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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Who blooms at 112 degrees? Compass cactus!

Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I’m a little late with this message having been offgrid for the last week. Happy Birthday, USA! We will never give up on you.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Does not look too good for the home team here in AZ. We hit 100 in March this year. Not looking forward to the summer. Pattern is interesting across states though. share.google/HAYXjszdxox5...

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

It’s easy to ignore the hedgehogs - until they bloom!

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I thought about taking the flag down today out of shame. But then I worried about what my neighbors would think - not in the way one normally uses that phrase. I was afraid that they would think that I had given up. I am not going to give up on my neighbors.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

After clearing 2 rodent nests there, we were actually happy to find “security” under the AC unit yesterday. Loud rattle is a plus.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

From today’s WSJ. Either the LLMs are way better at “executive” tasks, executives are way better at promoting or result quality is less important for them. I suspect it’s mostly the last thing.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

One of our newer donkeys from the BLM roundup. Rare coloring for a wild one.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Beautiful morning for a trot in the preserve.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

At the end of a rainy run in the desert, here’s a happy thought: all the tanks are full for the wildlife!

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Rooting around in the racks at Home Depot, Wallace picked up a price tag. Great deal!

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Yes, they can absolutely “keep their storied pomp!” At least the city where she stands has not forgotten who we are.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

What a moon last night! This pic was taken with no flash around 9:00PM.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Fred says, “Save animals, save the planet!” Happy World Animals Day!

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Beautiful morning in the Sonoran. Gentle rain and sun on our backs. Slightly softened desert hard pack on the trail. Perfect running conditions.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Only time of day it is cool enough to run. Bonus is the beautiful sunrise.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Daisy really can’t take the 110+ heat. Holsteins are not made for it. Wet towels seem to work the best to cool her down. Can’t wait for this awful summer to end.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Coco says, “Happy birthday, USA! Don’t take your freedom for granted!” She lost hers a few years back in a BLM roundup.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Alice looking beautiful in the morning sun.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Bunny has such beautiful natural highlights

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Jackie really knows how to blend in

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

All it takes is a few 100-degree days to bring out the Saguaro flowers

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Billie loves his hacked fly mask. They don’t make them for cows, but they actually get harassed worse than the donkeys by flies.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

It’s not even May and Alice’s tongue is already hanging on the morning run. Will have to move to pre-dawn soon…

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Bring out the little torches!

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Bonded pairs of donkeys like to stand in that pushmi-pullyu pose. I think it’s because it lets them see 360 degrees.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

And just like that, the Palo Verdes started to bloom…

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Donks like the patchy shade.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

We call that little bump “Tom’s Thumb.”

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

psteitz.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-... A speech I gave 10 years ago about democracy. I am afraid that the "little ripples" of acceptability are carrying us now to a place that we really don't want to go. We need to be extra mindful of the fact that we are all walking examples, all the time.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Coco and Piper giving me their suspicious look. Somehow they know I am traveling today.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

The rain brings out the charcoal smell from the burn scar. Two wildfires caused by careless construction of the over-priced cracker boxes you can see in the distance.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Beautiful morning after much needed rain in the desert dusted the mountains with snow

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Freedom is a simple concept.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Courage that weak leaders will never understand.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

3 new donks from BLM. Just sprung from the big house (state pen holding facility). Keeping them separate from the free range herd for a few days while they sniff each other out.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

@mainec.bsky.social reminded me it is Free Software Day. Hearts for volunteering! Thanks to FSFE for the template.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Sure, we have problems, but you gotta admit, she is beautiful. Those purple mountains aren’t going anywhere.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Beautiful 2-dog run through the Sonoran this AM. Alice is such a wild thing that she gets redundant leashes.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

First animal chorus (chickens and cows): “Yay! Alice and Ollie didn’t eat us!” Second chorus (wild donkeys and horses): “Yay! Our range is shrinking two dogs slower!”

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

The boys gave Daisy a perm.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

And once again, Lucy wins the winter coat contest. Check out that hat!

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

I call Billy the “steakhouse model” (spoken as a vegan). He is a beautiful boy now. When we got him he was skin and bones with horns chopped just long enough to catch the rodeo lasso.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Hanna (right) was pregnant when we got her from BLM. Her daughter Maggie looks like a twin.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

We set out to provide habitat for donkeys evicted from federal land and a few rodeo survivor cattle, but thanks to the donks keeping the predators away, the rabbit and quail populations have exploded. So by numbers what we really have is a rabbit and quail sanctuary.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Kind of like humans and the environment: the donks love the shade, but it’s all we can do to keep them from killing the trees that provide it.

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