The collision of a feckless mayor and a well-intended state constitutional provision that could not have predicted such short-sighted incompetence moving so quickly.
11.10.2025 02:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@mikealaska.bsky.social
Throw a kid from the Bronx into Alaska and see what happens.
The collision of a feckless mayor and a well-intended state constitutional provision that could not have predicted such short-sighted incompetence moving so quickly.
11.10.2025 02:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I knew Iβd get at least one person to bite!
20.08.2025 18:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Map of the United States with Alaska and Hawaii as inset maps
Of course!
20.08.2025 15:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0There are islands in the Aleutians west of the 180th parallel which is the eastern most part of the globe
19.08.2025 16:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Alaska is the northernmost, westernmost, and easternmost state. And if I'm feeling Dad Jokey (almost always): Alaska is also the southernmost state.
19.08.2025 05:17 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0@heavyweight.bsky.social fans, anyone else imagine Malcom Gladwell instructing Jonathan on how to say Pushkin like Howard Stern getting the WNBC lesson in private parts everytime the podcast starts? Just me? Ok.
21.07.2025 19:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Seriously badass. The sickest (likely apocryphal) thing I ever heard about Badwater is that runners try to stay on the white line because it keeps their shoes from getting sticky.
08.07.2025 10:01 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Taco Bell is just betting that our future is more Demolition Man than Terminator.
29.06.2025 04:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Sure, rub it in!! At least I can be assured that my lox is fresh here.
24.06.2025 07:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0As an attorney and a resident of Alaska, allow me to retort regarding the premise of the first three arrows: π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£.
24.06.2025 02:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm so mad that all of this wasn't a thing in Jackson Heights when I was a kid and visiting friends in that neighborhood at least every other month or so.
24.06.2025 02:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0sight. damnit.
21.06.2025 01:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Seagulls are nasty critters. A few years ago some nested on the light pole right outside the Boney Courthouse and were dive bombing people walking by to protect their territory. Seagulls attacking eagles is a pretty common site around Anchorage also.
20.06.2025 21:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0@repgray.bsky.social already has a fact-finding session scheduled for Friday. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
18.06.2025 06:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yes, that was all for Eph and the timing comments. Pat, we know youβre out there doing the work.
14.06.2025 23:38 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Didnβt say it was good but do you want to ensure an override fails? Maybe focus on the actual problem creator.
14.06.2025 22:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The Hummus Caucus!
14.06.2025 20:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Senator Dunbar is deployed with the Guard for the next several months. Given the 46 votes for the budget, the 45 needed to override the veto, and the multiple cowards who voted for last year's education funding increase but not to override the veto, we're stuck legislatively until the next session.
14.06.2025 19:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0In 7 months? That's another school year where our educational system is destabilized and ultimately eroded. Even that's assuming you don't have legislators exhibiting abject cowardice like last year. Time to start thinking about other options. Required reading: www.courts.wa.gov/appellate_tr...
13.06.2025 03:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Sean Connery as Malone asking Kevin Costner as Ness "And then what are you prepared to do?" inside a church in a scene from The Untouchables
And then what are you prepared to do?
13.06.2025 03:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!! When are you going on Marketplace?!!
09.06.2025 01:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Sorry to be off topic, but I think the world needs a day where you do the numbers on Marketplace and @kairyssdal.bsky.social narrates The Memory Palace.
08.06.2025 23:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1A good lawyer likely has a decent pile of both, no need to apologize for humblebragging or bragbragging once in a while.
Buried on a records room shelf somewhere is a deposition transcript that reads: Finally. Now I can go pee.
Too soon.
22.05.2025 09:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I'll take "Generally Useless Knowledge Acquired as a Junior Seattle Associate Rethinking The Whole Lawyer Thing" for $800, Alex.
I can also explain the path to med school through North Seattle CC and a post-bacc program in Montana.
USCG licensing requirements is why it is hard to find something in your sweet spot. A 6-pack license is relatively easy to acquire and does not have a separate sailboat endorsement requirement. Over 6 passengers you need a master's license with a sailing endorsement, which is not an easy get.
20.05.2025 06:35 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Many people have been having some or all of this idea for years, i.e. make the Supreme Court operate like the Circuit Courts. From 2023:
www.thenation.com/podcast/poli...
If the Grand Coulee Dam laser light show is happening and you're headed in that direction, the spectacle is a worthy contrast to the natural beauty of Eastern WA. Also, stop at every taco truck you see.
15.05.2025 04:44 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Cleaning videos, rusted metal tool refurbishment, and shattering large blocks of ice has been about 75% of dude reels for a couple of years now. Itβs pretty awesome
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