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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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City of Dust – Gleeson, Arizona

2021-05-04 John Mulhouse City of Dust Leave a comment

Copper, Turquoise, and Moonshine We’ve reached our last stop on the Cochise County Ghost Town Trail: Gleeson, Arizona. When the

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Sturgill Simpson – Could You Love Me One More Time

2021-05-03 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Gus Clark & The Least of His Problems – Thoughts and Prayers

2021-05-03 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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David Dorado Romo in The Atlantic

2021-05-03 elrichiboy Local Heroes, Migration One comment

Local historian David Dorado Romo is prominently featured in this month’s Atlantic Magazine, in a story titled America Never Wanted

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Alternatino – When You’re Latinx But You Can’t Dance

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Sunday Matinee – Tiger Bay

2021-05-02 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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The Velvet Underground – Jesus

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Saturday Matinee – Cults, Taboos, and Twisted Faith

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Question Mark & The Mysterian – 96 Tears

2021-04-30 elrichiboy Music One comment
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Friday Short – They’re Made Out Of Meat

2021-04-30 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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The Filthy Lucre is Really Filthy

2021-04-30 elrichiboy ballpark, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider 2 comments

I don’t like to use my cards. My debit cards represent money in the bank, literally. With my sporadic income,

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Jalan Crossland – Moonshiner

2021-04-29 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Retrovision: We’re on the Wrong Side of History

2021-04-29 elrichiboy Economic Development, Law Enforcement, Slider 3 comments

This post originally appeared on 9 February 2016. The biggest major at UTEP is Criminal Justice. Because law enforcement and

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About That Brownfields Assessment

2021-04-29 elrichiboy Downtown, Ethics, Slider, The Environment 3 comments

Yesterday I walked that downtown area that the Downtown Management District is offering up for brownfield assessment. The tract is

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Credit Where Credit Is Due

2021-04-29 elrichiboy Corrections, Education, Elections, Media, Sam Rodriguez, Self Censorship, Slider One comment

This week I published a post critical of the El Paso Times coverage of an EPISD District 3 candidate. You

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A Challenger for La Vero?

2021-04-28 elrichiboy Elections, National Policy, Politics, Slider One comment

This story from TheHill.com: Daniel Marans, a HuffPost reporter who covers the Democratic Party, on Thursday discussed his recent story on

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Brand Management Chuco-Style

2021-04-28 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Downtown, Downtown Historic District, Slider, The Environment Leave a comment

Welcome to my Pity Party The Downtown Management District thinks it’s a good idea to have parts of downtown El

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Sarah Vaughn – Whatever Lola Wants

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Alternatino – Welcome to America

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Sunday Matinee – Across the Bridge

2021-04-25 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee 4 comments
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  • Lela Gayle Braswell Merz on City of Dust: Center Point, New Mexico (Updated)
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  • Greg on Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One
  • Annony on New Chief, Same as the Old Chief
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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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