Purple Pricklypear
@purpleopuntia.bsky.social
Las Cruces, New Mexico. Fan of plants & critters of the Chihuahuan and Sonoran desert. Yoga for all, Chihuahuas, podcasts, art, documentaries, true crime. Gen X woman who has had enough of everyone's shit.
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Project Jupiter leans on natural gas to power its ambitions — but the environmental trade-offs remain fuzzy. Is this a future built on energy or compromise? @sourcenm.com's Joshua Bowling take a closer look.
Project Jupiter’s plan relies on natural gas — its impact on air quality remains unclear
Project Jupiter plans to use natural gas — but its developer and state regulators have not clearly addressed how the plant’s emissions might affect air quality in surrounding communities.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Project Jupiter leans on natural gas to power its ambitions — but the environmental trade-offs remain fuzzy. Is this a future built on energy or compromise? @sourcenm.com's Joshua Bowling take a closer look.
Found a new #nativeplant source in #Tucson, along with a giant Pricklypear #cactus that reminds me of the ones in the Galápagos. They employ adults with disabilities & have a great selection of native trees, shrubs, cactus and succulents with helpful descriptions. Sad that we didn't have our truck!
November 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Found a new #nativeplant source in #Tucson, along with a giant Pricklypear #cactus that reminds me of the ones in the Galápagos. They employ adults with disabilities & have a great selection of native trees, shrubs, cactus and succulents with helpful descriptions. Sad that we didn't have our truck!
The hotel I'm staying at tmw had their reservation system #hacked. The hotel's real number texted asking me today to input my personal & card info within 24 hrs. or my reservation would be canceled. They had my full name, date & $ amount. I didn't take the bait.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The hotel I'm staying at tmw had their reservation system #hacked. The hotel's real number texted asking me today to input my personal & card info within 24 hrs. or my reservation would be canceled. They had my full name, date & $ amount. I didn't take the bait.
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I'm sure these are fine where they're native, but we had Bird of Paradise (strelitzia reginae) in our LA-area yard growing up, and it was traumatizing. Pointy, dripping sap, and infested with rats. I hate this plant. #odiousplants #crimes
November 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I'm sure these are fine where they're native, but we had Bird of Paradise (strelitzia reginae) in our LA-area yard growing up, and it was traumatizing. Pointy, dripping sap, and infested with rats. I hate this plant. #odiousplants #crimes
While @heinrich.senate.gov & @lujan.senate.gov didn't cave, as a D pct chair, how do I go around my neighborhood and rah-rah for the Dems? Associated with nothing but weakness, failure, appeasement? The mandate of massively successful No Kings & Election Day, they fold anyway? I feel ridiculous.
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
While @heinrich.senate.gov & @lujan.senate.gov didn't cave, as a D pct chair, how do I go around my neighborhood and rah-rah for the Dems? Associated with nothing but weakness, failure, appeasement? The mandate of massively successful No Kings & Election Day, they fold anyway? I feel ridiculous.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
SHAME ON YOU & your enablers! Flights can be rescheduled. Food can be donated in the meantime. WE CAN'T easily reopen closed hospitals. Or bring people back who die or have permanent damage from lack of healthcare. Did Tuesday's elections mean NOTHING to you? Dems can be counted on to CAVE.
If Chuck Schumer was a stronger leader, he would have been able to convince most of these senators to hold the line.
I’m terribly disappointed in him.
I’m terribly disappointed in him.
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
SHAME ON YOU & your enablers! Flights can be rescheduled. Food can be donated in the meantime. WE CAN'T easily reopen closed hospitals. Or bring people back who die or have permanent damage from lack of healthcare. Did Tuesday's elections mean NOTHING to you? Dems can be counted on to CAVE.
A "...promise to hold a vote on extending health care subsidies at some point in the future." Hold. The. Line. Anyone who trusts the Republicans on this deserves to be primaried out. I will give my money and volunteer time to help. @heinrich.senate.gov @lujan.senate.gov @repgabevasquez.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A "...promise to hold a vote on extending health care subsidies at some point in the future." Hold. The. Line. Anyone who trusts the Republicans on this deserves to be primaried out. I will give my money and volunteer time to help. @heinrich.senate.gov @lujan.senate.gov @repgabevasquez.bsky.social
Wee bee on my Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa). Another one of my Tucson finds. Hopefully it won't be too upset about our winter here in the Chihuahuan desert. I saw these all over at our resort, and couldn't resist. #nativeplants
November 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Wee bee on my Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa). Another one of my Tucson finds. Hopefully it won't be too upset about our winter here in the Chihuahuan desert. I saw these all over at our resort, and couldn't resist. #nativeplants
AMEN. @lujan.senate.gov @heinrich.senate.gov @repgabevasquez.bsky.social
Do not cave. Do not cave. DO NOT CAVE. The people will step up to help with food and other assistance to needy families, but if people get kicked off their health insurance, they will die. Let us know how we can help.
