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  • The Battle of Socorro (New Mexico) and the Futures of People and Data Centers

    2026-06-04 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Emerging as one of the hottest issues in the U.S. today, hyperscale AI data centers have become a magnet for citizen activism

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  • James Cagney in “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye”

    2026-05-31 elrichiboy
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  • “Impossible Places: World’s Most Extreme Corners on Earth”

    2026-05-30 elrichiboy
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  • “Blackout”

    2026-05-24 elrichiboy
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  • “Sevres & Sykes–Picot: How the Middle East Was Divided”

    2026-05-23 elrichiboy
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  • Memories, Reflections and Connections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part Two

    2026-05-20 Kent Paterson

    Feature photo: Mercedes Doretti of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team addresses the Las Cruces gathering. (Photo by Cynthia Bejarano) Convened on the 20th anniversary of

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  • “Jealous Badge”

    2026-05-17 elrichiboy
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  • “The New ‘Oumuamua? Everything We Know So Far About 3I/Atlas”

    2026-05-16 elrichiboy
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  • Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One

    2026-05-13 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Paula Flores recently retold parts of a painfully long and unresolved story to an audience at New Mexico State University (NMSU) in

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  • “Cry Vegeance”

    2026-05-10 elrichiboy
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  • “The Officer Who Threw the Punch Isn’t the Problem. The Man Who Approved It Is.”

    2026-05-08 elrichiboy
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  • Our Surveillance State

    2026-05-05 Rich Wright

    From APNews.com: Once limited to policing the nation’s boundaries, the Border Patrol has built a surveillance system stretching into the country’s interior that can monitor

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EPISD’s New Superintendent

2021-12-14 elrichiboy School Districts, Slider 5 comments

The El Paso Independent School District has a new Superintendent. From ElPasoMatters.com: The El Paso Independent School District Board of

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El Paso in Belgium

2021-12-13 elrichiboy Brand El Paso One comment

A Belgian amusement park has a ride called “El Paso”. Draw your own conclusions.

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The Economic Impact of Arenas: A Brief Survey

2021-12-13 elrichiboy Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Welfare for the Rich 9 comments

The El Paso City Council recently approved the following motion: “To direct the City Manager or designee to hire a

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Sunday Matinee – The Brasher Doubloon

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The Piano Guys – O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

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Saturday Matinee – Do We Live in a Simulation?

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The Deck Park and Trail Connectivity

2021-12-10 elrichiboy Deck Park, Slider 2 comments

Deck plaza advocate Tracy Yellen had this to say in a recent guest column in the El Paso Times: A

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Friday Short – Napo

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Support El Chuqueño

2021-12-10 elrichiboy Support El Chuqueño 4 comments

El Paso is facing a lot of challenges right now. Widening the freeway and the deck park. Redistricting. The discharge

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Billy Strings – Meet Me At the Creek

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The Myth of the Trickle Down Economy

2021-12-08 elrichiboy City Council, Inequality, MountainStar Sports Group, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, Welfare for the Rich 3 comments

From Business Insider India: Inequality has remained persistently high for decades, and a new report shows just how stark the

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Maria Felix in Doña Barbara

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Lost Dog Street Band – Jalisco Bloom

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December 6 Is the Anniversary of the Banana Massacre, 1928

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The Deck Park and the Health Costs of More Traffic

2021-12-05 elrichiboy Deck Park, Downtown, Public Health, Slider, The Trench 5 comments

Here’s an op-ed from Morten Naess in the El Paso Times: As a retired Sierra Medical Center emergency room physician,

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Sunday Matinee – The Last Crooked Mile

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Ana Vidovic – La Catedral

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Saturday Matinee – This Is How You Can Be Arrested for DUI – Even If You’re Stone Cold Sober

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Quality of Life Much?

2021-12-03 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Cost of Living, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

Here’s a heartbreaking story from the El Paso Times. I am reprinting it in its entirety. This holiday season, the

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Friday Short – Clarity

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  • Lela Gayle Braswell Merz on City of Dust: Center Point, New Mexico (Updated)
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  • Mark Z on La Fiesta, Downtown Juarez
  • Greg on Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One
  • Annony on New Chief, Same as the Old Chief
  • Jerry K on Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One
  • Jessamyn C Young on Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One
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El Chuqueño Lately

  • The Battle of Socorro (New Mexico) and the Futures of People and Data Centers
  • James Cagney in “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye”
  • “Impossible Places: World’s Most Extreme Corners on Earth”
  • “Blackout”
  • “Sevres & Sykes–Picot: How the Middle East Was Divided”

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