Shoshanah in Alaska

Interesting 🤔

My impression about what happened in Dallas yesterday was to stop the Black woman from winning the primary. This election looked to me so suss.

Balint to Noem: "You're the secretary of DHS -- for now. And you think you're immune from accountability. But I promise you this: one day he is not gonna be president anymore. And when that day comes, we will still be here. And in hearings like this, we are going to continue to prove your guilt."

Point 👆🏽

Another Alaska 511 webcam. This one is the Mitkof Highway (northwest of Wrangell on Mitkof Island).

YouTube video by Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition Santa says: tax oil and gas billionaires, fund our state

When @santaclausalaska.bsky.social says it’s time to close the S Corp tax loophole, you know it’s time to close the S Corp tax loophole.

Tell legislators: fund our state services, save the PFD, and make oil and gas corporations pay their fair share.

Take action: fbxclimateaction.org/SB227

Alaska population loss looms with fewer births and more deaths in an aging population | Alaska Beacon Alaska, even though it has higher birth and fertility rates that the most states, has a trend parallel to the national demographic trend.

As an extraction colony Alaska doesn’t really need a resident population. 44% of miners in Alaska are nonresidents, 40.5% of oil/gas workers were nonresidents. K-12 education and even the blessed permanent fund dividend are a drag on resource extraction profits. alaskabeacon.com/briefs/alask...

Dark morning lit by moonlight on snow atop tall spruces lining a snow trail.

Gentle beauty. Moonlight. #Fairbanks #Alaska

Alex Aronson: The Reality of Trump’s Rigged Courts Can we count on the judiciary to save us? Here's what the data says

Trump nominated judges (& the Roberts #SCOTUS) "are behaving differently from their Republican peers in a way that consistently benefits Trump. The simplest explanation is the correct one: they were selected not for their legal reasoning, but for their loyalty."

"not conservativism. It’s fealty."↘️

Nuclear detonation tonite? 👀

Nuclear detonation tonight queen??

Nuclear detonation tonite? 👀

This would result in 27 justices on SCOTUS, with 9 being selected at random per case and the option to appeal en-banc if there’s a 5-4 decision

I agree, quite apart from the merits of the case. Alito could only defend the Supreme Court's authority to intervene by grievously misrepresenting the facts. The reality is that there's no plausible argument SCOTUS had the power to do what it did. Why didn't that matter to six justices?

“Fish” can be both singular (one individual) and plural (multiple individuals of the same species.) “Fishes” is multiple species.

🐠 Fish

🐠🐠🐠 Fish

🐠🐡🐟 Fishes

Now you know. And knowing is half the battle.

The US Agency for Global Media, which is run by Kari Lake, has just failed an audit. The organization's finances are too chaotic even to assess.
www.stateoig.gov/report/aud-f...

Why do bad things happen to good people?

USPS at risk of running out of cash and so has hired a consultant to "restructure." It's the U.S. Postal SERVICE, not "USP Co."

Some recent records set or tied in Alaska. 🥶 @alaskawx.bsky.social

UN: As US, Israeli and Iranian strikes continued for a fifth day, a top Human Rights Council probe warned on Wednesday that Iranian prisoners including detained protesters face expedited death penalty proceedings.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Son Emerges as Leading Choice to Be His Successor

It appears we may have replaced Ayatollah Khamenei with Ayatollah Khamenei

“At the end of the day, she didn’t sound any better than some of these ultra-conservative people who were demeaning Black and Brown folk on a regular basis,” said Rev. Rodney Sadler, a Bible scholar and longtime community activist in Charlotte. “It felt like a betrayal of the utmost.” Cunningham’s comments proved so problematic for Sadler that he said he realized that she was “no longer worthy of being our representative” and he had to run against her. “It drove me to a point of saying, ‘She needs to go, and she needs to go now,’” the 58-year-old pastor, who works at Charlotte’s Union Presbyterian Seminary, told Bolts.

this guy challenged a sitting Democratic lawmaker in yesterday's primary, angered by her pro-ICE vote, and he ousted her 70% to 22%.

boltsmag.org/north-caroli...

Interesting, important, thanks for doing this 🙏

Long history of draft dodging.

Ground Shift or Power Shift: Mark Rey – The Timber Industry’s National Forest Overlord (Part II of III) Part of a three-part series on the Ground Shift initiative. This installment examines Mark Rey’s role in rewriting the rules for America’s national forests.

Rey has been tapped to generate ideas for the future of the conservation movement. What could go wrong?

My god, this guy is dangerous.

Federal Government’s Attacks on Medicaid Are a Pretext to Weaken the Program and Punish Particular States Since the beginning of the year, the Trump Administration has been threatening funding for various programs that help people meet their basic needs, using the pretext of fighting fraud, waste, and...

The Trump Administration’s actions to take Medicaid funding away from states is a strategy to weaponize claims of fraud and ultimately take health care from people who can least afford it — putting their ability to meet their basic needs at risk: www.cbpp.org/blog/federal...

Time series chart of polling data from Data For Progress. Title: Voters Increasingly Think AI Is Likely to Hurt the Economy. Description: Which of the following comes closest to your view, even if none are exactly right? AI is likely to help the American economy — Decreased, with the highest response reported on Dec 13, 2025 (36%) and the lowest response recorded on Feb 17, 2026 (28%). AI is likely to have little effect on the American economy — Decreased, with the highest response reported on Dec 13, 2025 (20%) and the lowest response recorded on Feb 17, 2026 (20%). AI is likely to hurt the American economy — Increased, with the highest response reported on Feb 17, 2026 (46%) and the lowest response recorded on Dec 13, 2025 (37%). Don't know — Decreased, with the highest response reported on Dec 13, 2025 (7%) and the lowest response recorded on Feb 17, 2026 (6%). 2 surveys of 2,373 U.S. likely voters, conducted December 13, 2025–February 17, 2026.

NEW: Voters increasingly think AI is more likely to hurt than help the economy.

A majority of voters (54%) also think that AI is likely to increase the percentage of Americans who are unemployed.

www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2026/3/...

Did you know we use "Physical Therapy" on our patients? 🦅 Here at the Alaska Raptor Center, injured birds like Ghost, a Bald Eagle recovering from a gunshot, get specialized physical therapy to keep their wings healthy and flexible. #PhysicalTherapy #BaldEagle #WildlifeRescue

Sandhill cranes mate for life, and renew their bond each spring with courtship rituals that include dancing, singing together, and even 'kissing'. The two in this photo appear to be "kissing".

A new study found that billions fewer #birds are flying through North America compared to a decade ago, and populations are shrinking faster than ever.

Even so, a Republican-led House committee is holding a hearing today as part of a plan to undermine the #MigratoryBirdTreatyAct.

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Actually they are making it worse. They’re starting wars, they’re imposing tariffs, and they’re deporting people we need to work.

The things we need to survive are getting too expensive to afford and the politicians in DC aren’t doing a damn thing about it.