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Algernon D'Ammassa

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Southern NM correspondent, Albuquerque Journal. Formerly with the Las Cruces Bulletin, Deming Headlight, Las Cruces Sun-News and Gannett. 🌉 bridged from ⁂ journa.host/@algernon, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 8h

You need to be afraid! You need to read this reporting so that you can be appropriately afraid! (Oh, and there's a paywall.)

Screenshot of Vox news article with headline "The real reason the Russia plague case should scare you."

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 17h

“The infrastructure worked as it was supposed to, but we’re not planning to have two 100-year storms back-to-back.” www.abqjournal.com/news/dona-ana-co… #nmwx #NewMexico #HatchValleyNM #water #flooding #dams

Doña Ana County declares flood disaster, weighs solutions

Flood damage is at least $17 million as officials weigh fixes for aging dams, clogged arroyos and changing weather.

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

The state inspector warned that the dam would overtop in a 100-year flood event or a six-hour rainfall. For instance, the McLead partially overtopped during an August 2022 storm that brought more than 6 inches of rain to the valley, contributing to erosion of the dam’s downstream slope […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

OK, so yes, the chief got angry and cussed, but there's a richer story here about police agencies getting stuck with social problems in smaller communities. www.abqjournal.com/news/torc-police… #NewMexico […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Doña Ana County lifted its evacuation notice for the Hatch Valley community of Rincon on Wednesday afternoon, urging residents to be cautious of flooded roads and storm debris after heavy monsoon rains Tuesday breached a nearby arroyo and nearly caused a dam to fail in Garfield […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

In January, I told you about an awful act involving the murder of a child in Mimbres. A 10-minute hearing brought the matter to a conclusion, but the memory will hit a little if people hard for a long time. Here’s how it went. You can read it or, better, hug a kid […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

RE: omfg.town/@dansinker/11732948749964… He’s right.

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

“At the moment, it does not matter whether AI is ‘reasoning,’ whether AI constantly gets things wrong, or whether mishaps are entirely the fault of reckless coders and cybersecurity professionals at AI companies: The fact of the matter is that ‘AI agents’ now have enough power and permission to […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

An advertising campaign touting Project Jupiter is “likely the largest lobbying advertising campaign ever disclosed in New Mexico,” the State Ethics Commission reported Wednesday. www.abqjournal.com/news/project-jup… #NewMexico […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

The Las Cruces City Council held a community discussion on youth outreach, gun violence and justice that encompassed policy, institutional failures and a community’s shared pain. www.abqjournal.com/news/a-community… #newmexico […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

A Doña Ana County Commissioner asked about a rumored offer of AI security scans at county meetings, and didn’t get answers. The sheriff offered some more detail and tamped down rumors. www.abqjournal.com/news/sheriff-ora… […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Good morning! (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/climate/… #climatechange #epa #greenhousegases

Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Buttigieg appeared with gubernatorial candidate Deb Haaland and U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez, urging voters to send Haaland to the governor’s mansion, elect Vasquez for a third time and help deliver a Democratic majority to the U.S. House of Representatives […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

At the Mad Hatter Gallery – a thin, rectangular exhibition space in downtown Las Cruces — three New Yorkers on Thursday morning compared their memories of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

Devyn Defoe’s debut novel follows an alienated narrator through a hazy Sacramento summer. www.abqjournal.com/lifestyles/with-… #books #bookstodon

With 'Burnside,' a powerful stylist makes her debut

Devyn Defoe's debut blends hallucination and social commentary in a Sacramento summer gone eerily wrong. A bold new voice arrives.

Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Sometimes a news story breaks not on the front page or on TV, but in the classified ads. www.abqjournal.com/news/in-silver-c… #NewMexico #datacenters #SilverCityNM #SiteLayer1 #AirLayerAdvisory

In Silver City, rapid community response to local data center proposal

Residents mobilize after learning of the project in a public notice; a commissioner plans to propose a one-year moratorium.

Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

A recording of a private meeting in August reveals behind-the-scenes discussions of Sierra County’s recent data center moratorium and an effort to modify it so a proposed data center at Spaceport America can move forward after all […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

“In this last year, the controversy regarding the development of large data centers has exploded in New Mexico and throughout the nation.” www.abqjournal.com/news/data-center… #NewMexico #datacenters

Poll: Data center opposition high in New Mexico

Journal poll finds 65% oppose large data centers, while 75% support a statewide pause for regulations.

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

When a bot records you Reading from "Good Night Moon" That's Amira...

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

The hearing examiner overseeing an air quality permit application for the data center known as Project Jupiter recused himself and withdrew from the case over the weekend in an order made public Monday. www.abqjournal.com/news/project-jup… […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

In the second of two Sunday night orders, the New Mexico Supreme Court called a temporary halt to the state’s authorization of a new water well supporting construction of Project Jupiter, the data center campus under construction in Santa Teresa. This story, too, will be updated throughout the […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

On Sunday night, the New Mexico Supreme Court granted a temporary stay on proceedings over an air quality permit for Project Jupiter. Breaking story; check back for updates. www.abqjournal.com/news/nm-supreme-… #NewMexico #ProjectJupiter […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

A physical altercation between an 83-year-old Fairacres resident and his court-appointed guardian in July reportedly culminated in bruises, a fall and a visit from Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office deputies […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

The Center for Biological Diversity tells the Supreme Court that water used for Project Jupiter construction was unlawfully authorized by the state, and opponents to an air quality permit for the data center are seeking the disqualification the hearing examiner […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

The resolution would have authorized the city to negotiate a lease of industrial land for American Magnesium. The city council had a different idea. www.abqjournal.com/news/deming-nixe… #mining #Magnesium #NewMexico #DemingNM

Deming blocks mining lease and freezes water rights sales

Deming council rejects American Magnesium lease and eyes 5-year moratorium on water rights as drought concerns grow.

