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Heather Ellsworth

@hellsworth406.bsky.social
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Liberal Montanan for 25 years, a short stint in boise (yup, yuck) and now buying a house in medford ORYGON 😃 Healthcare worker, she/her

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Brian Peterson @drbrianpet.bsky.social · 2h
Wader Wednesday! Long-billed Curlew and reflection afternoon Golden Hour near the pier in Crescent City
Walking and wading in very shallow water on the wet sand along the shoreline
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Steve Ross @maximumsteve.bsky.social · 2h
Classic pose. Acorn Woodpecker. Peace! ✌️ #birds #woodpeckers #peace
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Idaho Statesman @idahostatesman.com · 1h
Opposition to abortion is often based on the belief that life begins at conception. But where, exactly, does the Bible say that? | Opinion
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There’s clear, biblical justification for supporting Proposition 1 | Opinion
Opposition to abortion is often based on the belief that life begins at conception. But where, exactly, does the Bible say that? | Opinion
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 5h
They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”
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rstoddard.bsky.social @rstoddard.bsky.social · 3h
I had a great cup of joe w Alecia Boswell at Vinny's, the new coffee shop at the remodeled St. Vincent de Paul on State St. Alecia is its dev director & shared stories about all this org does BEYOND its thrift-shop, from job training to helping the formerly incarcerated gain a footing upon release.
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Jen , the MT liberal bird lady @liberal-jen.bsky.social · 3h
I finally got a picture of the little blue guy. He joined the crows and magpies for breakfast.
An adult blue jay with a peanut in his mouth standing in a yard full of fallen
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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 4h
"And don't get me started on what Franklin Delano Roosevelt did to cause today's high gas prices."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h
💔 Rep. Ilhan Omar shares her story about have a miscarriage
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Chris Mehl @chrismehl7.bsky.social · 3h
U.S. wealth continues to concentrate at the very top.
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Heather Ellsworth @hellsworth406.bsky.social · 13h
Philipsburg, PA “When describing Moshannon Valley Processing Center as an ICE facility, the mayor said, “To me, in a way, it’s no different than a cemetery. It’s a place where people come and end up and you never see them again. They come to the prison, they end up there, and then they go away.”
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Idaho Statesman @idahostatesman.com · 14h
“We need to get going pretty darn quick,” ACHD’s Justin Lucas told the Boise City Council on Tuesday.
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Boise reverses course on replacement for failing Eckert Bridge. ‘This is an emergency’
“We need to get going pretty darn quick,” ACHD’s Justin Lucas told the Boise City Council on Tuesday.
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Fun @funkelly.bsky.social · 18h
please keep in mind that many shitheel things tucked into the big beautiful bill aren’t set to take effect until AFTER the midterms, because they know they’re fucked. so tell everyone this, as often as you can so no one forgets, because the republicans WILL blame everything in that bill on democrats
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BoiseDev @boisedev.com · 22h
‘Enough is enough:’ After court ruling, years of waiting, Boise moves to fix downtown building it calls ‘dangerous’ boisedev.com/2026/09/29/b...
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'Enough is enough:' After court ruling, years of waiting, Boise moves to fix downtown building it calls 'dangerous' - BoiseDev
Amidst years-long litigation, the City of Boise can now enter the Union Block building and make repairs to what it calls “a dangerous building that put(s) public life and safety in jeopardy.” After a ...
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 22h
Optimizing one’s time on Capitol Hill for internet content rather than for lawmaking has been a net negative for the country
“Freedom of speech” / guy in a town hall meme
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 18h
Senator Schmitt doubles down, seemingly implying it’s risible for a man to be following a woman’s sport. (Any other interpretation of this post?)
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Frodo da Pirate🏴‍☠️ @xochiptx.bsky.social · 20h
Wishing the happiest of birthdays to my sweet Frodo today on his 17th birthday! Love you so much! 😘💙🎉🎈🎂🐶🐾
Frodo gives happy 17 boops!
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 21h
anyway. all young people should be taught about consent and about what grooming is and about how they might be targeted, because all young people need to know how to identify bad behavior, in themselves and in others.
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Erin Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 19h
Thiis is the first time I've seen the MIT Tetris building in action!
