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I've got a short post up in the Alaska and Arctic Climate newsletter about the state of the late February snowpack (or lack thereof) in Alaska and a few of the (potential) impacts. #akwx #Climate #Snow alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/snowpack-u...

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Masayo Fukuda, contemporary master of kirie, or Japanese paper-cutting, crafting hyper detailed creatures from single sheets of paper #WomensArt

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Fisheries observers in Alaska face workplace harassment, intimidation and assault at much higher rates than are reported, but the true prevalence is unknown as incidents largely go unreported, according to a new study. www.adn.com/alaska-news/... via @alaskabeacon.com

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Federal immigration authorities are trying to deport a Somali asylum seeker living in Anchorage, as his attorneys argue he should not be held because his country is on a list of nations the U.S. has determined are too dangerous to return migrants to. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

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Last October, we took a trip to the World Forestry Center in Portland, Oregon, for a daylong exploration of lichen—the fuzzy growths often found on trees, roofs, and gravestones. Two experts joined us to discuss the fascinating world of lichen and their role in a changing climate.

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Learn how to harvest popweed! 🌊 🌱 I saw evidence of some tips budding in lower southeast Alaska. Wrangell. www.juneauempire.com/news/planet-... #AlaskaBlueSky #Alaska #Alaskan #wrangell

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Fee-free submissions for Glass: A Journal of Poetry are now open!! We've moved to a submission manager so definitely check out the guidelines, but otherwise, send in those poems!! www.glass-poetry.com/journal/subm...

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Sea ice extent in the Bering Sea has increased in the past week but remains far below where it was this time last year. The main pack ice edge has yet to reach St. Matthew Island this season (much later than usual) but should do so in the coming days. #akwx #Arctic #SeaIce

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Does it say anywhere in Dunleavy’s “Mind Bible” JC this governor is a groveling sycophant and Alaska is in a fiscal disaster? And Jesus said worst governor in the history of Alaska. It’s in there, really.

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Dear manager, last week I: 1. Was spread out against the sky like a patient etherized on a table 2. Curled once about the house and fell asleep 3. Prepared a face to meet the faces that you meet 4. Wore my trousers rolled 5. Dared to eat a peach

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Dear manager: 1. I have eaten the plums 2. That were in the icebox 3. And which you were probably saving for breakfast 4. Forgive me they were delicious 5. So sweet and so cold

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Just What Is Her Secret? 1960s Parade & Woman magazines, watercolour, marker, felt tip

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Written in late 2016

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Dear Manager, 1. I have gone out a possessed witch 2. I have done my hitch over the plain houses 3. I have found the warm caves in the woods 4. I have ridden in your cart, driver 5. I have been her kind.

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High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Saturday. Continued generally above normal though northwest Arctic on the cool side. Yakutat 50F (10.C) was a new daily record high temp. #akwx #weather @climatologist49.bsky.social

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This makes me happy!—It’s the first inkling of popweed buds. (Bladderwrack/Fucus) They new buds are delicious! 🌊 #AlaskaSky #AlaskaBlueSky #traditionalfoods #southeastalaska

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Anna B Ehlers, a Tlingit of the Chilkat tribe, Alaska, skilled master weaver #womensart

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☄️ 🌋? Love a good science mystery! #AlaskaSky #AlaskaBlueSky #Alaska

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Litmag dreams do come true! So excited to see TREBUCHET included on @electriclit.bsky.social’s reading list: “12 Poems and Short Stories by Black Writers to Read For Free Online” alongside MIRANDA by @taracampbell.bsky.social! electricliterature.com/12-poems-and...

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This week, Alaska travel columnist Scott McMurren writes about the essential air service program, which allows many carriers to maintain routes that they may not otherwise be able to. www.adn.com/alaska-life/...

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Artist and photographer Jill Bliss who explores and documents the rain coastal forests of the Pacific Northwest, creating nature-inspired work #womensart

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Yikes! Disaster visitor season awaits! 🐻

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🐟 Yes! 🐟

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‘You do not treat people in this manner’: Alaska Sen. Murkowski condemns Trump firings, other acts, reports Corinne Smith, @corinne-smith.bsky.social, of @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/02/21/y...

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In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years. Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.

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Yuko Hosaka, contemporary Japanese illustrator and printmaker #WomensArt

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This is not good for our military families!

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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. https://propub.li/43487Tj

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Ada is the Tide Inspector. She’s says the tide is going out now & she thinks there’s a sealion out there. 🌊 #AlaskaSky #Alaska #Alaskan #AlaskaBlueSky #Wrangell

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www.dermotcole.com/reportingfro... #akleg #alaska

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Election officials blast Trump’s ‘retreat’ from protecting voting against foreign threats, reports Matt Vasilogambros, @mattvas.bsky.social, of @stateline.org, via @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/02/20/e...

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According to ProPublica, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since abortion bans were implemented, compared with maternal deaths in the state immediately before the pandemic.

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If you are involved in scheduled air service in Alaska, then you know what privatizing the USPS can do to that service. If Trump really does this, it will be devastating to Bush transportation. That sound you hear is Senator Ted Stevens screaming from his grave.

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The Tide Report: tide is on its way out & the beach passes the sniff test. 🐕 All is well! #Alaska #southeastalaska #AlaskaBlueSky #AlaskaSky #poetsofbluesky

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Over 120,000 Japanese Americans forced into imprisonment in internment camps simply because they were of Japanese heritage.

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Radio plays from Alaska! Tune out the doom & tune up your mind! Listen now! 🎧 #AlaskaBlueSky #Alaska

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This! Read this!

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Federal employees & LGBTQ+ folks: Anchorage attorney Caitlin Shortell is taking consultations on certain adverse employment actions & estate planning for LGBTQ people in this “current situation.” [email protected].

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My stone stairs to the sea are also stairs to sanity. There’s nothing like a stroll in the cold rain 🌧️ on the beach to help relieve anxiety. #AlaskaSky #BlueSkyAlaska #Alaskan #poetsofbluesky

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