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Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 10h

Suzanne Downing just got fact checked (bitch slapped) by UAF over a post she made in an attempt to cAn3el someone and make their life hell. 👀 #journalismz

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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 5h

If you weren’t personally upset seeing your retirement savings vanish because Grandpa doesn’t understand how the economy works even Alaska Republicans will be upset over the price of oil. This bodes badly for the drill baby drill folks. Where will Alaska get money?

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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 9h

Cities in Alaska should get ready for some very lean times with very little money for basic services. It’s a tragic perfect storm of the akgop, Trumpism, and people just not wanting to contribute to their communities through taxes.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 15h

1/2 A reminder to anyone who was RIFed.

💯 you do NOT deserve this.

Quick tips if you do get a RIF notice:
❌ Do not send a read receipt
❌ Do not respond right away - the union will probably provide language for response
✅ Forward notice to your personal email

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RichThompsonAK @richthompsonak.bsky.social · 12h

Tuberculosis cases surge to outbreak levels in Bristol Bay, health officials say

"Alaska has the highest rate of TB in the U.S ... Western Alaska has the highest rates of TB in the state ... Bristol Bay has the highest number of active cases in Western Alaska ... "

www.kdlg.org/news/2025-10...

Tuberculosis cases surge to outbreak levels in Bristol Bay, health officials say

Local healthcare practitioners say getting tested is the best way to help stop the spread.

www.kdlg.org

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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 13h

Amazing how much more interesting and entertaining Actual Alaska is. Give us those feuding alligator/crocodile brothers from the Mat-Su. The Fox News affiliate anchor who melted down & posted a pic of the mayor’s butt, hurling anchorage into chaos.

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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 12h

It shows have far Trump grift will go to get his airplane and “Middle East peace.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

Grab the popcorn.

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 19h

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 13h

We host a spring Comics Camp up in Juneau, Alaska and the applications are now open:

2026 Comics Camp Application

Alaska Robotics Comics Camp Convention & In-Town Events: May 7th - May 9th, 2026 Camp Dates: May 9th - May 13th, 2026 ************************ Have you attended in the past? Feel free to skip any o...

docs.google.com

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 16h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 19h

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 15h

National Republican campaign group must comply with subpoena, Alaska Supreme Court says, reports James Brooks for the @alaskabeacon.com

National Republican campaign group must comply with subpoena, Alaska Supreme Court says | Alaska Beacon

Since 2022, the Alaska Public Offices Commission has been seeking documents that could show whether the group acted illegally.

alaskabeacon.com

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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 12h

I have an idea about the answer to this. My guess would be yes.

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 15h

Alaska education officials walk back proposal to restrict local governments’ funding for schools, reports Corinne Smith for the @alaskabeacon.com

Alaska education officials walk back proposal to restrict local governments’ funding for schools | Alaska Beacon

Officials with the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development have walked back a proposal to limit local governments’ funding for public schools, instead asking the State Board of Education…

alaskabeacon.com

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Inletkeeper @inletkeeper.bsky.social · 15h

Rivers across Alaska are turning orange. Not from any sort of industrial pollution — from thawing permafrost releasing metals in the ground that poison fish and waters.

Once contamination begins, there’s no going back. Protect our salmon and waters now.

#SaveOurSalmon #ClimateWakeUpCall

Alaskan rivers turn orange as permafrost thaws, threatening fish and communities

The writer John McPhee once described Alaska’s Salmon River as having “the clearest, purest water” he’d ever seen. Today, that same river runs orange with toxic metals unleashed by thawing permafrost....

news.mongabay.com

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Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center @akwildlife.bsky.social · 15h

Us when the leaves are changing colors, there's a little chill in the air, and snow on the very tippy top of the mountains. Fall is here 🍂

#pumpkinseason #autumn #awcc #alaskawildlife #wildlifeconservation #alaskawildlifeconservationcenter #bearswithpumpkins

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OPB @opb.org · 18h

Trees in three national forests in Oregon will be auctioned off for logging by the end of the month, even though the federal workers preparing these timber sales are not getting paid and many of their colleagues in the U.S. Forest Service are furloughed.

Logging in national forests in Oregon continues, despite government shutdown

The U.S. Forest Service plans to auction off trees in the Deschutes, Wallowa-Whitman and Umatilla national forests by the end of the month.

www.opb.org

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15h

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 13h

Just not enough to defeat Begich 3. Sometimes I wonder if that’s because she had Jim Lottsfeldt running her campaign. I’d like to be a Jim Lottsfeldt hater instead. Okay.

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Ivan Hodes @chugachmtnblues.bsky.social · 15h

Fairbanks, AK has been in the news for ousting its asshole bigot Republican mayor and outsiders seem to think that Alaska in general and Fairbanks in particular are "deep red." I'd like to push back on that

tl;dr: Fairbanks has a strong liberal/progressive community.

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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · 16h

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 13h

Friday late afternoon storm info on Alaska Public Media. #akwx #weather #ExtremeWeather

alaskapublic.org/2025-10-10/w...

Western Alaska in crosshairs for major storm, with high wind and flooding expected

That's according to the National Weather Service, which has issued weather warnings or watches along most of Alaska's west and northwest coast, from the Kuskokwim Delta all the way north to Utqiagvik.

alaskapublic.org

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 18h

Ex-typhoon Halong is going to produce extreme winds and coastal flooding this weekend in western Alaska. Norton Sound and the YK delta coast especially high threat. #akwx #ExtremeWeather #AlaskaSky @markspringer.bsky.social @climatologist49.bsky.social @hanners64n.bsky.social

Weather model forecast for Sunday morning October 12 at 7am AKDT showing sustained wind speeds (colors) and sea level pressure (lines).

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15h

Mike Johnson is so desperate to shield Republicans from questions about huge healthcare cuts and health insurance costs hikes that he keeps canceling House business so the GOP can hide.

Let’s keep the pressure on Republicans to stop hiding and end the Trump Shutdown: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...

(next to an image of the Capitol and a hand holding a megaphone) STOP THE TRUMP SHUT DOWN

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