JKrotkov, Forests are waking up.
Blue mertensia flowers stand on the edge of a sloping forest, with broad green hills in the background
close up of thistle seed head with each seed trailing long, shining wisps, ready to take flight in the wind
Thicket of aspen trees with new, yellow leaves fluttering around the slender white barked tree trunks.
gwaldby, Sign CI-128 at Primary Election sites on Tuesday June 4th.
#MTPol #Montana #AbortionRights #AbortionIsHealthcare #RoeYourVote
GottaLaff, Republican Steve Daines of Montana just blocked confirmation of what would have been the first Native American federal judge for #Montana.
Attorney Danna Jackson with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes had been nominated last month by President Biden. https://apnews.com/article/native-american-judge-blocked-montana-daines-904c8d41fa9c1ec81617f705fc115f59
DemocracyMattersALot, Morning Digest: A Supreme Court majority is on the line in Montana this fall https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/30/2243489/-Morning-Digest-A-Supreme-Court-majority-is-on-the-line-in-Montana-this-fall
RayKuntz, Hot compost.
#compost #compostodon #montana #redlodge
OGjester, #Prediction: #Montana’s Senator #JonTester will lose this fall, and Republicans will take the Senate.
In each of his previous wins, the margin of victory was razor thin - he can’t afford to lose ANY votes... and yet, in a jaw-dropping and unforced error, there he is on the top ten list of politicians taking money from #AIPAC.
JasonStiff, Tuesday night moonlight...
#Montana #Billings #Moon #moonlight #tree #trees #photography #photo #astronomy #space #Tuesday #weather #wx #mtwx #wywx
gwaldby,
bourgwick, 50 years ago today, the #GratefulDead bring the wall of sound to #montana. spring ’74, show #2, now “dave’s picks 9”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_RiiRe2sns&t=6s [1/6]
bourgwick, 5/14/74 missoula: without the washoe zephyr blowing, a much tighter show. potent LOSER, “sweet susie” returns. 2nd SCARLET BEGONIAS finds a little flight with cool wah-wah rhodes & donna vocalizing over jam, though very much (to my ears) about having a fun new weir-involved rhythmic/harmonic conversation; all working together to click it to fresh space, before landing in IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE ROSES. casually brilliant k. godchaux throughout, especially 21-minute PLAYING IN THE BAND. [2/6]
bourgwick, centerpiece of the show is 48-minute WEATHER REPORT SUITE > DARK STAR > CHINA DOLL, elegant ’74 dead. LET IT GROW widens & dissolves into restless pre-verse DARK STAR jamming, nearly dissolving into ’69-ish arpeggio diamonds. post-verse noise blossoms, opening from garcia’s thick fuzztone into free freakout that opens to 5+ minutes of kreutzmann-led jazz dancing. the wild fuzz returns for CHINA DOLL via a psychedelic split guitar signal, the clean tone running in parallel. [3/6]
Toastie, "This July, I will turn 100 years old. I was born in 1924 in one of the last encampments and raised in Blacktail. When we were young girls, my sister, who was 10 at the time, and I, just 8 years old, attended a mission school for a year and a half."
---Molly Bullshoe, Blackfeet Nation matriarch, teacher, elder
Heart Butte, #Montana
https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-5/i-attended-a-mission-school-for-a-year-and-a-half/
Mallulady, @Toastie You look great. 😊
Toastie, @Mallulady That's not me in the picture but thanks yes i do 💅
makkhorn, Hi there, I’m #RyanBusse and I’m running to be the next Governor of Montana. I’m a father, a husband, a hunter, and a proud Montanan who wants our great state to be a place where all of our freedoms are protected.
Even Aldo's.
AnOldGuy, @makkhorn Why do they call themselves hunters? They use a gun. They shoot. They’re shooters.
JasonStiff, I'm taking Shylo for a check-up on Monday. Fasting for 4 to 6 hours? I better eat a big breakfast by 8AM, then. I'm going to get pretty hungry by the afternoon. Shylo watching from her warm Sunday sunbeam as a neighbor dog gets escorted to its outdoor litterbox...
#Montana #Billings #cat #cats #adoptdontshop #adopt #vet #veterinarian #fasting #breakfast #funny #humor #Sunday #catsofmastodon #mastodoncats
JasonStiff, Relaxing after work, petting Shylo, and waiting for the NFL Draft to start. She's interested in the Lions.
