Jaded aggie
@ungdommenferdig.bsky.social
Farmer, UW-Madison Extension Educator, Baha'i. Views my own.
Grieving for the senselessness and hurt in the world tonight. The Baha'i Faith originated in Iran and its leaders were persecuted and exiled West until they ended up under house arrest in Palestine (now Israel), setting up our World Center in Haifa. May we work steadily toward peace. God is Glorious
June 22, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Grieving for the senselessness and hurt in the world tonight. The Baha'i Faith originated in Iran and its leaders were persecuted and exiled West until they ended up under house arrest in Palestine (now Israel), setting up our World Center in Haifa. May we work steadily toward peace. God is Glorious
In Michigan on a work trip so it's only fitting I crack open this beauty by one of my favorite Michiganders. @leahlitman.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
In Michigan on a work trip so it's only fitting I crack open this beauty by one of my favorite Michiganders. @leahlitman.bsky.social
Understanding this is so core to who I am. People think I'm crazy or lack empathy when I describe the way I have been treated by Xtians of most stripes. And because I'm a white farm woman in a rural red area who doesn't "look different," I've heard the things they say when they think they're alone.
I have a friend who is an exvangelical and she put it very succinctly: “We don’t believe anyone else is human. You are not people to us.”
Once you understand this CORE BELIEF and put it into context with the fact that these folks are running our country you can understand clearly their motivations.
Once you understand this CORE BELIEF and put it into context with the fact that these folks are running our country you can understand clearly their motivations.
This is expected from apocalypse cult Christians. Non-evangelicals are non-human and they exist only to die. Everyone “perishing from the earth” is the goal! “People are gonna die” is a success for them!
“I thought people understood” is the big giveaway. “You didn’t know your death is the plan??”
“I thought people understood” is the big giveaway. “You didn’t know your death is the plan??”
May 31, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Understanding this is so core to who I am. People think I'm crazy or lack empathy when I describe the way I have been treated by Xtians of most stripes. And because I'm a white farm woman in a rural red area who doesn't "look different," I've heard the things they say when they think they're alone.
It's classist and ableist. There are multiple digestive disorders that essentially require eating processed food. Unprocessed food is literally harmful to people like me with gastroparesis.
The ‘ultra-processed food’ panic is pretty clearly just a mix of wishful thinking and classism
May 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
It's classist and ableist. There are multiple digestive disorders that essentially require eating processed food. Unprocessed food is literally harmful to people like me with gastroparesis.
With the USDA agencies in shambles, cancelling contracts left and right, firing staff, and letting down farmers, why haven't they also forgotten about my FSA loan payment?
April 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
With the USDA agencies in shambles, cancelling contracts left and right, firing staff, and letting down farmers, why haven't they also forgotten about my FSA loan payment?
Today is the first day of the Baha'i Fast, which always takes place in March. It prepares us for Naw-Ruz, our New Year, on the equinox. This year it feels especially powerful that the solar and lunar calendars aligned so Muslims and Baha'is are fasting together. God is Most Glorious, Allah-u-Abha!
March 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Today is the first day of the Baha'i Fast, which always takes place in March. It prepares us for Naw-Ruz, our New Year, on the equinox. This year it feels especially powerful that the solar and lunar calendars aligned so Muslims and Baha'is are fasting together. God is Most Glorious, Allah-u-Abha!
@leahlitman.bsky.social and @profmmurray.bsky.social can we please break down the fashion and Justice Thomas worship here and their implications for USDA?!
February 15, 2025 at 5:12 AM
@leahlitman.bsky.social and @profmmurray.bsky.social can we please break down the fashion and Justice Thomas worship here and their implications for USDA?!
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Diet culture is literally telling us to erase ourselves (and make ourselves unhealthy in the process) so that we do the work for the white supremacist patriarchy
February 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Diet culture is literally telling us to erase ourselves (and make ourselves unhealthy in the process) so that we do the work for the white supremacist patriarchy
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Earth & Life Sciences Academics communicating the new EO about indirect rates, imma need you to improve yer messaging- maybe don't say "If I get a million dollar grant, my uni gets another $700k to keep the lights on & water running" bc isn't going to get the traction you think it is-
a woman in a floral dress is sitting in front of a sign that says chuckles in rich .
