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I've always been drawn to the sound of water flowing through a small stream. It's not a roar, not even a forceful murmur, but rather a soft, gentle trickle that is constantly in the background.

Despite its lack of clamor, it attracts my attention, for no other reason than that it is persistent, steady, and calming.

Truth is a bit that way.

Coming Together on North Creek art print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/coming-together-on-north-creek-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print

#nature #travel #hiking #utah #zion #art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #USA

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BREAKING NEWS: Rocky Mountain Power says it will appeal a decision denying a significant rate hike the utility proposed. It came hours after the head of the Public Service Commission testified before the Utah legislature explaining why they slashed it: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/rocky-mountain-power-to-appeal-decision-denying-bigger-rate-increase #utpol #Utah

I don't know how many places there are where Pride opens with a church service, but it does in #Utah

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#SLC #Utah ICE protests

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaltLakeCity/comments/1la3gro/i_was_not_expecting_that_many_people_for_today/

#SaltLakeCity #Utah is having an emergency protest in solidarity with #LosAngeles against #ICE

#protests #50501movement #trump #immigration

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaltLakeCity/comments/1l6hsmm/emergency_protests_at_the_federal_building_in_slc/

Work is finally underway on the inland port project in Salt Lake City. Some community groups accuse the port authority of hurting the environment. The port authority insists they’re helping it: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/work-finally-begins-on-salt-lake-citys-inland-port-project #utpol #Utah

Boy, Salt Lake City did not have a great weekend.

Salt Lake Tribune: Three killed, including 8-month-old, in shooting at WestFest carnival in West Valley City

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2025/06/16/westfest-shooting-leaves-multiple/

#crime #Utah #SLC

Great, glad to see stuff like this getting covered

"Utahns show up to stand in solidarity with Los Angeles protests"

#Utah

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2025/06/09/utahns-show-up-stand-solidarity/

"Ah good. At last we've escaped them."

Not that I want to be anti-social, but when I visit beautiful places like Zion National Park in Utah, USA, I like to leave the crowds.

And while it's difficult to do in popular spots (Zion gets some 4-5 million visitors per year), if you find the trails that aren't listed on the visitor brochures, you'll quite often succeed.

Hop Valley framed print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/hop-valley-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print

#nature #art #artwork #utah #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #USA #travel

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It sounds like the #NoKings gathering in Provo, #Utah had about 4,000 people

Utah County (where Provo is) voted 68% for Trump in 2024.

Yep, sure looking like the shooting at the #SLC #Utah #NoKings march was a self-anointed "good guy with a gun" shooting at another self-anointed "good guy with a gun" and killing an innocent person in the process.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2025/06/16/peacekeeper-under-investigation/

More guns do not make us safer.

Remember: there are no accidental shootings.

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Salt Lake Tribune: When you phone 911 in SLC and Sandy, AI soon may take your call. “Some 911 calls dialed by residents of Salt Lake City and Sandy soon may be answered by something like a robot, powered by artificial intelligence. Faced with chronic understaffing among the ranks of its dispatchers, the 911 Communications Bureau based in Utah’s capital city wants to explore using an […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/17/salt-lake-tribune-when-you-phone-911-in-slc-and-sandy-ai-soon-may-take-your-call/

Salt Lake City Police Chief Brian Redd was summoned to Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers about the “No Kings” protest shooting: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/salt-lake-city-police-chief-summoned-to-meet-with-lawmakers-over-no-kings-shooting #utpol #Utah

Following the shootings of Minnesota lawmakers, members of the Utah State Legislature were given a briefing about their own personal security: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/after-minnesota-lawmakers-shootings-utahs-capitol-hill-gets-security-briefing #utpol #Utah

Bison is on the menu in some Utah schools thanks to the Ute Tribe and a state-run program to get more local produce and proteins in cafeterias: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/utah-schools-serve-up-a-taste-of-the-wild-with-bison-on-the-menu #utpol #Utah

The beginning of the day is bright, promising, alert, as we think of the many things (I hope pleasant) we have to do.

But evening is quiet, easy, slow, a time to reflect upon what we have accomplished, and to relax into a state of rest.

Nature does this every day with sunrise and sunset, and when we follow her lead, we do so as well.

Long Shadows in Zion art print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/long-shadows-in-zion-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print

#travel #utah #zion #nature #art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #sunset #landscape #peace

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The state of Utah has filed a lawsuit against Snapchat, accusing it of crafting addictive algorithms and forcing an AI onto many users that offers some disturbing advice: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/utah-files-lawsuit-against-snapchat-alleging-company-made-app-addictive-for-minors #utpol #Utah