Jim O'Donnell Profile Banner
Jim O'Donnell Profile
Jim O'Donnell

@jimodonnell2

9,111
Followers
6,133
Following
9,336
Media
215,097
Statuses

Walker. Writer. Reader. Storyteller. Photographer. Author NOTES FOR THE AURORA SOCIETY and THE FOUNTAIN from @torreyhouse , spec fiction, archaeology 🇺🇦

Taos New Mexico
Joined July 2009
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
Pinned Tweet
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
5 months
PREORDER MY BOOK! "Every stream in the American West deserves a biographer as affectionate, thorough, and lyrical as Jim O'Donnell." —BEN GOLDFARB, author of Crossings FOUNTAIN CREEK: Big Lessons from a Little River by Jim O'Donnell
28
11
45
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
3 years
Friend just told me her daughter got fired from her fast food job for refusing to come to work while COVID positive.
234
1K
8K
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
2 years
Long COVID scares me more than COVID.
264
326
4K
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
6 years
@apteacher37803 @realDonaldTrump Someone drew him pictures.
41
53
2K
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
4 years
@NPR Now. Put the ones you removed back and put the sorting machines back.
5
85
634
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
3 years
Ok. For the first time during the pandemic I just got attacked for wearing a mask. Literally, aggressively verbally and nearly physically attacked. Guy reached for my mask. Yeah. I fought back. What a dickhead. #taos #newmexico
79
47
603
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
4 years
@Olivia_Beavers @RepTedYoho @RepAOC Yet another example of how off the rails republicans are these days. Angry, hateful, anti-constitution, violent and full of conspiracy theories.
53
46
501
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
3 years
@TheFirstOkiro Black Jedi leading a storm trooper rebellion. OMG…that’s what we should have gotten.
4
11
526
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
October in #NewMexico .
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
18
45
530
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
8 years
500 rally in St. Paul to defund Planned Parenthood. More than 5,000 counter-protesters greet them
7
207
384
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
5 years
@MediaLawProf @Paleophile Oh my god. This thread. I HATE 😡 our system.
1
9
374
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
4 years
@acampoflores @learyreports Given the low testing rates in Florida and the fact that they stopped reporting deaths two weeks ago, the very premise of this article is bizarre.
12
32
358
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 month
Green Chile
@FoodPornPhotos
Food Porn
1 month
Ketchup isn’t an option, what are you putting on these eggs?
Tweet media one
3K
101
1K
69
9
357
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
7 months
#NewMexico is a mess. Always has been, probably always will be. AND....it is hands down the best place to live in the whole USA.
@BlueWaveGolden1
BLUE WAVE NM 🟧 🌊🌊💙💙
7 months
Tweet media one
9
16
87
37
35
355
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
2 years
Enjoy 21 seconds of the Rio Grande. Today north of #Taos . 👍🏽 #publiclands #hiking #nmwx #nmwater #newmexico
17
40
339
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
As I #NewMexico boy I offer you a hearty FUCK OFF on this one.
@YIMBYLAND
YIMBYLAND
1 year
Texas needs to reclaim its Rocky Mountain territory.
Tweet media one
44
2
118
63
35
339
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
27 days
@CoreyHutchins @cprwarner She was so awful in that interview. How could anyone vote for someone that behaves that way?
9
4
345
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
2 years
Tweet media one
52
14
306
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
It’s true. New Mexico is awful. Don’t come here.
@ExileGrimm
🌕 grimm 🎃
1 year
The through line on Breaking Bad and Oppenheimer is that New Mexico is a shit state that nothing good has ever come out of
43
4
102
92
24
308
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
El Río Grande del Norte about 14 miles north of #Taos earlier today. #nmwx #nmwater And in the rain!!
23
28
308
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
4 years
@KendraWrites His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hajj Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of all the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular. Call him Steve for short.
6
2
275
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
The Rio Fernando de #Taos this evening. Several years since we’ve seen this much water. #nmwater #nmwx #NewMexico
21
26
272
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
2 years
I am just beginning to wrap my head around the consequences of this story. It has been largely ignored by the media, both left and right, and so I didn’t pay much attention. But it’s humongous. I.
@CastiglioneFrnk
Frankly Frank
2 years
This may be one of the largest ecological disasters in US history. There were roughly 100,000 gallons or 1,000,000 pounds of Vinyl Chloride leaked, spilled and burned at #EastPalestine crash. Acid rain and Phosgene will decimate the zones ecology.
Tweet media one
509
12K
28K
17
100
267
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
2 years
@maria_drutska Russia must be removed from the Security Council. Immediately.
