Um. Rain incoming. A lot of it.

This weekend, 7000 BC will have a table at Bubonicon — where we’ll be premiering the new Dreams of the Roadrunner comic anthology: https://www.7000bc.org/2025/08/7000-bc-at-bubonicon-56.html

Some of the group will be participating in panels and presentations, the convention’s always a fun time.

San Juan County.

#newmexico https://youtube.com/watch?v=e-A-UHzc3PM&si=Tz8_xkmZzrhP7aBX

Today in Labor History August 21, 1680: Pueblo Indians captured Santa Fe from the Spanish. The Pueblo Revolt was an uprising against the Spanish colonizers in the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México. The Pueblos killed 400 Spaniards and drove the remaining 2,000 settlers out of the province. However, the Spaniards reconquered New Mexico 12 years later. One cause of the revolt was the Spaniard’s attempt to destroy the Pueblo religion and ban their traditional dances and kachina dolls.

The Pueblo Revolt has been depicted in numerous fictional accounts, many of which were written by native and Pueblo authors. Clara Natonabah, Nolan Eskeets & Ariel Antone, from the Santa Fe Indian School Spoken Word Team, wrote and performed "Po'pay" in 2010. In 2005, Native Voices at the Autry produced “Kino and Teresa,” a Pueblo recreation of “Romeo and Juliet,” written by Taos Pueblo playwright James Lujan. La Compañía de Teatro de Albuquerque produced the bilingual play “Casi Hermanos,” written by Ramon Flores and James Lujan, in 1995. Even Star Trek got into the game, with references to the Pueblo Revolt in their "Journey's End" episode. The rebel leader, Po’pay, was depicted in Willa Cather’s “Death Comes for the Arch Bishop” and in Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World.”

#workingclass #LaborHistory #pueblo #revolt #rebellion #uprising #nativeamerican #genocide #indigenous #newmexico #books #plays #playwright #fiction #novel #author #writer #startrek #aldoushuxley #willacather @bookstadon

The waning crescent moon next to the Beehive star cluster (M44 in Cancer) and the planet Mercury...low in morning twilight.

The cell phone shot is a wider angle and also captures the planets Jupiter and Venus as well as the constellation Gemini.

Coverage of Sec. Kristi Noem’s visit to New Mexico. She toured flash flood damage in Ruidoso, and then came down to the border to announce renewed plans to paint the entire southern border wall black.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_cf3e05da-ede8-4e44-b8e6-9ca29c606a34.html

Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
Guild Cinema
Mon August 25 @ 6:00 pm

https://yeehaw505.com/event/marlee-matlin-not-alone-anymore/2025-08-25

Boys Go to Jupiter
Guild Cinema
Mon August 25 @ 4:00 pm

https://yeehaw505.com/event/boys-go-to-jupiter/2025-08-25

Today we hiked out Las Conchas, then tried to wade downstream toward the Jemez Box waterfall. I knew I was going to turn back early, but the wading was a lot more difficult and deeper than expected, and we made it only a tiny fraction of the way to the Box when we were stopped by a descent down a mini-waterfall into a pool deep enough that we'd have had to swim. Everyone turned around there. Maybe we'll try again some time when the water level is a lot lower.

Fun anyway!

Three morning planets and the waning crescent moon in twilight.

Brilliant Venus is right of the moon. Jupiter is along the upper edge. Mercury is peeking from behind a cloud in the lower left corner.

The moon's earthshine stands out strongly because it's not yet bright twilight.

To the upper left of the moon are the bright stars Castor and Pollux of the constellation Gemini.

Compare to yesterday morning's photo:
https://universeodon.com/@KrajciTom/115055457828570447

A desert millipede in New Mexico. I rarely saw these when I was growing up, but now they're common in the White Rock Canyon area of Los Alamos County. Curiously, this species was kept as pets in Europe awhile back. They're harmless to humans (though they'll munch on your fingers) and I find them endearing.

Our freedom to doubt was born out of a struggle against authority in the early days of science. It was a very deep and strong struggle: permit us to question -- to doubt -- to not be sure.
-- Richard Feynman

#Wisdom #Quotes #RichardFeynman #Doubt

#Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #PuebloBonito #Ruins #NewMexico

Albuquerque MAGA.

#newmexico https://citydesk.org/2025/08/18/bernalillo-county-gop-responds-to-mayoral-candidate-controversy/

The Economic Impact of Nonprofit Organizations in New Mexico https://www.groundworksnm.org/sites/default/files/files/NMAG_Economic_Impact_Report_2020_Final%20%28002%29.pdf

https://cahfnm.medium.com/the-economic-impact-of-nonprofit-organizations-in-new-mexico-full-report-283456d3292e

Nonprofits and New Mexico's Economy https://www.nmthrives.org/_files/ugd/f01508_330761ab9ee04541a6573bf0627bc39c.pdf
#Economic #Impact #Nonprofit #NM #NewMexico #USPol #NMLegis

Monsoon storms are developing today over the mountains of southern New Mexico, and they will for another month and a half.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_monsoon