Protect Our Land and Water

The Bold Alliance is a network of small and mighty groups in rural states working to protect the land and water.

We fight fossil fuel projects, protect landowners against eminent domain abuse, and work for clean energy solutions while building an engaged base of citizens who care about the land, water, and climate change.

The Bold Alliance works with an unlikely alliances of farmers, ranchers, fisherfolk, Tribal nations, and progressives to stop risky fossil fuel and industrial food projects with the grassroots style we used to stop Keystone XL.

What to make of all this ‘BOTH SIDES’ stuff?

It’s a good question. After all, do we even know where “BOTH SIDES” even came from? Will we ever? Probably not. For the time being, it’s best to just follow along. See what happens next. See how it all unfolds. Check it out.

Want to be a designer?

Cool. First, take these 53 randomly sized logos and make them look good on a screen/page. Then let’s talk.

What is ‘ideal?’

The ideal timeline? Maybe the ideal budget? Or the ideal client? When you have all of those, or maybe just two, then is it ideal? Maybe?

The need for circumstances to be ideal is a great goal. But it’s also very unrealistic.

Should it all be in place for a project to get off to a good start and is getting off to a good start a necessary precursor to a successful project?

The answer to both is NO.

When every single thing is WOKE

ATTACK ALL THE WOKE! The rampant assault carries such a frequency the signal noise reaches you even if you can’t hear it at first. The rightwing masters of simplicity and repetition are at it, full on. Never give up, no quit. The destroyers of nuance, discussion, conversation, are set on KILL KILL KILL!!!

But really, I think they’re just sore because saying “stay woke” sounds so cool.

So to you all out there I say, stay woke, yo.

Why I prefer vinyl

Vinyl records are the best because:

• The music sounds better — it just does, end of story.

• The music feels bigger — CDs are too small and digital doesn’t physically exist.

• The music is expensive — which is the point.

• The music is on a shelf — it’s right over there, and will be when the apocalypse comes.

• The music requires more work — it’s physical, and the extra work to get to the music is a perfect counterpoint to the ease of online streaming.

• The music becomes visible — you can see it spinning, round and round.

• The music is a memory — and you can feel it.

• The music tells time — like a sundial.

• The music is commitment — like all good things.

• The music asserts itself — of all the stuff at your fingertips, you’ve chosen these to exist with you

• And the music doesn’t deserve to be rented.

The Anthro Classes of Our Office

Thinking recently about what makes our office work, I came back to this classification of the Nebraska Creative Class put together by Tom Trenolone of daOMA. There are four in all, of which, our office has three:

• Justin is the Stalwart Native

• Jake is the Pioneer Traditionalist

• Adam and Anna are the Inquisitive Imports

Taken altogether, a force to be reckoned with. Alike, but different. Very much Nebraska, but so much more.