ALT: a woman in a floral dress is sitting in front of a sign that says chuckles in rich .
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Earth & Life Sciences Academics communicating the new EO about indirect rates, imma need you to improve yer messaging- maybe don't say "If I get a million dollar grant, my uni gets another $700k to keep the lights on & water running" bc isn't going to get the traction you think it is-
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Exactly. Stay ready so you dont have to get ready. 🫡
Every time I don't want to work out I remind myself that a fascist somewhere is injecting himself with HGH and doing pushups
January 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Exactly. Stay ready so you dont have to get ready. 🫡
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I’m in Japan right now so I’m obliged to remind the world — we don’t want AI. We want a robust rail system. We want trains. Metros. High speed. Locals. Cute trains. Efficient trains. Trains.
December 26, 2024 at 2:55 AM
I’m in Japan right now so I’m obliged to remind the world — we don’t want AI. We want a robust rail system. We want trains. Metros. High speed. Locals. Cute trains. Efficient trains. Trains.
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One of my coldest higher ed takes is that, given sufficient time, business schools will end up reinventing the humanities without realizing it
I’ve now had 3-4 exchanges with business profs who seem baffled that humanities profs are resisting their assertions that AI can teach our courses and AI can replicate our work.
They all seemed quite shocked that “you don’t matter and this machine will replace you” isn’t a winning sales pitch.
They all seemed quite shocked that “you don’t matter and this machine will replace you” isn’t a winning sales pitch.
December 27, 2024 at 2:43 AM
One of my coldest higher ed takes is that, given sufficient time, business schools will end up reinventing the humanities without realizing it
Had a pleasant surprise today when the family went out of their way to celebrate my birthday, which is tomorrow. They hadn't done that in a long time and it felt nice to be seen.
December 25, 2024 at 4:50 AM
Had a pleasant surprise today when the family went out of their way to celebrate my birthday, which is tomorrow. They hadn't done that in a long time and it felt nice to be seen.
My husband is pro-spider, so I begrudgingly leave the cobwebs up in the bathroom. But this week I heard a buzzing and looked over to see one of the stupid cluster flies that have been plaguing us being wrapped up by a daddy long legs and I thought, "you get 'em, thank you for your service."
December 21, 2024 at 6:49 PM
My husband is pro-spider, so I begrudgingly leave the cobwebs up in the bathroom. But this week I heard a buzzing and looked over to see one of the stupid cluster flies that have been plaguing us being wrapped up by a daddy long legs and I thought, "you get 'em, thank you for your service."
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Over the past 20 years, broken gov't tax and economic policies elevated the Uihleins from super rich to unfathomably wealthy, and what they've done with that money is undermine democracy itself while evading minimum wage by using undocumented workers.
www.propublica.org/article/ulin...
www.propublica.org/article/ulin...
NEW: “A company owned by two of Donald Trump’s top mega-donors has routinely brought dozens of its workers from Mexico to staff its warehouses in Wisconsin and other locations even though they do not appear to have permission to work in the US.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Major Trump donors who complained of immigrant ‘invasion’ used Mexican workers illegally, sources allege
Exclusive: Experts believe the alleged ‘shuttle support’ program used by Uline – a company owned by billionaires Liz and Dick Uihlein – is likely illegal and exploitative of workers
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2024 at 4:20 AM
Over the past 20 years, broken gov't tax and economic policies elevated the Uihleins from super rich to unfathomably wealthy, and what they've done with that money is undermine democracy itself while evading minimum wage by using undocumented workers.
www.propublica.org/article/ulin...
www.propublica.org/article/ulin...
The most perfect summation of my congressmen I've ever seen.
December 20, 2024 at 6:48 PM
The most perfect summation of my congressmen I've ever seen.
