@afwido.bsky.social
Alaska grown
People ought to saunter in the mountains
People ought to saunter in the mountains
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When it starts running, the system will be the first public transportation operation on the Kenai Peninsula, which has historically been served by private cab companies. #KPBorough www.kdll.org/local-news/2...
Kenaitze prepares to launch fix-route public bus service
When it starts running, the system will be the first public transportation operation on the Kenai Peninsula, which has historically been served by private cab companies.
www.kdll.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
When it starts running, the system will be the first public transportation operation on the Kenai Peninsula, which has historically been served by private cab companies. #KPBorough www.kdll.org/local-news/2...
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A female wolf has been doing something unusual on the Central Coast of British Columbia. She's learned to pull crab traps up from the water, yanking on a rope to bring it to the surface. But is it tool use? Very fun story from @phiejacobs.bsky.social for @science.org
Have wild wolves learned to use tools?
Video captures a lone female pulling crab traps out of the water, but does it count as tool use?
www.science.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
A female wolf has been doing something unusual on the Central Coast of British Columbia. She's learned to pull crab traps up from the water, yanking on a rope to bring it to the surface. But is it tool use? Very fun story from @phiejacobs.bsky.social for @science.org
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People have no idea what we are about to lose.
alaskapublic.org/2025-western...
alaskapublic.org/2025-western...
Alaska station that covered devastating storm cuts jobs
A public TV and radio station in Western Alaska serves dozens of villages damaged by Typhoon Halong. But with federal funding eliminated, KYUK makes severe cuts to its staff and news department.
alaskapublic.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
People have no idea what we are about to lose.
alaskapublic.org/2025-western...
alaskapublic.org/2025-western...
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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/
https://gov.alaska.gov/flags-to-be-flown-at-half-staff-in-honor-of-former-representative-brenda-itta-lee/
November 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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/
https://gov.alaska.gov/flags-to-be-flown-at-half-staff-in-honor-of-former-representative-brenda-itta-lee/
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Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not. | Blog of the APA
Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...
blog.apaonline.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
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The real reason kids are saying SIX SEVEN is because they know that 6*7=42
The answer to life, the universe, and everything
The answer to life, the universe, and everything
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The real reason kids are saying SIX SEVEN is because they know that 6*7=42
The answer to life, the universe, and everything
The answer to life, the universe, and everything
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An increase in Anchorage wolf encounters spark curiosity, not alarm alaskapublic.org/news/anchora...
An increase in Anchorage wolf encounters spark curiosity, not alarm
After spotting six wolves on a trail near her home, one Anchorage resident says she's seen the pack multiple times since late August.
alaskapublic.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
An increase in Anchorage wolf encounters spark curiosity, not alarm alaskapublic.org/news/anchora...
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🍁 ➜ ❄️
A month ago, I captured the golden autumn from the same angle; today, Alyeska Resort is completely covered in white, like a silent fairy tale.
#alyeska #alyeskaresort #girdwood #chugach #alaska #alaskasky #anchorage #photography #winter #snow #autumn
A month ago, I captured the golden autumn from the same angle; today, Alyeska Resort is completely covered in white, like a silent fairy tale.
#alyeska #alyeskaresort #girdwood #chugach #alaska #alaskasky #anchorage #photography #winter #snow #autumn
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
🍁 ➜ ❄️
A month ago, I captured the golden autumn from the same angle; today, Alyeska Resort is completely covered in white, like a silent fairy tale.
#alyeska #alyeskaresort #girdwood #chugach #alaska #alaskasky #anchorage #photography #winter #snow #autumn
A month ago, I captured the golden autumn from the same angle; today, Alyeska Resort is completely covered in white, like a silent fairy tale.
#alyeska #alyeskaresort #girdwood #chugach #alaska #alaskasky #anchorage #photography #winter #snow #autumn
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For the airplane + red aurora + big dipper fans. 😍
November 12, 2025 at 6:11 AM
For the airplane + red aurora + big dipper fans. 😍
Cleaning out some old boxes in the garage
Anchorage Daily News newspaper clipping (Oct 25 1998) "We're Breaking Up" A1 story under Global Warming
Anchorage Daily News newspaper clipping (Oct 25 1998) "We're Breaking Up" A1 story under Global Warming
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Cleaning out some old boxes in the garage
Anchorage Daily News newspaper clipping (Oct 25 1998) "We're Breaking Up" A1 story under Global Warming
Anchorage Daily News newspaper clipping (Oct 25 1998) "We're Breaking Up" A1 story under Global Warming
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Hear, hear.
www.adn.com/opinions/202...
www.adn.com/opinions/202...
