Reposted by sharonmccTodd Achilles | Achilles for Idaho @achillesid.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This 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 83922
Reposted by sharonmccWhitesheepranch @whitesheepranch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The Idaho Academy of Family Physicians supports Prop 1. Physicians know more about medical matters than lawmakers. unitedforyes.com/doctor-lette...unitedforyes.comWe Are Idaho Doctors Caring for Pregnant Women | United for YesHere's the Truth About Prop. 1 0229
Reposted by sharonmccVoteVets @votevets.org · 25/09/2026While Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump insist we're not even at war with Iran, the Pentagon just quietly added 37 more wounded troops to its official tally, bringing the total figure to 861. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...washingtonpost.comPentagon quietly adds dozens to tally of troops wounded amid Iran warWith the addition of 29 U.S. sailors and eight Marines, the total number of personnel wounded since the start of hostilities has risen to 861, a Pentagon database shows. 10162110
Reposted by sharonmccFolkloreThursday @folklorethursday.bsky.social · 24/09/2026🍁🍂 Welcome, autumn wanderers! I’m @crystalponti.bsky.social, taking the #FolkloreThursday reins for the next hour! Thanks to @mythcrafts.bsky.social for hosting before the break. Now bring on the falling leaves, harvest lore, autumn omens, & old seasonal magic! 🌾🍎✨ Art: Muy Lindo 1174
Reposted by sharonmccNifty Buckles Folklore @niftybuckles.bsky.social · 24/09/2026#FolkloreThursday 🐺 Sept 24 in the old Romanian shepherd villages: Teclele (Teclele Berbecilor). Don’t sweep the house, don’t spin wool, don’t work skins, don’t lend fire. 🔥 The day wears St Thecla’s feast, but the taboos are older fire-and-wolf spirits. Break them and the pack takes your rams 🐏 1146
Reposted by sharonmccNifty Buckles Folklore @niftybuckles.bsky.social · 24/09/2026#FolkloreThursday 🧹🍂 In European #Broomlore, sweeping after sunset could sweep in misfortune. Suspect a hex? 👁️ Spit on your broom to break it! 🌙 During #Mabon, a new broom swept away old energy. 🧹✨ Make a wish while sweeping and it might come true. 💫 🧹 Georgia Marfels on Etsy 1123
Reposted by sharonmcc1. Neu-Kelte @neu-kelte.bsky.social · 24/09/2026#FolkloreThursday FolkloreThursday #Celtic: `An #Cailleach grows old in autumn and becomes younger as the winter passes, until in spring she relinquishes her hold and lets the summer flowers blossom.` Source: emeraldisle.ie/an-ca... 094
Reposted by sharonmccBoise State Public Radio @boisestatepublicradio.org · 22/09/2026Each September for the past 17 years, Riverfront Park in McCall has been loaded with hundreds of giant logs and tree branches for its version of Woodstock. Then an army of volunteers assembles.boisestatepublicradio.orgMcCall’s ‘Woodstock’ turns logs into winter heat'Not only were people here having trouble with hunger, but they were having a lot of trouble heating their homes.' 193
Reposted by sharonmccErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 18/09/2026[banging on table] FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK www.popsci.com/environment/...popsci.comThe Fat Bear Week 2026 bracket is here and chunkier than everVoting starts September 22 with a final winner crowned on September 29. 211673710
Reposted by sharonmccIdaho Democratic Party @idahodems.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Brad Little never seems to find his backbone when Trump is involved. Public lands will not be the exception. 3166
Reposted by sharonmccACLU of Idaho @acluidaho.bsky.social · 21/09/2026We're hiring for a senior position! Apply today at www.acluidaho.org/jobs/chief-p... 175
Reposted by sharonmccVoteVets @votevets.org · 20/09/2026The Pentagon has been caught in two separate scandals this week: undercounting casualties and hiding the extent of our destroyed infrastructure in the Middle East. Both are what Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton (Ret.) would describe as "military malpractice." Watch his full analysis now. 10481236
Reposted by sharonmccVoteVets @votevets.org · 19/09/2026The Pentagon says 18 U.S. troops have died in Trump's Iran war. But new reporting from six U.S. officials with direct access to the Pentagon's casualty data, says the real number is higher. Five put the toll at at least 22, while one put it at 23. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...washingtonpost.comMore U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publiclyOfficials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database. 1416689
Reposted by sharonmccAstro-Puppy @astro-puppy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“The USDA has announced its plan to rescind Roadless Rule protections on 45 million acres of National Forests…(to) allow new roads & large-scale logging.” This must not happen. “The USDA has opened a 30 day comment period, ending Sept 20. Speak up now.” action.outdooralliance.org/a/roadless-d...action.outdooralliance.orgDefend The Roadless RuleThe USDA is moving ahead with plans to rescind the Roadless Rule, putting 45 million acres of backcountry forests at risk. Tell the USDA to protect backcountry recreation. 21817
