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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 42m

Book recommendations for Indigenous Peoples’ Day! Read today & all year! Alt text for text

Blood Sisters
• A Council of Dolls
• Never Whistle at Night
• Winter Counts (TBR)
• There, There
• Night of the Living Rez
Bad Cree
• The Bone Picker (tbr)
• Ghost Girls and Rabbits
• White Horse
• Buffalo Hunter Hunter
• Mask of the Deer Woman
• India Burial Ground
• Shutter
• Man Made Monsters (I need to finish!)
• On the Savage Side

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Arctic Goddess @arcticgoddess.bsky.social · 1h

Free penguin costume. And a sign now. I’ll buy you lunch if you wear this costume and get in the front page of the Newsminer.

A defiant penguin holds a fish while holding another flipper up into the air in a flipper fist with the words RESIST overlayed on top. Gold and black vintage graphic.

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 1h

I am seeing a lot of people reposting Lakota Man today bc it's Indigenous Peoples Day. A reminder that he is not well liked amongst many (most?) Natives on social media. Many of us blocked him a long time ago. Some of the reasons why are in this article.

www.dailydot.com/irl/lakotama...

Who is LakotaMan, the user behind one of the most popular Native American accounts on X?

John Martin is adored by white X users—but infamous among Native and Indigenous communities.

www.dailydot.com

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 4h

Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.

alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

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Princess Daazhraii Johnson @princessdaazhraii.bsky.social · 1h

On this Indigenous Peoples’ Day - a reminder to @sendansullivan.bsky.social Sen. Murkowski & Rep. Begich - the #climatecrisis is hitting us hard! We need #FEMA, essential air travel services, #PublicMedia, #Science for monitoring weather. This Administration is actively harming Alaskans. Do better!

Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 12h

Wind damage reports coming in from the western Interior, including downed trees and power lines and building roof damage at Koyukuk. Winds so strong at Huslia that boats were pushed out into the Koyukuk River. #akwx #Autumn2025

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akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 12h

We have reviewed a magnitude 4.2 earthquake that occurred at 6:52 pm, 29 miles deep and 19 miles ESE of Kasilof. This event was felt throughout Kenai Peninsula and Upper Cook Inlet. For more information, or to submit a “Did You Feel It” report, please go to earthquake.alaska.edu/event/025d51...

Kasilof M4.2 | Alaska Earthquake Center

Alaskan Earthquake Center

earthquake.alaska.edu

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Vivian Faith Prescott @alaskapoet.bsky.social · 12h

“Troopers have received secondhand reports of people who are unaccounted for in Kipnuk and are continuing to work with local officials to verify and confirm how many people are missing,” DPS wrote.”

LIVE BLOG: Dozens of people rescued, some still unaccounted for, DPS says

Former Typhoon Halong made landfall overnight into Sunday. Its strongest impacts were felt in the Kuskokwim delta area.

www.alaskasnewssource.com

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 12h

Wind damage reports coming in from the western Interior, including downed trees and power lines and building roof damage at Koyukuk. Winds so strong at Huslia that boats were pushed out into the Koyukuk River. #akwx #Autumn2025

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Dr. Heather McFarlin @volcanoheather.bsky.social · 15h

Western AK is in need of help. Donate to the disaster relief fund!!

CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 15h

Donate to Western Alaska Disaster Relief here:

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ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 15h

CG Helo 6048 now off Bethel.

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Corinne Smith @corinne-smith.bsky.social · 19h

At least 20 people are unaccounted for in Kwigillingok, in the Y-K Delta as of Sunday morning, and several homes were flooded and carried away by the remnants of Typhoon Halong - the worst storm on record.

Damage is still being assessed along the coast of Western Alaska
www.kyuk.org/alaska-state...

A major storm is bringing dangerous flooding and hurricane-force winds to Western Alaska

The remnants of Typhoon Halong have already caused damaging flooding in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The storm is expected to move north and continue into Monday.

www.kyuk.org

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Corinne Smith @corinne-smith.bsky.social · 16h

KYUK is also providing timely on-air radio and online updates on the search and rescue effort now centered on Kwigillingok and Kipnuk.

Anyone in need of immediate rescue should contact the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center at 907-551-7230.

www.kyuk.org

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Corinne Smith @corinne-smith.bsky.social · 16h

The National Weather Service Alaska Region is doing very thorough briefings on the storm's progress on Youtube -

Forecasts for Sun night, into Monday and Tuesday.

Eye of the storm hitting Kotzebue Sound now.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rss_...

