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ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer

@markspringer.bsky.social

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de WL7BCT Bethel, #AlaskaSky Husband, Father, Grand and Great Grandfather and Uncle. #USCG #LORAN-C #Veteran Alaskan Political Gadfly #hamradio #amateurradio

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ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 4m

I listened to AF1 phone patches when Reagan was on the return leg of his trip.

ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 11h

Purple is a baaad color!

ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 11h

Agree 100%

ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 12h

Never saw that question!

ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 12h

I want to know the Alyeska PSC trending.

ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 12h

The hits just keep on coming.
feat. @alaskawx.bsky.social
www.kyuk.org/alaska-state...

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.

www.kyuk.org

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ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 12h

www.kyuk.org/economy/2025...

For Aniak's pizza joint, hikes in bypass mail are threatening the dough

Outside of Bethel, there’s only one official restaurant in the entire Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. But bypass mail price hikes could threaten the iconic eatery’s future.

www.kyuk.org

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ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 13h

Getting while the getting is good.

Reposted by ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer

Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 16h

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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ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 13h

Yeah Windy app shows gusting 90 at HPB on Sunday.

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ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 1d

Orthopedists of iron.

A tall crane boom holds a steel structural member on the Alaska Native Medical Center Emergency Department addition as ironworkers tie the piece in.

Ironworkers doing ironworker things erecting the new Alaska Native Medical Center Emergency Department addition.

ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 1d

He was an accomplished equivocator when he first ran for Senate.

ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, this.

Miss Recreate @missrecreate.bsky.social · 1d

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Derrick ♎ 🟧 🟦#BLM 🏳️‍🌈 @spawn03.bsky.social · 1d

ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 1d

So next year I'll have been in this (used to be) frozen (not a) wasteland for 50 years.
Should I finally write a short collection of essays?

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ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 1d

His Folsom Prison audience has entered the chat...

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ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 1d

Score! I found the off to the side Surgery waiting room at ANMC.

ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 1d

Guess who else gets subsidies...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."