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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Absolutely. On top of everything else, AltNOAA is a big "it's not racist to hate Muslims" guy, up to and including defending Brigitte Bardot.

AltNOAA: Bridget Bardot held views I don't agree with. I don't believe she was "racist" however, a lot of these remarks come from how her convictions were framed in France when her views were not connected to race, in a biological sense, but rather her anti-islam commentary related to ritual slaughters.

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

AltNOAA also has a big ol' hard-on for AI, including using it to post straight up fake news, justified by it supposedly generating "emotions" about beluga whales. When challenged on how insane that stance is, AltNOAA spent the day doubling down and calling everyone "emotionally shallow."

AltNOAA: Beluga Whale Escapes Research Facility and Swims Hundreds of Miles Back To Her Baby.

It is wrong and immortal to hold brings of self awareness captive if they have committed no crimes.

[AltNOAA attaches a hilariously obvious AI image of a beluga whale leaping out of an aquarium tank into the sea]

AltNOAA: Two types of people will see this. The first type is the emotionally shallow person who just sees AI and that's it for them. Everyone else will think about the emotions it creates for a self aware being they personally don't know and understand that cetacean captivity is wrong. I love it for this!

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I use the word "edgy" because for the most part, AltNOAA's posts remind me of the platonic ideal of the Reddit Atheist. Sneering, pedantic, and trying to hijack every topic to make the conversation about religion. Peep the part where he says religious people shouldn't be allowed to drive.

AltNOAA: Religious people shouldn't be allowed to fly planes. Or for that matter, have a driver's license.

Science will fly you to the moon. Region [he means "religion"] will fly you into buildings.

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The AltGov account ostensibly representing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been wandering down an increasingly grim path over the last several months. This account has always had an edgier-than-thou streak, but repeatedly saying you'll totally shoot cops is new.

AltNOAA claims to be "armed to the fucking teeth" and says "whoever puts the cuffs in me is going to step over the bodies of their buddies to do it."

AltNOAA again says that if the police come after his family, "the arresting officer will step over his dead friend to make the arrest."

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

We should probably talk about AltNOAA🧵:

AltNOAA posts a picture of Trump saying something to White House aide Natalie Harp and pointing downwards. AltNOAA captions the photo with "On your knees, bitch!"

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

But it's the other type that worries me. These are the people who have fully bought into the idea that AltNPS represents a genuine "resistance movement," and any criticism of AltNPS is undermining the resistance. Asking for proof is a threat. Asking for sources is sabotage.

Anonymous Facebook commenter: Jesus... we the people need a resistance and you're talking credit to journalists and "evidence" they worked for the govt??? What part about the moment we live in don't you get???

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Don't worry! On Facebook it's much, much worse!

A screenshot of the Alt National Park Service page on Facebook. It has 4.6 million followers.

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Morello is also, notably, a vocal advocate for Palestine. Also notable is that Palestine is a topic that AltNPS seems to avoid at ALL COSTS. Searching their posts for the word "Palestine" yields ONE result.

A Bluesky search for the word "Palestine" in Alt National Park Service's posts. There is one result.

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There's a very good chance that the Alt National Park Service googled "quotes by Tom Morello with the word 'resistance'" and called it a day. Someone PLEASE ask AltNPS what their favorite RATM song is.

Alt National Park Service: "Every act of art is an act of resistance" -Tom Morello

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Reported by Mira Bhakta at The Hill, yes, several hours before the Alt National Park Service posted about it. thehill.com/policy/healt...

Alt National Park Service: Pennsylvania’s reported measles cases are almost at 1,000 for the year.

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This seems like a good time to mention that Smokey Bear is the mascot of the US Forest Service, not the National Parks.

Alt National Park Service: Our response to the State Department using Smokey last night.

[They attach a picture of a protest sign. It has Smokey Bear's face and says "Only you can prevent fascist liars"]

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The State Department is not personally targeting the Alt National Park Service with their ad campaign. The State Department does not care about the Alt National Park Service, and neither should anyone else.

Alt National Park Service: The State Department decided to take a shot at our movement and Smokey with a new “Only you can prevent visa fraud” post. They put it on their page about two hours ago.

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've been busy lately, but there's always time to tap the sign.

Alt National Park Service: In a court filing late last night, the Justice Department argued that Trump has the legal authority to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, calling access a “privilege, not a right” and citing national security concerns among its reasons.

[AltNPS links to Courtlistener.com]

The "Don't make me tap the sign" meme. The sign says "Anytime AltNPS links to court docs, it means they saw the news somewhere else, and they're avoiding crediting a journalist.

