Chris @ The Next Bar Stool
@thenextbarstool.bsky.social
Former blogger who is still trying to get his blog back online after it was hacked after bad mouthing Putin.
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Started list on my phone with help from Melissa Davlin back on the bird site. (Someone get her over here! I have a code!)
BEST ROAD TRIP PARKS FOR KIDS (ID/OR/UT):
Children's Park - Hood River
Geiser Pollman Park - Baker City
Riverside Park - La Grande
Storybook Park - Burley
Windsor Park - Orem
BEST ROAD TRIP PARKS FOR KIDS (ID/OR/UT):
Children's Park - Hood River
Geiser Pollman Park - Baker City
Riverside Park - La Grande
Storybook Park - Burley
Windsor Park - Orem
What is going on at the Boise Olive Garden? Lots of cops with lights flashing while hanging out in the parking lot. A few are in green tactical gear but not the ICE kind.
November 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
What is going on at the Boise Olive Garden? Lots of cops with lights flashing while hanging out in the parking lot. A few are in green tactical gear but not the ICE kind.
Hey my Mariners fan friends! Congrats! I’ve been pulling for you. Get some rest! Now, my attention goes back to my Cubbies.
October 11, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Hey my Mariners fan friends! Congrats! I’ve been pulling for you. Get some rest! Now, my attention goes back to my Cubbies.
September 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
My kindergartner has to have a lockdown drill because grownups aren’t willing to do anything to stop school shootings. That is what the U.S. has come to.
September 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
My kindergartner has to have a lockdown drill because grownups aren’t willing to do anything to stop school shootings. That is what the U.S. has come to.
Just waiting for @theonion.com to post another version of the school shooting headline. We have a problem America (except you Canada and Mexico).
August 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Just waiting for @theonion.com to post another version of the school shooting headline. We have a problem America (except you Canada and Mexico).
When will enough Americans and enough elected officials decide that children getting murdered is not OK? One of these pictures looked like the school drop off I just did 2 hours ago. That could happen to my kid. This is not ok.
UPDATE: 2 children are dead, 17 people injured in Minneapolis school shooting
2 children are dead, 17 people injured in Minneapolis school shooting
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said the shooter fired through the windows of Annunciation Catholic Church during Mass on Wednesday. The gunman was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
n.pr
August 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
When will enough Americans and enough elected officials decide that children getting murdered is not OK? One of these pictures looked like the school drop off I just did 2 hours ago. That could happen to my kid. This is not ok.
Unvaccinated kid in Idaho’s panhandle tested positive for measles. Color me shocked. First case in 34 years for area. I wonder why there were no cases for so long…
Also, 2025 measles cases have surpassed total for all of 2024. 13% required hospitalization, mostly children. Protect the kids my ass.
Also, 2025 measles cases have surpassed total for all of 2024. 13% required hospitalization, mostly children. Protect the kids my ass.
August 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Unvaccinated kid in Idaho’s panhandle tested positive for measles. Color me shocked. First case in 34 years for area. I wonder why there were no cases for so long…
Also, 2025 measles cases have surpassed total for all of 2024. 13% required hospitalization, mostly children. Protect the kids my ass.
Also, 2025 measles cases have surpassed total for all of 2024. 13% required hospitalization, mostly children. Protect the kids my ass.
Ugh. I need my kid to be old enough to be left alone. I just want 1 kalimotxo.
August 2, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Ugh. I need my kid to be old enough to be left alone. I just want 1 kalimotxo.
Back in my hometown in WI. The street I grew up on looks like a used Chevy dealership. 9 Silverados, 3 Equinoxes, and 1 Malibu. This is three block of one street in a town of 1,000.
July 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Back in my hometown in WI. The street I grew up on looks like a used Chevy dealership. 9 Silverados, 3 Equinoxes, and 1 Malibu. This is three block of one street in a town of 1,000.
🧵As the Senate prepares to gut Public Broadcasting because they have long held a grudge about being held accountable for their actions and view reporting facts as “being partisan” or “liberal”, it is important to look at the big picture. It isn’t just shows and news that will be crippled.
July 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
🧵As the Senate prepares to gut Public Broadcasting because they have long held a grudge about being held accountable for their actions and view reporting facts as “being partisan” or “liberal”, it is important to look at the big picture. It isn’t just shows and news that will be crippled.
