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Bytes Europe<p>Boise police arrest three suspects after violent altercation at local business <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1254733/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1254733/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/altercation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>altercation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Arrest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arrest</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Boise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boise</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/employee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>employee</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/shooting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shooting</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Suspects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Suspects</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theft</span></a></p>
bfjvii<p>This is a sign along the Boise, ID river greenbelt path. I need to get it on a t-shirt </p><p>43.63599° N, 116.23882° W</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/boise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boise</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/idaho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idaho</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/bikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bikes</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a></p>
RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸<p>One of the scariest moments of my life was when I fled <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/boise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boise</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/idaho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idaho</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/portland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>portland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oregon</span></a> with nothing.</p><p>I was <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homeless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homeless</span></a> and desperate, and there was nothing left for me there but bad memories, and very few resources for someone poor.</p><p>I had exhausted all my options, and I was just trying not to die.</p><p>Still recovering from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opioids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opioids</span></a> I got on a Greyhound to a shelter I had lined up in advance, and stepped from a desert into rain.</p><p>All that effort and fear just to have a bed.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
Mark Ingalls<p>New article: The huge lake that used to be where Boise now stands</p><p>An overview of the prehistoric Lake Idaho, including interesting DNA evidence and interactions with the Yellowstone hotspot.</p><p><a href="https://ingallswx.com/2025/06/26/the-huge-lake-that-used-to-be-where-boise-now-stands/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ingallswx.com/2025/06/26/the-h</span><span class="invisible">uge-lake-that-used-to-be-where-boise-now-stands/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Idaho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Idaho</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oregon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Boise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boise</span></a></p>
Ingalls Weather<p><strong>The huge lake that used to be where Boise now&nbsp;stands</strong></p><p>The Snake River Plain of Southwest Idaho and Southeast Oregon is a large, flat, and arid region. Interstate 84 travels through it en route from the Pacific Northwest toward Utah. Boise sits on the northern edge of the plain, with it also hosting smaller cities like Mountain Home and Ontario.</p><p>Today, Southern Idaho is one of the driest places in the United States with Boise only observing 11.5 inches (300 mm) of precipitation in an average year. In the past, however, the area was flooded under a huge lake.</p><blockquote><p><em>Ingalls Weather thanks the support it gets from donors. Please consider making a small donation&nbsp;</em><a href="https://ingallswx.com/donate/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">at this link</a><em>&nbsp;to help me pay for the website and access to premium weather data.</em></p></blockquote><p>Lake Idaho was formed by the Snake River when mountain development cut off the river’s access to the sea. Sediments in the former lake bed lead geologists to interpret its history as having two periods of existence – the earliest being from 10.1 to 6.4 million years ago and the late phase encompassing from about 4.3 to 2.5 million years ago.</p><p>This was a dynamic period in Southern Idaho’s geologic history. Faulting around what is now Boise led to the creation of the valley where water would pool to form the lake. Around the same time, the Yellowstone hotspot underlied the region, creating massive volcanic eruptions and raising the land sitting above it.</p> <p>Type your email…</p><p>Subscribe</p> <p>The western half of the Snake River Plain is geologically distinct from the eastern half. The western half is oriented along other Pacific Northwest faulting like the Olympic-Wallowa Lineament. The Yellowstone hotspot did not pass through the western half of the plain. To the eastern plain is oriented along the path of the Yellowstone hotspot, indicating the volcano was an important driver in the formation of that valley.</p><p>At its greatest extent, Lake Idaho was 150 miles (240 km) long and 40 miles (65 km) wide. It predates major lake-creating flood events in the Pacific Northwest like the Ice Age Floods and the Lake Bonneville Flood.</p><p>The geomorphology of the Yellowstone hotspot is quite interesting when we look at waterflow during this period. In the early phase of Lake Idaho, the highland area was closer to Twin Falls. This caused the upper Snake River to be cut off from the lower valley.</p><p>Resent geological research, based on sediments from the Grand Teton region, Idaho Panhandle, and Columbia Basin, shows that during this period the Upper Snake may have been routed through Western Montana and pass near Spokane before reaching the Columbia River.</p><p>At the same time, the Lower Snake River likely flowed southwestward into Nevada and eventually California. It has variously been described as a tributary to the Sacramento River or the Klamath River.</p><p>Eventually, uplift in the Great Basin led to the Snake being cut off from whatever river it was a tributary to. During this period, Lake Idaho transitioned from a freshwater lake to a salty one. At some point the lake largely dried up but formed again around four million years ago.</p><p>Toward the end of Lake Idaho’s existence, the Yellowstone hotspot continued to migrate1 toward its present location under Northwestern Wyoming. Heat from the hotspot leads land under it to rise, but when it moves away that land sinks as it cools.