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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Trump administration could announce any minute which states are losing how much Colorado River water. In the meantime, check out my convo with @zakpodmore.bsky.social, who wrote a stirring book about Lake Powell and has some surprising lessons: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/lake-powel...

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Lake Powell's dying days

Alfalfa isn't (always) the enemy — and other Colorado River lessons from 'Life After Dead Pool' author Zak Podmore.

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Not too late: Join me today at 4pm PT to talk all things Colorado River with @zakpodmore.bsky.social, author of "Life After Dead Pool." Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

It's crunch time on the Colorado River. Hope you'll join me on Tuesday 7/28 for a conversation with Utah-based journalist @zakpodmore.bsky.social about his super relevant book, "LIFE AFTER DEAD POOL," about the birth and death of Lake Powell. Sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Finished "Life After Dead Pool" by @zakpodmore.bsky.social, a book not about surviving after the loss of a Marvel antihero, but about the death of Lake Powell and the imminent uselessness of the Glen Canyon Dam as drought lowers the water level past the generator intakes toward dead pool...

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Zak 🦦 Podmore @zakpodmore.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Great essay by @natehousley.com that gives a fresh perspective on water history in the West and challenges some common misconceptions about increasing water “efficiency” natehousley.com/posts/The%20...

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The Other Face of Conservation: Toward a Better Understanding of Water in the West – Nate Housley

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

"Somehow the Overton Window that frames what’s permissible in the discourse around Colorado River management has not shifted as rapidly as the Overton Arm of Lake Mead." Well damn, how long has @zakpodmore.bsky.social been sitting on that one?? zakpodmore.substack.com/p/the-overto...

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The Overton Arm Has Shifted

The Glen Canyon Dam is failing and we need to stop pretending it’s worth saving

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Daniel Rothberg @danielrothberg.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

It’s possible for decision makers to hide behind competing narratives because water issues are so complicated. But after 15 years of reporting on water in the Southwest, much of the discussion appears to me as delusional." — @zakpodmore.bsky.social www.cityweekly.net/news/lake-po...

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Lake Powell's Glen Canyon Dam is failing and Utahns need to ...

Breaking the Overton Window

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

"If you live in Utah or Colorado and you like healthy rivers, tell your governor you support vegetable and alfalfa farming in California! All power to the Imperial Valley!" Provocative and insightful, from @zakpodmore.bsky.social: zakpodmore.substack.com/p/why-river-...

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Why river lovers should oppose water cuts for California farmers

...and why they should support cuts in Colorado and Utah

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Zak 🦦 Podmore @zakpodmore.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

RIP to my Grandpa Jack (1924-2026), who died at 101 today while eating chocolate ice cream with a few of his 12 kids. He fought the Nazis in WWII, had a great sense of humor, and came from a “long line of extremely accomplished river-men.” Here he is in his Colorado River t-shirt.

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Zak 🦦 Podmore @zakpodmore.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Crazy story about the “legacy of imbeciles” in Corpus Christi: dreams of desalination, Saudi petro developments, lavish taxpayer-funded parties in Israel, and a city on the brink of collapse as the water runs out.

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Zak 🦦 Podmore @zakpodmore.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I helped the New York Times cover the bizarre murder spree in Utah’s Wayne County this week

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A Killing Spree in Utah Rattles a Region and Puzzles Officials

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Zak 🦦 Podmore @zakpodmore.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

"Burning up the atmosphere and cutting down the trees The billion dollar bombing of a nation on its knees See the lightning, hear the cries Of the wounded in a world in holy war Mortal thunder from the skies Killing everything they say they're fighting for"

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Kris Kristofferson 'In The News'

YouTube video by rspaceball

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Zak 🦦 Podmore @zakpodmore.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Dept of Interior map of proposed reservoir sites, 1950. (Every one of those black labels.)

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Zak 🦦 Podmore @zakpodmore.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Hold on brother, Jesse Jackson There's a better world a'coming Where a man can hope a man will show some heart You just keep right on believing In the better side of human They ain't ready for it yet, but it's a start youtu.be/_8N2AKdnzeA?...

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YouTube video by Kris Kristofferson - Topic

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Zak 🦦 Podmore @zakpodmore.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

I’m about to start train posting again

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Zak 🦦 Podmore @zakpodmore.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

They’re being nice to me? On Reddit? www.reddit.com/r/Utah/comme...

