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90 Miles from Needles

@90milesfromneedles.com
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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. linktr.ee/90milesfromneedles

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90 Miles from Needles @90milesfromneedles.com · 28/06/2026
5:26 pm 6/27, from Watch Duty. @weatherwest.bsky.social ain’t exaggerating.
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90 Miles from Needles @90milesfromneedles.com · 01/04/2026
Apparently the White House wants this photo tossed in the memory hole because Karoline Leavitt finds it unflattering. Ms. Leavitt, it’s not the *photo* that makes you look bad.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt with a turkey. Turkey is on the left.
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90 Miles from Needles @90milesfromneedles.com · 17/10/2025
A smiling cartoon saguaro wearing a red neckerchief bandana with the caption "cactifa."
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90 Miles from Needles @90milesfromneedles.com · 24/04/2025
Voted with my wallet
Screenshot of a Paramount+ account cancellation form, with text reading: 

We're sorry to see you go!
Your feedback is important to us. Please let us know why you're canceling.
• Account billing issues (e.g. multiple charges, difficulties adding/updating payment method)
• Price/cost of subscription was too high/out of my budget 
• Not enough content that interested me/my household
• I watched the specific show, event or movie I signed up for
• Too many technical issues (e.g. freezing, glitches, app crashes, etc.)
• Too many ads 
• I still have Paramount+, but I switched to a different subscription method
• The sports I signed up for are no longer in season or are unavailable
• Other (provide feedback below) <- this option chosen

feedback provided below: Because FUCK PARAMOUNT FOR CAVING IN TO TRUMP FASCISM. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES.
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90 Miles from Needles @90milesfromneedles.com · 08/04/2025
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.
A big, solid black German shepherd lying down in the meager shde of a Mojave desert creosote bush.
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90 Miles from Needles @90milesfromneedles.com · 05/04/2025
#HandsOff in Joshua Tree, CA
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90 Miles from Needles @90milesfromneedles.com · 05/04/2025
A section of the crowd in Joshua Tree. One sign (partly obscured) reads "so bad even introverts are here."
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90 Miles from Needles @90milesfromneedles.com · 06/03/2025
from theintercept.com/2025/03/06/e...
Screenshot of article with excerpt reading: "That’s why The Intercept is publishing Musk’s government email address.

According to a source, Musk has been assigned the email address erm71@who.eop.gov. The email address reflects his attachment to the White House Office, the Executive Office of the President, and, apparently, Musk’s full initials plus his birth year, 1971. This differs from the standard format for EOP emails, which typically include the staffer’s full first and last name.

The Intercept has already filed more than a dozen FOIA requests for Musk’s emails using this information."
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90 Miles from Needles @90milesfromneedles.com · 04/03/2025
The TFG administration has set up a website at enddei.ed.gov that's designed to allow "community members" to inform on public school teachers who address the fact that not everyone is a rich white cis male. Screenshot of our submission is attached. You know what to do.
Partial screenshot of a Department of Education form reading "practices at institutions of learning. The Department of Education will utilize community submissions to identify potential areas for investigation.
Your email:
50 Character Limit
SiegHeil@maga.gov
All Bookmarks
School or school district:
50 Character Limit
School of Remembering How Nazis Gained Power
School or school district ZIP Code:
20501 /
Please describe in as much detail as possible the discriminatory practice taking place:
450 Word Limit
I refuse to be a part of any effort to silence educators who address diversity in the classroom. Teachers who foster inclusivity and acknowledge the rich tapestry of cultures, identities, and histories that make up this country are doing their jobs-not committing some imagined offense. I will not report, inform on, or otherwise betray those who dedicate their lives to giving students a full and honest education. If you're looking for compliance in this misguided crusade, look elsewhere. History will judge you harshly, and students of the future will learn how you betrayed this country and its people!".
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90 Miles from Needles @90milesfromneedles.com · 22/02/2025
The basically useless TFG sycophant Jay Obernolte (R-CA23) gets what's coming to him for trying to prevaricate about the coup
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90 Miles from Needles @90milesfromneedles.com · 05/02/2025
Canada's new FenwicktaNell Czar.
Cartoon drawing of Nell Fenwick, a character from the Dudley DoRight cartoons, drawn by Craig Boldman and with their signature in the lower right. Nell has red hair in a long braid in back, and is wearing a conservative blue dress with apron.
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90 Miles from Needles @90milesfromneedles.com · 24/01/2025
Doing our part.
Screenshot of email from Chris Clarke <chris@90milesfromneedles.com> to Deiatruth <DEIAtruth@opm.gov> reading:
To whom it may concern;

I have been aware of a significant miscarriage of justice in federal hiring for a few weeks now, and I thank you for the opportunity to inform you of it.

