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JennyIL (Gail & Lennie’s human) @jennyil.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Lennie and Gail want to make sure that Furiosa knows that retirement can be a lot of fun.

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ATAO Kennel @ataokennel.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

ATAO, and what's next: ataokennel.com/there-is-a-s...

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There is a Season

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Goggdog42 @goggdog42.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

May the Fourth be with you (Sound up, just trust me) @ataokennel.bsky.social

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Sass @sasshole.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Happy Star Wars day! Here are the famous @ataokennel.bsky.social Star Wars pups—Rey, R2, Rogue, and Rebel. Plus bonus Huck, of whom Will once said “he looks like a Star Wars puppet” I miss them all a lot!!

Four cute sled dog puppies standing on a dog house and mostly smiling

Very cute blue heeler/lapponian mix breed puppy looking like like a puppet

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ATAO Kennel @ataokennel.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

It helps to have a morning howl with your friends

A red sled dog and a black and white sled dog mix stand next to each other head to tail and raise their snouts in adorable howls

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ATAO Kennel @ataokennel.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Nala practicing her new retirement!

A black and white sled dog looks up at a tall gangly human who holds her leash as they walk down a paved path near a lake

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Sass @sasshole.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

I got to help take care of Lincoln and her brother Mungry when I was up at @ataokennel.bsky.social a few years ago. They were still puppies!!! I bonded pretty hard with both but especially Link

Two sled dog heads close together with snow on their noses. They are both resting their forepaws on the cameraman

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ATAO Kennel @ataokennel.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

There's news today out of Willow that I do not want to directly share. You can look it up if you want. Extreme TW, harm to animals. I feel like I should have thoughts but what I have is this absolutely flooring grief.

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ATAO Kennel @ataokennel.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Update: the subject of the update is getting an update (read: bath)

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ATAO Kennel @ataokennel.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Trying to remember to share little pieces of joy. Here's Emmy singing her retirement song. The camera makes her nervous so I was trying to keep it relatively hidden by my body. She's still shy but look how far she's come!!!

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ATAO Kennel @ataokennel.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Shawn hates when their bathroom door doesn't stay fully open so I made this little doorstop man for them. What should we name him? @gogogreyhound.bsky.social

A rock is painted as a man wearing a red and white striped shirt crouching awkwardly while he pushes against a door. His shirt rides up just a little to show the slightest butt crack

The "front" view of a rock that is painted as a man wearing a red and white striped shirt crouching awkwardly with one hand out to push and the other curved as though resting against an invisible barrier. His eyes are squeezed shut with effort

Top view of a painted rock door stop. The rock is painted as a man wearing a red and white striped shirt crouching awkwardly while he pushes against a door. His shirt rides up just a little to show the slightest butt crack

Rear view of a painted rock door stop. The rock is painted as a man wearing a red and white striped shirt crouching awkwardly while he pushes against a door. His shirt rides up just a little to show the slightest butt crack

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Jonesie🐕🐾, Leslie⚘️& 🌈🐶Kingston @jonesie-mysterypup.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Just feeling a little nostalgic, today😌 Jones turns 7 soon, born the same time as my 1st 4 favorite sled dog pups. They're the "Sayings" litter, to friends Will & Shawn🥰🥰 @ataokennel.bsky.social @goggdog42.bsky.social Tater, Kevin, Lincoln & Mungry💙💙❤️💙, plus extra Tater🥔 on the side😁

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ATAO Kennel @ataokennel.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

So proud of Sofia the truck for making it to Iditarod even when we could not. Todd would be so proud 🥲

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ATAO Kennel @ataokennel.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

And extra shout out to @goggdog42.bsky.social who saw me running down the driveway with my moose protection but questionable outer wear, and trudged after with a coat and gloves

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ATAO Kennel @ataokennel.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

She's off! Sarah @persistencemushing.bsky.social and the Great Eight have hit the trail for the T-Dog 50 starting in Nenana! It's a beautiful morning for a mush! Rebel - Cassidy Maynard - Boomer Link - Maverick Goose - Astro Onward!!

A sled dog team crosses under a tall train bridge on a crisp sunny winter morning

Eight sled dogs in harness bark and jump as they wait to take off on a race

The race arch for the T-Dog sled dog race stands proudly over the trail sporting banners for sponsors

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Goggdog42 @goggdog42.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

At least someone is enjoying this insane snowpocalypse

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ATAO Kennel @ataokennel.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

This is a beautiful piece of writing from 2016, by Bayo Akomolafe, and it definitely still resonates today / probably will for the next few centuries.

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Dear white people • Writings – Bayo Akomolafe

For as long as I can remember, I have always been white. Like you. I just didn’t know it.

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ATAO Kennel @ataokennel.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Understanding this reality is vital. I don't know if I believe a new and better paradigm will exist while I'm alive, but I have hope the reality of this one will become actually clear. The call is not coming from inside the house; the call is and always has been the house.

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ATAO Kennel @ataokennel.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

A while back, @gmtminus7.bsky.social sent us a huge box of medical supplies. We continue to use that stuff and so appreciate it every day! Today's contribution was some needed medical tape to put a bandage on Potato's hip (before the vet wrap)

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ATAO Kennel @ataokennel.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Potato has incurred a Mysterious Wound (probably an abscess from a sliver or playing-too-hard-bite) so now she is 1. Stuck with the only cone we have left which is hilariously huge 2. So cute 3. Breaking out of the vet care pen and breaking INTO the house to jump on Shawn while they are sleeping

A black sled dog stands in a cluttered work room filled with mushing equipment and dog beds. The dog wears a cone that is comically large, and a red vet wrap around her hips and waist.

