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Desert dweller. Writer. Artist. Public lands advocate. There might be cats 🏜🐾 πŸ“ Southern Utah annikadurum.com

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Butternut’s big snow day

24.02.2026 05:44 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Everything is tuberculosis, and everything is political Claiming the outdoors is not a political space, is in fact a very political statement.

For the β€œhiking isn’t political” folks:

β€œI’m not political” [is] in fact a very political statement.”

substack.com/home/post/p-...

03.02.2026 21:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you to everyone for making calls. The Senate voted 55–45 to block the spending package.

29.01.2026 17:34 πŸ‘ 4864 πŸ” 870 πŸ’¬ 121 πŸ“Œ 52

They wanted and are celebrating what’s happening :(

29.01.2026 17:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

not just in art, either, there are guys who would go around obsessively fixing every clogged pipe in a 10-mile radius if they had the free time and social infrastructure to do so

22.12.2025 00:48 πŸ‘ 2901 πŸ” 551 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 36

I have always said it, I will continue to say it, we are limiting the productive potential of millions of freaks by demanding they earn a wage to survive instead of enabling them to do whatever thing their brain is broken for

22.12.2025 00:45 πŸ‘ 5466 πŸ” 1722 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 62

Absolutely beautiful 🩡

14.01.2026 06:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful!

14.01.2026 06:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is so lovely

14.01.2026 06:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Making art to maintain my sanity despite the hellscape.

A cyanotype made from a collage of negatives, a little desert love song.

#cyanotype #utahartist #art #photography

14.01.2026 06:13 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a poem.

#poetry #typewriter

20.12.2025 19:44 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Another day, another desert sun print 🏜️🌡🩡

12.01.2026 07:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!!

06.01.2026 23:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

born to shitpost, forced to whine about fascist politicians and their quisling 'opposition'

05.01.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Entire planet could be frolicking in the woods and meadows but instead we have to fight fascism because far too many of you love billionaires and bigotry more than you love yourselves.

05.01.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 441 πŸ” 105 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4

Finally finished editing/implementing feedback on a poetry manuscript I’ve been working on and started submitting it. Please clap πŸ˜­πŸ™πŸ»
#poetry #whyissubmittingthehardestpart

05.01.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Two things can be true! He wasn’t a good person. This was still done illegally, and sets a terrible precedent in so many ways.

04.01.2026 00:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So it's appropriate to arrest a world leader if you consider them criminal? You can just go get them? Just asking questions here.

03.01.2026 17:18 πŸ‘ 6019 πŸ” 1310 πŸ’¬ 107 πŸ“Œ 42
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Gave these pants a little desert love glow up ✨🩡
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#utahartist #cyanotype #desert

04.01.2026 00:08 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!!

03.01.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Aren’t they!

03.01.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A few things I made recently 🩡
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#cyanotype #utah #art

02.01.2026 05:41 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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a tiny #poem

26.12.2025 17:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
And yet, as 2025 limps toward its end, there are reasons to be hopeful.
That's because of millions of people throughout the country who have refused to surrender to this administration's bullying.
When Trump began his second term, conventional wisdom held that the resistance was moribund. If that was ever true, it's certainly not anymore. This year has seen some of thedargest street protests in American history. Amanda Litman, a founder of Run for Something, a group that trains young progressives to seek local office, told me that since the 2024 election, it has seen more sign-ups than in all of Trump's first four years. Just this month, the Republican-dominated legislature in Indiana, urged on by voters, rebelled against MAGA efforts to intimidate them and refused to redraw their congressional maps to eliminate Democratic-leaning districts.

And yet, as 2025 limps toward its end, there are reasons to be hopeful. That's because of millions of people throughout the country who have refused to surrender to this administration's bullying. When Trump began his second term, conventional wisdom held that the resistance was moribund. If that was ever true, it's certainly not anymore. This year has seen some of thedargest street protests in American history. Amanda Litman, a founder of Run for Something, a group that trains young progressives to seek local office, told me that since the 2024 election, it has seen more sign-ups than in all of Trump's first four years. Just this month, the Republican-dominated legislature in Indiana, urged on by voters, rebelled against MAGA efforts to intimidate them and refused to redraw their congressional maps to eliminate Democratic-leaning districts.

Why I am so hopeful, in a sentence. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/o...

26.12.2025 15:42 πŸ‘ 307 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4
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Utah Memories

Morning Glow
Mesa Arch
Island in the Sky
Canyonlands National Park
Utah
#utah #canyonlands #mesaarch #landscape #photography

22.12.2025 18:42 πŸ‘ 540 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1
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Betty Reid Soskin, Oldest U.S. Park Ranger and Trailblazing Historian, Dies at 104 | KQED Betty Reid Soskin, the nation’s oldest National Park Service ranger and a pioneering historian at Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park, devoted her life to preserving Black histo...

Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest ranger, has died. She was 104.

22.12.2025 04:03 πŸ‘ 6251 πŸ” 1619 πŸ’¬ 126 πŸ“Œ 155
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The post-hike nap hit hard btw

22.12.2025 02:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He’s brewing up some quests, I’m sure!

22.12.2025 02:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! He is!

22.12.2025 02:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A happy hiker #Caturday from Butternut

21.12.2025 04:35 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0