Ann Harris
@annharris.bsky.social
Living and loving life currently on the homeland of the Dena’ina Ełnena. She/her. NEPA born and raised. Snobby about Pizza. Gen X. Former Env Remediation Consultant.
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The proposed Johnson Tract Mine threatens Cook Inlet's brown bears, salmon streams, and endangered beluga whales.
👉 Learn more about what’s at stake, and join the effort to protect Cook Inlet.
#ProtectCookInlet #AlaskaBears #Conservation
👉 Learn more about what’s at stake, and join the effort to protect Cook Inlet.
#ProtectCookInlet #AlaskaBears #Conservation
Brown Bears in the Crosshairs of the Johnson Tract Mine Project - Inletkeeper
Every summer, one of the densest concentrations of brown bears on Earth congregates along the Western shores of Cook Inlet. Over time, the bears in this region have become habituated to the presence o...
inletkeeper.org
August 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The proposed Johnson Tract Mine threatens Cook Inlet's brown bears, salmon streams, and endangered beluga whales.
👉 Learn more about what’s at stake, and join the effort to protect Cook Inlet.
#ProtectCookInlet #AlaskaBears #Conservation
👉 Learn more about what’s at stake, and join the effort to protect Cook Inlet.
#ProtectCookInlet #AlaskaBears #Conservation
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If we ever manage to remove MAGA from the US govt, never let people like Zuck forget what they did. www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/08/mark-zuckerberg-taps-anti-lgbtq-activist-to-advise-meta-on-ai-bias/
August 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If we ever manage to remove MAGA from the US govt, never let people like Zuck forget what they did. www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/08/mark-zuckerberg-taps-anti-lgbtq-activist-to-advise-meta-on-ai-bias/
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- 71% of Utah voters support keeping Bears Ears protections in place.
- Nearly 9 in 10 Utahns believe Tribes should have a strong role in managing these sacred places.
It’s time to honor Traditional Knowledge and protect Bears Ears for future generations.
www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...
- Nearly 9 in 10 Utahns believe Tribes should have a strong role in managing these sacred places.
It’s time to honor Traditional Knowledge and protect Bears Ears for future generations.
www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...
Voices: Bears Ears isn’t a partisan issue. Leaders must respect tribal knowledge.
“Bears Ears needs a path that does not swing back and forth with elections,” writes Malcolm Lehi, a councilman for the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, in an op-ed. “This living, sacred cultural landscape dese...
www.sltrib.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
- 71% of Utah voters support keeping Bears Ears protections in place.
- Nearly 9 in 10 Utahns believe Tribes should have a strong role in managing these sacred places.
It’s time to honor Traditional Knowledge and protect Bears Ears for future generations.
www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...
- Nearly 9 in 10 Utahns believe Tribes should have a strong role in managing these sacred places.
It’s time to honor Traditional Knowledge and protect Bears Ears for future generations.
www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...
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if you wanna connect struggles, the current anti-trans wave, like the anti-gay-marriage wave before it, are also many of the same religious groups and psychiatric guys who helped cover up the high profile Catholic priest child sexual assault cases in the 2000s
August 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
if you wanna connect struggles, the current anti-trans wave, like the anti-gay-marriage wave before it, are also many of the same religious groups and psychiatric guys who helped cover up the high profile Catholic priest child sexual assault cases in the 2000s
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Along with timing it during Dunbar’s deployment, Gov. Mike Dunleavy also ordered sympathetic Republicans to skip the first five days of the session — the window the Alaska Constitution requires for veto overrides. thealaskacurrent.com/2025/07/23/s...
Sen. Dunbar will return from deployment for the special session that Dunleavy expected him to miss - The Alaska Current
Anchorage Democratic Sen. Forrest Dunbar announced on social media today that he will be able to attend the Aug. 2 special session.
thealaskacurrent.com
July 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Along with timing it during Dunbar’s deployment, Gov. Mike Dunleavy also ordered sympathetic Republicans to skip the first five days of the session — the window the Alaska Constitution requires for veto overrides. thealaskacurrent.com/2025/07/23/s...
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Good, concise overview of what the US Dept of Ed does and why we need its protections for kids. nancyebailey.com/2025/02/12/w...
