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@malorienilson.com
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Editor, writer, cellist, lover of dinosaurs, chaotic energy, poltergeist in a human disguise. Just like any modern ghoul trying to have it all—I only wish I had more time to seek out the dark forces and join their hellish crusade. they/she

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mal @malorienilson.com · 3h
I brought a book into this waiting room. ell oh ell 🥴
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Boise Autonomous Solidarity Hub @bigbash.bsky.social · 3h
healthcare access/medical decisions should not be political and a system that allows the politicization of these personal decisions is a failed system. idaho's government has failed to protect the autonomy of its citizens. the same system will not save us. prop 1 will restore abortion access.
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Boise Autonomous Solidarity Hub @bigbash.bsky.social · 3h
defeating prop 1 is the single issue of the right in idaho right now. some of the right were on immigration and ICE nonsense but got "not now, jan"-ed/brow beaten into alarm bell ringing about this one issue. abortion access is on the ballot in idaho but those against it are HEAVILY mobilizing.
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mal @malorienilson.com · 4h
The neck shadow cast by her collar is also very stark and unnatural looking to me. I am not a fan of the lighting contrasts
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mal @malorienilson.com · 4h
T’s surgery is today. Settling in for several hours of waiting now. If you have a spare moment, send up some good luck vibes for them today. 🤞❤️‍🩹
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mal @malorienilson.com · 19h
I am so with you on this. I love him. I bet his pro his having the best time. haha
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mal @malorienilson.com · 29/09/2026
SE Idaho is teasing Autumn currently but is still too hot, and I am doing my best to manifest my vibes so we can fully be In It.
Prince, wearing a black turtleneck sweater and his signature pendant on a long silver chain with glasses perched upon his nose stares over the rim with attitude at the viewer. He stands in front of a vibrant orange autumnal trees cape and a sick burgundy Plymouth ProwlerCassandra Peterson as Elvira driving her spooky black convertible Macabre Mobile (a modified 1959 Ford Thunderbird so that there are chrome spiderweb grills, a spooky hood ornament, and leopard print upholstery) checking her lipstick in the rear view mirror.A capture from the black and white film Mother Joan of the Angels by Polish filmmaker Jerzy Kawalerowicz. Lucyna Winnicka plays Mother Joan of the Angels, a young woman dressed in a pure white habit. She casts her eyes down demurely and asks, "Is it my fault that I'm possessed by eight powerful demons?"David Tennant as vampire hunter/Vegas magic show practicioner extraordinaire Peter Vincent in the 2011 remake of Fright Night being extremely fucky. He reclines in an ornate leather and carved wood armchair, one leg casually thrown over the arm of the chair. He is shirtless and holding a martini in one hand while caressing his knee with the polished and ringed fingers of his other. He is wearing just the right amount of eyeliner.
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mal @malorienilson.com · 29/09/2026
Thought I would share nice happy squirrels with all of my friends. ☺️
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mal @malorienilson.com · 29/09/2026
Please enjoy squirrels from my walk yesterday
A fox squirrel stands upright on his hind legs, front paws clasped in front, staring directly into the camera.Fox squirrel hangs precariously from a thin juniper branch and reaches for delicious juniper berriesThe fox squirrel has achieved success! Noms berries delightedly.
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Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's been a month since the release of my latest book, which means that my promotion will be slowing down. That said, I want to do one more thread. Because this book isn't just about BTAS, but about how valuable animation is as a creative medium. Here are my seven favorite pieces of animation:
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mal @malorienilson.com · 29/09/2026
Echoing this. I buy a ton and check out a ton from my library because of recommendations and authors promoting their work. I hope people keep talking about their books. 💜
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mal @malorienilson.com · 29/09/2026
Re-upping My phone hates my thumbs, what can I say?
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mal @malorienilson.com · 29/09/2026
Reminder: this impacts Oregon and Washington as well. There are events in all three states, and a virtual event on October 1st. If you can’t make it in person, everyone should attend the October 1st webinar event! Giving input on the direction of power planning is vitally important right now!
