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tundragranite.bsky.social @tundragranite.bsky.social · 2h

Bethel, AK lomac Beach and seawall 1045am Oct 12 #halong #flooding #alaska #alaskawx

tundragranite.bsky.social @tundragranite.bsky.social · 4h

Haven't been able to verify this image, but Bethel PD is saying there is flooding in the lower lying areas of bethel #halong #alaska #flooding #alaskawx

tundragranite.bsky.social @tundragranite.bsky.social · 6h

From a resident of Kwigillingok on the alaskan coast at 5am on sunday
#halong #alaska #flooding #alaskawx

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tundragranite.bsky.social @tundragranite.bsky.social · 1d

How will the track differ from what Merbok did?

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tundragranite.bsky.social @tundragranite.bsky.social · 1d

A common practice of authoritarian governments is to have friendly forces buy up control of major media ecosystems. This allows media to become a force of the state without overt action and leads to the opposition having a harder time getting their voice out. It's the playbook Hungary used.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

The biggest news story of the week that you may have missed is the real possibility that TikTok will go MAGA. Subscribe now to have all of Democracy Docket's premium content, including my exclusive newsletters, sent straight to your inbox. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

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akmk @akmk.bsky.social · 1d

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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 1d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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tundragranite.bsky.social @tundragranite.bsky.social · 1d

It's like if Merbok in 2022 decided instead of punching west alaska in the face to instead violently body check it

a hockey goalie with the number 50 on his jersey stands on the ice

ALT: a hockey goalie with the number 50 on his jersey stands on the ice

media.tenor.com

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 2d

you know what this memo could have used is an editor

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 2d

Here's the full memo.

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 2d

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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tundragranite.bsky.social @tundragranite.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to the 2025 Nobel Prize winner - Maria Machado of Venezuela 🇻🇪

#nobelprize #peaceprize #venezuela #mariamachado

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 2d

A remarkable video clip from astronaut Don Pettit (@astro_Pettit on X), showing his "best sighting of a Starlink satellite 'train' from orbit!" - x.com/astro_Pettit...

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tundragranite.bsky.social @tundragranite.bsky.social · 3d

My favorite article about Bible verses

www.cracked.com/article_1569...

Classic: The 9 Most Badass Bible Verses

If the Bible had been written by King Leonidas and the rest of the Spartans from '300', it would probably read pretty much the same as it does now. It turns out, the Bible is already chock full of ass...

www.cracked.com

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 4d

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tundragranite.bsky.social @tundragranite.bsky.social · 3d

@climatologist49.bsky.social
@alaskawx.bsky.social

Wow. That's pretty big news

CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 4d

kotzebue, alaska declared a mandatory evacuation order

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tundragranite.bsky.social @tundragranite.bsky.social · 5d

I was able to ask!!!! You have to go back to the recording once it's posted though to see what she said to "what tangible things are you and your office going to do to ensure furloughed workers get paid once the shutdown ends"

tundragranite.bsky.social @tundragranite.bsky.social · 5d

Murkowski is on talk of Alaska at 10am on Tuesday, this should be the first thing she is asked about.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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tundragranite.bsky.social @tundragranite.bsky.social · 5d

Murkowski is on talk of Alaska at 10am on Tuesday, this should be the first thing she is asked about.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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tundragranite.bsky.social @tundragranite.bsky.social · 5d

Federal employees should be pissed at this. Because congress can't do their jobs, then they don't have to pay you. What!?!?!?

#shutdown #furlough

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

tundragranite.bsky.social @tundragranite.bsky.social · 6d

#alaskawx #alaska #weather #ruralalaska

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tundragranite.bsky.social @tundragranite.bsky.social · 6d

#startrek

tundragranite.bsky.social @tundragranite.bsky.social · 6d

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a woman in a pink sweater is crying and saying `` no you shut up '' .

ALT: a woman in a pink sweater is crying and saying `` no you shut up '' .

media.tenor.com

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 6d

I’m telling you: ridicule works. These guys are supposed to intimidate the citizenry and it’s very hard to do that when a guy in a frog suit is just staring you down and daring you to do something that makes it look like you’re afraid of a cartoon

dan sinker @dansinker.com · 6d

Portland never stops being Portland.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 7d

wizard frog is insane

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competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 7d

wizard frog is insane

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tundragranite.bsky.social @tundragranite.bsky.social · 6d

Worth a listen today.
#janegoodall

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 6d

Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.

The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.

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