My Dad, who passed away last Friday, was always one of the cool kids.

My Dad passed away Friday. It wasn't unexpected, he'd been ill for awhile. It still hit like a freight train. I feel unmoored. www.dahlcares.com/obituaries/m...

My cousin has these delightful yard bunnies on his ranch. I adore them.

Lexie Hull should ALWAYS be in the game. #IndianaFever #WNBA

You don't have to be in agriculture to attend these. In fact, if you are not in agriculture, I highly recommend that you do.

Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song

Happy Aphelion Day! Earth reaches its farthest point from the sun on July 6th. Remember, Earth's tilt, day length, and sun angle are the primary drivers of seasons not the distance from the Earth and the Sun. Science! #science #aphelion

Life-saving rains have transformed the neighborhood. Chick peas, camelina, spring wheat and peas are thriving! Winter wheat suffered from hard late frosts and drought but looks much improved from a month ago. Mother nature needs to keep her hail storms to herself. #GoldenTriangle #MontanaAg

The Commissioners Cup was fun to watch but less fun without A'ja Wilson. #WNBA

How in the wide, wide world of sports did the algorithm decide I needed to be the recipient of furry porn accounts. Not cool.

Happiness is watching the Liberty and Valkeries with Rebecca Lobo, Ryan Ruocco and Holly Rowe announcing. #WNBA

Hmm. The Wings need to start hitting some 3's before this gets ugly. #WNBA

Happy Caturday! From 25% of our clowder, Baxter Black. #Caturday #BlackCatsRule

Saturday Data: Higher share of women with jobs hold college degree than for men. The education gap (women passed men in 2005) continues to grow. About half of employed women (49.6%) had a BA, compared with 41.7% of employed men.

I am way too invested in these two. 😍 www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/hellgat...

We adopted our son. It seems all TV dramas must feature adoption in at least 1 plot, the new Grantchester being the most recent I've watched. Not a single depiction of what birth parents, adoptive parents, adopted people and all their families go through is the least bit accurate. I find it irksome.

Must be windy in Missoula this afternoon. Iris, Clark and their baby are riding it out! www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/hellgat...

It's feeding time! The chick seems very robust. Iris is a superb mother. www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/hellgat...

#broadviewmt #montana #mtpol #ai #datacenters #BillingsMT

There's at least one hatchling! www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/hellgat...

I am obsessed with this song. Since losing my culture of origin to maga I haven't listened to contemporary country. I think Bryan Andrews and Shaboozey might be a remedy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0g8...

I am utterly obsessed with Iris and her clutch of eggs. I have this streaming on my work computer all day every day. Her new mate seems attentive, periodically bringing her the catch of the day. www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/hellgat...

It's been really cool to watch this project come to life! www.krtv.com/news/montana...

Second, it's not about private property rights. It's about controlling public lands for private gains. www.outdoorlife.com/conservation...

Two points to consider when Juras talks about corner crossing and public lands. Every story needs to acknowledge Juras is a member of the Galt family. The Galt ranches block a huge swath of public lands from public access.

All is NOT well in Montana's Golden Triangle. My husband's company is offering suicide prevention training to their adjusters who work in this area. I've lived here for 60 years and never seen anything so dire. And FYI, many rural people suffering are not MAGAts. Don't @ me with that bullshit.

Education gap between men & women has grown. In 2024, 46% of women age 25 to 54 had bachelor’s degree versus 38% for men. That gap will grow. Women earning bachelor’s degrees in current academic year outnumber men by nearly 40%. @wsj.com Below: participation rate & job gains.

Share of men and women in labor market. The share of women working has always been lower than men’s, but has held up much better as men's share continues to fall. @wsj.com Below: recent job gains favor women.

A standing room only event in rural Cameron, Missouri.  Rural Democrats are here. We have always been here. And I know one thing, the Republicans are gonna feel us in November. 

The Montana Plan offers a practical, lawful solution to tackle one of the biggest issues underlying everything else we care about: reclaiming democratic control and putting power back in the hands of regular people, not special interests.

Shep's view 4-21-2026.

I genuinely don’t think America can fix itself without an honest reckoning on class and inequity, but I also see no evidence that’s going to happen.

Without saying your age, post your favorite film that was released the year you turned 18.

Clips like this of the WNBA draft are giving me glimmers. www.youtube.com/shorts/K_E0y...

Happy 4/06 to the Glory of the West! It’s #MontanaDay!

Remember kids, all he does is to distract from the epstein files. Demand their release and his reign will end...in prison I hope.

My favorites from the #NoKings rally yesterday.

Over 100 people in little old Fort Benton MT. The opposing protest had 8 people.

The universe is a glorious, stunningly beautiful place, and it’s offensive & gross when people produce or share fake space imagery. There’s a video floating around on here pretending to be the night sky viewed from Mars. It’s extremely fake, has been polluting the internet for years. Don’t share it

…. not even if hell was frozen over with 1000 feet of ice and every pig that ever lived was flying overhead.

Unpleasant drive to work this morning. Less pleasant day for first responders.

Absolutely not. I will fight the dirty money paying off our politicians to bring these centers to our state. I will castrate any of my opponents who've made money from data mining. They know who they are. You've been warned. This is a call on our water in #Montana.

I've launched 'Montana Legacy' a quirky, strictly for fun, real life look at Montana's fierce political independence! Stories we may know, many we may not, all worthy of #Montana pride! montanalegacy.org

Wow. Bobcats WBB team is absolutely throttling Sac State 😁

Well that was weird! My first experience riding out an earthquake. www.krtv.com/news/montana...

Hey, Flathead-adjacent folks! #mtpol Want to have some hope for humanity again? Come find out that people who complain about "kids these days" haven't met any actual kids! The State Speech and Debate Tournament starts in 1 week, and we need judges! Go here: www.kalispellspeechdebate.org.

The last time my sweetheart and I hiked around Glacier was in 2016. What a glorious place.

I turned 50 in 2016. To celebrate, my sister and I saw Alter Bridge, Breaking Benjamin and Disturbed in Albuquerque. I'm on the right. Needed to reaffirm I was still metal AF.

. Two cute little chickadees warm up in the early morning sun. Known as the 'horaltic pose', this warming of the body helps these birds fly almost effortlessly for hours. #BirdOfTheDay #natural #EastCoastKin #photography #birds #Montana

In fighting the 'Copper Collar', citizen-led reforms established a tradition of public activism and helped shape Montana's unique political culture characterized by face-to-face campaigning, questioning party loyalty, skepticism of outside interests, and grassroots activism.