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Stephen Nowers @snowers.bsky.social · 1d

You tell ‘em Kermit!

Kermit’s Resistance @empathy-is-sexy.bsky.social · 1d

Read in Kermit voice:

Hello everybody, sorry I haven’t been posting here recently on Bluesky, but I have been in Portland resisting MAGA fascism and fighting with ICE. Our message remains the same, “fuck you I won’t do what you tell me!” #resist

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Stephen Nowers @snowers.bsky.social · 4d

Good turnout for the Rebarchek Farm Harvest Day at the Alaska State Fairgrounds despite the weather. It’s like dipnetting, but for potatoes!

People harvest potatoes in a field at Rebarchek Farm next to the Alaska State Fairgrounds

Three women harvest potatoes in a field at Rebarchek Farm next to the Alaska State Fairgrounds

Three people sort potatoes at Rebarchek Farm next to the Alaska State Fairgrounds

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Stephen Nowers @snowers.bsky.social · 4d

I’m with you birch tree … I’m not ready to give up on summer yet either

Birch in Alaska with green leaves surrounded by bare trees.

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Stephen Nowers @snowers.bsky.social · 5d

Definitely spooky season in the Matanuska Moose Range

Moss clings to a tree in the Matanuska Valley Moose Range

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Stephen Nowers @snowers.bsky.social · 9d

I love that my BlueSky after 8pm is nearly all Alaska 😂

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Stephen Nowers @snowers.bsky.social · 9d

Pretty good light show over Palmer

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Stephen Nowers @snowers.bsky.social · 16d

I’ve become a Bellevue train tourist

Stephen Nowers @snowers.bsky.social · 16d

I just like riding light rail, ok

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Stephen Nowers @snowers.bsky.social · 17d

Just incredible

Anchorage Man @sethpartnow.bsky.social · 17d

Randy Moss-like ability to separate

Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 17d

Haaland played the pass out to start the break and then out ran every arsenal defender by like 10 yards to get free for the goal, that was a stupendous individual goal #epl-live

Stephen Nowers @snowers.bsky.social · 18d

Palmer-area dog walks

Dog on the Matanuska Experiment Farm trails

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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.bsky.social · 18d

Sometimes I wonder if the Ds shouldn't become a more explicitly "federative" party, with more state-level "coalition partners" who don't even call themselves Democrats in certain parts of the country.

Dan Nexon @dhnexon.bsky.social · 18d

Abortion is a bad example here, but it is one hundred percent true that we need candidates who can compete in deep red contexts, and that means taking positions at odds with the national party.

If you want to know why that doesn't compromise national policy goals, think about why you hate Collins.

Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 19d

Ezra Klein 🤝 Neera Tanden

Despite the overwhelming popularity of abortion rights in all states, we should surrender instead

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Stephen Nowers @snowers.bsky.social · 18d

A simple action that makes a huge difference is attending local assembly/city council meetings. Help the local officials trying to hold the line!

Stephen Nowers @snowers.bsky.social · 18d

Dooming on social media does doesn’t help

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18d

One thing that's absolutely f---ing unbearable on this site is that if you dare to point out that Trump is not actually successfully oppressing all of us on every conceivable front, that not *all* is irretrievably lost, a parade of doomers materializes to denounce you. It's counterproductive. Stop.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18d

As corrupt and appalling as the ouster of this career prosecutor for refusing to prosecute Trump's enemies truly is, I strongly encourage folks to also understand this as evidence that Trump's authoritarian designs are facing serious institutional resistance:

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Stephen Nowers @snowers.bsky.social · 19d

It was a productive summer in the greenhouse

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Stephen Nowers @snowers.bsky.social · 20d

Always

Dinner in Alaska 🏴‍☠️ 🫎 @dinnerinalaska.bsky.social · 20d

#mood

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Stephen Nowers @snowers.bsky.social · 20d

Not gonna lie … felt pretty good to cancel Disney+

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Stephen Nowers @snowers.bsky.social · 22d

Such a beautiful time of year.

Kepler-Bradley State Park, Palmer AK

An old birch tree in Kepler-Bradley State Park near Palmer Alaska

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Stephen Nowers @snowers.bsky.social · Sep 9

Thank you for reminding me. Great moments in Alaska journalism!

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Maia K. Nolan(-Partnow) @maiaknp.bsky.social · Sep 8

This is pretty good, but I prefer the original, @andrewhalcro.bsky.social snifting brandy while reading passages about himself from Sarah Palin's book, for which he and @snowers.bsky.social and I won an Alaska Press Club award

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Sep 8

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.