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Ann Baskerville, Marquette Grad, Will County News YouTube Channel

[Meriwether Farms @MeriwetherFarms]

People who continue to blame New World Screwworm crisis on the Biden Administration need to stop

The Secretary has had 15 months to prepare a competent response, and despite what some are saying, the response has been lackluster and unserious

Let’s go over some facts:

In order to eradicate the NWS, we need somewhere between 500M-600M sterile flies produced WEEKLY, and we currently produce 100M weekly

There are current mechanisms and technologies that could be deployed IMMEDIATELY in order to produce those numbers that have been ignored by the USDA for the past 6 months

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) which oversees the NWS response is a disaster. There were some competent veterinarians interviewed during the transition willing to serve and reform the bureau who were blocked by the Secretary and her team. Instead they decided to retain the same director from the Biden Administration (ironic) who botched the response to the Avian flu

The tick rider program (people on horseback looking at wildlife and livestock in desolate areas) is completely disorganized, so the “surveillance” mechanisms that continue to be touted are not sufficient enough to detect these infestations in extremely rural areas in the timely manner required to combat this

On top of all this, producers in Texas are being pressured NOT TO REPORT potential cases, and if it wasn’t for some brave people reporting on this current case in LaPryor, it’s possible it would have been covered up

NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION NOW

[Meriwether Farms @MeriwetherFarms]

BREAKING: Three counties in Texas have declared local state of disaster declarations on the New World Screwworm: Kinney, Jim Webb and Uvalde

Three others are pending: Webb, La Salle and Val Verde

The reasoning behind these declarations is because they feel they are not getting the federal nor state support needed to combat this crisis

Its long past due for the President to declare a National Emergency Declaration so local officials on the front lines are getting the support they need

[NBC News @NBCNews]

A flesh-eating parasite that had been kept out of U.S. livestock for decades has been detected in Texas, threatening the nation’s cattle industry and food supply at a time when prices are already high. https://t.co/p011Q4crOe

[Dion @2024dion]

Unfortunately we plowed the prairie over for industrial agriculture in one of the greatest acts of ecological destruction in human history

[Roger Seheult, MD @RogerSeheult]

We are so back!

[Willcountynews @willcountynews]

@NoahSabich @le_prince_russe So glad they did! 47 south is one of my favorite routes if I'm going to Decatur or Champaign. So much history in those little towns, like time travel.

[Willcountynews @willcountynews]

Sights of the times in Will County: https://t.co/DyRrubQ1zI

[Willcountynews @willcountynews]

Cool bro, and by the way, how about no more tax abatements on Amazon warehouses/distribution centers? https://t.co/rGjDjaQR1x

[Shay Boloor @StockSavvyShay]

Jeff Bezos said the bottom half of Americans should pay zero federal income tax.

He cited a nurse in Queens making ~$75K and paying ~$12K in taxes saying “we shouldn’t be asking this nurse in Queens to send money to Washington.”

[Noah Sabich @NoahSabich]

I think America could be one giant food and medicinal plant system dotted with garden cities. It'd take a sea-change in how we view potential our own yards, agricultural systems, and empty spaces. Perennial food webs with nutrient dense produce can serve our health and wildlife.

[Willcountynews @willcountynews]

Downtown Joliet: https://t.co/ND0DE9e1aO

[Willcountynews @willcountynews]

Will County: Freight hub of the USA: https://t.co/xTm4g4LxFa

[Willcountynews @willcountynews]

Barge on the Des Plaines River in Joliet: https://t.co/ASjlKZtWch

[Willcountynews @willcountynews]

Jeez Joliet/Elwood, stop complaining about all the trucks spewing diesel coming from warehouses that got 20 year tax abatements and hire workers through temp agencies to avoid paying benefits.

[Adam Ozimek @ModeledBehavior]

People are mad about data centers, they're mad about warehouses. Boy if neoliberalism hadn't killed all the factories people would be mad about them too.

https://t.co/u2UQ7mnKRV

[Willcountynews @willcountynews]

Hey Will County and surrounding area in the freight hub, what do you think? Why ya'll complaining about all that diesel pollution and those crumbling roads?

[Willcountynews @willcountynews]

@MarcDunkelman I live in Will County near the rail yards. Yes, lots of "development" but basically the race to the bottom personified. Globalism, largest companies in the world having their stuff moved by independent contractors, lots of temp jobs, roads crumbling.

[Dion @2024dion]

And they barely existed before 2010! The endless proliferation of mega-sized distribution centers is undoubtably the biggest change in US land use patterns in my lifetime. They really should attract more cultural attention.

[Willcountynews @willcountynews]

@rfhirschfeld but it's an efficient fuel right? Like I'll get better gas mileage?

[Willcountynews @willcountynews]

@TheJvandy Yes, I so resonated with that. I love driving through all the little towns in Illinois and so often old brick. buildings downtown are abandoned/thrift store/etc. So much local ownership replaced by big corporations. And yes, agree, good people have somewhere to get essentials.

[Willcountynews @willcountynews]

This sentence man: "Midwesternism is the great granddaughter of the Chamber of Commerce chair driving two towns over to shop at a dollar store because the grocery on Main Street couldn’t make the numbers work." https://t.co/NkF1g7AuJ9

[Jordan van der Hagen @TheJvandy]

I've been thinking a lot about how the Midwest is a landscape of inheritance. This idea is explored in a few paragraphs and forty photographs of grain elevators, Main Streets, railroad tracks, and towering beers.

Feeling honored to have these published by @RacketMN.

[Jordan van der Hagen @TheJvandy]

I've been thinking a lot about how the Midwest is a landscape of inheritance. This idea is explored in a few paragraphs and forty photographs of grain elevators, Main Streets, railroad tracks, and towering beers.

Feeling honored to have these published by @RacketMN.