More Crops Grown for Fuel and Livestock Feed Than for People, New Study Finds Cutting back on beef and biofuels could help improve food security and mitigate climate emissions.

Croplands around the world produced enough calories in 2020 to meet global food needs. Only half were available for human consumption. @gaeacabico.bsky.social reports:

Comet C/2023 A3, photo taken by ISS. Incredible shot.

Waiting for summer.

Saturday thoughts.

It’s confusing how Tiffany remains electable.
Oh yeah - hate, marginalizing, racism…all so prevalent #upnorth

There’s beauty,
then there’s beauty.

It's corny as hell but the solution to fascism is loving thy neighbor

While ICE raids grab headlines, Trump mounts quieter attack on Minnesota’s Boundary Waters As the federal siege of Minnesota continues, the Boundary Waters wilderness is also under attack.

"To put a gigantic copper mine (or two) on the edge of the Boundary Waters would be like capping Old Faithful for a geothermal plant or clearcutting the forests at the foot of the Tetons — most Americans wouldn’t support it if they knew about it."
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...

Trump Administration again denies flood relief to Wisconsin communities • Wisconsin Examiner The Trump Administration is again denying flood disaster relief to six mostly republican Wisconsin counties.

For a second time, the Trump administration DENIED disaster relief assistance for six Wisconsin counties that experienced record flooding last year.

Those counties: Waukesha, Ozaukee, Washington, Milwaukee, Door and Grant: wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/trump...

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

When forever chemicals contaminate drinking water, private well owners may be the last to know The roughly 40 million Americans who get drinking water from wells are at particular risk when harmful forever chemicals contaminate the supply

hard to swallow but northwoods water may be poison #Wisconsin

117. The 80% Advantage in Space Manufacturing Podcast Episode · Ecosystemic Futures · 01/28/2026 · 1h 4m

Nations mastering space manufacturing gain a decisive advantage in industries defining 21st-century power. The window is now.

Such a great read.

What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...

To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines. The U.S. hasn’t, amid political and economic pushback.

Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”

(Published Nov. 2025)

Post from Pete Buttigieg that reads: If there was ever a moment for libertarians and conservatives to step up and join the rest of us, we’re in it. Americans have to unite and stop this descent from a freedom-loving nation into the kind of place where masked, militarized government agents are sent to politically noncompliant areas to roam the streets, terrorize civilians, and deploy violence with impunity.

From Rendezvous with Rama to ʻOumuamua: Avi Loeb and the Science of Interstellar Objects Avi Loeb’s wager is simple: these visitors don’t wait, so science has to be ready — because the next “Rama” won’t slow down for us to…

If Arthur C. Clarke were writing ‘Rendezvous with Rama’ today, he wouldn’t need to invent a silent interstellar visitor — he’d only need the real ones. Avi Loeb's wager is simple: these visitors don't wait, so science has to be ready. medium.com/predict/from...

Rep. Huffman: “I think there is a very tight connection between NOAA and your company right now … and I don’t think there is any effective oversight by NOAA. I think you guys are in bed together to go out here and mine in the high seas.”

The Metals Company CEO: "I refute that sir."

#deepseamining

#greatlakes #Wisconsin #Waterwars

State Funding Connects Local Farmers With Food Pantries Across Wisconsin  | Daily Dodge (MADISON) Wisconsin farmers could see new business this year — while families across the county get better access to food.  The Wisconsin Division of Agriculture is sending $5 ... Read more

With all the uncertainty coming from the federal government, these funds will help provide reliable food for Wisconsin kids, families, and communities and steady business for Wisconsin’s farmers, producers, and processors.

dailydodge.com/state-fundin...

Bird Flu Viruses Raise Mounting Concerns Among Scientists

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/h...

I Killed Joe White A Rice Lake Ojibwe leader was killed with impunity

An uncomfortable bit of #Wisconsin history.

A new village being built in Sheboygan County is reimagining what life with dementia can look like in the United States.

Read the story here:
wisconsinwatch.org/2025/12/livi...

By Addie Costello
Photo by Angela Major WPR

#Wisconsin #HealthCare #Aging #Dementia #CommunityCare

Trump’s shuttering of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is Stalinist | Michael Mann and Bob Ward This is the latest in the relentless purge of climate researchers who refuse to be co-opted by the fossil fuel industry

Trump’s shuttering of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is Stalinist | Michael Mann and Bob Ward

We don’t deserve this planet.

Terrible policy but transparent.

Boots ✅
Coat ✅
Nose cap 🚫

Found a self-sown tomato plant late summer in a garlic bed. Popped it into the #greenhouse where it’s producing in low light and cool temps. This variety was brought to WI by Lithuanian immigrants and grows well along the lakeshore and up north. It’s named Sheboygan and is one of my favorites.

Absolutely.

This had me up all night - the easy swing of a weapon towards a neighbor.
#fascistneighbor

Hudson Rod, Gun & Archery Club members vote to sign future agreement with ICE Majority of the Hudson Rod, Gun & Archery Club members who attended a meeting Oct. 21 voted in favor of a potential contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which would

WI is setup for this stupidity with its guns and bigotry. Trump 1.0 saw the rise of local militias in #ForestCounty. One day I asked a ‘member’ of a fledging outfit who he intended to shoot. Me? Another neighbor? Who’s his target? He looked at me stupid. He didn’t know.

Giving cause to madness.