Dougherty
@pdougherty.bsky.social
Musk-hating Twitter refugee. Former editor of the Anchorage Daily News. Pulitzer Prize winner. I post things I think are accurate and interesting, with occasional commentary. Reposts much appreciated. Let’s build an Alaska community. Welcome.
Great headline:
“OpenAI Is Just $200 Billion Away From Still Losing Money, HSBC Says”
“OpenAI Is Just $200 Billion Away From Still Losing Money, HSBC Says”
November 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Great headline:
“OpenAI Is Just $200 Billion Away From Still Losing Money, HSBC Says”
“OpenAI Is Just $200 Billion Away From Still Losing Money, HSBC Says”
Quite the Thanksgiving Day story.
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Tossing a Bird That Does Not Fly Out of a Plane
A Thanksgiving story about the limits of human empathy
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November 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Quite the Thanksgiving Day story.
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Texas Carpetbagger and 4th appointed AG of Alaska in the Dunleavy Administration, Steven J. Cox, is a self proclaimed Alaska expert after a few months. This putz needs to go back to Texas and serve his master Ted Cruz.
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Texas Carpetbagger and 4th appointed AG of Alaska in the Dunleavy Administration, Steven J. Cox, is a self proclaimed Alaska expert after a few months. This putz needs to go back to Texas and serve his master Ted Cruz.
Part 3: Catch and Kill
If you are new to this series, read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Former Adak employee files lawsuit against city and city council members, alleging racism, writes @alaska.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2025/11/26/f...
Former Adak employee files lawsuit against city and city council members, alleging racism | Alaska Beacon
The employee, who is black, says he was pressured to resign by city officials after filing a complaint against them.
alaskabeacon.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Former Adak employee files lawsuit against city and city council members, alleging racism, writes @alaska.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2025/11/26/f...
Seems to me that Trump and his drunken, sexual abuser Secretary of Calisthenics going after Sen. Mark Kelly could make Kelly a viable Democratic presidential candidate.
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Seems to me that Trump and his drunken, sexual abuser Secretary of Calisthenics going after Sen. Mark Kelly could make Kelly a viable Democratic presidential candidate.
It's not accurate to describe Comey and James as Trump "enemies." You could say Trump considers them to be enemies, but no facts indicate they consider Trump to be their enemy. Reporters could say Comey investigated Trump. They could say James and Trump are political antagonists. Accuracy matters.
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It's not accurate to describe Comey and James as Trump "enemies." You could say Trump considers them to be enemies, but no facts indicate they consider Trump to be their enemy. Reporters could say Comey investigated Trump. They could say James and Trump are political antagonists. Accuracy matters.
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Oil company BP has found the source of a leak in a major Pacific Northwest pipeline system, allowing it to restart the flow of jet fuel to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Tuesday and help avoid any major disruptions to Thanksgiving travel.
BP finds leak in major Pacific Northwest pipeline, resumes delivering fuel to Seattle-Tacoma airport
Oil company BP has found the source of a leak in a major Pacific Northwest pipeline system. It restarted the flow of jet fuel to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Tuesday.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Oil company BP has found the source of a leak in a major Pacific Northwest pipeline system, allowing it to restart the flow of jet fuel to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Tuesday and help avoid any major disruptions to Thanksgiving travel.
Try including angels.
weirdly enough this doesn't seem any higher than i would've expected it to be back in the 90s.
New polling on aliens
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
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% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Try including angels.
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I wish we could do this in Anchorage. Too many selfish people in the city to make it work. www.adn.com/opinions/202...
Opinion: Why can’t Anchorage have nice things? Lessons from Northern Sweden.
A winter in northern Sweden shows what happens when a community decides to invest in itself.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I wish we could do this in Anchorage. Too many selfish people in the city to make it work. www.adn.com/opinions/202...
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More than 70 educators and community members packed into the Thunder Mountain Middle School library last week during the school board meeting to voice their frustration over contract negotiations.
Juneau teachers union upset over district’s arbitration announcement for contract negotiations
The move took the union by surprise, and led educators to send a public message to Juneau’s school board.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
More than 70 educators and community members packed into the Thunder Mountain Middle School library last week during the school board meeting to voice their frustration over contract negotiations.
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As winter settles in, Anchorage Daily News photographers captured scenes of the city brightened by frost. www.adn.com/visual/photo...
November 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
As winter settles in, Anchorage Daily News photographers captured scenes of the city brightened by frost. www.adn.com/visual/photo...
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Oh.👀
Someone (Rubio?) is MEGA pissed at the Ukraine peace plan situation if they leaked a full on *recording* of this Witkoff call (with transcript, lol).
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Oh.👀
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‘that’s my belief’
Witkoff advised the Russians on how to pitch their Ukraine plan to Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
‘that’s my belief’
How do you graduate from law school with reasoning like that?
November 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
How do you graduate from law school with reasoning like that?
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Workplace safety officers are investigating complaints from nurses at Alaska Regional Hospital that many of them have fallen ill from what they believe are hazardous air conditions at the hospital.
State investigates air quality concerns at Alaska Regional Hospital after nurses report recurring health issues
Nurses say that since April, more than 30 of them have reported experiencing symptoms. The hospital says all air tests “have come back in the normal range.”
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November 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Workplace safety officers are investigating complaints from nurses at Alaska Regional Hospital that many of them have fallen ill from what they believe are hazardous air conditions at the hospital.
Sorry, but if his lips moved, he’s lying. The coward Dan Sullivan.
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Sullivan says he is among Republicans working on extension of health insurance subsidies
Without action from Congress, the subsidies will expire at the end of the year.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Sorry, but if his lips moved, he’s lying. The coward Dan Sullivan.
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Good column.
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Olivia Nuzzi's Crash-and-Burn Comeback
Does everyone have to lose their minds in this era of blinding excess and heartless self-dealing, including the people who cover it?
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November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Good column.
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