Toby Shaw

Construction near the Boise Farmers Market may impact traffic, but organizers say the market is still open and ready for the community. Visitors are encouraged to plan ahead, stay patient, and continue supporting local this weekend.

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@grey4626 "emasculated heresies" made me laugh out loud. It would also be a GREAT emo band name.

John, you theologically illiterate fuck... it’s glaringly obvious you’ve never actually read the Bible, or at least not with any intellectual honesty. Allow me, an atheist forged in the cold furnace of reason, to educate your ass on the religion you so selectively distort and weaponize for your own performative piety. Your pearl-clutching over Pete Hegseth crediting “divine providence” for those precision strikes on Iran exposes the depth of your scriptural illiteracy. The God of the Bible isn’t some effete, turn-the-other-cheek pacifist cooked up by 21st-century liberal theologians desperate to sanitize history. He is Yahweh Sabaoth...the Lord of Hosts, El Gibbor, the Mighty God of War...a deity who forges empires in fire and exacts retribution with genocidal precision. He never commanded His people to be fucking pussies. He commanded them to conquer, to slaughter, to leave no survivor when the divine mandate demanded it. Read the text without your cherry-picking hermeneutic filter. Exodus 15:3 declares it without apology: “The Lord is a man of war; the Lord is His name.” Deuteronomy 7 and 20 lay out the rules of holy war in black and white...utterly destroy the nations before you, show them no mercy, annihilate every man, woman, child, and beast lest their gods corrupt the covenant. Joshua doesn’t negotiate at Jericho; he marches at Yahweh’s command and the walls fall so the swords can finish the job. Saul is anointed king precisely to erase the Amalekites down to the last infant and lamb (1 Samuel 15), and when he shows a flicker of mercy, God rejects him. The Psalms are soaked in imprecatory venom..."Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks” (Psalm 137:9)...because this is no gentle shepherd; this is the God of retribution who trains hands for battle (Psalm 144:1) and delights in the broken bodies of His enemies. Even your beloved New Testament, which you flog like a moral shield, refuses to play nice. Matthew 10:34: “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.” Revelation 19 paints the returning Christ not as a lamb but as the blood-drenched rider on the white horse, treading the winepress of God’s wrath until the blood flows bridle-deep. Vengeance is Mine, says the Lord...and history shows He delegates it liberally when the hour is ripe. Your sanitized, pussyfied Christianity is pure psychological cope, a textbook case of cognitive dissonance management. You excise the conquest narratives, the herem commands, the divine warrior theophanies, because the raw, lethal theology terrifies your modern sensibilities. It’s easier to project a therapeutic Jesus onto the text than admit the Abrahamic God was forged in the same tribal furnace as every other ancient deity of war...a projection of collective human aggression, sanctified and made absolute. That selective amnesia lets you posture as morally superior while ignoring that the same scriptures Hegseth implicitly channels have justified holy violence for three millennia. Hegseth gets it better than you ever will, you half-baked heretic. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob has always been the God of war and holy justice...ferocious, unrelenting, and utterly unsentimental. Read the fucking book cover to cover before you tweet your emasculated heresies again. The Bible doesn’t need your protection. It needs your honesty. Sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up. 💀🗡️

Since 2002, local news has shrunk by 75%. When I started in news in Boise, ONE newsroom alone was larger than ALL of them are now. In the last decade, @BoiseDev has grown to 10 reporters. No paywall, clickbait or AI. Locally owned. Today, #LocalNewsDay, we're asking for support:

Happy #NationalSiameseCatDay from Jade and Minnie. I really think people should get the day off.

@untappd Antarctica would be a tough tick. Probably harder than North Korea.

I came, I thawed, I conquered. Antarctica, known for its tundra landscapes and waddling penguins, might not be the first place you think about enjoying a cold one, but it deserves its place in the spotlight. Today, we are unveiling our coolest badge to date, the Cold One badge.

Thursday night was "Street Eats" at the Boise Zoo, part of the festivities at Treefort. Fifteen different chefs, from fifteen different restaurants were on hand, cooking some of their favorite dishes for those in attendance.

Hong Kong: On March 23, 2026, the Hong Kong government changed the implementing rules relating to the National Security Law. It is now a criminal offense to refuse to give the Hong Kong police the passwords or decryption assistance to access all personal electronic devices including cellphones and laptops. This legal change applies to everyone, including U.S. citizens, in Hong Kong, arriving or just transiting Hong Kong International Airport. In addition, the Hong Kong government also has more authority to take and keep any personal devices, as evidence, that they claim are linked to national security offenses. Read more: hk.usconsulate.gov/security-alert…

Death once had a near-Chuck-Norris experience.

Bill O'Reilly launching a "We'll Do It Live" podcast is perhaps the best most self-aware name for a podcast of all time. variety.com/2026/tv/news/b…

🐾 Happy World Wolverine Day! Today we’re celebrating Laura, Zoo Boise’s wolverine. In the wild, wolverines thrive in snowy, wooded mountain regions. Although they are rarely seen in the wild, guests at Zoo Boise have the unique opportunity to see this animal up close.

Please stream this.

There are some collector gems in there and some great rare bangers. "Let There Be Light" has my eye.

A beloved member of the Boise music scene is fighting for her life after an automobile accident, and Emilee's family has set up a GoFundMe to help with medical expenses. If you have the means, please consider donating: gofundme.com/f/support-emil…

Due for family photos? Updated headshots? Engagement memories? Leap Photography is a local headshot, portrait, and event photographer based in Boise, Idaho. Book your appointment by calling (208) 703-7360

A well known music artist in Boise, Emilee Gomske, was seriously injured in a rollover crash near Ammon earlier this week. She remains in serious condition. Gomske was scheduled to play in this year's Treefort Music Festival. bit.ly/4rWIahF

I almost never make it out of the office… and even less to the Statehouse. But today? Worth it. Buster Bronco showed up flexing in the Capitol rotunda as Boise State and Idaho announced their rivalry game is back in 2031. 🐴💪

The University of Idaho is moving forward with a new plan to help create and keep more doctors here in Idaho.

Saw this and immediately hoped for Salt and Straw. But this is good too.

Six more weeks of what winter?