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Years ago, I wrote an essay that centered on a distress flag hung in protest in the national monument where I lived as a kid, & how the image and associated tactics have stayed with me for decades. I revised a section for my book, & it still feels messy (1/2) aboutplacejournal.org/article/dist...

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Lol John Oliver set up a how-to guide for how to make Meta make less ad $$$ from you. johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com

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My paper art “Diwata vs The Machine”. Diwata in Philippine myth is a term for nature spirits on Earth. The vibrant, warm & breathing force of Diwata is juxtaposed against the homogeneous hegemony of fascism — cold, artificial, violent & empty. We must resist #stopfascism #teslatakedown #bipocart

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Dear manager: 1. We don't know how to grieve, so we knit her a hat, uneven stitches in 7 pairs of hands 2. I too have unanswerable questions 3. Is the passage of time a matter of truth or distance? 4. The highway's line feels at times like a circle 5. A glowing cloud faded to dark upon approach

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Pictured here behind Laura - the UK Arctic Research Station located in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard - the northernmost permanent settlement in the world. The building is being moved off its foundations because it is sinking into the thawing permafrost.

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Shortly after hanging the banner, the group sent out a statement: “The purpose of this exercise of free speech is to disrupt without violence and draw attention to the fact that public lands in the United States are under attack,” it reads.

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Loved this episode; materially useful guidance, practical organizing advice, recognition of our varying circumstances & skills. A friend suggested it after I did a Not Emotionally Regulated Panic In The Chat yesterday & needed solace. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

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Every federal employee I’ve talked to today can include competently using a chainsaw in the last week, just as a start

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#alaskasky, anyone interested in pursuing this?

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Loved this episode; materially useful guidance, practical organizing advice, recognition of our varying circumstances & skills. A friend suggested it after I did a Not Emotionally Regulated Panic In The Chat yesterday & needed solace. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

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Decided to do a quick turn and burn to #Fairbanks last night to be with some real life #writingcommunity & remember that books have real power in the world. A bit sleepy today, & also rejuvenated. Check out Sean Enfield & H Warren’s work! 🔥

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#AlaskaSky this morning from the neighborhood gravel pit

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1. AUDIO On Monday in Fairbanks, Congressman Nick Begich (R-AK) told a constituent laid off from a job with the federal gov't that there was nothing he could do to stop budget cuts imposed by DOGE and Elon Musk Begich said he was "not in a position to approve or deny the cuts"

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not getting in to murkowski's town hall is the new earthquake twitter

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Save the Date! We're having a virtual book launch for Not Your Papi's Utopia on Thursday, March 13th: 4PM (PST) 5PM (MT) 6PM (CT) 7PM (EST) 8PM (AST) Get the Book! www.mouthfeelbooks.com Zoom: unm.zoom.us/my/latinxphile latinxarchive.com

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When you’ve just had half a frozen bunny carcass pried out of your throat, 3 separate poopsicles in your mouth, had live worms come out your butt in the recent past, & still know you’re the cutest one in the house #dogsky #ozzyofdenali #isthisampedupanxietybcwesoundstressedallthetime

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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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"this is the first i've heard of this very public and massively disruptive thing the cult that i am visibly aligned with has done, i have zero thoughts about it"

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I've been grateful for the #100daysofcreativeresistance series. Here, from Robert Jones Jr: When we cannot rely on our government—and it seems that, for the foreseeable future, we cannot—we must rely on ourselves. Not as individuals, but as community. Fortunately, my Ancestors left a blueprint.

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Fairbanks, #Alaska - Tomorrow at 11:30am, Federal building. Protest. Bring your best signs! Why Wednesday? 1) Maybe you missed the protest on Monday and 2) Protesting in front of the federal building requires it to be a non-federal holiday date. #Resist #Protest #TrumpisaFascist

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My friend Hannah was among those illegally fired last week. She's one of the smartest people I know. Here, on the impulse to do more with less: "I think part of resilience is knowing when to say no to what isn’t sustainable, despite how hard that can be." www.newsminer.com/news/alaska_...

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Wonderful turnout at Fairbanks Alaska 50501 protest rally, in front of City Hall.

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you don't actually know what will "work." It's OK to admit this and to move with consciousness of this.

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You know what's good practice for acquiescing to fascism, tho? Acquiescing to your government's active support for genocide.

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Happy Elizabeth Peratrovich Day! Ḵaax̱gal.aat (1911–1958), who was Raven of the Tlingit Lukaax.ádi clan, gave a moving speech that is believed to be a large reason the first civil rights bill for Alaska Natives was passed in 1945. Read more about her here: archives.alaska.gov/education/pe...

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i'm not precious abt the image of the noble public servant & i don't believe a career choice is an identity & if i rly think about it, which i guess i have been, i don't particularly care about "efficiency," but goddam i've spent my whole life around the national park service & this bs is exhausting

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A decade-long running joke in my household is that if c brings me food w/o a fried egg on it I say “if you loved me you would’ve put an egg on it” and goddam am I running that joke INTO THE GROUND right now

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Alaska has about 1,200 total probationary federal employees, representing about 10% of the federal workforce. In comments to the #akleg, the steward of Alaska's federal employees union says that's about $88M in wages.

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Here is the pre-RFK vaccination schedule for your kids. Please download it before he is confirmed and changes/deletes it. Give it to your pediatrician and say this is the schedule you want your kids on. Making this my pinned post.

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i'm gonna sound like a boomer with tech problems, but these are paranoid times: gmail just suggested "The King of Heaven" as an email subject. wtf where did that come from?? nothing in my exchanges with this person or anyone else contains those words. not a phrase in my repertoire.

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