Dusty
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The Tucson Murals Project is taking shape! ;)
Tucson Murals Project | Dusty Reyes | Substack
20 years of murals in Tucson, Arizona. Click to read Tucson Murals Project, by Dusty Reyes, a Substack publication. Launched 11 days ago.
tucsonmurals.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The Tucson Murals Project is taking shape! ;)
And here’s where it gets tricky: in groups that value equity, accessibility, or community care, saying no can look and feel like gatekeeping. Sometimes people will accuse you of exactly that. But there's a difference between exclusion rooted in fear or ego, and boundaries rooted in care.
Before the Breakdown
What machines, communities, and volunteer organizations teach us about listening as leadership
www.itdusty.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:02 AM
And here’s where it gets tricky: in groups that value equity, accessibility, or community care, saying no can look and feel like gatekeeping. Sometimes people will accuse you of exactly that. But there's a difference between exclusion rooted in fear or ego, and boundaries rooted in care.
There’s been so much happening in my world (and the larger world) that I haven’t been writing, just handling other business. Today is a day to scrub the floors and allow the noise to dissipate.
June 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
There’s been so much happening in my world (and the larger world) that I haven’t been writing, just handling other business. Today is a day to scrub the floors and allow the noise to dissipate.
I’ve been enjoying the Tucson Oven heating up - annnnd 113* is definitely very hot. Too hot for my Xeroshoes, actually. My feets be burninnnnn.
June 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I’ve been enjoying the Tucson Oven heating up - annnnd 113* is definitely very hot. Too hot for my Xeroshoes, actually. My feets be burninnnnn.
From where I sit downtown, I can see two murals by the same artist and now there’s word of a third going up for Tucson’s 250th birthday. I’m not here to bash the artist. But I am noticing a pattern. Over and over, it’s the same people, same aesthetic, same safe choices.
#publicart #tucson
#publicart #tucson
A City Painted By the Few
Unpacking the mural money, aesthetic control, and lack of transparency in Tucson.
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May 5, 2025 at 3:47 AM
From where I sit downtown, I can see two murals by the same artist and now there’s word of a third going up for Tucson’s 250th birthday. I’m not here to bash the artist. But I am noticing a pattern. Over and over, it’s the same people, same aesthetic, same safe choices.
#publicart #tucson
#publicart #tucson
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ACLU President Deborah Archer’s book “Dividing Lines: How Transportation Infrastructure Reinforces Racial Inequality” explores how transportation systems are used to destroy Black and Brown communities in America.
Purchase it now at aclu.org/dividinglines 📖
Purchase it now at aclu.org/dividinglines 📖
April 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
ACLU President Deborah Archer’s book “Dividing Lines: How Transportation Infrastructure Reinforces Racial Inequality” explores how transportation systems are used to destroy Black and Brown communities in America.
Purchase it now at aclu.org/dividinglines 📖
Purchase it now at aclu.org/dividinglines 📖
mind you, this lil scorp was chasing a 6’ tall dude carrying a full garbage bag. he gave no fucks and had exactly one message - GTFO 😂
#talesfromthefloodplain #tucson #brawleywash
#talesfromthefloodplain #tucson #brawleywash
Cleaning up the flood plain today… pissed this dude off so bad! he was NOT having it.
#grouchyneighbors #scorpion #trashpickup #sonorandesert #arizona
#grouchyneighbors #scorpion #trashpickup #sonorandesert #arizona
April 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
mind you, this lil scorp was chasing a 6’ tall dude carrying a full garbage bag. he gave no fucks and had exactly one message - GTFO 😂
#talesfromthefloodplain #tucson #brawleywash
#talesfromthefloodplain #tucson #brawleywash
strawberries radicalized me. i grew up in the central valley and watched my friends’ parents work all day in the heat to get them to us.
i understood then, viscerally, that we were not paying the real cost of food. corporations and middlemen took the profits and we got the pesticides and workload
i understood then, viscerally, that we were not paying the real cost of food. corporations and middlemen took the profits and we got the pesticides and workload
Coastal strawberry fields in Oxnard CA produce nearly 1 billion dollars in revenue for growers. Farm workers are paid minimum wage for most of the year. #WeFeedYou
April 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
strawberries radicalized me. i grew up in the central valley and watched my friends’ parents work all day in the heat to get them to us.
i understood then, viscerally, that we were not paying the real cost of food. corporations and middlemen took the profits and we got the pesticides and workload
i understood then, viscerally, that we were not paying the real cost of food. corporations and middlemen took the profits and we got the pesticides and workload
every day i wake up thankful for our farm laborers.
Ignacio works near Salinas CA. "I drive a tracker in the vegetables. Right now, we are removing debris and built up dirt/mud to allow water to drain after the rain last week. This will allow the rows to drain and dry so the harvest doesn't spoil." #WeFeedYou
April 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
every day i wake up thankful for our farm laborers.
I’ve got some medical tests this week otherwise I’d be in Delano. The march is todayyyyyyy.
"History will judge societies and governments - and the institutions - not by how big they are or how well they serve the rich and the powerful, but by how effectively they respond to the needs of the poor and the helpless." - #CesarChavez
March 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I’ve got some medical tests this week otherwise I’d be in Delano. The march is todayyyyyyy.
I’ve been waiting to see this my entire life.
March 27, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I’ve been waiting to see this my entire life.
I spent the morning working my squat and picking plastic bits, metal scraps, and roofing shingles out of the landscape.
