Murphy Woodhouse
@murphywoodhouse.bsky.social
Dweller of deserts, high and low. Bike-based human. Mountain West News Bureau reporter at https://bsky.app/profile/boisestatepublicradio.org. Tell me something you think the public should know about wildfire: tinyurl.com/44kvjaah
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Mountain West News Bureau Homeowners Insurance Resources
The Mountain West News Bureau and Boise State Public Radio have been covering the growing homeowners insurance crisis in Idaho and across the region for well over a year. Here you’ll find interactive ...
www.boisestatepublicradio.org
I worked with my @boisestatepublicradio.org colleague @katiekloppen.bsky.social to publish interactive maps of the latest Idaho homeowners insurance data, along with a number of other resources. It’s a hard problem, but seeing the scale of it is a start. www.boisestatepublicradio.org/mountain-wes...
A crisp and perfect December afternoon in Boise
December 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
A crisp and perfect December afternoon in Boise
Spontaneous run/rollerskate/e-bike with my nephew and his folks on the greenbelt. It’s easy to have a good time outside with your people in Boise.
December 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Spontaneous run/rollerskate/e-bike with my nephew and his folks on the greenbelt. It’s easy to have a good time outside with your people in Boise.
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Check out Star photographer Mamta Popat's powerful photos of yesterday's chaotic clash between anti-ICE protesters and federal agents, amid a homeland security operation at Taco Giro on Grande Avenue. @tucson.com tucson.com/news/local/c...
Photos: Protesters and federal agents clash outside of restaurant in Tucson
Agents with Homeland Security Investigations carried out targeted enforcement operations at multiple Tucson restaurants early Friday morning, part of a years-long investigation into immigration and ta...
tucson.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Check out Star photographer Mamta Popat's powerful photos of yesterday's chaotic clash between anti-ICE protesters and federal agents, amid a homeland security operation at Taco Giro on Grande Avenue. @tucson.com tucson.com/news/local/c...
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ICE assaulted and maced Rep Grijalva at a local taco shop.
Rep. Grijalva is doing what a Member of Congress should do: standing up for her constituents.
Pepper spraying an elected official doing her job is outrageous and does nothing to make Arizona communities safer.
Pepper spraying an elected official doing her job is outrageous and does nothing to make Arizona communities safer.
December 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
ICE assaulted and maced Rep Grijalva at a local taco shop.
A gripping and disturbing read about aggressive federal tactics towards protestors and the press in Tucson from @pmingram.tucsonsentinel.com www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
DHS agents pepper-spray Rep. Grijalva, Sentinel reporter during protest sparked by Tucson raid
An investigation into a Tucson restaurant chain turned chaotic on Friday morning as agents with the Department of Homeland Security used tear gas, pepper balls and smoke grenades against protestors. A...
www.tucsonsentinel.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM
A gripping and disturbing read about aggressive federal tactics towards protestors and the press in Tucson from @pmingram.tucsonsentinel.com www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
Thank you, that’s a very mediocre question, like most of them.
December 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Thank you, that’s a very mediocre question, like most of them.
I believe that it is possible for us to have a positive relationship with fire for a very simple reason: our current broken and anti-ecological relationship is an outlier in a millenia-long history of active communion with flame. we have lived well with fire far longer than living poorly with it.
December 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I believe that it is possible for us to have a positive relationship with fire for a very simple reason: our current broken and anti-ecological relationship is an outlier in a millenia-long history of active communion with flame. we have lived well with fire far longer than living poorly with it.
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On the day that @opb.org CEO Rachel Smolkin posted this video, saying OPB’s funding gap of $5 million was closed, I was also told by the Chief Content Officer that Hush was canceled. Eighty percent of my income, and my health insurance - gone. I was given no reason for the cancellation. 1/x
OPB has closed this year’s $5 million budget gap created when Congress ended federal funding. Our work is not done. A strong future for free and fair journalism requires your support.
https://www.opb.org/pressroom/presidents-update-funding-cut-update-building-trust/
https://www.opb.org/pressroom/presidents-update-funding-cut-update-building-trust/
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
On the day that @opb.org CEO Rachel Smolkin posted this video, saying OPB’s funding gap of $5 million was closed, I was also told by the Chief Content Officer that Hush was canceled. Eighty percent of my income, and my health insurance - gone. I was given no reason for the cancellation. 1/x
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Trump Admin Lawyers Now Warn Boat Strike May Be Illegal, as Hegseth Passes the Buck:
‘If the Washington Post is right, then a crime was committed,’ a Trump admin lawyer tells Zeteo, as Pete Hegseth tries to pass the buck.
zeteo.com/p/trump-hegs...
