Robert Annis
@robertannis.bsky.social
Outdoor travel and wildlife writer for NatGeo, Outside, Inside Hook, and more.
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“The North is calling on you to see us”…
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Opinion: The world needs to know about what the storm did to Western Alaska
Entire villages face impossible choices to leave the lands their ancestors have called home for thousands of years.
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October 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“The North is calling on you to see us”…
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At this point, the abuse, corruption and ineptitude of Joe Hogsett's mayoral tenure is well documented. And yet...almost no one in Indiana Democratic Party leadership has the spine or sense to call for him to step down.
https://bit.ly/4hfvWN8
https://bit.ly/4hfvWN8
October 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
At this point, the abuse, corruption and ineptitude of Joe Hogsett's mayoral tenure is well documented. And yet...almost no one in Indiana Democratic Party leadership has the spine or sense to call for him to step down.
https://bit.ly/4hfvWN8
https://bit.ly/4hfvWN8
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This is good reporting on the disaster in Alaska if you're looking for a reliable summary.
This is a bigger disaster than I think most are realizing. 1500 people have been displaced by the flooding with an exceptionally complicated response and recovery.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5kz...
This is a bigger disaster than I think most are realizing. 1500 people have been displaced by the flooding with an exceptionally complicated response and recovery.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5kz...
Rescue crews airlift hundreds out of rural Alaskan villages after powerful storm
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
This is good reporting on the disaster in Alaska if you're looking for a reliable summary.
This is a bigger disaster than I think most are realizing. 1500 people have been displaced by the flooding with an exceptionally complicated response and recovery.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5kz...
This is a bigger disaster than I think most are realizing. 1500 people have been displaced by the flooding with an exceptionally complicated response and recovery.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5kz...
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What an insult to all Alaska. This is outrageous.
October 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
What an insult to all Alaska. This is outrageous.
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Said respectfully, this man got a standing ovation saying this in one of the whitest rooms in America
We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
October 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Said respectfully, this man got a standing ovation saying this in one of the whitest rooms in America
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Trying to scrub out the “bad” parts of US history is like getting massive cosmetic surgery — you’re only fooling yourself, it won’t even last, and your kids will still be ugly.
October 12, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Trying to scrub out the “bad” parts of US history is like getting massive cosmetic surgery — you’re only fooling yourself, it won’t even last, and your kids will still be ugly.
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ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.
Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.
He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.
Houston, Texas
Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.
He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.
Houston, Texas
October 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.
Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.
He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.
Houston, Texas
Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.
He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.
Houston, Texas
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October 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
October 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
October 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
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As a retired journalism professor, I believe every newsroom in America must now develop Civil War Protocols: how it will conduct the profession of journalism when Donald Trump declares martial law and systematically ends our democracy. If your newsroom isn't prepared for this, it's rank malpractice.
October 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
September 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
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45 million acres of public vacationland open to loggers and miners—if we don't fight by Sept. 19.
Here's how to make your voice heard.
www.frommers.com/trip-ideas/o...
#travel #nationalparks #fishing #hunting #camping
Here's how to make your voice heard.
www.frommers.com/trip-ideas/o...
#travel #nationalparks #fishing #hunting #camping
45 Million Acres of Public Vacationland Open to Loggers and Miners If…
In 2001, the Roadless Rule was implemented after 600 public meetings and 95% public approval. The Trump government wants to eliminate it fast.
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September 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
45 million acres of public vacationland open to loggers and miners—if we don't fight by Sept. 19.
Here's how to make your voice heard.
www.frommers.com/trip-ideas/o...
#travel #nationalparks #fishing #hunting #camping
Here's how to make your voice heard.
www.frommers.com/trip-ideas/o...
#travel #nationalparks #fishing #hunting #camping
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Something good: a new, nonprofit newsroom run by some wonderful, experienced folks (core crew from Outside mag's glory days) dedicated to journalism about American public lands! Looks like the plan is to collaborate a fair bit with other outlets.
RE:PUBLIC
INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM FOR PUBLIC LANDS.
www.republic.land
September 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Something good: a new, nonprofit newsroom run by some wonderful, experienced folks (core crew from Outside mag's glory days) dedicated to journalism about American public lands! Looks like the plan is to collaborate a fair bit with other outlets.
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These people will end up dead. Trump is a #WarCriminal (he’s also a run-of-the-mill criminal too, multiple times over). This is unconscionable.
BREAKING: ICE is sending Russian dissidents back to Russia. When the dissidents arrived in Russia, the Russian authorities were given documents relating to their asylum applications in the US which under US law are confidential. This seems to be part of a secret agreement between Trump and Putin.
‘I escaped a Russian prison — only to end up in an American jail’
Dozens of Russian dissidents have been expelled from the US and forcibly returned to Russia with the co-operation of immigration authorities
www.thetimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:56 AM
These people will end up dead. Trump is a #WarCriminal (he’s also a run-of-the-mill criminal too, multiple times over). This is unconscionable.
