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Dr. Heather McFarlin
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Mom, Alaska seismology, volcanology, LGBTQ+ rights, abortion advocate, social justice and equity.
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
You're never gonna believe this, but we're out of archaeologists again.

We have matched ~650 groups with archaeologists this semester! I am so grateful to the 196 Archaeologist volunteers!

We have 60 unmatched groups rn

Know archaeologists who could do a session? Send them to SkypeAScientist.com
SKYPE A SCIENTIST
Skype a Scientist matches your classroom, scout troop, or library with scientists for Q&A sessions for free!
SkypeAScientist.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
volcanoheather.bsky.social
I think I'd rather have Aikman in the booth at the Commanders game...
November 9, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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fbxresistanceinfo.bsky.social
WHAT: People's Town Hall: Food Security in Fairbanks
Where: UAF Schaible Auditorium
WHEN: 11/22/25; 12-4 pm *snacks from 11:30-12*

More info in comments.
November 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
volcanoheather.bsky.social
Another article about Alaska Earthquake Center and tsunami funding cuts www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/11/01/s...
November 1, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Reposted by Dr. Heather McFarlin
alaskapublic.org
NOAA’s National Weather Service holds the federal responsibility for tsunami warnings, and has historically been a primary supporter of seismic data collection in Alaska
NOAA cancels longstanding funding for seismic data collection crucial to tsunami warning systems
The Alaska Earthquake Center has long provided NOAA with seismic data for tsunami monitoring and warning purposes. That work will wind down in November, after the federal agency said it can no longer fund the contract.
akpub.io
November 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Reposted by Dr. Heather McFarlin
akearthquake.bsky.social
More than 2,000 people filled out "Did You Feel It" reports for this morning's magnitude 5.4 earthquake on the Kenai Peninsula. Get the details in this story our amazing Earthquake Center team pulled together for you today!
https://earthquake.alaska.edu/mid-morning-quake-between-seward-and-homer
Map of Kenai Peninsula showing seismograms from stations closest to the magnitude 5.4 earthquake.
October 31, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Reposted by Dr. Heather McFarlin
adn.com
The remnants of Typhoon Halong spared Quinhagak much of the home damage seen in other villages. But the storm caused massive beach erosion and upended the Nunalleq site, the world’s largest trove of pre-contact Yup’ik cultural treasures. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
In Quinhagak, the storm stripped away beach and priceless archaeological artifacts
www.adn.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Reposted by Dr. Heather McFarlin
tundragranite.bsky.social
On the ground reporting from Quinhagak. Not as catastrophic like further north, but still severe impacts from #halong, including 60 ft of Beach loss and the destruction of an extensive archeological dig.
#alaska #flooding #erosion

www.kyuk.org/public-safet...
‘It looks like a bomb hit.' Ex-typhoon Halong peels back as much as 60 feet from Quinhagak’s shoreline
Severe erosion in the coastal community has put critical infrastructure in peril and destroyed a vital archaeological lens into the past.
www.kyuk.org
October 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
volcanoheather.bsky.social
@shanahstone.bsky.social you still looking for Dillingham pics?
October 19, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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shanahstone.bsky.social
I’m still looking for No Kings photos from Dillingham, Haines, Kotz, Port Alexander, Sitka, Valdez, Wrangell, or anywhere else in Alaska there was a protest. I know there’s more out there!
October 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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kybrarian.bsky.social
Alt text: A comment from an account called bluesky-helper telling the poster that their account has been suspended and that they need to click a link to avoid being terminated.

Don't click the link.
doublecollusion.bsky.social SpiffySmallSound @doublecollusion.bsky.social · 29d
Guys new scamming method on bluesky. Please share this around. Dont fall for this stuff

Block, move on.
October 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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corinne-smith.bsky.social
Alaska communities rallying today for the nationwide No Kings protest - Gustavus, Dillingham, Soldotna, Fairbanks, Juneau, Wasilla, Kotz, Valdez, Anchorage and who else!?

Send us your photos!

Tag community + photographer name - info@alaskabeacon.com

www.marchagainst.org/whenwhere
What's the next move? — MarchAgainst.org
www.marchagainst.org
October 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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richthompsonak.bsky.social
'We’re in God’s hands now': A dispatch from Western Alaska

“We don’t know where we’re going, or where we’re going to live. Or if we’ll ever go back home,” said John ... He added: “We’re all in God’s hands. We’re not in control any more.”

www.northernjournal.com/were-in-gods...
'We’re in God’s hands now': A dispatch from Western Alaska
Hundreds have left their homes. Many may never go back.
www.northernjournal.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Reposted by Dr. Heather McFarlin
alaska.bsky.social
Folks have been focused on the developing disaster in southwest Alaska, but America's farthest-west community is suffering, too: Adak has been without power for two weeks because of problems with the local generator.

