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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Just mailed in my absentee ballot. Godspeed, lil piece of paper.

I am holding up the top portion of the ballot envelope, with a red section saying official return and a stamp featuring Jimmy Carter. Behind me is some bird related art banners.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Everyone stop what you’re doing and buy this book. So good.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The same Cook Inlet with large tides, ice flows, and so much silt that the Anchorage Port has to be dredged every few years? You want to build a giant underwater data center where?

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Tom Hewitt @tomhewittnews.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

What is it about Alaska that makes us a magnet for every ludicrous clearly-never-gonna-happen megaproject that people dream up? www.adn.com/business-eco...

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Underwater data center proposed for Alaska’s Cook Inlet by East Coast company

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Some recs from me: The Cemetaries of Ámalo series, Katherine Addison The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic, Emily Croy Barker The Bear and the Nightengale, Katherine Arden Clockwork Boys, T Kingfisher Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire The Beekeepers Apprentice, Laurie King

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

A shore walk on Kuiu island a few days ago. Not pictured, the bear we saw in the meadow a few hours later, quietly eating grass. We were able to watch him for several minutes before he headed off into the woods.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Part of a display at the hospital where my mother had heart surgery.

A picture of a rose done in marker. The text beside it says ‘Grow through what you go through.’I

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Hiking in Kenai Fjords National Park yesterday - got on the trail at 7am and there were only 4 other cars in the parking lot. Was digging up some photos of the same trail in 2015 - we have lots a lot of ice since then.

Exit Glacier, white with crevasses and some black moraine material in the middle, flows down from the Harding Icefield. Willows and alders are growing think in the foreground. Snow covers ridge frames the photo on the left. Taken from Marmot Meadows on the Harding Icefield Trail, in Kenai Fjords National Park.

A tiny view of Exit Glacier from the glacier overlook trail, where exit glacier has retreated into a slot canyon. Taken in Kenai Fjords National Park.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I worked as a volunteer on Rathlin in2006 when ferret behavior was first being studied there. So happy to hear the island and its quarter million seabirds are now free from ferret predation.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Great afternoon exploring desert islands in Baja California Sur.

A salt flat - a brown plain with a white crystalline layer of salt in a low depression.

A red flower on an Adam’s Tree, with the distant ocean in the background.

A man in a light blue shirt in a field of dirt and shrubs, with mountains in the distance.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

To the man giving a thumbs up to his own reflection in the elevator as the doors opened on my floor in the hotel,, I hope you do absolutely amazing at whatever it is.

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Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

I continue to resent the fact that if I had pitched the last 10 years as the background to a contemporary fantasy novel, my editor would’ve laughed me out out of the building and told me that it was too heavy-handed and ridiculous for anyone to believe.

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Pete Kruger @petekruger.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

There's this episode of Star Trek where Captain Picard is captured and tortured, and the main way that the torturer tries to break him is by showing him four lights, and telling him that there are five. There are four lights. This is not a post about Star Trek.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

So, not just me, it really has been warmer on the Peninsula this season….

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Grateful to be starting off 2026 in a remote place, sharing stories and helping people experience the beauty and wildness found at some of the furthest corners of the map. Sending love to all who are looking forward to 2026 with guarded optimism.

A glacier pours out of the rocky Mountains of the Antarctic peninsula. Everything is quietly tinged light blue.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Merry Christmas from a boat in Antarctica! The weather has been calm and the penguin chicks are hatching. Beautiful time of the year. Photo by John Shedwick.

A grey fluffy penguin chick sleepily faces the camera, leaning against the soft white expanse of their parents belly.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Visiting Deception Island in the South Shetlands during our most recent Antarctica trip. The work is intense but boy does it bring me to some incredible places.

I am standing on a barren rocky ridge in waters and holding orange marker poles. Far below me sits a small cruise ship, with the glacier capped peaks of the Deception Island caldea behind me.

A line of people in yellow parkas descending from the rocky, desolate ridge toward Stancomb Bay on Deception Island.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Difficult to comparison shop for health care when my town has ONE HOSPITAL.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Today is a great day to yell at your elected representatives.

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gojirama, but spooky @gojirama1.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

One of my kids used to work at a Major Grocery Store deli, and they all rang up hot foods as cold for SNAP recipients. If you work in a deli and can do this without losing your job, please do so.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

This house in Staunton Virginia is next level Halloween.

Zombies. Gravesyones. Disembodies hands reaching out of the ground. Lots of fake cobwebs. All over a two story blue house with a small yard and a couple trees.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Hiking the boardwalk through the sandstone formations at Beartown State Park in West Virginia.

A boardwalk leads between two 30’ high sandstone cliffs, with shadows from leafless trees angle across the ground.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Some photos from Charleston WV today. Mom and I and an estimated 200 people marched 2 miles from the federal courthouse to the state capitol, and joined an estimated 2000 people at the rally there. Fewer people in the square due to the heat but the shade trees were standing room only.

The front steps of the WV state capitol with protesters in the front and with the gold dome in the background. A sculpture of Lincoln on the left. I have always heard that the statue was meant to embody his ghost, which according to legend, walks the halls of the US Capitol during times of trial.

