Dick Cheney personally meddled in a govt report finding that Klamath Basin fish actually need, y’know, water—an act that led directly to the catastrophic salmon die-off in 2002 and thus paved dam removal’s way. Now Dick’s dead and the Klamath lives. Makes ya think.
November 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Nearly a quarter-century ago, Dick Cheney personally meddled in a govt report finding that Klamath Basin fish actually need, y’know, water—an act that led directly to the catastrophic salmon die-off in 2002 and thus paved dam removal’s way. Now Dick’s dead and the Klamath lives. Makes ya think.
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Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.
October 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.
I think this is great news. This is 7 million acres of land that can be converted to low-intensity agrivoltaics. We could produce a trillion kWh/yr, raise higher-value crops, restore huge swaths of native prairie, and still increase net revenue per acre by an order of magnitude.
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You are correct. We will not get back the soybean market
October 1, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I think this is great news. This is 7 million acres of land that can be converted to low-intensity agrivoltaics. We could produce a trillion kWh/yr, raise higher-value crops, restore huge swaths of native prairie, and still increase net revenue per acre by an order of magnitude.
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Skateboarding, as we used to say when we were youths, is not a crime.
The Department of Homeland Security is telling police to treat mundane activities like skateboarding or live-streaming at a protest as "violent tactics."
This is disturbing, dangerous, and could easily lead to excessive force against people who are simply exercising their First Amendment rights.
This is disturbing, dangerous, and could easily lead to excessive force against people who are simply exercising their First Amendment rights.
Skateboards and Livestreams: DHS Tells Police That Common Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’
DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even skateboarding and livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.
www.wired.com
July 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Skateboarding, as we used to say when we were youths, is not a crime.
This is the correct way to raise kids to be happier, smarter, and cooler than yourself
Every night I play a random mix of old R&B and jazz while I wait for my toddler son to drift off to sleep and as a result he’s really drawn to my old-man music. Like, “Give Me The Night” by George Benson is currently his favorite song followed by a couple joints by the late Brazilian singer Tim Maia
July 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
This is the correct way to raise kids to be happier, smarter, and cooler than yourself
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I rarely comment on these things, but these are unusual times. 249 years ago the Declaration called Natives "Merciless Indian Savages.," and the Constitution excluded us from protection while enabling our dispossession. We remember this history not to cause harm, but to grasp the consequences./1
July 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I rarely comment on these things, but these are unusual times. 249 years ago the Declaration called Natives "Merciless Indian Savages.," and the Constitution excluded us from protection while enabling our dispossession. We remember this history not to cause harm, but to grasp the consequences./1
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Do you fish in freshwater? Please share or/and complete our survey gathering data on observations of insects for our study on aquatic insect population declines! The link to our survey is here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/VXLMY89. Please share if you know anyone who might be interested in participating!
June 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Do you fish in freshwater? Please share or/and complete our survey gathering data on observations of insects for our study on aquatic insect population declines! The link to our survey is here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/VXLMY89. Please share if you know anyone who might be interested in participating!
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The multi-trillion-dollar destruction of America is moving forward, but at least the contemptible Mike Lee has to publicly eat shit today
June 29, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The multi-trillion-dollar destruction of America is moving forward, but at least the contemptible Mike Lee has to publicly eat shit today
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"The proposal would require the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service to identify and sell between 2.2 million and 3.3 million acres of public lands across 11 Western states to build housing."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/c...
A G.O.P. Plan to Sell Public Land Is Back. This Time, It’s Millions of Acres.
www.nytimes.com
June 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"The proposal would require the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service to identify and sell between 2.2 million and 3.3 million acres of public lands across 11 Western states to build housing."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/c...
Watch out folks, this is the same justification we use for drone striking weddings in far flung corners of the earth.
The empire is coming home, just like Chris Hedges says it will.
The empire is coming home, just like Chris Hedges says it will.
Their definition of gang? Obviously, it’s more than 2 black or brown people gathering in the same place at the same time. This is so f****** racist.
Raiding a 5 year olds birthday party in riot gear and using flash grenades? Absolutely disgraceful.
www.yahoo.com/news/ice-inv...
Raiding a 5 year olds birthday party in riot gear and using flash grenades? Absolutely disgraceful.
www.yahoo.com/news/ice-inv...
ICE Invaded Child’s Birthday Party Claiming It Was a Gang Meeting
Federal immigration agents bust up a birthday party on grounds that it was a Tren de Aragua gathering. They still have no evidence for their claims.
www.yahoo.com
June 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Watch out folks, this is the same justification we use for drone striking weddings in far flung corners of the earth.
The empire is coming home, just like Chris Hedges says it will.
The empire is coming home, just like Chris Hedges says it will.
Beautiful day in beautiful mountains
May 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Beautiful day in beautiful mountains
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Carl Sagan on sensible military spending and climate change.
May 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Carl Sagan on sensible military spending and climate change.
My first prairie flower of the year is a new one to me.
I think this is a Wyoming Kittentail.
Could spring possibly have reached East Glacier?
I think this is a Wyoming Kittentail.
Could spring possibly have reached East Glacier?
April 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
My first prairie flower of the year is a new one to me.
I think this is a Wyoming Kittentail.
Could spring possibly have reached East Glacier?
I think this is a Wyoming Kittentail.
Could spring possibly have reached East Glacier?
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This dumb m**********, this smug mediocrity, includes in this piece several attacks on the left but not a single acknowledgement that unlike him a whole bunch of people on the left *did* see this coming, nor any hint that he is willing to learn a single thing from those who saw what he did not.
April 8, 2025 at 4:37 AM
This dumb m**********, this smug mediocrity, includes in this piece several attacks on the left but not a single acknowledgement that unlike him a whole bunch of people on the left *did* see this coming, nor any hint that he is willing to learn a single thing from those who saw what he did not.
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Incredible example to pick - they had to put up safety netting around the Foxconn factory in Shenzen because workers kept throwing themselves off the roof
Lutnick: "The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America."
April 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Incredible example to pick - they had to put up safety netting around the Foxconn factory in Shenzen because workers kept throwing themselves off the roof
Happy 406 day! Montana til I die
April 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Happy 406 day! Montana til I die
Friday Night Lights, prairie-style
April 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Friday Night Lights, prairie-style
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