3
12
264
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
2 years
Three inches in the last 1.5 hours?! Wow! #taos #nmwx
15
12
251
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
2 years
How about 31 seconds of this morning’s Rio Grande? Cold and clear north of Taos. #nmwater #nmwx #publiclands #newmexico
7
22
253
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
I’m stunned how many people took this seriously and got upset. Isn’t the sarcasm obvious?
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
It’s true. New Mexico is awful. Don’t come here.
92
24
308
86
5
245
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
6 months
Should be minimum 5 years in jail. 15 years for destroying indigenous rock art. #publiclands Visitors caught on video destroying ancient rock formations in Nevada via @nbcnews
34
76
242
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
5 years
@gbedard1 @kylegriffin1 This is what America has become under Fox.
7
16
209
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
This happened. #taos #nmwx
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
12
17
240
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
The number of people commenting on this post who apparently think feeding children is bad, astounds me. Come on, #NewMexico be better.
@MartinHeinrich
Martin Heinrich
1 year
The beginning of the school year isn’t exciting for everyone, I know. But this year New Mexico has something to celebrate: universal free meals for our K-12 students!
56
31
278
37
13
239
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
4 years
@elainaplott If they were looking for a reason they were never on the fence.
2
8
223
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
3 years
@washingtonpost Airlines should require proof of vaccination for anyone wanting to fly.
40
3
229
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
2 years
Two iPhone captures of the storm rolling NE of Belen this evening. About 715pm looking NE. #nmwx #Monsoon2022 #NewMexico
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
20
28
224
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
7 months
If #NewMexico would get serious about widespread beaver reintroduction and protection, we could store a significant amount of this water in our aquifers instead of sending it right on down to Texas. #nmwx #nmwater
@granttosterudwx
Grant Tosterud
7 months
Ski Santa Fe getting dumped on again today! They're up to 34" in the last 48 hours! #NMwx
8
29
233
30
27
225
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
3 years
@AP At this point. People who refuse to take the vaccine should not be treated in hospitals. They should be sent home to deal with it.
65
15
203
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
8 years
@Khanoisseur this thread is mind blowing. If true...well...I mean...how do we deal with this?
14
95
187
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
8 years
Dear #media , Pierce is spot on. #journalism
@CharlesPPierce
Charles P. Pierce
8 years
Let us be clear. The hiring of Steve Bannon as a WH policy adviser is exactly the same as hiring David Duke. Please don't normalize this.
1K
24K
32K
1
81
201
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
Well. 7 months of complaining begins….now! #nmwx
@granttosterudwx
Grant Tosterud
1 year
Snow is flying again across the mountain peaks around the Taos Ski Valley! @krqe @TaosSkiValley #NMwx
10
47
295
30
25
212
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
11 months
A long time friend has passed. He helped me w/ my first book, advised me on writing, supported my environmental work & my daughter played w/ his granddaughter. RIP, John. Acclaimed author of the 'Milagro Beanfield War,' John Nichols, dies via @taosnews
37
31
214
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
2 years
Spent the afternoon with a private landowner who has encouraged beavers to return to the land and protects them. An oasis in a drying landscape. The is on Colorado’s Monument Creek northwest of Colorado Springs. #fountainbook #cowater #cowx cc: @ben_a_goldfarb
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
11
29
210
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
5 years
0
1
186
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
End of October and still near 80 degrees in #Taos . I for one am loving it. #NMWX
Tweet media one
13
16
207
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
I’m a bit tripping on this. Many of my leftist heroes have turned out to be pro-imperialist, pro-genocide tankies couched as intellectual pacifists. Yeah. It hurts.
@Noahpinion
Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼
1 year
George Orwell, 1945, on British "pacifists" who were really just totalitarians in disguise:
Tweet media one
72
709
3K
18
28
206
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
2 years
Oh look. Spring in New Mexico…..
@republikaaleks
slav in cañon
2 years
spring has sprung…
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
1
2
37
10
20
202
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
3 years
Hey, all you unmasked tourists. You can leave now. #Taos #NewMexico
15
16
202
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 month
I know three separate people who are on vacation right now in different locations. They all flew to their vacay spots without masking in the airplanes....and all three are now COVID positive, miserable, laying on the floors of their hotel rooms, feeling like death. Why.
