Kyle R Freund
@kylefreund.com
Communicating on coffee, cocoa, fair trade, sustainability & stuff. Working at Heifer USA. Wisconsin farm kid grown up. Madison, Wis. he/him https://goodislove.wordpress.com
Of all the things to admit on the internet, “I don’t know how bananas work” is one of the funniest
Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · yesterdaySpoken like a man who has never had to shop for himself.
Think about it this way: what if your tax dollars were used to buy sophisticated surveillance equipment and guns, and then the cops never killed your dog? Wouldn’t you feel ripped off?
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
We’re also funding death squads but what’s really offensive is that somewhere out there a poor person might be able to eat
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
COMMENTARY: It doesn’t get much dumber than Donald Trump and Sean Duffy’s war on “DEI bike lanes”
It Doesn't Get Much Dumber Than Trump's War on 'DEI Bike Lanes'
Donald Trump and Sean Duffy have waged a war against "DEI bike lanes," arguing that they take up room that could be used for cars.
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The man endorsed by Sarah Huckabeast in this video is Arkansas state Rep. Austin McCollum. McCollum was arrested today on charges of aggravated assault against a family or household member, first-degree false imprisonment, and third-degree domestic battery. www.nwaonline.com/news/2026/au...
If you’re a science communicator and you use AI, read this. This is about what’s happening to Hank Green.
When you slow down and think about it you realize it's ten times worse than it seems. Sure it's farcical, but it's also a brutal legal attack on a man they knew to be innocent, done to distract from their own thievery and incompetence and as a flex to terrify anyone who might make them look bad.
Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · 5d agoIt is very weird that they just lie about normal people and then it’s not a scandal when they admit it
Very good analysis from @sarahtaber.bsky.social here on rural things.
Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 6d agoA very serious Rural Politico once told me "Dems have to go to farmer meetings! We gotta be where the people are!" I was in fact in a farmer meeting at that very moment! So I live-texted him the meeting. They were complaining that they want indentured workers that they don't have to pay or feed.
The DOGE team was acting like “a bunch of people who didn’t know what they were doing, with ideas of how government should run — thinking it should work like a McDonald’s or a bank — screaming all the time,” former SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek said. (Published Sept. 2025)
The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security
DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agenc...
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Agree with @jamellebouie.net that it's pretty clear Elon Musk wanted to eviscerate USAID *for the purpose of killing as many African people as possible.* Mass death wasn't an accidental byproduct of his "deep state" paranoia; it was a key mission of DOGE. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
This is morally monstrous behavior. These are ordinary, innocent people that Trump is condemning to suffering & death out of political vindictiveness. Every decent human being, regardless of political party, should condemn it. Where is the fucking *anger*? From the press? From civic leaders? Pols?
FEMA said yes to Democratic disaster requests. Trump killed them anyway.
President Donald Trump cast aside bipartisan precedent when he rejected eligible disaster requests from four blue states.
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We can verify the daily physical status of a specific Seattle raccoon but apparently we're completely unable to determine whether a United States Senator is alive or dead.
ContempraInn 🌹@contemprainn.bsky.social · 2w agoJimothy the racoon from Seattle keeps getting spotted
A new study on ICE raids' impact on Americans' jobs "just proves how self-defeating the Trump administration’s immigration policies really are."
Study Shows How Trump's ICE Raids Cost Americans Jobs
Trump's aggressive immigration raids are not only tearing families apart, but they're also destroying jobs for both immigrants and US-born citizens. How can we stand by as our communities suffer from these harmful policies? The evidence is clear: mass deportations do not lead to job growth, they lead to economic decline.
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The highways built to preserve class divisions in Little Rock are intense.
Propaganda only works if you spread it.
Derek Powazek@fraying.bsky.social · last wk.For anyone taking note of what’s getting posted to the president’s little homepage, I just wish you’d remember that lots of people post to that account, not just the presidential pissbaby, and their stated strategy is to flood the zone with shit, so reposting the shit is actually helping them.
JOH’s return is a huge setback for the pro-democracy and anti-corruption movements in Central America. It is a sign that impunity reigns for those in the fold of the far-right.
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · last wk.Former President Hernandez returns to Honduras after Trump pardon https://aje.news/8qxmn6
The heat in Arkansas is astounding even at 6pm. But making the walk to Lost 40 Brewery was a good choice.
Nice take on the state of our in current Union! Talarico is 🔥
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2w ago🔥 @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “The only minority destroying America is billionaires: Trans people aren’t taking away our healthcare. Muslims aren’t defunding our schools. Immigrants aren’t cutting taxes for themselves + their rich friends… It’s billionaires & their puppet politicians.”