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At heart I’m a country boy. I mostly grew up in agricultural areas and much of my career was out in the backcountry, from pecan groves and citrus farms of Yuma County, through the soybean and citrus farms of Florida, to the ranches, alfalfa fields,...
by Desert Scientist
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On Monday, Tucker Carlson followed up his interview of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin with an appearance at the 2024 World Governments Summit in Dubai. Speaking with Egyptian journalist Emad Eldin ...
by Walter Einenkel
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I don’t like driving, and I don’t like having to drive. But since I often have to, it becomes clear to me why attempts to limit car use in most of the United States, to get people to shift to bicycles and public transit (usually buses), are doomed to...
by K S LaVida
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It used to be that there’d occasionally be someone selling flowers at the traffic light. Now there’s often someone there with a sign asking for help. It used to be that these people were almost always men. Now they’re often women. And lately these...
by stephr
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Greetings!
by Marko the Werelynx
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Babylon Micro-Farms - for corporate dining, student dining, senior living communities, and event and hospitality venues now in 31 states https://babylonmicrofarms.com/ Local ecosystem restoration and food forestry - the transformation of one yard in...
by gmoke
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Though the mayor’s position in Dallas is technically nonpartisan, Johnson joins Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker as one of two Republican mayors to lead a major Texas city. By Joshua Fechter And Brian Lopez Sept. 22, 2023 Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, a...
by Texas Tribune
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Photo source For several years Silicon Valley billionaires, including Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs’s widow, secretly have been buying up tens of thousands of acres of the nation’s most productive farmland in pursuit of a plan to replace the farms with...
by cfordlaw
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Once upon a time I was a republican. It was thanks to a handful of friends in my life that I realized I’m not a republican. If I believe that basic necessities like healthcare and housing should be something we all pool our resources together for then...
by Rachel Brown
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UPDATE: see added great links & info from culhwtch's comment. edited into the foot of this diary, by permission. How much stormwater could be captured? Southern California has the most potential for collecting stormwater — as...
by mettle fatigue
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