Kendal Blust

@UAZJSchool Prof and freelance reporter in the AZ-Sonora borderlands. Formerly with the @fronterasdesk in Hermosillo and @nogalesnews. Dms open for news tips!

[Kendal Blust @ktblust]

“It’s hard to understand the value of a place like this unless you spend time here.”

Visit @NavopatiaFS and learn about efforts to protect the unique habitat of organ pipe cactus forest in Sonora’s Pitayal Costera in my latest for the @fronterasdesk.

https://t.co/5J8IwgUYAg

[Susan Barnett @susan_a_barnett]

Man takes credit for something he didn’t do and then yells at woman when called out 🙄 Awful integrity and response from @JuddLegum 🍅🍅

[Kendal Blust @ktblust]

Unfortunately, it’s shockingly common for outside reporters to follow up on local reporting without citing the original work. It’s even more egregious when a generous, well-sourced local journalist like @DanyelleKhmara helps you out and you don’t credit her. How disappointing!

[Danyelle Khmara @DanyelleKhmara]

@JuddLegum emailed me Sunday—2 days after I broke Jose Hermosillo’s story—asking for help, promising credit. I helped. Today, he claimed he was first to interview Jose (4 days after my story). When I called him to say that’s not ok, he yelled, swore, then finally credited me.

[Danyelle Khmara @DanyelleKhmara]

@JuddLegum emailed me Sunday—2 days after I broke Jose Hermosillo’s story—asking for help, promising credit. I helped. Today, he claimed he was first to interview Jose (4 days after my story). When I called him to say that’s not ok, he yelled, swore, then finally credited me.

[Emily Bregel @EmilyBregel]

Very disappointing, unacceptable behavior from a fellow journalist @JuddLegum. (And odd for him to claim that he was first to interview Hermosillo, after @azpublicmedia, Arizona Daily Star and at least one New Mexico outlet already published stories with quotes from Hermosillo.)

[Paola Rodríguez (she/her/ella) @RodriguezPaola9]

Judd, you wrote: “In an interview with Popular Information, his first with any media outlet, Hermosillo said DHS's account was false.”

@DanyelleKhmara broke the story last week for @azpublicmedia. If we truly value independent journalism, give credit to local outlets.

[Kendal Blust @ktblust]

@ctrl_alt_suprim @uazjschool Gracias Pris!! 💜

[Ali Bianco @_alibianco]

An amazing article from @jherrerx on Puerto Ricans and Dominican Americans in Pennsylvania — it’s a fresh read that injects nuance into this conversation about Latino voters, which begs for specificity. Give it your time before election day.

https://t.co/HEIrO1X6Sv

[Nicole Santa Cruz @nicolesantacruz]

In all, we (Ruth Talbot, @asiakmfields, @mayatmiller & myself) spoke with more than 300 people about these actions and reported from 11 cities. We hope you'll take some time to read: https://t.co/GUyRQpLyEP

[Nicole Santa Cruz @nicolesantacruz]

This year, @ProPublica has been looking into the impacts of cities increasingly removing or “sweeping” encampments. We spoke with 135 people who had experienced sweeps. We also distributed notecards so people could write about it in their own words. 🧵

[𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚛𝚊. @palabranahj]

Migrant children separated at the border face lasting challenges, yet continue to adapt and shape new paths forward 🖊️@joshephillips w/collab @MaritzaLFelix  Edited by @ricsand Photos Roxsy Lin 🔗https://t.co/XULJ6xBi94

[Russ McSpadden @PeccaryNotPig]

Border wall construction in southern Arizona's Pajarito Mts 4 years ago decimated the Mariposa Canyon watershed as well as jaguar & Mexican spotted owl critical habitat. The area remains in ruin today. Work crews continue to try to stabilize the site & the wall from collapse.

[Kylie Mohr @thatsMohrlikeit]

The exact formula of wildfire suppressants are trade secrets, proprietary to the handful of companies who make them. New research suggests those mixtures have heavy metals in them, contributing ~ 380,000 kg of toxic metals to the enviro between 2009-2021. https://t.co/BLxJEm5uRG

[Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen]

A Trump win means that workers may continue to die of heat without basic protection -- for at least another 5+ years.

A proposed set of rules reaches a milestone in December but won't finish before Biden leaves office.
My latest @KFFHealthNews @AlJazeera https://t.co/otMxwOywOi

[Arielle Zionts @Ajzionts]

Israel has killed ~900 in its recent bombings in north Gaza. ~100 of them were killed today. The hospital has only one doctor after Israel arrested or expelled all other health workers. 2 kid patients died after generators died.

https://t.co/CVj5Mb038L

https://t.co/UaLT2BdXUX

[Lois Beckett @loisbeckett]

“It is indeed anticipatory obedience.”

I asked @TimothyDSnyder about why he thinks American billionaires are blocking their newspapers from endorsing Kamala Harris.

https://t.co/WQTY396Md4

[Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry @confluencenter]

On this day and every day we honor the history and contributions of Native Peoples.

We reflect on the Indigenous creatives who have contributed work to our center and beyond.

[Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry @confluencenter]

Meet Victoria Silva! She is pursuing a BA in Law with a major in Spanish and a minor in Public Health at the University of Arizona. Victoria completed her internship with Coalición de Derechos Humanos in Spring 2024.

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[High Country News @highcountrynews]

Join @grist's @Tahtone and @highcountrynews' @annavtoriasmith for a lecture and conversation exploring how stolen wealth continues to transform public institutions like @uarizona.

Visit if you're in Tucson or check out the livestream on October 1️⃣5️⃣.

https://t.co/1gQYN0x5vs

[Ellie Wolfe @elliew0lfe]

NEW: A year after the Oct. 7 attacks, the University of Arizona Faculty Senate is preparing a statement on antisemitism + Islamophobia. It was supposed to arrive in the spring but was postponed after the encampments. What to know + why it was postponed:
https://t.co/QxhkLAPFok

[Kendal Blust @ktblust]

@DanyelleKhmara Officially made it 💪