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Jason GRIZZLED Bittel @bittelmethis.bsky.social · 22h
NGL, was pretty worried about this gull. 🧪
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The Crow's Nest Report @crowsnest.report · 23h
A municipality near Boise has taken down its automated license-plate scanning cameras following public worries over privacy and surveillance. Idaho Statesman www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/c…
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Boise-Area Town Removes License-Plate Readers Amid Growing Surveillance Concerns
Via Idaho Statesman. In today's Crow's Nest brief.
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BEAN YEAR @billhookunion.beanyear.com · 21h
Whereas the small owners or traditional large industry based manufacturers cared about profit but wanted the company to keep existing , the new hyper-focus on profitability is *at the cost of the company itself* they will make everything lean until it breaks and not care and it’s feelable
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 23h
BREAKING: SCOTUS allows the Trump admin to restart third-country removals under a policy found by lower courts to violate federal law. The Democratic appointees dissent. The deportations will be OK'ed at least through the next several months, with SCOTUS agreeing to hear the case in December.
CERTIORARI GRANTED
DEPT. OF HOMELAND SEC., ET AL. V. D.V.D., ET AL.
The application for stay presented to Justice Jackson and
by her referred to the Court is granted. The February 25, 2026
order and judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 1:25-cv-10676, are stayed.
The application is also treated as a petition for a writ of
certiorari, and the petition is granted. The parties are directed to brief and argue the following questions: (1) Whether
the district court had jurisdiction over Respondents' claims.
(2) Whether the district court had authority to enter classwide declaratory relief and APA vacatur under 8 U. S. C. §1252(f) (1).
(3) Whether the Government's Guidance on third-country removals
is unlawful under 8 U.S. C. §1231(b), the Due Process Clause, or FARRA/CAT and its implementing regulations. (4) Such other
questions that the Government determines are appropriate for the
proper disposition of the case. The Clerk is directed to
establish a briefing schedule that will allow the case to be argued in the December 2026 argument session. The stay shall
terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.
Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson would deny the application for stay.
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Idaho Capital Sun @idahocapitalsun.com · 29/09/2026
The Rhea Data Center project, proposed by a subsidiary of Nevada-based Arevia Power on more than 3,200 acres of federal land south of Boise, could become the largest data center in Idaho.
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Data centers proposed on federal land in eastern Oregon, Idaho and other Western states • Idaho Capital Sun
A data center proposed on BLM land near Hermiston would be the first on federal public land in Oregon. Another is proposed for Idaho.
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Sean Scully @seanibus.bsky.social · 23h
The lawsuit claimed that the Idaho Medical Freedom Act was unconstitutionally vague, arguing its language bans a range of routine health protections — including handwashing and sending home sick kids, reports @idahocapitalsun.com and @statesnewsroom.com buff.ly/0Si5o4A
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Federal judge upholds Idaho law that bans vaccine, medical treatment requirements in daycares • Idaho Capital Sun
The ruling upholds an Idaho law that bans daycares, businesses, governments and schools from mandating vaccines or “medical interventions."
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I spoke with Lindsay Owens about her new book Gouged: The End of a Fair Price—and What That Means for Your Wallet. If you care about surveillance pricing and the high-tech ways that companies are screwing us over, you really need to read this book.
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If You Use Money to Buy Things, You Should Read This Book
Lindsay Owens, author of the incredible new book Gouged, tells us why the Robin Hood theory of surveillance pricing is a myth.
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Colton the fish squeezer🐟🪴📚🏕️🐝 @fishsqueezer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I got a kick out of the way this dipper was chucking leaves off this rock like it just hates holiday decorations. They are such fun birds with boundlessly entertaining feeding behavior. 🪶
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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So a developer who wants a data center center to be built near Hazelton, PA is offering $10,000 to the citizens. The citizens are pushing back saying it's a bribe & they don't want the noise. www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
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Data center developer offers $10,000 checks to 4,500 households if the 1,300-acre facility is approved — locals push back over noise and 'bribe' concerns
Report says that many residents are rejecting the offer due to fears of noise, falling property values, and mistrust.
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Jason Tremblay @jasontremblay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One of the cutest sandwich loaves I’ve ever made.
A partial whole wheat sourdough loaf. Brown crust spotted with sesame seeds. Uniform rectangular shape from cooking in a Pullman pan.