Opinion: America can’t afford its billionaires anymore
We have drifted from government “of the people, by the people, for the people” to government “of the people, by the billionaires, for the billionaires.”
www.adn.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Hear, hear.
www.adn.com/opinions/202...
www.adn.com/opinions/202...
We're snailposting, post your snails.
This snail, an Oregon hairy triton, hails from Seldovia Alaska and is laying eggs at the base of a painted anemone and surrounded by other intertidal life
This snail, an Oregon hairy triton, hails from Seldovia Alaska and is laying eggs at the base of a painted anemone and surrounded by other intertidal life
November 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
We're snailposting, post your snails.
This snail, an Oregon hairy triton, hails from Seldovia Alaska and is laying eggs at the base of a painted anemone and surrounded by other intertidal life
This snail, an Oregon hairy triton, hails from Seldovia Alaska and is laying eggs at the base of a painted anemone and surrounded by other intertidal life
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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November 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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There was frost on the pumpkin when I took this shot but we had a dump of snow overnight so I'll have to try and relocate this bull to photograph him in the snow before he drops to a lower elevation. Chugach State Park #Alaska 🦊
November 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
There was frost on the pumpkin when I took this shot but we had a dump of snow overnight so I'll have to try and relocate this bull to photograph him in the snow before he drops to a lower elevation. Chugach State Park #Alaska 🦊
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Thanks to Anchorage Reddit for pointing out how the Anchorage snowplow map includes the names of equipment:
Darth Grader
Taylor Drift
Plowasaurus Rex
Big Leplowski
Snowbi-Wan Kenobi
and
Sorry, Kids
Darth Grader
Taylor Drift
Plowasaurus Rex
Big Leplowski
Snowbi-Wan Kenobi
and
Sorry, Kids
November 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Thanks to Anchorage Reddit for pointing out how the Anchorage snowplow map includes the names of equipment:
Darth Grader
Taylor Drift
Plowasaurus Rex
Big Leplowski
Snowbi-Wan Kenobi
and
Sorry, Kids
Darth Grader
Taylor Drift
Plowasaurus Rex
Big Leplowski
Snowbi-Wan Kenobi
and
Sorry, Kids
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Merry Christmas.🎄
November 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Merry Christmas.🎄
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Share for good luck and safe passage thru the offseason
maybe the greatest hit by pitch in baseball history
November 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Share for good luck and safe passage thru the offseason
"...mysterious and little known organisms live within walking distance of where you sit. Splendor awaits in minute proportions." E.O. Wilson, Biophilia.
part of the pitch I try to make in outreach is: sure, rainforests are great but you're standing on an equally amazing local ecosystem if you take a couple minutes to look down at the bugs
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
"...mysterious and little known organisms live within walking distance of where you sit. Splendor awaits in minute proportions." E.O. Wilson, Biophilia.
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GOVERNOR NUMBERS!
Alaska Survey Research
October 10-14, 2025
Statewide AK
N=1,748 Likely Voters
MOE=+/-2.5%
Q: The General election for Governor will be conducted next November under RCV rules. Mark one candidate in each choice column according to your preference for Governor. #ak #akleg #alaska
Alaska Survey Research
October 10-14, 2025
Statewide AK
N=1,748 Likely Voters
MOE=+/-2.5%
Q: The General election for Governor will be conducted next November under RCV rules. Mark one candidate in each choice column according to your preference for Governor. #ak #akleg #alaska
November 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Rare Earth will be back on air soon & in preparation for a programme on Darwin, Wallace & evolution, I found this ace example of evolutionary adaptation. The plant C. argenteum makes seeds that look & smell like dung, so dung beetles roll them away, bury them, then lose interest. Free seed planting!
November 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Rare Earth will be back on air soon & in preparation for a programme on Darwin, Wallace & evolution, I found this ace example of evolutionary adaptation. The plant C. argenteum makes seeds that look & smell like dung, so dung beetles roll them away, bury them, then lose interest. Free seed planting!
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And now for something completely different: #EntSoc25 Entomologists! Please contribute to the iNaturalist collection of pubic lice! It's mostly from the EU at the moment. www.inaturalist.org/taxa/395978-...
Crab Louse (Pthirus pubis)
The crab louse or pubic louse (Pthirus pubis) is an insect that is an obligate ectoparasite of humans, feeding exclusively on blood. The crab louse usually is found in the person's pubic hair. Althoug...
www.inaturalist.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
And now for something completely different: #EntSoc25 Entomologists! Please contribute to the iNaturalist collection of pubic lice! It's mostly from the EU at the moment. www.inaturalist.org/taxa/395978-...
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"Science is being destroyed across many agencies" say federal researchers.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"Science is being destroyed across many agencies" say federal researchers.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.