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#Alaskans #uglydogs “Dreams are what guide us, art is what defines us, math is what makes it all possible, and love is what lights our way.” -Mike Norton

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 3h
I couldn't resist this shot. The International Fountain and Space Needle were built for the 1962 World’s Fair, showcasing a futuristic vision of the future. A layout and design artist for cartoon, The Jetsons, told The New York Times the Space Needle inspired the skypad apartment buildings.
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KTOO Public Media @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social · 2h
Update 6:50 p.m., Oct. 1 The second glacial outburst flood is expected to crest between 5 a.m. and 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 2. That’s according to an update from the National Weather Service in Juneau. It’s expected to pass the minor flood stage of 9 feet at around 2 a.m.
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Second glacial outburst underway, unlikely to cause major damage
The National Weather Service predicts the Mendenhall River will likely crest between 9.8 and 10.3 feet on Friday between 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 11h
NEW: GOP Gov nominee Victor Marx says he'll respond today to domestic violence allegations - video/audio where he describes slamming his wife into a door and throwing his toddler across a room. Voters/reporters new to Marx may not realize he has a long history of justifying violence.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 12h
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Aksaab @aksaab.bsky.social · 11h
Need to ask Sullivan for a specific response on South Korea and our LNG. Will he read the paperwork and give an honest response😅 or just ad lib what Trump says.
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Dave in AK @bikewritedave.bsky.social · 12h
This is a rare opportunity to hear two people with extensive knowledge of oil and gas issues in Alaska discuss the history and current status of how we got here. It’s an election year. Bring your questions. It’s free to attend.
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repgray.bsky.social @repgray.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oops. Someone should have checked with Korea first. mnews.sbs.co.kr/english/arti...
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Aksaab @aksaab.bsky.social · 12h
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Gas Outlook Monthly - September 2026
Hormuz, high prices, and the LNG glut: an interview with Andreas Schroeder, head of energy analytics at ICIS
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Aksaab @aksaab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/10/2026
A ‘hero’ pilot, plumber and dentist among those who saved flydubai flight to Israel
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A ‘hero’ pilot, plumber and dentist among those who saved flydubai flight to Israel
Swift actions of attacked pilot Smit Machchhar allowed passengers and other off-duty pilots to assist in subduing co-pilot and allowing plane to land safely Smit Machchhar was lying on the floor of the flydubai flight deck, covered with blood, when he managed to click the release to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers and crew to gain entry, overpower his attacker and save 174 passengers on board. Moments earlier, Machchhar’s fellow pilot had stabbed him, in an apparent effort to crash the plane which was travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv. Machchhar, an Indian citizen from Mumbai, is being treated in a hospital in Saudi Arabia’s north-western city of Tabuk, where the plane landed safely. Continue reading...
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Mackaracka @mackaracka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Chia jam www.eatingwell.com/no-added-sug...
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Slather This No-Added-Sugar Chia Seed Jam on a Piece of Toast
This no-added-sugar chia seed jam is a simple and delicious alternative to traditional jams, which are often loaded with sugar.
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Aksaab @aksaab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 30/09/2026
This is a photograph of the edge of one of Saturn's rings, looking down from above. Those spiky dark shapes are shadows. Shadows of giant towers of ice and dust grains clumped together that rise up to three *kilometres* above the 10-m thick rings.
A series of bands cross the image from left to right, brighter at the bottom and darkening towards the top. A band of empty space is at the top of the image. About a quarter down from the top is a complex pattern of jagged, spiky shadows cast onto the rings. The icy towers casting the shadows are seen here at a highly oblique angle.
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Alaska's News Source @alaskasnewssource.com · 30/09/2026
You may know Holly Brooks as a two-time Olympian in cross-country skiing and world class mountain runner. But So We Asked 👉 tinyurl.com/53wepxr7
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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’ve seen sentiments among the Sloppers that “A.i.” is shunned in art as a matter of taste. In the same way people once eschewed photography or digital art. No. Photographs have copyright. Digital arts have copyright. “A.i.” products have ZERO copyright. They are literally worthless.
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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’ve been mistaken for a historian so many times (I’m flattered btw) that I bought a T-shirt. H/t @cjdenial.bsky.social
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America Needs Historians
America needs historians and history needs historians. A Portion of All RAYGUN Sales Raise Money For Organizations That We Support. White Screen Print on a Heather Burgundy T-shirt (50% Combed Ringspu...
