RichThompsonAK

I will never stop translating these videos. My heart breaks over what these elderly people have gone through and are still going through because of Russia.

Liudmyla’s story is just one of hundreds of thousands. That’s how many internally displaced people are now living in the Sumy region⤵️

Trump says Russia, China have secretly tested nuclear weapons Washington (AFP) Nov 3, 2025 - President Donald Trump alleged Sunday that countries including Russia and China have conducted underground nuclear tests unknown to the public, and that the United Stat...

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Trump says Russia, China have secretly tested nuclear weapons

"They test way underground where people don't know exactly what's happening with the test. You feel a little bit of a vibration,"

#Seismograph

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Report: Russian Warship on Fire at Sevastopol Dock Reports are appearing on the Internet along with photos and videos stating that one of Russia’s warships used to patrol the area around Sevastopol an...

Report: Russian Warship on Fire at Sevastopol Dock

"The smoke was first spotted on November 3, and the fire may still be burning. The Russian Navy has not commented."

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Map centered on Alaska showing site-specific high temperatures (ºF) on Monday, November 3, 2025. Plotted temperature range from +7F at Anadyr, Russia to 49F at Sandspit, BC.

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Monday. Cooling off, but still the only regions below normal were the eastern Aleutians, Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island. North Slope and eastern Interior mildest relative to normal. #akwx #weather @climatologist49.bsky.social

We know what we are fighting for.

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What times we live in, folks

Автор проекта оценил стоимость тоннеля между Чукоткой и Аляской Стоимость потенциального тоннеля между Чукоткой и Аляской составит от 7-8 до 12-15 миллиардов долларов, рассказал в интервью РИА Новости автор проекта, ученый... РИА Новости, 04.11.2025

The project's author estimated the cost of a tunnel between Chukotka and Alaska

"...from $7-8 billion to $12-15 billion. These fluctuations are partly due to the fact that different researchers include different amounts of work in these estimates ..."

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NOAA cancels funding for data collection crucial to tsunami warning systems The Alaska Earthquake Center has long provided NOAA with seismic data for tsunami monitoring and warning purposes. That work will wind down in November, after the federal agency said it can no longer ...

NOAA cancels funding for data collection crucial to tsunami warning systems

"The news comes amid the Trump administration’s effort to dramatically slash federal spending – including by proposed cuts to key weather and climate programs within NOAA."

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Map centered on Alaska showing site-specific high temperatures (ºF) on Sunday, November 2, 2025. Plotted temperature range from 0F at Anadyr, Russia to 50F at Hoonah, AK.

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Sunday. Still cooler than normal Kodiak Island and the Alaska Peninsula. Well above normal much of the rest of mainland Alaska and Yukon Territory. Southeast Alaska near to little it below normal. #akwx #weather @climatologist49.bsky.social

Arctic Voyage of the Containership Istanbul Bridge and the IMO Polar Code The 2025 voyage of the Chinese-owned (Liberian flag), Panamax containership Istanbul Bridge&nbs ...

Arctic Voyage of the Containership Istanbul Bridge and the IMO Polar Code

"...the issue has drawn global attention to the safety and environmental protection challenges of the operation of high-risk, non-polar ships in the Arctic Ocean."

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Russia Pushes ‘Shadow Fleet’ to Limit as LNG Carrier Struggles Through Early Arctic Ice on Northern Sea Route A Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier from the country’s so-called shadow fleet, the Buran, is battling thickening sea ice along the Northern Sea Route, underscoring the risks Moscow faces in ...

Russia Pushes ‘Shadow Fleet’ to Limit as LNG Carrier Struggles Through Early Arctic Ice on Northern Sea Route

"The Buran ... for the past three days has been struggling to find a path through early winter sea ice."

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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy conducts Ice Station in Arctic Ocean U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) crewmembers offload instrumentation onto the ice in the Arctic Ocean, Oct. 1, 2025. Coast Guard operations in the Arctic are critical to expanding our understanding of the Arctic operating environment for advancing national security objectives. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Chris Sappey)

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy conducts Ice Station in Arctic Ocean [Image 1 of 10]

"U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) crewmembers offload instrumentation onto the ice in the Arctic Ocean, Oct. 1, 2025."

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Kamloops working to remove invasive Russian olive trees — but it could take decades | CBC News Russian olive trees may be pretty, but they’re also a problem. In Kamloops, the city is taking an innovative approach to getting rid of them, by introducing a kind of mites.

Is there anything Russian that is not invasive?

"The species is invasive in B.C., having been brought to the province from its native range in Russia and other parts of Asia, according to the Invasive Species Council of B.C."

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What tourists and newcomers thought about Alaska: Insults and compliments captured on postcards From dogs to weather, visitors used unique postcards to memorialize their travels to the 49th state.