sharonmcc @sharonmcc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Asked to ‘voice their opposition’ to abortion ballot measure “We ... encourage our members to voice their opposition to it in a respectful manner consistent with prophetic direction of always demonstrating Christlike love and civility in political discourse,” letter to 1,300 Idaho congregations.mastodon.socialNews (@top_news@mastodon.social)Attached: 1 image Latter-day Saint leaders ask Idaho members to ‘voice their opposition’ to abortion ballot measure with civility “We ... encourage our members to voice their opposition to it in a r... 100
Reposted by sharonmccABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 10/09/2026Stunning feather discovered in fossilised dinosaur poo is first of its kindabc.net.auFeather discovered in fossilised dinosaur poo is first of its kindA well-preserved feather discovered inside fossilised dinosaur faeces could help explain why ancestors of modern birds survived the mass extinction. 1910236
Reposted by sharonmccACLU of Idaho @acluidaho.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The government must answer for their cruelty in Wilder. 21910
Reposted by sharonmccVoteVets @votevets.org · 05/09/2026He won't call it a war. He won't honor the dead. And now he's calling it "small potatoes." Tell that to the 18 families who’ve lost a loved one. 28355134
Reposted by sharonmccACLU of Idaho @acluidaho.bsky.social · 03/09/2026We are demanding that Governor Little remove Idaho National Guard troops from Washington D.C. Idaho's troops have no need to patrol the streets of D.C. for months on end. 02211
Reposted by sharonmccIdaho Capital Sun @idahocapitalsun.com · 04/09/2026Members of the Idaho National Guard have been deployed to the nation’s capital since February. #idpolidahocapitalsun.comACLU of Idaho calls on Gov. Brad Little to pull back Idaho National Guard from DC • Idaho Capital SunMembers of the Idaho National Guard have been deployed to the nation’s capital since February. Gov. Brad Little said he supports the mission. 2134
Reposted by sharonmccGrandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Politicaster (n.) - A petty, ineffectual, or contemptible politician; one ill-suited to statesmanship or political office. “The electorate had barely rid itself of one politicaster before another emerged, swollen with ambition and magnificently unencumbered by either competence or principle.” 68929
Reposted by sharonmccAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026A rare survival from Neolithic Cumbria some 5,000 years ago! A polished greenstone axehead, quarried in the Langdales, with its original wooden handle preserved! Found at Ehenside Tarn in 1869, it is the only hafted Neolithic axe known from England to date! 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology 9552103
Reposted by sharonmccGrandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Beneficent [ben-IF-iss-ent] (adj.) - Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence. Used in a sentence: “Few stars have been so beneficent as Dolly, transforming a lifetime of legendary success into a legacy of gentle munificence.” 7340137
Reposted by sharonmccBoise State Public Radio @boisestatepublicradio.org · 25/08/2026The fundraising race is heating up in the fight over Proposition 1, the ballot initiative to overturn Idaho’s strict abortion ban.boisestatepublicradio.orgFundraising heats up over abortion rights in IdahoThe fundraising race is heating up in the fight over Proposition 1, the ballot initiative to overturn Idaho’s strict abortion ban. 1102
sharonmcc @sharonmcc.bsky.social · 21/08/2026www.boisestatepublicradio.org/2026-08-20/i...boisestatepublicradio.orgIdaho county’s probation office compiles ‘foreign born list’ for ICEIn May, a southwestern Idaho probation officer emailed immigration authorities about a man she would meet the next day for his regular check-in. 010
Reposted by sharonmccSisyphus Idaho @sisyphus43.bsky.social · 20/08/2026How many casualties are they hiding? 4316
Reposted by sharonmccThe Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @lorenzothecat.bsky.social · 20/08/2026In case anyone wants to add another political button to their collection. Don't grab me, bro! 625048
Reposted by sharonmccIdaho Capital Sun @idahocapitalsun.com · 14/08/2026The Idaho Republican Party added language to its 2026 platform saying it opposes “the destruction of human embryos.” Republicans in Missouri, North Carolina and Oklahoma adopted similar language in 2024 and 2025.idahocapitalsun.comMore GOP party platforms include anti-IVF language. Is surrogacy next? • Idaho Capital SunIn the past two years, Republicans in Idaho and four other states have added specific anti-IVF language to their state party platforms. 071
Reposted by sharonmccIdaho Capital Sun @idahocapitalsun.com · 20/08/2026Labrador is asking a federal appeals court to block the decision, allowing the near-total abortion ban to be enforced as written. #idleg #idpolidahocapitalsun.comIdaho attorney general appeals court order allowing abortions to protect health, prevent self-harm • Idaho Capital SunIdaho AG Labrador is asking a federal appeals court to block the decision, allowing the near-total abortion ban to be enforced as written. 083
