Reposted by ClsmithAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10hTroy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out" 18480001864
Clsmith @clsmithak.bsky.social · 10hHow the world and I keep changing. Every day there is something new. #haiku 050
Reposted by ClsmithAndrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat... 8538821543
Reposted by ClsmithCIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 15hTampa woman dies from dengue as Florida fights surge of cases Florida has tracked more than 250 locally acquired dengue cases this year. Read more: bit.ly/4ASXFfR 📷: CDC / James Gathany 32920
Reposted by ClsmithLarry O'Neill @larryoneill.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Thanks! Here is the map from 1/1/1940-7/31/2026 from ERA5. At least on the spatial scales ERA5 can resolve, there hasn't been a low this deep in the Gulf of Alaska since 1940 in ERA5. 121
Reposted by ClsmithClimatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The ECMWF drops a 929 mb low into the Gulf of Alaska next week. Seems low. @alaskawx.bsky.social 811713
Reposted by ClsmithPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 23hICE has detained more than 500 U.S. citizens.projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati... 311037538
Clsmith @clsmithak.bsky.social · 18hwww.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comVeteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and scientists 010
Reposted by Clsmithสุพรรณิกาทร์ Supanika Ordoñez @spiraledu.bsky.social · 20hHappy municipal Election Day, Juneau and Fairbanks! 0195
Clsmith @clsmithak.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I always wonder what it would be like if we just had just 24 hours when men were required to stfu. Wouldn’t that be nice. 040
Clsmith @clsmithak.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A good decision by the Beacon. We’re making a tough call on an upcoming U.S. House debate alaskabeacon.com/2026/10/05/w...alaskabeacon.comCommentary: We’re making a tough call on an upcoming U.S. House debate | Alaska BeaconThe Alaska Beacon is dropping out of a debate that it had planned to co-host with the Alaska Landmine ahead of the general election. 0134
Reposted by ClsmithProPublica @propublica.org · 05/10/2026NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? This year, ProPublica reporters set out to establish private schools to test if, truly, anyone could open one. We founded two. Here’s how.propublica.orgHow ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 HoursThe reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required. 7953812350
Reposted by ClsmithProgressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Former Republican governor of Kansas, Mike Hayden, endorses Democrat in US Senate race. “Chaotic tariffs are making it harder for Kansas farmers to sell what they grow. The war with Iran is causing record-high diesel prices.... We need a senator who listens." www.kansas.com/opinion/gues...kansas.com2nd Republican former Kansas gov. backs Democrat Hamilton for Senate | OpinionMike Hayden joins Bill Graves as second GOP former governor to endorse Adam Hamilton, a Democrat, against Republican Sen. Roger Marshall. 13217
Reposted by ClsmithMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026President Donald Trump took a break this weekend from his nonstop, baseless accusations about mail voting fraud to remind his own supporters to cast their mail ballots in this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comTrump backtracks and begs Republicans to vote by mail as Democrats’ odds of taking Congress improveTrump’s latest demand that Republicans vote – even by mail – comes as polls show Democrats’ odds of taking both the House and Senate are improving. 961795747
Reposted by ClsmithCats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I love fall so much. I've lived in Vermont my whole life and foliage season still seems like such a completely bonkers and beautiful thing to happen every year. It never gets old. 🍂 743817420
Reposted by ClsmithPat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 04/10/2026You guys. secure.qgiv.com/event/newlea...secure.qgiv.comA New Leash on Life Art AuctionLocal students are helping give animals a new leash on life! 1113
Reposted by ClsmithKevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I don't care if someone has to feed meatball. 071
Reposted by ClsmithTheodore Grunewald @tedgrunewald.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The #WhiteHouse fabric has sustained plenty of damage, unfortunately. More difficult to undo will be the East façade—particularly the East Room's Palladian window—an original feature from 1792—which Trump is destroying to create a second floor corridor to his new ballroom. bsky.app/profile/sund... 23617
Reposted by ClsmithZack Labe @zacklabe.com · 04/10/2026Another season of tracking freezing degree days in the high Arctic has ended. This is a simple measure of relative cold integrated with time. This past year was quite anomalous again, consistent with a rapidly warming Arctic system. ☑️ Follow temperatures along daily at: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe... 010429
Reposted by ClsmithPoll Tracker 📊 @polltracker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026NYT/Siena Senate Polls (9/21-9/30) Texas: 🔵 Talarico 51% – 🔴 Paxton 45% Alaska: 🔵 Peltola 50% – 🔴 Sullivan 43% Ohio: 🔵 Brown 49% – 🔴 Husted 46% Kansas: 🔵 Hamiliton 45% – 🔴 Marshall 45% Iowa: 🔴 Hinson 48% – 🔵 Turek 47% www.nytimes.com/interactive/... 2220655
Reposted by ClsmithJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Wage growth is now running below 3%, the slowest in years. So many families are feeling this right now. youtu.be/mlZg8gQAUTk 8399127
Reposted by ClsmithRick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Snow cover is quickly expanding across the Arctic, as happens every early autumn. Details in the most recent post from the Alaska and Arctic Climate newsletter. #Arctic #akwx #Climate #Autumn2026 alaska-arctic-climate.beehiiv.com/p/here-comes... alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/here-comes... 0245
Reposted by ClsmithClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This is about climate change 525295
Clsmith @clsmithak.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This is gonna really annoy Taylor, who was all about supporting every MAGA legal thing there was. 011
Reposted by Clsmithworm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent 10260711702
Clsmith @clsmithak.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Alaska, look here: myvoterportal.alaska.govmyvoterportal.alaska.govVoter Information Lookup - Division of Elections 076
Reposted by ClsmithMike Dettinger @mdettinger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A new study from @CW3E & National Weather Service Juneau introduces an operational tool (the AR Hazard scale) to help identify when an AR brings meteorological conditions (beyond just precip) that increases potential for landslides. ½ cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-publica... 1134