A black sled dog lays on a dog bed wearing a comically large cone and a red cumberbund of vet wrap, looking adorably dismayed

A screenshot of a text from Shawn to Will that starts with a photo of potato the sled dog sniffing a recently sleeping Shawn from on top of them, framed by potato's huge cone. Under the photo Shawn writes, "William."

Will replies, "did potato break into your house?" And then a moment later "wait what"

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ATAO Kennel @ataokennel.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

"[T]he vast majority of men are only willing to engage in public violence if they feel like the people around them will approve of — and reward them for — that violence. ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval with people loudly expressing their *disapproval.*" CW: Sexual assault

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Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.

Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.

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Goggdog42 @goggdog42.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Thank you everyone who has supported @ataokennel.bsky.social over the years. I am very privileged to have been able to enjoy the joy and peace of this race with the dogs over the weekend. There are a lot of devastating world events rights now, and I know how much of a privilege this was. Onward.

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ATAO Kennel @ataokennel.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Shawn and Sarah with Shawn's award, made by our friend and neighbor, Erica Matthews

Shawn and Sarah sit at a table and laugh together while Shawn holds up a wood and glass plaque with a dog paw icon

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ATAO Kennel @ataokennel.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Shawn got third in the Two Rivers 100! So so proud. They thank everyone who saw them trip and Isabelle (TR200 bib #13) for not panicking when they both got lost and ended up on a road.

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ATAO Kennel @ataokennel.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

In some good news, I'm so proud- ATAO won the "Golden Rake" award for handling for the Two Rivers 100. This is totally up to Sarah, Apprentice Fiona, and Shawn's family being super on top of everything. Congrats crew!!!

Shawn's bother, sister in law Sarah, and mother sit at a table in the two rivers lodge. Sarah holds up a golden painted "rake" award

Will, Shawn, Tim, Sarah, and Julie sit around a table in the chatanika lodge

Sarah the handler sits in the ATAO house with Rey on her lap

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

But these fascists, like many fascists and other authoritarians, confuse the pageantry of violence for power - they imagine that the state with armed men walking the streets is strong. But only a weak government needs to put armed men in the streets to exert power. A strong government has no need.

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ATAO Kennel @ataokennel.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

youtu.be/VLbWnJGlyMU?... Alt: Video clip from A Bug’s Life where the villain grasshopper kills some cronies with a pile of small seeds to show the power of the ants, who “outnumber [the grasshoppers] a hundred to one”… “You let one ant stand up to us then they all might stand up.”

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A Bug's Life - ''Then they ALL might stand up to us''

YouTube video by WeAreChangePortugal

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intracranial aneurysm (spooky, scary) @chemotaxis.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

philando castile did this and they killed him anyway

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Espy @esp1371.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Checking in on the Alaska races this morning, the Two Rivers 100 has finished up and our friend @goggdog42.bsky.social seems to have had a wonderful time. You can see updates and pictures at the ATAO Patreon page (you can sign up for free). www.patreon.com/cw/ataokennel #mushersky

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ATAO Kennel | Patreon

creating adventure and going ONWARD beyond Iditarod 2021.

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sarah zedig 🐐 @hmsnofun.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

in light of today's events, i want to share a story i was told during a study abroad summer in italy, where i took a class on the rise of fascism. the picture below is the site of a mass grave. captive partisans were brought here by nazis, forced to dig, and then executed on the spot.

a perfectly normal-seeming grove in the italian countryside on a clear sunny day, a farmhouse amid trees surrounded by vineyards. there is no evidence of anything untoward in the picture.

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ATAO Kennel @ataokennel.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

My head says, of course this happened: it is what happens next in the logical steps, in this system, in the enemy's attempts. My heart, though, aches. It aches for the one city I have ever loved, for my friends and family there, for us. It aches in fear and pride. @erikhane.bsky.social writes:

welcometohellworld.com

There is no such thing as other people’s children

It is intolerable

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ATAO Kennel @ataokennel.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I'm so proud of Shawn! They got third!! 😮 look out for their undoubtedly hilarious update soon.

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SooScrat @sooscrat.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

For those who aren't on FB, here's the first 2 minutes of Shawn's @goggdog42.bsky.social interview at the PVCC checkpoint for the Two Rivers 200/100 @ataokennel.bsky.social #mushersky #UglyDogs

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Goggdog42 @goggdog42.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Tag yourself

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ATAO Kennel @ataokennel.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Amidst a lot, @goggdog42.bsky.social has been training hard to make it to their second big race, the 2026 Two Rivers 100. We'll be updating from Patreon this year. If you follow us there (you can do so for free!), you'll get email updates as we post. I'm so proud of Shawn and the dogs. Onward team!!

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Race Day! Two Rivers 100 | ATAO Kennel

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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration. readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...

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The Companies Behind ICE

Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.

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Bill Emory (he/him) @oldmanemory.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

More than 5,000 people here in Powderhorn Park protesting ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis. #FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump

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ATAO Kennel @ataokennel.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

New adventure just dropped (and it's by Shawn so you know it's all of the things!) This is on Patreon, but it's public for all to read and enjoy. Onward!! Featuring @goggdog42.bsky.social and @persistencemushing.bsky.social

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"That was cold" - by Shawn Goggins | ATAO Kennel

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Goggdog42 @goggdog42.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

It would be so cool if Fairbanks would get like just a little bit warmer, thanks so much.

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