Alex Karklins
@akarklins.bsky.social
Twin dad, Philadelphia Eagles nut, skier, golfer, and technology guy. Missoula MT
https://cityclubmissoula.com/
https://cityclubmissoula.com/
All I want for Christmas is for this sick MFer to have a massive, fatal coronary on the toilet.
Trump: We track Santa. We want to make sure that Santa is being good. We want to make sure that he's not infiltrated, that we're not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa. Santa loves Oklahoma like I do. You know, Oklahoma was very good to me in the election
December 25, 2025 at 3:03 AM
All I want for Christmas is for this sick MFer to have a massive, fatal coronary on the toilet.
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I hate that when AI is wrong people are like "But isn't it amazing that it thinks it's right?" but when I fuck up my taxes it's "a crime." Hypocrisy much?
December 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I hate that when AI is wrong people are like "But isn't it amazing that it thinks it's right?" but when I fuck up my taxes it's "a crime." Hypocrisy much?
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No other magazine on Earth would run profiles of both John Kruk and Josh Shapiro in the same year, I can guarantee you that.
Thanks to everyone for reading, sharing, and subscribing. I'm proud of the @phillymag.com staff every day, but especially this year, when we've had our backs up against it.
Thanks to everyone for reading, sharing, and subscribing. I'm proud of the @phillymag.com staff every day, but especially this year, when we've had our backs up against it.
The Best Philadelphia Magazine Long Reads of 2025
Beef bandits, billboard wars, an epic high school prom, and profiles of the biggest names in Philly — it's our roundup of our favorite stories of 2025.
www.phillymag.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
No other magazine on Earth would run profiles of both John Kruk and Josh Shapiro in the same year, I can guarantee you that.
Thanks to everyone for reading, sharing, and subscribing. I'm proud of the @phillymag.com staff every day, but especially this year, when we've had our backs up against it.
Thanks to everyone for reading, sharing, and subscribing. I'm proud of the @phillymag.com staff every day, but especially this year, when we've had our backs up against it.
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Bari Weiss has so spectacularly failed upward that Elon Musk has claimed her as a SpaceX rocket
December 22, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Bari Weiss has so spectacularly failed upward that Elon Musk has claimed her as a SpaceX rocket
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every time i read about one of these college presidents promising to reinvent the liberal arts education i think of "marge v. the monorail"
Yes we all agree that this is the reason colleges are in trouble
December 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
every time i read about one of these college presidents promising to reinvent the liberal arts education i think of "marge v. the monorail"
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Eagles-Bears Film Review: Genuinely don’t understand how Kevin Patullo is still running this offense
www.bleedinggreennation.com/philadelphia...
www.bleedinggreennation.com/philadelphia...
Eagles-Bears Film Review: Genuinely don’t understand how Kevin Patullo is still running this offense
All-22 analysis from Philadelphia’s Week 13 loss.
www.bleedinggreennation.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Eagles-Bears Film Review: Genuinely don’t understand how Kevin Patullo is still running this offense
www.bleedinggreennation.com/philadelphia...
www.bleedinggreennation.com/philadelphia...
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
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The Trump administration is prosecuting journalist Tim Burke for exposing Tucker Carlson's whitewashing of antisemite Ye, formerly known as Kanye West.
Use our action center to tell lawmakers to speak up against @bubbaprog.xyz's prosecution.
Use our action center to tell lawmakers to speak up against @bubbaprog.xyz's prosecution.
Tim Burke
Defending press freedom for the next generation
freedom.press
November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The Trump administration is prosecuting journalist Tim Burke for exposing Tucker Carlson's whitewashing of antisemite Ye, formerly known as Kanye West.
Use our action center to tell lawmakers to speak up against @bubbaprog.xyz's prosecution.
Use our action center to tell lawmakers to speak up against @bubbaprog.xyz's prosecution.
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This is a good article, worth reading.
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-tobacco playbook could help turn the US public against their beloved oversized cars.
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This is a good article, worth reading.
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
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What happens when you distill 2025 into a single social media post?
This.
This is what you get.
This.
This is what you get.
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
What happens when you distill 2025 into a single social media post?
This.
This is what you get.
This.
This is what you get.
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
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Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen has rejected a ballot initiative seeking to limit the power of corporations to spend money on elections, saying it did not meet legal review standards. His decision will be appealed. By @mddrew.bsky.social: dailymontanan.com/2025/10/30/a... #mtpol #mtnews
AG: Anti-dark-money ballot initiative doesn’t meet legal requirements • Daily Montanan
Transparent Election Initiative seeks to limit power of corporations to spend money on elections, campaigns or candidates, will appeal to state SupCo
dailymontanan.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen has rejected a ballot initiative seeking to limit the power of corporations to spend money on elections, saying it did not meet legal review standards. His decision will be appealed. By @mddrew.bsky.social: dailymontanan.com/2025/10/30/a... #mtpol #mtnews
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Trump's approval ratings are tanking. He's flailing on the economy. He hasn't done squat to help working people. The Epstein scandal haunts him.
