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Taylor Swift Still Loves a Good Vodka Cranberry It’s her signature drink at Travis Kelce’s new restaurant.

I never thought Taylor Swift news would intersect with agroforestry

Her signature cocktail includes Aronia berry 👀

Reading Rainbow emphasis is encouraging kids to read. The focus is not on teaching them to read. The mission is reading should be fun!

We are all readers, worthy of literacy. LeVar Burton said “but you don’t have to take my word for it” because he wanted us to look to the books. That’s the beauty 💚

Jake is a wonderful reporter, and I'm excited to see his debut in Offrange! Check out this great piece

How do I make my dream owning of a quaint country acreage compatible with my other dream of never owning a car again

Demographic Change and Life Experiences How the fertility transition will change the rhythms of life

Much discussion surrounding the fertility transition focuses on its macro-level affects on the economy and society. Here, I explore how demographic change will impact everyday lived experiences

I have a sudden urge to clean the garage and listen to AM radio

I'm ready to be a father

1. More Americans work at the Cheesecake Factory than in the entire coal industry, and that won't change. It's because of automation, not snooty libs.

2. Coal energy is now more expensive than wind and solar.

3. So this means: higher energy prices, more pollution, no jobs benefit. Genius!

Aside from actually programing models, I genuinely don't understand what skills are necessary for using AI, at least for LLMs. Prompt engineering seems like something you could learn over a weekend. What is there to train people on?

my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"

Sleighbells exist because it's quite difficult to brake a sleigh traveling over snow, so folks put bells on them to warn people of their approach

The reason they're associated with Christmas is that mailmen used sleighs in the winter, and the bells signaled to kids that presents may be coming

I'm not sure what's going on, but this year's freshman class is giving me ... what was that word ... hope?

They're energized and excited, they're doing the reading and doing it well, they're asking great questions and offering smart answers too.

Is this just me or are others seeing it?

Linguistics.

On the Lonliness of Travel During my college years, I had a number of wonderful opportunities to travel.

My blog started covering my travels during undergrad. Today, I reflect on my experiences traveling as an introvert.

A grey cat sitting on a blue cushion in a white chair nuzzling its head with its paw

Xiaomi, one of China's biggest tech companies, sounds a lot like my old bosses cat's name. So whenever I'm reading EV news, I can't help but imagine cars made by this little goblin

Press release from Carrier Field trials underway for next-generation battery-enabled HVAC systems to strengthen the grid Field trials underway for next-generation battery-enabled HVAC systems to strengthen the grid PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., Sept. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Carrier Global Corporation (NYSE: CARR), global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, has begun its first field trials of battery-enabled HVAC systems to test how they can store and shift energy when the grid needs it most.

We are entering an era where home systems and appliances will themselves be batteries, building resilience from blackouts and giving buildings options to capture more energy than they need.

India to Spend $570 Million to Help Steel Companies Decarbonize India plans to roll out a 50 billion rupee ($570 million) program to encourage steel producers to cut emissions, a top government official said.

This is a direct result of EU's carbon tariffs. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Screenshot from a news website reading "Ask ABC17News icon Hi 👋 I’m your AI news assistant, trained on ABC17News content! Have any questions about this story? Tap a prompt below or ask me about anything! What are the latest updates on Charlie Kirk's case? Can you summarize the Jefferson City murder trial? What community events are happening this week? Ask a question"

On a news site?!

A screenshot displaying two Instagram "chat with AI" services. The first one is "what political party fits you" and the second one reads "democrat or republican?"

Sooooo, what are the chances these are propaganda tools?

I just learned that, as Polynesian settlers migrated to Hawaii that many of the plants they brought along, such as arrowroot and breadfruit, were not brought as seeds, but as vegetative cuttings

Keeping slips and cuttings alive while sailing across the ocean in open air boats is an incredible feat

Three volunteers wearing yellow shirts that say "Volunteer" on the back listen to speakers at the St. Louis launch event for Respect MO Voters.

Such great turnout tonight at our St. Louis launch event!!

A selfie of me smiling in my car

Got my flu and COVID shots!

How Iowa can learn from Minnesota's water protections Environmental activists say laws in Minnesota could also help Iowa's water quality.

www.axios.com/local/des-mo...

Reducing Nitrogen Losses in US Row-Crop Agriculture: Challenges, Solutions, and Policy Pathways Mike Badzmierowski Executive Summary Highlights • Nitrogen is essential for crop production, but its excessive use leads to significant air- and water-borne environmental losses. Nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas (GHG) 273 times more potent than carbon dioxide and the current leading contributor to ozone depletion, is released particularly from over-applied nitrogen. The costs of agricultural nitrogen pollution in the United States likely surpass US$200 billion, primarily due to its impact on air and water quality. • The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suggests that half of US agricultural GHG emissions are nitrous oxide (EPA 2024). New measurements suggest EPA models underestimate emissions, particularly as rising temperatures may increase emission rates. • Uniform application rates are inefficient due to variability within fields. Reduced nitrogen rate applications through precision nitrogen manage-ment, leveraging on-farm trials, and improved irrigation are effective strategies for reducing nitrogen losses and fertilizer waste, thereby enhancing farmer profitability. Nitrification inhibitors are likely to be site- and time-dependent regarding their nitrogen loss potential. • Implementing a "National Nitrogen Initiative" could help improve fertilizer use and boost farmer profitability. With just 24 percent of cropland contributing 63 percent of the nation's nitrogen surplus (Roy et al. 2021), the focus should start in "hotspot regions."

Check out our team’s new paper about reducing nitrogen losses in US row-crop agriculture, by @mikebadzmierowski.bsky.social.

Nitrogen is essential for crop production, but its overuse reduces air and water quality and emits potent GHGs. This paper examines solutions.

www.wri.org/research/red...

Absolutely! Thanks for the added thoughts.

What I'm curious to see if the main drivers of adoption come when yield parity is achieved (at various benchmarks, as you pointed out) or through drops in input costs when perennial crops are at partial parity. A fascinating field to watch

What is the Future of Perennial Grains? Will Kernza change the world?

I've been working in Kernza and perennial crop research for 3 years. Here are my thoughts on the future of this field

After a cursory Zillow search, not having an HOA may br worth an extra $500,000 lmao

Reviving the Old Bay To undo centuries of damage in the Chesapeake Bay, six states are fixing forests, farms, city runoff, wetlands, rivers and oyster reefs across this massive watershed.

The U.S.’s largest estuary is showing signs of revival. Once written off as a dead zone, water clarity in Chesapeake Bay has improved, underwater grasses are expanding, and crab populations are steadier thanks to decades of pollution controls. Nature buff.ly/morNFth
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Microsoft Word comment chain, both from myself. The first one reads "Gotta be more subtle man" and the reply reads "I’m just trying to get words on the page *crying emoji*"

What's the stage of the writing process where you get into comment chains with yourself?

Faded photo of extensive mudflats along a large lake. The former beach is in the foreground, with a small tree visible. There are trees on a more distant point.

A young kid sitting on a beach, with sparsely vegetated mudflats behind him.

Drought in the 1930s lowered the level of many lakes in western Minnesota. Photos here show partly vegetated mudflats that emerged from Lake Minnewaska, one of the biggest of the prairie lakes in MN. The kid on the right is my father, sitting on the former beach with mudflats behind him.