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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 28/07/2026

Our AQI was around 300 at one point today here in Boise, yet my neighbors are continuing their Monday tradition of a backyard bonfire anyway. They're nothing if not consistent, I guess. #wildfires

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 24/07/2026

Ludicrous amounts of money tends to make people delusional.

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 20/07/2026

What I see when this is on a box: "Use blades carefully to open"

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 14/07/2026

You ever get that feeling at the end of a book where it's just so beautifully executed? I can't overstate how much I enjoyed reading #BarbarianDays. I have a feeling I'll be coming back to this one day. 🌊

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 30/06/2026

Ugh. We NEED campaign finance reform. Meanwhile, SCOTUS: You wanna buy an election? Go for it!

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 04/06/2026

It's wild to me that Trump started this war in Iran over fossil fuels because he sees no future in renewable energy... and that in turn has pushed everyone else to focus MORE on renewable energy. As much as this sucks, that's a big win for the world. #MrBrightSide

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 25/05/2026

Dropped because one plaintiff graduated and the other committed suicide. Labrador remains proud of this.

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 21/05/2026

@jessicatarlov.bsky.social Checking in from Idaho.. Thanks for the shout out on Raging Moderates! We've got a solid House candidate in Kaylee Peterson who could use all the help she can get. Russ Fulcher does nothing for this state and needs to go.

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 15/05/2026

@crooked.com @crookedmedia We've been getting attack ads against @durrantforidaho on Pod Save America lately. This is for the GOP primary, which many non-Republicans take part in because we have no choice but to identify as Republican to have a voice around here.

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 08/05/2026

We need a major overhaul of government to fix the path we're on: 1. Federal stoppage to gerrymandering. Districts need to be redrawn in a bipartisan manner that isn't meant to benefit one side or the other, and isn't meant to perpetuate racism.

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 06/05/2026

TIL that Johnny Appleseed was basically making hard cider ingredients. 🍺 Story time: we had to cut down our red maple last summer and started kicking around the idea of planting a Honeycrisp tree in its place. Went to go buy one and quickly learned that's not really how it works.

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 27/04/2026

Ding! #PokémonGO pokemongolive.com/refer?code=Q...

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 09/04/2026

I'm not sure I'm emotionally ready for #TheTestaments. A Handmaid's Tale was such a heavy journey and while they didn't wrap up every loose end they closed things out in a way that let me walk away from that world.

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 06/04/2026

I know it's early, but we need to demand that the next President run with this as a part of their campaign: "All the things Trump did that he shouldn't have, I'm going to give that up. I will work with Congress to ensure that a wannabe autocrat cannot take control of our country for their own gain.

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 04/04/2026

I still like it here, but I usually default to Threads 🤷‍♂️

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 23/03/2026

Gas prices are up. Grocery prices are up. My 401K and IRA accounts are down. This guy was supposed to make the economy better? He's actively making the economy worse. What's happened since Trump's second term started is nothing less than a fiscal crime against society.

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 22/03/2026

I'm all for a play-in tournament, but I think if you're not over .500 you should be automatically eliminated. I'm talking about you, Clippers/Blazers/Warriors.

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 20/03/2026

My nose has been ABSOLUTELY wrecked this year from a series of colds or illnesses similar to colds, sinus issues, etc. Thanks in part to travels. Thanks heavily to my kiddos being in daycare and kindergarten. The thought that littles are petri dishes is very true.

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 11/03/2026

The war in Iran was started by Israel and the US. Iran has lashed out and attacked a number of its neighbors as a result. Iran is potentially being supported by Russia and China. Russia is still at war with Ukraine after they invaded them years ago.

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 11/03/2026

Found this article from 5 years ago about Alexa preferring strong male voices and I can tell you anecdotally that it still holds true. medium.com/fearless-she...

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Dear Alexa, Why Do You Only Listen to Men?

Voice recognition software needs to fix its gender biases.

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 06/03/2026

The DoD maneuver last week to hinder Anthropic while boosting the likes of OpenAI have opened the doors for consumer interaction with Claude instead of ChatGPT.

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 06/03/2026

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 04/03/2026

Last night, we had some sales guy come by and ring our doorbell. It was dinner time. We chose to ignore it. The guy came back a little while later. It was bedtime for the kids. We were busy again.

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 28/02/2026

My brain is broken. Every time I see an F45 gym I wanna go "hell yeah, F47, too, amirite?!"

