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The desert protection podcast. A project of the Desert Advocacy Media Network. 90milesfromneedles.com or WYGYP. Skeets probably by Chris Clarke. Deserts are not wastelands. We're not as sure about the internet though. https://linktr.ee/90milesfromneedles
Standing with a "honk if you oppose fascism" sign in downtown Twentynine Palms yesterday, an SUV with some MAGA types rolled by. Dude riding shotgun looked at me and said "get a fucking life."
Oh, sweetie. If only you knew how much happier and more fulfilled you'd be if you had my life.
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We are currently looking for a legislative champion to get a bill through Congress that would require the government sell off Senator Mike Lee to the highest bidder.
We know a place in Joshua Tree where you can hide for the duration.
Thanks to Dre for a great interview an episode! Check this event out if you can.
A smiling cartoon saguaro wearing a red neckerchief bandana with the caption "cactifa."
Pseudointellectual is a *kind* of intellectual. #peterthiel
Charlie Kirk woke up every day and made a conscious decision to be the Charlie Kirk we all saw. That’s the meanest thing I can think of to say about pretty much anyone, and it also happens to be completely true.
We can remember what he did, and we can remember who he did it to.
The Dangerous Desert: new episode of 90MFN
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Put this to bed last night set to publish this morning. Woke up, checked email, then recorded an emergency update. We've made some progress but the fight continues. Alt text: a For Sale sign in red rock country.
In our most recent episode, Chris checks out a 12-acre nature preserve being restored in the middle of Salt Lake City's industrial suburbs.
Desert Environmental News, June 16, 2025 desertenvironmentalnews.beehiiv.com/p/desert-env...
We send this compilation out almost every week, for free. Environmental news gleaned from 60+ news sources from the big sites to little-known desert hyperlocal sites.
In the latest episode of @90milesfromneedles.com, Davina Smith (Diné), Co-Chair of the BEITC, shares powerful reflections on the cultural and spiritual significance of Bears Ears, the threats it faces, and the urgent need to honor Tribal leadership in protecting these sacred lands.
I am profoundly sick of old white guys tone-policing the demonstrators.
You want to shape the way the demonstrations go in favor of better optics than screaming? Great. With you 100%. Do it in person. Put some skin in the game.
Desert Environmental News, June 9 2025
desertenvironmentalnews.beehiiv.com/p/desert-env...
I should hang this at the front of our driveway.
Here's our review of Abundance. We aren't impressed. seems to be a festival of cherry-picking only without a subsequent delicious pie.
www.90milesfromneedles.com/s4e16-ezra-k...
We had it almost right. But not entirely. www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
Scuttlebutt from our sources: 5/15 will bring another massive layoff in the National Park Service, around 1,500 people, primarily but probably not exclusively from the science staff of parks and regional offices.
I hope everyone knows that it's very easy for any social content platform, including Bluesky, to be a misery machine and that if you aren't intentional about it, they will absolutely decrease the positive impact you have on the world while making you less happy.
For the record: our organization will not comply in advance. Our 501(c)3 status is important to us. But our consciences are more important.
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Voted with my wallet
A big, solid black German shepherd lying down in the meager shde of a Mojave desert creosote bush.
This is our boy Jack. He's about 110 pounds these days, all muscle and bone and tooth. He's mostly GSD with one great grandparent that was a Belgian shepherd, and another that was a Vlcak. And he's every bit as much a dire wolf as the slightly edited Gray wolves Colossal is flogging.
Colossal Bioscience: "We've unlocked the lost secret of Greek Fire!"
Other Scientists: "Dude, this is oatmeal with what looks like feta and habañero sprinkled on top."
Colossal Bioscience: "LOST SECRET OF GREEK FIRE"
#thatisnotafreakingdirewolf
We will march twice as hard on your behalf. Thank you for what you do.
Just to show how frivolously he regards his illegal actions harming millions of people, Musk named his agency so that its acronym references an obsolete Internet meme.
We therefore propose we start referring to it as the "Government Office for Administrative Transition, Streamlining & Efficiency."
