Tara Karr Roberts
@tarabethidaho.bsky.social
Novelist: WILD & DISTANT SEAS (WW Norton)
Freelance writer (mostly science stories for universities)
Family person (two teens, not-very-online husband)
Idahoan, Lutheran, erstwhile teacher, book nerd, ice cream enthusiast
She/her
Freelance writer (mostly science stories for universities)
Family person (two teens, not-very-online husband)
Idahoan, Lutheran, erstwhile teacher, book nerd, ice cream enthusiast
She/her
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I'm running for re-election to the #Latah County #LibraryBoard. If you're in Latah County, I hope you'll vote on May 20. If not, I hope you support your local public library.
www.latahlibraries.com
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Vote May 20 for Annette Bay Pimentel, Marci Miller, and Rochelle Smith for Latah County library trustee!
www.latahlibraries.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I'm running for re-election to the #Latah County #LibraryBoard. If you're in Latah County, I hope you'll vote on May 20. If not, I hope you support your local public library.
www.latahlibraries.com
@tarabethidaho.bsky.social
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And an AP Style Pope who blesses you in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
And an AP Style Pope who blesses you in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit
If you're able to donate bone marrow, PLEASE be sure you're registered with NMDP. A friend here in Moscow #Idaho is fighting aplastic anemia and needs a donor -- as do many others in the world.
Join the Registry | NMDP (Formerly Be The Match)
Join the registry to donate bone marrow, peripheral blood stem cells or cord blood & help save a life. NMDP maintains the most diverse registry in the world.
www.nmdp.org
April 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If you're able to donate bone marrow, PLEASE be sure you're registered with NMDP. A friend here in Moscow #Idaho is fighting aplastic anemia and needs a donor -- as do many others in the world.
Call my Congressional reps and ask them to defend literally any human rights OR call my Congressional reps and just honk like a goose?
March 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Call my Congressional reps and ask them to defend literally any human rights OR call my Congressional reps and just honk like a goose?
I've been calling my congressional reps' offices to ask about upcoming town halls, and these people are acting like they HAVE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING. A what? When? Gee, I don't know! Sign up for the newsletter! Fill out a form!
Any other #Idaho folks (or elsewhere folks) experienced this?
Any other #Idaho folks (or elsewhere folks) experienced this?
March 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I've been calling my congressional reps' offices to ask about upcoming town halls, and these people are acting like they HAVE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING. A what? When? Gee, I don't know! Sign up for the newsletter! Fill out a form!
Any other #Idaho folks (or elsewhere folks) experienced this?
Any other #Idaho folks (or elsewhere folks) experienced this?
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Trump is slashing another 1,000 jobs at NOAA.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The US agency that monitors weather will cut another 1,000 jobs, AP sources say
Multiple sources tell The Associated Press that the Trump Administration is starting another round of job cuts — this one more than 1,000 — at the nation’s weather, ocean and fisheries agency.
apnews.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Trump is slashing another 1,000 jobs at NOAA.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
Every time I log into this place I immediately see something that makes me go, "Ah f--k, I need to go look at the news, don't I?"
March 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Every time I log into this place I immediately see something that makes me go, "Ah f--k, I need to go look at the news, don't I?"
My 13yo was helping make dinner and suddenly started spinning across the kitchen. I asked him to stop and help with another thing, and he said, "Nope. I'm spinning. I'm gone." And disappeared down the hall.
This is how I'm leaving all situations now, forever.
This is how I'm leaving all situations now, forever.
March 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
My 13yo was helping make dinner and suddenly started spinning across the kitchen. I asked him to stop and help with another thing, and he said, "Nope. I'm spinning. I'm gone." And disappeared down the hall.
This is how I'm leaving all situations now, forever.
This is how I'm leaving all situations now, forever.
Writer thought of the day: It's really impressive the number and variety of synonyms that English has for "vomit"
March 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Writer thought of the day: It's really impressive the number and variety of synonyms that English has for "vomit"
Update: It didn't work. But I don't blame this dude. He and millions of others have been aggressively sold a lie -- that billionaires care about him, and liberals, "bureaucrats," and other folks don't. Don't know how to fix that.
