Rutger Bregman is the Dutch historian who became a global sensation after an appearance at this year’s Davos summit,
where he accused attending billionaires of ignoring taxation. Now he
has created another viral moment in an extremely uncomfortable interview
with Fox News’s Tucker Carlson.
Bregman so riled Carson with his accusations of hypocrisy, critiques
of Fox’s conservative agenda, and attacks on Donald Trump that the TV
host called him a “moron” and angrily told him: “Go fuck yourself.”
Report: White Man in Local College Class Will Not Shut the Fuck Up
i really enjoy looking at the tags on this post
Some of my favorites:
Dude-whose-name-I-don’t-remember, who tried to pass off “This Much is True” by Spandau Ballet as a poem he wrote. He’s reciting, and all of us students are looking at each other like, “um, what?” and he finishes, and the teacher launches directly into a critique, rather than letting the class comment. And we’re all waving our hands madly, trying to get the professor to let one of us speak so we can tell him it’s plagiarized, and he says that we can comment once he’s done. So the professor goes on about this and that, and concludes with, “But it doesn’t matter, because you didn’t write that. I’m old, not dead, and I do own a radio.” And DWNIDR tries to argue that he was “merely inspired’ by the song, but that his poem is different and original. Professor gets up and has us recite the lyrics, which he writes on the board, and has DWNIDR write his poem on the board next to it. 100% match. And DWNIDR still insists his version is different. Class ends.
Next class meeting, (this is unplanned) a few of us stand up and recite “poems” that are song lyrics. Professor 100% treats them like original works, and the rest of the class plays along, except DWNIDR, who is outraged at the praise being heaped upon the “stolen words” and keeps trying to explain to the Professor that it’s plagiarism. After the third one, Professor turns to DWNIDR and says, “Well, you’d know, you’re the expert plagiarist here”.
One of the best weeks I had in college, ever.
*sniffle* That is one of the most beautiful stories I have ever read.
Shout out to the guy in philosophy who kept asking unrelated questions.
Also shout out to the anonymous concerned citizen who, after our professor’s heartfelt lecture about poverty then and now (19th century literature) emailed the professor to tell him not to worry, poverty doesn’t exist in our society anymore.
To the dude in my gov class who always had something to say and felt the need to add “It’s peanuts” every time money was mentioned, I hope you get pelted with peanuts by 50 elephants
u can call power cheesy and not as powerful as exo’s other comebacks or whatever but theres literally nothing like seeing jongin’s face light up as soon as the song comes on and he starts the choreo, the whole time he’s smiling like a child and performs it impeccably bc he loves it so much, and u can see it reflecting in the other members’ faces and demeanor as well. god i love him
Headcanon that Tony doesn’t really like Christmas, but throws a giant party with an open bar, makes a quick appearance and then leaves to go spend time with the kids at orphanages around the area to give them gifts. They insist on baking cookies with him for Santa and are absolutely outraged Tony doesn’t have a stocking so they make one for himm
Endgame addition: Tony, knowing how lucky he got with Pep and his daughter, continuous to spend time with orphans, which is why he keeps in contact with Nat because of her orphan shelter. Each Christmas in those five years, Tony and Natasha organize some sort of a Christmas feast, trying very hard to make those few days at least a little bit more bearable for all the kids who don’t have any families anymore.
Much of the Midwest USA (which is landlocked, with no major natural bodies of water except our rivers) is UNDERWATER and most of the food grown in the US won’t be grown this year. High water rescues are being performed in what is supposed to be prairie. Flooding shows no sign of stopping and is going to break the all time flooding record. Levees are topped and failing, retention pools are full, and on top of that, MAJOR tornadoes (over 750 so far, on 4 occasions reaching EF4 status) have been happening. Over 400 streets are closed in Missouri alone, and most of a major interstate (i29) is closed in Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska?
Above: Nebraska, where 90% of corn and soy is grown in the US. Left is normal, right is this past march.
Most farmers in these areas don’t have flood insurance because they’re not in flood planes and normally would never need it. So they are at a major loss.
