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Shoshanah in Alaska
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Retired APRN, Alaska voter, akleg, akgov, Anchorage, Alaska
Mérida, Yucatán, México

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Hello? I’m looking for my almost 2,000 Alaska Xitter refugees. This could take a while…
The people of Kipnuk are being asked to go back to a terrible situation. #akleg
November 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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A benefit concert on Saturday at Williwaw Social in Anchorage will feature some of the biggest names in Alaska music.
Anchorage music community rallies for Western Alaska fundraiser Saturday
The benefit concert on Saturday at Williwaw Social features some of the biggest names in Alaska music taking the stage to help raise funds.
www.adn.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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He pled guilty.
NEW: DOJ has been in settlement talks with Michael Flynn -- Trump's first national security adviser seeking $50M for his prosecution by ex-special counsel Robert Mueller -- and Stefan Passantino, a Trump I White House lawyer who accused the House Jan. 6 committee of privacy violations
bit.ly/4hWdolc
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Hey 👋🏽 help stop another Senator Dan Sullivan / Trump judicial nominee. The last time Sullivan chose a federal district court judge the judge was disbarred for being a sex pest. ⚖️

Text SIGN PCITGM to 5049 and call your Senators.
@resist.bot
November 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Remember when OJ said he was going to find the "real killer"?
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 1h
President Trump says he's asking the Justice Department to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's ties to high-profile figures, including political foes https://cnn.it/3M1ebp3
November 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Steve Vladeck at AJEI: the 2nd Trump Administration has sought emergency relief from SCOTUS 31 times. In 16 years of Bush/Obama, 8 times.
8.
November 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Well Alaskans, if you haven’t heard @mariancall.bsky.social sing this song you should! #akleg
"If we the people do not pay, somebody does."
November 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Good article about a new effort we’ve been working on.

www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
Good Neighbor Fund aims to fill short-term needs for homeless Anchorage residents
The fund, held by the nonprofit Alaska Community Foundation, will officially launch on Nov. 19.
www.adn.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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I'd guess that 85-90% of American scientists would be ineligible for future funding under this law, maybe close to 100% in the R1 universities. So much for funding proposals based on scientific merit.

Apart from being sinophobes, the people pushing this have no clue how science or higher ed works.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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I just found out when Josh & my film "ILP" is playing at the Anchorage International Film Festival! It'll be Sunday, Dec 7th at 10:00 am at the Anchorage Museum. I hope you can join us for this film & for more of the wonderful festival. anchoragefilmfestival.org/festival-sch...
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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If anyone was wondering why flags are flying at half mast…
Today we honor Brenda Itta-Lee, the 1st AK Native woman to serve in the AK House of Representatives, whose leadership, courage, & commitment to her people continue to inspire across generations.
https://gov.alaska.gov/flags-to-be-flown-at-half-staff-in-honor-of-former-representative-brenda-itta-lee/
November 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Governor appointed Senators and Representatives should not be able to run for office for the seat they filled. It's especially undemocratic for a lame duck governor to appoint a replacement elected official. This gives an appointee a huge advantage over the rest of the field in an election.
Palmer Republican Sen. Shelley Hughes, one of the preeminent purveyors of trans panic in the #akleg, is resigning effective tomorrow at 5 p.m. so she can focus on her run for governor.

Her resignation follows GOP Wasilla Sen. Shower, who left the job to run with Republican Bernadette Wilson.
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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Going to leave you tonight with another crazy video of the vibrant red aurora we saw in Alaska a few nights ago. Incredible naked-eye colors that made the sky look like it was on fire.
November 14, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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The highest housing costs in Alaska are in our rural communities, where there are close to zero undocumented immigrants. Moreover, there is no statistical evidence of this nationwide, either state by state or over time. It's just a lie, and an embarrassment to Yale Law School.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 14, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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This is an odd way to frame a return to traditional food ways that we ought to celebrate and treat as a chance to reflect on the importance of food sovereignty apnews.com/article/shut...
Tribes that restored buffalo are killing some to feed people because of the shutdown
A deal to end the government shutdown is too late for about 30 bison on the Fort Peck reservation in northern Montana.
apnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Austin Becker developed an early warning system to protect critical infrastructure from storms. His project’s funding was eliminated in April. It does seem important.
November 14, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Will People Trust Voting by Phone? Alaska Is Going to Find Out.

Anchorage is set to allow voters to cast their ballots on smartphones in upcoming local elections.
Will People Trust Voting by Phone? Alaska Is Going to Find Out.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 AM
If you think homelessness is bad in Anchorage or any other city after January expect it to get way worse thanks to the Trump Regime.
November 14, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates

Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.

And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*

Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Here's 1 of 2500+ photos I took last night. My camera is looking south south east. The aurora way brighter and faster last night compared to what I saw the previous night. This is just a teaser, as I have a lot of aurora content that is crunching on my computer now.
November 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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If it seems like there are fewer #birds around, it's not your imagination.

In Episode 7 of Sounds Wild, Jeff Walters from the American Ornithological Society talks about the 2025 State of the Birds report and what can be done about our declining bird population ➡️ https://bit.ly/3Kz9rGA
November 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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We just sued the Trump administration for deciding to trade federally protected wilderness to pave the way for a road through #Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in #Alaska.

The swap exchanged approximately 500 acres of ecologically irreplaceable wilderness lands.

Read on ➡️ https://bit.ly/4nUdzPx
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Only a couple of years after first being spotted in SE Alaska, European green crabs are knocking on Wrangell's door. The State Department of Fish and Game is calling for folks to keep an eye out and report sightings of the invasive species.
#aknews
www.wrangellsentinel.com/stories/fish...
Fish and Game concerned about northern spread of invasive green crab - Wrangell Sentinel
European green crabs, a particularly invasive species known for aggressively displacing native species and damaging important vegetation, have been found on Etolin Island just southwest of …
www.wrangellsentinel.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM