Zeb Palmer
@zebpalmer.com
Director of Technical Operations / Site Reliability Engineer / Developer
#Idaho #IdahoFire #Progressive #EXvangelical
Links: https://zeb.dev
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#Idaho #IdahoFire #Progressive #EXvangelical
Links: https://zeb.dev
Idaho folks check this out: https://blueskyidaho.com
Signal: zebpalmer.77
(he/him)
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A local pizza place in Idaho posted this. Haven't seen these kinds of posts since 2020.
January 25, 2026 at 7:58 PM
A local pizza place in Idaho posted this. Haven't seen these kinds of posts since 2020.
As a skier, storm chaser and your resident #IdahoFire / snowpack guy I feel I speak with some expertise when I say this is not what an Idaho ski area should look like in late January.
January 25, 2026 at 7:10 PM
As a skier, storm chaser and your resident #IdahoFire / snowpack guy I feel I speak with some expertise when I say this is not what an Idaho ski area should look like in late January.
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“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”
January 25, 2026 at 2:56 AM
“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”
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For all who died in ICE custody, for Alex & Rene Nicole, for those shot by ICE & survived, for the injured, scared, detained, for the many who died in fishing boats & when bombs fell on their city, for all those suffering & in pain from cruelty & neglect of this president, I lit a candle tonight.
January 25, 2026 at 4:24 AM
For all who died in ICE custody, for Alex & Rene Nicole, for those shot by ICE & survived, for the injured, scared, detained, for the many who died in fishing boats & when bombs fell on their city, for all those suffering & in pain from cruelty & neglect of this president, I lit a candle tonight.
Was nice to see the sun in the valley for the first time in a couple weeks.
I don't usually post family photos, for hopefully obvious reasons, but I figured this one was ok. 😎
#IdahoEscape
I don't usually post family photos, for hopefully obvious reasons, but I figured this one was ok. 😎
#IdahoEscape
January 25, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Was nice to see the sun in the valley for the first time in a couple weeks.
I don't usually post family photos, for hopefully obvious reasons, but I figured this one was ok. 😎
#IdahoEscape
I don't usually post family photos, for hopefully obvious reasons, but I figured this one was ok. 😎
#IdahoEscape
Periodic reminder that if a company has access to your encryption keys, you do not have encryption.
www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
Microsoft Gave FBI BitLocker Encryption Keys, Exposing Privacy Flaw
The tech giant said providing encryption keys was a standard response to a court order. But companies like Apple and Meta set up their systems so such a privacy violation isn’t possible.
www.forbes.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Periodic reminder that if a company has access to your encryption keys, you do not have encryption.
www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
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Abusers are always most violent when you try to leave.
January 24, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Abusers are always most violent when you try to leave.
A disabled trump voter on medicare I know asked why they'd lost $3,000 per year in grocery credits. When informed it was due to the big beautiful bill Rump signed, they replied "well it's probably for the best."
January 24, 2026 at 6:33 PM
A disabled trump voter on medicare I know asked why they'd lost $3,000 per year in grocery credits. When informed it was due to the big beautiful bill Rump signed, they replied "well it's probably for the best."
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my representatives heard how pissed i am this morning, have yours?
January 24, 2026 at 4:43 PM
my representatives heard how pissed i am this morning, have yours?
The people of Minnesota did more to stop Nazis today than the old guard Democrat leaders ever have.
But I hear a new strongly worded letter is in the works.
It must be hard for them, worrying about Nazis and AOC at the same time....
But I hear a new strongly worded letter is in the works.
It must be hard for them, worrying about Nazis and AOC at the same time....
January 24, 2026 at 2:23 AM
The people of Minnesota did more to stop Nazis today than the old guard Democrat leaders ever have.
But I hear a new strongly worded letter is in the works.
It must be hard for them, worrying about Nazis and AOC at the same time....
But I hear a new strongly worded letter is in the works.
It must be hard for them, worrying about Nazis and AOC at the same time....
11's first LOTR watch, when Legolas said "They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard" I laughed then got a weird look from the wife.
How she (a much bigger LOTR fan than I) had never seen that music video/meme I have no idea.
And thus began an intermission to watch it
Now they're both humming it. 😂
How she (a much bigger LOTR fan than I) had never seen that music video/meme I have no idea.
And thus began an intermission to watch it
Now they're both humming it. 😂
January 24, 2026 at 2:16 AM
11's first LOTR watch, when Legolas said "They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard" I laughed then got a weird look from the wife.
How she (a much bigger LOTR fan than I) had never seen that music video/meme I have no idea.
And thus began an intermission to watch it
Now they're both humming it. 😂
How she (a much bigger LOTR fan than I) had never seen that music video/meme I have no idea.