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
IF WE WANT TO SEE RADICAL CHANGE (I’m talking healthcare for all, big science budgets, decarbonization, etc) WE MUST MAKE IT HAPPEN OURSELVES. LOOK IN THE MIRROR, SAY HELLO TO THE PERSON WHO IS GOING TO BRING FORWARD CHANGE, AND GO OUT INTO THE WORLD ACCORDINGLY. You are the change you want to see.
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Located in Nagano Prefecture, Matsumoto Castle—famously nicknamed Karasu-jō ("Crow Castle") for its striking black cladding—is one of Japan’s twelve surviving original keeps (genson tenshu) and a designated National Treasure.
Rising majestically out of early morning mists, the five-tiered keep (tenshu) of Matsumoto Castle casts a near-flawless inverted reflection across the glassy surface of its surrounding moat. The bold contrast between dark, lacquered wooden wainscoting and stark white plaster tiers gives the fortress an imposing visual gravity, illuminated by the diffuse, golden-blue light of dawn. In the foreground, two white swans glide effortlessly through the dark water, their gentle wake sending delicate ripples that softly distort the mirrored silhouette of the ancient timber tower. The scene invokes an immersive sensory landscape: the crisp, chilly mountain air of Nagano, the soft lapping of water against stone foundations, the faint scent of damp pine needles and morning fog, and the profound, reverent hush of a historic stronghold awakening to the day.
Originally founded during the late Sengoku period and significantly expanded in the 1590s under Ishikawa Kazumasa and his son Yasunaga, it stands as one of the finest surviving examples of a flatland castle (hirajiro). Uniquely, the architectural complex joins a heavily fortified wartime keep with an open, red-balustraded moon-viewing pavilion (Tsukimi-yagura) added during the peaceful 1630s, physically charting Japan’s transition from feudal warfare to Edo-period stability. The structure exemplifies supreme monozukuri (artisanal mastery and structural craft), featuring complex interlocking timber joinery, mortarless stone wall construction (anozumi), and protective black lacquer wainscoting engineered to withstand both harsh weather and siege warfare.
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luke 🐾 @earthen-were.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Couldn't let fat bear week pass me by without sculpting a little something 🐻 cheeky fella!
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สุพรรณิกาทร์ Supanika Ordoñez @spiraledu.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ive been thinking a lot about the Duluth model of the Power and Control wheel. How can we expect female candidates to run for office in Alaska if we don’t have safe spaces for debate? Looking the other way on misogynistic behavior is unacceptable. www.theduluthmodel.org/wheels/under...
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Laura Norton-Cruz, LMSW, CLC @lauritadianita.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#RapeCulture #Cornell #WeAreTired #MeToo #AKelect #AKgov #AKleg
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KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 26/09/2026
Thousands of people are without power across the East Coast as a nor'easter rips through the area. Forecasters expect significant winds and rain throughout the weekend.
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Powerful nor'easter brings winds, floods to East Coast
Thousands of people are without power across the East Coast as a nor'easter rips through the area. Forecasters expect significant winds and rain throughout the weekend.
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akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Do you live in the Wasilla area? Get on over to the 18th annual Mat-Su Emergency Preparedness Expo! Alaska Earthquake Center folks will be there (along with a LOT of others!) to answer your questions about our work with earthquakes. And tsunamis. And landslides. TODAY! 11am-3pm at Menard Sports Ctr.
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Maggie Wittlin @maggiewittlin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Roger.
A wildly vibrant sunset over the water. The water is a bit rocky and reflects the sunset. There’s a pier visible in the foreground.
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Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Here’s a video of a dog welcoming its owner home from the front – because we need something to keep us sane.
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Aksaab @aksaab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cause we need a good laugh and wink 😉
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🏃‍♂️The Runner🏃‍♂️ @therunnner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Classic cartoon updated
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 25/09/2026
Have you lost your SNAP benefits in the last year? We want to hear from you for an upcoming story: bit.ly/4h193P1
A PBS News graphic asks, "Tell us: Have you lost your SNAP benefits in the last year?" and encourages filling out a form for reporting purposes.
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Aksaab @aksaab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Definitely going to have to visit this museum.
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Aksaab @aksaab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Doing good
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Vericocum @vericum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Maxim Polivanyi (Ukrainian, born 1999) "Evening December”, 2022 Acrylic on Canvas #art #landscape
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Aksaab @aksaab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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武政 諒 Ryo Takemasa @ryotakemasa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Beginning of Autumn (2023) Available as art print: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ryot...
