The average cost of a gallon of regular gasoline, according to AAA, is $3.084.

Ellis: Federal agents described a number of protestors as "professional agitators" based on their use of whistles, in part. "Describing neighborhood moms and rapid response groups as professional agitators shows just how out of touch these agents are and how incredible their statements are."

#Idaho budget writers hear about delays, errors in annual audit reports caused by Luma (of course I first read that as Luna- IYKYK) idahocapitalsun.com/2025/11/05/i...

Ope 😬

Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.

What we know, 10:20pm —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, *and* AG —BIG Dem gains in VA House —Dems win NJ-Gov —Mamdani wins —Dems keep PA supreme court —Larry Krasner & Bragg win — GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices —JD Vance’s half-brother loses Cincy —Dems sweep Orlando council —ME anti-mail vote measure loses

Omg I’m dying 😂😂😂…so…So Emily Austin, a right wing 'influencer' who works for Bibi and the GOP, launched 'Hot Girls for Cuomo'. Guess who didn't bother to register the URL when she did that? What do you think Hot Girls for Cuomo dot com leads to now?... 😄 Enjoy. [ HotGirlsforCuomo.com ]

Yesssss Boise parks are pretty impressive.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture asked for the personal information of all Americans receiving food stamps. Idaho is among the 27 states that complied with the request.

SCOOP: Idaho’s health department quietly declined the entirety of its annual $1.5 million federal Title X funding in April, leaving patients statewide without any access to the family planning program. One Idaho health district no longer offers contraception at all. From me:

“Over the weekend Utah and South Carolina, the current hot spots of measles activity in the United States, saw case counts climb, and Idaho reported a new case in a young child.” www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/us-h...

While some states fight to restore Title X family planning, Idaho chooses to forfeit it via @kelciemmorris.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/11/03/r...

Took me forever, but finally got my spot on @grumpyunclesean.bsky.social's latest paper up. Worth a read if you care about fire. www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/...

Organizations providing food relief have lost more than $1 billion in federal aid and are bracing for the impacts of legislation that will permanently limit the reach of SNAP.

A literal angel (Northern Saw-whet Owl)

Billionaires are a crime. From @tanglenews.bsky.social today.

“This federal government has only been here just a speck amount of time. Tiny amount of time. And that’s what we’re here to remind the broader society.”

Found a new-to-us hike today on the edge of Boise, 5 mile gulch up Shaw Mtn road. Fantastic loop, dogs are relaxed now.

As to jobs/inflation — the unemployment rate has ⬆️ from 4.0% from Jan to 4.3%, the hiring market is weak and inflation is ⬆️ by .3% based on outside reporting. In a nutshell—steady low single‑digit inflation means our dollar’s purchasing power is eroding slowly, and it doesn’t appear to be improving.

EBT cards are working for people who had leftovers from last month or a stash, and it's also working for the cash side which does not seem to be affected. This is in Idaho.

Orders of more than 370,000 pounds of food for low-income Idahoans were canceled this spring idahocapitalsun.com/briefs/order...

Barack Obama: Just a handful of mega billionaires control what we see and what we hear, and that power distorts the political process. Even though we got rid of the king, there's still a caste system in America.

I love a bedrock stream. Imagine taking what is already the most beautiful part of a landscape and magically infusing it with whimsy and architectural zen. #hydrology

Hanover, pa

A wide-ranging FBI sting has ensnared some of the top law enforcement officers around multiple Delta counties, in what the agency is alleging amounts to a “Delta drug conspiracy.” buff.ly/qVM7tUz

BREAKING: Two Spokane Police officers resigned this year amid an investigation into allegations they were seducing victims of domestic violence, hundreds of documents show. MORE: www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

this is insane. www.kivitv.com/canyon-count...

‼️ On SNAP, very significant here: A federal judge rules that the Trump admin is "required" to spend the $5.5 billion in contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits. But there will still be a gap in benefits; she gave the admin until Nov. 3 to share if/how they will issue payments.

He adds it in at the end of his Substack, but he's also quoted in this piece about AI/data centers: www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

Lots of wrong information coming from the Trump administration on SNAP "running out of money November 1" and the SNAP contingency fund. The truth is: 1) It *can* be used to cover SNAP benefits during a shutdown. 2) It actually *must* be used to cover SNAP benefits during a shutdown. Let's dig in.

At Elmhurst Hospital just before midnight with the @nynurses.bsky.social, @1199seiu.org and @dc37nyc.bsky.social workers who care for us, no matter the hour.

@bloomberg.com identified more than two dozen firms that took over second loans belonging to at least 12,000 homeowners. These “zombie debt collectors” were among the most active in pursuing old second mortgages and faced lawsuits from borrowers who contested their efforts to collect.

🔍 BIG NEW investigation: Zombie debt collectors are taking advantage of Russ Vought's decimation of the CFPB and going after homeowners who are now alone fighting to fend off massive interest charges in hopes of saving their homes 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Bushart was arrested on a $2 mn bond for posting a meme on FB. He was released this week, after more than a month in jail. "A free country does not dispatch police in the dead of night to pull people from their homes because a sheriff objects to their social media posts." But in Tennessee they do.

stellan skarsgård seems like a good dude

2/2...and here it is, my Halloween 2025 squirrel pumpkin, aka Squinderella!

will kim is still in ICE detention

What the fuuuuuck this is bleak. On a related note, anti Ice protest sunday.

North Carolina GOP Communications Director (quote posting the ProPublica journalist):

I always get drawn back to Al Gore telling voters that he’d only raise taxes on the top 1% and then after the election a poll showed that something like 20% of voters thought they were in the top 1% and another 20% thought they would be in the next five years. Just a total tragic disconnect.

Yep! Here's a video of a pipeline rupture demonstration conducted in a controlled testing facility (the company that posted it deleted this off vimeo VERY VERY quickly) bsky.app/profile/gaml...

Should be working on other things but just had to share this wild study. Biologists studying flatworms observed that they could reverse body axis polarity during regeneration - i.e. which end of the worm became the head and which became the butt wasn't necessarily set in stone. WHAT. 🧪🦠🧠

Not even clicking. I love The Daily Montanan but nothing will convince me that Montanans will stop shooting themselves in the foot and electing Rs until *the actual election results.*

The federal criminal justice system is being systematically dismantled and destroyed piece by piece and turned into a mob boss’s network of corrupt consiglieres and thugs, where good people simply doing their jobs are rooted out and eradicated.

We can now watch the United States explode and sink beneath the ocean live!

they’re trying to kill as many poor citizens in as short amount of time as possible. their method? capitalist neoliberalism of course!

Justice Kavanaugh: "and those individuals may promptly go free after making clear to the immigration officers that they are U.S. citizens or otherwise legally in the United States."

Breaking! Exclusive! I have proof from Zohran Mamdani’s own campaign that he has several times used the term “my brother” to address someone not his actual brother. More at 11.

#Yellowstone staff responded to more than 30 motor vehicle accidents, stranded vehicles and slides offs in various areas of the park due to snowy and icy conditions.

• People without coverage delay care until emergencies • ER treatment is the costliest form of care. • Serious illnesses lead to unpaid bill & lifelong debt • Some face bankruptcy from medical costs • Providers raise prices to offset unpaid care, driving up private insurance premiums.