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J. Sam Drolet @jsamdrolet.bsky.social · 1m

"But the purchase was neither practical nor a joke."

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 35m

This is an outstanding story. Gift link:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/s...

Colin Jost, Pete Davidson and the Staten Island Ferry Fiasco

www.nytimes.com

J. Sam Drolet @jsamdrolet.bsky.social · 1h

And Matt Schultz just announced he's running for the House seat, which also suggests she's not running in that race.

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J. Sam Drolet @jsamdrolet.bsky.social · 1h

There have been signs and rumors in that direction, but Tom Begich has said explicitly that he'll drop out if she gets in the race and he's shown no signs of doing so. He spoke at the Anchorage No Kings rally. I too hope she runs for Senate rather than Governor.

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J. Sam Drolet @jsamdrolet.bsky.social · 1h

Yes, I think she will run (especially after she sees this poll!). The pattern of other Dems running suggests that this is the office she will go for.

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J. Sam Drolet @jsamdrolet.bsky.social · 1h

Yes, they've been very accurate in recent cycles. This is a very interesting result!

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J. Sam Drolet @jsamdrolet.bsky.social · 4h

The Municipality of Anchorage has put up a page with information and resources about the typhoon response:

www.muni.org/Departments/...

Municipality of Anchorage

Official Website of the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska

www.muni.org

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J. Sam Drolet @jsamdrolet.bsky.social · 12h

I’m annoyed because it looked like an interesting article! Patience, though.

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J. Sam Drolet @jsamdrolet.bsky.social · 12h

Pretty sure I learned about the AWS outage by being unable to access something on JSTOR. (They haven’t posted anything about the current outage that I’ve seen but have posted about previous ones.)

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J. Sam Drolet @jsamdrolet.bsky.social · 12h

I have definitely seen review articles with a version of the third, called something like "Bibliography of Recent Literature" after the main "Works Cited" section.

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J. Sam Drolet @jsamdrolet.bsky.social · 1d

Update on the Municipality's response to the typhoon. I detailed a member of my team to help with the shelter and housing issues.

www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

Anchorage coordinates to help over 1,000 Western Alaska evacuees as mayor declares civil emergency

The Alaska Community Foundation had collected more than $1.4 million through the Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund as of Friday.

www.adn.com

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J. Sam Drolet @jsamdrolet.bsky.social · 1d

Local media is reporting more than 2,000 people at the Anchorage event.

alaskapublic.org/news/anchora...

More than 2,000 people attend Anchorage No Kings rally, joining hundreds statewide

As the bulk of the crowd packed the park, dozens of rallygoers lined Fifth and Sixth avenues waving signs and receiving supportive honks from passing cars.

alaskapublic.org

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J. Sam Drolet @jsamdrolet.bsky.social · 1d

alaskapublic.org/news/anchora...

More than 2,000 people attend Anchorage No Kings rally, joining hundreds statewide

As the bulk of the crowd packed the park, dozens of rallygoers lined Fifth and Sixth avenues waving signs and receiving supportive honks from passing cars.

alaskapublic.org

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J. Sam Drolet @jsamdrolet.bsky.social · 1d

Sign at Anchorage No Kings: “Kristi Noem is Like a Box of Chocolates: Both Kill Dogs.”

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J. Sam Drolet @jsamdrolet.bsky.social · 1d

Update: No Kings Anchorage was great and they won the game.

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J. Sam Drolet @jsamdrolet.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings Anchorage.

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J. Sam Drolet @jsamdrolet.bsky.social · 1d

Multiple speakers have mentioned the flooding and blamed it on Trump. (Correctly!)

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J. Sam Drolet @jsamdrolet.bsky.social · 1d

Signs at No Kings Anchorage.

Signs hanging off the side of a building: “No Kings Rally” and “Because I ❤️ America.”

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J. Sam Drolet @jsamdrolet.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings Anchorage. The building in the background is the Egan Convention Center, one of the four shelter sites for evacuees from the flooded villages in western Alaska.

Protest signs at No Kings Anchorage with Egan Center in background.

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J. Sam Drolet @jsamdrolet.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings Anchorage.

No Kings protest at Town Square Park in Anchorage, Alaska.

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J. Sam Drolet @jsamdrolet.bsky.social · 1d

My wife drove by this earlier today and said it was huge. (Her dad is coaching in the state championship football game which is being held at Wasilla High.) I'm going to the one in Anchorage that starts in a few minutes.

Kermit’s Resistance @empathy-is-sexy.bsky.social · 2d

#nokings Wasilla Alaska

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J. Sam Drolet @jsamdrolet.bsky.social · 2d

I stopped over there on my lunch break and a lot of the booths had those signs posted, including many of the arts and crafts ones. That feels like a new development.

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J. Sam Drolet @jsamdrolet.bsky.social · 3d

Judaism is very much not for everyone, but when it's for any particular person it's very very obvious.

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J. Sam Drolet @jsamdrolet.bsky.social · 3d

I was once stuck in Wales for most of a week due to weather. Very interesting place but not a plausible site for a massive transportation infrastructure project.

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J. Sam Drolet @jsamdrolet.bsky.social · 3d

Both, and so much more. Just getting to the American side of the strait requires flying in a small plane or helicopter, if the weather allows you to get through at all. Those villages (and they are very small villages even by Alaska standards) are routinely inaccessible for periods of days to weeks.

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J. Sam Drolet @jsamdrolet.bsky.social · 3d

Especially funny is that on that map the tunnel on the US side goes *past* Wales to... where? Tin City? Brevig Mission? Nome is in that direction but it's quite a bit further away.

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