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stfuconfederates:

deliciouskaek:

mehreenkasana:

mehreenkasana:

Always good to explore and learn.

Good to see how it’s reached many folks. Here’s a reblog in case you’re looking for free courses and help for academics or independent research.

this might be the best thing i’ve ever seen

yes and also hell yes

ayiman:

So now the big debate is between these bougie WASP daytrippers and land developers who want to pave over some of the richest blackest, most well-irrigated and drained loam soil in the world, and a bunch of people who haven’t totally lost their minds.

See, Edmonton is already one of the largest cities in the world by area, which means it’s basically just a sprawling agglomeration of low-rise developments.  About 800 000 people on a piece of land a bit bigger than Chicago (Edmonton with 684 sq. km and Chicago is at 606 sq. km).

So while these petty bourgeois are mewling about ‘property rights’ (which is some settler bullshit don’t even get me started), Edmonton is all set to pave the last undeveloped corner over while Albertan agriculture increasingly relies on high-input, heavily irrigated farming in the Palliser Triangle.

aka Alberta’s South

aka a fucking desert.

also, because these petty bourgeois assholes are real slimy, they called themselves the “Northeast Alliance,” simply because the acronym “NEA” is real similar to “NEAP,” the Northeast Agriculture Producers, presumably because they’re a bunch of petty assholes.

For the record, the Northeast Agriculture Producers is the group that wants to keep using this productive and agriculturally viable land for…agriculture.  You know, to fucking feed people.

anyways, this is pretty typical of the the NEA.

Todd Molineaux lives on an acreage in Horse Hills in the northeast and he says area residents need a stronger voice in this debate.

“Property rights are at stake” Molineaux said.

Molineaux set up the Northeast Alliance to represent about 200 families in Horse Hills. He also worked as an adviser on the draft policy recently submitted to the planning department.

“I’m in favour of the (policy). The city is going to grow and we want the infrastructure out there,” he said.

He also disputed the local nature of the vegetable farming, saying that he’s discovered that some of the farmers in the area export vegetables across Western Canada and into the U.S.

“It sounds to me like we have a surplus,” he said.

what a smug shithead.

You can totally picture the sly, knowing smirk our buddy Todd gave the reporter when asked for a soundbite, can’t you?

because unsourced, apocryphal stories about some shit allegedly happening somewhere else is some evidence against local food security.

Right.

omgfactsofficial:

An 18th century American businessman, faked his own death, held a mock funeral, and then berated his wife for not crying at it.

His name was ‘Lord’ Timothy Dexter. He invited people to attend to his burial. About 3,000 people attended his fake wake, but they were welcomed to Lord Dexter…

Hahaha I actually want to read this book.