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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

This is so cute! What a wonderful gift!

Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I wound up going to a pub to get some rando to witness my ballot. It just so happened that the witness was barred from entry to the US!

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I barely got my absentee ballot mailed from abroad by election day this year, and not for a lack of planning or trying! Was traveling in a rural area and had to find access to a printer twice (for ballot application, then ballot, several weeks apart), then find a witness to sign my ballot!

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

I voted from abroad and went to a pub and got someone who happened to be banned from entry to the US to witness my ballot. Glad I did, though, because mine was among the last few counted ballots that preserved ranked choice voting in the end!

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

The same guy who showed us who he was as VP/Senate Pres in 2016 when he wouldn't even bother to TRY to get a confirmation hearing for the mediocre-at-best Supreme Court nominee....

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

$6 is a great price for a head of lettuce off the road system! And fresh, even?!

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

My late partner was the king of one-legged stick shift driving after he broke his leg. He used a cane to depress the clutch and the good foot for the gas and brake. He drove around Boston like that!!

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Oh nooooooo!! Hope you heal up quickly!

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Sorry you're feeling crappy. Wastewater data for Anchorage is showing very high levels of RSV. Hope you feel better soon!

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Remembering two years ago when my employer was harassing me ON CHRISTMAS DAY for organizing a union, this tracks.

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

When I was a kid I was hellbent on having a Gonzo-themed wedding if and when the time should come. Funny how the time has never come around.... 😆

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

This book is such an excellent resource!

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

I really like the Gheimhridh. I have a bottle of Bríde that I’m saving for Oíche Fhéile Bríde. Something to look forward to. Their gin is exquisite too!

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

The moon and water are two remarkable things that can make me feel a tangible connection to everybody else on this planet.

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Those two are just starting to rise above the treetops here.

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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Dogs + snow. Name a better combination. 🐶❄️

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

This is why I sometimes buy Keogh’s even though I like O’Donnell’s of Tipperary better. I’m a sucker for that SpudNav.

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Did you use SpudNav on the back of the Keogh’s package to find the birthplace of your spuds? You get a certificate declaring you a Certified Spud Navigator.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Dutch photographer and artist Scarlett Hooft Graafland, Journey (2007)

Photograph of an expanse of icy blue water with a line of deer antlers protruding from the ice surface from the right and going into the left distance, all under a blue sky with white cloud

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I was wondering why your moon and mine were facing the opposite direction!

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

@thebuttermuseum.bsky.social, I showed off these photos at Thanksgiving in Alaska last week. The Irish Free State butter poster in particular was a big hit.

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Oh you are amazing! I'm back in Alaska now and won't be back in Cork until March at the earliest. I will be in touch when I return! In the meantime I'm savoring the 1/2 block of Ór butter that I brought back home with me.

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

OMG I tried to make it to a butter demonstration last month but the fates conspired against me & I arrived in Cork too late in the day. But I had a wonderful visit. I loved printing my own butter wrappers!!

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Congratulations! Can't wait to get my own copy!

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

My team and I have been working for YEARS to get DOWA to divest from the proposed Palmer Mine at the headwaters of the Chilkat Watershed. Good news: DOWA divested, de-funding the project! The fight isn't over, but this is a big win. Let's celebrate it! #CherishTheChilkat mailchi.mp/165be447cb8d...

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Celebrate a Victory in Alaska!

Good news for the Chilkat Valley: The proposed Palmer Mine has been de-funded! Thanks to all who have supported our work to protect the Chilkat Watershed! #CherishTheChilkat!

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

That's honestly not bad this time of year!

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Getting out of Southeast is always an accomplishment!

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

There are various stouts, but proper Guinness isn't available in the US.

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I achieved hard won victory over the berm. Though it took another shear bolt (may it rest in peace). It's kind of brutal out there, even by Haines snow standards. The blowiness of it all. Cormac Begley in the earbuds boosted the spirits and resolve, thankfully. Made me pine for a Guinness tho!

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

At some point the snow management has to become melt management.....I'm going out for another round now in the last light of the day, but concentrating on making sure there are channels for the rain and meltwater to flow over the next several days. ~5" more snow on the way today too.

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Is this position still open? I'm not seeing the call on the website. Thanks!

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I haven’t tackled the berm yet. Hopefully it won’t be too bad by the time I get to the next round. I figure we have until 5 or 6 before this turns to mashed potato cement and then rain.

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I have so many spares. Was just thinking how I didn’t break a single one last year…..then remembered I spent nearly the whole winter in Ireland last year! 😆

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

So Skagway is just skipping this storm?

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Ursa Borealis @ursaborealis.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

But what hurts the most is that he’s an intentional failure.

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