Probably zero point in arguing with some dude I went to high school with that we can care about public- *and* private-sector workers, and that the billionaires pitting them against each other are the real enemy, but hey, why not give it a try?
February 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Update: It didn't work. But I don't blame this dude. He and millions of others have been aggressively sold a lie -- that billionaires care about him, and liberals, "bureaucrats," and other folks don't. Don't know how to fix that.
Probably zero point in arguing with some dude I went to high school with that we can care about public- *and* private-sector workers, and that the billionaires pitting them against each other are the real enemy, but hey, why not give it a try?
February 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Probably zero point in arguing with some dude I went to high school with that we can care about public- *and* private-sector workers, and that the billionaires pitting them against each other are the real enemy, but hey, why not give it a try?
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Another reason to 1) buy paper copies of books from your local bookseller and 2) check out e-books from your local library instead of buying them from Amazon.
lithub.com/next-week-am...
lithub.com/next-week-am...
Next week, Amazon is stripping away your ability to download your ebooks.
Starting next Wednesday, February 26th, Amazon isn’t going to let users download the ebooks they’ve purchased, forcing users to keep everything within the corporation’s proprietary ecosystem.…
lithub.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Another reason to 1) buy paper copies of books from your local bookseller and 2) check out e-books from your local library instead of buying them from Amazon.
lithub.com/next-week-am...
lithub.com/next-week-am...
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What is Title IX, and what is its purpose? Guest writer Cara Hawkins-Jedlicka writes about how the problem isn't trans athletes; it's a lack of support for Title IX.
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#transsathletes #titleix #politics
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#transsathletes #titleix #politics
The real war on women's sports is lack of support – not trans athletes! - FāVS News
Idaho's "War on Women’s Sports is Over Month" ignores funding inequities for women’s sports, focusing instead on restricting trans athletes' participation.
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February 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
What is Title IX, and what is its purpose? Guest writer Cara Hawkins-Jedlicka writes about how the problem isn't trans athletes; it's a lack of support for Title IX.
@carabyrd.bsky.social
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#transsathletes #titleix #politics
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#transsathletes #titleix #politics
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The Idaho House just voted 38-32 for the REPEAL of Medicaid Expansion. We're now in a do-or-die moment for the future of Medicaid Expansion, and we need thousands of Idahoans to get engaged in this fight. Please sign the petition and share it far & wide:
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February 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The Idaho House just voted 38-32 for the REPEAL of Medicaid Expansion. We're now in a do-or-die moment for the future of Medicaid Expansion, and we need thousands of Idahoans to get engaged in this fight. Please sign the petition and share it far & wide:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
These days I kinda feel like turning into a little frog and hiding under a leaf
February 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
These days I kinda feel like turning into a little frog and hiding under a leaf
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Tracy Simmons' 7-month-old puppy has been testing her patience.
She writes today about how her experience also teaches her to be patient in the fight for democracy.
@reportertracy.bsky.social
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#democracy #anger #patience
She writes today about how her experience also teaches her to be patient in the fight for democracy.
@reportertracy.bsky.social
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#democracy #anger #patience
How my new puppy teaches me patience in the fight for democracy - FāVS News
Amid overwhelming news and political anger, a rescue puppy teaches the author the power of patience and persistence in the fight for democracy, without letting frustration consume them.
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February 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Tracy Simmons' 7-month-old puppy has been testing her patience.
She writes today about how her experience also teaches her to be patient in the fight for democracy.
@reportertracy.bsky.social
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#democracy #anger #patience
She writes today about how her experience also teaches her to be patient in the fight for democracy.
@reportertracy.bsky.social
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#democracy #anger #patience
Especially sending this out to my former students!
Hi, media friends. It's me, your Journalist Work Mom Pal.
Do things seem overwhelming right now? Is there too much to cover and not enough time or resources?
Here are some things that have helped me.
Do things seem overwhelming right now? Is there too much to cover and not enough time or resources?
Here are some things that have helped me.
February 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Especially sending this out to my former students!
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Former employees are posting on social media that National Forest centers in areas like Stanley, Idaho were also gutted yesterday.