Do not cave. Do not cave. DO NOT CAVE. The people will step up to help with food and other assistance to needy families, but if people get kicked off their health insurance, they will die. Let us know how we can help.
After those results, the Democratic response to GOP pressure to cave on the shutdown should simply be
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair and making a funny face .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair and making a funny face .
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November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
AMEN. @lujan.senate.gov @heinrich.senate.gov @repgabevasquez.bsky.social
Do not cave. Do not cave. DO NOT CAVE. The people will step up to help with food and other assistance to needy families, but if people get kicked off their health insurance, they will die. Let us know how we can help.
Do not cave. Do not cave. DO NOT CAVE. The people will step up to help with food and other assistance to needy families, but if people get kicked off their health insurance, they will die. Let us know how we can help.
I'm happy with the #LasCruces local #election results so far! I moved here from Texas, so not having to choose between a crazypants Christian Nationalist and a moderate Republican has been refreshing. Loving ranked choice voting and I get to vote for people I believe in.
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I'm happy with the #LasCruces local #election results so far! I moved here from Texas, so not having to choose between a crazypants Christian Nationalist and a moderate Republican has been refreshing. Loving ranked choice voting and I get to vote for people I believe in.
Mr. Pricklypear & I #voted early Tuesday at DACC East Mesa Campus! You have time to vote early next week. Get all the Doña Ana County #localgov info at the LWV website (or get the paper guide inside the Las Cruces Bulletin, at City Hall, senior centers, and more) www.lwvsnm.org/wp-content/u...
League of Women Voters releases 2025 voter guide for Doña Ana County
The League of Women Voters of Southern New Mexico has distributed its 2025 Voter Guide across Doña Ana County, offering election information in English and Spanish ahead of the Nov. 4 local election.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Mr. Pricklypear & I #voted early Tuesday at DACC East Mesa Campus! You have time to vote early next week. Get all the Doña Ana County #localgov info at the LWV website (or get the paper guide inside the Las Cruces Bulletin, at City Hall, senior centers, and more) www.lwvsnm.org/wp-content/u...
I'm proud to be an active member of the League of Women Voters! Check out this local election guide for #lascruces and surrounding areas. Early voting is happening now!
A new 2025 voter guide is out for Doña Ana County.
The League of Women Voters of Southern New Mexico has released the nonpartisan resource to help residents prepare for the Nov. 4 election.
The League of Women Voters of Southern New Mexico has released the nonpartisan resource to help residents prepare for the Nov. 4 election.
League of Women Voters releases 2025 voter guide for Doña Ana County
The League of Women Voters of Southern New Mexico has distributed its 2025 Voter Guide across Doña Ana County, offering election information in English and Spanish ahead of the Nov. 4 local election.
www.organmountainnews.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I'm proud to be an active member of the League of Women Voters! Check out this local election guide for #lascruces and surrounding areas. Early voting is happening now!
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Great news, Doña Ana County — 8 early voting locations are now open across the county!
✅ Skip the lines.
✅ Vote at a time and place that works for you.
✅ Make your voice heard early!
📍 Find your nearest voting site now at DACElections.com
🗓️ Don’t wait—make your plan to vote today!
✅ Skip the lines.
✅ Vote at a time and place that works for you.
✅ Make your voice heard early!
📍 Find your nearest voting site now at DACElections.com
🗓️ Don’t wait—make your plan to vote today!
October 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Great news, Doña Ana County — 8 early voting locations are now open across the county!
✅ Skip the lines.
✅ Vote at a time and place that works for you.
✅ Make your voice heard early!
📍 Find your nearest voting site now at DACElections.com
🗓️ Don’t wait—make your plan to vote today!
✅ Skip the lines.
✅ Vote at a time and place that works for you.
✅ Make your voice heard early!
📍 Find your nearest voting site now at DACElections.com
🗓️ Don’t wait—make your plan to vote today!
😢 thank you for all the great #podcast episodes @marcmaron.bsky.social ❤️ love you and my President.