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Morgan @cowaternerd.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

As I keep screaming from the rooftop, construction takes time, and we’re out of time! Things only get worse and worse starting around here 3,510’:

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Morgan @cowaternerd.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Without an incredible change in the trajectory of winter precipitation in the CO Basin this may be the year we see catastrophic collapse of the system and it really feels like we’re just standing on the tracks watching the train saying “we don’t have the legal authority to step off the track”

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Zak 🦦 Podmore @zakpodmore.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

A lucky someone has the opportunity to swipe right 💕

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Zak 🦦 Podmore @zakpodmore.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

The Colorado River Basin is having the warmest winter on record

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Zak 🦦 Podmore @zakpodmore.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Reclamation won’t let Lake Powell get to 3,490’ because of increased risk to the integrity of the Glen Canyon Dam. Somewhere around 3,510’, Lake Powell will hit dead storage, with no safe way to release the millions of acre-feet of water trapped in the reservoir. We could reach that level by summer!

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Zak 🦦 Podmore @zakpodmore.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

They’ve been missing deadlines since 2022. It’s time to end the charade and begin drilling tunnels around the Glen Canyon Dam

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Zak 🦦 Podmore @zakpodmore.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

10 years ago, when the cat was still a kitten and before the 10,000 DFW think pieces were written

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Zak 🦦 Podmore @zakpodmore.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Utah's HB 245, which would require contractors to pay a prevailing wage on public projects, just moved out of committee. It's the furthest a wage-related bill has gotten in Utah in decades, and it would protect against out-of-state firms undercutting local workers. le.utah.gov/Session/2026...

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HB0245

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Zak 🦦 Podmore @zakpodmore.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Is there a good popular history of the Harding-Coolidge-Hoover presidencies?

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Zak 🦦 Podmore @zakpodmore.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Just witnessed something good happen in Utah state politics. Bill that would restrict non-compete agreements just passed out of committee with a 10-3 vote le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/...

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Zak 🦦 Podmore @zakpodmore.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Rep. Ken Ivory is trying to figure out the legal implications of the latest anti-trans bill in the Utah House. He's querying Grok mid-hearing and just referenced the answers as authoritative

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Adam Roy @adnroy.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

People who lived downwind of the uranium mill in Monticello used to tell stories of bringing in their laundry from the line covered in yellow dust. The town also had sky-high rates of several different kinds of cancer. Stretches credulity to deny offhand that those two facts could be related.

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Zak 🦦 Podmore @zakpodmore.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Heads up to folks in southeast Utah. Our elected officials are pushing ahead to host spent nuclear fuel. The Moab mayor and a Grand County commissioner joined Republican-led counties in voting to submit a formal application to the Department of Energy.

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Elected officials in southeast Utah take first step toward accepting nuclear waste

A regional association of governments is preparing an application for the Department of Energy

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Domestic terrorists

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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

A write-up of yesterday's protest + general strike that'll make you feel something www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/hate-has-t...

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Hate Has to Scatter When Minneapolis Arises

At the general strike.

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 23/01/2026

Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026

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Zak 🦦 Podmore @zakpodmore.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

the first AFL-CIO-backed general strike in 80 years and the NYT is giving credit to the business owners, not the workers lol

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max nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

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Zak 🦦 Podmore @zakpodmore.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Driving behind an Energy Fuels truck carrying uranium ore into Ute Mountain Ute land on its way from the Grand Canyon to the White Mesa Mill on Friday, Jan 23, 2026.

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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

An informative piece by esteemed journalist and author @zakpodmore.bsky.social on the group ‘Mother’s for Nuclear.’ A group I’ve never heard about until he told me about them. Everyone subscribe to Zak’s substack and learn about water and public lands in the Southwest, or buy his books, or both!

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Zak 🦦 Podmore @zakpodmore.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Biden's DOE gave $2 million to a nonprofit called Mothers for Nuclear so they could come to San Juan County and tell us that accepting high-level nuclear waste would be totally safe. My latest:

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Mothers for Nuclear targets Utah's San Juan County for radioactive waste dump

The California-based nonprofit was funded by a Biden-era grant

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Zak 🦦 Podmore @zakpodmore.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

update from a relative in Minneapolis

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Nate Blouin @nateforutah.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

i love this. if elected to congress i would happily lead the charge on reining in resorts that benefit from the use of our public lands while treating labor as an expendable resource and making the sport unreachable for most.

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Zak 🦦 Podmore @zakpodmore.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

In 1976, the Senate passed a bill that would have required regular public hearings on prices charged at "our publicly owned ski slopes." As lift tickets skyrocket, maybe @nateforutah.bsky.social or some other hero will revive the effort?

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