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Mel Green 🌻
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In Alaska (w/ Finnish roots). And I write. ✍🏻♀🏳️‍🌈🇫🇮🌊🌻

Rakkaus on ankara ja lempi kova, siihen kuolee seisaalleen ja silmät jää auki. (Love is severe & devotion tough, it kills you on your feet & your eyes remain open.)
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yksin.bsky.social
Your murderer was found guilty, John. I'm glad for that, though it won't bring you back. You made some big mistakes in your life, but I'm glad to have known you. Rest in peace.

www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
Anchorage man convicted of murder in homeless advocate’s death
A jury on Tuesday found Ryan Dummler, 34, guilty of first- and second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of John Martin III in June 2023.
www.adn.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:30 AM
yksin.bsky.social
WaPo: “In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols” — this reversal came about because of the outcry from yesterday’s policy announcement giving leeway for antisemitic & anti-Black hate symbols in the U.S. Coast Guard. RESISTANCE WORKs.
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
yksin.bsky.social
The further Nazification of the United (so-called) States of AmeriKKKa.
November 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
yksin.bsky.social
Why would anyone ever listen to this guy in the first place? Quack quack. 🦆
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28d
RFK Jr to urge Americans to eat more saturated fats, alarming health experts
RFK Jr to urge Americans to eat more saturated fats, alarming health experts
Guidance from health and human services secretary contradicts decades of dietary recommendations Robert F Kennedy Jr, the health and human services secretary, is planning to issue guidance encouraging Americans to eat more saturated fats, contradicting decades of dietary recommendations and alarming experts. “My response and sort of counsel to myself was to stay calm, and let’s see what happens, because there was no indication given as to how, why, when this potential shift would occur,” said Cheryl Anderson, an American Heart Association board member and professor at the University of California, San Diego’s school of public health and human longevity science. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:55 PM
yksin.bsky.social
Turns out he agrees with us that he's a shitty president. And an even shittier would-be king.
October 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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mmaarrow.bsky.social
Haha! Love this letter from Douglas Adams to his US editor about not Americanising the text of Hitchhiker's Guide. 🐋🌸
Date: Monday, January 13, 1992, 5:26 pm To: Byron Preiss Dear Byron, Thanks for the script of the novel. I don't know what happened to the first one. It may have been a victim of the office move (see above). I'll respond as quickly and briefly as possible. One general point. A thing I have had said to me over and over again whenever I've done public appearances and readings and so on in the States is this: Please don't let anyone Americanise it! We like it the way it is! There are some changes in the script that simply don't make sense. Arthur Dent is English, the setting is England, and has been in every single manifestation of HHGG ever. The 'Horse and Groom' pub that Arthur and Ford go to is an English pub, the 'pounds' they pay with are English (but make it twenty pounds rather than five- inflation) So why suddenly 'Newark' instead of 'Rickmansworth'? And 'Bloomingdales' instead of 'Marks & Spencer'? The fact that Rickmansworth is not within the continental United States doesn't mean that it doesn't exist! American audiences do not need to feel disturbed by the notion that places do exist outside the US or that people might suddenly refer to them in works of fiction. You wouldn't, presumably, replace Ursa Minor Beta with 'Des Moines'. There is no Bloomingdales in England, and Bloomingdales is not a generic term for large department stores. If you feel that referring to "Marks & Spencer' might seriously freak out Americans because they haven't heard of it (or because Marks and Spencer owns Brooks Brothers) we could either put warning stickers on the cover ("The text of this book contains references to places and institutions outside the continental United States and may cause offence to people who haven't heard of them") or you could, I suppose, put 'Harrods', which most people will have heard of. Or we could even take the appalling risk of just recklessly mentioning things that people won't have heard of and see if they survive the experience. They probably will - when people are born they haven't heard of anything or anywhere, but seem to get through the first few years of their lives without ill-effects.
April 7, 2025 at 8:35 AM
yksin.bsky.social
Be glad, Russian journos, that your temporary accommodations aren’t like those of the actual Russian journos imprisoned for countering your overlord’s lies.