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

AltNPS almost certainly got this from today's article by @erikwemple.bsky.social in the New York Times, which links to the same court document in its very first sentence. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/b...

Alt National Park Service: It appears whenever Trump runs into resistance, “national security” becomes the justification. His ballroom. His triumphal arch. And now, banning news outlets from the White House.

In a court filing late last night, the Justice Department argued that Trump has the legal authority to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, calling access a “privilege, not a right” and citing national security concerns among its reasons

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This page has 211,000 followers somehow. That's well short of AltNPS's 4.6 million, but more than enough to get a share of paid subscriptions:

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Now, you might think, "surely that could be a coincidence. This page might just be a normal environmentalism group, it's not necessary trying to leech of of AltNPS's audience." Except they LITERALLY SAY that what they're doing:

National Parks and Forests Supporters: Also, as always, flood every post with comments!

Sally Seyal: Are you actually affiliated with NPS or just using the name?

National Parks and Forests Supporters: This is a grassroots page, like Alt National Park Service.

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Shoutout to @musicologyduck.bsky.social for finding this: the Alt National Park Service now has copycat pages riding their scammer coattails.

National Parks and Forests Supporters on Facebook: A huge thank you to everyone who showed up on such short notice at the Kennedy Center. Seeing so many people answer the call was truly inspiring. Our numbers are clearly growing.

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is literally just a list of news outlets that the Alt National Park Service has plagiarized from.

Alt National Park Service: A huge thank you to CNN, MS NOW, Politico, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, Fox News, PBS News, NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post, HuffPost, the Associated Press, Reuters, Getty Images, and AFP for standing together in defense of a free press.

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Also, it's amazing how fast people in these comments are jumping straight into outright slut-shaming. The problem with Boebert is not that she's "slutty" or whatever. It's that she's a racist.

CindyTX: Let's not forget her pic pre congress days. She hasn't changed.

[A picture of Lauren Boebert on ExploreTalent. I guess the pic is supposed to make her look slutty or something.]

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I can't overstate how ghoulish the Alt National Park Service's "coverage" of ICE is. AltNPS is not providing an "alert." They're not in North Austin, just like they weren't in Chicago, or in Houston, or in Biddeford, or in my hometown of Minneapolis.

Alt National Park Service: Alert ⚠️ An ICE officer shot 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in North Austin today after a traffic stop. He was shot in the torso and hospitalized in serious but stable condition. His attorney says Perez, a Venezuelan national, entered the U.S. legally and had a valid work permit.

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

When AltNPS does bother to provide links, they're usually to government docs directly (or to RFK Jr.'s deranged cult org, in this case). At this point, we're familiar with this tactic: it's just a way to avoid giving credit to a journalist.

Alt National Park Service : At a time when measles cases are skyrocketing across the USA, Health Secretary RFK Jr. is returning to the organization he founded and once chaired, “Children’s Health Defense”, to deliver the keynote address at its conference today. The “Children’s Health Defense” is an anti-vaccine group.

[They link directly to childrenshealthdefense.org]

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

In the last week, the Alt National Park Service has posted about breaking news stories 29 times. Of those 29 posts, only eight have links to news sources, a 27% attribution rate.

Alt National Park Service: We had thought the “safety issues” at the Kennedy Center were caused by the Trump administration. It appears that might be the case. In a sworn declaration filed today, a legal observer said she witnessed a forklift carrying fencing drive to the north

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Quick break to highlight this account, which took advantage of the Ed Sheeran/Macklemore news to spam the timeline with a screed about "Jewish control." Acct seems like it got quickly nuked (RIPBOZO), but it's a reminder that weird bigots will latch onto any passing story to boost their bullshit.

An article called "MACKLEMORE EXPOSES JEWISH CONTROL" by Mark Weaver. The article features tags, one of which is "Jews."

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Or hard-hitting activism like this:

Alt National Park Service: "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that. " -HAL 9000

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"Before you hand over your email, know who you're giving it to. Unless it's us, the anonymous LARPers who keep trying to sell you some T-shirts."

Alt National Park Service: ⚠️ Be careful with VoteSafe .org. It is NOT an official voting website. It’s tied to Elon Musk’s America PAC and collects a lot of personal information from people who use it. Before you hand over your name, address, phone number, email and voter information, know who you’re giving it to.

A screenshot of ourparks.org, a website owned by the Alt National Park Service. It's asking you to give them your email.

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A lot of these comments were heartbreaking, because they were clearly coming from lonely people, often older, who were just looking for someone to connect with. Someone to talk to, about anything. And some were awesome. Hell yeah, big guy.

