Posts by sarahtaber@mastodon.online
(DIR) Post #AxynCDJlnkqqZkaZfc by sarahtaber@mastodon.online
2025-09-05T18:41:22Z
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trying to make the thumbnail for goofy video about "could you ranch sea cows"but Canva's catalogue of Cowboy Pics is. irredeemably thirsty. so every thumbnail draft comes out looking like a Chuck Tingle novelthis is the most mindful & demure cowboy they have
(DIR) Post #AxynCIEdWGiRpHE2rY by sarahtaber@mastodon.online
2025-09-05T18:41:48Z
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he LOVES his job
(DIR) Post #AxynCIEdWGiRpHE2rZ by sarahtaber@mastodon.online
2025-09-05T18:42:11Z
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all due respect to the sexy cowboys but I need cowboys with the "got to solve an impossible logistical problem stat before everyone gets trampled" 1,000-yard stare
(DIR) Post #Ay4vGVy4MtP09plBBI by sarahtaber@mastodon.online
2025-09-10T23:26:49Z
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We have a big problem in the US- for a big breadbasket nation, the US now grows surprisingly little food.We're now dependent on imports for basics like potatoes, ketchup, and even peanut butter.https://youtu.be/2uypc-c5-aA
(DIR) Post #AyJFJNaSqRG0YuedtI by sarahtaber@mastodon.online
2025-09-17T21:14:14Z
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Did a thing on the Charlie Kirk shooting. Some thoughts on growing up LDS & how it can prime people for any & all kinds of radicalization. And how quick the right wing was to turn on Mormons.https://youtu.be/coJF2wq5BHY
(DIR) Post #AycQJCUNhnd13SnCc4 by sarahtaber@mastodon.online
2025-09-27T03:19:32Z
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A word on burnout & feeling strung out because "I can't save all the things that need saving."Democracy is supposed to be a mosaic and a relay race. We never have to take care of the whole ourselves.In fact if we do, it kinda stops being democracy.
(DIR) Post #AykMwwYrUxkCgfGNii by sarahtaber@mastodon.online
2025-09-30T23:17:58Z
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US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.
(DIR) Post #AykMx38B4ZYh3vpfbE by sarahtaber@mastodon.online
2025-09-30T23:18:13Z
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The thing is, this isn't even the first time US ag has wrecked itself with foolish trade wars.In the runup to the Civil War, US cotton plantations decided to stop exporting cotton. Why?Because the British Empire's textile mills ran on cotton from US plantations.
(DIR) Post #AykMx7TwtZLmYc375c by sarahtaber@mastodon.online
2025-09-30T23:18:22Z
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Without Southern cotton, the British textile industry would be brought to its knees.And that would force the British Empire- with the world's most powerful navy- to help the US South in its fight for "freedom."At least, that's what cotton plantation owners THOUGHT would happen.
(DIR) Post #AykMxBbXZHndLJdETg by sarahtaber@mastodon.online
2025-09-30T23:18:32Z
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What actually happened? Egyptian cotton. With lots of fertile farmland and desperate for something to sell for cash on international markets,Egypt's leadership dumped resources into building up cotton farming in Egypt.
(DIR) Post #AykMxFqvm0UGWCra1Q by sarahtaber@mastodon.online
2025-09-30T23:19:14Z
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By the time the US Civil War was over, so was the US cotton industry.Egypt had ramped up to growing so much cotton, nobody really needed any from the US South anymore.
(DIR) Post #AykMxK4Y5JkzbbGVns by sarahtaber@mastodon.online
2025-09-30T23:19:22Z
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This is why "Egyptian cotton" is a thing now!Egypt grew a little cotton before all that, but not a "main export industry & household name" amount.
(DIR) Post #AykMxO8wwtecEPM5Dc by sarahtaber@mastodon.online
2025-09-30T23:19:42Z
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This is why it's so important that US agriculture quit its "positive vibes only!" strategy and actually learn from its own mistakes.So we can stop repeating them already.Anyway, here's the next Egyptian cotton: Argentine & Brazilian soybeans.https://mishtalk.com/economics/us-soybean-exports-to-china-drop-to-zero-argentina-and-brazil-win/
(DIR) Post #Ayr4Amu1fS3flMlnQe by sarahtaber@mastodon.online
2025-10-04T02:15:55Z
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had a baffling conversation todaysomeone came up with a charity to "save family farms." if I understand correctly, it takes nonprofit funding that's supposed to go to food banks & gives it to farmers instead. because "small farmers are getting screwed by the food bank system."like I get that we want to invest in small farms, but I'm unclear on why "siphon money away from food banks" was the way to do itshe just rebranded supply side economics for hippies?
(DIR) Post #Ayr4AsMDO4ZsgEzsYq by sarahtaber@mastodon.online
2025-10-04T02:18:34Z
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important context: the median small farmer in the US is a millionaire with a six-figure incomeyes really
(DIR) Post #Az4dEKxJXQyRhDDNmy by sarahtaber@mastodon.online
2025-10-10T17:55:00Z
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Farm bankruptcies are back in the news, so it's time to pull this chart out again.Hey look they kept rising during Trump's first term. Then they went way down under Biden.Now they're up again? So weird. Thanks Farm Bureau for the graphicsource: https://www.fb.org/market-intel/farm-bankruptcies-down-for-now
(DIR) Post #Az8xBpYA6lobQgN840 by sarahtaber@mastodon.online
2025-10-12T18:02:20Z
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If you've been thinking "How are they gonna run their farms after Trump arrests their workers?"don't worry, they planned ahead for that 💀https://youtu.be/zdWrHb8b-c0
(DIR) Post #Az8xBqpvKDcJQ3gpO4 by sarahtaber@mastodon.online
2025-10-12T18:02:36Z
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tl;dr Yes prison labor will probably play some role. But the bulk of the US's farm labor by far will probably come from WAY more H2A visas.Which the Trump admin just lowered wages on! They've also made it a lot easier to do modern day farm slavery on H2A workers & get away with it.
(DIR) Post #B0Ye0SSqy6enJNzeb2 by sarahtaber@mastodon.online
2025-11-24T00:31:09Z
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If you've heard about RFK Jr's "wellness farms," have I got a story for you.I've worked on farms where most of the crew were put there as rehabilitation for various issues.So I'd love to tell you all the various ways those farms made us all worse! https://youtu.be/pDNoVqiGb_c
(DIR) Post #B0Ye0YLH7C9zXcUgcK by sarahtaber@mastodon.online
2025-11-24T00:31:24Z
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This video went up this morning and I just straight up forgot to post it here.So it's safe to say working on the farm did absolutely squat for the ADHD ðŸ¤