@ai6yr A building next to mine had a pile of tumbleweeds 10 feet high and the entire length of the wall. Every single truck/SUV had tumbleweeds caught underneath it, and any truck with a snowplow attachment now looked like it had been plowing thorns. Going outside without being armored in a car meant risking being hit in the face with a thorn bush.
@ai6yr Yes, it's interesting that tumbleweeds are a staple of the "Western frontier" look, when they didn't get here until 1873. They are, rather, a staple of the "Western frontier as seen through Hollywood lenses."
A close crop of an earlier post from a couple of weeks ago. Also, since I'm on my home computer, I slightly enhanced it using a parametric mask in Darktable to reveal a bit more detail.
These Men Say Their #Utah Therapist Touched Them Inappropriately During Sessions Paid for by the #LDS Church
A spokesperson for the #church said it does not vet the #therapists its bishops recommend and pay for, saying “it is up to church members” to “make their own decisions.”
@ProPublica I've rarely heard anything about the LDS that would make me want to have anything to do with them. The way they treat women and children, their views on LGBTQ, their rigidity on marriage, church hierarchy, even diet and clothing-just no thanks.
What good is a national monument if we allow toxic #mining to spoil it?
That's what we want to know, as federal officials decide whether to allow new #drilling and ultimately #mining for #uranium on the edge of #BearsEars National Monument in #Utah.
For starters, heavy equipment will disrupt the peace and quiet of the high desert. Drilling rigs will emit #pollution into the clear skies. If the rigs find uranium, mining will follow.
We demand better protection for #BearsEars and all of its treasures. Tell the Interior Department: Reject the new uranium drilling planned outside of Bears Ears.
I think I finally landed on an image to print for that large dark brown frame with light yellow-gold highlights and a Native motif that I have. This was dawn breaking at my campsite after a very rainy night in SE Utah (10/20/2018).
She Trusted Her First OB-GYN Because He Spoke Spanish. Now She’s 1 of 94 Women Suing Him for Sexual Assault.
The #Utah Supreme Court this week is hearing arguments in the case, which will determine if what 94 women say they experienced was #SexualAssault or medical #malpractice.
@ProPublica this is very common. Nearly 300 Olympic coaches were covered up and the tantra sex community is filled with predators which no one will take seriously. It's not by ignorance, it's by design of the evil that runs our society.
“Celeste Maloy, a former staffer for Rep. Chris Stewart (R-#Utah) and supporter of #Trump, has narrowly won a Republican congressional primary that included a Trump critic, according to an Associated Press projection. Maloy will advance to a special general election to fill Stewart’s seat, and is favored to win in the heavily Republican district.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/07/utah-congressional-celeste-maloy/
"Local officials said they discovered cracks in the upper portion of Panguitch Lake Dam on Monday, when the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office said that the damage was “not severe enough to warrant immediate evacuations.”
On Tuesday, the sheriff’s office announced that there was potential for dam failure and that residents should prepare for possible evacuation. The National Weather Service also issued a flash flood warning along Panguitch Creek on Tuesday night."
Happening now: dozens of protesters are staging a die-in inside the #Utah State Capitol in solidarity with #Palestinians under #Israeli siege. Pics follow:
Dozens of protesters are staging a die-in inside the #Utah State Capitol - lying on the floor
The histrionics displayed by the #MAGA cult in response to that asshole in #Utah who was killed by the #FBI are truly ridiculous. This is what happened; dude made repeated, specific #threats of #violence towards President #Biden and others. The FBI got an #arrest#warrant. Dude refused them entry. They came in, and he fired shots at them. They returned fire and killed him. It was 100% by the book. Dude is responsible for his own demise. It wasn't a plot against MAGA.
@dcast You are mistaken. They came to serve an arrest warrant AND a search warrant. Reporting says he pointed a gun at agents and possibly fired shots before the agents called out, "he's got a gun", and returned fire. The First Amendment only goes so far. Not all speech is protected, and he crossed a line which is why they had legal warrants. He chose his own destiny. Maybe try to put your bias on the shelf before rushing to conclusions that support your preconceived beliefs.
@slcw possibly fired shots? Again that’s the narrative of an org consistently found to lie to the American public. There is a reason they don’t wear body cameras, they hate transparency. It’s really crazy people still trust the tyrants at the FBI.
@GreenFire I've been rather disappointed in how easily a few demagogues can drum up hate so easily. (I shouldn't be, but I had a higher opinion of human nature).