Heather Ellsworth
@hellsworth406.bsky.social
Liberal Montanan for 25 years, now in Boise. Yeah the one in Idaho 🤪🥴
Healthcare worker, she/her
Healthcare worker, she/her
Pinned
Woo its time to get the camper packed for our first camping trip of the year & first since moving to Boise. Really looking forward to unplugging from this news apocalypse, seems hard to look away from this shit show for 1 minute. This is our 1963 shasta in MT, come by if you see us out in the wild.
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There is more to menstrual blood than thought. Decades ago, nobody thought about harvesting menstrual blood for diagnosis. A study from China shows that menstrual blood can be used to screen for HPV, the cause of 90% of cervical cancers.
via @cidrap.bsky.social
🧪 www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...
via @cidrap.bsky.social
🧪 www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...
Preliminary study suggests using menstrual blood to screen for HPV
www.cidrap.umn.edu
February 6, 2026 at 1:24 AM
There is more to menstrual blood than thought. Decades ago, nobody thought about harvesting menstrual blood for diagnosis. A study from China shows that menstrual blood can be used to screen for HPV, the cause of 90% of cervical cancers.
via @cidrap.bsky.social
🧪 www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...
via @cidrap.bsky.social
🧪 www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...
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“A federal jury in Phoenix on Thursday ordered Uber to pay $8.5 million to a passenger who said one of its drivers had raped her, setting the stage for thousands of similar cases around the country.”
Uber Is Responsible for Rape by Driver, Jury Finds
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:50 AM
“A federal jury in Phoenix on Thursday ordered Uber to pay $8.5 million to a passenger who said one of its drivers had raped her, setting the stage for thousands of similar cases around the country.”
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Interesting trend unfolding in this cycle's special elections (data courtesy of @the-downballot.com). In 2018, Dems way overperformed on average in heavily GOP districts; slightly in more competitive ones; and not at all in heavily Dem districts.
In 2026, they're gangbusters in all three.
In 2026, they're gangbusters in all three.
February 4, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Interesting trend unfolding in this cycle's special elections (data courtesy of @the-downballot.com). In 2018, Dems way overperformed on average in heavily GOP districts; slightly in more competitive ones; and not at all in heavily Dem districts.
In 2026, they're gangbusters in all three.
In 2026, they're gangbusters in all three.
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@jane-fighter.bsky.social is an awesome human! I know this because she's my daughter! She just joined BlueSky! She loves animals, crochets, and fights in a medieval sport, what's not to love?!
@themoosh2025.bsky.social
@sarcasticmoth37.bsky.social
@naso4265.bsky.social
@themoosh2025.bsky.social
@sarcasticmoth37.bsky.social
@naso4265.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 3:44 AM
@jane-fighter.bsky.social is an awesome human! I know this because she's my daughter! She just joined BlueSky! She loves animals, crochets, and fights in a medieval sport, what's not to love?!
@themoosh2025.bsky.social
@sarcasticmoth37.bsky.social
@naso4265.bsky.social
@themoosh2025.bsky.social
@sarcasticmoth37.bsky.social
@naso4265.bsky.social
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February 5, 2026 at 2:42 AM
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i hope i live to see the day that journalism is more widely understood by its funders as a public service / utility rather than as a vanity project or potential revenue generator
February 4, 2026 at 7:38 PM
i hope i live to see the day that journalism is more widely understood by its funders as a public service / utility rather than as a vanity project or potential revenue generator
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I never got a chance to post about this when it came out, so ICYMI too...a poll from Boise State University shows at least 59% of Idahoans support for the ballot initiative to restore abortion rights. Even higher when people are told the name of the initiative. idahocapitalsun.com/2026/01/27/p...
February 4, 2026 at 5:37 PM
I never got a chance to post about this when it came out, so ICYMI too...a poll from Boise State University shows at least 59% of Idahoans support for the ballot initiative to restore abortion rights. Even higher when people are told the name of the initiative. idahocapitalsun.com/2026/01/27/p...