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 28/02/2026

The President of Peace, ladies and gentlemen. The things Trump says he wants, isn't that the JCPOA that Obama put in place and he withdrew from in his first term? Also, weren't their capabilities "completely dismantled" or whatever last year after previous strikes? So dumb. This is so so dumb.

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 25/02/2026

Target, trying to recover their image, running an ad that prominently features the Davis protein bar, is a WILD choice. (Former board member Peter Attia stepped down after being outed in the Epstein files) #TargetBoycott

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 20/02/2026

This makes ZERO sense. I'm the president of our HOA and I'll be honest: it'd be great to get rid of it, except we really can't. We're responsible for landscaping, irrigation, lighting, fencing, canal maintenance, among other things. #Boise #idleg boisedev.com/news/2026/02...

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Bill would automatically dissolve HOAs without homeowner votes - BoiseDev

A piece of legislation from an Ada County Republican could wipe many homeowners’ associations off the books. Rep. Jeff Ehlers, R-Meridian, introduced HB 708 in the House Business Committee last week, ...

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 19/02/2026

I was wondering if Canada hockey was sandbagging in their earlier matchup with the United States. Watching the gold medal game and it sure feels like that was the case. #WomensHockey #Olympics

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 19/02/2026

An interesting development today in Boise. Someone stole an ambulance, drove it into the lobby of a building that ICE has an office in, poured a bunch of gasoline, but apparently fled before igniting a fire. Okay, that's a lot. www.reddit.com/r/Boise/comm... www.facebook.com/groups/13298...

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 18/02/2026

MS NOW seemed like a questionable rebranding at the time, but I have to say they've fully committed to an updated approach. Their presence on podcasts and upgraded social media presence speaks volumes.

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 11/02/2026

Last week, I threw out our 6-year-old Roomba. It served us well, but it had degraded over the years (battery, sucking power, navigation capabilities), and it finally kept giving me an unreconcilable error.

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 06/02/2026

Made shakshuka for the first time tonight. Dude. It's phenomenal. Will be adding this to our regular dinner rotation. Here's a gift link: cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/7653...

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White Bean Shakshuka

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 05/02/2026

I soured on State Farm because the local agent I worked with was more interested in upselling me than providing good coverage when I had a claim. With that said, I just spoke with a total rockstar of a claims agent from State Farm.

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 05/02/2026

Just realized the 2026 #NYCMarathon is on November 1. Effectively, that eliminates parents of small children. We're not going to deprive our kiddos of Halloween. We're not going to miss doing things with our kids on Halloween. Oh well. We'll enter the lottery again next year.

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 03/02/2026

"I need the kind of generals that Hitler had" - Donald Trump Remember this? That's what ICE is. They would do anything he asks without question. He realized he couldn't instantly take unfettered control over the military (though he's trying), so he made his own army to use on the American people.

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 02/02/2026

Last night, I put a movie on Amazon Prime and had to sit through a 15-second ad for #Melania before the movie would start. I want those 15 seconds of my life back.

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 02/02/2026

Remote work complaint of the day: if you message me on Teams/Slack, don't just say hi or hello. What do you want or need from me? Just say it. Happy to work with you and get stuff done. But I can't tell you how many times I've gotten a "hello" then I respond to it and then... *crickets*

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 29/01/2026

Random observation as a parent of small children: it's cute that they have such a limited worldview. But man, when you notice adults out there with a similarly limited worldview, it's problematic AF.

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 28/01/2026

This isn't getting enough mainstream media attention, but the Secretary of Education is involved in a sexual abuse lawsuit.

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 26/01/2026

These things are important: January 6, 2021, was a violent invasion of the US Capitol where citizens attempting to stop validation of the 2020 election. Police officers were attacked and some died as a result

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 15/01/2026

If (or when, God willing) we have Democrats in the Presidency and in charge of Congress, we need that President to step up, relinquish executive powers Trump has abused, and demand Congress to codify separation of powers that has otherwise just been a set of norms.

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 13/01/2026

Anyway, lest we forget, release the Epstein files. All of them. Unredacted. As the law requires.

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 13/01/2026

ICE does not protect and serve. ICE disrupts and instigates. They cause hostility and violence. They kidnap. They murder. #FuckICE

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Joshua Schlag @schlagging.com · 13/01/2026

Finally finished #WelcomeToDerry. 10/10 no notes.

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