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Dr. Heather McFarlin @volcanoheather.bsky.social · 20h

I'm not seeing much else about what is happening in western AK. I hope people get the help they've been asking for.

CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 23h

someone in a kipnuk facebook group screen recorded all the pleas for help in the community due to the disaster flooding

hopefully the alaska national guard will make it out there soon

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(numunu, quahadis band) - Sky Kwihnai Pihi (name) @anarcho.bsky.social · 2d

www.hcn.org/articles/the...

The case for national monuments - High Country News

National monuments across the West face unprecedented threats, making public voices and vigilance more crucial than ever.

www.hcn.org

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 21d

Welp here we are again, fresh out of Archaeologists for Skype a Scientist matches.

This fall, we have matched 248 groups with Archaeologists for online Q&As. I have 38 more groups who need a match, but I'm out of Archaeologists!

Archaeologists! Please volunteer
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

a woman is smiling and holding a cup that says help me .

Alt: a woman is smiling and holding a cup that says help me .

media.tenor.com

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Dr. Judith Hubbard @judithgeology.bsky.social · 8d

I'm running for something!

The world is a complicated and increasingly scary place. Decisions made at the local level will have real impacts. That's why I'm running for a seat on the Tompkins County Legislature.

If you can afford to pitch in, I'd really appreciate your support.

Donate to Judith Hubbard

Show your support with a contribution.

secure.actblue.com

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Princess Daazhraii Johnson @princessdaazhraii.bsky.social · 14d

Shalak naii! Pls check out this Sonic Journeys podcast featuring our (Native Movement, AINE, Deenaadàį’ Productions) work with Yo-Yo Ma through the Gath (King Salmon) & K’iyh (Birch) project. ❤️

Gath and K’iyh: Listen to Heal

Podcast Episode · Sonic Journeys · 09/25/2025 · 18m

podcasts.apple.com

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akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 23d

It's #FieldworkFriday! Our fantastic field team did their annual checks of seismic stations along the Trans Alaska Pipeline System, one of our long-standing partnerships - going strong since 2004! The team's road trip headed all the way up to Prudhoe Bay, inspecting 6 of the northern pump stations.

Person fixing electrical component in metal box with trees in the background.

Person in blue down coat standing next to open metal box at top of seismic instrument borehole.

Two metal boxes elevated on metal pipes of seismic instrument boreholes with white circle around each box, blue sky in background. Pickup truck parked on right side.

Person in hooded black jacket opening metal box on top of seismic instrument borehole pipe.

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Dr. Heather McFarlin @volcanoheather.bsky.social · 23d

Welcome back!!

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · Sep 12

In which I beg archaeologists to sign up for the fall semester of Skype a Scientist, because we're getting buried in requests for your area of expertise.

Sign up here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · Sep 12

I run @skypeascientist.bsky.social which matches scientists w/classrooms, libraries, etc for Q&As.

We match First Lego League teams too. This tends to wipe out one category of scientist bc so many teams sign up for the same category (this year, archaeologists). We're almost out of archaeologists.

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Julie Elliott @julieelliott.bsky.social · Sep 12

The Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys is hiring a volcanologist who would work with the Alaska Volcano Observatory. A fantastic opportunity to work with great people and study very active volcanoes. Details in link below. Applications close on Oct. 1. ⚒️🌋🧪 bit.ly/3IkqN9n

Job Bulletin

www.governmentjobs.com

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Dr. Heather McFarlin @volcanoheather.bsky.social · Sep 7

AVO does not have Edgecumbe at an elevated color code right now. It had a swarm there a couple of years ago, but it's had low-level activity for the last couple of years.

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Dr. Judith Hubbard @judithgeology.bsky.social · Sep 6

⚒️ 🧪

If you've seen breathless reporting about a seismic swarm near a "supervolcano" in northern Nevada, don't worry: that is just where Yellowstone was, 15 million years ago. There is no supervolcano there now.

But the swarm, and the geology here, is pretty neat! Read about it in our latest post:

Seismic swarm rattles northern Nevada

There is no supervolcano here, despite claims in disreputable tabloids

earthquakeinsights.substack.com

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · Sep 4

Its good to see real, in-depth science being done to debunk the harmful myths about trans youth.

Veronica Esposito takes a look at an eleven year study in this month's Journal Club.

Journal Club: A Robust Debunking of Myths About Trans Youth — Assigned

A 2025 paper studied over eleven years debunks the harmful myths that trans youth don’t know what they want.

www.assignedmedia.org

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