Sarah Reel

all sarcastic opinions are my own.

[LibertyJ @LibertyJen]

@JesseKellyDC @OriginalRoddick Term limits or age limits. I’ll be happy with either one.

[Sawyer @SawyerWhisler]

In 1998 hogs hit eight cents a pound and Greg Gunthorp called every buyer imaginable. Nothing. By his own telling, two people on earth didn't think he was crazy: his wife and his sister.

So when a Chicago chef said bring me a pig next week, Greg didn't mention he had no processing plant. He found a local locker to kill and chill one, loaded it into a stock tank full of ice in the back of his wife's Suzuki Swift, and white-knuckled it down the Dan Ryan to a restaurant he'd never heard of.

The restaurant was Charlie Trotter's. That same month, Wine Spectator rated it the best restaurant in the world. Greg's words: we literally started at the top.

Almost thirty years later, Gunthorp Farms has its own USDA slaughter plant on the farm, because when the plants he needed kept disappearing, he built one. Rick Bayless is his largest customer. His son runs the plant, his daughter runs sales, four generations deep. And when he's not farming, he's in Washington fighting for the family farms that come next.

Here's the part worth being honest about. Greg raises pigs on pasture. Dad and I finish them in barns. We don't see eye to eye on everything, and we didn't pretend to in the barn. But on the big stuff we're in complete agreement: farmers need more markets, not fewer. The packers need real accountability. And the next generation deserves a real shot at building something, because right now the road in is nearly closed.

I have mad respect for a man who spent his whole life creating value for people beyond himself. That's a meaningful life, and it deserves to be recognized.

[Bridgette Readel @bmreadel]

Growing up on a farm vs actually doing things on a farm are two very different things.

[Rossie @caIImeminho]

Madonna and Miley are literally begging people to go out and dance again… EVERYBODY GET UP AND FUCKING DANCE

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

VERY annoying that we realize children need a summer break and several vacations a year because they attend school, but we think it makes sense for adults to work 40 hours a week all year and probably get 2–3 weeks off in a whole year if you’re lucky.

[𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗲⸆⸉ 🦋 @cloverbloom_]

Seeing how universally beloved Dolly Parton is makes you wonder why more people don’t simply choose to be good people

[Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon]

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.

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[Tork @TorkWhisler]

There's a kind of farmer who never gets rich and never goes broke.

He runs careful, keeps the same truck twenty years, doesn't take debt that scares him, passes the operation to a kid who wants it.

Nobody writes about him. He's the reason American agriculture still exists.

[yimika. @yimikaaaa]

Sorry I do not reach out as often as I used to, I have been second guessing my career path,debating my life choices,and sleeping in any free time I get to escape the reality that is my life.

[syren @ligerzerosyren]

I turned 18 in 2011. Rent was $425. After work I’d go to the mall with friends and get a whole new outfit for $40. We’d go out that night, drinks were $3 and whole meals were like $7. Wake up next morning & get brunch WITH DRINKS for less than $15. Life is hell now.

[` @ymmmayer]

Can we talk about how farmers markets are not farmers markets anymore?

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

The local grocery chain here in RI/MA had a local artist paint its Fourth of July flyer, and I think in a world of AI slop, stuff like this is awesome.

[yimika. @yimikaaaa]

i actually think "surface level" friendships are very healthy. not everyone in your life has to be your ride or die. some friends are for the gym. some are for going out. some are just for complaining about work or bureaucracy. when you stop expecting everyone to be your everything, the disappointment disappears. those deep convos and connections are for the 2-3 people closest to you

[Footy Humour @FootyHumour]

Manager: “Hey, can you turn your camera on?”

Me watching the World Cup from my sofa at 2pm on a Tuesday:

[Jerod McDaniel @JerodMcDaniel]

This week I watched a crew of three young men,

ages 21,21,and 17

Move 950 round bales off two fields in two days with a skid steer and two 8 bale gooseneck trailers.

Young people know how to work if ya just let them have at it.

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

The fake urgency in corporate jobs k!lłs me. We're not doctors, we work in spreadsheets. You don't need to circle back for a response an hour later.

[Sam Block @theblockspot]

You don’t have to love soccer.

You don’t even have to like soccer.

Watching Turkiye vs The USMNT tonight is about one thing… loving your country.

[Jum @JesterJum]

Turns out, everything our grandparents thought was cool, is cool.

Real food. Guns. Fishing. Hunting. Offensive jokes. Not trusting the government. Raising a family. Peace and quiet. A simple life.

[Mike Neanderthal MCNationalist @Cointuckeywind1]

Lowes embraced DEI, and you can't find anyone working in the store to help you find what you're looking for.
But Ace hardware hired Phil, a retired tradesman who not only finds what you're looking for but gives you 3 other ideas on how to fix it.

[sho hoe 🐀 @ogshoshi]

My niece loudly said "look at all this AI slop. They should be embarrassed to sell this" right in front of several booths at the festival and you know what? She's sooo right and I hope they heard her