Steve Aufrecht
@aksteve.bsky.social
Alaskan blogger. Https://www.whatdoino-steve.blogspot.com. How do we know? Be kind, but don’t take crap. Resist. Know what’s important and what isn’t. RPCV-Thailand
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According to data, ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records.
ICE isn’t an agency, they are a private army meant to terrorize people of color by the order of a fragile racist wannabe dictator. They are his Gestapo.
ICE isn’t an agency, they are a private army meant to terrorize people of color by the order of a fragile racist wannabe dictator. They are his Gestapo.
December 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
According to data, ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records.
ICE isn’t an agency, they are a private army meant to terrorize people of color by the order of a fragile racist wannabe dictator. They are his Gestapo.
ICE isn’t an agency, they are a private army meant to terrorize people of color by the order of a fragile racist wannabe dictator. They are his Gestapo.
“You’re No Indian” is the most powerful movie I’ve seen at the festival. A well made doc about how some tribes are disenrolling tribal members to increase their personal casino profits and to get rid of political opponents. #AIFF
December 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
“You’re No Indian” is the most powerful movie I’ve seen at the festival. A well made doc about how some tribes are disenrolling tribal members to increase their personal casino profits and to get rid of political opponents. #AIFF
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
There’s a good Anchorage Daily News @adn.com piece today about Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social.
www.adn.com/arts/books/2...
www.adn.com/arts/books/2...
Author and pilot Colleen Mondor continues to shine a light on Alaska’s aviation industry
Mondor’s email newsletter Probable Cause covers a range of aviation-related subjects, with accidents a particular focus.
www.adn.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
There’s a good Anchorage Daily News @adn.com piece today about Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social.
www.adn.com/arts/books/2...
www.adn.com/arts/books/2...
With help from Google Translate:
In his novel Harbors of the East, Amin Maalouf, while describing the confusion and chaos in the Middle East, says that "everyone was calling out to their own god to silence the prayers of the others". No better word has been said about the Middle East yet.
In his novel Harbors of the East, Amin Maalouf, while describing the confusion and chaos in the Middle East, says that "everyone was calling out to their own god to silence the prayers of the others". No better word has been said about the Middle East yet.
Amin Maalouf, Doğu'nun Limanları adlı romanında ortadoğu'daki karışıklığı ve kaosu anlatırken, "herkes, ötekilerin duasını sustursun diye kendi tanrısına yakarıyordu" der. ortadoğu üzerine bundan daha güzel bir söz söylenmedi henüz.
December 3, 2025 at 4:39 AM
With help from Google Translate:
In his novel Harbors of the East, Amin Maalouf, while describing the confusion and chaos in the Middle East, says that "everyone was calling out to their own god to silence the prayers of the others". No better word has been said about the Middle East yet.
In his novel Harbors of the East, Amin Maalouf, while describing the confusion and chaos in the Middle East, says that "everyone was calling out to their own god to silence the prayers of the others". No better word has been said about the Middle East yet.
Delta just offered $1000 to passengers willing to switch to a flight tomorrow from Seattle to Anchorage
December 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Delta just offered $1000 to passengers willing to switch to a flight tomorrow from Seattle to Anchorage
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So, like, this isn’t even my rant.
This is just, like, what is true. The annual salary of approximately 1,500 faculty members is caught up in buyout/guarantee money for two football coaches. This is happening in the midst of hiring freezes and dramatic budget cuts in academic units. It’s just true.
This is just, like, what is true. The annual salary of approximately 1,500 faculty members is caught up in buyout/guarantee money for two football coaches. This is happening in the midst of hiring freezes and dramatic budget cuts in academic units. It’s just true.
LSU is paying its previous football coach over $50 million NOT to coach there while likely guaranteeing Kiffin something approaching double that, all while having an academic hiring freeze and budget cuts across the board. What is the purpose of a university (rhetorical)?
SOURCES: Lane Kiffin is expected to accept LSU's offer to become the Tigers next head coach. Kiffin is set to meet with his Ole Miss team this morning at 9 AM CT. As we reported yesterday morning, LSU has been very confident it was going to land Kiffin. www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...
November 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
So, like, this isn’t even my rant.
This is just, like, what is true. The annual salary of approximately 1,500 faculty members is caught up in buyout/guarantee money for two football coaches. This is happening in the midst of hiring freezes and dramatic budget cuts in academic units. It’s just true.
This is just, like, what is true. The annual salary of approximately 1,500 faculty members is caught up in buyout/guarantee money for two football coaches. This is happening in the midst of hiring freezes and dramatic budget cuts in academic units. It’s just true.
In the 1960s and 70s Tom Hayden promoted the idea that there could be no political democracy without economic equality. The Port Huron Statement is from 1962 and is painfully relevant to today. (Pp11-12 focus on economy). images2.americanprogress.org/campus/email...
November 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
In the 1960s and 70s Tom Hayden promoted the idea that there could be no political democracy without economic equality. The Port Huron Statement is from 1962 and is painfully relevant to today. (Pp11-12 focus on economy). images2.americanprogress.org/campus/email...
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Ashley B. explains very clearly that many Latinos look down upon the Black community because they value whiteness. As a Latina, I understand the culture but don’t accept the bias against the Black community. I couldn’t understand why on earth they would support such a vile man. Sadly, I see it now.
