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Amy O’Neill Houck
@alaskatarian.bsky.social
Food. Words. Wool. Co-publisher, Edible Alaska; podcast host, Eat. Drink. Think.
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As a person living with a heart condition, looking forward at times is daunting. I hope people like me who may be going through turmoil over their future may look know that:
September 29, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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This is my #OC Ocean! She is an octopus made completely of H2o. I had so much fun rendering the textures of water in my style!

#water #ocean #octopus #originalcharacter #eightarms #8arms
#fluidcreatures #depths #fish #clownfish #sun #rays #spiritoftheocean #waterspirit #procreate #digital#sea
September 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Sunday has been mostly about crochet. 🧶
June 2, 2025 at 6:07 AM
May 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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"Companies should not use EULAs to strip people of rights that we normally associate with ownership, like the right to tinker with or modify their own personal devices," EFF’s Tori Noble told @arstechnica.com.
Why console makers can legally brick your game console
“If the ability [to brick a console] is there, someone will want to ‘see how it goes.'”…
arstechnica.com
May 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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UPDATE: The Senate parliamentarian advised lawmakers that they couldn't use the Congressional Review Act to revoke California's right to set vehicle standards. But they did it anyway. Expect a legal fight.
Upending norms, the Senate votes to undo California's EV rules
The Senate parliamentarian advised lawmakers that they couldn't use the Congressional Review Act to revoke California's right to set vehicle standards. But they did it anyway. Expect a legal fight.
www.npr.org
May 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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The Met’s forthcoming gallery dedicated to the American guitar helps showcase how the art created by these objects changed the world. The guitar, by transitive property, broke down racial and class barriers, fought tyranny, and freed up minds and bodies.
A Secret Trove of Rare Guitars Heads to the Met
For decades, an obsessive duo of guitar guys has been amassing a definitive collection. The art these objects created changed the world.
www.newyorker.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
May 14, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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A proposed change to the Endangered Species Act could reduce regulations on pesticides used by farmers, ranchers, and other food producers, putting increased pressure on the habitats of protected species. buff.ly/gLT77LY
Proposal Could Threaten Endangered Species’ Survival in Farm Country
If approved, the change to the Endangered Species Act would give farmers more leeway to use pesticides on critical habitats.
buff.ly
May 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Here's the most interesting thing about the I've encountered today: 2012 lecture by scholar Erica Chenoweth that explains how ordinary citizens can stop authoritarianism. youtu.be/EHkzgDOMtYs?...
Erica Chenoweth - Why Civil Resistance Works: Nonviolence in the Past and Future
YouTube video by Dartmouth
youtu.be
May 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Loved hearing artist Mike Webber describe his process and tell the stories of the totems he designed and carved for the Prince William Sound Science Center in Cordova, Alaska. #AlaskaSky #AlaskaNativeArt
May 6, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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🥗 “Cuts to SNAP and Medicaid are cuts to school meals.” Erin Hysom, FRAC
#hungerpc25
May 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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#Writingcommunity, who's thinking (perhaps begrudgingly) about #awp 26 proposals?

I'll have a new book out, and panels addressing climate change, national parks, abortion, bears, political writing, or trees might be a place we can connect. DMs are open!

porphyry.press/ghosts-of-di...
Ghosts of Distant Trees by Erica Watson — Porphyry Press
porphyry.press
May 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The annual #shorebird migration is happening in Cordova, Alaska… #AlaskaSky
May 3, 2025 at 4:34 AM
If the scammers are gonna get me, it might be like this… (No, I didn’t get the recipe 🥲)

#AlaskaSky #Food #Phishing #TheyGotMyNumber
April 30, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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April 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
“Is it time for our walk?” Kiddo says around 9 PM… I have a personal rule that I say yes to walks, even dusky, misty ones. Thanks for asking, @corazonlines.bsky.social #MidnightSun #Alaska #BorealRainforest #AlaskaSky
April 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I’ve got high hopes for blueberries this year… #foraging #alaska #alaskatarian
April 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
My kiddo Cora is making cool art. 🥰
April 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Enjoying some city moments before we head back to Alaska
February 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM