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"Every stream in the American West deserves a biographer as affectionate, thorough, and lyrical as Jim O'Donnell."
—BEN GOLDFARB, author of Crossings
FOUNTAIN CREEK: Big Lessons from a Little River by Jim O'Donnell
Ok. For the first time during the pandemic I just got attacked for wearing a mask. Literally, aggressively verbally and nearly physically attacked. Guy reached for my mask. Yeah. I fought back. What a dickhead.
#taos
#newmexico
@Olivia_Beavers
@RepTedYoho
@RepAOC
Yet another example of how off the rails republicans are these days. Angry, hateful, anti-constitution, violent and full of conspiracy theories.
@acampoflores
@learyreports
Given the low testing rates in Florida and the fact that they stopped reporting deaths two weeks ago, the very premise of this article is bizarre.
@KendraWrites
His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hajj Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of all the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular. Call him Steve for short.
I am just beginning to wrap my head around the consequences of this story. It has been largely ignored by the media, both left and right, and so I didn’t pay much attention. But it’s humongous. I.
This may be one of the largest ecological disasters in US history.
There were roughly 100,000 gallons or 1,000,000 pounds of Vinyl Chloride leaked, spilled and burned at
#EastPalestine
crash.
Acid rain and Phosgene will decimate the zones ecology.
Should be minimum 5 years in jail. 15 years for destroying indigenous rock art.
#publiclands
Visitors caught on video destroying ancient rock formations in Nevada via
@nbcnews
The beginning of the school year isn’t exciting for everyone, I know. But this year New Mexico has something to celebrate: universal free meals for our K-12 students!
If
#NewMexico
would get serious about widespread beaver reintroduction and protection, we could store a significant amount of this water in our aquifers instead of sending it right on down to Texas.
#nmwx
#nmwater
A long time friend has passed. He helped me w/ my first book, advised me on writing, supported my environmental work & my daughter played w/ his granddaughter. RIP, John.
Acclaimed author of the 'Milagro Beanfield War,' John Nichols, dies via
@taosnews
Spent the afternoon with a private landowner who has encouraged beavers to return to the land and protects them. An oasis in a drying landscape. The is on Colorado’s Monument Creek northwest of Colorado Springs.
#fountainbook
#cowater
#cowx
cc:
@ben_a_goldfarb
I’m a bit tripping on this. Many of my leftist heroes have turned out to be pro-imperialist, pro-genocide tankies couched as intellectual pacifists.
Yeah. It hurts.
I know three separate people who are on vacation right now in different locations. They all flew to their vacay spots without masking in the airplanes....and all three are now COVID positive, miserable, laying on the floors of their hotel rooms, feeling like death.
Why.
The discovery of 23,000-year-old human footprints at White Sands National Park upends much of what we thought we knew about the peopling of the Americas and forces us to rethink Indigenous histories, what we teach our children, and how we approach science
We spent the day w/ a fab crew removing fencing in El Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. The fencing blocked a key pronghorn migration corridor in the region - and it was flipping ugly.
#publiclands
#newmexico
A damn satisfying day.
#wildlife
#taos
#NewMexicoTrue
These folks are desperate to come here for a better life. They fill a niche in our economy that many don't want to do, like picking crops and being cleaning personnel, etc. Yet the Right Wing Nuts demonize them and would let them drown in the Rio Grande. 😓WWJD🙄
December 2021 there was a major severe and bizarre windstorm in the
#Taos
#NewMexico
region.
#nmwx
The wind downed thousands and thousands of trees. Here are hundreds downed in the Columbine Hondo Wilderness. Incredible if you ask me.
The members of Trinity Moravian Church in North Carolina purchased nearly $3.3 million of local residents’ medical debt for just $15,048.
Then, they held a debt jubilee ceremony and burned up the debt, canceling it all.
Astounding. 95% of short-term rentals in
#Taos
not owned by county residents.
#newmexico
We have folks working both FT/PT who cannot afford a place to live. Taos must get vacation rentals under control AND build lots of housing.
#taosreimagined
Elsewhere in Arizona, there are parcels slated to be open to solar in the community of Ajo, surrounded by withdrawn and/or protected lands; and surrounding the Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area.
One of the most intense downpours I've ever experienced in all my years in
#Taos
. 45 mins non stop now... still coming. Hail and tremendous amounts of water. Streets flooded. Began about 1245pm.
#nmwx
@Suomiperkele7
I was in Viipuri several years ago. It reminded me of some of the worst slums of Mexico. Russia absolutely decimated what was once a beautiful and important city.
@KendraWrites
Much of MLK’s views get conviniently pushed aside. He was powerfully anti-war, anti-capitalist, anti-imperialism...his views by the time he was murdered were a huge threat to the status quo. Those views and that part of him should not be forgotten.
I’ve been fielding text messages from family members, friends and colleagues this evening. Almost everyone of them has tested positive In the last 48 hours. Suddenly, everyone has it. Astounding.
Gov. Abbott is destroying the Rio Grande for a fearmongering photo-op.
Miles of deadly razor-wire have been deployed to ensnare & impale border crossers. Bobcats, bear, mule deer & other wildlife will also be cut off from their main source of water.
Horrific tragedy in
#Taos
last night. A car full of THS students on their way to/from homecoming wrecks. One dead, 6 others in grave condition. 💔
Between this, a stabbing, gun fears, suicide, COVID….we are 2 months into the school year & it’s been hell for our kids.
#newmexico
On Saturday, we returned to El Rio Grande del Norte Nat Mon to again remove old fencing that inhibits
#wildlife
migration, specifically pronghorn. This time, we got about 4 miles of fence cleared out.
#Taos
#NewMexico
#publiclands
Last spring, while everything was on fire, I saw many folks ponder restoration and I got to wondering...in the age of climate change, what does forest restoration mean? Here is my latest for
@ensiamedia
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#nmfire
#nmwater
#newmexico
#nmwx
Where did this start?
Ronald Wilson Reagan.
His legacy:
1. Reagonomics
2. Media Consolidation
3. The far right
4. The destruction of unions
5. "Greed is Good."
6. The rise of fascism
7. Mitch McConnell
8. Divisiveness over unity
9. Ignorance
10. Evangelicals
At long last!!!!
My very in depth article on the footprints at
#WhiteSands
#NewMexico
is published!
History, Science, Mythology, and the First Americans
#archaeology
What kind of cruel and awful people does ICE and Homeland Security hire? Why isn’t there a rebellion w/in the ranks of Border Patrol?
#ImmigrantChildren
Spent the last week in a place where I could bike to all my meetings, walk to cafes and food, art around the corner, people doing cool things, sports everywhere and it really opened my eyes (even further) about the place I live - and maybe don’t want to be in anymore.
@lndian_Bronson
Honest question. Have you ever looked at American passenger rail service from say 1890? 1910? 1950? We used to have trains like Europe does now. It’s not about geography.