Anonymous commenter: My grandson pooped in the toilet for the first time today!

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

For a while, this was a very effective engagement strategy for AltNPS. They asked, and followers delivered, dutifully filling the comments section with playful nonsense. Of course, this is still Facebook, so even these silly comments were hounded by bots.

Anonymous commenter: I'm going to be a great aunt!!! Probably the greatest!

Second commenter: Connect with Mrs Nancy Baker you will definitely thank me later 👇👇👇👇

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Alt National Park Service actually has quite a history with polygraph tests, going back to the early days of their post-election resurgence. They claimed staffers had been forced to take polygraphs, and somehow used that to justify asking followers to "leave random comments on this post."

Alt National Park Service: please leave random comments on this post. Eighty staffers have been subjected to lie detector tests. All we can share at this time.

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The master spies at the Alt National Park Service are keeping their coalition members safe from polygraph tests by giving them specific, actionable advice like "take precautions."

Alt National Park Service: So the Trump administration has brought polygraphs back to multiple departments because information keeps getting out. Just a reminder: take precautions, protect your identity, and never assume your communications are completely private.

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The future of American politics is just everyone saying this back and forth, forever

A pic of a badass hooded skeleton MFer pointing a gun at the camera. "HEY LIBRUL. BET IT OFFENDS YOU WHEN I CALL YOU A POOPY DUMBHEAD"

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Being cringe is hardly a crime, but I just can't stand this "lol are you triggered, MAGAts???" energy. I don't think this would "upset MAGA." If you showed them this pic, MAGA would just call you a slur and forget they ever saw it.

Alt National Park Service: We love how much this upsets MAGA. 🤣

[The image is text on a white background: It's New Mexico. It's the Gulf of Mexico. It's Lake Ontario. It's the Kennedy Center. It's the Department of Defense.]

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I promise I'll get back to doing more than posting this stupid meme soon. Things are finally starting to slow down on my end!

Alt National Park Service: Trump is coming for gray wolf protections. He signed an executive order directing the Interior Department to review whether gray wolves should lose their federal endangered-species protections. Link to EO: [they link directly to whitehouse.gov]

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

What about the ads on local news sites, which are full of AI pics of random screaming old men?

BREAKING REPORT: an old man in a Navy uniform is screaming at the camera

An old man in a Navy uniform is lying on a bed and screaming.

An old man is screaming at the camera. "Dementia Starts When People Say This Phrase"

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Followers actively discouraged each other from asking what the numbers and other mystery posts were all about. After all, it's for the coalition. It's not meant for us to know. Don't talk about Fight Club. The comment section quickly became a self-reinforcing LARP, no dissent allowed.

Commenter A: "?"

Commenter B: "Don't worry about it. The people who need to see it know what it means. No, I'm not one of them."

Commenter A: "It's code for feds? I was a civil servant. Hoping the current feds came up with a way to manage and survive."

Commenter B: "It's none of our fucking business is what it is. Don't. Worry. About. It. It's not for us."

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The numbers would continue through the summer before abruptly stopping. But the cryptic posts continued, and the audience was fully bought in. Followers speculated about the codes, and tried to read the tea leaves. Was it a warning? A coded message about a drone attack?

A Bluesky post from AltNPS, which reads, “Not all echoes are meant to return. The lights flicker not from power loss, but memory. When the clock chimes out of rhythm and the sky hums a little too low, you’ll understand what wasn’t written. Some birds don’t migrate—they vanish.” A commenter, whose name is redacted, replies: “This seems like a coded message. And, probably a warning. I'm thinking a mass sweep ( kidnapping ) is about to occur, maybe on that 4-20 date of rumor when most are enjoying the holiday? Sky humming too low sounds like military aircraft arriving unannounced across the country? Vanish is the message?” A second commenter, whose name is also redacted, replies: “Sky humming seems like drones.”

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

As far as I know, AltNPS has addressed the numbers exactly once, in April 2025. They said they "couldn't explain everything," claimed they were "targeted" for posting the numbers, and then spouted something about cell-site simulators and called it a day. They never mentioned the numbers again.

Alt National Park Service: We’re often targeted for the numbers we post online. No, we can’t explain everything—sorry! But here’s what we can tell you: cell-site simulators are real. These devices mimic legitimate cell towers to intercept communications.

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The Alt National Park Service exploded in popularity after the 2024 election, and their cryptic, mysterious "code number" posts were a big part of their rise. In the aftermath of the election, people were desperate for hope, and AltNPS was ready to exploit that desperation 🧵:

Alt National Park Service: Seventeen. Three. Twenty-eight. Thirty-six. Eleven.

