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Chopping wood. Carrying water. Living in Alaska. Reader, writer, researcher. You’ll find me on a walk, playing in the snow, or growing things.

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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 8h
Kroger makes about 1/3 of their $ selling my shopping data. When I learned that I took a grocery break. Ate from the freezer and processed. Then I heard they’re firing 3000 people, replacing them with AI. Today I shopped at IGA. I can’t put hundreds a week in gas & goods into that.
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I’ve often had living basil in a jar on my counter for a month. But I’d never been told to store living kale in water on the counter before. And it’s so pretty! Now I no longer want to make the kale chips or eat it.
Plants in a window- aloe, cactus, mint, and kale in a vase.
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Every day I hit recycling right after the mailbox, report about 10 spam texts and my phone siphons out unknown callers. We're inundated with political garbage from outside the state constantly. Too bad all that money isn't going to fix the existing problems instead. alaskapublic.org/programs/ala...
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Almost 40% of Alaska households don’t earn enough to make ends meet, according to new report
That’s dramatically more than the number of households below the federal poverty line.
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This year’s #BannedBooksWeek coincides with ALA’s official 150th anniversary. To mark the occasion, ALA has released a list of the 150 most challenged books documented from 1990, when ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom began tracking book challenges, through 2025. ala150.org/150books
Photo of a bookshelf filled with various books that have been banned or challenged, including "Maus," "Sex Is a Funny Word," "This Book Is Gay," "Persopolis," and "1984." Text over photo reads: "ALA Releases List of 150 Books Most Frequently Targeted for Censorship Since Tracking Began. American Library Association logo
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Costco has churros again for a limited time. And it’s so fun, not just for the delicious & cheap treat but for seeing everyone drive out of the lot eating one! Myself included.
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My whole place smells like German chamomile. I’m drying what’s likely the last batch for tea. Not the most bountiful year, but everything grew. I even had a volunteer carrot - must have been a seed from last year. I’ve already got half my seeds for next year too, somehow my mind is in February.
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Took a walk on the docks last week. Loved the fall cool mixed with summer sun so much! #alaskasky #photography #juneau
Cruise ship in Gastineau Channel
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is beautiful - a patch of glacier has been tucked under sheep’s wool. It slowed ice loss by 50-70%. My mother told me about this and no one else had read it, so she wondered if it had been a dream 😆
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Blanket for ice cover? Scientists wraps Swiss glacier with sheep’s wool to protect it from melting; early tests found it protected the ice about as well as plastic sheets
A Swiss glacier experiment is testing sheeps wool as a natural alternative to plastic covers used to slow glacier melting. Researchers found that wool blankets placed on the Tsanfleuron Glacier perfor...
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Excited to be at the Tlingit opera this weekend!
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
People's voices matter, and they're saying science matters. Keeping politics out of science was supported across the House, 370-48. Keep talking, keep caring, keep changing things. www.aip.org/fyi/congress...
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Congress Delays OMB Grantmaking Rule with Stopgap Funding Bill
The short-term funding bill seems likely to become law, which would block the rule until at least Dec. 11.
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This sunny weather has been the best treat. Yesterday I was a little cold in the sun and that was perfect. #alaskasky #hiking
Devil’s Club on Treadwell Trail
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Beautiful weather! Lots of things to do outside, and one was walking to the library. The books I’ve been reading lately are all over the place. Pie murder, mythic plants, historic fiction about a DC boarding house, and now this.
Dungeon Crawler Carl from the library
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The map app in my car has so many wrong speed limit signs it’s ridiculous.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Every woman in America should mourn the loss of Gloria Steinem. She paved the way for all of us -- to hold jobs, to stay at home with kids, to not have kids at all, to be whatever we wanted to be. @kitseelye.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...
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Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Feminist Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Sun’s out, and the beets that were too small last time I harvested are now giant! #gardening #beets #alaskasky
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I miss the days when cell phones didn’t get spam calls or texts. Now even if you get a new number it’s constantly getting junk.
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dang. What a downer week. apnews.com/article/tim-...
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Tim Curry, iconic character actor and 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' star, dies at 80
Tim Curry has died at 80. The beloved character actor created a gallery of delicious, loony villains for stage and screen. Curry gained fame as Dr.
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This was so amazing to have before school started. Childhood Collective brings the program to Southeast Alaska.
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
North Douglas sunset. #alaskasky #photography
View at the North Douglas boat dock parking lotSunset out North Douglas Sunset out North Douglas
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Would you rather be a noun or a verb?
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Almost done with The Beginning Comes After the End. Inspiring, hopeful, passionate. Also check out A Field Guide to Getting Lost, both by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social #books #reading
The novelist Zadie Smith said, in a recent interview, “It’s something that I dreamed about all my life, that people who thoughtlessly considered themselves at the center of history, culture, would be made to look at the world another way.”
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I thought it was bad when recipes had to have hundreds of words before the part you need to make a meal just so they could be found. Now the finding is what’s being lost. aftermath.site/google-searc...
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Stop Talking To Me, Google Search
Since May, Google's AI summaries have tried to lure users into conversation with AI
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Yes! But also I'm seeing headlines today about weeding out the people who placed on the ballot. That confuses me. Doesn't ranked choice make it so voting for one person first and another second mean there is no more splitting the vote and letting someone else win?
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A little thing I did. (And always do.) Usually not early, but I wanted to make sure my vote was in. 💜 the sticker choices!
State of Alaska “I Voted” sticker on front of the Voting signs.