37
30
203
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
The discovery of 23,000-year-old human footprints at White Sands National Park upends much of what we thought we knew about the peopling of the Americas and forces us to rethink Indigenous histories, what we teach our children, and how we approach science
29
72
193
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
2 years
We spent the day w/ a fab crew removing fencing in El Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. The fencing blocked a key pronghorn migration corridor in the region - and it was flipping ugly. #publiclands #newmexico A damn satisfying day. #wildlife #taos #NewMexicoTrue
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
20
22
192
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
I want this as a bumper sticker.
Tweet media one
15
24
186
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
2 years
A mighty good day for acequia cleaning. #taos #newmexico We got about two miles all cleaned up.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
11
13
189
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
6 months
Also. They are human beings.
@AKMooserider
Blue in Alaska🤙🏻TheRealFatShady, Is it 4:20 yet?
6 months
These folks are desperate to come here for a better life. They fill a niche in our economy that many don't want to do, like picking crops and being cleaning personnel, etc. Yet the Right Wing Nuts demonize them and would let them drown in the Rio Grande. 😓WWJD🙄
Tweet media one
38
10
54
55
36
192
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
December 2021 there was a major severe and bizarre windstorm in the #Taos #NewMexico region. #nmwx The wind downed thousands and thousands of trees. Here are hundreds downed in the Columbine Hondo Wilderness. Incredible if you ask me.
Tweet media one
26
25
188
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
2 years
I’d do it for $100.
@Brink_Thinker
Kevin W.
2 years
Would you do it?
Tweet media one
8K
602
15K
66
3
184
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
9 months
#Taos Mountain after the storm. #nmwx #newmexico
Tweet media one
7
19
183
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
2 years
@IAPonomarenko I’m seeing the same. Of course you know much more but it seems like a massive Russian collapse is underway.
2
7
183
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
2 years
Joining “next door” to connect to the hood was a huge mistake.
42
3
178
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
7 months
Cats should not be allowed outside.
@allyzielinski
𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎
7 months
what is an opinion you have about owning pets that will have you like this?
Tweet media one
2K
133
2K
51
10
186
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
Hell on earth.
@Rainmaker1973
Massimo
1 year
Mass built luxury villas that look like they have been copy and pasted located in Nad Al Sheba, Dubai.
Tweet media one
2K
1K
14K
47
19
180
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
Astounding. 95% of short-term rentals in #Taos not owned by county residents. #newmexico We have folks working both FT/PT who cannot afford a place to live. Taos must get vacation rentals under control AND build lots of housing. #taosreimagined
28
36
181
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
2 years
Now THIS is starting to resemble real Christianity.
@MorePerfectUS
More Perfect Union
2 years
The members of Trinity Moravian Church in North Carolina purchased nearly $3.3 million of local residents’ medical debt for just $15,048. Then, they held a debt jubilee ceremony and burned up the debt, canceling it all.
1K
12K
86K
10
30
173
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
2 years
The sunset in #Taos was just ugly as could be. Hated it. #nmwx
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
22
7
176
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
7 years
@MerrittJennifer @SethAbramson That’s how I feel too. It’s awful.
3
3
164
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 month
This is NOT "Green" energy.
@bitterwaterblue
Patrick Donnelly
1 month
Elsewhere in Arizona, there are parcels slated to be open to solar in the community of Ajo, surrounded by withdrawn and/or protected lands; and surrounding the Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
3
32
126
1
37
179
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
4 years
@BuzzFeed This poor kid is going to grow up to be one fucked up traumatized adult.
9
4
164
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
2 years
Holy crap. All the smoke has dropped into #Taos . We are wearing our N95s in the house with windows closed. This is awful. #nmwx #HermitsPeakfure #nmfire
45
16
171
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
4 months
One of the most intense downpours I've ever experienced in all my years in #Taos . 45 mins non stop now... still coming. Hail and tremendous amounts of water. Streets flooded. Began about 1245pm. #nmwx
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
24
23
179
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
3 years
A approve this message.
Tweet media one
24
23
169
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
3 years
More of this, please.
@JoshuaPHilll
Read Abolish Rent
3 years
Turns out they can literally just give the land back
Tweet media one
38
5K
34K
0
36
167
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
Man! The sunsets in #Taos are terrible. #nmwx HATE this ugly place.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
25
10
168
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
2 months
@alxcharlesdukes @AlpacaAurelius After being stolen from Native Americans....
4
0
168
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
3 years
Damn. #Taos be looking absolutely dystopian at the moment. #nmwx
Tweet media one
19
21
162
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
4 years
Today at White Sands National Monument. #NewMexico #nmwx #publiclands 1/2
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
10
14
170
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
Yeah. #NewMexico …. It’s an abusive love hate relationship. But more ❤️
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
9
10
164
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
@wsbtv Build more housing and mass transit. Stop with the car obsession.
