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Costco or no, Alaska needs a law school. Between ANCSA and ANILCA, our legal environment is legitimately different from any other state, and we need a school that teaches it.

23.02.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Clouds cover an almost full moon.

Clouds cover an almost full moon.

Goodnight, #alaskasky

11.02.2025 08:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ok @forrestdunbarak.bsky.social, Because I'm a wonk, I found the citation.

Per Alaska Stat Β§ 44.09.040, it is in fact "a last frontier."

16.12.2024 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They shouldn't. Just as we should not pretend that make-work sprinkled randomly throughout a curriculum on a schedule having nothing to do with that curriculum is education.

15.12.2024 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was looking at the protesters, not his annual pig roast.

15.12.2024 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pig masks and a political shift in Alaska For the last 15 summers, Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) has hosted his state’s political heavyweights at a down-home pig roast fundraiser. But this August, pigs of a different kind snorted back at…

I mean... It's an old story, but it may count.

15.12.2024 06:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Given ANCSA and the North Anchorage Land Agreement, would Eklutna Inc. have the right of first refusal on any land or buildings transferred from Anchorage to Eagle River should Eaglexit actually happen?

09.12.2024 01:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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07.12.2024 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a trap.

The proven ability for many to telework combined with the water shortages in the Southwest could significantly change this prediction.

We need a tax system that scales with the population, both year-round and seasonal.

04.12.2024 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The mechanics of the feed allowed me to exclude posts from people on the list that also include the hashtag, meaning we only get one version of the post, that coming from the hashtag itself.

03.12.2024 06:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You find what you look for.

I've found Tai Chi helpful, but it took re-learning what to look for within my body.

Tai Chi works with energy that is invisible to Western medicine, which doesn't look for it. It takes time to relearn, and there is nothing stupid about it.

30.11.2024 03:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Content that AI generates can't be protected under US copyright law. Strangely, due to a precedent set by PETA in court.

I wonder where the line is when using an AI editor, as the referenced company intends to do.

If artists need to prove human content, this could get very, very messy.

28.11.2024 05:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I suspect you would have more luck pushing for standards DST.

With artificial light available, an hour or daylight is more valuable for after work activity then it is before work.

27.11.2024 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Power pole and trees sticking out of the fog, sun trying to shine through.

Power pole and trees sticking out of the fog, sun trying to shine through.

Sun burning through the fog. #AlaskaSky

27.11.2024 07:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Eagle River valley, mid-June

Eagle River valley, mid-June

#AlaskaSky, Eagle River, taken in spring.

27.11.2024 07:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dormant?

27.11.2024 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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How to verify your Bluesky account - Bluesky Here's how to verify your Bluesky account by setting your website as your username.

It's good to have you. You may wish to link your username to your ADN website (see attached).

As you will likely be a primary source for a lot of our discussions, it would be good for you to be verified.

Thank you.

bsky.social/about/blog/4...

27.11.2024 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The best possible reason.

25.11.2024 06:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Optimist: the cup is half EMPTY.

But we can refill it.

Optimism is not about framing how you see the world. It's not about deluding yourself or others about what the world is.

It's not passive.

It's about imagining and MAKING the world what it can be.

24.11.2024 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I may have to revisit Friendica. A quick glance at Wikipedia indicates that they have added AT to their OAuth and ActivityPub.

That being said, if I had just stuck with Mastodon instead of trying to get too much into federation, I probably would not have lost contact with you all

23.11.2024 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Bridgy Fed

I ran across this and thought of your post. It's frustrating how many times people build a new protocol to federate social media, and how much effort then has to go into federating the federation
protocols.

fed.brid.gy

23.11.2024 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I grew up in Sitka, but went to college in Minnesota. Every summer I came home and worked at a fish processing plant.

While in college, I paid income tax in MN.

MN made more money off of my work processing Alaskan fish than AK did.

22.11.2024 06:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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EDITORIAL: How Alaska can fix its sluggish ballot-counting problem By implementing these fixes, the state can restore confidence in its ability to administer elections and get results reported more quickly.

@anchoragedailynews.bsky.social, campaign events happen up to election day, and voters continue gaining new information until the end.

Our desire to know results quickly is not more important than rural Alaska's right to informed voting.

Requiring absentee ballots by election day would be wrong

22.11.2024 06:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There are many people either in our covering the #akleg who should consider account verification. It just takes access to your web host.

21.11.2024 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for building this.

20.11.2024 04:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@alaskasurvey.bsky.social, do you have any insight on why people voted one way or the other on Ballot Measure 2?

20.11.2024 03:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Troll lists should henceforth be known as Nonstarter Packs.

19.11.2024 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Here you go:

I found a website called SkyFeed, which builds them. I don't know where the feed is stored, or if it may disappear at some point.

19.11.2024 05:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Of all the colonial names we insist on keeping, this one has to be the most bizarre.

19.11.2024 05:11 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If I did this correctly, this feed will show anything with the #akleg tag.

19.11.2024 04:30 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

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