March 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I spent the morning working my squat and picking plastic bits, metal scraps, and roofing shingles out of the landscape.
¡Viva Dolores Huerta!
You can't acknowledge #WomensHistoryMonth without celebrating UFW co-founder @DoloresHuerta for all she has done since the early days and all she continues to do today to inspire and improve the lives of farm workers and working people. ¡Viva Dolores Huerta!
March 22, 2025 at 2:57 AM
¡Viva Dolores Huerta!
toilets, water and shade were not provided prior to the work of Dolores Huerta, César Chaves and the United Farm Workers UNION. The Delano grape boycott was no joke.
Guillermo's worked under a ufw contract for 20 years in Coachella CA. "I want to thank César Chávez for what he did for us. Because of him we have toilets, water and shade and many other things.
Happy birthday, César." #WeFeedYou
Happy birthday, César." #WeFeedYou
March 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
toilets, water and shade were not provided prior to the work of Dolores Huerta, César Chaves and the United Farm Workers UNION. The Delano grape boycott was no joke.
This morning I pray for our food workers - the thousands of people who wake every morning with the goal of putting food on tables. Farm laborers, restaurant workers, and my local burrito makers. You’ve helped nourish and provide for my body in ways I’ll never be able to thank you for.
#foodsecurity
#foodsecurity
March 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This morning I pray for our food workers - the thousands of people who wake every morning with the goal of putting food on tables. Farm laborers, restaurant workers, and my local burrito makers. You’ve helped nourish and provide for my body in ways I’ll never be able to thank you for.
#foodsecurity
#foodsecurity
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Criminalizing Dissent: Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667M to Dakota Access Pipeline Firm over Protests
Criminalizing Dissent: Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667M to Dakota Access Pipeline Firm over Protests
A jury in North Dakota has ordered Greenpeace to pay more than $660 million in damages for defaming Energy Transfer Partners, the corporation behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Texas-based pipeline...
www.democracynow.org
March 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Immigrant hands pick our food, care for our elderly, build our roads, clean our buildings & deliver our packages. #ConEstasManos
Show your support for ALL workers. March w/us on Monday, March 31 at 10:30am in Delano CA.
RSVP today @ ufw.org/cecday2025 #WithTheseHands
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Show your support for ALL workers. March w/us on Monday, March 31 at 10:30am in Delano CA.
RSVP today @ ufw.org/cecday2025 #WithTheseHands
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March 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Immigrant hands pick our food, care for our elderly, build our roads, clean our buildings & deliver our packages. #ConEstasManos
Show your support for ALL workers. March w/us on Monday, March 31 at 10:30am in Delano CA.
RSVP today @ ufw.org/cecday2025 #WithTheseHands
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Show your support for ALL workers. March w/us on Monday, March 31 at 10:30am in Delano CA.
RSVP today @ ufw.org/cecday2025 #WithTheseHands
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“We found six sites in September — in six [expletive] hours. You know, we’re incorporating the previously reported sites from previous years into our routes, so we’re stopping by those to check on them — and … almost all the time we’re finding bones,” he said.
- James, my buddy & dude in the photo
- James, my buddy & dude in the photo
An unlikely act of protest: Searching the desert for dead migrants
Finding hundreds of sites of migrant remains has taken its toll on James Holeman. He doesn't plan on stopping anytime soon.
www.santafenewmexican.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“We found six sites in September — in six [expletive] hours. You know, we’re incorporating the previously reported sites from previous years into our routes, so we’re stopping by those to check on them — and … almost all the time we’re finding bones,” he said.
- James, my buddy & dude in the photo
- James, my buddy & dude in the photo
Went for a walk this morning during a storm. It was nice and calm in the wash though :)
📍 tucson arizona
#petroglyphs #picturerocks #oursharedhistory
📍 tucson arizona
#petroglyphs #picturerocks #oursharedhistory
March 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Went for a walk this morning during a storm. It was nice and calm in the wash though :)
📍 tucson arizona
#petroglyphs #picturerocks #oursharedhistory
📍 tucson arizona
#petroglyphs #picturerocks #oursharedhistory
here’s another one from quintana roo. 😉
March 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
here’s another one from quintana roo. 😉
March 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
It’s always good to see signage in indigenous languages. This is O’odham (Tohono O’odham), Spanish, then English.
I think it’s important for us to use our indigenous dialects in our regions. Who’s land are you on? :)
#indigenous #landback #oodham #tucson
I think it’s important for us to use our indigenous dialects in our regions. Who’s land are you on? :)
#indigenous #landback #oodham #tucson
March 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM
It’s always good to see signage in indigenous languages. This is O’odham (Tohono O’odham), Spanish, then English.
I think it’s important for us to use our indigenous dialects in our regions. Who’s land are you on? :)
#indigenous #landback #oodham #tucson
I think it’s important for us to use our indigenous dialects in our regions. Who’s land are you on? :)
#indigenous #landback #oodham #tucson
this is kidnapping. full stop
MUST-WATCH: This is the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil from the perspective of his wife, who is 8 months pregnant.
This is federal agents in plain clothes dragging a man from his home as punishment for his speech.
@nyclu.org @ccrjustice.org @theimeu.bsky.social
This is federal agents in plain clothes dragging a man from his home as punishment for his speech.
@nyclu.org @ccrjustice.org @theimeu.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
this is kidnapping. full stop