(Look out, American journos, that’s coming for you too — unless you’re MAGA mouthpieces.)
juliadavisnews.bsky.social Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · Aug 15
Russian journos don't sound too happy with their accommodations and are peeved that their credit cards aren't working.
August 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
yksin.bsky.social
Rest in peace, Steve Haycox.
Noted Alaska historian and author Stephen Haycox dies at age 85
Haycox taught at the University of Alaska Anchorage for more than 40 years.
www.adn.com
August 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
yksin.bsky.social
Right…? [nodding]
michaelharriot.bsky.social Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · Aug 8
The fallacy in this “capitulating” narrative is the assumption that billionaires & elite institutions are being strongarmed by Trump, but they don’t really WANT a white supremacist, Christian nationalist authoritarian oligarchy

Do you have any evidence that they’re victims and not co-conspirators?
mehdirhasan.bsky.social Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Aug 8
"What is the point of having 'fuck you money' if you don't say 'fuck you'?

I went on @briantylercohen.bsky.social's show to denounce the craven, cowardly Big Tech billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Tim Cook for rolling over to Trump and the GOP.

Full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K5h...
August 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
yksin.bsky.social
Don’t forget that Israel’s genocide of Gaza civilians is made possible by American bombs made with the taxes of American taxpayers & authorized by a president & members of Congress elected by American voters.
July 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
yksin.bsky.social
Next on my reading list. As in: today. Now.
July 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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antifapatriot.bsky.social
If you put googly eyes on the Pillars of Creation you get muppets 😄😄
July 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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markhamillofficial.bsky.social
This year it feels more like the Farce of July.
iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Jul 4
Mural of Statue of Liberty in shame unveiled in France the day before 4th of July
July 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
yksin.bsky.social
Celebrating Juneteenth.
lms2025.bsky.social BadRobotLinda @lms2025.bsky.social · Jun 19
Heather Cox Richardson made a short video to remember Juneteenth because our history matters.

“Juneteenth is a celebration of a new nation, one that would honor the equality of all Americans - and one that we are in danger of losing as those in power set about rewriting the record”
#ProudBlue
What is Juneteenth and Why Does it Matter: A Short History | Journey to American Democracy
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
substack.com
June 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
yksin.bsky.social
Here’s a one-screenshot master class on how to create an easy-to-spot scam. Count the errors. Seriously, what does item 4 even mean?
June 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
yksin.bsky.social
Trumps to see Les Mis tonight. 45/47 wont like it. He’ll be rooting for Javert & will be displeased that Jean Valjean finds some happiness before his death.
June 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
yksin.bsky.social
On this Memorial Day, honoring my great-great granduncle Charles F. Renneker (1843-1862), 24th Missouri Infantry (Union), who died on 14 Nov 1862 of wounds sustained at the 2nd Battle of Corinth (3-4 Oct 1862). He died in service of freedom for all.
May 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
yksin.bsky.social
I carried some of those flowers to lyin’ Nick Begich’s Anchorage office. He cares more about tax cuts for billionaires than for the health of his Alaska constituents.
standupalaska.bsky.social Stand UP Alaska | Alaska Civics Channel @standupalaska.bsky.social · May 22
Nick Begich didn't stand up for Alaskans. Folks are mad 😡 but they vow to STAND 🆙!

Next up...Senator Dan Sullivan. How are you going to vote, sir? Alaskans are asking...

#HealthcareCutsKill #Alaska @protectourcare.org @seiu775.org @aflcio.org @careinaction.bsky.social @actionalaska.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 7:15 AM
yksin.bsky.social
Solidarity
shanahstone.bsky.social Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · Apr 29
May Day
National Day of Action
Anchorage, Alaska
April 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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jonathanslater.bsky.social
Best cat video of the day
April 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
yksin.bsky.social
shanahstone.bsky.social Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · Apr 6
Updated: I have counted 21 #HandsOff Alaska protests that I know of.

Homer
Gustavus
Sitka
Wasilla
Juneau
Anchorage
Glennallen
Fairbanks
Kodiak
Soldotna
Bethel
Dillingham
Healy
Skagway
Cordova
Talkeetna
Nome
Seward
Seldovia
Petersburg
Ketchikan
April 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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tkingfisher.com
A mountain bluebird has perched on the tallest frozen rose stalk and is just hanging out in the snow, being blue.
A small blue and white bird sits atop a frozen rose stem.
April 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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lippoenen.bsky.social
April 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
US tourism is in for some things.

(via @jeffasher.bsky.social) 🇺🇸
April 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM