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Andrea
@thelostintent.bsky.social
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writer and editor; piano tech; Minnesotan by birth, Alaskan by choice; mother (of the single sort); general skeptic (she/her); burn it all down hybrid prose-poem chapbook, “waveforms: a short course in piano tuning,” available from @harboreditions
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Andrea @thelostintent.bsky.social · Feb 13
It’s chapbook release day! Get my weird little hybrid prose-poem thing from @smallharborpub.bsky.social
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www.smallharborpublishing.com/chapbooks/wa...
Yellow box showing a book cover with image of a piano keyboard, a woman’s face in profile, and mountains and trees. With the following text: NOW AVAILABLE waveforms: a short course in piano tuning by Andrea L. Hackbarth The first thing to understand is movement: the instrument's magic is motion and nothing more." so begins Andrea Hackbarth's Waveforms, and from there the reader harmonizes into the various, ranging, beautiful music of this book, which is part philosophical investigation harmony, part familial bewilderment, part detailed explication of a piano-tuner's work. To observe to a poet share the details of an old craft such as piano tuning by one skilled in both it and poetry is a gift beyond measure. What does it mean to listen, to tune? What are the tools used? What drifts through the mind of the tuner as she uses her tines, felt, and rubber? Andrea Hackbarth gives us all this, and more. -Elizabeth Bradfield, author of Toward Antarctica, editor of Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry
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Andrea @thelostintent.bsky.social · 5h
We had frogs, unicorns, chickens, a capybara, and this delightful little dragon/human mixed family - all in organized, joyful splendor. How can we not win???
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Andrea @thelostintent.bsky.social · 6h
Just reading that was stressful…
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Andrea @thelostintent.bsky.social · 18h
At least five different older folks said they were so glad to see him here today, that he's being part of history. Which maybe he doesn't totally get the magnitude of yet (though yes, he knows why we're protesting), but it's something... Something I'm not quite sure how to put into words yet.
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Andrea @thelostintent.bsky.social · 18h
I don't even know exactly what conclusions to draw from that. I mean, it's kind of sad that he's been protesting this same thing off-and-on basically his whole life. At the same time, I mean, what an education, right?
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Andrea @thelostintent.bsky.social · 18h
I want to point out that the kid holding the No Kings sign (which he made before the last No Kings protest), is my 9 (almost 10)-year-old son. He's been doing this since he was not even a year old, when he went with me to the 2016 Women's March.
thelostintent.bsky.social Andrea @thelostintent.bsky.social · 1d
Deep red Wasilla, Alaska. #nokings
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Andrea @thelostintent.bsky.social · 23h
Sure. Go for it!
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Andrea @thelostintent.bsky.social · 1d
Unofficial count I heard was 800. I had to leave early to get to a meeting, and there were still people arriving. Wouldn’t be surprised if final tally was 1000.
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Andrea @thelostintent.bsky.social · 1d
Deep red Wasilla, Alaska. #nokings
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Andrea @thelostintent.bsky.social · 3d
I can’t help but compare the lack of national coverage this seems to be getting with the excessive coverage of houses falling into the sea in NC’s outer banks. The situation in western AK looks so bad right now. These are people’s homes and whole communities, just totally destroyed.
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Ishalook 🐢🐻‍❄️❄️ @ishalook.bsky.social · 4d
There are So many ways to help people who have lost everything.

www.kyuk.org/alaska-state...
Here's how you can help survivors of the Western Alaska storm
The remnants of Typhoon Halong have killed one person, left two missing, displaced hundreds and destroyed or damaged dozens of homes.
www.kyuk.org
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Andrea @thelostintent.bsky.social · 6d
Tiny fall fungus for your viewing pleasure.
Close up of grey, deeply furrowed tree bark with tiny red-orange round fungi growing in one crack.
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Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 7d
Coming November 4! 🔥
DISSENT by Kathleen Nalley and Gabrielle Brant Freeman is a fearless, sonnet-charged response to our turbulent times—melding activism, myth, and fierce intelligence into poetry that demands to be heard.

Learn more:
👉 www.smallharborpublishing.com/books/dissen...
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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 8d
Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.
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Andrea @thelostintent.bsky.social · 11d
It is never a terrible time to publish books. Books are necessary, always.
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Andrea @thelostintent.bsky.social · 11d
Among all the terrible shit happening in this country, it was so nice to wake up to some positive local (red state!) election results. Palmer and Fairbanks both elected liberal mayors! (I don’t know enough about the other towns’ races/candidates though.)
LIVE: Fairbanks mayor concedes as more than 20 Alaskan communities hold elections
Almost two dozen municipalities and boroughs across Alaska held local elections Tuesday, asking voters to decide on new mayors and propositions on the ballot.
www.alaskasnewssource.com
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Andrea @thelostintent.bsky.social · 11d
Alaska folx, go get your vote on!
pat.alaskarobotics.com PaTrick-or-Treat 👻🎃 @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 12d
Municipal elections day in Alaska!
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Andrea @thelostintent.bsky.social · 12d
I found this exact book at a thrift store when my kid was like 5. It was a favorite read for him for quite a while and still sits on his shelf now at almost 10. I also make him watch as many 80s-90s TV shows as he can stand. Trying so hard to make that era live on in my house at least.
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Andrea @thelostintent.bsky.social · 15d
Truly terrifying. And yet somehow not surprising.
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Andrea @thelostintent.bsky.social · 16d
Well yeah, obviously not *those* guys. F those guys.
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Andrea @thelostintent.bsky.social · 17d
I feel bad for lots of government employees these days, unfortunately.
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Andrea @thelostintent.bsky.social · 17d
Oh, you mean the America my forefathers created by… invading a foreign land? That one? Yeah…
Stupid propaganda from Homeland Security. Close-up picture of the Statue of Liberty’s face with the words “Protect Her” over it and text above saying, “Recapture the America your forefathers created. Prevent foreign infiltration.”
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Andrea @thelostintent.bsky.social · 18d
More of this please.
merriam-webster.com Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 18d
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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Andrea @thelostintent.bsky.social · 22d
Thank you thank you thank you for this recommendation! The struggle of deciding what to watch is real…
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Andrea @thelostintent.bsky.social · 22d
Extremely honored to be included in this issue of Prairie Schooner alongside some truly amazing writers!
(and yes, this is the winter 2024 issue… which just came out… they’re a bit behind in their pub schedule…)
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