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can’t not hear and see:
February 4, 2026 at 6:36 PM
can’t not hear and see:
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Jeffries: "Johnson and Thune aren't working for the American people. They work for Trump. So many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle function like a wholly owned subsidiary of the Trump cartel ... Johnson called the 4th Amendment an inconvenience. It's not."
February 4, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Jeffries: "Johnson and Thune aren't working for the American people. They work for Trump. So many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle function like a wholly owned subsidiary of the Trump cartel ... Johnson called the 4th Amendment an inconvenience. It's not."
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one thing the trump era has made clear, i think, is that the american people themselves are far more committed to the values of our founding documents than our elites
February 4, 2026 at 4:07 AM
one thing the trump era has made clear, i think, is that the american people themselves are far more committed to the values of our founding documents than our elites
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Idaho:
Sec’y of State Phil McGrane continues to refuse the DOJ’s orders to turn over Voter Registration Data.
Call McGrane’s office. Tell him to hold firm. 208-334-2300 #5.
That number gets you a human. All they asked for was my name & thanked me for calling.
Hang in there everybody 💪
Sec’y of State Phil McGrane continues to refuse the DOJ’s orders to turn over Voter Registration Data.
Call McGrane’s office. Tell him to hold firm. 208-334-2300 #5.
That number gets you a human. All they asked for was my name & thanked me for calling.
Hang in there everybody 💪
February 3, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Idaho:
Sec’y of State Phil McGrane continues to refuse the DOJ’s orders to turn over Voter Registration Data.
Call McGrane’s office. Tell him to hold firm. 208-334-2300 #5.
That number gets you a human. All they asked for was my name & thanked me for calling.
Hang in there everybody 💪
Sec’y of State Phil McGrane continues to refuse the DOJ’s orders to turn over Voter Registration Data.
Call McGrane’s office. Tell him to hold firm. 208-334-2300 #5.
That number gets you a human. All they asked for was my name & thanked me for calling.
Hang in there everybody 💪
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Horrifying and unnerving. DHS sent an administrative subpoena to Google for this retiree's records and even sent armed agents out to his house for the "offense" of writing the following completely anodyne email to a federal prosecutor using an email address he found via Google.
February 3, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Horrifying and unnerving. DHS sent an administrative subpoena to Google for this retiree's records and even sent armed agents out to his house for the "offense" of writing the following completely anodyne email to a federal prosecutor using an email address he found via Google.
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A bad sign indeed. Roger Stone has been involved in right-wing ratfuckery since Nixon and was—like Trump—mentored by Roy Cohn.
February 3, 2026 at 5:49 PM
A bad sign indeed. Roger Stone has been involved in right-wing ratfuckery since Nixon and was—like Trump—mentored by Roy Cohn.
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I’m so excited that Joswar is home! 😃
After being held for more than 7 months at the ICE detention center in Tacoma, Spokane resident Joswar Torres has been released on parole and is coming home to Spokane. Courts ruled on January 29 that Torres had been unlawfully detained, in violation of the Due Process clause of the 5th Amendment.
Joswar Torres, one of the Spokane immigrants detained on June 11, has been released on parole – RANGE Media
Torres was wrongfully detained in violation of his Fifth Amendment rights, a district court ruled Thursday.
rangemedia.co
February 3, 2026 at 5:05 AM
I’m so excited that Joswar is home! 😃
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A white man in Dillard, Oregon was arrested for stopping people on the freeway to demand at gunpoint that they tell him if they were citizens. He shot and missed one + attempted to get another in his truck to bring to police. Before his spree, he called local PD to complain about "foreign" people.