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mal @malorienilson.com · 29/09/2026
Tripping this. The more people that know about it, the better!
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mal @malorienilson.com · 29/09/2026
Same, girl.
Fall, Leaves, Fall
Emily Brontë 1818 – 1848

Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away; 
Lengthen night and shorten day; 
Every leaf speaks bliss to me, 
Fluttering from the autumn tree. 
I shall smile when wreaths of snow 
Blossom where the rose should grow; 
I shall sing when night’s decay 
Ushers in a drearier day.
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mal @malorienilson.com · 29/09/2026
No worries, thanks for getting back to me!
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mal @malorienilson.com · 29/09/2026
I definitely understand the creep factor, it I so appreciate you sharing! I like to look at spood
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mal @malorienilson.com · 29/09/2026
Today’s photo in the sturgeon pond timelapse compliments of moi www.chronolog.io/site/MKN101
chronolog.io
Sturgeon Pond at Morrison Knudsen Nature Center | Chronolog
The “sturgeon pond” is a highlight at the MK Nature Center, as it is home to beavers, ducks, deer, heron, trout, salmon and of course, three white sturgeon! The five acre MK Nature Center is owned and...
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mal @malorienilson.com · 29/09/2026
Every day is a party 🥳
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mal @malorienilson.com · 29/09/2026
Yes, please. Inquiring minds would desperately like to know.
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mal @malorienilson.com · 29/09/2026
Happy, happy birthday! I love the Kingston Cycle very much, and it would be a good time to jump in if you haven't already done so, friends!
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Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Well this is bleak. And why did they wait a week after the news leaked just to say "we have no plan?"
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mal @malorienilson.com · 28/09/2026
I think the current administration would like to "pave" all public land basically, so sure.
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mal @malorienilson.com · 28/09/2026
I will cross my fingers for you haha 🤞
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mal @malorienilson.com · 28/09/2026
This is the page with all of the information on how to leave public comment. This is important for ALL STATES IN THE NORTHWEST. Importantly, the WEBINAR will not be on the day of any of the in-person hearings. If you plan to attend virtually, please note that it will be on October 1st!
nwcouncil.zoom.us
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Ninth Plan Webinar Public Hearing - October 1, 2026. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Ninth Plan Webinar Public Hearing - October 1, 2026. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
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mal @malorienilson.com · 28/09/2026
Hello, Idaho friends who are concerned about the recently proposed data center on public land outside of Boise! It would be so helpful if you can plan to attend the public hearing (virtually or in-person, as you are able) to give comment. Please share! www.nwcouncil.org/meeting/publ...
nwcouncil.org
Public hearing on draft Ninth Power Plan (Idaho Falls) | Northwest Power and Conservation Council
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mal @malorienilson.com · 28/09/2026
Hey @mlb.com Don't fucking do this.
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mal @malorienilson.com · 28/09/2026
As a lifelong baseball person, I am going to have to have a word with the MLB. 😠
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mal @malorienilson.com · 28/09/2026
Just a reminder that Diane's books are great, and you too can experience them by taking advantage of this sale. As it is also quite hot here today, the image is sadly still appropriate. I would like to think that people buying the books will cast a spell to bring on autumn. Get to work!
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mal @malorienilson.com · 28/09/2026
Good opportunity for any students currently working on invert research!
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mal @malorienilson.com · 28/09/2026
This is important to note. While coming forward was difficult even with Title IX, the obstacles that survivors of campus sexual assault face now are truly staggering.
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mal @malorienilson.com · 28/09/2026
Yeah, gas-powered leaf blowers are high on my list of things I hate with an intense passion. The pollution from lawn care equipment alone is pretty staggering, but the noise pollution really gets me.
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mal @malorienilson.com · 28/09/2026
It was outside the Idaho fish and game building and the MK Nature Center. It wasn’t inside the trails, but all along the perimeter.
