Behind the Slickrock Curtain

Random Tidbits from "Behind the Slickrock Curtain," an environmental thriller in search of a publisher, by Jonathan P. Thompson/ @jonnypeace

[Behind the Slickrock Curtain @SlickrockC]

#BanBillionaires, #SaveTheWorld

That's all.

[Derek Gendvil @dgendvil]

When history repeats, by @Land_Desk https://t.co/JHpbdmRvqa

[Behind the Slickrock Curtain @SlickrockC]

#EatTheRich

[The Land Desk @Land_Desk]

A visit to Hoover Dam: Climate change and growing water demand push a monument to human ingenuity—and arrogance--toward obsolescence
https://t.co/aC9XuAGr88

[Behind the Slickrock Curtain @SlickrockC]

That was Eliza Santos who said that and much more. Unfortunately she doesn’t have her own Twitter account yet.

[Been There Loved That @LovedThere]

“That term, Sagebrush Rebels? They’re not rebels. They’re crusaders, trying to spread their ideology across the world in whatever way they can.” @Land_Desk brilliantly sums up the Bundy ideologue in Behind the Slick Rock Curtain. Go buy it from Maria’s Bookshop.

[Gregg Servheen @GServheen]

in a climate change west, we cannot graze as we have always done or even how we might have wished. A new day for grazing in the west is here.

Data Dump: Cows, cows, cows..., by @Land_Desk https://t.co/pPhgbjHGF0

[Behind the Slickrock Curtain @SlickrockC]

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[The Land Desk @Land_Desk]

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[Behind the Slickrock Curtain @SlickrockC]

Perfect. Horrifically so. We are so ashamed to live and vote in the district represented by this bozo. Uggh.

[Behind the Slickrock Curtain @SlickrockC]

From a well-respected literary critic, J.R.

[The Land Desk @Land_Desk]

Texas has been through this before—in ’89 and ’11 (back when it was nearly all fossil-fueled)—and didn’t learn its lessons. More on that, extreme weather and the grid, and frozen fish, via The Land Desk https://t.co/EnfYfCWReJ

[The Land Desk @Land_Desk]

From this a.m.’s Land Desk a long read on avalanches, big guns, and Zen redneck avalanche forecasters. (paid subscribers only) https://t.co/YJPlBGAeqo

[Behind the Slickrock Curtain @SlickrockC]

Well that’s a pretty darned nice review of Behind the Slickrock Curtain (buy it here: https://t.co/zGwbzQ7sHV )

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Retweet if you agree Republican Members of Congress setting off metal detectors and not stopping for Capitol Police should immediately be arrested

[Behind the Slickrock Curtain @SlickrockC]

Toppling the Navajo Generating Station smokestacks: Environmental Performance Art, Peter Simons Style #BehindTheSlickrockCurtain https://t.co/FQlJ7oTn70

[The Land Desk @Land_Desk]

Little notes like this are always a nice salve for the self-doubting-inflicted wounds, from an old friend who’s reading #BehindTheSlickrockCurtain

[Behind the Slickrock Curtain @SlickrockC]

#EatTheRich #TaxTheRich #FuckTheRich

[The Land Desk @Land_Desk]

Billionaires’ wealth exploding during a pandemic that is wreaking havoc on normal folks’ income. When do the billionaires start exploding? via @4TaxFairness https://t.co/2w7YIGeAOm

[Behind the Slickrock Curtain @SlickrockC]

#TaxTheRich

[The Land Desk @Land_Desk]

Cause. Effect. One of these days Wyoming will figure out that it could replace a chunk of lost oil/gas/coal tax revenue w/ income tax and real estate tax on Jackson’s $1billion/yr market

[Behind the Slickrock Curtain @SlickrockC]

Holy frijole, Eliza Santos. It looks like Peter Simons is still alive out there #BehindTheSlickrockCurtain https://t.co/cjGCTsqKB0

[Behind the Slickrock Curtain @SlickrockC]

When we say #BehindTheSlickrockCurtain, this is where we’re talking about.

[The Land Desk @Land_Desk]

3/n I'm focused on the 9m acre “Colorado River” area in SE Utah. #101 on the map. It’s huge, includes Glen Canyon, Henry Mts, and what is now #GSENM and #BearsEarsNM. To be fair, it wasn’t *completely* roadless. There were some oil prospecting roads in here. Still…