Don
@wormeguy.bsky.social
Studying parasites and frozen frogs in the Arctic.
"and his behavior toward authority is highly
unusual and most inappropriate."
Interests: Parasites, Pedagogy, Politics, and Packers.
The postings are my own & do not represent the University of Alaska.
"and his behavior toward authority is highly
unusual and most inappropriate."
Interests: Parasites, Pedagogy, Politics, and Packers.
The postings are my own & do not represent the University of Alaska.
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Don
@wormeguy.bsky.social
· Aug 15
BTW, I am always Team Humanity, Fuck Yea!
To crib Office Space:
Why should I change? They are the one who sucks.
To crib Office Space:
Why should I change? They are the one who sucks.
A guy in Kodiak shot himself in the groin after attempting to stack a loaded shotgun on top of another gun. Genius.
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
A guy in Kodiak shot himself in the groin after attempting to stack a loaded shotgun on top of another gun. Genius.
Mayor Grier Hopkins is relying on the Pearl Creek charter's appeal to be successful. He plans on locking the borough into a long term lease that has yet to be negotiated to save his neighborhood school that he attended as a kid.
www.newsminer.com/news/local_n...
www.newsminer.com/news/local_n...
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Mayor Grier Hopkins is relying on the Pearl Creek charter's appeal to be successful. He plans on locking the borough into a long term lease that has yet to be negotiated to save his neighborhood school that he attended as a kid.
www.newsminer.com/news/local_n...
www.newsminer.com/news/local_n...
This will definitely fix MLB's gambling problem.
No way will addicts attempt to circumvent this.
No way will addicts attempt to circumvent this.
MLB announces that all authorized betting partners will now cap wagers on pitch-level bets at $200 and exclude them from parlays. Pitch-level bets, you may remember, are the kind Clase, Ortiz, and their co-conspirators allegedly exploited.
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
This will definitely fix MLB's gambling problem.
No way will addicts attempt to circumvent this.
No way will addicts attempt to circumvent this.
Humans, in aggregate, are pretty amazing.
November 8, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Humans, in aggregate, are pretty amazing.
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Dan Sullivan’s choice for Alaska District Court Judge is disbarred, the sex pest Joshua Kindred.
Now Dan Sullivan is picking more Alaska District Court nominees in a secret process that doesn’t include Lisa Murkowski.
Now Dan Sullivan is picking more Alaska District Court nominees in a secret process that doesn’t include Lisa Murkowski.
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Dan Sullivan’s choice for Alaska District Court Judge is disbarred, the sex pest Joshua Kindred.
Now Dan Sullivan is picking more Alaska District Court nominees in a secret process that doesn’t include Lisa Murkowski.
Now Dan Sullivan is picking more Alaska District Court nominees in a secret process that doesn’t include Lisa Murkowski.
A blast from the past by @matt.akmemo.com
I wonder how Tammie Wilson feels about jury nullification today?
www.newsminer.com/news/local_n...
I wonder how Tammie Wilson feels about jury nullification today?
www.newsminer.com/news/local_n...
Alaska law department speaks out on jury nullification bill
JUNEAU — The Alaska Department of Law has serious concerns about a bill that would legally allow defendants to question the merits of a law and urge juries to vote
www.newsminer.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A blast from the past by @matt.akmemo.com
I wonder how Tammie Wilson feels about jury nullification today?
www.newsminer.com/news/local_n...
I wonder how Tammie Wilson feels about jury nullification today?
www.newsminer.com/news/local_n...
"I think we all actually have a necessity to answer the question, what would be the way that you personally or people that you talk to, people in your circles, would choose to fund these additional elements" Ruffridge
Easy!
Cut corrections and state troopers.
Fund teachers and schools.
Easy!
Cut corrections and state troopers.
Fund teachers and schools.
Improving Alaska’s public schools isn’t cheap — and educators say there are no quick fixes. Lawmakers on the state’s new education task force heard calls for stable funding, better pay, pensions and smaller classes.
