Archive for March, 2023

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Common Dreams – By Brett Wilkins – Mar 24, 2023 Wildlife conservationists sounded the alarm Wednesday as an annual count of monarch butterflies revealed a sharp decline in the number of the iconic insects hibernating in Mexican forests, stoking renewed fears of their extinction. The annual survey—led by Mexico’s National Commission of Natural Protected Areas… »»»

Common Dreams – By Julia Conley – Mar 23, 2023 “In the richest country in the world, it is a moral imperative that we take this issue head-on,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal. Declaring that homelessness and housing insecurity is the result of “a structural failure of a country that has refused to make safe and… »»»

tvinsider – By Dan Clarendon – Mar 21, 2023 Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie, the Monk TV movie coming to Peacock, will find the titular character grappling with a post-pandemic world, according to star Tony Shalhoub. “It’s Monk present day after however long we’ve been away from him, 13 years now, going on… »»»

The Guardian – By Julian Borger & Pjotr Sauer – Mar 17, 2023 The international criminal court (ICC) in The Hague has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin for overseeing the abduction of Ukrainian children, sending Russia another significant step on the path to becoming a pariah state. In granting the request for warrants… »»»

No Lies Radio Music – By Teri Perticone – March 15, 2023 Sly Stone (born Sylvester Stewart, March 15, 1943, Denton, Texas) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, most famous for his role as frontman for Sly and the Family Stone, a band which played a critical role in the development of soul,… »»»

The Guardian – By Ramon Antonio Vargas – Tue Mar 14, 2023 Joe Biden says Jimmy Carter has asked him to deliver his eulogy. President reveals he visited his Democratic predecessor, who is receiving hospice care at home in Plains, Georgia. Jimmy Carter – who entered home hospice care in February – has asked fellow… »»»

The San Francisco Standard – By Maryann Jones Thompson – Mar 13, 2023 Standing a two-hour drive north of Reno and hundreds of miles from anywhere else, Gerlach is an Old West ranching and mining outpost with a dozen or so streets and a hundred or so residents. It’s known for its remote desert wilderness,… »»»

SFGATE – By Andrew Chamings – Mar 12, 2023 Most stories will tell you that San Francisco has two octagon homes. Both are pristinely maintained historic landmarks and sometimes even open for tours. But a third, often forgotten eight-sided house sits abandoned among the cypress woods on the cliff tops of Lands End. The unusually… »»»

No Lies Radio Music – By Teri Perticone – Sun March 12, 2023 Pink Floyd were an English rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining a following as a psychedelic band, they were distinguished for their extended compositions, sonic experimentation, philosophical lyrics and elaborate live shows, and became a leading band of the progressive… »»»

Burning Man Journal – By Kirsten Weisenburger – Mar 10, 2023 Photographer, conservationist, and Burning Man Co-founder Will Roger Peterson lives in Gerlach with his life partner and fellow Co-founder Crimson Rose. His remarkable photography, whether captured in his home studio or in the surrounding Black Rock Desert, speaks of the power and mystery of… »»»

SFGATE – By Amy Graff – Mar 8, 2023 An atmospheric river is forecast to dump rain over California’s massive snowpack Thursday and Friday, raising concerns that a rush of snowmelt at lower elevations could cause flooding. Roadways in the Sierra Foothills are especially at risk for flooding. “It could get really ugly,” said David… »»»

Common Dreams – By H. Patricia Hynes – Mar 8, 2023 A month ago, I heard on the news that Boston public schools would be closed on February 3 because of the severe Arctic cold and wind chill forecast for that day and the next. My first thought was: what if the students’ mothers are… »»»

Common Dreams – By Julia Conley – Mar 7, 2023 Five Texas women are scheduled to speak on the steps of the state Capitol on Tuesday about the life-threatening risks posed by the state’s abortion ban and their struggles to obtain necessary healthcare since it went into effect, a day after filing an unprecedented lawsuit… »»»

The Guardian – By Dani Anguiano – 3 Mar 2023 The west coast of the US, from Oregon to the mountains of California and the golf courses of Phoenix, has received nearly unprecedented levels of snowfall this week in what officials are calling a “once-in-a-generation” event. The mountainous regions of California have received so much… »»»

Burning Man Journal – By Tony “Coyote” Perez-Banuet – March 2, 2023 People think the life of a cowboy is some sort of Wild Bill shoot-em-up wrangler type. But a real cowboy finds himself sitting in a saddle for weeks on end under big skys with silent mountains as he moves along no faster than… »»»

The Guardian – By Poppy Noor – Thu 2 Mar 2023 Top human rights organizations are calling on the United Nations to intervene over the destruction of abortion rights in the US. In a letter shared in advance with the Guardian and sent Thursday by nearly 200 organizations and experts, the authors detail how, since… »»»

Tiffany Compton is with Amrita Joy Ananda Ma and KamalaDevi McClure. 5d · I spoke with Amrita Joy Ananda Ma’s family today. They received the report from the medical examiner. It seems Amrita was experiencing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and died of a heart attack in her home in Escondido on Friday, February 17th. Amrita’s community… »»»