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The navigation app of the resistance.

Alt National Park Service: Congratulations to MapQuest for becoming the #1 navigation app in the App Store. And thanks for being the navigation app of the resistance! ✊

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I'm gonna wear out my sign with all this tapping.

Alt National Park Service: The Supreme Court has allowed construction on Trump’s ballroom to continue.

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

As @tallsprucetree.bsky.social pointed out below, this was AltNOAA, who has been getting more unglued by the day. He's also been on a streak of pushing for fusion energy, and insisting that if we throw money at it, we can make it real.

AltNOAA to a blocked post: I just bashed the fucking practicing Jews and you think I'm a Zionist? You're a dumb motherfucker

AltNOAA: If we made this a national (or even better: a global) priority and threw a "moonshot" level of resources at it. I mean a dedicated workforce of at least a half million people with 1/4th of them engineers, fusion is something we could solve in a decade and bring to commercial markets in 20 years.

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

There's a lot we don't know about AltNPS. Their real name, for example. Their nationality. How long they've controlled the account. But there's a surprising amount that we DO know about the Alt National Park Service 🧵:

Alt National Park Service: Not all echoes are meant to return. The lights flicker not from power loss, but memory. When the clock chimes out of rhythm and the sky hums a little too low, you’ll understand what wasn’t written. Some birds don’t migrate—they vanish.

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

And a very special thanks to T-shirt dropshippers who pretend to be park rangers on the internet for attention. May you never run out of code numbers, and may your sticker sales never run dry. Amen.

Alt National Park Service: Happy 110th birthday to the National Park Service! And thank you to everyone who has taken action this week to support and defend our parks.

Alt National Park Service: Two hUndred tWenty-sEven.

Please disregard this, as our group is fighting battles on multiple fronts.

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

AltNPS chose not to include a source here, probably because this news is several weeks old, and admitting that would make it clear that AltNPS is just (slowly) reading the news, not getting inside information. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Alt National Park Service: This is stock market manipulation. Truth Social is now selling companies faster access to Trump’s posts, which can move markets in seconds. The company launched the service earlier this month, allowing paying firms to receive his posts more quickly than ordinary users.

A lot of people are completely unaware this is happening, but we wanted to highlight it because it’s yet another layer of corruption. Traders can literally pay for a speed advantage on market-moving statements from the President of the United States.

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This post is, unfortunately, doing numbers on Facebook, with 146,000 likes. AltNPS can distance themselves from the LARP, but they can never fully abandon it. At the end of the day, the LARP is what the audience is here for.

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This is quite a throwback, and the quirky millennial "I was all like, LOL no" language has aged as gracefully as you'd expect. I'm also not thrilled with a fake "coalition" of nonexistent park rangers appropriating Martin Niemöller's poem for their LARP.

Alt National Park Service: Thank you for everything. Tomorrow, there will be more of us.

[The attached picture says, "First they came for the scientists. And the National Park Service said, 'LOL. No.' And went rogue, and we were all, like, "I was not expecting the park rangers to lead the resistance. None of the dystopian novels I read prepared me for this. But, cool."

Alt National Park Service, Jan. 28, 2017: Hello, we know many of you are worried and scared about the future. We ask you to stay strong and together we shall overcome. The graphic below was made by a supporter. Join our movement at www.altnps.org - Arches, Shenandoah, Cuyahoga Valley, Yosemite, Everglades, Badlands, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Blue Ridge Parkway, and Great Smokey Mountains National Park.

[The attached picture says, "First they came for the scientists. And the National Park Service said, 'LOL. No.' And went rogue, and we were all, like, "I was not expecting the park rangers to lead the resistance. None of the dystopian novels I read prepared me for this. But, cool."

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The website itself is already overwhelming. It's an insane, long scroll of information barely separated by sections or paragraphs.

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Two possibilities here: 1. It's an honest coincidence, and AltNPS probably doesn't know I exist. 2. They forgot they ever promised to make a website until I mentioned it yesterday, and are now slapping something together. I know which option is funnier, so that's what I'm choosing to believe.

Alt National Park Service: Tonight we’re launching our new public-interest website about the National Design Studio. The goal is to put everything we know in one place and make it easier for people to see what the Studio is actually doing.

The Studio isn’t just giving government websites a facelift. It’s building and

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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

If you were looking forward to this site, or to the Alt Jr. Rangers, or to AltNPS providing "more details" about their coded language, then you're going to be disappointed. I don't know how else to say it: The Alt National Park Service is not real. These people are lying to you.

Alt National Park Service on Facebook: Nixonian. We will share more details. For now this will work

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