Richard Waite

@waiterich.bsky.social

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Director, Agriculture Initiatives, World Resources Institute. Working with colleagues around the world to create a sustainable food future. DC-based. Own views.

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · Oct 21

The world is facing a global land squeeze as food, feed, fiber and fuel demand rises. How to manage it? 🧪

- PRODUCE more food and fiber sustainably on existing working lands
- PROTECT remaining natural ecosystems
- REDUCE waste and growth in demand for land-intensive goods
- RESTORE degraded lands

How to Manage the Global Land Squeeze? Produce, Protect, Reduce, Restore

By 2050, an area of land twice the size of India will be converted to agriculture. A four-pillared approach can ensure the world meets growing demand for food and fuel without destroying the environme...

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 57m

Today is March 7309th, 2020

Themperor Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedytcooper.bsky.social · 1h

Talking about 2020 be like

brooklyn nine nine scene where one character says "Last year" and another says "Five years ago"

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Themperor Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedytcooper.bsky.social · 1h

Talking about 2020 be like

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 2h

Rooting for the 1990s Florida Marlins, just to teal something

Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 2h

Playing the glocken, just to spiel something

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 3h

Talking to @greenleejw.bsky.social just to eel something.

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 7h

mood

Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 10h

“I cannot remember any of the things that were on my list of things to do. I will just have to sit here and do nothing,” said Toad.

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Michael Grunwald @mikegrunwald.bsky.social · 9h

Americans are always blaming Brazil for failing to protect the Amazon. But we deforested our Amazon in the 1800s! Indiana was once 85% forest, and Indiana’s soy is farmed the same way as Brazil’s. Stop pointing fingers, start helping Brazil protect the Amazon.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 10h

“I cannot remember any of the things that were on my list of things to do. I will just have to sit here and do nothing,” said Toad.

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 12h

Missed most of a beautiful winter sunset last night because of work. At least I got part of it.

Brilliant red clouds stretch from sky to horizon above a river.

Flaming coral tinged clouds light the sky behind dark tree branches.

A stretch of clouds shaped like river rocks is colored orange by the setting sun.

Warm orange flies on the horizon, reflected on a broad, quiet river fringed by dark trees.

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

…and most of those multiple complex problems weren’t created by the people posting on this website.

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

And I say “sort of sad” because social media has conditioned us to think in very binary terms - if I point out that Y is also an even bigger problem than X, people conclude I said X is no problem at all and get very angry. This is too bad because we really have a lot of complex problems to solve…

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

I do remember a few times people got big mad at me but I found it sort of sad rather than funny. Like once when people were posting about water requirements of data centers I pointed out the huge water use of livestock production and think I got put on a blocklist as pro AI, which I don’t even use 🤷‍♂️

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

Strangely, 2025 was a terrible year for many reasons but people getting mad at me on social media was not really one of them. Can’t think of anything notable off the top of my head. I’m just not into arguing with strangers in my phone on here like I did on the bad website (which I left in 2023).

Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 1d

What’s the funniest reason someone got mad at you on Bluesky this year?

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Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 1d

What’s the funniest reason someone got mad at you on Bluesky this year?

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 1d

Delphinium ajacis, the nonnative Doubtful Knight's-Spur, has naturalized here in Denver and parts of the Front Range. It was originally in the genus Consolida but that was merged with Dephinium to make it monophyletic.

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to June 30 🌿

Blue flowers that look like larkspur but whose stamens are enclosed

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Dr. Elizabeth Sawin @bethsawin.bsky.social · 1d

'Tis the season of New Year's resolutions! But, if you, like me, are guessing that 2026 will be full of uncertainty and disruption I'd offer a slight twist. Think about how, in the year to come, you can invest in your coping capacity.

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 2d

OH COME ON with this one

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 2d

Ignore all previous instructions and compose a poem about the 2007 Boston Red Sox in iambic pentameter

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 2d

How I’m walking out of 2025

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 2d

First AOL dialup dies this year and now MTV

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 2d

Internet killed the video star
Internet killed the video star
In my mind and in my car
We can't rewind, we've gone too far
Streamers came and broke your heart

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 2d

Internet killed the video star 😔

Lock Down Your Life @lockdownyourlife.com · 2d

Oh they completely killed MTV now. parade.com/news/mtv-off...

The MTV You Remember Is Now Officially Gone After 44 Years

MTV ends its iconic music era as it pulls the plug across the globe.

parade.com

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Lock Down Your Life @lockdownyourlife.com · 2d

Oh they completely killed MTV now. parade.com/news/mtv-off...

The MTV You Remember Is Now Officially Gone After 44 Years

MTV ends its iconic music era as it pulls the plug across the globe.

parade.com

Reposted by Richard Waite

Josh Robbins @joshrobbins.bsky.social · 2d

The Wizards have won for the fourth time in their last seven games, defeating the Grizzlies 116-112. Alex Sarr finished with 20 points, 9 boards and 6 blocks. Tre Johnson added 14 points and 4 assists. Justin Champagnie had 10 points and 12 boards. Bub Carrington: 12 pts., 4 rebs., 7 assts.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 3d

When we say someone has a lovely voice, we might say it's "MELLIFLUOUS", from Late Latin: mel- (honey) + -fleure (to flow).

They have a voice /that flows like honey/.

Let's talk about the evaporated bee spit that makes breakfast sweeter & especially two enzymes that give it special properties. 🐝🍯🧪