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Marc Edwards
@marcedwards.bsky.social
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Clean water's a human right. I'm a swimming pool tech working for the just use of our water & land. Raised right-wing Christian, but changed. he/him I write.
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Marc Edwards @marcedwards.bsky.social · Nov 19
“Without regard to whether some place is wealthy or poor, everybody should have the chance at clean air and clean water."

Barack Obama
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Marc Edwards @marcedwards.bsky.social · 8h
This is a masterpiece! Quannah Chasinghorse narrated amazing wildlife and nature shots.

I hope in watching this we learn to respect what exactly the Colorado River is as the lifeblood of our future.
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 1d
The new nature documentary "The American Southwest" spotlights what stands to be lost if we can’t learn how to live with nature instead of trying to tame it.
Quannah ChasingHorse Says The Colorado River’s Survival Is About More Than Water
The new nature documentary "The American Southwest" spotlights what stands to be lost if we can’t learn how to live with nature instead of trying to tame it.
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Marc Edwards @marcedwards.bsky.social · 1d
That’s wonderful. I hope the personhood and rights of rivers spreads globally with the tentacles of multinational corporations
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Marc Edwards @marcedwards.bsky.social · 1d
Imagine rivers with the same rights as corporations?

“When it all comes down to it, the river is my grandfather," said CRIT Councilman Tommy Drennan. "I am made of this river."

#AZWater #coloradoriver

www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Colorado River Indian Tribes may grant personhood rights to 'living' river
The Colorado River Indian Tribes may soon give their eponymous river personhood status, following moves by other tribes and Indigenous peoples.
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Marc Edwards @marcedwards.bsky.social · 1d
Curious how water is measured and allocated for the Colorado River?

www.azcentral.com/videos/news/...
Colorado water managers discuss 'fascinating and terrifying' challenges
As Colorado River states rush to finish a deal, water users face shortages brought by climate change, both in dry Arizona and snowy Colorado.
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Marc Edwards @marcedwards.bsky.social · 2d
I preordered The American Southwest streaming release.

It’s in theaters now, have any of you seen it?

#ColoradoRiver

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The American Southwest - Official Trailer - Apple TV
The American Southwest · Trailer
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Marc Edwards @marcedwards.bsky.social · Sep 12
“Do not be silent; there is no limit to the power that may be released through you.”

- Howard Thurman

To love is the greatest power we have, and when that love has a home in ourselves and for ourselves, that love has the power to break others free as well.
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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · Sep 10
Thanks to my colleague @raineytime.bsky.social for a great conversation about reporting on water in California. The latest edition of our Essential California newsletter: www.latimes.com/california/n... @latimes.com
The hunt for water: A 45-mile tunnel, retired farmland and desalination all loom
Your morning catch-up: A conversation with the L.A. Times' water savant, Supreme Court upholds immigration raids and more big stories.
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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · Sep 7
On the front page of today’s @latimes.com

Fresh water is disappearing and much of the world is getting drier

Research by @hrishikeshac.bsky.social & @jayfamiglietti.bsky.social shows large swaths of the world are losing vast amounts of water www.latimes.com/environment/... @sean-greene.bsky.social
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Marc Edwards @marcedwards.bsky.social · Sep 1
Thank you to all the union organizers and members who gave us a day of rest to celebrate the value we create with our sweat. We are all indebted.
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Marc Edwards @marcedwards.bsky.social · Aug 6
It looks like San Tan Valley, AZ is becoming Arizona’s newest city!
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Marc Edwards @marcedwards.bsky.social · Aug 5
I just registered my YES vote for San Tan Valley incorporation.
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Marc Edwards @marcedwards.bsky.social · Jul 23
Today the clouds moved in and the breeze had a sudden chill to it, it was wonderful. This was the first time I ever experienced this on a July day in Arizona.