Few easy answers or quick fixes for Alaska’s public school system - The Alaska Current
Improving Alaska's public school system, it turns out, isn’t cheap.
buff.ly
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
"I think we all actually have a necessity to answer the question, what would be the way that you personally or people that you talk to, people in your circles, would choose to fund these additional elements" Ruffridge
Easy!
Cut corrections and state troopers.
Fund teachers and schools.
Easy!
Cut corrections and state troopers.
Fund teachers and schools.
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BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Anchorage and Seattle-Tacoma airports are among 40 across the U.S. that will see flights cut starting Friday due to the government shutdown.
Anchorage International among 40 US airports targeted by FAA for shutdown-related flight cuts
The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that it will reduce air traffic by 10% across 40 “high-volume” markets to maintain travel safety as air traffic controllers exhibit signs of strain d...
www.adn.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Anchorage and Seattle-Tacoma airports are among 40 across the U.S. that will see flights cut starting Friday due to the government shutdown.
She's become Lora Reinbold
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 AM
She's become Lora Reinbold
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There it is.
Every aspect of commercial airspace in this country is built on another. The ripple effect from 10% reduction goes everywhere. (Like how a blizzard shutting down JFK impacts Atlanta & Miami.)
Now, call your reps & tell them to get their lazy selves back to work. The House must open.
Every aspect of commercial airspace in this country is built on another. The ripple effect from 10% reduction goes everywhere. (Like how a blizzard shutting down JFK impacts Atlanta & Miami.)
Now, call your reps & tell them to get their lazy selves back to work. The House must open.
BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Transportation announces it will reduce scheduled airspace capacity by 10% starting Friday morning if the government shutdown has not ended, citing "growing pressure" in the NAS as controllers and other personnel continue to go unpaid. Developing story.
November 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
There it is.
Every aspect of commercial airspace in this country is built on another. The ripple effect from 10% reduction goes everywhere. (Like how a blizzard shutting down JFK impacts Atlanta & Miami.)
Now, call your reps & tell them to get their lazy selves back to work. The House must open.
Every aspect of commercial airspace in this country is built on another. The ripple effect from 10% reduction goes everywhere. (Like how a blizzard shutting down JFK impacts Atlanta & Miami.)
Now, call your reps & tell them to get their lazy selves back to work. The House must open.
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The Speaker of the House is getting paid not to work while the NTSB team heading to the crash site in Kentucky is not.
Mike Johnson needs to call the House back in session or get his ass down there and shift some wreckage.
He needs to experience what dedicated federal employees do for a living.
Mike Johnson needs to call the House back in session or get his ass down there and shift some wreckage.
He needs to experience what dedicated federal employees do for a living.
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The Speaker of the House is getting paid not to work while the NTSB team heading to the crash site in Kentucky is not.
Mike Johnson needs to call the House back in session or get his ass down there and shift some wreckage.
He needs to experience what dedicated federal employees do for a living.
Mike Johnson needs to call the House back in session or get his ass down there and shift some wreckage.
He needs to experience what dedicated federal employees do for a living.
A Pope once dug up the body of another Pope, put the dead Pope on trial, and then desecrated the corpse by cutting off the fingers the dead Pope used for blessings.
I wouldn't piss off the Pope.
I wouldn't piss off the Pope.
BREAKING: After ICE refuses to allow detained migrants to receive the Eucharist, Pope Leo calls on Trump and Vance to respect migrants‘ dignity and religious liberty.
“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”
“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”
November 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A Pope once dug up the body of another Pope, put the dead Pope on trial, and then desecrated the corpse by cutting off the fingers the dead Pope used for blessings.
I wouldn't piss off the Pope.
I wouldn't piss off the Pope.
The Carter Foundations work to eradicate Guinea worm is remarkable.
