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Griffin

@alnus-sitchensis.bsky.social
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Based out of Dzantik'i Héeni (Juneau) on Áak'w Kwáan lands - following #akleg Alaska politics and policy, as well as climate action and Arctic issues Views are my own

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Griffin @alnus-sitchensis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Great quote from Coming Into The Country: "There is nothing you can do by statute to ensure competence." -Gov. Jay Hammond #akleg
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Corinne Smith @corinne-smith.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
They say FCC cutting the federal funding would be devastating for schools and libraries operations: student instruction, admin, school security and web infrastructure. Rural and low income areas would be hit the hardest, as its a needs based program w discounts of 20-90% based on poverty levels
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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 08/09/2026
Others have driven their car over the speed limit, therefore I shouldn't be issued a ticket.
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Andrew Gray @andrewgrayak.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
“We need a justice system that treats people equally. Not one that is softer on those with more & harder on those with less. Not one that gives white people the benefit of the doubt while disproportionately locking up brown people. Not one where a former attorney general can do whatever he wants.”
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repgray.bsky.social @repgray.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is why I am so angry: The state of Alaska made Mili Suli’s last year on Earth a living hell. And our former Attorney General thinks laws need not be obeyed. #akleg
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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 05/09/2026
#akleg #akelect What a rodeo. Treg Taylor back on the ballot. Lt. Gov. Dahlstrom doing logic donuts over here. Let's kick Dan J. Sullivan off with zero evidence but Treg Taylor who has willfully and repeatedly violated APOC rules should stay...
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Matt Acuña Buxton @matt.akmemo.com · 05/09/2026
Guess it was just a... Tregnancy Scare?
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Matt Acuña Buxton @matt.akmemo.com · 05/09/2026
Perhaps an all-time Friday news dump: GOP former Attorney General Treg "I Don't Have to Fill Out My Financial Disclosures" Taylor is BACK IN THE RACE for governor! At 10:15, Lt. Gov. Dahlstrom (R) says the Department of Law's "independent" review says she has to let Treg off the hook. #akelect
Lieutenant Governor Dahlstrom Will Certify Nominations of Treg Taylor and Jose Tagle

September 4, 2026

Today Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom announced that the Division of Elections will certify Treg Taylor’s nomination for Governor and Jose Tagle’s nomination for State Representative for District 22.

On August 31, the Lieutenant Governor announced that she would not certify those nominations after the Alaska Public Offices Commission recommended against certification under 2 AAC 50.850(h). The Department of Law has since provided this office with an initial, independent review of candidates’ public official financial disclosure statements. That informal review identified numerous potential discrepancies between filed statements and public records. The department stated that the review is preliminary and is not a determination that any specific candidate violated AS 39.50.

On the basis of that additional information, the Lieutenant Governor will certify the two candidates.

“The Department of Law’s informal review has raised questions about the recommendations made on August 31,” said Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom. “I will not withhold certification from two candidates on recommendations that, in light of this additional information, I cannot apply with confidence across the field of candidates. Certification decisions have to rest on a process that can be defended as to every candidate.”

The department provided an initial working draft of the same information to the Commission on Thursday evening. The Commission has not acted to reconsider its recommendations despite the need to finalize the ballots. The Division of Elections will now update the certified list of candidates, including the governor and lieutenant governor pairing under AS 15.25.100.

