Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

A consequence of cucumbers

Elections aren’t won by handwringing, cowering, and/or bashing your own candidates.

Every reporter and pundit should have to declare if they ever vacationed with a billionaire.

I’m more Christian than these people and I’m an atheist.

Of course you can have champagne before noon. That’s why orange juice was invented.

When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

Never give a known liar the benefit of the doubt.

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

I’m pretty sure there’s only one Jack Smith.

The gop is a fucking disgrace.

I was confident that someone would point it out and thought why not me.

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. let’s win this.

Putin dreamed of ending NATO, and now it’s Finnish-ed.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires Republicans to act in good faith.

The current Supreme Court is a rogue court. Very dangerous.

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

They’re not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

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Climate Solutions: Good People Doing Good Things

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This is will be a quick hit, but I wanted to keep going on sharing good people working on climate solutions. There will be a couple more videos on regenerative farming practices from the Carbon Cowboys series and a few other videos on other topics.

I will branch out to other technology going forward, but I didn’t have time this week to do the serious dive into other topics. Batteries are my next idea for a post – some big steps this year already.

A reminder that all these post can be found here: Positive Climate News

Here are parts 3 and 4 of Carbon Cowboys (see all the videos here)

Husband and wife ranchers Emry Birdwell and Deborah Clark have been going against the grain of North Texas ranching for decades – hiding their ability to raise many, many more cattle per acre than any of their neighbors. They are a fiery couple, prone to snips as they get their field work done – they are in their 60s, and run the 14,000 acre place on their own, sometimes with one extra hand. Filmed in Henrietta, Texas

Don Jackson wanted to change his grazing methods, and he called Allen Williams, a top U.S. expert on regenerative agriculture for help. Allen helped Don transition from continuous grazing to AMP (Adaptive Multi-Paddock) grazing. This film captures Don’s first 6 months of the transition – in Don’s 1st growing season. Don (and his son Patrick) can see huge changes already, especially in the amount of forage they can produce, the improved health of their cattle, and the increase in beneficial insects. Filmed in Ware Shoals, South Carolina

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It was a toss-up between this great story and an amazing rancher/educator in Chihuahua Mexico,  Alejandro Carrillo. The happy couple won today and next post will feature Alejandro.  Tina and Orion Weldon have a great story. Let’s start with the video:

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Climate Solutions: Carbon Cowboys and Regenerative Farming

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As I wrote previously, I want to start combining our good news posts with climate solutions. I want to highlight good people doing good things in regard to the climate crisis. It’s important to know, despite what is often a deluge of bad news on the climate, good things are happening. I’ll be highlighting regenerative farming for the next few posts because I love how it bridges generational issues, political divides and brings disparate folks together.

And quail. For some reason, as you will see, quail are a big deal in these farming communities. As someone who lived on a National Seashore property as a kid, which meant it had to be left as natural as possible, I can attest to the joy of seeing quail and their chicks walk across the yard and hear their calls. I was glad to see I am not alone.

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Gabe Brown, Allen Williams and Neil Dennis were all going out of business with their conventional grazing – then nature forced their hand to try grazing without chemicals because they couldn’t afford them anymore. They are now the pioneers in regenerative grazing – replacing the specter of bankruptcy with resiliency. These ranchers regenerate their soils which makes their animals healthier and their operations more profitable. Robust soils enable rainwater to sink into the earth rather than run off; and retain that water, so the ranches are much more resilient in drought. Filmed in Starkville, Mississippi: Bismarck, North Dakota; Wawona, Saskatchewan, Canada

I’m starting with the Carbon Cowboys documentary and their new one,  Roots So Deep. I’ll break it up over a few posts, but you can go to their website here or their YouTube page here to watch all of it now, read more about their research, and see where they are at in understanding the carbon capture aspect of this journey.

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