‘If the Washington Post is right, then a crime was committed,’ a Trump admin lawyer tells Zeteo, as Pete Hegseth tries to pass the buck.
zeteo.com/p/trump-hegs...
Trump Admin Lawyers Now Warn Boat Strike May Be Illegal, as Hegseth Passes the Buck
‘If the Washington Post is right, then a crime was committed,’ a Trump admin lawyer tells Zeteo, as Pete Hegseth tries to pass the buck.
zeteo.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Trump Admin Lawyers Now Warn Boat Strike May Be Illegal, as Hegseth Passes the Buck:
‘If the Washington Post is right, then a crime was committed,’ a Trump admin lawyer tells Zeteo, as Pete Hegseth tries to pass the buck.
zeteo.com/p/trump-hegs...
‘If the Washington Post is right, then a crime was committed,’ a Trump admin lawyer tells Zeteo, as Pete Hegseth tries to pass the buck.
zeteo.com/p/trump-hegs...
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A new investigation from @propublica.org & @highcountrynews.org finds that government programs for grazing on public lands help the wealthiest of ranchers while harming the environment. www.propublica.org/article/graz...
December 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A new investigation from @propublica.org & @highcountrynews.org finds that government programs for grazing on public lands help the wealthiest of ranchers while harming the environment. www.propublica.org/article/graz...
An important @propublica.org and @highcountrynews.org investigation that adds a lot of evidence to the often heard argument that Western ranching is a welfare program that principally benefits the biggest operators www.hcn.org/issues/57-12...
December 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
An important @propublica.org and @highcountrynews.org investigation that adds a lot of evidence to the often heard argument that Western ranching is a welfare program that principally benefits the biggest operators www.hcn.org/issues/57-12...
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being an Irish person who thinks immigrants are bad is like being...sorry I don't have something for that, it's just really cruel and stupid!
The top posts X is boosting to millions of people about the anti-immigrant “New Republican Movement” in Ireland are coming from accounts based in the US, UK, and Canada
December 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
being an Irish person who thinks immigrants are bad is like being...sorry I don't have something for that, it's just really cruel and stupid!
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December 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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So Noem just admitted to knowingly and personally violating/ordering the violation of a judge’s order.
Going to be an interesting hearing
Going to be an interesting hearing
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
So Noem just admitted to knowingly and personally violating/ordering the violation of a judge’s order.
Going to be an interesting hearing
Going to be an interesting hearing
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Border Patrol has raided the @nomoredeaths.bsky.social humanitarian aid camp several times in the past, but this is the first time volunteers have witnessed agents enter structures without a warrant, marking a significant escalation in the agency’s cruel and illegal conduct at the border.
December 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Border Patrol has raided the @nomoredeaths.bsky.social humanitarian aid camp several times in the past, but this is the first time volunteers have witnessed agents enter structures without a warrant, marking a significant escalation in the agency’s cruel and illegal conduct at the border.
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In our new peer-reviewed paper, we estimate that aboveground forest carbon storage is projected to decrease by 18% (796 Tg C) under +2°C climate warming in the western US. 🧪🌍
This has big implications for carbon offset programs!
Next slide, please ...
In our new peer-reviewed paper, we estimate that aboveground forest carbon storage is projected to decrease by 18% (796 Tg C) under +2°C climate warming in the western US. 🧪🌍
This has big implications for carbon offset programs!
Next slide, please ...
Decreasing landscape carbon storage in western US forests with 2 °C of warming - IOPscience
Decreasing landscape carbon storage in western US forests with 2 °C of warming, Hurteau, Matthew D, Jung, Chang Gyo, Francis, Emily J, Dobrowski, Solomon Z, Littlefield, Caitlin E, Parks, Sean A
doi.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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In our new peer-reviewed paper, we estimate that aboveground forest carbon storage is projected to decrease by 18% (796 Tg C) under +2°C climate warming in the western US. 🧪🌍
This has big implications for carbon offset programs!