October 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
😢 thank you for all the great #podcast episodes @marcmaron.bsky.social ❤️ love you and my President.
So proud to live in Las Cruces!
A divided city council approved an updated “welcoming community” resolution calling for additional protections for immigrants in Las Cruces with clearer guardrails concerning how the city interacts with federal law enforcement.
As ICE raids escalate, Las Cruces strengthens 'welcoming community' resolution
LAS CRUCES — A divided city council approved an updated “welcoming community” resolution calling for additional protections for immigrants in Las Cruces with clearer guardrails concerning how the city...
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October 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
So proud to live in Las Cruces!
For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, here is the WISDOM study. You may be able to get free genetic testing, as I did. Dr. Jen Gunter: "If genetic testing ... was pre-2013, it should be repeated, but a case was made for repeating testing if it has been more than five years." www.thewisdomstudy.org
The WISDOM Study - Join The Movement
The WISDOM Study is working to find the safest and most effective way to detect breast cancer for every woman. Join the movement today.
www.thewisdomstudy.org
October 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, here is the WISDOM study. You may be able to get free genetic testing, as I did. Dr. Jen Gunter: "If genetic testing ... was pre-2013, it should be repeated, but a case was made for repeating testing if it has been more than five years." www.thewisdomstudy.org
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Native Plant Society of New Mexico statewide conference hosted by the Las Cruces Chapter. Our silent auction raised a lot of money for student grants! #nativeplants
October 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Native Plant Society of New Mexico statewide conference hosted by the Las Cruces Chapter. Our silent auction raised a lot of money for student grants! #nativeplants
@99pi.org a friend is considering doing a design-related pod about his city, and I went to send him your Santa Fe and Chicago eps, but I ended up bombarding him with sooo many great ones. Now I'm listening to The Chinatown Punk Wars again. Hopefully he doesn't regret asking me. 😄
September 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
@99pi.org a friend is considering doing a design-related pod about his city, and I went to send him your Santa Fe and Chicago eps, but I ended up bombarding him with sooo many great ones. Now I'm listening to The Chinatown Punk Wars again. Hopefully he doesn't regret asking me. 😄
I just saw the largest bee I've ever seen on my Black Dalea. Fat Bee Week.
September 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I just saw the largest bee I've ever seen on my Black Dalea. Fat Bee Week.
I'm proud to be represented by Commissioner Susana Chaparro for being the lone voice demanding transparency! I really hope I'm wrong and that this isn't a big scam.
“The offense is the process that led to the final votes, not the votes themselves. Rather than being grounded in relationship with their constituents, county officials made decisions based on the out-of-state developers’ artificial deadline and threat to leave.”
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Project Jupiter’s lesson: We must build local community
Doña Ana County government needs to be better than this. So do the rest of us.
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September 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I'm proud to be represented by Commissioner Susana Chaparro for being the lone voice demanding transparency! I really hope I'm wrong and that this isn't a big scam.
Follow up to my Black Dalea post! I live in the northern area of Las Cruces, and mine is full of small bees (I assume european honeybees). Today, I went to a home in the Valley, and hers was almost all bumblebees. #nativeplants #bees
September 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Follow up to my Black Dalea post! I live in the northern area of Las Cruces, and mine is full of small bees (I assume european honeybees). Today, I went to a home in the Valley, and hers was almost all bumblebees. #nativeplants #bees
I'm back to posting my #nativeplants now that it's cooled off and my garden isn't a hot mess. Black dalea (Dalea frutescens) is full of bees this morning! #bees
September 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I'm back to posting my #nativeplants now that it's cooled off and my garden isn't a hot mess. Black dalea (Dalea frutescens) is full of bees this morning! #bees
The USA needs a former Mayor for President. Mayors know accountability. They see how policies impact regular folks up close. I would be excited about the candidacies of @petebuttigieg.bsky.social or @corybooker.com - maybe there are more mayors I don't know about! Send me your awesome mayors!
Before he was a Senator, a candidate for President, and our greatest champion in the fight against oligarchy, Bernie Sanders was the four-term Mayor of Burlington, VT.
I sat down with Bernie in Astoria to talk about the lessons he learned—and the work ahead.
I sat down with Bernie in Astoria to talk about the lessons he learned—and the work ahead.
September 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The USA needs a former Mayor for President. Mayors know accountability. They see how policies impact regular folks up close. I would be excited about the candidacies of @petebuttigieg.bsky.social or @corybooker.com - maybe there are more mayors I don't know about! Send me your awesome mayors!