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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 1d

Major new measles outbreaks ongoing in states nationwide prompting quarantines in schools.

I’ve gotten several inquiries on booster guidance for Measles. We reviewed the recommendations this morning for @msnbc.com

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 4h

Out of Office message set. 🧪⚒️

Out of office message that says "Hello – I am hanging out with 45 of my closest nerd friends at the Northwest Glaciologists’ conference until Sunday Oct 19 and so please expect a delay in my response.
Dan Shugar"

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 18h

Oriana Korol, a clarinetist with the Unpresidented Brass Band, was arrested after a man and federal agents barreled into band members who were standing across the street from the ICE office and playing the theme from “Ghostbusters.”

Read more: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 1d

Let's talk about recovery response groups. When the School and a number of homes burned in Hooper Bay quite a few years ago, Franklin Graham was in the village while it still smoldered and pledged that Samaritans Purse would rebuild homes.
They did.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 1d

An aggressive rock has been removed from a parking lot in Aurora where it repeatedly attacked drivers.

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ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 2d

If you are shipping donations on Lynden (and they are taking stuff in Fairbanks to truck to Anchorage) pack it in totes, and hey, throw in a few of those smaller Sterilite boxes too! Those are perfect for hygiene stuff and small belongings.
Let's help folks get some small semblance of organization!

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Aksaab @aksaab.bsky.social · 1d

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武政諒 Ryo Takemasa @ryotakemasa.bsky.social · 1d

Wrapped in Autumn (2018)
Art Print: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ryot...

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 1d

if federal and state governments can find the time and funding to build alligator alcatraz in 8 days—they can do the same to build adequate emergency shelter for our country’s first indigenous climate change refugees in western alaska

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Arctic Velocipedist @arcticvelocipedist.bsky.social · 2d

Kind of considering putting together a few film photography classes. Either Skillshare, or something mainly online with one-on-one sessions, either virtually online, or in person if local.

General film, large format, theory, developing, scanning, post-processing, storing negatives. Lots to pass on.

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Aksaab @aksaab.bsky.social · 1d

I joined www.consumerlab.com years ago in order to have testing information on heavy metals and such in products that they test.

Independent Tests and Reviews of Vitamin, Mineral, and Herbal Supplements - ConsumerLab.com

Independent test results, reviews, ratings, and comparisons of vitamins, supplements, herb and nutrition products to consumers and healthcare providers.

www.consumerlab.com

Aksaab @aksaab.bsky.social · 2d

"With the recent announcement of another commissioner leaving the already moribund agency, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) will be down to two commissioners. By law, there should be six, but it takes four to make a quorum. Without a quorum, the FEC cannot enforce the law."

Ellen L. Weintraub @ellenlweintraub.bsky.social · 2d

The Federal Election Commission's death by decapitation is part of this Administration's broader attack on fair elections and checks against corruption. My piece in The Guardian:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I chaired the US Federal Election Commission. Now there’s no cop on the beat | Ellen L Weintraub

Democracy is under attack – and the watchdog agency has no quorum. It must be restored

www.theguardian.com

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Jason Tinsley @jasontinsley.bsky.social · 2d

There's still good in the world.

Cherry and vanilla soft serve ice cream cone.

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Colchester Museums @colmuseums.bsky.social · 2d

Ben takes us inside Colchester’s own witch-finding history, linking local records and folklore to wider social forces. Tune in tonight, and in the meantime, dive into the episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgnM...

The Real Reasons The Witch Trials Happened| Ben Paites | Bethnal Archives Podcast

Halloween Special, The real witches of England| Ben Paites | Bethnal Archives Podcast In this Halloween Special episode of the Bethnal Archives, we sit down with Ben Paites, Senior Curator of…

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Ben Matheson @benmatheson.bsky.social · 2d

Here's the first real post: 🏔️🗺️ Mapping the Chugach 120: the 120 peaks in Chugach State Park with 500 feet or more of prominence. It’s the biggest print map I’ve ever made. open.substack.com/pub/benjmath...

Mapping the Chugach 120 🏔️ 🗺️: Anchorage's most ambitious peakbagging project

My biggest print map ever of a big list of Chugach State Park peaks

open.substack.com

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Kevin 🚀🤠 @astro-cowboy.bsky.social · 2d

The most important thing NASA does is monitor climate change from space. No other country in the world (and certainly no corporation) can make up for the decimation of climate science capabilities that this admin is dead set on causing.

Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 2d

A lot of comments on Mars rovers or Moon landings, but it's important to remember that the planet NASA studies most is Earth. This is less about cutting flashy things like moonwalks and more about keeping communities in the dark on climate, weather, agriculture, pollution, natural hazards, and more.

Reuters @reuters.com · 3d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.

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Aksaab @aksaab.bsky.social · 2d

Very pretty

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Aksaab @aksaab.bsky.social · 3d

"During the 1920s, Harris’s works became more abstract and simplified, especially his stark landscapes of the Canadian north and Arctic."

Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 3d

Lawren Harris’ Mountain Forms, 1926

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Peter Durst @peterdurst.bsky.social · 3d

Yashica 35CCN | Kodak Gold

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ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 3d

If I were the Congressional Delegation I'd get out to Bethel ASAP.

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David Reamer @anchistorian.bsky.social · 3d

This Aug 9, 1948 Anchorage area aerial view features Fireweed Lane and the since drained Blueberry Lake in what is now midtown, Barnes & Noble/Walmart area. In my latest article, I share more old Anchorage photographs & where you can find them yourself (www.adn.com/alaska-l...).

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 3d

Donate to Western Alaska Disaster Relief here:

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Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 3d

lol lmao you can just hit that RT button homie

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James P Bennett @akjpb.bsky.social · 4d

Last night in Italy, training north to Frankfurt in the AM. Hope to retrieve our bike boxes from a questionable storage option. Back in ANC Thursday night, inshallah. I like (most of) my life in Alaska, so I’m happy to return home from a ++ good cycling adventure & see what will unfold for me in AK!

3 cyclists at an arched railroad underpass

My bike with the Tuscany hills in the background.

Hilltop Castle in the Tuscany region of Italy.

2 lane road with a canopy of oak trees in the Tuscany region of Italy.

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Arctic Velocipedist @arcticvelocipedist.bsky.social · 4d

Stay safe out there. Look out for each other. Alaskans are at our best when we look out for each other.

Vivian Faith Prescott @alaskapoet.bsky.social · 4d

Alaskans along hundreds of miles of coastline brace for massive storm

Forecasters say the powerful storm, potentially historic in strength, is expected to slam into the Y-K Delta early Sunday and then race up the coastline, bringing destructive winds and surging seas.

alaskapublic.org

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