Ben Lyons

Motion to make the Pride flag an official Boise flag passes City Council 5 to 1

The average American has 3 friends

Boiseans: how conservative is editorial at Boise Dev?

Apparently some people have forgotten this over the last 4 years:

Donald Trump likes to just say things. Some of them reflect things he wants but will never figure out how to make happen. Some are just him floating ideas out there.

Remarks with no reporting of policy intent are just mouth noises.

Wrapping up anew set of wall hanging sculptures- this one is titled “Forever + Ever + Ever” for a group show at Arch Enemy Arts in March #withloveyourbiggestfan

I need a 24 to 48 hour delay on news. Since 90% of these executive orders get halted in the courts or by the executive himself

I’ll be right over

I’m remembering tricks that got me through this administration the last time:

1) If I receive news that makes me angry and I’m helpless to do anything about it. Do a cleaning task. My sense of agency returns and I calm down.

What are your tricks and hacks to survive the storm?

RIP David Lynch, filmmaker, visual artist, musician, and 7th Grade Class President, South Junior High School, #Boise, #Idaho.

In 1977, Vincent Price starred in a one-man-show where he played openly gay Oscar Wilde; it was condemned by Anita Bryant. When asked about her condemnation, Price replied that Wilde had already written a play about Anita: “A Woman of No Importance”

Awesome I’ll try it soon!

What are your menu favorites?

"THAT's not the problem, the REAL problem is THIS--"

there can be a lot of problems, bud, can't emphasize enough how many problems there can me

*slaps roof of society* this bad boy can fit so many problems in it

When he says he will do stupid shit don't give him attention.
Don't cover it. Be disgusted, but don't give him publicity.
When he does stupid shit, do everything you can to stop it.

Giving his madness all this oxygen is exactly what he wants.

"I have no hopes for 2025. Humanity is disappointing. We killed the Earth. Villains triumph and the innocents suffer. I imagine these trends will continue."

incredible -- the NYT ran fluff "what i hope to see in 2025" blurbs from CEOs and economists, and then this guy

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/o...

After 6 months of work, 4 VCRs, and an official translation, I am pleased to share my RF rip of Yukio Ninagawa's staging of Euripides's Medea, a tape which has never been transferred. archive.org/details/ojo....

Whooooaaaaa black Betty

UPS employees accused of stealing $25K of Magic The Gathering cards, inventory The owner of an Idaho game store is hoping to be compensated after three UPS workers allegedly stole what he believes to be at least $25,000 in merchandise and potential inventory sales from him.

The owner of an Idaho game store wants to be compensated for the theft of thousands of dollars of Magic: The Gathering cards by UPS employees: www.ksl.com/article/5119... —WEM

Got a lot of followers all at once. Excellent! Followed most of y’all back immediately. I am however keeping my feed stress free until next year. So no offensive if I mute or unfollow for a bit. I’ll be back.

I’m using bleats. Like lambs

Thank you so much! I needed this when I was on NextDoor trying to calm peoples fears over crime

Thank you for tracking this. How does this compare with the number of murders in the valley?

Northwest Boise animal update: squirrel with an entire ear of dried corn triumphantly scrambling acronym roof.

Thank you for this!

The frog thawed and hopped to the bushes!

Dumb fucking frog thought it could walk across my driveway at night in 30 degree weather. Frozen mid step like he’s a bg character during a bullet time sequence.

Frozen frog found in driveway. Will the frog thaw? Can I place them in my pushes and apply a leafy blanket? Or do I respectfully put them in the garbage?

a little boy is walking down a sidewalk while holding a cell phone in his hand . ALT: a little boy is walking down a sidewalk while holding a cell phone in his hand .

Finding each other on BlueSky

Great seeing my Idaho Twitter crowd migrating here. *waves*

Oh, so you're mad about a bad thing? Well what if I told you that other bad things also exist. What would you say then smart guy

Oh yeah we solved this one