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  • Ancient desert carving west of Ajo damaged by border wall work

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Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Thursday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 92 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
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  • Saturday: Warm with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 98 and low of 74 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Trump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph (newsbreak.com) — A newly dated 6,500- to 7,300-year-old geoglyph just west of Ajo in the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge was partly destroyed by border wall construction this spring. Federal officials say the damage to the fish-shaped Las Playas Intaglio was inadvertent, while conservation advocates and Indigenous groups call the loss irreparable and are pressing for stronger protections at other sacred desert sites.
   

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