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Raw milk is one of those ideas that can really only take hold when people haven't seen a cow. if you see a cow from let's say ten feet or less you immediately understand the problem that pasteurization is solving
December 20, 2024 at 2:53 AM
Raw milk is one of those ideas that can really only take hold when people haven't seen a cow. if you see a cow from let's say ten feet or less you immediately understand the problem that pasteurization is solving
So UW Law School is having two attorneys from WILL, the ultimate rightwing culture war firm, teach con law, specifically the reconstruction amendments, next semester.
@leahlitman.bsky.social @strictscrutiny.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social, I'm sure y'all have thoughts?!
@leahlitman.bsky.social @strictscrutiny.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social, I'm sure y'all have thoughts?!
December 16, 2024 at 6:19 PM
So UW Law School is having two attorneys from WILL, the ultimate rightwing culture war firm, teach con law, specifically the reconstruction amendments, next semester.
@leahlitman.bsky.social @strictscrutiny.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social, I'm sure y'all have thoughts?!
@leahlitman.bsky.social @strictscrutiny.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social, I'm sure y'all have thoughts?!
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It's not easy to assess numbers like this divorced from context, but it's fairly astonishing that of the $51 million figure cited here, $47 million is for the system-wide transition to Workday
Meanwhile $1 million here or there would be transformative for many struggling units across the system
Meanwhile $1 million here or there would be transformative for many struggling units across the system
UW System spends millions on consultants - WORT-FM 89.9
The UW System paid Chicago-based Huron Consulting Group $51 million between 2019 and 2023, WORT found through an open records request.
www.wortfm.org
December 13, 2024 at 4:15 PM
It's not easy to assess numbers like this divorced from context, but it's fairly astonishing that of the $51 million figure cited here, $47 million is for the system-wide transition to Workday
Meanwhile $1 million here or there would be transformative for many struggling units across the system
Meanwhile $1 million here or there would be transformative for many struggling units across the system
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Let's go over why unpasteurized human breast milk is generally considered safe for infant consumption while raw cows milk poses health risks to consumers.
December 14, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Let's go over why unpasteurized human breast milk is generally considered safe for infant consumption while raw cows milk poses health risks to consumers.
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Bashar al-Assad’s biggest mistake? Not going on Joe Rogan.
December 7, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Bashar al-Assad’s biggest mistake? Not going on Joe Rogan.
Who expected Trump to defund the police?
December 1, 2024 at 3:18 AM
Who expected Trump to defund the police?
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While it’s technically only November 29, calendrical scholars who follow Duritz (1996) argue that we should classify the next two days as belonging to “A Long December”
November 30, 2024 at 12:44 AM
While it’s technically only November 29, calendrical scholars who follow Duritz (1996) argue that we should classify the next two days as belonging to “A Long December”
So you're saying fatness isn't a cardinal sin that is synonymous with sloth and lack of health? But how will people judge our worth?
doi.org/10.1136/bjsp...
doi.org/10.1136/bjsp...
November 29, 2024 at 3:36 AM
So you're saying fatness isn't a cardinal sin that is synonymous with sloth and lack of health? But how will people judge our worth?
doi.org/10.1136/bjsp...
doi.org/10.1136/bjsp...
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I wish everyone who cares about food would spend just one hour interrogating and genuinely challenging the default belief that small farms are the future of sustainable agriculture.
I’ll say it if no one else wants to: small farms are a complete nightmare punctuated by brief flashes of euphoria.
I’ll say it if no one else wants to: small farms are a complete nightmare punctuated by brief flashes of euphoria.
November 24, 2024 at 11:28 AM
I wish everyone who cares about food would spend just one hour interrogating and genuinely challenging the default belief that small farms are the future of sustainable agriculture.
I’ll say it if no one else wants to: small farms are a complete nightmare punctuated by brief flashes of euphoria.
I’ll say it if no one else wants to: small farms are a complete nightmare punctuated by brief flashes of euphoria.