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The Importance of Modern-Day Ruins
Abandoned places hold an allure for many people. Recently, urban exploration has been on the rise, which is dedicated to exploring and...
Rachel Priebe
Dec 6, 20211 min read
Why do Deserts Attract Artists?
Deserts have long been artistic havens and places of freedom and experimentation. A journey around the California deserts proves this to...
Rachel Priebe
Dec 4, 20213 min read
Hell Banquets and Haunted Houses: Why do we Enjoy Fear?
Recently, I read an article about “hell” banquets. These lavish feasts date back to ancient Rome and involved grotesque scenes designed...
Rachel Priebe
Nov 20, 20212 min read


Op-Ed: A New Life for a Dying Lake?
An increasingly toxic lake has the potential to supply 40 percent of the world’s lithium. But, this discovery has put an impoverished...
Rachel Priebe
Nov 13, 20214 min read
Dr. George King as a Public Intellectual
Dr. George King was the founder of the Aetherius Society, a religious group that believes all religious leaders were secretly aliens....
Rachel Priebe
Nov 5, 20211 min read
Can Hypnosis Help with COVID Vaccines?
I read an article about COVID vaccines in Israel. COVID vaccines for children 5-11 years old have recently been approved and hypnotherapy...
Rachel Priebe
Oct 29, 20211 min read
Vaccinating a "Squatters' Paradise"
Recently, I read an article about COVID vaccinations in Slab City, an off-the-grid community near the Salton Sea nicknamed the "last free...
Rachel Priebe
Oct 22, 20211 min read


Are We Better Together?: Exploring Intentional Communities
Artwork in Slab City, CA. Photograph taken by the author Community has always been a critical part of the human experience, both for our...
Rachel Priebe
Oct 16, 20217 min read


There's Lithium in the Wasteland
Photo taken at Bombay Beach in 2020 by the author Lately, I’ve been reading about the proposal of mining for lithium at the Salton Sea....
Rachel Priebe
Oct 9, 20213 min read


Pascal Baudar: An Intellectual in the Woods
Pascal Baudar is a professional wildcrafter, naturalist, writer, and self-proclaimed “culinary alchemist” mostly based in Los Angeles. As...
Rachel Priebe
Sep 18, 20218 min read
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