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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
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Thanks to Dre for a great interview an episode! Check this event out if you can.
November 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Posting this as a fire burns through a campground in Joshua Tree.
S4E38: 2 Big Reasons to Avoid National Parks During the Shutdown
With reduced staffing, National Parks in the American Deserts face risks of vandalism and inadequate visitor safety.
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October 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Pseudointellectual is a *kind* of intellectual. #peterthiel
October 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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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.
September 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The Dangerous Desert: new episode of 90MFN
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The Dangerous Desert: new episode of 90MFN
Plus some exciting news.
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July 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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.
S4E20: You Can Help Save Public Lands from Privatization
Explore the evolving debate over a budget rider proposed by Senator Mike Lee that threatens to privatize millions of acres of public lands managed by the Bureau of …
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June 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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.
S4E19: Finding Nature's Refuge in Salt Lake Sprawl
Explore urban environmental restoration at the Nature Center at Pia Okwai in South Salt Lake, guided by Parker Lloyd from the Tracy Aviary. Discover how this innova…
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June 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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.
Desert Environmental News, June 16, 2025
Lots of #NoKings news, including a needless tragedy.
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June 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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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.
June 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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.
June 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Desert Environmental News, June 9 2025
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Desert Environmental News, June 9 2025
It's hot.
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June 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Here's our review of Abundance. We aren't impressed. seems to be a festival of cherry-picking only without a subsequent delicious pie.
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June 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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.
May 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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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.
May 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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.
Megan Markle & Harry Pulling Nonprofit Funding Is Part of Chilling Pattern
YouTube video by The Bitchuation Room (with Francesca Fiorentini)
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April 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Voted with my wallet
April 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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.
April 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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
April 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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."
April 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
April 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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?
April 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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".
S4E10: 3 Ways the Desert Improves Your Life
Episode Summary: In this episode of "90 Miles from Needles: The Desert Protection Podcast," host Chris Clarke looks into three astonishing science facts about deser…
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April 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
*raises hand shyly*
Musk: I mean, have you Tim Walz, who is a huge jerk, running on stage with the Tesla stock price.. What an evil thing to do. What a creep, what a jerk. Like who derives joy from that?
March 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM