Casey Wenzlaff

There's no wisdom worth having that's not hard won

~Opinions are my own~

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@NWSSiouxFalls Marble size hail

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@NWSSiouxFalls Nickel to quarter size hail

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@NWSSiouxFalls @NWSReno Which way to they spin when a rain is coming? Is it counter clockwise?

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@trapdoor1873 It's not novel technology either. The generation that forgets it's the generation that repeats. It's only been 100 years. Hugh Hammond Bennett is screaming from heaven.

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WHY ARE WE DOING TILLAGE TODAY!? it's Earth day for Pete's sake!

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

Chloe woke up at 6:45am and immediately felt proud of herself.

She had, after all, not eaten a single animal product in four years. The planet was healing. She could feel it.

6:52am - Applied her morning SPF. The SPF contains beeswax. Chloe does not know this. Moving on.

7:10am - Breakfast: a smoothie containing avocado. The avocado was grown in Michoacán, Mexico, on land where a pine forest was until 2019. It required approximately 320 litres of water to produce. It was flown to the UK. Chloe sprinkled hemp seeds on top. The hemp seeds came from China. Chloe felt connected to the earth.

8:00am - Got dressed. Polyester leggings, derived from crude oil. A bamboo top that was processed using carbon disulphide in a Taiwanese chemical plant. Trainers with a recycled plastic upper that sheds microplastics into waterways with every wash. Chloe's outfit today had a higher carbon footprint than a ribeye steak. Chloe does not know this either.

9:30am - Posted on Instagram about choosing compassion. The phone was manufactured in a Shenzhen factory using cobalt from the DRC, where mining operations have displaced local communities and killed an unknowable number of small mammals, reptiles, and insects. The algorithm served Chloe an ad for oat milk. Chloe liked it.

12:00pm - Lunch: tofu stir-fry. The soy was grown in Brazil. Brazil produces more soy than almost any country on earth. The primary reason is soybean oil: one of the most widely used industrial and culinary oils on the planet. The soymeal left over after oil extraction is fed to livestock as a byproduct. Chloe is aware of the livestock connection and finds it outrageous. She has not looked into why the soy was grown in the first place. The answer is the oil. The oil is in her salad dressing.

1:30pm - Drove to the garden centre. The car runs on petrol. Chloe has a Just Stop Oil sticker on the bumper. This is not being commented on further.

3:00pm - Bought a monstera. The monstera was grown in a Dutch greenhouse using natural gas heating. Chloe put it next to the pothos that is slowly poisoning the neighbourhood cats.

6:00pm - Dinner: pasta with cashew cream sauce. The cashews were processed in Vietnam, often by workers in conditions that would prompt significant commentary if they were in an abattoir.

8:00pm - Watched a documentary about factory farming. Wept. Posted about it. Caption: "We have to do better."

Chloe is, by every measure she has chosen to measure by, doing brilliantly.

By some of the others, the picture is more complicated.

Chloe has not chosen to measure by those.

[U.S. Ministry of Truth @USMiniTru]

🚨BREAKING: Chuck Norris woke up briefly from death this morning to correct an error on his death certificate.

He then shook hands with the doctor, laid back down, and died again.

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@PlsntVlyFarmer Those who forget are destined to repeat. Tillage does not a poor farmer make but some tools are over used.

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@RickBieber81 @Johnkempf This article speaks loudly

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@RickBieber81 @Johnkempf https://t.co/3fO1fZsKxh

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@KathyFortune9 No specific group or geographic area. I'm just saying that as an industry, one would think that better land management would always be a pillar and moving target.

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@steelers @Hyundai Go Jacks!! Love seeing a South Dakota kid out there!!

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@matteichacker73 "I got a real problem with you people!"

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https://t.co/zw1HgO1BT2

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@Judge19872 Shoot he has electric trap doors now too! Lol

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We're rolling!!

[Natural Resources Conservation Service @USDA_NRCS]

Behold: the modest dung beetle. It breaks down 💩 and returns nutrients to the soil. This can reduce the survival rates of flies, nematodes and parasites that can impact livestock, and can increase soil water infiltration, holding capacity, nutrient cycling, and organic matter.

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@JeffHinen Isn't that a CSP enhancement?