November 29 For Immediate Release

On Tuesday, December 5th, from 1 pm to 2:30 pm, following a federal judge’s dismissal of their latest lawsuit, the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony (RSIC) will hold a press conference on their court cases against the Thacker Pass lithium mine.

Members of the media are invited to attend the press conference, which will be held at RSIC’s Multipurpose Room, 34 Reservation Road, Building A, Reno, NV. The press conference will also be available by zoom and will be live streaming on the RSIC Facebook page.

Editor’s Note: Technology has created a virtual lifespace for all: a lifespace that gives us calculated doses of dopamine and gets us addicted to it. The following piece urges us to remove ourselves from the technological world that we have unwittingly been entangled into and to place ourselves within the natural, real world.

Praise the Technology!

By Mankh

• 89% of Americans say they check their phones within the first 10 minutes of waking up.
• 75% of Americans feel uneasy leaving their phone at home.
• 75% use their phone on the toilet.
• 69% have texted someone in the same room as them before.
• 60% sleep with their phone at night
• 57% consider themselves “addicted” to their phones
• 55% say that they have never gone longer than 24 hours without their cell phone.
• 47% of people say they feel a sense of panic or anxiety when their cell phone battery goes below 20%.
• 46% use or look at their phone while on a date.
• 27% use or look at their phone while driving. [" 2023 Cell Phone Usage Statistics: Mornings Are for Notifications"]

After a Hewlett-Packard BIOS update fried my computer’s motherboard I had four-and-a-half days without a computer while the part was in transit to the neighborhood repair guy I found because of guidance in a dream from a Carolina Wren reminding me to look local; then Internet via cell phone helped find the repair guy.

Editor’s Note: Last winter, we published a news report about the winter hunt for buffalo in Yellowstone National Park. Today we are bringing you a short update from Stephany Seay, co-founder of Roam Free Nation, about an appeal for a ceasefire for the last wild buffalo at the Yellowstone National Park for this upcoming winter.

By Stephany Seay/ Roam Free Nation

It is time for a cease-fire in the so-called buffalo hunts that take place on the western and northern edges of Yellowstone National Park.