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

Less than a month before a hearing over an air quality permit for Project Jupiter in Doña Ana County, clean energy advocate New Energy Economy filed an emergency writ Wednesday asking the state Supreme Court to consider whether the hearing should proceed […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

In a six-minute special meeting Friday afternoon, Doña Ana County commissioners approved a $489,000 purchase order and contract to hire a fiscal agent under orders from the state Department of Finance and Administration […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

New from Desert Sage: Life, seen through a series of August days: College beginnings, a debut novel, and the passing of a true newspaper man. open.substack.com/pub/desertsagenm/… #NewMexico #college #journalism #newspapers #fiction #books

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August occasions

Starting college, a debut novel, and the passing of a true newspaper man

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

“It wasn’t enough that there are billboards littered all around the roads we drive on for companies to try to capture our attention. I’ve always wanted them plastered on the increasingly large screen in my center console.” (Paris Marx) […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

Over 400 people packed a meeting room and spilled into a hallway on the New Mexico State University campus Tuesday night for a town hall organized by four Democratic lawmakers from Las Cruces. www.abqjournal.com/news/hundreds-pa… #NewMexico […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

The New Mexico State Ethics Commission on Tuesday announced a settlement with Elevate New Mexico over an advertising campaign supportive of Project Jupiter, the large-scale data center under construction in Santa Teresa […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

In an abrupt reversal, a New Mexico Environment Department hearing examiner decided that critical questions involving a proposed natural gas pipeline for Project Jupiter will be resolved in forthcoming hearings instead of an expedited briefing he ordered last week […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

Doña Ana County Commissioners authorized a new community monitoring committee focused on Project Jupiter on Tuesday, with opponents of the project expressing guarded support for the initiative while calling for its independence from county government and the developers […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

Since 2024, Virgin Galactic has invoked a clause in a 2018 letter of agreement with the spaceport allowing it to reduce fees it pays for the public agency’s services, to the tune of $1.66 million a year […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026

Federal prosecutors won a jury verdict and a plea agreement holding three former Jal police officers accountable for a 2021 in-custody death. But now they are seeking to unwind the jury's verdict and dismiss the charges. It made for a curious day in court. Here's my summary […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026

I would not say its “future is in doubt,” but Project Jupiter has hit a snag. www.abqjournal.com/news/project-jup… #NewMexico #ProjectJupiter #datacenters

Project Jupiter's future in doubt after pipeline denial

A hearing officer is demanding answers on whether the massive NM data center project can even be built without a fuel source.

Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026

The Las Cruces City Council unanimously added five historic sites to its register of cultural properties Monday, placing them under the protection of an ordinance preserving their historical integrity and requiring modifications to undergo a historical design review […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026

A majority of Doña Ana County commissioners leaned Tuesday in favor of creating a citizen-led community monitoring committee focused on the Oracle/OpenAI data center under construction in Santa Teresa […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026

So many inaccurate, fictive or falsely attributed quotations abound, I now regard all but the most familiar of them with skepticism. The checks keep bouncing. open.substack.com/pub/desertsagenm/… #writing

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More and more, I come across counterfeit quotations and false attributions online, in books and even on monuments

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026

A spokesperson for Customs and Border Protection confirmed Monday that it was pausing activity on new groundwater wells near the border in Luna County and the Bootheel. But the agency is leaving its options open to use them in the future […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026

The man charged with shooting up the entrance of a Las Cruces church in May is now facing a federal weapons charge on top of state counts of desecrating a church and tampering with evidence. www.abqjournal.com/news/accused-chu… #NewMexico […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026

Despite recent efforts to curtail excess water usage, Mayor Deborah Cooksey announced Monday that two storage tanks on which 3,000 Tularosans depend for drinking water reached “critically low” levels over the weekend […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026

GOP congressional candidate Greg Cunningham announced today that he had secured a halt to illegal water drilling near the border on his own. So did a state lawmaker. The sitting congressman and area ranchers aren’t clear what’s actually happening. Happy Friday […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

Tomas Rivas was sentenced Friday morning to serve three consecutive life terms for his role in the 2025 Young Park mass shooting. www.abqjournal.com/news/young-park-… #NewMexico #YoungPark #gunviolence #LasCruces

Young Park shooter gets three consecutive life terms

Tomas Rivas, 22, sentenced for his role in the 2025 Las Cruces shooting that killed three teens and injured over a dozen.

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

@Bongolian I do not have the impression, nor any evidence, that these particular county commissioners are taking bribes or overtly corrupt. I think, with the exception of two skeptics on the board, they are believers. "Economic development" is the municipal version of prosperity gospel and […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

@paninid @ZhiZhu I know, right?

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

"I can think of one policy that needs to be implemented immediately: Never turn over a 15-year-old at the international border unescorted.” www.abqjournal.com/news/governor-ag… #NewMexico #CYFD #childwelfare #border

Governor, AG spar over teen left at border crossing

New Mexico's governor and attorney general trade blame over CYFD's decision to send a 15-year-old American citizen into Mexico unescorted.

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

Three data center opponents who were arrested yesterday, including a woman knocked to the ground by private security, were released from jail today as local officials react to the use of force at a public meeting […]

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Algernon D'Ammassa @algernon.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2026

Three people were arrested and a scuffle ensued among security staff, sheriff’s deputies and members of the public ahead of a presentation from developers of the controversial data center known as Project Jupiter […]

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