Michael Covington
@covingtonmagnus.bsky.social
An Idaho Real Estate Broker, pro labor, West Ham fan, Packers Shareholder, just trying to do better. That includes punching fascists.
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The fall lineup for the #FirstFriday #Astronomy series looks awesome.
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Why is there an all pervasive smell of fried chicken along Kootenai Street from Vista to Orchard?
November 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Why is there an all pervasive smell of fried chicken along Kootenai Street from Vista to Orchard?
Never thought I'd be grateful to 16-year-old me impulsively buying a cane sword. But here I am basically unable to walk today. Utilizing the cane.
November 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Never thought I'd be grateful to 16-year-old me impulsively buying a cane sword. But here I am basically unable to walk today. Utilizing the cane.
If anyone sees me walking around with a limp the next few days, something popped in my knee while asleep in bed and it was loud enough to wake my fiance, and also I can't put any weight on my knee now.
November 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
If anyone sees me walking around with a limp the next few days, something popped in my knee while asleep in bed and it was loud enough to wake my fiance, and also I can't put any weight on my knee now.
My spoon is too big.
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 AM
My spoon is too big.
I've been reading a bit more on the Boys of Boise, and uh, why does it feel like the exact same nonresolution would happen today? Down to doing absolutely nothing about pedophilia.
November 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I've been reading a bit more on the Boys of Boise, and uh, why does it feel like the exact same nonresolution would happen today? Down to doing absolutely nothing about pedophilia.
I do love an interactive map, they're such a dopamine hit. Also, this really does help show the scale of the insurance crisis developing.
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...
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
November 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I do love an interactive map, they're such a dopamine hit. Also, this really does help show the scale of the insurance crisis developing.
Can we have more of this please? My heart rate shouldn't jump 20 bpm just reading that a government agency did more than the bare minimum in one tiny little thing.
(1/2?) I sometimes highlight agency non transparency online, but I also try to recognize when public officials quickly and amicably honor their obligations. The data I used to visualize Idaho’s insurance crisis came from the state’s department of insurance, led by Dean Cameron. His office…
November 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Can we have more of this please? My heart rate shouldn't jump 20 bpm just reading that a government agency did more than the bare minimum in one tiny little thing.
Anyone feel up to some developing? I've got a listing in Richfield that is prime for a small scale development.
November 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Anyone feel up to some developing? I've got a listing in Richfield that is prime for a small scale development.
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Some libraries are open and we get pushback for ‘not supporting veterans.’ Reminder that 20% of homeless males are veterans, 32% are in suburbs. Idaho is 50th in US for broadband. Closing a building that provides services doesn’t honor veterans, it harms them. Being open is honoring this day.
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Some libraries are open and we get pushback for ‘not supporting veterans.’ Reminder that 20% of homeless males are veterans, 32% are in suburbs. Idaho is 50th in US for broadband. Closing a building that provides services doesn’t honor veterans, it harms them. Being open is honoring this day.
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These posts are frequent in my local moms group. Whether midwife or doctor. This is what OB care looks like in Idaho right now.
November 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
These posts are frequent in my local moms group. Whether midwife or doctor. This is what OB care looks like in Idaho right now.
I grew up in a lot in Minnesota, I got my Sailing merit badge on Superior. I've been in Duluth when a big storm comes in, it was some of the scariest water I've ever seen. I'll mark the anniversary of the sinking similarly to that vote taken today.
Who's up for a funeral?
Who's up for a funeral?
November 10, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I grew up in a lot in Minnesota, I got my Sailing merit badge on Superior. I've been in Duluth when a big storm comes in, it was some of the scariest water I've ever seen. I'll mark the anniversary of the sinking similarly to that vote taken today.
Who's up for a funeral?
Who's up for a funeral?
Sprawl or density.
Eagle chooses sprawl like its life depends on it. I think there's one municipality in the Treasure Valley not choosing sprawl, Garden City, and that's because it can't.