What Does the U.S. Department of Education Do? Enforcing Laws to Protect Students - Nancy Bailey's Education Website
Americans might not understand how the US Department of Education (US DOE) statutes work or their importance. President Trump, former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, and many billionaires believe the...
nancyebailey.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Good, concise overview of what the US Dept of Ed does and why we need its protections for kids. nancyebailey.com/2025/02/12/w...
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Accumulating star light. The light I captured from the north star, Polaris, was made in the late 1500s. If you're younger than 45 years old, all of the star light you see in this timelapse is older than you.
February 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Accumulating star light. The light I captured from the north star, Polaris, was made in the late 1500s. If you're younger than 45 years old, all of the star light you see in this timelapse is older than you.
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The Dunleavy administration secretly acted to change state policy about the proper pay for many state employees, setting a lower pay benchmark without telling legislators. #akleg #alaska
www.dermotcole.com/reportingfro...
www.dermotcole.com/reportingfro...
Reporting From Alaska- State claims secrecy for state salary contract, hiding big policy change from legislators, public
The Dunleavy administration continues to claim that drafts of the $880,000 state salary study are secret, which contradicts a state law that says draft reports are public documents. But a more egregi...
www.dermotcole.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The Dunleavy administration secretly acted to change state policy about the proper pay for many state employees, setting a lower pay benchmark without telling legislators. #akleg #alaska
www.dermotcole.com/reportingfro...
www.dermotcole.com/reportingfro...
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Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).
February 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).
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I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...
projects.propublica.org
March 22, 2024 at 1:25 PM
I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
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Farmworkers are the invisible guests at our Thanksgiving dinner tables. Without their skilled and essential labor, we don’t eat. #WeFeedYou
We can’t do #Thanksgiving without farm workers: Make a donation during this season of thanks and giving and help fund change all year long. ufw.org/thanksgiving2024 or
paypal.com/paypalme/ufwdonate
#WeFeedYou
paypal.com/paypalme/ufwdonate
#WeFeedYou
November 28, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Farmworkers are the invisible guests at our Thanksgiving dinner tables. Without their skilled and essential labor, we don’t eat. #WeFeedYou
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Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum's harsh response to Trump went viral for its claim about US guns trafficked to Mexico. But she also noted that Mexico has a comprehensive policy in place for stopping migrants traveling north to the border. That's important. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/1888...
newrepublic.com/article/1888...
November 27, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum's harsh response to Trump went viral for its claim about US guns trafficked to Mexico. But she also noted that Mexico has a comprehensive policy in place for stopping migrants traveling north to the border. That's important. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/1888...
newrepublic.com/article/1888...
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Today is Fibonacci Day. November 23 if written in MM/DD format recalls the mathematician Leonardo Bonaccio of Pisa (c. 1170 - c. 1240 or 50) aka Fibonacci’s sequence (1,1,2,3…) where each number is the sum of the previous two. 🐡🧪🧮 #histsci He used it to describe rabbit populations, but the sequence
November 23, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Today is Fibonacci Day. November 23 if written in MM/DD format recalls the mathematician Leonardo Bonaccio of Pisa (c. 1170 - c. 1240 or 50) aka Fibonacci’s sequence (1,1,2,3…) where each number is the sum of the previous two. 🐡🧪🧮 #histsci He used it to describe rabbit populations, but the sequence
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Hey, I almost forgot about bystander intervention trainings (thank you Greg Pak for sharing that they exist!) so this is a link to some free, online sessions coming up in the next couple weeks: righttobe.org/training/bys...
Bystander Intervention - Right To Be
righttobe.org
November 22, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Hey, I almost forgot about bystander intervention trainings (thank you Greg Pak for sharing that they exist!) so this is a link to some free, online sessions coming up in the next couple weeks: righttobe.org/training/bys...
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1) Ask your reps to support public transit & use it!
2) Don’t buy new stuff until you *really* need it:
3) Encourage your family & school to get solar panels if it makes sense for your area, especially if there are gov’t programs to pay for them
4) Talk about actionable solutions w/ friends + family
2) Don’t buy new stuff until you *really* need it:
3) Encourage your family & school to get solar panels if it makes sense for your area, especially if there are gov’t programs to pay for them
4) Talk about actionable solutions w/ friends + family
November 22, 2024 at 3:14 PM
1) Ask your reps to support public transit & use it!