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
My kitchen is 65 tonight thanks to a window fan. But the living room is still 73. I’m reading in the kitchen, leaning against the counter. Heat is not my happy place.
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Enjoying the sunshine and lower heat tonight with a walk. #alaskasky #photography #flowers
Self Portrait of a FoxgloveMeaning of a Foxglove- A Wish (from Flowers and Their Meanings by Karen Azoulay)
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
With print the more you run, the less you pay per piece. Considering our state population is smaller than a lot of cities, if these are being sent by out-of-state groups they probably just hit everyone because it's a great deal.
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Whew. (I mean, aside from the plane in the river and the fire.) www.juneauindependent.com/post/glacial...
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Glacial flood of 2026 peaks at 14.7 ft., lowest in 4 years; little impact in protected neighborhoods
Mendenhall River crests well below initial forecast; short-term preventative measures credited for lack of damage and injuries.
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KTOO Public Media @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
There has definitely been some damage. So far, I’ve received reports of at least a few homes flooding – I’m going to head there soon," said KTOO Climate and Environment Reporter Alix Soliman. "But there have also been success stories."
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Reporter Alix Soliman was in the Mendenhall Valley during the glacial outburst flood. Here’s what she saw.
KTOO's Alix Soliman biked around Mendenhall Valley this week as the glacial outburst flood rose and talked to people after it crested.
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Not nearly as many salmon as my last stop here but still tons of birds. #alaskasky #salmon #photography
Salmon in the DIPAC ladderView over Gastineau Channel from the DIAPC salmon ladder in Juneau Alaska
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Summer skies and temperatures are finally here. #alaskasky #photography
View of Gastineau Channel wetlands close to sunset in Juneau.
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KTOO Public Media @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Release of Suicide Basin is ongoing. Water levels are increasing as the basin drains. The river is at 5.77 feet and rising as of 9:15 a.m. The 2026 Juneau GLOF Joint Information Center will hold a press briefing at 11 a.m. today. The livestream will also be available on ktoo.org/flood
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LIVE UPDATES: Juneau's 2026 glacial outburst flood
The National Weather Service issued a glacial outburst flood warning, alerting the public the flood has begun. Mendenhall Valley residents in the flood zone should be in the “go” phase of the “ready,…
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Time to win again! It can get pretty full in summer though, there have been teams standing some weeks. If you do go, get there early for a table.
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สุพรรณิกาทร์ Supanika Ordoñez @spiraledu.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
KTOO does amazing coverage throughout the annual Glacial Outburst Flooding in Juneau. Please donate if you can: www.ktoo.org/support/ #AlaskaSky
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Half the fun of Tuesday Trivia is hearing all the team names.
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I love the community support as much as the booing in this piece. #alaskasky www.juneauindependent.com/post/cruise-...
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Cruise ship helps stranded skiff and crew in Southeast Alaska as Zuckerberg yacht stands by
Lack of response by vessel belonging to Facebook owner gets boos from cruise passengers, criticism online; skiff ran out of fuel between Petersburg and Juneau
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
One of my favorite trail views. But the city’s trees are all getting so big along the whole Sandy Beach edge that views are being blocked. #alaskasky #trails
View of Sandy Beach from above the mine cave in.
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The Douglas Post Office smells so good!
Sitka wild roses blooming at the Douglas Post Office in Alaska, under a parking sign on a blue building.
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I found one this weekend too!
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Today I made rhubarb jam and harvested rutabaga and beets. 🫜 cooked up a ton of the greens for dinner and have lots of roots for later. #alaskasky #garden
Beets harvested and sitting on dirt
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Do you have any good rutabaga recipes to share? I’m growing them for the first time & really love the greens sautéed with garlic. But the root wasn’t great the way I cooked it. I did try search, but I need a pre-2022 filter to keep out the really bad (AI vibes) recipes. #rutabaga #recipes #garden
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I have some this year and am also loving them!
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Found a poppy mixed in with my anise hyssop. And it’s also purple 😀 This is from seeds I grew … maybe 8 years ago. The hyssop is on its third year, with me starting seeds only the first year. #alaskasky #alaskagarden #flowers
Purple poppy flower
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
DIPAC is so pretty and so full of eagles tonight. The whole channel is. #alaskasky #juneau
View from DIPAC fish ladder out to the Gastineau Channel, with a bald eagle perched on a pole, and clouds and mountains in the background.
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
These short bursts of sun in the middle of all the rain make the flowers feel magical. #alaskasky #flowers
Blue poppiesPurple iris Hot pink Sitka wild rose
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Travel treats! It’s a little on the hot side, and there is a wild fire nearby. But it’s still nice to be out of Alaska for a bit. I’ve definitely fallen for the PNW flower and plant stands.
Bouquet with peonies and more flowersWild turkey
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
It's nice to have some sunny days. And I found a columbine that made it through our brutal winter. The plant app wants it to be parsley, but I definitely did not plant parsley there ever.
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Have you read Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk? I wouldn’t say it’s epic (though it does span centuries), and I’m still confused about how I feel about the book as a whole. But cliche it was not.
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
The clouds broke and the sun came through in spots. Last night was a great night for a walk. #aksky #alaska
Bits of sun shining through dark clouds behind silhouettes of trees.
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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
It’s a sad night with Colbert canceled for politics. Journalism me (💜 free speech, 4th estate & muckraking) is pissed. I also think (💜 equality, interdependence & our future) … so many white dudes in late night. While they’re aiming for silence, I hope instead it’s making space for something new.
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