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Princess Daazhraii Johnson @princessdaazhraii.bsky.social · 1d

Here in Fairbanks I know the soil is so water logged! What does that mean for the winter & impacts to our infrastructure? Been noticing more pot holes opening up as well. Ugh - sad state of affairs.

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Princess Daazhraii Johnson @princessdaazhraii.bsky.social · 1d

As this administration guts climate science & mitigation efforts in the midst of a climate emergency & opens #Alaska to more extraction - we are all left to suffer the consequences. @rick any data on amount of rainfall lately & potential impacts?

Carrie Nash @carrieinfbx.bsky.social · 2d

Huslia today.

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SILVER LINING UNITED @silverliningunited.bsky.social · 3d

The rhetoric of ‘war on the enemy within’ is an authoritarian warning sign. History shows where this can lead, but history also shows that organized, nonviolent resistance, legal pushback, and public courage can break even powerful regimes. The outcome is not fixed.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 2d

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Princess Daazhraii Johnson @princessdaazhraii.bsky.social · 5d

So many sad, pathetic weak men and women harming innocent human beings… I hope they look themselves in the mirror - I’m talking about ICE agents & all those calling the orders. #disobey #protecthumanity

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 5d

According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...

‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 8d

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

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Princess Daazhraii Johnson @princessdaazhraii.bsky.social · 10d

Shalak naii! Pls check out this Sonic Journeys podcast featuring our (Native Movement, AINE, Deenaadàį’ Productions) work with Yo-Yo Ma through the Gath (King Salmon) & K’iyh (Birch) project. ❤️

Gath and K’iyh: Listen to Heal

Podcast Episode · Sonic Journeys · 09/25/2025 · 18m

podcasts.apple.com

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Princess Daazhraii Johnson @princessdaazhraii.bsky.social · 25d

Night skies above Vashraii K’oo, Alaska. Enjoy the beauty. ❤️

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Charlotte “Pure True Love” @charluv.bsky.social · Aug 18

No one owns the Water.
No one owns the Land.
No one owns the sand.
These are given by Our Mother.
The Planet provides for Free.
Only by the hands of the Greedy does the Earth require a Fee 🌺

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Princess Daazhraii Johnson @princessdaazhraii.bsky.social · Aug 15

Haha! Flight! Flight! No fights please!

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · Aug 14

Folks with the University of Alaska Fairbanks contributed mightily to the American Meteorological Society's 2024 State of the Climate Arctic Chapter. #akwx #Climate #AlaskaSky @arcticgoddess.bsky.social @climatologist49.bsky.social

www.uaf.edu/news/state-o...

State of the climate continues to track global change

The American Meteorological Society released its annual State of the Climate report this week, providing a comprehensive overview of global conditions in 2024. University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist...

www.uaf.edu

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Princess Daazhraii Johnson @princessdaazhraii.bsky.social · Aug 14

Missed my first fight this morning cause I was so taken by the sunrise…it was worth it. I’ll never stop being dazzled by our Mother Earth!

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Aleesia @aleesia27.bsky.social · Aug 13

A Window Of Hope. 🩶🕊️🩶

#WindowsOnWednesday #clouds #sky #sunset #scape #smArtist #solar

The sun setting over the trees. The sky is mostly grey and cloudy, but it’s starting to clear. There’s a small opening with beautiful shades of pink and blue.

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Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social · Aug 13

My latest

At least 63 people, mostly women and children, starved to death in the besieged city of El Fasher this past week. That number only includes those who arrived at medical facilities.

Sudan’s calamity and ‘the end of the liberal world order’

Free to read.
wapo.st/47taKjM

Column | Sudan’s calamity and ‘the end of the liberal world order’

Sudan suffers from a neglect and indifference that seems to reflect the new shape of global politics.

wapo.st

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Ethan Siegel @startswithabang.bsky.social · Aug 6

What a nuclear reactor on the Moon really means for NASA’s future

NASA wants to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon.

Not to promote science, but to divert resources away from it.

All while staking out key territory for purely nationalistic reasons.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #astro #nasa

What a nuclear reactor on the Moon really means for NASA's future

There are real concerns with long-term power generation on the Moon; nuclear could be the answer. But for NASA, will the cost be too high?

bigthink.com

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Curmudge1 @curmudge1.bsky.social · Aug 5

This MUST WATCH video needs to go viral! Pass it on!
youtu.be/VQbDgOaOh4c

Maddow: U.S. profoundly changed by authoritarian leader; 'We're beyond waiting and seeing now'

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Aug 3

I had a wonderful conversation with two of my heroes, adrienne maree brown and Autumn Brown, on one of my favorite podcasts. About hope, change, climate, power, stories, survival, solidarity. Warning: laughter, singing.

The Revolution Will Be Incremental with Rebecca Solnit

Podcast Episode · How to Survive the End of the World · 08/01/2025 · 1h 7m

podcasts.apple.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 3

Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."

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Princess Daazhraii Johnson @princessdaazhraii.bsky.social · Aug 3

Trawlers are in the same category as the oil industry, McDonalds (tied to Pollock industry), Elbit, industrial farming, Amazon, etc. I envision a world no longer ruled by corporations. We should all demand it.

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Princess Daazhraii Johnson @princessdaazhraii.bsky.social · Aug 3

We are quickly destroying the ecosystems that sustain all life on this planet. The world is allowing multiple genocides to take place. I’m grief-stricken & doing my best to transform my rage & take action. Each moment of peace - all I can think about are the bombs in Gaza. Praying for us all.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · Jul 16

1. We interrupt this programming for some LEGITIMATELY GOOD NEWS

Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows

How did the city do it?

Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue

The secret to Baltimore's extraordinary year

This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.

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Princess Daazhraii Johnson @princessdaazhraii.bsky.social · Jul 13

Absolutely horrendous! So disgusted that these sort of human rights abuses are being allowed. Keep organizing friends. Keep sharing out the truth.

Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · Jul 12

I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · Jul 12

It will never be comprehensible or forgivable that the man who incited a deadly insurrection and attack on our Capitol was able to run again and retake the levers of power.

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Princess Daazhraii Johnson @princessdaazhraii.bsky.social · Jul 9

So grateful for all this rain in #Fairbanks! I hope it helps with the 8 fires surrounding us! #Alaeka #wildfires #firefighters Mahsi’choo to all our firefighters!

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Native News Online @nativenewsonline.bsky.social · Jul 7

"I wanted to survive the birth. And have a healthy baby."

When Chante Tran (Yup'ik) went into labor, she carried generational fears of medical neglect. But Alaska Native Birthworkers supported her through a movement reclaiming Indigenous birth practices. Read: nativenewsonline.net/coming-home-...

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