Media Contact: Tetyana Robbins, tetyana.robbins@alaska.gov
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026
Convincing young people that America is poor & no one can afford anything & everyone is living paycheck to paycheck & their economic future is doomed ... IS NOT GOING TO LEAD TO MORE PROGRESSIVE POLICY. People who feel anxious & under threat do not respond with openness & generosity! Look it up!
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Carrie Nash @carrieinfbx.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
cms.anchoragepress.com/fractured-go...
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Fractured GOP field, candidate's improbable rise could clear path for a Democrat in Alaska governor's mansion
It's been more than two decades since Alaska elected a Democratic governor.
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alaskanrobby @alaskanrobby.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"guys how bad can ballot exhaustion REALLY be, surely alaskans just need a few cycles to get it down to less than 10% right?" here's how every statewide and legislative rcv allocation went in 2024. pay attention to the yellow:
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alaskanrobby @alaskanrobby.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
People really, really want to believe that there's some smoky backroom where the chair of the party breaks your legs if you don't do something. It's easier to imagine that than accept the fact that candidates have agency and make strategic decisions, which is what happened here.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A whistleblower says USPS kept building Trump’s mail-ballot system even after a judge ordered it stopped. They also told Congress they weren’t proceeding. The system is designed to fail: One bad barcode can reject an entire batch of 10,000 ballots. My write-up in the link in the comments.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
By the way, this Attorney General Taylor who now disqualified from the November ballot due to errors in his financial documents? His office has been prosecuting this community of American Samoans in this article you may have seen me post this year:
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alaskanrobby @alaskanrobby.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Put it this way: In 2022, I ran Cliff Groh's race for HD18. A second Dem was in the race. We ran mailers, lit dropped, paid comms, texts, calls, door knocked with dual literature. We did everything to let folks know to rank each other. 20% exhaustion and we almost lost. You can't break it, folks.
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alaskanrobby @alaskanrobby.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Noooo. Do not assume that at all. On average, 20-40% of voters will skip rankings entirely and just vote first choice. That number is lower in midterms, but even just 15% of 3% of the vote in a 290,000 ballot election is a winner or losers margin in Alaska (1100 votes, and that’s bing conservative).
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Chabeli Carrazana @chabeli.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Nome, a town on Alaska’s Seward Peninsula, is so remote, supplies need to be shipped or flown in. The living is expensive. Gas often tops $6 a gallon. Milk is $10 a gallon. There, 6 young women are collecting signatures to get a $25 min wage on the ballot in November. 19thnews.org/2026/08/nome...
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The teenage girls behind a $25 minimum wage fight in rural Alaska
Nome is one of the most expensive towns in America. Six young women there are hoping to get a $25 minimum wage initiative on the November ballot.
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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 25/08/2026
#akleg We're a week away from what I consider the twentieth anniversary of the VECO Scandal. Sept 1, 2006: "Federal agents swarmed legislative offices around the state... Executing search warrants in a coordinated series of raids" It feel like an important anniversary to remember.
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From 9/1/2006: FBI raids Alaska legislative offices
Agents are quiet on purpose of Alaska investigation; Veco is named in the warrants
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alaskanrobby @alaskanrobby.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Incumbent Sarah Vance (R) is the biggest underperformer in the GOP House minority. She legislates like she's from the Valley instead of the South Kenai. Brent Johnson, a commercial fisherman and former Borough Assembly President, has a strong chance of flipping this seat. 2026:
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alaskanrobby @alaskanrobby.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
While we wait on 20-30k ballots, I want to give some local perspective to the Alaska's legislative races. We have multipartisan majorities in both chambers and have a real shot at expanding them. As a lifelong Alaskan, I'd like to introduce you to the places behind the races🧵
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Matt Acuña Buxton @matt.akmemo.com · 20/08/2026
Pretty sure there are quite a few people who've made entire careers of pushing ludicrous, clearly never-gonna-happen megaprojects. There ought to be a course in ludicrous, clearly never-gonna-happen megaproject management at the uni.
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Eph @emonet.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Submitted without context or commentary #akleg #akelect
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Laura Norton-Cruz, LMSW, CLC @lauritadianita.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This is why Alaska needed the Voting Rights Act that SCOTUS just gutted.
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Ivan Hodes @chugachmtnblues.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Send not to know for whom the bell tolls, Sara Vance (Allard, Costello, and even Coulombe arent out of the woods yet either) #akleg #akelect
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Alaina Wood @thegarbagequeen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Please be mindful about what you say online right now about climate change — especially if you are a scientist. Young people on TikTok, Instgram, and Reddit are giving up on their activism and future education/careers because they are interpreting our posts as saying that things are truly hopeless.
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Corinne Smith @corinne-smith.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Glacial outburst flood is roaring below the Brotherhood Bridge in Juneau
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13/08/2026
Trump has amassed staggering wealth in ‘most openly corrupt’ presidency
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Trump has amassed staggering wealth in ‘most openly corrupt’ presidency
Ethics experts and Democrats express alarm as Trump uses office to grow his personal fortune to ‘unprecedented’ level
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David Reamer @anchistorian.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Aug 10, 1974 Gary Starbard killed Peter Dispirito in Anchorage. Defense described Dispirito as an "experienced homosexual." Judge Seaborn Buckalew sentenced Starbard to only one year in prison, essentially ruling that gay panic was a good excuse for murder. #alaskahistory #alaska
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Forrest Dunbar @forrestdunbarak.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Periodic reminder that the "One Big Bullshit Bill" was a disaster for both the state and the country, and no one in our federal delegation should have voted for it. Insofar as the RHTP was our "30 pieces of silver," it has failed to offset the damage. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
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KTOO Public Media @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The National Weather Service predicts that Suicide Basin will fill to the top on Tuesday, Aug. 11 or Wednesday, Aug. 12. That’s a bit later than the initial estimate since cool, dry weather fills the basin more slowly than warm and rainy weather.
