Kyle R Freund
Communicating on coffee, cocoa, fair trade, sustainability & stuff. Former Wisconsin farm kid. he/him https://goodislove.wordpress.com
- Reposted by Kyle R FreundStevie Wonder - I Was Made To Love Her. #1c000lest Absolutely g-d tier melody by teen Stevie. Stevie's vocals are at their peak: the best of his youth sound and his adult sound combined. James Jamerson, king of the bass playing one of the greatest bass lines EVER + Steve's harmonica solo!
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- Let’s go kegeln in Bonn!
- This is very good. And bad. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
- Reposted by Kyle R FreundSesame Street had him pegged back in 1988.
- Reposted by Kyle R Freund#OpEd: Support smallholders to ensure that EUDR & CSDDD protect forests Solidaridad Policy Advisor Michel Riemersma shows how support for smallholder oil palm farmers contributes to conservation & livelihoods. Read here www.euractiv.com/section/eet/...
- Reposted by Kyle R FreundI don’t know man, what could it possibly be?
- In Germany at the moment and USA Haribo is on fire sale.
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- Reposted by Kyle R FreundWell, I had an interesting Sunday night, how 'bout you?
- We regularly buy this 'Made in the USA' vinegar & of course their packaging isn't and looks like they will be punched in the nose by dumb trade decisions.
- Reposted by Kyle R FreundWhen you need to be schooled about preserving democratic principles by the Germans. They have history on their side.
- All hail the king of Müsli.
- Reposted by Kyle R Freunddudes rock
- The bus stop at the Kenosha bus stop is brilliant.
- Reposted by Kyle R FreundSports stadium boondoggle but make it tech.
- Reposted by Kyle R FreundWith prices going up, here are some common substitutions for eggs in your recipes. 1 egg roughly = - ¼ cup applesauce - 1 tbsp ground chia/flaxseed + 3 tbsp water - ¼ cup puréed, silken tofu - ¼ cup yogurt or buttermilk - 2 tbsp arrowroot powder + 3 tbsp water Bon appétit!
- Ein geiler Meerschweinchen habe ich nicht gesehen!
- Reposted by Kyle R FreundGood job, whoever connected “AI” with the word “slop.” Excellent and concise truth telling, 10/10. 🏆
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- I've always contended that ppl who are excited about AI providing us w/ solutions to climate change would instantly abandon it the moment it said to eat less meat, make cities more walkable, ban oil. open.substack.com/pub/reddmoni...
- Reposted by Kyle R FreundFully on board with dems running for office promising to reinstate fired federal employees and jail this administration’s various criminals, but let’s go ahead and add “we will seize by eminent domain any national parkland sold to developers”
- Reposted by Kyle R FreundThe Loan Programs Office (LPO) is one of the most quietly effective tools the federal government has. It is the center of our industrial policy providing loans that banks won't give for energy innovation. It funds real projects. Battery factories. Nuclear reactors. Geothermal energy. Car factories.
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- Reposted by Kyle R FreundThis is a really important response to the arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan by Kash Patel's lawless FBI. Good on Representative Clancy.
- dumb on top of dumb, this administration.
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- Dumb people, doing dumb things that do no good.
- 📈Trump’s #tariffs and the risk of an ensuing economic slowdown have prompted food companies to warn of price rises. 🤔But is this because of higher costs or price gouging? #foodprices
- Reposted by Kyle R FreundI love when the NYT rewrites my entire story and doesn’t cite it until the 16th paragraph
- Ah yes, the government asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews. No way that could go wrong www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...
- Reposted by Kyle R FreundA US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...
- Reposted by Kyle R FreundIn the mid-1980s, Charles Bronson delivered one of the hardest Earth Day PSAs ever seen by mankind.
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- best pope.
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- Reposting b/c I need to remember to dig into this. Thanks, @cgiar.org!
- This is the wonderful thing I needed to see today.
- Reposted by Kyle R FreundDo you work in the environmental justice or nonprofit space and have thoughts/feelings/emotions/intel on Trump's potential to target your nonprofit status? Let's talk! DMs are open and my Signal is jeva.11 👀 www.eenews.net/articles/gre...
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- "When one child in a schoolyard tries to insult another by saying “You’re gay!”, the proper response is not to cry, “No I’m not!” It is to say, “So what if I was?” To accept the very premise of the slur is to validate it." Change the game, ppl. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-patrio...
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- Hi people. I haven't done this in a while, but I work for Solidaridad, an international nonprofit. If you're interested in agroecology, climate-smart ag, small-scale farmers, regenerative ag & fair trade stuff, follow me. Or follow @solidaridadnetwork.org. Either way, what are you doing here?
- It used to be that Subaru's ethos seemed to be spritely & nimble, now it's shifted to blocky and lumbering.
- Read more: www.motor1.com/news/756740/...
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- Reposted by Kyle R Freundgood morning. @heatmap.news won a national magazine award last night for Decarbonize Your Life — a landmark explanatory journalism section that walks you through ways ordinary consumers can reduce their carbon footprints. now’s as good a time as any to reshare DYL!
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- Reposted by Kyle R FreundI had been doubtful that we were going to have a "this is the crisis moment" with Trump, as opposed to "everything about this is a destructive catastrophe." But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment. 1/
- This is true.
- These times.
- Reposted by Kyle R Freund“BRING HIM HOME” 🔥
- Reposted by Kyle R FreundOooh, I've got some anti-Christian bias to report; the current administration that targeting Catholics and Lutherans who work with migrants.
- The State Department is asking employees to report any "anti-Christian bias" they experienced during theBiden administration, Politico reports and I've independently confirmed. www.politico.com/news/2025/04... Images of the snitch portal they set up that were shared with me:
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- Reposted by Kyle R FreundHow much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia? Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
- This is very good and important to read.
- good morning. @heatmap.news won a national magazine award last night for Decarbonize Your Life — a landmark explanatory journalism section that walks you through ways ordinary consumers can reduce their carbon footprints. now’s as good a time as any to reshare DYL!