And thus began an intermission to watch it
Now they're both humming it. 😂
Y'all.
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Y'All!!!!!!!!
O
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Y'All!!!!!!!!
a close up of a burning sun in the dark
ALT: a close up of a burning sun in the dark
media.tenor.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Y'all.
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Y'All!!!!!!!!
O
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Y'All!!!!!!!!
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Thrilled to share that we have welcomed a new meerkat pup! To give the family extra privacy, the meerkat habitat is partially blocked off.
Our animal care team is closely monitoring the entire family. The pup is currently wearing a small bandage to support a healing joint issue.
🎥: Keeper Brooke
Our animal care team is closely monitoring the entire family. The pup is currently wearing a small bandage to support a healing joint issue.
🎥: Keeper Brooke
January 23, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Thrilled to share that we have welcomed a new meerkat pup! To give the family extra privacy, the meerkat habitat is partially blocked off.
Our animal care team is closely monitoring the entire family. The pup is currently wearing a small bandage to support a healing joint issue.
🎥: Keeper Brooke
Our animal care team is closely monitoring the entire family. The pup is currently wearing a small bandage to support a healing joint issue.
🎥: Keeper Brooke
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If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it?
[Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
[Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
January 23, 2026 at 5:17 PM
If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it?
[Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
[Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
$44 to get a $60 Antenna into the country from the UK.
🙄
🙄
January 23, 2026 at 7:22 PM
$44 to get a $60 Antenna into the country from the UK.
🙄
🙄
Wife went to bed at a reasonable time.
I said I was going to work on a quick technical guide for this thing I've been doing.
And somehow it's now 1 am. Ooops.
'night
I said I was going to work on a quick technical guide for this thing I've been doing.
And somehow it's now 1 am. Ooops.
'night
a dog is sitting on a couch with its eyes closed and a person is standing behind it .
ALT: a dog is sitting on a couch with its eyes closed and a person is standing behind it .
media.tenor.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Wife went to bed at a reasonable time.
I said I was going to work on a quick technical guide for this thing I've been doing.
And somehow it's now 1 am. Ooops.
'night
I said I was going to work on a quick technical guide for this thing I've been doing.
And somehow it's now 1 am. Ooops.
'night
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The SF of the Snake River in a mild January. This is ordinarily inaccessible except by snowmobile at this time. Unusual and spectacular to have the river to myself. I will avail myself of this often.
#IdahoEscape
#IdahoEscape
January 22, 2026 at 6:30 PM
The SF of the Snake River in a mild January. This is ordinarily inaccessible except by snowmobile at this time. Unusual and spectacular to have the river to myself. I will avail myself of this often.
#IdahoEscape
#IdahoEscape
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@boisestatepublicradio.org ‘s George prentice got some juicy details about the potato drop fiasco. Jump to around 15:45 for some wild comments from the man behind the fireworks display. Suffice it to say that I will not be attending next year if he’s involved. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Boise Police release findings on New Year's Eve explosion
Podcast Episode · Idaho Matters · 01/22/2026 · 23m
podcasts.apple.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:51 PM
@boisestatepublicradio.org ‘s George prentice got some juicy details about the potato drop fiasco. Jump to around 15:45 for some wild comments from the man behind the fireworks display. Suffice it to say that I will not be attending next year if he’s involved. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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The guy that high-fived someone after being told windows broke, & after being told a little girl was injured, said saying "oh well" & F the city & they'd be out of there next year anyway was Dylan Cline, the founder of the Idaho Potato Drop. The fireworks display was an Emmett pyrotechnics group.
January 23, 2026 at 1:04 AM
The guy that high-fived someone after being told windows broke, & after being told a little girl was injured, said saying "oh well" & F the city & they'd be out of there next year anyway was Dylan Cline, the founder of the Idaho Potato Drop. The fireworks display was an Emmett pyrotechnics group.
Unrelated to absolutely anything at all, a small group of us have established reliable, secure, 100% off-grid, text messaging across the entire Treasure Valley.
January 23, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Unrelated to absolutely anything at all, a small group of us have established reliable, secure, 100% off-grid, text messaging across the entire Treasure Valley.
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Hell is freezing over, so I don't have to visit.
(Trip to Texas cancelled due to them having more winter there than us here in Idaho)
(Trip to Texas cancelled due to them having more winter there than us here in Idaho)
a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee surrounded by fire .
ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee surrounded by fire .
media.tenor.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Hell is freezing over, so I don't have to visit.
(Trip to Texas cancelled due to them having more winter there than us here in Idaho)
(Trip to Texas cancelled due to them having more winter there than us here in Idaho)