Brian Williams

Recovering newspaperman; semi-retired regional planner; freelance writer and consultant (urban issues, agriculture, local food). Words are my tools and toys.

[Brian Williams @Local_Nexus]

@csiemaszko "Swaggering Grabowskis" -- great name for a band. Ditka wanted to be a dentist? That'd make a great SNL skit. "No novacain for nobody!"

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My latest in Matter. https://t.co/SounuHVHr5

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Sam Sianis has died; long live the Goat. https://t.co/w7FCOHgy0F

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@jdcmedlock Four companies control over 80% of U.S. markets for beef processing, corn seeds, nitrogen fertilizer, and soybean procressing. Four control 60-80% of U.S. markets for retail grocery, pork processing, poultry processing, wheat milling, farm machinery and agrichemicals.

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My latest in Matter News: https://t.co/ZtaeYpPxjk

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Rearrange the letters in "Jon Husted" and you get: "He just nod."

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"Operation Distracting Us from Our Distractions"

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@PWSullivan In 1972-73, Wood started 97 games – more than many pitchers today could start in four seasons. He was 48-37 those two years with 41 complete games. He pitched 735 innings in two years, for a season average of 367. He won 20 games four times and lost 20 twice. In 1973 he was 24-20

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Which is a greater threat: artificial intelligence or genuine stupidity?

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@royalpratt @noturtlesoup17 Looks like the Neo-Nazis got to do their Skokie march after all.

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@PEWilliams_ See? I'm an OK Boomer.

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My latest on MatterNews: https://t.co/zwZ4FODd8Z

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@csiemaszko Nicely done.

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@stacey_hauff Idealism is always cool.

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The tiny-home movement has been around for a while – largely co-opted by wealthy faddists who can pay architects to design their treehouses and back-40 cabins. Vista Village is trying to reclaim the concept.

New from Brian Williams.

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Biden built a foundation for a strong future, but voter wanted a quick high. https://t.co/MjeOo05g9B

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The cloud is made of concrete: https://t.co/FFFkD0mdCM

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Vilsack is absolutely right about the direction ag policy needs to go, about Dems' need to listen to rural folks and emphasize the economy. This applies to nation media, too. https://t.co/Rd6vV2Y1Ag