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Weather Service predicts Juneau’s Suicide Basin will be full Tuesday or Wednesday
The flood typically begins within a week after the basin is full, but it can happen at any time.
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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 08/08/2026
Cruise ship helps stranded skiff and crew in Southeast Alaska as Zuckerberg yacht stands by, writes @alaska.bsky.social for @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/briefs/cruis...
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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 07/08/2026
#akelect #akleg Jonathan's campaign gets criticism from factions on the left for being too "vibes" based and I have to push back on that because this guy is a policy dork to the max. Jump in at 13:50 here and listen to him respond to Eric's questions about fiscal policy and the permanent fund...
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Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 06/08/2026
In this interview, we hear from former Democratic Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, who represented Sitka and rural communities in Southeast Alaska for 10 years in the state Legislature.
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Why Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins thinks he can win the Alaska governor's race
Alaska Public Media is interviewing the top candidates for governor ahead of the August primary. Hear or read our full interview with Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins here.
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Griffin @alnus-sitchensis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Government auction in Alaska is the only place where you can bid up a "fish bonker"
A screenshot from Gov Deals with a "fish bonker" listed
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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
we have numerous communities in alaska that lack clean running water and even more communities with sinks that look like this elect someone who will fight for our communities more than they fight for oil & gas companies
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Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 04/08/2026
Alaska was among the states that lost the largest share of its federal workforce in the first year of the current Trump administration, according to a new state report.
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Alaska lost federal jobs at one of the highest rates among states in 2025, report finds
By the fourth quarter of 2025, Alaska’s federal civilian workforce had lost 1,607 jobs, amounting to a 10.5% loss from a year earlier, according to a state report.
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Corinne Smith @corinne-smith.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Voting can feel like a chore or overly complicated - so we made this short video to help! And your vote matters! Especially in Alaska, where races can be VERY CLOSE
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Griffin @alnus-sitchensis.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Good interview w/ the Northern Journal
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An Alaska candidate for governor sparked a backlash by taking AI employees’ money. But he says he’s the opposite of an AI candidate.
“I absolutely should have seen this coming,” said Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins.
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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 04/08/2026
Wow. This is getting pretty sketchy. The Alaska Division of elections used outdated data to justify removing a bunch of citizens from the voter roles and given the opportunity to fix it they were just, like, nope.
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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.eurosky.social · 25/06/2026
This graph could be of so many technology discourses that emerge and get abandoned, only to come up with new marketing that does not require regulation and sufficiency, especially of the corporations, banks and high-emitting behaviour. #Sufficiency
Deployment of CCS is almost non-existent, while the projections always include growth.
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Aaron Brakel @junolocal.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
This project would thrash Juneau’s “out the road”, turning the whole area into a mining corridor and the crown jewel of Berners Bay from a wild and accessible local recreation treasure to a mining ore terminal site. Just adding permanent lighting alone would suck. #AlaskaSky, this is a bad idea.
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KTOO Public Media @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
A controversial gold mine proposed within the Tongass National Forest in Juneau was authorized to go through a faster federal permitting process on Thursday. Some Juneau residents say they worry the mine would turn the serene area into an industrial zone.
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New Amalga gold mine in Juneau secures fast federal permitting process
The proposed mine is drawing scrutiny from some Juneau residents who say it could turn “out the road” into an industrial zone.
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U.S. Climate Alliance @usclimate.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Heat pumps are helping more Americans cool & heat their homes efficiently — in the first quarter of this year alone, sales beat fossil fuel furnaces by 32%. Read more via @grist.org ⬇️ grist.org/energy/the-u...
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The US may be hitting a tipping point for heat pumps
In the first quarter of this year, heat pump sales beat fossil fuel furnaces by 32 percent. Here's what makes the appliance so powerful.
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James Brooks Cascade @alaska.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
At 1 p.m. today, the Municipality of Anchorage will hold a news conference with utilities on the issue. #Alaska
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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
i dream of seeing a governor call special sessions for clean drinking water in every alaska community—like dunleavy is doing for the lng gas project kivalina doesn’t have potable water? back 👏🏼 to 👏🏼 session 👏🏼👏🏼 angoon & unalakleet have brown water coming out their faucets? back 👏🏼 to 👏🏼 session 👏🏼👏🏼
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Griffin @alnus-sitchensis.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Mining companies have HUGE profit motives to push bad projects right now with the price of gold. The federal government is walking back their role protecting communities and watersheds. We can't afford Wilson or any candidate who will be a booster and not a check on these mines.
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Matthew Beck @thebluealaskan.com · 25/07/2026
Rummaging through Bernadatte Wilson's latest APOC report, it's pretty clear she's using a national conservative donor pipeline to fundraise. She pulled more than a thousand donations from Texas, 600-ish from both Florida and California, a couple hundred from Ohio, and fewer than 700 in Alaska. 1/3
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
i don't want to say everything is about race but there's this weird trend to give Black pundits positions they do not hold so you can dunk on them
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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 24/07/2026
A lot of folks reasonably unsettled by the Anthropic donations to JKT's campaign. It's natural to be cagey on this if you don't want our state awash in data farms (I don't either). Drake Thomas was the lead contributor. He's from Soldotna and he posted last year in favor of an ai moratorium.
Drake Thomas posting in favor of an ai moratorium.

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/fF8pvsn3AGQhYsbjp/safety-researchers-should-take-a-public-stance
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