Don Carr

Excited to finally share the story of my three-day voyage across Lake Superior on the Research Vessel the Blue Heron.

How water, cancer and factory farming are fueling a grassroots political campaign in Iowa for Chris Jones. buff.ly/rY5biyQ

Note the signs of the US brand of agricultural exceptionalism: everyone w/ power to do stg is concerned about the poor farmer and not the farmworkers. Gvt regulations are nonexistent/not enforced, animals are treated like 💩 and the public bears the burden of the situation in health/financial terms.

A fantastic new Razorcake magazine piece about Michelle Swanson and Lucky Cat Records, the awesome shop established in the former Oar Folkjokeopus space. “This is the first in a series highlighting the trials and triumphs of Femme Founders operating in the music scene in Minneapolis.”

Send Nick Shirley to the Corn Belt.

They are going to lose it.

So our warming atmosphere turbo charges algal blooms, and it and turns out climate change fueled wildfires also help them grow. Double whammy.

Or you could regulate polluters.

“I think it highlights the need for truly biodegradable plastic, rather than what industry increasingly puts out into the marketplace."

“Is this phenomenon 5% responsible or 90% responsible for the health effects we are seeing, I can’t answer,” Columbia researcher tells me during an interview. “But I would be surprised if it doesn’t play any role.”

I've been lucky to call Michelle my friend for 40 years and here she makes a compelling, heartfelt defense of our community. It rocked me.

"The importance of the greenhouse gas data they were collecting would be underscored weeks later as climate change fueled Canadian wildfires choked the very Lake Superior north shore we travelled along with thick black smoke."

Our Media Director, Don Carr, joined the University of Minnesota's Large Lakes Observatory aboard the Research Vessel Blue Heron to explore how researchers use science to better understand and protect the Great Lakes. 🔗 Read the blog and see clips from his trip: https://bit.ly/47ezBqs

At a high level, water is held in trust, by the state for the people. The Public Trust Doctrine. Legally, it's more complicated. That bottled water companies are allowed to take the public's water and pay next to nothing for it is the moral issue. Environmentally, single use plastic is a problem.

Climate change denier South Dakota state senator tried to harvest a cottonwood with his combine. DUI followed.

Plug for my old dear friend's new climbing book. No one knows climbing the Black Hills better. For my bachelor party he guided us to the top of spire 4 in the Needles!

Live juvenile invasive carp were recently found about 80 miles from Lake Michigan, advancing closer to the Great Lakes. That's why keeping the Brandon Road Interbasin Project moving forward, without further delays, is so critical. 🎥 Hear what this latest discovery means for the Great Lakes:

Yes! Trump Administration announces RECORD payments to farmers! An amazing $13.8B in handouts, and that doesn’t even include billions more in bailouts! It’s so great to see socialism in action. www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...

A loophole in Ohio's manure rules for Concentrated Animal Feeding Facilities (CAFFs) could allow more manure pollution to enter our waterways. 🦠🌊 ➡️ In our latest blog, we explain what happened, why this loophole matters, and what it could mean for Lake Erie and Ohio. 🔗 Read: https://bit.ly/4hMnLbN

greatlakes.org/2026/10/scie... From @doncarr.bsky.social

Holy shit. Oahe has more coastline than California and the dam is just a few miles upstream from the Capitol city of Pierre (pee-er).

That we fund.

Um, what? "My vision is to build a massive geothermal heat sink coil system in Lake Michigan."

“US households are paying 62% more for drinking water than they did a decade ago, outpacing inflation, grocery prices & incomes” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

“There’s two types of sailors on the Great Lakes,” the captain told me. “Those who have been seasick, and those that will be seasick.” Having spent a lot of time on the ocean without once getting sick, I was skeptical. The captain was right.

Bipartisan consensus! [HENDERSON] Chris Jones, what’s your view of the president’s decision to import beef to lower the price of ground beef for consumers? [JONES] It’s one of the stupidest ideas I’ve ever heard of. [HENDERSON] Mike Naig? [NAIG] It’s a bad idea

Really excellent debate over Iowa (and by extension US) agriculture and environmental policy between ag secretary candidate @theswinerepublic.bsky.social and incumbent Naig.

Jeebus if you're using that headline frame at least make it true. Rich Hippies vs. Serial Killers of Humankind

"Great Lakes protections come because people in the region, like you mentioned, recognize how incredible they are and how valuable they are to all of us."

Still a cool ass name for a Great Lakes research vessel

Please reskeet

Face eating leopards jumping to number one in Iowa livestock over hogs and cows.

Iowa has the second-highest cancer rate in the US - and it’s reshaping the state’s hugely competitive midterm elections. My latest for @reuters.com:

"What radicalized you?"

Incredible @scribeguy.bsky.social reporting on the state of plastic pollution in the Great Lakes.

Undefeated in the black and blue circa 01

Our President and CEO, Joel Brammeier, spoke with Politico about the future of Brandon Road. "Without an explanation, we don’t know what the future holds. We really need clarity that this won’t happen again, and that has to come from the White House." 🔗 Read the article: https://bit.ly/3TzD4MO

Primaried coward. Duder carried a lot of water for SNAP cuts. He lied to my grandfather about Keystone going over our farm. He found that lacking in character.

Wrote it with Rob Smigel. And yes, it was pulled from reruns.

it's like a turducken but siscowbraten.

Researchers found an entire whole pristine Johnsonville brat in a Siscowet's stomach.