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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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Joe T. Hodo – Agua pasa por mi termo (cates se los doy yo)

2020-12-30 elrichiboy Joe T. Hodo Leave a comment
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The Failing Health of Government By Spin

2020-12-30 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Ethics, Media, Politics, Slider, Technology Leave a comment

El Paso has a long history of catering to private interest in the name of public good. That worked before

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Sunday Matinee – The House on Telegraph Hill

2020-12-27 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Friday Short – Black Angel

2020-12-25 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Joyeux Noel

2020-12-24 elrichiboy Video Leave a comment
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Dropkick Murphys – “The Season’s Upon Us”

2020-12-23 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Joe T. Hodo – Expropiación de órganos de los usuarios del Paso Express

2020-12-22 elrichiboy Joe T. Hodo Leave a comment
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A Message From the Local Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America

2020-12-22 Xavier Miranda Elections, Guest Column, Politics, Slider 4 comments

Greetings All, My name is Xavier Miranda, and I am the new Chair of the DSA of El Chuco Electoral

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Dinosaur 94 – Love Impaired

2020-12-21 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Better Candidates = Better Government

2020-12-21 elrichiboy City Council, Elections, Politics, Slider 8 comments

El Pasoans don’t vote. In the most recent mayoral runoff, only 13% of the registered voters cast a ballot. Yeah,

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Marijuana Might Save Your Life

2020-12-21 elrichiboy Coronavirus, News 2 comments

From High Times Forbes.com: As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, researchers have started to look for solutions in an unlikely

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Sunday Matinee – 1984

2020-12-20 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Saturday Matinee – Abducted in Argentina

2020-12-19 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Friday Short – A Shadow of Dara

2020-12-18 elrichiboy Friday Short, Uncategorized Leave a comment
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Retrovision: Our Local Public Private Partnerships

2020-12-17 elrichiboy ballpark, Economic Development, MountainStar Sports Group, Opportunity Costs, Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Welfare for the Rich Leave a comment

This post originally appeared on 08 February 2018. Public Private Partnerships are all the rage. The ballpark got one. The

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Frontera Bugalu’s Tiny Desk

2020-12-17 elrichiboy Music, Video One comment

Here’s Frontera Bugalu’s submission to NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series. Looks like a party I wish I’d been invited to.

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What’s Wrong With the Ballpark

2020-12-16 elrichiboy ballpark, City Management, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes 4 comments

The baseball stadium is nice. Real nice. One of the nicest ballparks in the country, and one of the nicest

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The Speakeasy Three: When I get Low I Get High

2020-12-15 elrichiboy Music One comment
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Joe T. Hodo: ¡Especial navideño!

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Sunday Matinee – The Big Combo

2020-12-13 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee 2 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
  • Jerry K 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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