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@gadgetboy@gadgetboy.social
2025-04-15 15:24:50

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“The Atlantic tells the story of Nicholas Gilbert, a farmer in upstate New York, near the Canadian border. He had just gotten a shipment of livestock feed with a $2,200 tariff surcharge attached. Gilbert cannot increase the price of the milk he sells, which is set by the local co-op. He cannot feed his cows less food. He cannot buy feed from another supplier; there aren’t any nearby, and getting it from farther away would be more expensive. When he got the delivery, he stared at the tariff fo…
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
2025-06-10 18:00:00
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Nice wee ride out to @… today, had a good blether, and back by Castle Douglas where I picked up 25 Kg of cattle sweeties, 20 litres of fuel for the sawmill, and about 20Kg of groceries. 42 mile round trip.
The big bike is an awesome beast!
#BikeTooter

The big grey bakfiets-style bike, loaded with a white sack of cattle sweeties, a blue container of petrol, and a lot of groceries, in bright sunlight outside the co-op in Castle Douglas.
The same bike with the same load, at the top of my croft, with the roundhouse in the background. The sunlight is still bright, but slightly less so.