2) Don’t buy new stuff until you *really* need it:
3) Encourage your family & school to get solar panels if it makes sense for your area, especially if there are gov’t programs to pay for them
4) Talk about actionable solutions w/ friends + family
2) Don’t buy new stuff until you *really* need it:
3) Encourage your family & school to get solar panels if it makes sense for your area, especially if there are gov’t programs to pay for them
4) Talk about actionable solutions w/ friends + family
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What better way to broaden your horizons than to follow a bunch of scientists on Bluesky? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.
www.nature.com
November 22, 2024 at 2:33 PM
What better way to broaden your horizons than to follow a bunch of scientists on Bluesky? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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"How right wing propaganda networks distorted reality to the point Americans can no longer sort science from lies"
There WSJ, fixed your hed. 🧪
There WSJ, fixed your hed. 🧪
How science lost America’s trust and surrendered health policy to skeptics, Wall Street Journal, www.wsj.com/health/healt...
How Science Lost America’s Trust and Surrendered Health Policy to Skeptics
Voters still angry over Covid-19 measures backed Trump’s embrace of RFK. Officials worry they won’t have ample clout for the next crisis.
www.wsj.com
November 22, 2024 at 3:11 PM
"How right wing propaganda networks distorted reality to the point Americans can no longer sort science from lies"
There WSJ, fixed your hed. 🧪
There WSJ, fixed your hed. 🧪
Love living near the water! Sunset reflecting off of Cook Inlet from Anchorage, AK
November 21, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Love living near the water! Sunset reflecting off of Cook Inlet from Anchorage, AK
Kudos to the ADN for including so many photos of the scientists performing crucial data and sample collection! (double kudos for the pic of the Scientist having a 10yo assistant help :) )
🐋 #whale
A dead #finwhale nearly 50 ft long his washed up on the shore near #Anchorage #Alaska
www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
A dead #finwhale nearly 50 ft long his washed up on the shore near #Anchorage #Alaska
www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
Fin whale nearly 50 feet long washes ashore on Anchorage tidal flats
Biologists said they weren’t sure why the animal died and planned to continue their examination on Monday.
www.adn.com
November 18, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Kudos to the ADN for including so many photos of the scientists performing crucial data and sample collection! (double kudos for the pic of the Scientist having a 10yo assistant help :) )
Anchorage Muni Trail users - 10 min to add your voice on - Anchorage, Chugiak & Eagle River Trails. The Trails Plan guides decision-making on the protection, development, and management of trails.https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/3f4e86444ba94f8a98d088e8b2cba1ae?blm_aid=0
AMATS Rec Trails Plan Survey
Final AMATS Rec Trails Survey
survey123.arcgis.com
November 18, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Anchorage Muni Trail users - 10 min to add your voice on - Anchorage, Chugiak & Eagle River Trails. The Trails Plan guides decision-making on the protection, development, and management of trails.https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/3f4e86444ba94f8a98d088e8b2cba1ae?blm_aid=0
This week has been like a detox going from Twitter to here. Realizing that, in addition to good parts, I opened that app each time because it was akin to a reality show with car crashes guaranteed with every scroll. My early 🦋 feed is more Planet Earth/PBS and I’m loving it!
November 16, 2024 at 6:27 PM
This week has been like a detox going from Twitter to here. Realizing that, in addition to good parts, I opened that app each time because it was akin to a reality show with car crashes guaranteed with every scroll. My early 🦋 feed is more Planet Earth/PBS and I’m loving it!
These two bring such happiness to my day and our house 💚. Happy Friday!
November 15, 2024 at 11:36 PM
These two bring such happiness to my day and our house 💚. Happy Friday!
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The people behind the harassment campaign used the same BS "science is apolitical" reasoning that I have been fighting against for over a decade. This thread does a great job at explaining why science journalism is so important.
I think it's really important to think in broad terms about Helmuth's tenure at Scientific American. Because it has been truly remarkable. Bear with me here, because I think this matters and is worth thinking about. 🧵🧪 #SciWri24
I’ve decided to leave Scientific American after an exciting 4.5 years as editor in chief. I’m going to take some time to think about what comes next (and go birdwatching), but for now I’d like to share a very small sample of the work I’ve been so proud to support (thread)
November 15, 2024 at 5:22 PM
The people behind the harassment campaign used the same BS "science is apolitical" reasoning that I have been fighting against for over a decade. This thread does a great job at explaining why science journalism is so important.