Defendant contacted police before freeway shooting
Charles Glen Simmons, 53, of Dillard, is in the Douglas County Jail on $1 million bail after Thursday morning’s alleged crime spree. According to a press release from the Oregon
www.nrtoday.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
A white man in Dillard, Oregon was arrested for stopping people on the freeway to demand at gunpoint that they tell him if they were citizens. He shot and missed one + attempted to get another in his truck to bring to police. Before his spree, he called local PD to complain about "foreign" people.
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Before you ask, yes he is
February 2, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Before you ask, yes he is
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Gonna tag this with 🛩️ so the pilots see it.
Ban lead! Go UL. Jeez!
Ban lead! Go UL. Jeez!
February 3, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Gonna tag this with 🛩️ so the pilots see it.
Ban lead! Go UL. Jeez!
Ban lead! Go UL. Jeez!
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Good morning!
Today I'm watching: hearing on the tax conformity bill, 9am MT in House Rev & Tax, hearing on anti-discrimination ordinance in House Loc Gov, 1pm MT and hearing on the Constitutional Courts Act in Sen Jud & Rules, 1:30pm MT. #idpol #idleg www.idahoptv.org/shows/idahoi...
Today I'm watching: hearing on the tax conformity bill, 9am MT in House Rev & Tax, hearing on anti-discrimination ordinance in House Loc Gov, 1pm MT and hearing on the Constitutional Courts Act in Sen Jud & Rules, 1:30pm MT. #idpol #idleg www.idahoptv.org/shows/idahoi...
Idaho in Session Legislature
House and Senate sessions, committee meetings, court hearings, and more live streamed from all three branches of Idaho's government.
www.idahoptv.org
February 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Good morning!
Today I'm watching: hearing on the tax conformity bill, 9am MT in House Rev & Tax, hearing on anti-discrimination ordinance in House Loc Gov, 1pm MT and hearing on the Constitutional Courts Act in Sen Jud & Rules, 1:30pm MT. #idpol #idleg www.idahoptv.org/shows/idahoi...
Today I'm watching: hearing on the tax conformity bill, 9am MT in House Rev & Tax, hearing on anti-discrimination ordinance in House Loc Gov, 1pm MT and hearing on the Constitutional Courts Act in Sen Jud & Rules, 1:30pm MT. #idpol #idleg www.idahoptv.org/shows/idahoi...
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I’m trying to imagine how the Salem police and our local Republicans would respond if gangs of Latino men were pulling over white grandmas on their way to pick up birthday cakes, breaking their car windows, throwing them to the ground, then driving off after they didn’t find what they wanted.
February 1, 2026 at 2:53 PM
I’m trying to imagine how the Salem police and our local Republicans would respond if gangs of Latino men were pulling over white grandmas on their way to pick up birthday cakes, breaking their car windows, throwing them to the ground, then driving off after they didn’t find what they wanted.
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An immigration attorney told me there was another one of these false start ICE trips on Omni in December. (I cannot stress enough how bad the logistics planning is at ICE Air Operations HQ in Mesa.) It sat at BWI for ELEVEN HOURS before returning to El Paso. Migrants were not unshackled on arrival.
February 1, 2026 at 12:27 PM
An immigration attorney told me there was another one of these false start ICE trips on Omni in December. (I cannot stress enough how bad the logistics planning is at ICE Air Operations HQ in Mesa.) It sat at BWI for ELEVEN HOURS before returning to El Paso. Migrants were not unshackled on arrival.
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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Over 650 Idahoans joined @boisebicycleproject this afternoon in a nationwide ride in solidarity with the people of Minneapolis, in memory of Alex Pretti...
#abolishice #iceout #werideinunity
#abolishice #iceout #werideinunity
February 1, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Over 650 Idahoans joined @boisebicycleproject this afternoon in a nationwide ride in solidarity with the people of Minneapolis, in memory of Alex Pretti...
#abolishice #iceout #werideinunity
#abolishice #iceout #werideinunity
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Trump won the district by 17 points.
February 1, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Trump won the district by 17 points.