I use Guinea worm to teach about disease in developing countries and disease eradication efforts.
I use Guinea worm to teach about disease in developing countries and disease eradication efforts.
Thank you, Georgia Public Broadcasting, for airing tonight the heroic story of the “Guinea worm warriors” who have brought one of the world’s largest parasites affecting humans to the brink of eradication.
November 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The Carter Foundations work to eradicate Guinea worm is remarkable.
I use Guinea worm to teach about disease in developing countries and disease eradication efforts.
I use Guinea worm to teach about disease in developing countries and disease eradication efforts.
Reposted by Don
Thank you, Georgia Public Broadcasting, for airing tonight the heroic story of the “Guinea worm warriors” who have brought one of the world’s largest parasites affecting humans to the brink of eradication.
November 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Thank you, Georgia Public Broadcasting, for airing tonight the heroic story of the “Guinea worm warriors” who have brought one of the world’s largest parasites affecting humans to the brink of eradication.
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option 1: high deductible w hsa. the cost share has gone up from 25% iirc
option 2: the default silver plan which… that was not the deductible last year
option 2: the default silver plan which… that was not the deductible last year
November 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
option 1: high deductible w hsa. the cost share has gone up from 25% iirc
option 2: the default silver plan which… that was not the deductible last year
option 2: the default silver plan which… that was not the deductible last year
A few years ago, I got a terrible haircut. It was one of those Richard Spencer fascist haircuts.
I was mad. I haven't even gotten a haircut since although I'll trim it eventually.
That was a haircut so I'm not really buying keeping a Nazi tattoo.
I was mad. I haven't even gotten a haircut since although I'll trim it eventually.
That was a haircut so I'm not really buying keeping a Nazi tattoo.
October 31, 2025 at 12:29 AM
A few years ago, I got a terrible haircut. It was one of those Richard Spencer fascist haircuts.
I was mad. I haven't even gotten a haircut since although I'll trim it eventually.
That was a haircut so I'm not really buying keeping a Nazi tattoo.
I was mad. I haven't even gotten a haircut since although I'll trim it eventually.
That was a haircut so I'm not really buying keeping a Nazi tattoo.
I just realized that Mike Shower will be resigning from the seat that Mike Dunleavy resigned from. Dunleavy will have picked both his replacement and his replacement's replacement.
Democracy!
Democracy!
October 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I just realized that Mike Shower will be resigning from the seat that Mike Dunleavy resigned from. Dunleavy will have picked both his replacement and his replacement's replacement.
Democracy!
Democracy!
"We wish to acknowledge that this school resides on the ancestral land of the Dena’ina and Ahtna people who have stewarded this area for thousands of years. Our community thrives thanks to their continued sharing of vision, wisdom, values, and leadership"
Indigenous land acknowledgment signs and statements will no longer be permitted in Mat-Su district school buildings or at district events after school board members said such statements are divisive. Via @matsusentinel.bsky.social
Mat-Su school district removes Indigenous land acknowledgment signs, halts land statements at events
The decision to remove the land acknowledgment signs and halt traditional land acknowledgment statements was not subject to public comment.
www.adn.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"We wish to acknowledge that this school resides on the ancestral land of the Dena’ina and Ahtna people who have stewarded this area for thousands of years. Our community thrives thanks to their continued sharing of vision, wisdom, values, and leadership"
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Alaska prosecutors charge Knights of Ni with significant Medicaid fraud, writes @alaska.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com
alaskabeacon.com/briefs/alask...
alaskabeacon.com/briefs/alask...
Alaska prosecutors charge Knights of Ni with significant Medicaid fraud | Alaska Beacon
Seven felony charges have been filed against a 'Monty Python' named LLC and its owner, alleging more than half a million dollars in fraud.
alaskabeacon.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Alaska prosecutors charge Knights of Ni with significant Medicaid fraud, writes @alaska.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com
alaskabeacon.com/briefs/alask...
alaskabeacon.com/briefs/alask...
