Mike Rogers
@tentonheart.bsky.social
Jewelry designer/goldsmith • Artist • Musician • Blue Sky (W)elder • Boise See my work at finecustomjewelry.bsky.social
As people in uniform ask Malachi’s parents about his birth, death and the two days in between, members of the family’s church watch from folding chairs. People come and go from the bedroom; one woman cradles a sleeping toddler. In other Idaho households, his death would be investigated as a crime.
These Children’s Deaths Were Preventable. Their Parents Prayed Instead of Seeking Medical Care.
For decades, Idaho laws have allowed parents who belong to the Followers of Christ and other faith-healing sects to pray rather than seek medical care. Since 2015, at least 15 children have died of tr...
propublica.org
I feel like the kids who did poorly in science and history class are trying to get revenge on the kids who did well at science and history class and now we’re all going to die
The Little League World Series is on and I very much urge you to watch some games. It's the absolute best thing on television.
This is really something. There are takes that won't age well, and then there's whatever this is.
An AI ‘debt bomb’ crisis? No. This isn’t Enron 2.0 | Gene Marks
Fears of a datacenter buildout debt crisis are exaggerated. The risks are different than in the past and they are recoverable
theguardian.com
Crying Newborn Has No Idea How Much Worse It Gets
Crying Newborn Has No Idea How Much Worse It Gets
MEDFORD, OR—Saying the infant really ought to save her tears for the real shit that’s headed her way, sources familiar with crying newborn Sophia Whitfield confirmed Monday that she had no idea how mu...
theonion.com
Aug. 21, 1992 (Fri) - At "Ruby Ridge" in Boundary County, Idaho, US Marshals come to arrest Randy Weaver on federal gun charges. They have a standoff that leads to a siege that results in Weaver's wife, 14-year-old son and dog being shot and killed.
The party of less government sure has added a lot more government.
There is an international war on free speech and we are losing it badly.
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 5d agoTwo former organizers of Tiananmen Square vigils in Hong Kong are convicted in a closely watched national security case.
When your government says it’s planning to open multiple prisons that will house up to 3,000 children, it’s time to demand a new government. There is no context in which this is legitimate or acceptable.
Whitney Curry Wimbish@whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 6d agoThe Trump regime is looking for immigrant detention camps big enough to hold up to 3,000 children. At an industry roundtable discussion, officials wouldn't say exactly where or when they need them, only that they’re expecting a “surge.” New from me in @prospect.org.
Is it bad sign that many Americans can’t afford groceries and those that can afford groceries risk dying if they buy the wrong ones?
I would have guessed this line was going up straight as a flagpole. Hmmm.
Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 6d agonews.gallup.com/poll/713534/...
In case you are an academic who is currently being gaslit into believing that you're a caveman who wants their students to be jobless if you resist allowing AI in your classrooms... I present to you Berkeley Law's response, which can be summarized as "Fuck off directly into the sun."
Artificial Intelligence Policy
Effective Summer 2026 Purpose Future lawyers may need to use artificial intelligence (“AI”) fluently. But the current state of the technology requires that AI use be coupled with the cognitive […]
law.berkeley.edu
In the midst of everything else going on, I sometimes forget that it could blow up into WW3 at any minute.
Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 6d agoFor the second time in the last three days, NATO aerial activity is taking place over Poland. An E-3 Sentry AWACS and an E-37B electronic warfare aircraft are flying near the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.
Idaho LGBTQ+ artists! Two paid Culture Lab art calls extended. 1. Design inclusive bathroom signs — standard, cheeky, or trans-affirming: bit.ly/idcall4artform 2. An emblem venues display to show they have trans-safe restrooms: bit.ly/idcall4emblemform $500 per selected design. You keep your art.
I just had a lady call about something for their *70th* anniversary! That's pretty impressive.
The most environmentally destructive presidency by 200 miles. Just a total disaster.
Trump admin moves to end rule banning logging on national forests
Environmentalists said that lifting protections would have detrimental effects for old growth forests, wildlife and water supplies.
nbcnews.com
I just had my *second* random customer hit me up to make something they designed with chatgpt. Everybody thinks they're a designer now, but folks I'm here to tell you, they are not.
At some point the republicans are going to abandon ship en masse, and I will be there, mocking them all for thinking they could ride this out.
“A North Texas county has shut down its network of Flock automated license plate reader cameras, saying the technology amounted to warrantless surveillance of residents going about their daily lives.”
North Texas county shuts down Flock cameras over privacy concerns
A North Texas county has shut down its network of Flock automated license plate reader cameras, saying the technology amounted to warrantless surveillance of residents going about their daily lives
kbtx.com
This seems like a terrible mistake for so many reasons.
US pulls last aircraft carrier in Asia as Trump focuses on Iran and the Western Hemisphere
President Donald Trump’s war against Iran is stretching the limits of the nation’s aircraft carriers and leaving the western Pacific without one of the key American warships.
apnews.com
I know we say this a lot, but god damn Mike Boren is a piece of shit.
public health guy@publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 2w ago“Six current and former Forest Service officials said the response was greater than what is typical for a fire of that scale that did not pose a significant threat to life or property.”
Lunch at the Screw and Brew. Hardware and sandwiches. What more do you need?
Ada County is installing surveillance cameras. No. Fuck no.
Kuna neighbors and the Ada County Sheriff weigh in on Kuna's new Axon camera system
Automated license plate readers like Flock and Axon cameras have been appearing across Idaho, and Kuna is the latest city to see the new technology installed.
kivitv.com
It irks the hell out of me when people don't leash their elk.