Eagle chooses sprawl like its life depends on it. I think there's one municipality in the Treasure Valley not choosing sprawl, Garden City, and that's because it can't.
November 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Sprawl or density.
Eagle chooses sprawl like its life depends on it. I think there's one municipality in the Treasure Valley not choosing sprawl, Garden City, and that's because it can't.
Eagle chooses sprawl like its life depends on it. I think there's one municipality in the Treasure Valley not choosing sprawl, Garden City, and that's because it can't.
Finally home, I'll wake up Monday.
November 9, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Finally home, I'll wake up Monday.
Catching norovirus to send me into DKA was not in my weekend plans...
November 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Catching norovirus to send me into DKA was not in my weekend plans...
The Garden City results are a bit closer than I was expecting.
Star and Middleton failing to pass the fire levy is on brand.
Now to check on a sewer bond and some school levies before bed.
Star and Middleton failing to pass the fire levy is on brand.
Now to check on a sewer bond and some school levies before bed.
November 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The Garden City results are a bit closer than I was expecting.
Star and Middleton failing to pass the fire levy is on brand.
Now to check on a sewer bond and some school levies before bed.
Star and Middleton failing to pass the fire levy is on brand.
Now to check on a sewer bond and some school levies before bed.
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SCOOP: Idaho’s health department quietly declined the entirety of its annual $1.5 million federal Title X funding in April, leaving patients statewide without any access to the family planning program.
One Idaho health district no longer offers contraception at all.
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One Idaho health district no longer offers contraception at all.
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While some states fight to restore Title X family planning funding, Idaho chooses to forfeit it
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare quietly declined the entirety of its annual $1.5 million federal Title X funding, leaving patients statewide without free and low-cost contraception and repr...
www.newsfromthestates.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
SCOOP: Idaho’s health department quietly declined the entirety of its annual $1.5 million federal Title X funding in April, leaving patients statewide without any access to the family planning program.
One Idaho health district no longer offers contraception at all.
From me:
One Idaho health district no longer offers contraception at all.
From me:
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YES! DICK CHENEY *IS* DEAD!
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
YES! DICK CHENEY *IS* DEAD!
I will be in McCall around 1 this afternoon. And I'll be up there for a few hours. Throw me some lunch options. I never get to eat there, mainly because I'm always passing through.
I also have to get photos in Secesh Meadows beforehand, I wonder what Secesh Summit looks like today..
I also have to get photos in Secesh Meadows beforehand, I wonder what Secesh Summit looks like today..
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I will be in McCall around 1 this afternoon. And I'll be up there for a few hours. Throw me some lunch options. I never get to eat there, mainly because I'm always passing through.
I also have to get photos in Secesh Meadows beforehand, I wonder what Secesh Summit looks like today..
I also have to get photos in Secesh Meadows beforehand, I wonder what Secesh Summit looks like today..
I mentioned that I like scotch to the dining car attendant. Amtrak dug up a 25 year old Bowmore for dinner.
Why are we not funding this!?!
Why are we not funding this!?!
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I mentioned that I like scotch to the dining car attendant. Amtrak dug up a 25 year old Bowmore for dinner.
Why are we not funding this!?!
Why are we not funding this!?!
@deedeefifty.bsky.social I thought today was Monday for some reason and was about to ask if we're gonna have the some Oregon State ball tonight, but it's Sunday.
November 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
@deedeefifty.bsky.social I thought today was Monday for some reason and was about to ask if we're gonna have the some Oregon State ball tonight, but it's Sunday.
Ahhh, Chicago
November 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Ahhh, Chicago
The station is bigger than the town.
November 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The station is bigger than the town.
What do I have to do to get a decent cup of coffee back East?
October 31, 2025 at 7:57 PM
What do I have to do to get a decent cup of coffee back East?
It looks like rain the rest of the way today. I'm hoping to make it to Newport News late tonight.
October 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It looks like rain the rest of the way today. I'm hoping to make it to Newport News late tonight.