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t g p minix @mini-linux.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Nice area on dalton highway just outside Livengood turnoff
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Crazy Bear @crazyalaskan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Reflections of Lazy Mountain
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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 24/09/2026
Alaska Beacon reporter recognized with national science journalism award — read more about @yjrosen.bsky.social's story @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/09/23/a...
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Alaska Beacon reporter recognized with national science journalism award | Alaska Beacon
Alaska Beacon reporter Yereth Rosen’s award-winning science story weaves together regional indigenous knowledge, scientific study findings and political influences to answer a freighted question about...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 23/09/2026
Congratulations to @1199seiu.org and the nearly 70,000 CDPAP care workers who filed for the largest union election in American history. These workers make it possible for New Yorkers to live safely and independently at home. I’m proud to stand with them in the fight for a union.
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Aksaab @aksaab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Mika McKinnon @mikamckinnon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Writeups for #MinCup26 Round 2 Match 7 may be delayed as I’ve spent my “volunteer precious time to a fun geoscience outreach project” allocation to identifying and yanking out votes from a BOT NET. For real?? It’s a game about pretty rocks! Knock it off.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Cuban delegation walks out on Trump 🇨🇺
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22/09/2026
Nearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable online
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Nearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable online
Exclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad Nearly 4m records documenting the lives of enslaved people across 20 former British colonies have been made searchable online for the first time. The records have been digitised and indexed by the genealogy company Ancestry, which has partnered with the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery at University College London. Continue reading...
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Lee Petersen @leepetersen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Sunset tonight over Cushman Lake at Tanana Lakes Recreation Area in Fairbanks, Alaska. #alaska #fall #sunset
A vivid sunset burns over a calm lake, the sky layered in deep purple, red, and orange with a bright band of yellow low on the horizon. The color reflects down the length of the still water, broken into fine ripples that scatter the light toward the foreground. A dark, silhouetted line of trees and low hills runs along the far shore between the sky and its reflection.
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Sex Wizard @sex---wizard.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I hope to make it but my weekend is usually pretty hectic this time of year.
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Twin trees spotted near Kinkakuji temple, Kyoto, Japan. Photography by Jane Heather on 500px
Rising from a dense sea of foliage, two remarkably slender Japanese cedars (sugi) stand in striking, parallel alignment near Kyoto's Kinkakuji temple. Their straight, pale boles stretch upward through the canopy, stripped of lower limbs until crowning into lush, compact clusters of deep green needles. Around them, an undulating ocean of broadleaf maples and evergreens forms a rich, textured backdrop, where bright emerald leaves catch the sunlight while deep, shadowed pockets pool below near the forest floor. The sheer verticality of the twin trunks cuts through the soft, organic chaos of the surrounding forest, creating an arresting focal point of quiet natural balance.
Captured by photographer Jane Heather, this image touches upon the unique arboreal heritage of Kyoto's northern hills, home to the celebrated Kitayama sugi (Kitayama cedar) forestry tradition. Originating during the Muromachi period—the very era in which Kinkakuji was constructed as Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's retirement villa—the cultivated growth of these straight, knot-free cedar poles became foundational to Japanese interior design. These slender logs were meticulously nurtured for use as tokobashira (main alcove pillars) within sukiya-zukuri (tearoom-style) architecture, where the unadorned beauty of natural timber was deeply prized. This ancient silvicultural monozukuri (artisanal craft) represents a harmonious partnership between human stewardship and nature, shaping living timber to embody structural elegance and spiritual restraint.
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Aksaab @aksaab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wow, just 🤩
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Aksaab @aksaab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Covenant House serves youth by providing a safe warm place to sleep, as well as education, job training and unconditional love and support. These are kids who are in need of adults to step up for them and Covenant House Alaska has a record of effectiveness."
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Peter Durst @peterdurst.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Gilliam Mount Leica M5 35mm f2 Ilford Pan F+ The Yukon
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 4 Both colourful yet opposite in almost every other way, it’s abundant and hard #Quartz against rare and very soft #Stichtite. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Deep in Scotland's Pentland Firth, a grid scale tidal turbine at the MeyGen site just set a massive milestone: over 6.5 years of continuous operation without a single unplanned maintenance stop. ​Operating 40 meters underwater in one of the fastest tidal currents on Earth.
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