There was a hiring decision made during the last weeks of the Biden Administration in which a clearly unqualified candidate with zero practical experience and significant personality disorders that would interfere with his ability to perform as the job requires, was hired for a position despite far more qualified competition. The alternative applicant being considered is a longtime attorney with significant experience in public safety and governance on  municipal, state, and federal levels.

It is clear to me that the chosen candidate for this job was hired solely due to their race and gender. I look forward to your response informing me of your action to remedy this issue.

You can reach the improperly hired person at the following address:

Donald J. Trump
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC, 20500

Thank you for your important service to the United States of America.

Signed

Chris Clarke
90milesfromneedles.com
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90 Miles from Needles @90milesfromneedles.com · 22/12/2024
A desert sunrise.
Having moved away from the Mojave, 90MFN is my go-to source for all things desert to keep me connected to my favorite place. As a podcast, it has such a unique voice that has only gotten better with time. I’m very grateful for all that effort, time, and heart that goes into this production and I hope it continues for years to come. Screenshot of review by aprocotmallow, 12/16/24.The desert is beautiful and heartbreaking -
I think I’ve been listening since the beginning, this podcast captures both the beautiful necessity of the desert and the heartbreaking threats that never cease. Consistently excellent and uniquely valuable in promoting knowledge about and appreciation of these landscapes. Everyone I’ve recommended it to has been appreciative! I really don’t think there are any other podcasts that capture quite this breadth of topics about our deserts. Screenshot of review by eriogonum, 12/16/24.Essential Listening
This podcast is a hike you take where all sorts the little mysteries and questions wonderings you have are the topics Chris Clarke delves into. 10/10, fully recommend. screenshot of review by Kimberly Zzyzx, 12/17/24.
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90 Miles from Needles @90milesfromneedles.com · 22/12/2024
Without the desert our collective futures are barren
Good podcast, I like it. Screenshot of review by jenandalo, 12/18/2024.
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90 Miles from Needles @90milesfromneedles.com · 12/12/2024
A screenshot of a Twitter exchange in which notorious misogynist Andrew Tate says “I don’t sleep with vaccinated women” and user @StephJane0989 replies ”yay the vaccines work”
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90 Miles from Needles @90milesfromneedles.com · 03/12/2024
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90 Miles from Needles @90milesfromneedles.com · 26/11/2024
This is what mornings are like around our place these days. Gigantic GSD is Jack (~5 y.o.): Pit mix is Heart (~12 y.o.). They like each other now but the last two years have been fraught with conflict. Which has been entirely the smaller dog's fault.
Black and white medium sized dog and black giant dog touch noses affectionately
Black and white dog does a play bow in big black dog's faceblack and white regular sized dog and huge all-black dog gaze through a chain link fence at something interesting across the road.
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90 Miles from Needles @90milesfromneedles.com · 20/11/2024
🌵 We're kicking off our #Stop47 campaign to combat environmental threats under Trump. Our goal? Raise $25K to advocate for our deserts. Here's how you can help: 🔹 Donate — every $ helps! 🔹 Share this post and spread the word. 🔹 Tune into our latest episodes. 💚 givebutter.com/stop47
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90 Miles from Needles @90milesfromneedles.com · 15/11/2024
I just want to see the assembly instructions.... Oh, wait, that's what AI is for.
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90 Miles from Needles @90milesfromneedles.com · 15/11/2024
From today's Los Angeles Times, a salient quote from our Executive Director. #StopCadiz www.latimes.com/environment/...
For conservationist Chris Clarke — who hosts the 90 Miles from Needles podcast — the main problem with Cadiz is that it’s “so catastrophically wrongheaded to go the driest place in North America as a source of water.”

He called the hydrogen deal the latest in a long line of “righteous-seeming fronts” dreamed up by the company to distract from its fundamentally problematic goal. They’ve included a training center for farmworkers — credit where credit is due — and a never-materialized steam train and museum meant to serve as a tourist attraction.

The reality, Clarke said, is that private investors want to profit by pumping and selling ancient groundwater from areas surrounded by beloved public lands, including Joshua Tree and Mojave National Preserve. And it’s wrong.

“They keep coming up with different flavors of metaphorical Febreze to spray on this thing,” he said.
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