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mal @malorienilson.com · 28/09/2026
To be honest, the amount of noise we just collectively seem to be okay with is baffling to me. But what do I know. I am just a person who is highly sensitive to all sounds all the time. 😂 If I had my druthers, we would all have the privilege of quiet and dark skies. I think we deserve it.
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mal @malorienilson.com · 28/09/2026
Petition to get Idaho Fish and Game all electric tools. It really kills the enjoyment of the nature center and silences pretty much all of the bird calls to have the world’s loudest possible leaf blowers and lawn mowers. Not to mention the whole being fumigated part.
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mal @malorienilson.com · 28/09/2026
Yeah, that makes sense to me. It was very jarring. I had also seen chatter about it, but it was something else to have it inflicted on me on national television.
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mal @malorienilson.com · 28/09/2026
Ten of the Statesman's staff were laid off after a significant victory in labor negotiations because McClatchy wants to invest in this type of "journalism." Please be vocally oppositional to their continued destruction of our local news institutions. Tl; dr give 'em hell, kids.
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mal @malorienilson.com · 28/09/2026
We are at my in-law's house for dinner and football. I tend to only exist around football (not my sport of choice) while doing other things, but, while I was typing away on my computer, my attention was immediately pulled when THIS aired. It is completely deranged.
washingtonpost.com
Trump ad airing with government funding despite law against ‘propaganda’
A TV ad boosting President Trump and saying that it was paid for by the U.S. government is airing in two major markets despite a federal law against using tax funds for "propaganda."
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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 28/09/2026
I assume everyone who follows me knows who Ashley is because I mean HOW COULD YOU NOT but if you just arrived, she spends untold hours organizing to protect people being targeted by ICE and abandoned by their politicians, and any quarters we can shake out of the couch can help her heal in peace
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Kelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We're looking for a major gifts manager to launch a formalized program and establish the strategy and systems that will support a robust and growing portfolio of donors across our network. Salary $85,000-$95,000. Please share!
statesnewsroom.com
Major Gifts Manager • States Newsroom
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mal @malorienilson.com · 28/09/2026
That is a lot of days 👀
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mal @malorienilson.com · 27/09/2026
Jupiter says trans rights
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mal @malorienilson.com · 27/09/2026
Yeah! It is a really interesting and useful thing! I also know some people have taken their devices backpacking and used them to communicate with each other in areas with no cell coverage. XD It is fun to see how people come up with different ways to use the mesh.
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mal @malorienilson.com · 27/09/2026
I don't think that will matter to a ton of people—it still seems quite cute and fun! But, having wildly inaccurate word counts that diverge from my document's count drove me crazy and I just couldn't handle it. 😅
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mal @malorienilson.com · 27/09/2026
I am an enjoyer of idle games that either provide a nice ambience or motivate me in novel ways, and I was excited to try out the demo of Little Writer to see how it delivers. Noticed that every two keystrokes would tick up the word count by one. Even backspace and space bar. Very skewed count.
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mal @malorienilson.com · 27/09/2026
Yeah, that is a good call. I hope you can work it out! My fingers are crossed. 🤞 It is always just so stressful when trying to manage these things with our cat companions.
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mal @malorienilson.com · 27/09/2026
There's a group in the area I live, and I just looked up what band they use and selected that one for the local mesh network. It was really pretty easy, but mileage may vary depending on where you are an how active other people are. I still have some playing around to do, but initial setup was easy!
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mal @malorienilson.com · 27/09/2026
The muzi works pcb comes already assembled, if you would like to print your own case. They also sell preassembled units, if you would rather not mess with it. Putting it together only requires snapping in the wire for the antenna, plugging in some cables, and positioning it in the case.
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mal @malorienilson.com · 27/09/2026
I don't have any experience with this, so I am unqualified to offer suggestions. I just wanted to say this sounds so tough and I hope you find a good solution that works for you and kitty.
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