Christopher Clark
@alaskanewsguy.bsky.social
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Ahem.

In 1958 and 1959, it was *blue* Alaska to even out *red* Hawaii.
alaskanewsguy.bsky.social
Sigh.

I'm canceling my subscription.

Thank you for your work. I'll miss seeing your byline and look forward to seeing what you do next.

Good luck.
alaskanewsguy.bsky.social
“There’s no better joy than to play great music and to feel it."

“When you really feel the music, you have an energy that you can’t believe. You can’t get it from booze, you can’t get it from drugs, you can’t get it anywhere else.

"Music has this incredible energy and that’s what I had ...”
alaskanewsguy.bsky.social
From The Associated Press:

... a videographer from the U.S. delegation who ran ahead of him [the president] triggered the stop mechanism at the top of the escalator.

... the White House was operating the teleprompter for the president.
alaskanewsguy.bsky.social
Thank you for your response and for taking the time to do it.

I have long appreciated you, your work, your Substack postings and emails, your musical background, and more.

Good luck on your new adventure. As always, I will be following you and cheering you, every step of the way.
alaskanewsguy.bsky.social
Is Sinclair going to issue refunds to those who paid to run ads during Jimmy Kimmel Live! when the show doesn’t air due to being pre-empted?
alaskanewsguy.bsky.social
Consider including right-wing talk radio as proto-podcasts.
alaskanewsguy.bsky.social
“A spine is a terrible thing to waste.”
“A spine is a terrible thing to waste.”
alaskanewsguy.bsky.social
*Gray Mower* not Gary, not Mowers.

Oy.
alaskanewsguy.bsky.social
"... I glanced back to see Redford leaning casually against the Widgeon, wearing dark glasses, battered jeans and a broad grin, wriggling his fingers at me.

"Camouflaged, he remained just where he was: happily incognito."
alaskanewsguy.bsky.social
But the best part of the story is how the governor was mobbed by National Guard officers at Gary Mower’s fishing lodge on Chulatna Lake — not because of Redford, but because of Jay Hammond himself ...
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"A dedicated environmentalist in the best sense of the word, he proved remarkably sensitive, intelligent and endowed with a warm sense of humor.

"After thirty minutes, I felt I'd known him thirty years."
alaskanewsguy.bsky.social
"During the flight Redford showed surprising awareness of Alaskan issues.

"I found him not at all the slick, cynical, self-indulgent Hollywood type I'd encountered before."
alaskanewsguy.bsky.social
A remembrance of Robert Redford from former Alaska Governor Jay Hammond in his 1994 book, "Tales of Alaska's Bush Rat Governor"…
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Thank you for that.

And especially for your New York Times e-newsletter this morning, "Charlie Kirk didn’t shy away from who he was. We shouldn’t either."
alaskanewsguy.bsky.social
Thank you, Ezra, for reposting Jason Koebler and Samantha Cole's rebuttal, "Charlie Kirk Was Not Practicing Politics the Right Way."

This piece by Elizabeth Spiers also deserves reading and reposting:

www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
alaskanewsguy.bsky.social
THIS is how to critique "the media."

With specificity and citations.

Not inane generalizations.

Thank you.