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Nice! We were out there too but didn’t see these guys — thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the update on that!
met tasha today, she’s the 75 year old printing press that prints the wrangell sentinel, petersburg pilot, and the chilkat valley news
The MatSu Borough Animal Control dropped the ball big time on an animal neglect and cruelty case.
TW/CW: dog neglect/abuse/death
See below for the information that blew up Mushing socials over night (and please help if you can, especially Alaskans!):
#MusherSky #Alaska #AlaskaLife
NEW: Our cyborg future is closer than you think.
Silicon Valley startup Sabi says it is making a hat that will allow people to type with their thoughts—no keyboard required.
It plans to launch its first product by the end of 2026.
My latest for @wired.com:
www.wired.com/story/this-b...
Trump appoints Alaska governor to a seat on U.S. Arctic Research Commission
"The commission promotes Arctic science and establishes priorities for funding research projects in Alaska and the international Arctic."
www.ktoo.org/2026/04/15/t...
Yeah
"We’re looking at, maybe, a survival scenario for rural Alaska,” Mathiasson said in a phone interview Monday. “At those prices, I would imagine that people are going to try to move into Anchorage. I don’t know if you can heat your house at over $20 a gallon.”
Nanuqsaurus!
A split bar chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Americans are most likely to say T. Rex is their favorite dinosaur, but many don't have a favorite." The chart has the sub-headline: "Which of the following is your favorite dinosaur? (%)." The chart has the note: "Note: "Other" includes responses of archaeopteryx, spinosaurus, plesiosaur, ankylosaurus, allosaurus, parasaurolophus, dilophosaurus, diplodocus, iguanadon, and pachycephalosaurus, as well as responses of "other." We know pterodactyls and plesiosaurs aren't dinosaurs. Opinion about dinosaurs comes from the question, "How much do you like or dislike dinosaurs?""
A shocking new poll result: Many Americans somehow don't have a favorite dinosaur.
And only 6% give the correct answer (triceratops).
Check out YouGov's new polling on Americans and dinosaurs: yougovamerica.substack.com/p/whats-your...
oh yes
IBM Model M, manufactured 15 April 86
Happy 40th birthday to my keyboard!
A totem pole smiles in front of a snow capped mountain and blue skies
A snowcapped mountain stands below blue skies and above a clear ocean channel
The Baltimore Banner’s parent organization will buy the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a deal that will keep one of the country’s oldest newspapers open
Mary Peltola raised $8.9M - equal to $12 per Alaska resident - in one quarter. Kind of a staggering sum.
(For scale: $12 per American would be ~$4 billion.)
The ice is thick, snow is plentiful. We could see one of those old time breakups on the Yukon: sheets of ice twelve feet thick and a hundred feet long get jammed and hoisted into the air and toppled back into the river again. When ice goes over the bank it can shear the trees like cut grass 1/2
Icelandair 757-200 with a super low pass over the island town of Vestmannaeyjar today. The captain that was retiring had not been given a permission by the airline for the detour.
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Kuskokwim Ice Road closes for the 2026 season
"The Kuskokwim Ice road is funded annually by the state...This year, the Kuskokwim ice road stretched one of its longest-ever paths — about 350 miles from Tuntutuliak to Crooked Creek."
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oh, so Dorothy Day is pope now
Oh, and corn dogs at Boca al Lupo! #Juneau
Definitely.
An Alaska legislator’s aide was arrested for DUI this week — then was granted permission to play trombone in a bar for Alaska Folk Fest: alaskabeacon.com/briefs/alask... #akleg
Oh, and Native Youth Olympics! #Juneau
This Saturday, Juneau has Folk Fest, Baconfest and the travel fair!
And with the adoption of the committee substitute, the Senate Community and Regional Affairs committee has REMOVED the online age verification restrictions from HB 47 aimed at limiting minors' use of social media.
The bill is now focused on deepfakes of CSAM and adults.
#akleg
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NEW: Lawmakers appeared skeptical of a governor's nominee for the Alaska Police Standards Council with no law enforcement or public safety connections, but advanced her confirmation on Tuesday.
I asked her about her affiliation with Moms for Liberty 👇
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