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The lack of mainstream coverage of regular huge protests reminds me of a talk from a Twitter employees who explained that they had to drop BLM off the Trending Tags section because otherwise it would have been there permanently. The modern media environment has no appetite for sustained movements.
The crowd has no beginning and no end as it begins its march to the White House
September 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The lack of mainstream coverage of regular huge protests reminds me of a talk from a Twitter employees who explained that they had to drop BLM off the Trending Tags section because otherwise it would have been there permanently. The modern media environment has no appetite for sustained movements.
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My students, who attend a working-class rust-belt college, openly talk abt how much they hate AI & are afraid of its consequences. I wonder how much of the oft-reported student enthusiasm for the tech is the merely result of the NYT’s Ivy League bias
August 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
My students, who attend a working-class rust-belt college, openly talk abt how much they hate AI & are afraid of its consequences. I wonder how much of the oft-reported student enthusiasm for the tech is the merely result of the NYT’s Ivy League bias
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The NY Times WITNESSED BRIBERY in the mayor’s race and called it “ a bold departure from political norms.”
What, and I can’t stress this enough, the fucking fuck are you fucking talking about?
What, and I can’t stress this enough, the fucking fuck are you fucking talking about?
August 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The NY Times WITNESSED BRIBERY in the mayor’s race and called it “ a bold departure from political norms.”
What, and I can’t stress this enough, the fucking fuck are you fucking talking about?
What, and I can’t stress this enough, the fucking fuck are you fucking talking about?
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Empathy for who?
Once again, fuck the New York Times.
Once again, fuck the New York Times.
August 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Empathy for who?
Once again, fuck the New York Times.
Once again, fuck the New York Times.
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Oh look, ICE is copying literal Nazi recruiting propaganda again. The poster on the right is for the Volkssturm, the Nazi militia of older men and boys established during the final months of World War II.
![@DHSgov on X: We’re taking father/son bonding to a whole new level.
JOIN.ICE.GOV
06 Aug 25
[Young man and old man in ICE gear]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eppsmw5nfmdzhfeymtzd3xbe/bafkreibrddxw227e4ldwrtdrf4nfz4riyb3yfyluczrelklrnnnp7e7l6m@jpeg)
![Wehrschiessen des Deutschen Volkes 1944
[Young man and old man sharing a rifle]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eppsmw5nfmdzhfeymtzd3xbe/bafkreibsutqtdx2tbxfm64xbjp4nspzgvdg6xvxewm244dbplmeuoznnvy@jpeg)
August 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Oh look, ICE is copying literal Nazi recruiting propaganda again. The poster on the right is for the Volkssturm, the Nazi militia of older men and boys established during the final months of World War II.
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JUL 31 is the deadline to submit a public comment on the Vision Zero Action Plan for Indianapolis!
With that in mind, I have created detailed talking points about how I believe this plan should be implemented. Link to survey at the end of this thread. 🧵
www.visionzeroindy.com/post/vision-...
With that in mind, I have created detailed talking points about how I believe this plan should be implemented. Link to survey at the end of this thread. 🧵
www.visionzeroindy.com/post/vision-...
Vision Zero on the Cheap
Vision Zero isn't simple and Indianapolis has some serious financial constraints. With focus and efficiency, we can overcome these hurdles.
www.visionzeroindy.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
JUL 31 is the deadline to submit a public comment on the Vision Zero Action Plan for Indianapolis!
With that in mind, I have created detailed talking points about how I believe this plan should be implemented. Link to survey at the end of this thread. 🧵
www.visionzeroindy.com/post/vision-...
With that in mind, I have created detailed talking points about how I believe this plan should be implemented. Link to survey at the end of this thread. 🧵
www.visionzeroindy.com/post/vision-...
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the increasing frequency of scorching weather like this last week should remind every elected official that we need to devote more resources to tree equity, especially at bus stops.
July 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
the increasing frequency of scorching weather like this last week should remind every elected official that we need to devote more resources to tree equity, especially at bus stops.
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Members of Indiana’s U.S. House of Representatives delegation and their staffers have accepted roughly $640,000 in privately sponsored international travel since 2020, an Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism analysis of travel disclosures found. @indianacapitalchronicle.com
Five-star stays and Michelin-starred meals: Interest groups foot the bill for congressional travel
Indiana’s representatives saw little expense spared during international trips paid for with special interest groups’ money.
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July 29, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Members of Indiana’s U.S. House of Representatives delegation and their staffers have accepted roughly $640,000 in privately sponsored international travel since 2020, an Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism analysis of travel disclosures found. @indianacapitalchronicle.com
Another childhood hero gone.
With great sadness, we share that Ryne Sandberg has passed away today.
July 29, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Another childhood hero gone.