If 18 year old me was told 47 year old me would have extremely serious opinions about chainsaw manufacturers, I would not have believed it, and yet here we are. I defy you to find a better all around general purpose saw than the Stihl MS271 Farm Boss. Reliable as the day is

WATCH: “Are you f*cking out of your mind?” marc maron won’t let Howie Mandel downplay the impact comedians like Joe Rogan have had on stripping rights from trans people, immigrants, etc. with “hack” bullying jokes that helped pave the way for Trump & the radical right takeover.

This commentary from the spring in VTDigger seemed timely. I really do believe this is the way to start repairing our communities. Roll up your sleeves and get involved. vtdigger.org/2025/02/12/jer…

Throwback to when I had my writing published in Labor Notes. Lost that battle I fought for people I deeply respected and cared about, but sometimes that happens and you learn from it. Still grateful to Labor Notes for publishing it. labornotes.org/blogs/2024/06/…

After a 4-week rebuild we are finally biologically seeding batch reactor #4 at the wastewater plant. Will be good to get back to full capacity again. #wastewater #dirtyjobs

Throwback to the time I got interviewed by BarnRaiser. If you don’t read their writing, you really should. Great source of information for Left Wing rural America. barnraisingmedia.com/vermont-afscme… Barn Raiser

Thought of the day, #vermont is ripe for a revival of the Farmer-Labor party of Minnesota. This State needs an organization to centralize around that is not organized labor exclusive for those of us not fortunate enough to be in a union. And I understand we have the progressive

Amazing how quick we all accepted that public leaders arguing on this platform like kids in JR High is somehow acceptable behavior. We have invented things that could lead to the greatest knowledge exchange in human history, and this is what it’s used for. Depressing.

Cutting firewood for Deer Camp before breakfast. A simple pleasure.

If you have a family/deer camp in the Vermont woods and there is not a John Denver 8-Track in steady rotation, you are doing it wrong. #deercamp #johndenver

Not a good sign for the western farmers. Hopefully we can find another market for the soybeans as China appears to not be buying this year…. farmprogress.com/soybean/us-soy…