Tom Michael

Rural radio stations are most at risk from CPB funding cuts. Hear from @Tom2Michael about how @MarfaRadio helped warn locals and save lives during an outbreak of grassland fire in far West Texas in 2011. lnk.to/onthemedia!x

@katiekloppen Keep the faith!

@rebleber So sorry, Rebecca. And I’ll send any opportunities your way.

This morning, we kicked off day two of the Public Radio Music Fly-In on the Hill. Public radio music stations leaders from all over the country are meeting with their lawmakers today to discuss the importance of federal funding for their stations. #LovePublicRadioMusic

Not so exciting #SolarEclipse2023

I will never ever be the same. My best friend, brother, confidante, partner in crime, inspiration. The most thoughtful human. The most beautiful soul. This is so unexpected and I'm absolutely devastated. Our community will suffer with this loss.

So it’s #MyTwitterAnniversary and just got that in before the rebrand.

Update: an Idaho jury has ordered anti government extremist Ammon Bundy and his associates to pay more than $50 million to a Boise hospital in connection with armed protests that led to a security lockdown last year.

@AlecMacGillis @MurphyWoodhouse I took note of this well-written passage, too, and shared it with a friend.

What life is like in the fastest-growing large city in the United States: nytimes.com/2023/07/11/us/…

@MurphyWoodhouse I read the book (and interviewed the author/survivor), but never saw the movie version. There’s a now-Boise fire meteorologist who did some comms on that event; so sad, so tragic.

Everyone deserves to be safe at work, to come home to the people they love. 10 years ago today, 19 men died doing their jobs. I wish the families of the Granite Mountain Hotshots peace on this hard day, and that the memory of this gutting loss inspires change to make fire safer

via @NYTimes: I was told residents surrounding a local park years ago petitioned to successfully remove a tennis backboard, with noise complaints of occasional solo practice. The rise of pickleball must be some twisted karma for them. nytimes.com/2023/06/30/spo…

Along with @npr, leaders of regional #publicmedia newsrooms across the country, work in groups here in Arkansas today to determine how to advance and sustain collaborative journalism. #WaltonFamilyFdn

@MurphyWoodhouse And the thunder! I was 10 miles from home, when a friend with a truck gave me a lift. 😮‍💨

@Tom2Michael Have not been so thoroughly soaked on a ride in A WHILE

Parking lot at Boise Coop. (Probably like Murphy, I was on bike tonight, too, but way out in southeast, where storm didn’t arrive until close to 8 PM.)

@natehegyi So cool. Let us know your route when you decide.

Training for a 10 day bikepacking trip this summer - the first one since 2020. Either a Great Divide section or the cross Washington gravel route. Any suggestions? Riding a steel frame graveler with 47mm tires. Solid with two track, slow but doable on singletrack.

@ReillyRick The only fire aboard a boat will belong to the orthopedist. This all checks out.

People either seem to love this WaPo column or want me dead in a fiery boat accident ... washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

This is the final word on the issue. (Audio version as read by the columnist.)