Found a “special pipe” and a “mask” while doing yard work. It is hard to see but there are eye holes cut on the “mask”. Frankly looks like an ICE mask.
July 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Found a “special pipe” and a “mask” while doing yard work. It is hard to see but there are eye holes cut on the “mask”. Frankly looks like an ICE mask.
The OBBB has cuts to Medicaid to help “balance the budget” yet there were no cuts to lawmaker salary or pensions… 🤔
July 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The OBBB has cuts to Medicaid to help “balance the budget” yet there were no cuts to lawmaker salary or pensions… 🤔
This is randomly off subject and meant as no disrespect to the horrible nature of his crimes, but seeing the photos from court, Ada County jail has a really good barber.
July 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This is randomly off subject and meant as no disrespect to the horrible nature of his crimes, but seeing the photos from court, Ada County jail has a really good barber.
Judge Hippler is having none of the shenanigans.
July 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Judge Hippler is having none of the shenanigans.
Just a Medicaid note, there are some who only want people with disabilities and those below the poverty line to get Medicaid. If an elderly person is receiving SS and a meager pension of $167 per month would make too much for Medicaid.
July 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Just a Medicaid note, there are some who only want people with disabilities and those below the poverty line to get Medicaid. If an elderly person is receiving SS and a meager pension of $167 per month would make too much for Medicaid.
Idaho released a few plates this year. The Don’t Tread on Me is sadly popular.
June 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Idaho released a few plates this year. The Don’t Tread on Me is sadly popular.
Explaining to my 5 year old why someone would start a fire and shoot firefighters… and I can’t say, “some people are just fucked up.” He took it well but it made him cry.
June 30, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Explaining to my 5 year old why someone would start a fire and shoot firefighters… and I can’t say, “some people are just fucked up.” He took it well but it made him cry.
My brother just sent me an article he saw about the failure of the Heteros are Upseteros Fest. He live 1500 miles away. On the other side of the Mississippi.
June 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
My brother just sent me an article he saw about the failure of the Heteros are Upseteros Fest. He live 1500 miles away. On the other side of the Mississippi.
Heteros Are Upseteros Fest is looking pretty sad. Saw more people gather in that park because it was a random warm Saturday in April.
June 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Heteros Are Upseteros Fest is looking pretty sad. Saw more people gather in that park because it was a random warm Saturday in April.
My Amazon device considers 4 Non Blondes “What’s Up?” as similar to everything. Replacements, Mat Kearney, Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, Laufey.
June 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
My Amazon device considers 4 Non Blondes “What’s Up?” as similar to everything. Replacements, Mat Kearney, Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, Laufey.
The Beanstack app isn’t working!!!
June 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The Beanstack app isn’t working!!!
Dear Sharon Lee,
You can divorce that POS and nobody would blame you.
Sincerely,
Someone who isn’t a fuckwad like your husband.
You can divorce that POS and nobody would blame you.
Sincerely,
Someone who isn’t a fuckwad like your husband.
June 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Dear Sharon Lee,
You can divorce that POS and nobody would blame you.
Sincerely,
Someone who isn’t a fuckwad like your husband.
You can divorce that POS and nobody would blame you.
Sincerely,
Someone who isn’t a fuckwad like your husband.
Just a reminder, Republicans cut funding to Public Radio and Television because they hate being held accountable and view it as partisan if they get called out for their bad acts. But who does it really impact? Low and middle class families especially those with young children.
June 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Just a reminder, Republicans cut funding to Public Radio and Television because they hate being held accountable and view it as partisan if they get called out for their bad acts. But who does it really impact? Low and middle class families especially those with young children.
@zebpalmer.com curious your thoughts on Inciweb in 2025. Used it for overview of fires and important information (road closures, evacs, area to avoid) but I have been looking at it lately and I don’t know if it is just because it is June, but it seems lagging behind how it normally operates.
June 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
@zebpalmer.com curious your thoughts on Inciweb in 2025. Used it for overview of fires and important information (road closures, evacs, area to avoid) but I have been looking at it lately and I don’t know if it is just because it is June, but it seems lagging behind how it normally operates.