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tollerlover05.bsky.social @tollerlover05.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
RCMP investigating apparent white nationalist demonstration on Indigenous land near Kamloops www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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RCMP investigating apparent white nationalist demonstration on Indigenous land near Kamloops
Police issued a statement Monday afternoon detailing their intention to investigate an apparent white nationalist demonstration at Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc native reserve near Kamloops, B.C.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In the year of The Odyssey, how could Todd Achilles not prevail in Idaho? youtu.be/wxbCNAfVlkM
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Idaho?! The 2026 Senate Map Is Expanding Into Very Red Territory (w/ Bill Kristol) | Bulwark Daily
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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Duane Anders @revduane.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Vote Yes on Prop one in Idaho!
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Trump White House official app is fraught with trackers. The White House app covertly collects excessive user data and shares it with third-party trackers while sidestepping federal security rules. For example, the app includes scripts to monitor a user's location several times per minute.
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White House Drove Users to Official App Fraught With Trackers
The White House app became the App Store’s most downloaded news app after the president barred three news outlets.
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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When the Trump Administration tried to block these grants, we took action and successfully forced the federal government to release the funds to CMH – and now, finally, the money is flowing again.
AG Rayfield and Rep Bonamici appear at a press conference at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria
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Science Vs @sciencevs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
STRESS. We're told it's terrible for our bodies and the internet has a gazillion hacks to fix it. But is it really that bad to be stressed out? And what actually works to lower it?! We find out in this week's episode. open.spotify.com/episode/4nAe...
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Stress: The Science of Chilling Out
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Heather Ellsworth @hellsworth406.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Anybody, thoughts on this? My mind goes to road equipment, boxes distribute something (sand, gravel?) and the wheel packs it in?
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Kingfisher24 @kingfisher24.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fall is my favorite season. After an easy 2 mile hike, Upper Hazard Lake on the Payette N.F. awaits. #IdahoEscape
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Whitesheepranch @whitesheepranch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Jim Risch has voted for the Iran war 14 times. If you like high gas prices, vote for him. The Achilles-Risch campaign is a referendum on the Iran war. The outcome of the race has national implications. That's why I'm voting for @achillesid.bsky.social. www.lmtribune.com/opinion/achi...
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OPINION: Achilles-Risch campaign is a referendum on Iran
Editorial: The Tribune's Opinion
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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 27/09/2026
Their internals have them losing Idaho that must be it
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Idaho Statesman @idahostatesman.com · 27/09/2026
Once the nation's No. 2 tungsten producer, the mine has sat idle since 1959.
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Idaho's Ima Mine could soon supply U.S. with tungsten again. Here's what to know
Once the nation's No. 2 tungsten producer, the mine has sat idle since 1959.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
wow why is trump failing so hard? (it's actually video and includes Trump)
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Heather Ellsworth @hellsworth406.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m packing and…how much cast iron is normal?? 😂 this is less than half. Reedonkulous. I do love it tho.
A variety of black, heavy cast iron pans are scattered on top of one another on a stove. There’s a wok, double griddle, single griddle, and various depths fry pans.Underside of a #8 griswold, my favorite.
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Todd Achilles | Achilles for Idaho @achillesid.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This land is OUR land. I grew up on public lands and I raised my daughters on public lands. They are in an incredibly important part of Idaho's spirit, and they belong to the people. So when I say not one damn acre will be sold under my watch, I mean it. Donate at bit.ly/4fKPQkf
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.
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Nick Kodama @nickkodama.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Admittedly, how hard can that be? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/w...
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A Russian Software Company Duped the Secret Service, U.S. Prosecutors Say
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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oregon has voted by mail for 25 years, under both Democrat and Republican administrations. Despite Trump’s attempts to interfere in mail-in voting, the Supreme Court made it clear: there will be no changes to mail-in voting this year. #orpol #oregonelections
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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Tony Torres @boisehokie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#idpol #Idaho
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Here's a detailed look at the four state ballot initiatives on abortion for the 2026 mid-terms, in Idaho, Nevada, Virginia, and Missouri. Since Dobbs, state ballot initiatives have become a powerful tool used by advocates on both sides hoping to protect or limit abortion access in their state.
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Abortion on the 2026 Ballot: The Evolving Landscape of State Abortion Initiatives  | KFF
This issue brief reviews the abortion-related initiatives currently slated to be on the ballot in November 2026 and examines how these measures may impact abortion access in several states.
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It is barbaric. There is no reason for women to be dying from ectopic pregnancies in the U.S. in 2026. Not one.
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