What tourists and newcomers thought about Alaska: Insults and compliments captured on postcards www.adn.com/alaska-life/...

Why one of the world’s rarest beers is finally being opened after 150 years It was originally brewed for an 1875 expedition to the North Pole

Yes, #Arctic ...

Why one of the world’s rarest beers is finally being opened, 150 years on

"Some people might think it’s madness to open it, but I think the real madness would be to leave it sitting on a shelf. Beer is meant to be shared ..."

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October 2025: Arctic Oceans and Snow Cover Climate Review October: the new September

October 2025: Arctic Oceans and Snow Cover Climate Review

"In 2025, the October ice extent increase was notably slower than usual the first ten days of the month but then picked up the pace."

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Left: Chukchi Sea daily sea ice extent each year 1979-2025 with the past two seasons and the smoothed 1991-2020 median highlighted. Right: NWS Alaska Region sea ice concentration analysis to November 1, 2025.

Sea ice extent in the Chukchi Sea remains high for the 21st century for November 1. With only 33 percent of the Chukchi still open water, this is the highest ice extent for the date since 2001. Also starting to get ice in protected bays/brackish waters in the northern Bering. #akwx #Arctic #SeaIce

Reporting From Alaska- To 66,000 Alaskans who will go hungry: Let them eat cake Sen. Bill Wielechowski is calling on the suit-happy Dunleavy administration to back a legal claim by 25 states that the Trump administration is violating the law by withholding food assistance money f...

“Are there no prisons?” asked Scrooge McDunleavy ...

To 66,000 Alaskans who will go hungry: Let them eat cake

"Dunleavy and Cox are more worried about this culture war cake claim than the food needs of Alaskans who can’t afford to feed themselves."

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The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 27 October, 2025 2/2

- Canada Launches Major Arctic Development and Defense Initiative

- Scientists Discover Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria Beneath Arctic Ice

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The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 27 October, 2025 Take Five is The Arctic Institute's weekly redux on the Arctic's most important stories, published every Friday.

The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 27 October, 2025 1/2

- Sweden Mining Town Faces Relocation
- Russia Claims Successful Test of Nuclear-Powered Poseidon Drone in Arctic Waters
- Polar Bears Provide Millions of Kilograms of Food for Arctic Scavengers

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These Inuit Maps Are Reimagining the Arctic Counter-mapping projects are supporting Indigenous sovereignty in a shifting landscape

These Inuit Maps Are Reimagining the Arctic

“ 'It’s an approach that is intended to mirror real life on a map,' said Breanna Bishop, a lead researcher on the first sea ice travel map booklets of Nunatsiavut, or Inuit Labrador."

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I hope future generations recognize how quickly and strangely the contours of what counts as a political scandal changed for this president.

Google pulls Gemma from AI Studio after Senator Blackburn accuses model of defamation | TechCrunch Senator Martha Blackburn argued Gemma’s fabrications are “not a harmless ‘hallucination,’" but rather “an act of defamation produced and distributed by a Google-owned AI model.”

Senator Martha Blackburn argued Gemma’s fabrications are “not a harmless ‘hallucination,’" but rather “an act of defamation produced and distributed by a Google-owned AI model.”

Serhii "Africa"Matiiasevych died defending Ukraine

Serhii was a medic,a mortar launcher&head of a strike drone unit.Before worked in the institute of gerontology.He has climbed up the Kilimanjaro in one day.In 2024,Serhii got married,became a father

Eternal memory&eternal glory to Ukrainian Hero

Map centered on Alaska showing color-coded site-specific October 2025 average temperatures departures the 1991-2020 baseline average.

All of Alaska had a warmer than normal October, with the Interior exceptionally mild. Northway second mildest October and Tok third mildest. Fairbanks and Bettles both fifth mildest. Anchorage fourth mildest. Delta Junction, Kenai and Glennallen all in the top ten. #akwx #Climate @patwx.bsky.social

Perfect!

Fairbanks 530-730pm Halloween, prime trick or treat hours, and it’s straight up raining and above freezing. I can find no prior occurrence of such wretchedness. Halloween 1970 closest, with temps in the upper 30s but the rain came after 9pm. #akwx @leahwrenn.bsky.social @tomhewittnews.bsky.social

Random note: I do not enjoy working on boilers. Drip, drip, drip … #Alaska

For 61 years the #BBCWorldService has been broadcasting the latest in science via its weekly Science in Action programme. That dies in the next half hour, with this final edition, reflecting on the fall in trust in expertise driven by malign interests over recent years.

Random note: Twenty percent of my "Arctic" feed tonight was articles castigating Jack Smith and the "Arctic Frost" investigation from one angle or another. This has been going on for over a week now. #Alaska