0
1
163
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
@Suomiperkele7 I was in Viipuri several years ago. It reminded me of some of the worst slums of Mexico. Russia absolutely decimated what was once a beautiful and important city.
4
17
164
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
4 months
I would leave.
94
5
167
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
11 months
Hey #Taos #Albuquerque #ABQ and #SantaFe we need these. This is how we reduce car traffic and reduce death and injuries. Narrow the roads and put in dedicated, protected bike lanes. #NewMexico
@StrongTowns
Strong Towns
11 months
New protected bike lane on Turner Ave in Grand Rapids!
Tweet media one
29
82
2K
17
30
167
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
4 years
@KendraWrites Much of MLK’s views get conviniently pushed aside. He was powerfully anti-war, anti-capitalist, anti-imperialism...his views by the time he was murdered were a huge threat to the status quo. Those views and that part of him should not be forgotten.
2
17
165
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
4 years
@KUTV2News @UtahDWR Worth every penny. We need them all over the country.
2
2
158
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
3 years
I’ve been fielding text messages from family members, friends and colleagues this evening. Almost everyone of them has tested positive In the last 48 hours. Suddenly, everyone has it. Astounding.
22
15
161
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
8 months
When boarding the plane, why don’t they start from the back and work forward? That seems like it would make the process so much faster and easier.
51
5
169
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
2 years
I’ve never seen anything like this. I’m freaking blown away. #Hermitspeakfire from Arroyo Seco, #Taos county between 4-445pm today. #nmfire #nmwx #NewMexico
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
15
45
160
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
2 years
Daughter person. Graduates gold chord near the top of her class, scored a bunch of scholarships and pissed her mom off by choosing UNM. 🥳
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
38
3
160
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
This is awful. Can’t Washington put a stop to it?
@LaikenJordahl
Laiken Jordahl
1 year
Gov. Abbott is destroying the Rio Grande for a fearmongering photo-op. Miles of deadly razor-wire have been deployed to ensnare & impale border crossers. Bobcats, bear, mule deer & other wildlife will also be cut off from their main source of water.
1K
5K
11K
29
66
159
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
2 years
Horrific tragedy in #Taos last night. A car full of THS students on their way to/from homecoming wrecks. One dead, 6 others in grave condition. 💔 Between this, a stabbing, gun fears, suicide, COVID….we are 2 months into the school year & it’s been hell for our kids. #newmexico
46
5
157
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
2 months
On Saturday, we returned to El Rio Grande del Norte Nat Mon to again remove old fencing that inhibits #wildlife migration, specifically pronghorn. This time, we got about 4 miles of fence cleared out. #Taos #NewMexico #publiclands
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
14
20
163
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
53 years old tomorrow. (Inspired by @jhfarr !)
Tweet media one
57
0
162
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
Reagan will go down in history as not only a terrible POTUS but as an inflection point in American history. And not a good one.
@BrianKarem
Brian J. Karem
1 year
Where did this start? Ronald Wilson Reagan. His legacy: 1. Reagonomics 2. Media Consolidation 3. The far right 4. The destruction of unions 5. "Greed is Good." 6. The rise of fascism 7. Mitch McConnell 8. Divisiveness over unity 9. Ignorance 10. Evangelicals
Tweet media one
2K
4K
12K
29
33
154
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
Finally. A fishing day. I don’t allow myself this nearly enough.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
6
2
155
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
2 years
I just signed a contract with @TorreyHouse !!! WOOOHOOO!!!! #Fountainbook #COwater
29
1
157
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
Spent the last week in a place where I could bike to all my meetings, walk to cafes and food, art around the corner, people doing cool things, sports everywhere and it really opened my eyes (even further) about the place I live - and maybe don’t want to be in anymore.
28
9
151
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
2 years
@lndian_Bronson Honest question. Have you ever looked at American passenger rail service from say 1890? 1910? 1950? We used to have trains like Europe does now. It’s not about geography.
3
10
154
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
6 years
What kind of cruel and awful people does ICE and Homeland Security hire? Why isn’t there a rebellion w/in the ranks of Border Patrol? #ImmigrantChildren
40
37
137
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
9 months
Tomorrow is the big day. I turn in my manuscript for THE FOUNTAIN to @TorreyHouse .... so of course I've been flipping out and rewriting every all day..... Publication early October!
36
8
156
@jimodonnell2
Jim O'Donnell
1 year
Glad we only found his skin. That’s over 6 feet long. #NewMexico
Tweet media one
12
8
150