Oh but how it took me back to the mountains of Upstate New York!
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Marc Edwards @marcedwards.bsky.social · Jul 17
Thank you to all of you who have given a tribute to the passing of Andrea Gibson. I have been loading up my Apple Music playlist with the poems they wrote to hear the poem you said that touched you. Listening through your tribute gives new insights. 🙏🏼
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Marc Edwards @marcedwards.bsky.social · Jul 17
Thank you to all of you who have given a tribute to the passing of Andrea Gibson. I have been loading up my Apple Music playlist with the poems they wrote to hear the poem you said that touched you. Listening through your tribute gives new insights. 🙏🏼

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/a...
Andrea Gibson, a Poet of Love, Hope and Gender Identity, Dies at 49
www.nytimes.com
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Marc Edwards @marcedwards.bsky.social · Jul 17
I’m so grateful for this cooler weather. I prepared myself for another July with every day over 110 degrees (F), so this is a delight!
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Marc Edwards @marcedwards.bsky.social · Jul 16
My thoughts keep returning to "truth in love." It often meant people thought they had truth, but skipped love.

As an adult, I saw it become a preface to racism, transphobia, homophobia, or partisanship.

That misuse causes so much harm in the churches where it was allowed.
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Marc Edwards @marcedwards.bsky.social · Jun 29
Thank you to everyone from all parts of the political spectrum that helped to kill this bill!

#PublicLandsInPublicHands

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/c...
A Public Lands Sell-Off Is Struck From the G.O.P. Policy Bill
www.nytimes.com
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Marc Edwards @marcedwards.bsky.social · Jun 28
“Lawmakers in Washington “are getting advice from people who might consider a float or a day trip on the Potomac a pretty wild excursion,” Mr. Newberg said. “For Westerners, public lands are a key part of life.”

#PublicLandsInPublicHands

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/c...
A Conservative’s Plan to Sell Public Lands Faces MAGA Pushback
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Marc Edwards @marcedwards.bsky.social · Jun 20
Today’s rulers rule with rhetoric, not power.

“The difference between poetry and rhetoric
is being ready to kill
yourself
instead of your children.” -Power, Audre Lorde
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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · Jun 18
@climatemayors.bsky.social: "Current water use levels and patterns across all sectors cannot be maintained in the face of increasing water scarcity due to climate change." www.latimes.com/environment/...
The West's 'Climate Mayors' call for federal help as Colorado River flows decline
Mayors of Western cities are urging the Trump administration to take steps to help address water scarcity as climate change depletes the Colorado River.
www.latimes.com
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · Jun 9
"Nobody’s going to spit on our police officers," says Trump, who four months ago pardoned people who beat police officers with pipes, flagpoles, baseball bats and 2-by-4s at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Marc Edwards @marcedwards.bsky.social · Apr 28
For those of you with more than one dog!😆
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Marc Edwards @marcedwards.bsky.social · Apr 23
“The Middle Rio Grande began drying on April 15, and on Monday more than 18 miles were dry south of Albuquerque.”- @jfleck.bsky.social

www.inkstain.net/2025/04/rio-...
Rio Grande drying in central New Mexico
Via Laura Paskus: The Middle Rio Grande began drying on April 15, and on Monday more than 18 miles were dry south of Albuquerque. We should expect poor conditions to expand in the coming weeks and …
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Marc Edwards @marcedwards.bsky.social · Mar 21
We know what $250mil can get, every day we find out what kind of power and access that money gets in this transactional administration.

I wonder if he could have had it for $100mil or less, or like with Twitter, Mr Musk was looking to show he could wildly overspend?

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War With China
Giving Elon Musk access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets is a major expansion of his role as an adviser to President Trump and highlights his conflicts of interest.
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Marc Edwards @marcedwards.bsky.social · Mar 20
I fear that this attempt to gut the government is to return some services as privatized systems.

In a privatized system, the patronage and corruption of who gets the contracts ends up kicking some money back to those in power who gave the contract.