Russ McSpadden
@PeccaryNotPig
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Rambler & activist in the Arizona/Mexico borderlands; Anti-wall & war; pro-desert & javelina. He/Him/Él/Y’all Typos & opinions mine alone.
Chukson / Tucson, AZ
Joined July 2016
BREAKING: Lawsuit Forces Agencies to Halt Arizona Highway Plan Threatening Monuments, Endangered Species Interstate 11’s approval was based on a deeply flawed environmental analysis that the Federal Highway Administration now has a chance to fix. https://t.co/8AOMTyb7zg
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Center for Biological Diversity: TUCSON, Ariz.— In response to a lawsuit from conservation groups, the Federal Highway Administration and Arizona Department of Transportation have agreed to halt...
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The top image shows California Gulch flowing from AZ to Mex. It’s one of the last homes for the endangered Sonoran chub, a fish clinging to survival. But in the fall of 2024, this stream was obliterated. The bottom image is a stark and lifeless reminder of what was lost.
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What if we all just bum-rushed the small minority of billionaires in the US? Like if we joined together all on the same day, say next Thursday? Could we take them?
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Breaking: @CenterForBioDiv is calling on AZ Game & Fish Commission to ban dog pack hunting for mountain lions, bears, coati & other wildlife. Currently hunters use GPS-collared dogs to track wildlife for miles via smart phone apps & satellites, putting jaguars & ocelots at risk.
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Who is the greatest country musician of all time and why is it Sturgill Simpson?
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While the number of people crossing the border increased exponentially since Trump’s wall went up a new study reveals an 86% reduction in wildlife crossings. At well over $20 million a mile, Trump’s wall is both a wastefully expensive tactical failure & an ecological disaster.
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Back in June of this year, this ocelot was detected just west of this location, where border wall doesn't exist. https://t.co/kF6VTLGcjo
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Border wall construction in southern Arizona's Pajarito Mts 4 years ago decimated the Mariposa Canyon watershed as well as jaguar & Mexican spotted owl critical habitat. The area remains in ruin today. Work crews continue to try to stabilize the site & the wall from collapse.
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The local sheriff, facing an election challenge in just weeks, suspended his opponent and came after me. I’m responding with what I know best: reporting. Here I am in studio w/ @azIllustrated today working on a mini-doc about the jail. More here: https://t.co/aRlJN7jkiH
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The local sheriff, facing an election challenge in just weeks, suspended his opponent and came after me. I’m responding with what I know best: reporting. Here I am in studio w/ @azIllustrated today working on a mini-doc about the jail. More here: https://t.co/aRlJN7jkiH
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I wrote about jaguars and ocelots, as well as two stunning recent(ish) novels, for my latest newsletter. https://t.co/RSClRAfLgG
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Brandon Som, one of my favorite poets, will be reading at the U of A Poetry Center this week. Som was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his most recent book of poetry “Tripas.”
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X-rays of Palestinian children shot in the head or spine in Khan Younis recently. The children were killed with single shots, not from rapid crossfire. It would be very difficult to do this by mistake. The killing of children is murder no matter the war. https://t.co/bFuw8ZKFC6
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