To understand as to why Latinos for Trump ignored Black people and our warning about him leading up to the 2024 election, this sister nails it. And, to be clear, not all Latinos feel this way, but the anti-Blackness is what got us where we are today.
youtu.be/Bbz5kQSH2xc?...
youtu.be/Bbz5kQSH2xc?...
Latin Antiblackness #shortvideo #youtubeshorts #americanhistory #latinhistory #blackhistory
YouTube video by Ashley B
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November 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Ashley B. explains very clearly that many Latinos look down upon the Black community because they value whiteness. As a Latina, I understand the culture but don’t accept the bias against the Black community. I couldn’t understand why on earth they would support such a vile man. Sadly, I see it now.
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If the horse and buggy had been a powerful industry like oil today, we’d still be clip clopping down cobblestone streets and climate change wouldn’t be an issue.
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If the horse and buggy had been a powerful industry like oil today, we’d still be clip clopping down cobblestone streets and climate change wouldn’t be an issue.
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This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
This 👇
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
This 👇
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The new quarterly update to Australia's emissions inventory shows emissions down 2.2% for the year to June 2025.
Emissions down across most sectors, except for transport.
www.dcceew.gov.au/climate-chan...
Emissions down across most sectors, except for transport.
www.dcceew.gov.au/climate-chan...
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The new quarterly update to Australia's emissions inventory shows emissions down 2.2% for the year to June 2025.
Emissions down across most sectors, except for transport.
www.dcceew.gov.au/climate-chan...
Emissions down across most sectors, except for transport.
www.dcceew.gov.au/climate-chan...
You keep doing insanely amazing things. Can you develop some tool to flip the MAGA perception of reality?
@miriamgrace.bsky.social made a request that led me down an interesting rabbit hole.
This will visualize any bluesky post as a node diagram,, with different weights applied to relative account reach of people interacting with it. It’s pretty interesting.
There’s a quick demo to play with
This will visualize any bluesky post as a node diagram,, with different weights applied to relative account reach of people interacting with it. It’s pretty interesting.
There’s a quick demo to play with
Bluesky Post Visualizer
Visualize Bluesky post interactions with force-directed graphs
dr.eamer.dev
November 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
You keep doing insanely amazing things. Can you develop some tool to flip the MAGA perception of reality?
From de Young museum SF:
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
From de Young museum SF:
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Breaking character: I am open to the idea the media's coverage of Biden's age and mental acuity was fair or perhaps not even tough enough. But the fact that it was so much tougher than the coverage of Trump's (more severe) mental decline is damning and I can't see how anyone could argue otherwise.
NYT isn’t worth reading because they are in the bag for Trump
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Breaking character: I am open to the idea the media's coverage of Biden's age and mental acuity was fair or perhaps not even tough enough. But the fact that it was so much tougher than the coverage of Trump's (more severe) mental decline is damning and I can't see how anyone could argue otherwise.
San Francisco, this has been here quite a while
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 AM
San Francisco, this has been here quite a while
Translating the real meaning behind the spoken words is always valuable. Thanks.
November 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Translating the real meaning behind the spoken words is always valuable. Thanks.
Haven’t seen much coverage of today’s elections in Chile. Here’s an overview. www.as-coa.org/articles/exp...
Explainer: Chile's 2025 General Elections
In the November 16 first round, will Chileans pick a successor to President Gabriel Boric who will shift the country’s ideological direction?
www.as-coa.org
November 16, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Haven’t seen much coverage of today’s elections in Chile. Here’s an overview. www.as-coa.org/articles/exp...
Restating questions to get the unspoken part out in the open is an art that requires broad knowledge, logic, and quick wits.
Why did the nation that used Christianity to justify slavery, ethnic cleansing of indigenous populations, racial segregation, homophobia and preemptive war elect a dumb racist crook who's the opposite of everything Jesus taught?
Is that the question?
Is that the question?
The real question we need to ask ourselves as a nation is, WHY did so many people vote for this in the first place? Trump is the symptom. Not the problem.
November 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Restating questions to get the unspoken part out in the open is an art that requires broad knowledge, logic, and quick wits.
The Anchorage International Film Festival begins Dec. 5. Here’s my first look at a few of the films. whatdoino-steve.blogspot.com/2025/11/anch...
Anchorage International Film Festival (AIFF) 2025 Judging A Film By Its Cover
The Ladder, Dark Matter, The Mariana Trench, Death in the Desert, Hearts of Stone
whatdoino-steve.blogspot.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The Anchorage International Film Festival begins Dec. 5. Here’s my first look at a few of the films. whatdoino-steve.blogspot.com/2025/11/anch...
On recent trip to Türkiye, I was reminded over and over again that humans today are no different from our ancestors from 1000 years ago to 10,000 years ago. We aren’t any smarter or less evil. Some of us improve the world and others tear it down.
November 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
On recent trip to Türkiye, I was reminded over and over again that humans today are no different from our ancestors from 1000 years ago to 10,000 years ago. We aren’t any smarter or less evil. Some of us improve the world and others tear it down.
If you disagree, propose a better th three.
November 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
If you disagree, propose a better th three.
If you can’t come down to your federal legislators offices, email or call them. In front of building that houses offices of Senators Murkowski and Sullivan in Anchorage. www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
November 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
If you can’t come down to your federal legislators offices, email or call them. In front of building that houses offices of Senators Murkowski and Sullivan in Anchorage. www.usa.gov/elected-offi...