After Typhoon Halong devastated Western Alaska, Kim and Adam Hays started a non-profit to help distribute clothing to people affected by disasters.
See their story, and meet more people going above and beyond for our community at alaskapublic.org/littlebit.
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💦☔️💦 Wed, Apr 22
PNW rains have returned, hopefully soon orcas do too as it appeared the group was possibly heading out yesterday. Meanwhile, we revel in the grays who remain: Little Patch & Stardust plus others were seen this week.
📸 Orca spyhops as the sun settles in. By Jason Luc 4/20.
#psws
SARA EISEN: I think it was a bit of a trap to ask Kevin Warsh about the election denial, to get him to disagree w/ President Trump. You know no Fed Chair is going to weigh in on politics like that
WARREN: Look, I asked him a fact. We need a Fed Chair who can assert reality. Kevin Warsh can't do it
"Benches aren’t just disappearing from large railroad stations, but also from subways, parks, plazas, sidewalks, and esplanades."
This is a huge problem, but it's weird to write such a long piece w/o mentioning William Whyte, author of Social Lives of Small Urban Spaces, who first raised the issue.
Good to see the Irish Times promoting cargo bikes as car alternatives. I'm somewhat down on the "economic" motivation, because fuck that: there's so much else going on, but these things need all the promotion they can get. For sure people need cars, but I can believe tha… https://paulca.com/posts/98
Luke Jerram’s inflatable earth ‘Gaia’ at night. Illuminated & reflected on the water as it floats on a lake.
“Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children.
We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.”
•Crazy Horse
#EarthDay2026
"the U.S. had put all outgoing ammunition shipments on hold" news.err.ee/1610001736/u...
Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings
My 70 something parents use their e-bikes to go on 40 km rides with their friends.
E-bikes are life-extenders, leisure-extenders, and enjoyment-extenders for so many people.
It is not cheating to get more fun out of your day and ensure you have the oomph to come home at the end.
Underappreciated that Iran timed it's announcement for 20 minutes *before* close-of-markets just to piss off Trump.
The House did accept an amendment pushing the implementation off into 2027 and another that would exempt polystyrene coolers that are intended for reuse.
One of the rejected ones would have created a hotline to report violators of the law. That one failed 8-31.
And onto HB 25, a bill by Rep. Andy Josephson that would ban the use of polystyrene -- better known under the brand name Styrofoam.
I missed the amendment markup on it, but Republicans also made that painful with like 10 amendments.
🧵 The House is getting underway with what will almost assuredly be another painfully drawn-out floor session.
Bills on the agenda:
More amendments to HB 133, the payment of contracts
HB262, # of Superior Court Judges
HB 25, disposable food service ware
📺: www.ktoo.org/video/gavel/...
#akleg
Rolling to the stones.
Trump was caught on hot mic discussing Trump Org business with Indonesia's president. Qatar paid $1.1M to his properties during term one. He never divested. The Constitution has a name for foreign payments to sitting presidents. It's in Article I. Look it up. #BoughtAndPaid
In 1909, the Globe ran a parody of car-centric policies By Alan Wirzbicki Globe Staff,Updated April 20, 2026, 5:26 p.m. While searching through the Globe’s archives recently, I ran across this list published in March 1909, purporting to be a new set of rules for pedestrians: It was, safe to assume, an unlabeled parody: the author, George Fitch, was “widely known as a humorist,” Rules are in a screenshot and include "Pedestrians must register and pay a $5 fee"
Thx Alan Wirzbicki at @bostonglobe.com for unearthing this early parody of the ridiculous hoops that car-centric retrofitting of cities has pushed on to anyone traveling outside of cars @tomflood.bsky.social
Boston: RETVRN to the city you were #CarLiteBoston
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/20/o...
the only buzzcocks album you really need is singles going steady, like that's a fact
FORTY YEARS LATER, ‘BOYS DON'T CRY 86 MIX / 2026 REMASTER’ IS AVAILABLE ONCE AGAIN ON 7" & 12" VINYL. GET YOUR COPY NOW VIA thecure.lnk.to/BoysDontCry
No Trump nominee should be confirmed.
These programs have reduced the recidivism rate -- the likelihood that people commit new crimes -- by half compared to the total prisoner population.
From 66% to 28%.
They estimate that, of the 650 people they've served, the changes have saved $8.5M in incarceration costs.
Corrections and Reentry Focus Therapeutic Communities Nu’iju Healing Place is a peer led 12-18-month culturally rooted, trauma-informed TC for individuals in corrections. Located in Hiland Mountain and Palmer Correctional Center. Hiland Restricted Access Wing (RAW) Two-week residential peer led modified NHP for inmates who have committed inhouse infractions and is an alternative to segregation. Learning circles focused on healthy coping tools are offered. NHP Reentry Programming Peer-led Learning Circles for justice involved individuals reentering into community. Offers court ordered/PO approved learning circles. Trauma informed trainings.
Up next are Polly Andrews and Bobbi Outton with the Family Wellness Warriors project at the Southcentral Foundation.
They are a culturally focused re-entry program.
Here's their presentation: www.akleg.gov/basis/get_do...
🧵 The House Tribal Affairs Committee is underway with a hearing on AFN's report on the overincarceration of Alaska Native people, who make up less than 20% of the population and 40% of the state's prison population.
📺: www.ktoo.org/video/gavel/...
📄: www.akleg.gov/basis/Meetin...
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Red rhoedadendron blossoms against a blue sky
One red rhododendron bush about 20 feet tall 😎
Almost Rhody time here in the #PNW
#Flower
#Rhodedendron
#Photography 🌱🌺
A Maine air carrier was forced to stop delivering mail today. USPS owes them $388,000 and hasn't paid since March.
Trump is breaking the Post Office. Rural Maine pays the price. #mepolitics
Two sea lions swamping a small boat
Only in Puget Sound, Olympia, Washington:
A pair of Stellar Sea Lions, weighing in at at least one ton total weight, commandeer a small sailboat
📸Dane
Magyar Péter (Ne féljetek) * ... @magyarpeterMP Until 31 May, the Orbán puppets may voluntarily step down from their positions. This applies to the President of Hungary, the President of the Curia, the President of the National Office for the Judiciary, the President of the Constitutional Court, and the Prosecutor General. On 12 April, the Hungarian people voted for a complete political transformation. If these officials do not step down voluntarily by 31 May, then - on the basis of the mandate received from millions of Hungarians — we will remove them from office.
Hungary’s Péter Magyar issues an ultimatum.