</p><p>Lowering over time between Twin Falls and Pocatello combined with uplift in the mountains north of Idaho Falls led to the Upper Snake being captured by the Lower Snake and flowing into Lake Idaho.</p><p>This brought a lot of additional water into the lake, raising its level to about 3600 feet (1100 meters) above sea level – high enough to flow over a natural barrier north of Ontario. The lake slowly drained and the erosion from the new Snake River flow created Hells Canyon.2</p><p>Eventually the new Snake River dug the natural barrier low enough that by two million years ago the lake was gone. Hells Canyon remains one of the deepest river gorges in the world. At its deepest point, the vertical distance from the bottom to the top of Hells Canyon is 7993 feet (2436 meters).</p><p>Much of the evidence for former flow patterns along the Snake River is found using fish fossils in sediments the rivers (and Lake Idaho) laid down. These fossils indicate that most of the Snake River watershed (excluding the Upper Snake) was disconnected from the Columbia River.</p><p>Fossil fish show the Snake River being connected to warmer regions in the south. Most evidence points toward a Northern California outlet though a paper published in 2004 also demonstrated DNA evidence that the system was connected to the Colorado River watershed for some period of time.</p><p>DNA evidence is important here because a lot of the sediment laid down by the Ancestral Snake River is likely buried in downstream areas. Northern Nevada, Southern Oregon, and Northern Utah all hosted large lakes during the Last Glacial Maximum.3 These lakes produced their own sedimentary layers on top of those left behind by the Snake. In Northern California, they’re probably buried under more recent river deposits.</p><p>Even today, fish populations are different above and below Shoshone Falls.4 Speckled dace above Shoshone Falls have more in common with those of the Great Salt Lake watershed (especially the Bear River) than below, which are more common to the Columbia River watershed. This is part of the interdisciplinary evidence used to paint the picture of the Snake River’s past.</p><p>Sediments from Lake Idaho are found in the Chalk Hills and Glenns Ferry geologic formations in Southern Idaho and Eastern Oregon.</p><p><em>The featured image is a view of the Snake River Canyon south of Boise, Idaho. (Bob Wick)</em></p><ol><li>Technically it’s North America that migrates over the Yellowstone hotspot. ↩︎</li><li>Some northward-flowing canyons already existed in the Hells Canyon region before Lake Idaho spilled into it. The new Snake River flow deepened and widened what was already present. ↩︎</li><li>The Last Glacial Maximum was around 26,000 to 20,000 years ago – well after Lake Idaho ceased to exist. ↩︎</li><li>Shoshone Falls near Twin Falls is a significant natural barrier for fish in the Snake River. ↩︎</li></ol><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://ingallswx.com/tag/boise/" target="_blank">#Boise</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://ingallswx.com/tag/geology/" target="_blank">#Geology</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://ingallswx.com/tag/idaho/" target="_blank">#Idaho</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://ingallswx.com/tag/oregon/" target="_blank">#Oregon</a></p>
Cranky Clown<p>7:20 am Glenwood to Main Boise River greenbelt report: 54°F and sunny. 6.76 miles, 27 minutes, saving 2.37 kg CO2. </p><p>I counted 8 bikes, 2 good dogs, 2 inline skaters, 2 surfers w/ bikes, 1 one-wheel, 1 dude trying to cold plunge. </p><p>The CWI site on Main is officially closed for development now. </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/boise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boise</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/idaho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idaho</span></a></p>
[G.R.K.]🌈🏳️‍⚧️Ⓐ💣¡NoPasarán!<p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/igd.bsky.social/post/3ls56nlpwgs26" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/igd.bsky.soci</span><span class="invisible">al/post/3ls56nlpwgs26</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://anarchism.space/tags/Pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pride</span></a> celebration in <a href="https://anarchism.space/tags/Boise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boise</span></a>, <a href="https://anarchism.space/tags/Idaho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Idaho</span></a> in May vs. white supremacist organized anti-LGBTQ+ event today. </p><p>People would rather gather together and party in celebration of fighting domination than hang out with a bunch of freaks who marched with tiki torches. </p><p>Nazi grifters fuck off."</p>
[G.R.K.]🌈🏳️‍⚧️Ⓐ💣¡NoPasarán!<p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/igd.bsky.social/post/3ls56aiefn22p" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/igd.bsky.soci</span><span class="invisible">al/post/3ls56aiefn22p</span></a></p><p>"Anti-LGBTQ+ event in <a href="https://anarchism.space/tags/Boise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boise</span></a> promoted by "white supremacist podcast" is laughable flop.</p><p>Happy <a href="https://anarchism.space/tags/Pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pride</span></a>. Fuck these losers. <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/bigbash.bsky.social/post/3ls2ym2tvcc2f" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/bigbash.bsky.</span><span class="invisible">social/post/3ls2ym2tvcc2f</span></a></p><p>[contains quote post or other embedded content]"</p>
Cranky Clown<p>7:20 am Glenwood to Fairview Boise River greenbelt report: 59°F and sunny. 6.57 miles, 25.5 minutes, saving 2.3 kg CO2. Lots of bikes and good dogs out this morning. I counted 2 inline skaters, 2 cold-plungers, 2 surfers. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/boise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boise</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/idaho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idaho</span></a></p>
mk30<p>big "no kings" protest in boise, idaho yesterday!: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KG6kzTZOpk" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=6KG6kzTZOpk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>i love seeing red states turn out!</p><p><a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/idaho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idaho</span></a> <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/boise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boise</span></a> <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/nokings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nokings</span></a> <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
@GottaLaff<p><a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Boise" target="_blank">#Boise</a> 👉🏼 <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Idaho" target="_blank">#Idaho</a> 👈🏼 <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23NoKings" target="_blank">#NoKings</a><span class="quote-inline"><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dia4rix64dho4uswzll5osmh/post/3lrlovgfr4c2y" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dia4rix64dho4uswzll5osmh/post/3lrlovgfr4c2y</a></span></p>

