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Ag Technology Systems Specialist - NDSU Extension | Precision Ag, Sprayer Systems, Machinery Systems | Opinions mine, especially when bad https://linktr.ee/robproulx
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Whooooaaaaa black Betty

submitted 80 days ago • 20 comments

Vaccines work—thread:

submitted 99 days ago • 28 comments

as long as journalists and pundits act as if they are amateur political strategists & not people trying to understand and tell the truth about the world, they are going to take the implicit view that voters can never be wrong, which then demands endless explanation of their morally blameless choice

submitted 107 days ago • 151 comments

The darkness drops again; but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

submitted 143 days ago • 193 comments

Higher-ed folks: looking for a good first day of class activity? I want to lift up the demo/activity in this recent piece by David Bowne, which I think is brilliant. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...

submitted 184 days ago • 2 comments

So Ole and Lena got married in Mankato and started driving up to the Twin Cities. Feeling affectionate, Ole put a hand on Lena's knee. Lena said, "Oh Ole, we're married now, you can go further." So Ole drove all the way to Duluth.

submitted 194 days ago • 62 comments

One of the best bits of wisdom I’ve taken about writing is that you write the first draft to explain it to yourself and then a second to explain it to others. They skip all that and make sure no one understands anything.

submitted 201 days ago • 21 comments

I'm working on policy proposals to protect consumer rights when companies brick smart devices. So please share devices that you've owned that stopped working because the company that made it killed software support or went out of business. Also, please share this request. Thank you.

submitted 226 days ago • 102 comments

The essay everyone needs to read 🎯

submitted 311 days ago • 0 comments

this doesn't necessarily disprove the "she's dead" theory

submitted 344 days ago • 50 comments