HeyJaredWalter Haugen
Part of the counterculture since 1966 and against US wars of imperialism since 1968. Working on alternatives since 1970. Books: The Laws of Physics Are On My Side (2013), Hints for Managing Collapse (2014), Paradigms for Adaptation (2024).
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England in Microcosm (opens the original)
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Here is a Guardian article from 24 September 2026 on dumping chemicals onto farmland and the resulting stream devastation. As everyone knows, I hate the Guardian because they are so phony and hypocritical. But everyone also knows I read stories from my rightwing whacko enemies too. Know your enemies, blah, blah, blah.Here is the article and a couple of quotes: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/24/furnace-book-east-sussex-fishing-lakeThe story of Furnace Brook could be Britain in m
Soybean Seed (opens the original)
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A couple of days ago, I harvested my dry (mature) soybeans for seed. I grow two edamame varieties together and double plant them, as I don’t see the difference in yield and this provides a buffer on poor seed quality and preservation. (I do the best I can but I also try to buffer against possible future mistakes.) I make plenty of edamame and freeze some of them for a treat in January. I don’t cook with dry soybeans, as the experiments I did in the 1970s were not as tasty as I liked. Also, the c
Blows Against the Empire (opens the original)
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I was thinking of writing a short note for all my readers and those who sorta “bump into me” on Substack. But it requires more length and more nuance. This post was prompted by two condescending people this morning who are terribly thin-skinned and incapable of critical thinking about their own views because of their vested interests - both financial. I seem to have struck at their fragile psyches in addition to their financial interests. But so what? I have been beaten into a bloody pulp before
Leveraging Insights with Joel Salatin (opens the original)
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To be right upfront about all this, I am not a fan of Joel Salatin. He is just too big and too focused on animals for someone who was a vegetarian from 1970-1981 and STILL eats meat only occasionally. However, his business decisions in farming have proven themselves over the decades. Here is a video I listened to recently, with Joel on the David Lin show. David is a business analyst and podcaster who I regularly listen to because of the quality of his guests and the perspicuity of his questions.
Controlling the Narrative - Part II (opens the original)
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My last article was on controlling the narrative. Now I want to get into “some” of the mechanics of writing to control the narrative. The nuts-and-bolts as it were. But first a bit of observation and the rabbit hole to which it leads. If you use AI for writing your articles, papers, reports and the like; you have lost control of the narrative. It is no longer YOU that is in charge. It is the AI, its code, its training on large language models (LLM), its refinements, and its so-called “intelligen
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