7:20 am Glenwood to Fairview Boise River greenbelt report: 65°F and mostly sunny. 6.6 miles, 25.5 minutes, saving 2.31 kg CO2.

I counted 6 bikes, 6 good dogs, 2 fishermen, and 1 bald dude on a one-wheel. 1 cold-plunger, many surfers at the water park.

First morning ride with no weather protection!

5 pm Main to Veterans and, later, Veterans to Glenwood Boise River greenbelt report: 75°ish F and breezy. 8 miles, under 31 minutes, saving 2.81 kg CO2. Lots of bikes and several good dogs.

The fine people at City of Boise Parks & Rec continue to paint obstacles with drab red paint that no average cyclist can see very well, as if this will keep them from another $10M lawsuit the next time some poor cyclist loses their life on this stretch. It won’t work.

Director Doug Holloway should have been fired or resigned in disgrace when that woman died from an “asphalt volcano.” Instead, Doug is retiring this year as if nothing happened. Shame on Doug, and shame on Boise for refusing to properly maintain critical infrastructure.

What's your favourite news story from this week? This is definitely one of the top ones to make you chuckle in appreciation. After the Republicans in Utah and Idaho banned the Pride flag, Salt lake City and Boise got creative to find great workarounds, such as making the Pride flag their official city flag. And read to the bottom for one last creative legislative move.
#queer #lgbtq #pride #juneteenth #boise #saltlakecity
kuer.org/politics-government/2

KUER · Salt Lake City and Boise officially adopt pride flags to skirt new state flag bansBy Associated Press

Republican-controlled legislatures in Utah and Idaho banned pride flags from schools and government buildings. Their Democratic-controlled capitals have found a way around the bans. The Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, has approved new designs that add the city's emblem, a sego lily, to the rainbow and transgender flags and adopted a red and blue flag for Juneteenth. These are now considered city flags, which can be freely flown. In Boise, Idaho, Mayor Lauren McLean issued a proclamation retroactively making the pride flag — which has flown over City Hall for years — an official city flag. The council voted in favor of the proclamation Tuesday night. “Removing the flag now after years of flying it proudly would not be a neutral act,” said council member Meredith Stead. “It would signal a retreat from values we’ve long upheld and send a disheartening message to those who have found affirmation and belonging through its presence at city hall.” Here's more from @AssociatedPress.

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