Kassie C
@twoyaks.bsky.social
Alaskan, biologist, quantitative ecologist, moose enthusiast, and mid birder. Team mesocarnivore. Tiny-Bitey.
I like flying things, from birds to UAS to GA aircraft. Sometimes I get to do a little.
All views expressed here are my own, and probably wrong.
I like flying things, from birds to UAS to GA aircraft. Sometimes I get to do a little.
All views expressed here are my own, and probably wrong.
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Open up this picture fully.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
December 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Open up this picture fully.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
I feel the valley can still complain about the endless windstorms. There's so much wind damage around me.
Fairbanks: day after day after day in the -40Fs
Juneau: nearly 4 feet of new snow
Anchorage: NO COMPLAINTS ALLOWED
Juneau: nearly 4 feet of new snow
Anchorage: NO COMPLAINTS ALLOWED
December 31, 2025 at 6:19 AM
I feel the valley can still complain about the endless windstorms. There's so much wind damage around me.
What is it with the month of November and earthquakes?
House checked out, it got through the 6.0 scott free. My dog is too seasoned an Alaskan to make a fuss I guess, because he didn't really react.
House checked out, it got through the 6.0 scott free. My dog is too seasoned an Alaskan to make a fuss I guess, because he didn't really react.
November 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
What is it with the month of November and earthquakes?
House checked out, it got through the 6.0 scott free. My dog is too seasoned an Alaskan to make a fuss I guess, because he didn't really react.
House checked out, it got through the 6.0 scott free. My dog is too seasoned an Alaskan to make a fuss I guess, because he didn't really react.
It's crazy to remember how much commercial whaling was a huge thing. Global mammal biomass is likely down, and so much of the decline was commercial whaling.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 AM
It's crazy to remember how much commercial whaling was a huge thing. Global mammal biomass is likely down, and so much of the decline was commercial whaling.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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New World!
~50% of global auto sales will be EV by 2030
~52% of global electricity will be renewables (43%) & nuclear (9%)
Petrostate politicos freakout, as Age of Fossil Fuels is ending.
But not fast enough to prevent major temperature rise & growing climate risks. #energysky
~50% of global auto sales will be EV by 2030
~52% of global electricity will be renewables (43%) & nuclear (9%)
Petrostate politicos freakout, as Age of Fossil Fuels is ending.
But not fast enough to prevent major temperature rise & growing climate risks. #energysky
October 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
New World!
~50% of global auto sales will be EV by 2030
~52% of global electricity will be renewables (43%) & nuclear (9%)
Petrostate politicos freakout, as Age of Fossil Fuels is ending.
But not fast enough to prevent major temperature rise & growing climate risks. #energysky
~50% of global auto sales will be EV by 2030
~52% of global electricity will be renewables (43%) & nuclear (9%)
Petrostate politicos freakout, as Age of Fossil Fuels is ending.
But not fast enough to prevent major temperature rise & growing climate risks. #energysky
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1/2 A reminder, Alaskan opinions about the PFD used to be a lot more complicated before it became entrenched tradition. In February 1983, only 29% of polled Anchorage residents thought the PFD should continue. And that's after the first PFD payout in 1982. #alaskahistory #alaska
October 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
1/2 A reminder, Alaskan opinions about the PFD used to be a lot more complicated before it became entrenched tradition. In February 1983, only 29% of polled Anchorage residents thought the PFD should continue. And that's after the first PFD payout in 1982. #alaskahistory #alaska
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Last night's aurora show just before 10pm, which took off before the clouds in. 😀 This is the 2nd pre-10pm burst this week.
October 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Last night's aurora show just before 10pm, which took off before the clouds in. 😀 This is the 2nd pre-10pm burst this week.
My fave type of traffic jam in Anchorage.
September 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
My fave type of traffic jam in Anchorage.
Seven Caribou, Seven moose, and a very flamboyant Northern Hawk Owl.
News at 11.
News at 11.
September 21, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Seven Caribou, Seven moose, and a very flamboyant Northern Hawk Owl.
News at 11.
News at 11.
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Graduate position (PhD or MS) available on mountain lions🐱 at USU! Check it out: drive.google.com/file/d/1CahA...
Sanchez - student - Cougar kittens - job ad.pdf
drive.google.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Graduate position (PhD or MS) available on mountain lions🐱 at USU! Check it out: drive.google.com/file/d/1CahA...
#DownyWoodpecker in my yard doing woodpecker things. I love how they use their tail feathers like a stool. #birds
September 17, 2025 at 1:17 AM
#DownyWoodpecker in my yard doing woodpecker things. I love how they use their tail feathers like a stool. #birds
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Moose garden.
September 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Moose garden.
