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Agriculturalist 🥦 Plant nerd 🌷 Global citizen 🤝 | Mizzou Center for Agroforestry graduate | he/him | I write about landscapes, food, and related topics @ ndmonaghan.substack.com

A bathroom sink renovated to where the basin is replaced with a tuba
A playlist included in a book
Screenshot of the linked article reading "That reminds me: A similar email appeared in my inbox last week from the Italian restaurant Swoony’s. “Book a table through our website or Google Reserve,” it told me, both options of which appear to also be powered by SevenRooms. As if reservations weren’t already hard enough to get based on availability alone, we must now seemingly keep track of several apps simultaneously and have a mental index of which one each restaurant uses — woof! When did the very act of making a reservation or finding one get so tedious, requiring all this cross-referencing and Google searching and the downloading of so many separate apps?"
A bevy of white flowers with a few pink ones interspersed set within a grassy field under a cloud filled sky
Me sitting on a mountain top with lakes and spruce in the background
Century Farm sign in an Iowa farms front yard
Plate of cornbread, pinto beans, and fried sausage
A box of "super stuffed" strawberry pop tarts
Book section titled "The Gender of Good Butter"
My partner proposing to me in front of a lake
Front of a bike on a gravel path under the shadow of several oaks
Text: By focusing on the system’s tree component, they've effectively differentiated their product offerings from other chicken brands (even in competitive natural grocers where free-range, pasture-raised chicken is abundant). Footer: Nolan Monaghan, Marketing Agroforestry to the Public, headwatersblog.substack.com
Photo of a book with numerous sticker tabs marking up the pages
myself and a friend, me holding a bag of flour, my friend holding a can, picture is a selfie
Dozens of seagulls taking off from a river sand bar against a line of bare trees
Olympic medal top 10 table ranking in order from most golds: Norway, Italy, Netherlands, USA, Sweden, Switzerland, France, Austria, Germany, Japan
Spinach pasta with cherry tomatoes plated in front of a vase with a rose and green and white foliage
Child me standing next to an elementary science project of a large piece of paper cut out to look like a human with all the organ systems colored in with colored pencils. The paper body has its arm around me shoulder. I'm wearing blue genes and an Iowa Hawkeyes tshirt
Baby chicken statues slowly being buried in snow
A screenshot of the Spotify home page, featuring an episode of the PBD Podcast
A framed portrait of Richard Nixon
A field of Kernza with the sun peaking behind it
A long dark brown beetle standing on a leaf
4 glass jars arranged on a wooden table, the far left one containing a faint green hue and the three right ones having various pink hues
Me holding 2 cube versions of the sdg goals, specifically zero hunger and responsible consumption and production
Me holding two cubes mocked up with sustainable development goals Zero Hunger and Sustainable Production and Consumption. Standing in front of a larger pile of SDG cubes
A grey cat sitting on a blue cushion in a white chair nuzzling its head with its paw
Screenshot from a news website reading "Ask ABC17News icon Hi 👋 I’m your AI news assistant, trained on ABC17News content! Have any questions about this story? Tap a prompt below or ask me about anything! What are the latest updates on Charlie Kirk's case? Can you summarize the Jefferson City murder trial? What community events are happening this week? Ask a question"
A screenshot displaying two Instagram "chat with AI" services. The first one is "what political party fits you" and the second one reads "democrat or republican?"
A selfie of me smiling in my car
Microsoft Word comment chain, both from myself. The first one reads "Gotta be more subtle man" and the reply reads "I’m just trying to get words on the page *crying emoji*"
Text reading "Enter: Texas Twinkies. Don't let the name fool you — these aren't the Hostess snack cakes that ended up in your school lunch box. Instead, they are amped up jalapeño poppers, Texas style! Tender brisket- and cream cheese-stuffed jalapeño peppers wrapped in bacon and slathered in smoky barbecue sauce" from the Kitchn accompanied by a picture of the afore-described dish
President Lyndon B Johnson
On the left is a moss ball with a light green pothos growing from it and vining off to the side, on the right is an asparagus fern emerging from the top of the moss ball. Both are sitting in poker themed bowls on top of an old TV
Puffin bobbing in the waves
A screenshot of Google images showing five versions of the swaying hippy style pants with various colorful patterns adorning them
1. Rural Public Radio Networks Wyoming Public Media (WY) High Plains Public Radio (KS, TX panhandle, OK, CO) North Country Public Radio (northern NY) Alaska Public Media & affiliates (AK) – Essential due to limited communication alternatives. Prairie Public (ND/MN/MT) – Both radio and TV. West Virginia Public Broadcasting (WV) – Particularly reliant on CPB funds. 2. PBS Stations in Small or Frontier Markets KTOO & KUAC (Juneau & Fairbanks, Alaska) – Serve remote communities with poor broadband. WNIT (South Bend, Indiana) KBTC (Tacoma, WA) – While near a metro area, it serves lower-income communities with less local funding. MontanaPBS – A statewide network with limited private support options. South Dakota Public Broadcasting (SDPB) KOZJ/KOZK (Ozarks Public Television, MO)
Me holding a blue bandana with 8 white bars circular in the middle and white marks along the edges
An black and white image of a nolan Ryan jerry koosman rookie card over a column of text in a newspaper
Three comments under a 'hidden by Instagram' label: "how the fuck do we make these ai videos", "bad ai bullshit", "shits ai af"
A selfie of me and my love wearing pink and pineapple shirts, respectively
A man stands at a town meeting, speaking passionately, with a diverse group of townspeople listening attentively. A diverse group of people, heads bowed in prayer, are depicted in a moment of quiet reflection. A family is gathered around a Thanksgiving table, enjoying a large turkey, symbolizing the security and prosperity that comes with freedom from want. Children are shown sleeping peacefully in their beds, with their parents watching over them, suggesting a world where children can feel safe and protected.
Black and white photo of a milkmaid squirting milk into a cat's mouth
Lava rocks in a box smashed up by a hammer, which is resting in the box
A photograph of an iguana sitting on a page of an ecology textbook
A lake snaking around a jetty with a tree-lined background under a blue sky
A lake steaming with a tree line along the far shore and a blue sky with a few whispers of clouds
An assortment of tinned fish products
Headline stating "St. Louis region sees its deadliest year for pedestrians, report shows"
White and red cabinet with a sign saying "little free pantry"