Natural resource economist, geographer, meanderer, informed agitator, immigrant Trans rights are human rights Landback 💧Dall’acqua salata a quella dolce e zozza💧 Personal account - these are my views, not my employer’shttps://bsky.app/profile/profsecchi.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/profsecchi.bsky.social/post/3mvlmizjtek2yThe curriculum is available online 👇. That specific test isn't part of it, but can you guess how many times the terms livestock, hog and confinement are used? How much discussion there is of Native land dispossession? Of the Black Codes that de facto made African Americans landownership impossible? [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2026 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:7ikb564y3ze6e2tktskm4spn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlmizjtek2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/profsecchi.bsky.social/post/3mvip5bl5ks2yThese are btw some of the people who drank the “CAFOs are efficient” and “ethanol is a climate change solution” kool aid without giving it too much thought. I guess there is enough bipartisan public opposition to data centers that one can do some “objective” research about them w/o too much fear. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Sep 2026 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:7ikb564y3ze6e2tktskm4spn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvip5bl5ks2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/profsecchi.bsky.social/post/3mvio5f7ss22yI have to say I’m amazed that my academic colleagues in the Heartland - people who have remained silent for decades about the slow disasters that are Confined Animal Feeding Operations and 🌽 ethanol plants - are now doing real work on data centers. Political expediency is alive and well in academia.14 Sep 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:7ikb564y3ze6e2tktskm4spn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvio5f7ss22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/profsecchi.bsky.social/post/3mvfwzcaej22rThe light green (high ag land values) in the corn belt is courtesy of your tax dollars capitalized in the value of the land. It’s pretty much all owned by white people, a lot of them don’t farm but they won’t sell it b/c the tax code protects their capital gains if the land stays in the family. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Sep 2026 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:7ikb564y3ze6e2tktskm4spn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfwzcaej22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/profsecchi.bsky.social/post/3mvfuhxorrc25This reminds me of when the then president of my alma mater, Iowa State, gave a heartfelt presentation to the board of regents about how guys from rural Iowa (loudly unspoken adjective was white) may need special care and programming when going to college in Ames. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Sep 2026 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:7ikb564y3ze6e2tktskm4spn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfuhxorrc25https://bsky.app/profile/profsecchi.bsky.social/post/3mvebbyy2ok2bThis is going to disrupt so many young scholars’ lives for no reason except that the administration is run by racist anti-science buffoons [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Sep 2026 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:7ikb564y3ze6e2tktskm4spn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvebbyy2ok2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/profsecchi.bsky.social/post/3mvapledjlk2zAh the smell of manure in the morning - you don’t get more Iowa than this11 Sep 2026 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:7ikb564y3ze6e2tktskm4spn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvapledjlk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/profsecchi.bsky.social/post/3mv75htb6oc2fIt’s hate week in Iowa City (the week before the Iowa-Iowa State game) and I just hate it with all my being. So much gross foul language in the dozen of sheet signs. So much wasted energy for a meaningless game.10 Sep 2026 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:7ikb564y3ze6e2tktskm4spn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv75htb6oc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/profsecchi.bsky.social/post/3mv6pfsukrc2eFor your consideration: some of the most expensive norovirus experiences on the planet https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/travel/new-luxury-cruise-ships.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AFE.PEuc.87_NpIy1I6-I&smid=nytcore-ios-share10 Sep 2026 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:7ikb564y3ze6e2tktskm4spn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6pfsukrc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/profsecchi.bsky.social/post/3muuicpxc5c2sIowa City peeps, I’ll be at the Great Plains Action Society community conversation on big ag and water, on Thursday September 10 and 24, 6 to 8 PM at the GPAS Hub. Come with reflections, questions, experiences, ideas to share!06 Sep 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:7ikb564y3ze6e2tktskm4spn/app.bsky.feed.post/3muuicpxc5c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/profsecchi.bsky.social/post/3mv4ztrwuz223I think he already got quite a bit more than he bargained for, alas so did we, the Iranians and a bunch of people all over the world impacted by the oil prices increases [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Sep 2026 02:44 +0000at://did:plc:7ikb564y3ze6e2tktskm4spn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4ztrwuz223https://bsky.app/profile/profsecchi.bsky.social/post/3mv4ocz45ds2eA propos of nothing and everything, Rancho Gordo beans are amazing [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 23:18 +0000at://did:plc:7ikb564y3ze6e2tktskm4spn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4ocz45ds2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/profsecchi.bsky.social/post/3mv4ngcahes25I generally loathe cruises with a passion but this one just went on my bucket list HT @sinclairlewis.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 23:02 +0000at://did:plc:7ikb564y3ze6e2tktskm4spn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4ngcahes25https://bsky.app/profile/profsecchi.bsky.social/post/3mv3wjqaos22xYanqi has been doing exceptional reporting on Nebraska for years @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social no helicopter 🚁 journalism here. This piece really captures the connection between agricultural exceptionalism and GOP hypocrisy, our dysfunctional livestock production system & the plight of farmworkers. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/us/jim-pillen-ice-nebraska-undocumented-workers.html?unlocked_article_code=1._1A.AUkV.sojpX7WzYoPI&smid=nytcore-ios-share09 Sep 2026 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:7ikb564y3ze6e2tktskm4spn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3wjqaos22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/profsecchi.bsky.social/post/3mv2aqy54fk23The MAHA crowd won’t be happy but you can bet someone in the WH made bank on the knowledge these were coming so it’s all good [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 00:10 +0000at://did:plc:7ikb564y3ze6e2tktskm4spn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2aqy54fk23https://bsky.app/profile/profsecchi.bsky.social/post/3mv23voiq722lThe pawpaws the raccoons 🦝🦝🦝 did not get to08 Sep 2026 22:43 +0000at://did:plc:7ikb564y3ze6e2tktskm4spn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv23voiq722l