There will not be corn, soy, dry beans, canned beans, beef, chicken, or wheat grown. Beef will go up at least 2$ a lb and corn and soy will be extremely pricey and hard to find because it will have to be imported.
Lots of farmers haven’t even been able to plant their fields and cannot plant at all, most commonly as a result of too much moisture in the soil—though driving through my part of Illinois, I can tell you that many fields are more puddle/lake than actual field.
Most of this area with lots of rain has already hit their “final planting date,” when crop insurance no longer guarantees the full payout as crops planted after that date stand a significantly higher risk of not making it to harvest. As a result, many farmers are looking at having to take prevented planting payments, which are generally 50-60% of their normal revenue. Additionally, taking these payments prevents those farmers from being able to replant their crop. While some haven’t paid for inputs (fuel, seed, fertilizer), many already have, and it will be extremely difficult to cover these losses with such a low payment.
It’s going to be a massive hit to small and medium-sized farms, which constitute over 90% of farms in the United States.
Livestock is also dying at an alarming rate - one person I know has recently lost 200 cattle because of flooding.
More levees have breeched in this and the flooding is worse than Katrina. More rain is still coming. Fields that should be planted right now are sitting under feet of standing water, which is also a breeding ground for mosquitoes and other disease-carrying insects.
Right now, we are leaning on a back supply of food, but this can only last for so long.
If you live somewhere that is affected by this, and you very well might, even if you don’t know it, STOCK UP ON FOOD. Corn, soy, wheat, beef, and dry beans are the biggest things that will be affected. Chicken might be good to stock up on too. Prices will skyrocket when back supply begins to run low. This is a very real thing. Nuts, potatoes, and pea-based proteins shouldn’t be affected.
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Credit for help with this post goes to “sounds like a weirdly specific question but okay” on facebook.
6/4/19
This isn’t a spring post. This is full summer. God help us.
Illinois is like 45% planted. It’s astounding and scary.
Missouri is under so much water. Places that have never flooded before are being evacuated. No one is really prepared for this.
Climate change in action
(source: USDA crop progress reports data from May 29, analyzed by me)
By the end of May, Indiana usually has 80% of its corn (maize) acres planted. It has 22% this year. Illinois usually has 90% of its corn acres planted. This year it’s 35%. Everyone is behind. Climate change is real and it’s fucking our shit up as of NOW.
A few quibbles with the OP:
- Nebraska does not produce 90% of US corn and soybeans:
“Iowa produced the most corn in the United States in 2016 followed by Illinois & Nebraska. Iowa and Illinois both produced over 2 billion bushels in 2016. Four states produced over 1 billion bushels of corn in 2016: Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, & Minnesota.” (src)
- This: “If you live somewhere that is affected by this, and you very well might,
even if you don’t know it, STOCK UP ON FOOD.“
Most of it is for animal feed and ethanol. So yes–meat production will potentially have issues, and prices will go up. But this is not a food crisis. Other crops are also impacted, especially soy, but that too is largely used for animal feed and industrial use.
Winter wheat harvest has been delayed and in some places heavy rain and storms have damaged the crop, but overall, yields might still be higher in 2019 than 2018 (which was a drought year, and this is why farmers appreciate irony) [src1, src2 (pdf)].
The US produces SO MUCH food, in SO MANY different places. If wheat harvest in Kansas is terrible, we’ll get wheat from Washington State. Or Argentina. If we don’t get enough corn from Illinois, we’ll get it from western Kansas, where they are NOT flooded and shouldn’t be growing corn ANYWAY because it’s practically a DESERT but the prices are good so they irrigate and grow it anyway. Or we’ll get it from Brazil. Or we’ll make less ethanol, which would be A GOOD THING.
This is VERY BAD FOR FARMERS. It’s kind of bad for everyone. Prices for meat will almost certainly go up significantly. Prices for other foods may go up slightly. But we are NOT going to have food shortages.
u know i’m still kinda excited for marvel movies and ill still watch them all but like ? the excitement i had for infinity war and endgame will likely never be there again, and i don’t wanna say it’s bc tony stark is gone but it’s bc tony stark is gone