It's been a soaker for a bit here, but 10 days ago it was at least sunny. #redneckedgrebe #palmerhayflats #birds
September 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
It's been a soaker for a bit here, but 10 days ago it was at least sunny. #redneckedgrebe #palmerhayflats #birds
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I'm not saddened, but I'm sure as hell not celebrating. First those Democrat lawmakers in Minnesota, now Charlie Kirk. It's a sign that the destabilization of the US is accelerating, and I don't think anyone's prepared to deal with the consequences.
September 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I'm not saddened, but I'm sure as hell not celebrating. First those Democrat lawmakers in Minnesota, now Charlie Kirk. It's a sign that the destabilization of the US is accelerating, and I don't think anyone's prepared to deal with the consequences.
I found out that whales can't focus their eyes out of the water, which means the time a feeding whale made eye contact with me kayaking like 10 feet away it couldn't see me. Science ruined my favourite memory.
Damn you science!
(okay, it's kinda cool that whales had to re-evolve water-vision)
Damn you science!
(okay, it's kinda cool that whales had to re-evolve water-vision)
September 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I found out that whales can't focus their eyes out of the water, which means the time a feeding whale made eye contact with me kayaking like 10 feet away it couldn't see me. Science ruined my favourite memory.
Damn you science!
(okay, it's kinda cool that whales had to re-evolve water-vision)
Damn you science!
(okay, it's kinda cool that whales had to re-evolve water-vision)
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"[Land] acknowledgments are also banned from syllabi and class materials and cannot be spoken aloud in the classroom unless they are directly tied to the course, such as in a class about the history of American Indigenous peoples."
We should all be paying attention here — land acknowledgments banned at Ohio State University
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
September 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"[Land] acknowledgments are also banned from syllabi and class materials and cannot be spoken aloud in the classroom unless they are directly tied to the course, such as in a class about the history of American Indigenous peoples."
September 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I'm thinking about setting up a #BirdNET-Go instance at my house but my server is not located close to a window to sneak a microphone out. What's a good way to solve this? #Docker #BirdNET #Homelab
September 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I'm thinking about setting up a #BirdNET-Go instance at my house but my server is not located close to a window to sneak a microphone out. What's a good way to solve this? #Docker #BirdNET #Homelab
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In two weeks, I'll be giving a talk at the Bear Tooth about Anchorage's oldest neighborhoods: Government Hill, South Addition, Mountain View, Fairview, & Spenard. Free! I'll try and spend as much time on cabbage crimes as I do on sex workers. Typical talk from me in other words.
August 31, 2025 at 1:02 AM
In two weeks, I'll be giving a talk at the Bear Tooth about Anchorage's oldest neighborhoods: Government Hill, South Addition, Mountain View, Fairview, & Spenard. Free! I'll try and spend as much time on cabbage crimes as I do on sex workers. Typical talk from me in other words.
One of my most popular things I've wrote on the Internet had a tone I wouldn't think of using these days. The content was factual, but I was an arrogant little turd. I kinda want to erase it but again, the info is all correct. That, and you can't just delete things from the Internet. Oh well.
August 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
One of my most popular things I've wrote on the Internet had a tone I wouldn't think of using these days. The content was factual, but I was an arrogant little turd. I kinda want to erase it but again, the info is all correct. That, and you can't just delete things from the Internet. Oh well.
Editing some old photos. Apparently I hung out with this #hoarymarmot for quite some time. Time well spent IMO.
August 29, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Editing some old photos. Apparently I hung out with this #hoarymarmot for quite some time. Time well spent IMO.
John's NTSB initial report is out. asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/530... I guess I misunderstood how he stalled, I was incorrectly thinking he was in a turn, not a climb. I was hoping for more but I'll have to wait a year.
It's pretty hard to read this. I guess it churned up a lot of feelings.
It's pretty hard to read this. I guess it churned up a lot of feelings.
Accident Piper J3C-65 Cub N5050R, Friday 25 July 2025
On July 25, 2025, about 0916 Alaska daylight time, a Piper J3C-65 airplane, N5050R, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Dillingham, Alaska. The pilot was fa...
asn.flightsafety.org
August 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
John's NTSB initial report is out. asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/530... I guess I misunderstood how he stalled, I was incorrectly thinking he was in a turn, not a climb. I was hoping for more but I'll have to wait a year.
It's pretty hard to read this. I guess it churned up a lot of feelings.
It's pretty hard to read this. I guess it churned up a lot of feelings.
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"Eugenics plays prominently in the rhetoric being generated and is derivative of a legacy that good medicine and science should continue to shun."
~Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases resignation letter
~Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases resignation letter
August 28, 2025 at 1:52 AM
"Eugenics plays prominently in the rhetoric being generated and is derivative of a legacy that good medicine and science should continue to shun."
~Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases resignation letter
~Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases resignation letter