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 desertenvironmentalnews.beehiiv.com/p/the-danger...

New episode for July 4.

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...

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...

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.

Voted with my wallet

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

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."

Sooooo… the Desert Advocacy Media Network (90MFN’s nonprofit mothership) just lost a $50K grant because our aspiring funder got its federal funding cancelled. Anybody have a spare Tesla we can set on fire?

In today's episode, we return to Chris' sci-comm roots. www.90milesfromneedles.com/s4e10-3-ways... Alt text for image: sunbeams in a red rock slot canyon, with text "s4e10: 3 ways the desert improves your life".

*raises hand shyly*

new Episode: Alt Text for image: Cartoon-style image of a diverse group of people doing work in and enjoying a stylized desert landscape

New Episode! We talk to @cetracey.bsky.social about the rush to convert Sonora's desert landscapes into an energy generation colony of the US.

🧵 It's early August 2025, and Social Security checks are two months late. The Social Security Administration explains that cascading software failures are to blame, and urges people to bring ID to their nearest SSA office to restart the process of issuing payments. (continues)

Want some good news?

We don't know who needs to hear this,* but "transgenic" is as far in meaning from "transgender" as "democracy" is from "demagogue." *Just kidding! We know exactly who needs to hear it.

from theintercept.com/2025/03/06/e...

The TFG administration has set up a website at enddei.ed.gov that's designed to allow "community members" to inform on public school teachers who address the fact that not everyone is a rich white cis male. Screenshot of our submission is attached. You know what to do.

In our latest episode, we visit a public meeting in Amargosa Valley, NV and a demonstration in Joshua Tree, CA. Desert protectors in both towns are sending the administration a strong message. www.90milesfromneedles.com/s4e6-the-des... Podcast episode photo courtesy @deserttrumpet.bsky.social

Rethinking involvement here.

The main person behind this account is well past 60. Got a problem with that? Then GFY.

We're seeing calls to share stuff on social media to signal support for Ukraine. To have ~10,000 times the impact of that, call the White House comment line instead. (202) 456-1111. Tell the person answering (politely, because their job sucks) that you support Ukraine and call out TFG's bullying.

Q: how to 6x DOGE savings ($2.5b)? A: Cut subsidies to Tesla ($15b)

New episode, with Kristen Brengel of @protectparks.bsky.social

For what it's worth, we have another shirt design. All proceeds benefit the nonprofit Desert Advocacy Media Network. www.bonfire.com/resist-53/ alt: black tshirt with the word "Resist" in an antique slab serif font.

The basically useless TFG sycophant Jay Obernolte (R-CA23) gets what's coming to him for trying to prevaricate about the coup

In this month of attacks on public agencies, we decided to take a look at the economic benefit the National Park Service provides to desert communities. It's worth noting that aside from Saguaro NP in Tucson and Tule Springs NM in Las Vegas, the 58 NPS units in the desert are all in red districts.🧵

New Episode! www.90milesfromneedles.com/s4e4-other-p...

Two small offers for federal workers affected by these stupid, illegal terminations, in comments:

We've got some merch. Not sure whether the thumbnail includes alt text, so: image shows three t-shirts with a cartoony graphic of a coyote in the desert with saguaros. The coyote has her fist raised in the air defiantly. The caption on the image reads "Desert Liberation Front."

This is the first Kennedy Outbreak.

If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you lived long enough to start school, thank vaccines.

We are calling for a nationwide and international boycott of all Elon Musk-related products and services. Sell your Tesla shares, avoid buying Tesla vehicles, cancel Starlink, and delete your X accounts.

Hey Tucsonans: now would be a good time to support one of our favorite Tucson businesses. #FuckICE #ComidaSiMigraNo

"The marriage of big tech and Trumpworld should make clear that Silicon Valley and authoritarians share the same goal: keeping their would-be opponents spinning on an endless hamster wheel of reactive anger. And just like in the classic 1983 thriller WarGames, the only winning move is not to play."

Idea: a stage version of any of the Harry Potter books with an entirely trans cast.

I find myself having the term “Weimar Democrats” flit through my brain a lot these days.

New life goal unlocked: get hair trim by Left Shark.

Important.