Two protesters dressed up as Mario and Luigi. Their sign says Mario and Luigi rescue Princess Liberty.

Crowds under the shade trees just off the Capitol plaza.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Did a short term foster for a local shelter for this lovely senior dog. His favorite thing was snoozing on the porch while wrapped in a blanket. Shelters are still really full in a lot of places; please visit your local one if you feel like there is room in your life for a critter.

Grey older bully breed dog sitting on a a dog bed on a porch. He is wrapped in a green blanket and licking his nose.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Packed theatre tonight in the tiny fishing town of Seward Alaska - all to watch a showing of David Attenborough’s Oceans. Great documentary - and it talks about Papahanaumokuakea Natl Sanctuary and spillover effects in yellowfin tuna populations!

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Hiking in Kenai Fjords National Park today. Support your parks.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

listen the world is a mess but a judge ordered the Florida migrant prison closed, California passed their "fuck around, find out" redistricting, and James Dobson is dead this is the best net good news day in awhile, I really do think

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Hiked up a mountain in Kachemak bay state park. Great weekend with wonderful friends.

A distant view of Halibut Cove from a mountain about 2000 feet above it, with fireweed, a pink flower, in bloom in the foreground.

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Massive and growing protest in Anchorage against President Trump and Putin meeting tomorrow on Ukraine without Ukraine.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Every time I turn my back these bushes are popping out more blueberries. Some of these things are the size of grapes. Smoothies for days…

Blueberries the size of BB pellets, all over a low lying, lusciously green small bush.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Any takers on whether he is going to TACO out of this?

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Dog sitting my cousins antique golden retriever. She took a nap in the moss while I picked blueberries. Such a good girl.

A golden retriever with a white face is lying on her side next to a line of rocks delineating a pathway, between two blueberry bushes.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

The blueberries in my yard are having a wonderful summer.

Backlit blueberry branches with berries dangling from their undersides.

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Corinne Smith @corinne-smith.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Anchorage organizers estimate over 4,000 people attended the No Kings rally today. Photos submitted by Michael Conti

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James Brooks Cascade @alaska.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Between 1,500 and 2,000 people attended Juneau, Alaska’s #NoKings rally today under clear skies. That’s based on a series of clickers used by organizers. There were 6-10 silent counterprotesters on the bridge above.

Protesters fill the plaza at Juneau’s Overstreet Park for the local edition of the No Kings rally.

A protest sign, decorated with a fish, says “king salmon only … oops we defunded NOAA”

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

No Kings protest in Seward, Alaska. Over 200 people, which us a big turnout for something that doesn’t involve fishing… #nokings #flagday

A group of protesters with signs and American flags gathering near the Seward lagoon.

A man stands with a sign saying ‘Seward: an ICE free port’ with other signs and protesters in the background. Seward is one of the most northerly year-round ice-free ports in Alaska. We don’t like Immigration and Customs Enforcement either.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Harvesting rhubarb out of the garden.

8 stalks of rhubarb with their enormous leaves still attached sits on a kitchen counter next to the sink and a drying rack.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

One last sunset from Molokai.

A ray of sunlight emanates from patchy grey clouds. Below it is a silhouette of an island, with smooth glassy ocean in front of it.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Last visit to Kaloko Honokohau National Historic Site until next winter. Winding down the season and heading north soon.

A sandy beach viewed through the branches of a tree heliotrope. The ocean and a hiker in a blue shirt are visible in the background.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

A beautiful sky as we were coming into Kona today. Sometimes my life feels exhausting but I feel incredibly lucky to be able to do what I do.

A heavy cloud layer with rays of light stretching out to illuminate the scattered buildings on the Kona Hawaii waterfront.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Ohia lehua blooming on Lana’i. Getting to the end of another week of adventures in Hawaii.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Morning at Kaloko Honokohau National HistoricSite.

The beach at Kaloko viewed from under a tree heliotrope.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Kilauea last night from the Crater Rim drive overlook last night around 8pm. Volcanos National Park, thanks to the rangers who were out there directing traffic late last night and cleaning early outhouses this morning. I appreciate you. @resistancerangers.bsky.social

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National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) @protectparks.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

UPDATE SINCE POSTING: The Park Service is now authorized to reinstate ALL 1,000 probationary park staff who were terminated on February 14. The Park Service was originally authorized to reinstate approximately 400 previously terminated probationary employees. www.npca.org/articles/753...

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Parks Group Welcomes Reinstatement of Probationary Park Staff but Warns of Ongoing National Park Staffing Crisis

“This chaotic whiplash is no way to manage the Park Service, especially as they are welcoming millions of visitors right now. This administration needs to stop playing games with the future of our nat...

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Great spring day of skiing! Crust was very solid and fast!

Long shadows fall across a frozen snow coverd lake. Spruce trees line the shoreline with blue sky and a few clouds in the distance.

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Mareth G @magpiemareth.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

A group of locals protesting outside the Kenai Fjords National Park visitor center in Seward Alaska. @resistancerangers.bsky.social

A dozen or so people standing in front of the park visitor center. One sign, the size of a double mattress, says ‘ Fight 4 the Fjord’.

An Australian cattle dog wearing a sign saying ‘We Heart Rangers’.

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