www.kucb.org/regional/202...
Adak residents ‘getting by’ after two weeks without power
A replacement generator is currently being sent on a barge, but it’s not scheduled to arrive until Nov. 3 – weather dependent.
www.kucb.org
October 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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chasingray.bsky.social
Spreading the word on the "Typhoon Dogs" being rescued from Kipnuk, Alaska where the entire flooded village had to evac and could not take their dogs.This thread covers the news and includes donate links for those getting the dogs out via small aircraft. (No roads!) bsky.app/profile/chas...
chasingray.bsky.social Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social · Oct 17
Here are the latest Typhoon Dogs pics posted by Bethel Friends of Canines to FB. This is how these dogs are getting saved.
Dogs loaded on small aircraft, two folks standing on ramp Dog kennels loaded on aircraft Several folks wrangling several dogs in an office. LOTS OF DOGS!
October 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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eva.computer
white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly

bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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anchistorian.bsky.social
May 1982, Kipnuk in better times, now devastated by Typhoon Halong. If you can, consider donating Alaska Community Fund, helping those impacted in Western Alaska (alaskacf.fcsuite.com...).
October 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Reposted by Dr. Heather McFarlin
napaaqtuk.bsky.social
In case you are looking for Indigenous thrillers/horror stories this October. Fricking love libraries that put together lists like this.

pima.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...?
Indigenous-Authored Chills and Thrills — a staff-created list from Pima County Public Library
The Many Nations team collected spooky titles by Indigenous authors to celebrate 2024's yíiyáh season. "Yíiyáh" is a Navajo expression that ranges in meaning from "scary" to "dangerous." Dive into the...
pima.bibliocommons.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Reposted by Dr. Heather McFarlin
sharktocat.bsky.social
Read this, and understand that prison is evil, and must be abolished, but also there are some things no one can take away.
assignedmedia.org Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · Oct 16
What's it like for a trans woman in a men's prison? B Speaks brings us this haunting, hopeful look at a woman remaining true to herself through unimaginable hardship.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Freedom is Something You Carry Inside — Assigned
A trans woman’s account of life in a men’s prison in Georgia.
www.assignedmedia.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Reposted by Dr. Heather McFarlin
samlmontano.bsky.social
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...
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
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corinne-smith.bsky.social
From AKPM: Hundreds are still sheltering - now Day 4 - since Typhoon Halong - in ill-equipped local schools.

Emergency supplies are being shipped in, as evacuations are taking place, but the coordination takes time.

“We know that folks are miserable.”

www.kyuk.org/alaska-state...
'Miserable': Hundreds sheltering in Western Alaska schools in dire conditions
The state is evacuating the vulnerable and trying to find safe shelter for all. “We're moving as fast as we can,” the incident commander said. “We know that folks are miserable.”
www.kyuk.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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chasingray.bsky.social
This is the Western Alaska animal nonprofit working to rescue the pets in Kipnuk.

The residents of Kipnuk are under a mandatory evac order but can not bring their pets with them. Supporting this group will help with charter aircraft, etc.

www.bethelfriendsofcanines.com
Bethel Friends of Canines
Bethel Friends of Canines is a non-profit dog rescue based in the rural Alaskan village of Bethel. Not only do we rescue dogs in Bethel, but we also rescue dogs all over the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta...
www.bethelfriendsofcanines.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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alnus-sitchensis.bsky.social
Some of Alaska's first climate refugees - wishing an outpouring of community support and love for the 1000+ displaced by Halong, may they get the resources to return home 💚
October 16, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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napaaqtuk.bsky.social
There needs to be more coverage of this in the news. I have read so many stories bout this on Facebook, first hand stories of the terror of that storm, and very little coverage n media.
www.facebook.com/100000960660...
Screenshot of a Facebook post. Photo is an elderly woman holding a child on her ap on a couch with flood water around them. Both are wearing jackets inside. Text says: This was after our 1st drift.. staying put for awhile. Our 3rd and final drift was terrifying. House moving fast then we started spinning in circles. While we were spinning in circles my oldest daughter was just staring at me while I held onto my younger two. Kipnuk doesn't look like kipnuk anymore, like more than 3/4 of the homes displaced, power poles fallen. It smells like stove oil outside. Contaminated
October 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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alaskawx.bsky.social
If you're able, please consider a donation to the Alaska Community Fund to help people in western Alaska impacted by ex-typhoon Halong even as winter is bearing down. All the money donated goes to the region. Quyana. #Alaska #AlaskaSky

alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
Screen shot of the ACF Western Alaska Disaster Relief 2025 Fund: "In response to recent severe storms, including Typhoon Halong, that devastated Alaska's western coast, local community organizations and regional partners have come together to establish the Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund, housed at the Alaska Community Foundation. Two major storm systems struck western Alaska in rapid succession, bringing record flooding, extreme winds, and extensive damage from Kwigillingok to Kotzebue. Homes have been damaged and destroyed, critical infrastructure compromised, and subsistence resources disrupted. The Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund will provide support to affected communities for immediate relief, recovery support, and long-term resilience, including disaster preparedness initiatives. Distribution decisions will be guided by advisors including regional leaders and stakeholders, ensuring resources reach affected communities based on locally identified needs. The Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund brings together a growing list of local, regional, and statewide partners endorsing the fund, including: Association of Village Council Presidents Alaska Federation of Natives Alaska Native Heritage Center Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Bethel Community Services Foundation Calista Corporation Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation First Alaskans Institute Kawerak, Inc. Native Peoples Action Maniilaq Association Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation"
October 14, 2025 at 2:05 AM