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#Boise nights

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Just a cute little hover fly i found during my wandering today. They like to eat aphids.

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Mashidaho was founded in 2024 when Steve and Kim Machado combined their love of the outdoors to spread safety and awareness through clothing. #Idaho #OutdoorRec #innovation

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We have the most anti-free speech government in modern American history. (And yet, in true Orwellian fashion, they claim to be champions of free speech.)

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Stove wishes you all a happy #caturday

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Federal magistrate weighs arguments in Idaho news groups’ execution access lawsuit. But isn’t Idaho a PRO-LIFE state? How does execution fit in with the sanctity of life? buff.ly/psVYS53 #DeathPenalty #Idaho

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International #BookerPrize Shortlist: Nominees for the fiction award “don’t shut down debate, they generate it.” Since 2016 the prize has been awarded to a single book translated into English & published in Britain or Ireland.

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She needs a hobby for her prison life. Bring on the cameras. 'Doomsday mom' Lori Vallow represents herself in trial over killing of 4th husband. Daybell is serving multiple life sentences for the murders of her two children and romantic rival. buff.ly/cuiRIgL #Idaho #Narcisism

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Anybody in #Idaho know the answer to this? How does the number of bills (or %) passed by the state legislature that are contested in the court system after being signed into law compare now to in recent decades?

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“Idaho’s Legislative DOGE Committee is a significant move towards streamlining government operations & enhancing State efficiency,” say Idaho's #UnfreedomFoundation coalition, the Idaho arm of #MAGA. They'll be looking for words like equality, equity, inclusive, diverse, ...

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#IdahoEscape #sunset Snowmelt in the SE corner of the pasture. The sandhills and snipe and killdeer are coming back, and they're singing like little wild dinosaurs tonight.

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This is a #blackandwhite #wideangle image for #scape day. I love shooting in the #fog and this morning a few weeks ago was spectacular. The rising sun and the fog merged together for about an hour. #photography #landscapephotography #EastCoastKin #bnw #blackandwhitephotography

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Idaho now has a powerful mini-legislature within its official Legislature. Appropriation bills are to fund the government, not to set state policy, writes guest columnist Jim Jones. idahocapitalsun.com/2025/04/11/i... #IdahoUnfreedomFoundation

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Helena For those who've forgotten their elementary school facts, Helena, once dubbed Last Chance Gulch, is the capital city of Montana. I recently explored the town and found it quite fascinating. First up was a meander through Reeder's Alley, the oldest bit of early Helena, the buildings were…

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Planning all my days away, but never finding ways to stay

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at the intersection of birds and wires

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Thanks heavens we have at least one who is actually thinking about what makes Idaho, Idaho! www.idahostatesman.com/news/politic...

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2024 poll by Colorado College found 82% of #Idaho residents support creation of new national parks, monuments, wildlife refuges & tribal protected areas. Visitors to Idaho #NationalParks spent ~$37.6 million/yr, supporting 535 jobs, & adding $50.8 mil to state’s economy buff.ly/5dhpLrw #PublicLands

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Good medicine, here.

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In case you're wondering... it's been 17 days since a reporter was added to a Signal group chat where our government officials were sharing war plans. And nobody has been fired... Don't stop talking about SignalGate

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Although the new 2025 tax cuts are making headlines this week, analysts with the nonpartisan Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy said many #Idaho families who don’t own property won’t experience overall tax relief this year because of the expiration of the Idaho Child Tax Credit.

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#CancelCulture, #Idaho style. Idaho council cancels Blaine County museum grants that were awarded for nationwide #America250 celebration planned in 2026

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Dire? Yes. Wolves? Not so much. While dire wolves may be the talk of the town, the #TarPits Collections includes specimens of more than 4,000 real dire wolves, including a bone that belonged to the last known dire wolf in North America: tarpits.org/topics/dire-...

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Prediction: Today (4/9/25) registered the greatest ill gotten gains from insider trading in history.

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With Tr*mp poised to gut public lands again, I'm rereading this story I reported in 2018, which remains (if I do say so myself) damn good and highly relevant to the present moment. It's about how racism and voting rights have a direct impact on public lands: www.patagonia.com/stories/a-hi...

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Teamed with a 20-something Fish & Game employee, who knows way more than any 20-something should know, our mission was to locate, assess, and clean or repair as many nesting boxes as we could in the Payette River #WildlifeManagement Area. ... more

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I cannot overstate the importance of reading books, particularly novels by respected authors, for critical thinking skills and reading comprehension. If the big gun novelists don't interest you, start small and work your way up. Or read whatever interests you. Just read. Or listen. It's all books.

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No democracy movement has ever failed when it was able to mobilize at least 3.5 percent of the population to protest over a sustained period

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American Oysercatcher being fabulous! Yesterday I was posting about birds who need conservation to survive. Well this bird's status shows that conservation can work! Their numbers are up after multiple states coordinated to protect them. Woohoo! www.stateofthebirds.org/2025/shorebi... #birds 🌿

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In the US, measles deaths have gone from averaging 6,000 per yr during first decade of reporting to. After 1963 vaccine deaths declined substantially & disease was declared eliminated from the US in 2000. Now in vaccine-fearful world, we've logged 2 children's & 1 adult's death from measles. Hello?

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Something Has Changed: While it’s undeniable that Trumpism has broken something in our politics, there is good reason to believe that breakage is not permanent. The resurgence of decency and reason may be happening here already. buff.ly/FvNfeL1 @derekbshelby.bsky.social

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Nothing is sacred to this administration.

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What can America learn from South Korea? To​ South Koreans, #democracy has never been something given​; it was fought for and won through decades of struggle against authoritarian leaders at the cost of torture, imprisonment and bloodshed​.

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Look what I just found! First Oysters of the season! I found these at the western idaho fairgrounds.

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