Reposted by sharonmccIdaho Democratic Party @idahodems.bsky.social · 18/08/2026106 years ago today, the 19th Amendment was ratified, guaranteeing women the right to vote. Idaho helped lead the nation forward, granting women suffrage in 1896. But today, voices in our own state, including Doug Wilson, have called for reversing that progress. 3229
Reposted by sharonmccGrandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Highbinder [HY-bine-der] (n.) 1. An unscrupulous rogue or schemer; especially a corrupt politician or gangster. 2. Historically, a hired assassin or member of an organized criminal gang. 28027
Reposted by sharonmccGrandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Impudicity [im-pyoo-DIS-ih-tee] (n.) - A lack of humility or shame; immodesty. Used in a sentence: “The gamboge grifter’s ridiculous fusion of imbecility and impudicity makes him a blundering laughingstock as he rage-sweats his way through another cack-handed interview.” 510029
Reposted by sharonmccShelter From The Storm @catpaladin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026l.smartnews.com/p-8hcetC6I/1... “Texans fighting plans to expand President Donald Trump's border wall through Big Bend National Park are blindsided after learning demolition crews have already begun blowing craters into the bedrock.” Trump. Doesn’t. Care. Vote better Texas. We warned you.l.smartnews.comTrump administration blowing up American landmark for border wall (Daily Mail)Texans fighting plans to expand President Donald Trump's border wall through Big Bend National Park are blindsided after learning demolition crews have alrea... 64905486
Reposted by sharonmccACLU of Idaho @acluidaho.bsky.social · 11/08/2026⚠️With increasing ICE activity in the Treasure Valley, including the questioning and detainment of U.S. citizens, remember your rights: you have the right to remain silent, record law enforcement, and protection against unreasonable search and seizure. 02411
Reposted by sharonmccRyanO @ryannimiipuu.bsky.social · 09/08/2026On August 9, 1877, gunshots shattered a chilly dawn on a sleeping camp of nımí·pu· (Nez Perce). By the time the smoke cleared on August 10, almost 90 nımí·pu· were dead, along with 31 soldiers and volunteers. Big Hole National Battlefield was created to honor all who were there. 1155
Reposted by sharonmccSnakeflyfisher @snakeflyfisher.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Bullock's Oriole visitor to the hummingbird feeder. 0193
Reposted by sharonmccShannon The Sasquatch @shannonkmurray.bsky.social · 29/07/2026The Mountain Burns It feels like the whole world is on fire and I must paint my portion of it. #watercolor #art #fire 4559
Reposted by sharonmccThe Adder’s Den @theaddersden.bsky.social · 07/08/2026📸 Photo of new monument to the successful land struggles in the Coigach peninsula, often led by local women, of the 1850s taken from the Coigach Heritage website: coigach-heritage.org/lorg-na-coig... 🏴🗃️🏺 #womenshistory #highlandclearances #landrights #scottishgaelic 091
Reposted by sharonmccVoteVets @votevets.org · 07/08/2026The USS Abraham Lincoln is in its ninth month at sea, 208 days without a port visit, five straight months of combat operations. Moldy showers. No soap. Broken toilets. Crew members running on two days off in seven months. And the strain on service members and their families is building week by week. 39327207
Reposted by sharonmccACLU of Idaho @acluidaho.bsky.social · 10/02/2026We are going to court to seek justice and demand accountability after the unconstitutional, military-style operation in Wilder, Idaho on October 19. No one is above the law. 24013
Reposted by sharonmccACLU of Idaho @acluidaho.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Juana is a proud U.S. citizen and one of three plaintiff families in our Rodriguez v. Porter case. The inhumane treatment of Juana and her 3-year-old at the hands of law enforcement is inexcusable. Juana and her child were among hundreds who were terrorized by the government in Wilder that day. 01510
Reposted by sharonmccRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 07/02/2026"The new law forbids counties and local law enforcement from contracting with ICE. It mandates that public bodies terminate any existing immigration detention agreements and prohibits the use of public property for federal civil immigration detention..." kfoxtv.com/news/local/n...kfoxtv.comNew Mexico governor signs Immigrant Safety Act among other bills into lawNew Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed four bipartisan bills into law, focusing on improving health care access, investing in statewide infrastructur 453201925911
Reposted by sharonmccJOY2U2> Book Author 📚🎨💙😉🦆❣️ @lookingforjoy.bsky.social · 20/01/2026here's just a few of the names and yes, probably hundreds more. 1137
sharonmcc @sharonmcc.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Idaho governor makes joke about ICE. It’s no laughing matter | Opinion Read more at: www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/edit...idahostatesman.comIdaho governor makes joke about ICE. It’s no laughing matter | OpinionImagine a Democratic governor somewhere making a Charlie Kirk joke. | Opinion 030
Reposted by sharonmccThe Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @lorenzothecat.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I stand with those badass Denmark Viking cats. 731158