#Montana #Billings #cat #cats #adoptdontshop #adopt #NFL #NFLDraft #football #lion #Detroit #Lions #catsofmastodon #mastodoncats
ai6yr, @JasonStiff Aww, lucky cat, glad you were able to adopt her!
JasonStiff, Shylo by nightlight...
Shylo by daylight...
#Montana #Billings #night #nightlight #silhouette #day #daylight #sun #sunrise #dawn #photography #photo #Shylo #cat #cats #catsofmastodon #mastodoncats
JasonStiff,
ai6yr, @JasonStiff Ha! She looks happy!
ai6yr, PBS: Montana city grapples with rise of unhoused people living in vehicles https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/montana-city-grapples-with-rise-of-unhoused-people-living-in-vehicles #bozeman #unhoused #homeless #montana
ai6yr, A real study here on Safe Parking and homelessness:
"As vehicular homelessness increases in the United States, safe parking programs have proliferated.... JFS SPP has a 40% positive exit rate, with younger clients, women, veterans, and families more likely to exit into housing. Second, JFS SPP is preferred over shelters by persons who have used both services. This preference is especially important for older clients and clients with disabilities for whom safe parking is a safety net. Finally, increasing access to lots and services would benefit all clients, including families, seniors, and individuals with nontraditional schedules." https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511482.2024.2313511 #safeparking #homelessness
ai6yr, "We have identified three key findings from the research described here: (a) safe parking programs bolster upward cycles for those with the capacity to work, draw on social ties, or access housing assistance; (b) safe parking programs prevent downward spirals for those with fewer resources by acting as safety net, are preferred as a safety net by clients who have used both safe parking programs and emergency shelters over the latter, and provide greater access to resources than is possible through street outreach efforts; and (c) expanded access to lots, case management, and showers would benefit all clients of safe parking programs." #SafeParking #homelessness #unhoused #policy
chuso, Memories from 2011
#vigo #AGuía #galicia #montaña #mar #árboles #monte #paisaje #camino #spain #mountain #sea #trees #woods #landscape #pathCamino de tierra que transcurre por el medio de un bosque verde con un pequeño terraplen a la izquierda y árboles y arbustos a la derecha.
Vista de la ría de Vigo entre unos árboles desde el monte de A Guía. El sol se refleja sobre le mar haciendo que brille y que, por el contraste, solo se aprecien las sobras de los árboles que estan en primer plano.
chuso,
gwaldby, I donated to Erin Ferris Olsen for Montana Supreme Court Clerk. Join me via @actblue
#MTPol #MTDems #Montana
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/erin-for-montana-1
RealJournalism, #Montana, #Oregon, #Maine, and #California passed new zoning laws making it easier for cities to build affordable housing. And #Minnesota passed the People Over Parking Act, which does away with regulations that require parking space, taking away space for housing. https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2024/4/10/the-winds-are-changing-on-incremental-housing
JasonStiff, Is your adopted cat comfortable and exploring her new home? 🐈 Yeah... you could say that. 😄 Shylo is neither shy nor low... 😸
#Montana #Billings #cat #cats #adoptdontshop #adopt #orangecat #gingercat #Shylo #Shiloh #catsofmastodon #mastodoncats
ai6yr, @JasonStiff Congrats on the new cat!!!
gwaldby,
gwaldby, I donated to Judge Katherine Bidegaray for Montana Supreme Court - 2024. Join me.
#MTPol #MTSupremeCourt #Montana #JusticeForAll
https://donorbox.org/judge-katherine-bidegaray-for-montana-supreme-court-2024-1
JasonStiff, The solar eclipse is coming to an end, and it was awe-inspiring as usual! I'm happy that my marathon negotiations with Mother Nature to clear the sky were a success!
#Montana #Billings #Q2 #KTVQ #MTN #Wyoming #sun #clouds #eclipse #solareclipse #negotiation #MotherNature #beautiful #nature #astronomy #space #Monday #weather #wx #mtwx #wywx #MastodonWeather #MastodonWX #weatherMastodon #wxmastodon
GottaLaff, “#Montana #GOP Senate candidate says he lied to ranger about gunshot wound in 2015
Tim Sheehy was cited for illegally discharging a weapon in a national park but says he made up the gunshot to cover up a bullet wound he received as a Navy SEAL in Afghanistan that he never reported to superiors”
Gift: https://wapo.st/3JbuTO5
PandaChronicle, @GottaLaff
WTF?
Silent: old bullet wound under clothes
Not silent: discharging a gun in a national park.
🙄
Npars01, The words "Lying Republicans" get more and more common in the headlines don't they?