I built a dashboard to explore the last 25+ years of @nytimes coverage. 1.5B words, 2.2M articles, 26K reporters. It's fascinating to look at the world’s preeminent news organization not as daily stories but as patterns of attention, ebbing and flowing. https://t.co/CoE22qsBtb
Activist: "Cattle farming is incredibly wasteful."
Farmer: "Is it? List the inputs."
Activist: "What?"
Farmer: "For my farm. What goes in?"
Activist: "Feed, water, land..."
Farmer: "Rain, grass that grows for free, and land that won't grow anything else. Where's the waste?"
Activist: "But the resources..."
Farmer: "Are solar energy and rainfall. Both happen whether there's a cow here or not."
Activist: "You're oversimplifying."
Farmer: "I'm being accurate. Sunlight hits grass. Grass grows. Cow eats grass. Cow becomes beef. Which step wastes resources?"
Activist: "The land could grow crops."
Farmer: "This land? 30-degree slope, clay soil, 45 inches of rain? Show me the crop."
Where our taxes go, First Nations Edition
KPMG audited the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) representing 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan
They analyzed spending between April 2019 and March 2024
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If you’ve ever seen the 1980s movie Brazil, you know it’s a must-watch.
It just shows government departments run amok.
Paperwork isn’t a byproduct.
Paperwork IS the product.