David Kirk, APR, Fellow PRSA
@theoriginalprguy.bsky.social
Retired-ish. Married gay man. 50 years in Crisis Comm, Public Affairs & Research. Liberal. Woke. Atheist. Musical theatre fan. Phoenix resident and booster. Substack: https://substack.com/@davidkirktheprguy.
Flashlight Nights have returned to Desert Botanical Garden. Here are some creatuures you might meet at the pond on the Plants and People of the Sonoran Desert Trail. open.substack.com/pub/davidkir...
The Sleeper, the Neighbor, and the Newcomer
Three amphibians you can hear at the Garden’s pond on a summer Flashlight Night, and the very different stories their voices tell
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June 12, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Flashlight Nights have returned to Desert Botanical Garden. Here are some creatuures you might meet at the pond on the Plants and People of the Sonoran Desert Trail. open.substack.com/pub/davidkir...
A surprising look at the rattlesnake. open.substack.com/pub/davidkir...
The Snake That Plants Trees
A Friendly Look at the Western Diamondback at Desert Botanical Garden
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May 4, 2026 at 1:57 AM
A surprising look at the rattlesnake. open.substack.com/pub/davidkir...
What's happening with those saguaro blooms? open.substack.com/pub/davidkir...
The Bat That Built the Saguaro Bloom
Why those white flowers open at night, and who they are waiting for
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May 2, 2026 at 12:52 AM
What's happening with those saguaro blooms? open.substack.com/pub/davidkir...
Today, a guest at Desert Botanical Garden asked me a question I could not answer. I did the homework. Here's your answer, sir! open.substack.com/pub/davidkir...
The Most Important Weed in the Desert
How Phoenix gardeners can help save the monarch butterfly, one milkweed at a time
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April 30, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Today, a guest at Desert Botanical Garden asked me a question I could not answer. I did the homework. Here's your answer, sir! open.substack.com/pub/davidkir...
April 12, 2026 at 2:03 PM
It's raining in the desert!
October 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It's raining in the desert!
Just compared Trader Joe’s ketchup with Hunt’s. Guess which one is in the trash.
July 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Just compared Trader Joe’s ketchup with Hunt’s. Guess which one is in the trash.
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July 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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U.S. and E.U. can both claim victory in tariff deal, but the devil is in the details - BBC News
JD said ‘99.9%’ win.
Total cover up spin and outright LIE.
30% rate CUT in half to 15%.
Many items excluded.
99.9 % would be a 29% rate with no items excluded.
Don’t buy the bull.
The FELON caved.
JD said ‘99.9%’ win.
Total cover up spin and outright LIE.
30% rate CUT in half to 15%.
Many items excluded.
99.9 % would be a 29% rate with no items excluded.
Don’t buy the bull.
The FELON caved.
July 28, 2025 at 6:32 AM
U.S. and E.U. can both claim victory in tariff deal, but the devil is in the details - BBC News
JD said ‘99.9%’ win.
Total cover up spin and outright LIE.
30% rate CUT in half to 15%.
Many items excluded.
99.9 % would be a 29% rate with no items excluded.
Don’t buy the bull.
The FELON caved.
JD said ‘99.9%’ win.
Total cover up spin and outright LIE.
30% rate CUT in half to 15%.
Many items excluded.
99.9 % would be a 29% rate with no items excluded.
Don’t buy the bull.
The FELON caved.
Reposted by David Kirk, APR, Fellow PRSA
Just a foster! That's all Spears needs! There's already a rescue that wants him.
Someone SAVE SPEARS! He has a rescue that wants him! Pls keep reposting him! I need a foster!
July 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Just a foster! That's all Spears needs! There's already a rescue that wants him.
Reposted by David Kirk, APR, Fellow PRSA
A different way of practicing politics is possible - where we vigorously fight for what’s right while inviting people into our coalition, rather than pushing them away.
July 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
A different way of practicing politics is possible - where we vigorously fight for what’s right while inviting people into our coalition, rather than pushing them away.
Reposted by David Kirk, APR, Fellow PRSA
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July 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
What Will It Cost to Renovate the ‘Free’ Air Force One? Don’t Ask.
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July 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
Check out the video at HeTrumpedUs.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afet...
He Trumped Us
South Park - he trumped us
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July 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Check out the video at HeTrumpedUs.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afet...
Call me crazy but why doesn't Obama fight fire with fire and sue Trump and all of his minions, individually by name, for libel and slander?
July 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Call me crazy but why doesn't Obama fight fire with fire and sue Trump and all of his minions, individually by name, for libel and slander?
bit.ly/4m62EBF When the Lights Go Out: My Cautionary Tale of Sudden Disconnection from Meta
What happens when years of digital life, relationships, and business vanish overnight—and no one at Meta answers your knock?
What happens when years of digital life, relationships, and business vanish overnight—and no one at Meta answers your knock?
When the Lights Go Out: My Cautionary Tale of Sudden Disconnection from Meta
What happens when years of digital life, relationships, and business vanish overnight—and no one at Meta answers your knock?
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July 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
bit.ly/4m62EBF When the Lights Go Out: My Cautionary Tale of Sudden Disconnection from Meta
What happens when years of digital life, relationships, and business vanish overnight—and no one at Meta answers your knock?
What happens when years of digital life, relationships, and business vanish overnight—and no one at Meta answers your knock?