Reposted by ClsmithMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026🚨BREAKING: Absentee ballot voters in Montana won’t have to comply with an onerous birthdate verification requirement after a state court blocked the measure Friday night, ruling that it violates the state constitution. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comMontana court blocks onerous mail voting law that caused thousands of rejected absentee ballots last yearThe mail voting measure led to nearly 3,000 mail ballots getting rejected in the Nov. 2025 election, in a state where 80% of voters vote absentee. 372990870
Reposted by ClsmithSANTA CLAUS @santaclausalaska.bsky.social · 03/10/2026OPERATION SANTA: US Postal Service announced Operation Santa is accepting letters earlier than usual this year: 123 Elf Road, North Pole 88888. ➡️ Letters & presents are great; however, the greatest gift is love. Vote for candidates who protect child health, safety & welfare. uspsoperationsanta.com 311027
Reposted by ClsmithGuardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 03/10/2026Bangkok at breaking point as floods turn streets into stagnant lakestheguardian.comBangkok at breaking point as floods turn streets into stagnant lakesWith 40 dead and a disaster declared across all 50 city districts, experts warn extreme flooding will only worsen across south-east Asia 189
Clsmith @clsmithak.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Juneau people. I had a chocolate mousse filled choux at lunch today at Lupo and now I am wondering why none of you ever told me about this. We need to be here for each other, people! 261
Reposted by ClsmithDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 02/10/2026WIN: A Kansas appeals court rejected the secretary of state's renewed bid to scrap the three-day grace period for mail ballots. Ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within three days will count on Nov. 3. 11677177
Reposted by ClsmithCIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Measles milestones: US closes in on 4,000 cases as Pennsylvania nears 1,000 With more than 200 new cases, the US now has 3,886 confirmed infections, while Pennsylvania has reached 977. Read more: bit.ly/4jBBqVB 📷: CDC / Cynthia S. Goldsmith, William Bellini 34122
Reposted by ClsmithWIRED @wired.com · 02/10/2026DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.wired.comICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir DatabaseDHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say. 9321031305
Reposted by ClsmithRazzball @razzball.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit 464142732850
Reposted by ClsmithBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026We already know what story the best man will tell at this kid's wedding. 813815
Reposted by ClsmithDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 02/10/2026NEW: A new USPS policy will eliminate evening mail pickups from select post offices across the country — a change that will eventually slow pick-up and delivery times for around 70% of zip codes in the U.S. We mapped those zip codes to help you figure out whether your mail ballot could be affected👇democracydocket.comThe Postal Service is slowing delivery. Will your mail ballot be affected?Democracy Docket mapped the affected zip codes. 59480397
Reposted by ClsmithAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026DUN DUN DUN -- Fox Business on the September jobs report: "The numbers do not look good. I'm looking at 29,000 jobs added. That is well below expectations for 90,000, and our unemployment rate jumps up to 4.2%. A significant slowdown." 38746361362
Reposted by ClsmithAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026You really can’t make this shit up. 792149834400
Reposted by ClsmithDr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago 202100162459
Clsmith @clsmithak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Fog on the mountains And the last blossoms falling. Signs of October. #haiku 071
Reposted by ClsmithGalen Druke @galendruke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Learned from @alaska.bsky.social that gas has gotten up to $27/gallon in some parts of rural Alaska............... 042
Reposted by ClsmithDavid Reamer @anchistorian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Four February 1961 pictures of hunters and fishers on Little Diomede by photojournalist Joseph S. Rychetnik (1927-2003). Via Anchorage Museum #alaskahistory #alaska 0193
Reposted by ClsmithAlaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 01/10/2026Korean officials confirm no deal exists to invest in Alaska natural gas pipeline, writes @alaska.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/10/01/k...alaskabeacon.comKorean officials confirm no deal exists to invest in Alaska natural gas pipeline | Alaska BeaconThe nation’s industry minister implies that the Trump administration lied during a White House news conference this week. 32613
Reposted by ClsmithDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 01/10/2026NEW: A Georgia court dismissed a lawsuit challenging Fulton County's absentee ballot drop-off policy that increased the number of sites where voters could drop off absentee ballots. The ruling comes after the county board unanimously voted to end the entire policy earlier this year.democracydocket.comGeorgia court dismisses lawsuit seeking to block Fulton County absentee ballot drop-off policyA Georgia judge Thursday dismissed a lawsuit that sought to block a Fulton County absentee ballot drop-off policy. 217875
Reposted by ClsmithAnchorage Daily News @adn.com · 01/10/2026Alaska’s Bristol Bay region produced a total harvest this year that was a bit smaller than the 20-year average, but fetched more dollars for fishers, according to a state summary. via @alaskabeacon.comadn.comAlaska’s Bristol Bay salmon return about average this year, with higher prices paid to fishersThe 2026 sockeye salmon run totaled 45.7 million fish, making this the first year since 2014 that the run was below 50 million, according to Fish and Game’s preliminary summary. 142
Reposted by ClsmithEric Stone @eriwinsto.bsky.social · 01/10/2026South Korea says it hasn't committed to Alaska LNG, and they say Trump's announcement of more than $50 billion in Korean investment in the gas pipeline "went beyond what was agreed." The sticking point is the same as it's always been: Commercial viability. alaskapublic.org/news/politic...alaskapublic.orgTrump claims South Korea will invest $50B in Alaska gas pipeline. Not so fast, Korean officials sayThe South Korean trade minister said Trump's announcement "went beyond what was agreed" and denied that the country had committed to investing in the Alaska LNG project. 1136