Alaska Watchman wrote "Do you know what the queers are doing to the soil?"
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Alaska Watchman wrote "Do you know what the queers are doing to the soil?"
Pearl Creek STEAM Charter is calling for folks to write in to support their appeal.
Only 7 legislators are listed, not all 9 that represent Fairbanks.
They left Sen Mike Cronk and Rep Rebecca Schwanke off their list.
SD R and HD 36 both fall within the former Pearl Creek attendance boundaries.
Only 7 legislators are listed, not all 9 that represent Fairbanks.
They left Sen Mike Cronk and Rep Rebecca Schwanke off their list.
SD R and HD 36 both fall within the former Pearl Creek attendance boundaries.
![Email: Ashley.Carrick@akleg.gov, Maxine.Dibert@akleg.gov, Will.Stapp@akleg.gov, Frank.Tomaszewski@akleg.gov, Scott.Kawasaki@akleg.gov, Robert.Myers@akleg.gov, Mike.Prax@akleg.gov
CC: eed.stateboard@alaska.gov
Subject: Support for Pearl Creek STEAM Charter
Hello, my name is [Your Name], and I’m a [parent/educator/constituent/community member] from [your town or neighborhood].
I’m contacting you because I strongly support the approval of the Pearl Creek STEAM Charter School on appeal to the State. I support Pearl Creek STEAM because_________
I’m asking you to publicly support the State’s approval of the Pearl Creek STEAM Charter and to use your position to help make it a reality. Your leadership can ensure that families in our district have access to an innovative public school model that serves all children, not just a few.
Thank you for your time and for your commitment to Alaska’s students and families. I hope you’ll stand with us in supporting the Pearl Creek STEAM Charter.
(insert name)
(Zip code or City, State)
(Phone number, if you would like a call back)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:s45vjgicrmhmjan76hpmzxtu/bafkreifztfrrf7ap2jaa2vgaefxdfm7a44unszzkmb56rkoxhpzd6bz3iu@jpeg)
October 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Pearl Creek STEAM Charter is calling for folks to write in to support their appeal.
Only 7 legislators are listed, not all 9 that represent Fairbanks.
They left Sen Mike Cronk and Rep Rebecca Schwanke off their list.
SD R and HD 36 both fall within the former Pearl Creek attendance boundaries.
Only 7 legislators are listed, not all 9 that represent Fairbanks.
They left Sen Mike Cronk and Rep Rebecca Schwanke off their list.
SD R and HD 36 both fall within the former Pearl Creek attendance boundaries.
Just saw something like this in Ester. A giant log stacker driving down the Parks.
October 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Just saw something like this in Ester. A giant log stacker driving down the Parks.
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Grapevine reports of suspected roofying, or date rape drugging, at the bars in Juneau this weekend, please be aware this Halloween.
Sadly, this predatory behavior is nothing new in Alaska. I wrote about it in 2023 - watch out, and call out the creeps if you see them.
www.kbbi.org/local-news/2...
Sadly, this predatory behavior is nothing new in Alaska. I wrote about it in 2023 - watch out, and call out the creeps if you see them.
www.kbbi.org/local-news/2...
Homer grapples with date rape drugging at local bars
Earlier this spring, the Homer Police Department issued an alert on social media that several bar patrons had reported that their drinks had been spiked. But advocates say it’s an ongoing problem in H...
www.kbbi.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Grapevine reports of suspected roofying, or date rape drugging, at the bars in Juneau this weekend, please be aware this Halloween.
Sadly, this predatory behavior is nothing new in Alaska. I wrote about it in 2023 - watch out, and call out the creeps if you see them.
www.kbbi.org/local-news/2...
Sadly, this predatory behavior is nothing new in Alaska. I wrote about it in 2023 - watch out, and call out the creeps if you see them.
www.kbbi.org/local-news/2...