According to this employee, it was about half of their entire staff.
USDA has yet to tell the public how many of these people are gone
According to this employee, it was about half of their entire staff.
USDA has yet to tell the public how many of these people are gone
February 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Former employees are posting on social media that National Forest centers in areas like Stanley, Idaho were also gutted yesterday.
According to this employee, it was about half of their entire staff.
USDA has yet to tell the public how many of these people are gone
According to this employee, it was about half of their entire staff.
USDA has yet to tell the public how many of these people are gone
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Measles high infection rate is the reason we have not yet been able to eradicate it. That rate means you need a very high vaccination rate to prevent outbreaks. It is possible, but not with current levels of institutional distrust.
The average person with the flu gives it to around 1.4 people. The average person with measles gives it to between 12 and 18 people.
Measles cases continue to surge globally, putting millions of children at risk.
More than 10 million people globally were infected with measles in 2023, a 20% increase from the previous year.
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More than 10 million people globally were infected with measles in 2023, a 20% increase from the previous year.
bit.ly/48SAtkf
February 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Measles high infection rate is the reason we have not yet been able to eradicate it. That rate means you need a very high vaccination rate to prevent outbreaks. It is possible, but not with current levels of institutional distrust.
Go ahead and reward yourself with chocolate for calling or emailing your elected officials. You deserve that little bit of sweetness.
February 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Go ahead and reward yourself with chocolate for calling or emailing your elected officials. You deserve that little bit of sweetness.
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Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" has perhaps the most memorable opening line in all of Western literature: "I hope you motherfuckers like reading about whales"
February 16, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" has perhaps the most memorable opening line in all of Western literature: "I hope you motherfuckers like reading about whales"
Just described my novel-in-progress to a friend as "Middle-aged woman with anxiety about everything uncovers elderly relatives' alien conspiracy" and tbh I don't think I'll come up with a better log line
February 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Just described my novel-in-progress to a friend as "Middle-aged woman with anxiety about everything uncovers elderly relatives' alien conspiracy" and tbh I don't think I'll come up with a better log line
This Valentine's Day, my husband cleared the snow from the driveway, helped the younger teen with his snow shoveling job, ran errands for my elderly auntie, bought new tires (much-needed in this snow, eep), vacuumed the house -- and did it all because this is just who he is, all the time.
February 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This Valentine's Day, my husband cleared the snow from the driveway, helped the younger teen with his snow shoveling job, ran errands for my elderly auntie, bought new tires (much-needed in this snow, eep), vacuumed the house -- and did it all because this is just who he is, all the time.
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“It’s unbelievable to be accused by the government of fraud,” Rev. Kirk Anderson, a Lutheran pastor.
Earlier this month, tweets from DOGE, Elon Musk and Trump officials accused Lutheran nonprofit organizations of money laundering.
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#politics #faith #idaho
Earlier this month, tweets from DOGE, Elon Musk and Trump officials accused Lutheran nonprofit organizations of money laundering.
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#politics #faith #idaho
Area Lutherans enter political arena to save their neighbors - FāVS News
Lutherans respond to accusations of fraud and funding misuse by the Trump administration, reaffirming their commitment to service and social causes.
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February 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
“It’s unbelievable to be accused by the government of fraud,” Rev. Kirk Anderson, a Lutheran pastor.
Earlier this month, tweets from DOGE, Elon Musk and Trump officials accused Lutheran nonprofit organizations of money laundering.
favs.news/lutherans-bo...
#politics #faith #idaho
Earlier this month, tweets from DOGE, Elon Musk and Trump officials accused Lutheran nonprofit organizations of money laundering.
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#politics #faith #idaho
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Seriously, creative folks: Don't be afraid to let people know your stuff is out there for them, or worry that "now is not the time for that." People are stressed and freaked out and looking for the things that will give them a moment of rest and joy. It is EXACTLY the time for what we do. Tell them.
February 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Seriously, creative folks: Don't be afraid to let people know your stuff is out there for them, or worry that "now is not the time for that." People are stressed and freaked out and looking for the things that will give them a moment of rest and joy. It is EXACTLY the time for what we do. Tell them.