Next slide, please ...
In our new peer-reviewed paper, we estimate that aboveground forest carbon storage is projected to decrease by 18% (796 Tg C) under +2°C climate warming in the western US. 🧪🌍
This has big implications for carbon offset programs!
Next slide, please ...
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We found that the BLM skipped environmental review on 75% of its grazing land. Our new @propublica.org story explains the ”loophole” that allows BLM to bypass enviro reviews. www.propublica.org/article/graz...
December 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We found that the BLM skipped environmental review on 75% of its grazing land. Our new @propublica.org story explains the ”loophole” that allows BLM to bypass enviro reviews. www.propublica.org/article/graz...
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Maybe some consititional law folks would care to comment on this www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
3 people arrested after Border Patrol raids No More Deaths camp in Az
Border Patrol agents raided the No More Deaths camp near Arivaca, Ariz., on Nov. 23 and arrested three people without a warrant to enter the private property, the humanitarian organization said Monday...
www.tucsonsentinel.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Maybe some consititional law folks would care to comment on this www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
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I’m stoked to attend the 11th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, share/learn about the latest fire science, and reconnect/connect with my fire science colleagues!
#FireCon2025 🔥
#FireCon2025 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I’m stoked to attend the 11th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, share/learn about the latest fire science, and reconnect/connect with my fire science colleagues!
#FireCon2025 🔥
#FireCon2025 🔥
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"I am not convinced that the current set of known technologies gets us to AGI."
CEO of IBM volunteers that language is not intelligence on Decoder and throws cold water on LLMs alone getting to AGI. A good one! -> www.theverge.com/podcast/8298...
CEO of IBM volunteers that language is not intelligence on Decoder and throws cold water on LLMs alone getting to AGI. A good one! -> www.theverge.com/podcast/8298...
![Have you told Sam [Altman]? Because he seems to think he can get both the CapEx and the return.
But that’s a belief. It’s a belief that one company is going to be the only company that gets the entire market. I got it, that’s a belief. That’s what some people like to chase. I understand that from their perspective, but that’s different from agreeing with them. “Understand” is different from “agree.” I think it’s fine. I mean, they’re chasing it. Some people will make money, some people will lose money. All the [infrastructure] being built will be useful if it goes away, but if they make it, then they are the sole surviving company.
Nilay, I will be clear. I am not convinced, or rather I give it really low odds — we’re talking like 0 to 1 percent — that the current set of known technologies gets us to AGI. That’s my bigger gap. I think that this current set is great. I think it’s incredibly useful for enterprise. I think it’s going to unlock trillions of dollars of productivity in the enterprise, just to be absolutely clear.
That said, I think AGI will require more technologies than the current LLM path. I think it’ll require fusing knowledge with LLMs. We have words, and I’m not sure that’s the only way to create knowledge.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x56l2n7i7babgdzqul4bd433/bafkreihcdnv2zpxxakbriauf6wccudhyso53qkeflv57tqmh3dg2stmtqy@jpeg)
December 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"I am not convinced that the current set of known technologies gets us to AGI."
CEO of IBM volunteers that language is not intelligence on Decoder and throws cold water on LLMs alone getting to AGI. A good one! -> www.theverge.com/podcast/8298...
CEO of IBM volunteers that language is not intelligence on Decoder and throws cold water on LLMs alone getting to AGI. A good one! -> www.theverge.com/podcast/8298...
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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CALLOUT: I am looking to interview individuals who have sought health care at crisis pregnancy centers, whether intentionally or unintentionally, and want to talk about their experience. The center can be located anywhere. If you or someone you know might be interested, please email or send me a DM.
December 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
CALLOUT: I am looking to interview individuals who have sought health care at crisis pregnancy centers, whether intentionally or unintentionally, and want to talk about their experience. The center can be located anywhere. If you or someone you know might be interested, please email or send me a DM.
I like using generative text for my messages to people because, more than anything that I want to explicitly convey, I want the recipient to understand that I put the least possible thought into it. It's just more meaningful that way.
December 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I like using generative text for my messages to people because, more than anything that I want to explicitly convey, I want the recipient to understand that I put the least possible thought into it. It's just more meaningful that way.