Remember that every authoritarian action Trump is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity.
Remember that every authoritarian action Trump is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity.
October 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Trump's approval ratings are tanking. He's flailing on the economy. He hasn't done squat to help working people. The Epstein scandal haunts him.
Remember that every authoritarian action Trump is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity.
Remember that every authoritarian action Trump is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity.
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Every dollar spent on SNAP generates between $1.50 and $1.80 for local economies.
Even if you don’t care about poor people (which you absolutely should), you should care about the entirely self-inflicted negative economic impact this is going to have
Even if you don’t care about poor people (which you absolutely should), you should care about the entirely self-inflicted negative economic impact this is going to have
i know these people are too stupid to realize it but snap benefits and food assistance actually take money from
the federal government, pass it through real people to feed them, and then that money ends up in the local economy and farms. it’s exactly the kind of thing you want to happen!
the federal government, pass it through real people to feed them, and then that money ends up in the local economy and farms. it’s exactly the kind of thing you want to happen!
October 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Every dollar spent on SNAP generates between $1.50 and $1.80 for local economies.
Even if you don’t care about poor people (which you absolutely should), you should care about the entirely self-inflicted negative economic impact this is going to have
Even if you don’t care about poor people (which you absolutely should), you should care about the entirely self-inflicted negative economic impact this is going to have
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I got to write this nice piece for @theguardian.com about the birthday of the Nintendo Entertainment System. Something that at least isn't full sorrow and horror, you know.
Happy birthday to the NES, companion to millions of Nintendo childhoods
Forty years ago today, the Nintendo Entertainment System was released in the US – and a generation of kids were sucked into video games for life
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I got to write this nice piece for @theguardian.com about the birthday of the Nintendo Entertainment System. Something that at least isn't full sorrow and horror, you know.
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Trump has taken a torch to essential federal programs, our public lands, and the rule of law.
And now he’s literally bulldozing the People’s House to build a lavish ballroom funded by billionaire donors.
Share this to make sure every American knows what he has taken away.
And now he’s literally bulldozing the People’s House to build a lavish ballroom funded by billionaire donors.
Share this to make sure every American knows what he has taken away.
Trump administration demolishing entire East Wing of the White House to add new ballroom
Trump said in July that the $250 million project “won’t interfere with the current building.”
www.nbcnews.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Trump has taken a torch to essential federal programs, our public lands, and the rule of law.
And now he’s literally bulldozing the People’s House to build a lavish ballroom funded by billionaire donors.
Share this to make sure every American knows what he has taken away.
And now he’s literally bulldozing the People’s House to build a lavish ballroom funded by billionaire donors.
Share this to make sure every American knows what he has taken away.
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An ACLU leader and University of Montana professor weigh in on the new presidential memo on national security — NSPM-7 — and what it means for civil liberties: (meant to repost my story from my account)
“There is nothing more un-American than abrogating freedom of speech or freedom of expression.” — ACLU of MT's Akilah Deernose. Deernose, UM prof Clem Work reflect on new presidential memo, history of sedition in MT. By @keilaszpaller.bsky.social: dailymontanan.com/2025/10/17/p... #montana #mtpol
Presidential ‘security’ memo reminder of Montana history, say professor, civil rights watchdog • Daily Montanan
A presidential memo on national security is a direct attack on civil liberties — and a reminder of a disturbing period of Montana history.
dailymontanan.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
An ACLU leader and University of Montana professor weigh in on the new presidential memo on national security — NSPM-7 — and what it means for civil liberties: (meant to repost my story from my account)
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Well deserved FG miss by the Eagles after that ridiculous run call on 3rd and 5.
October 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Well deserved FG miss by the Eagles after that ridiculous run call on 3rd and 5.
Welp, the offense is still shitty. Inexcusable.
October 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Welp, the offense is still shitty. Inexcusable.
I’m REALLY not in the mood for a Carson Wentz revenge game.
October 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I’m REALLY not in the mood for a Carson Wentz revenge game.
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
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Proud to have cast my vote for Daniel Carlino for Ward 3 in Missoula City Council!
This is probably the most important race in the city, as it is between someone actually on the left (Carlino) and a landlord/house-flipper masquerading as a progressive so she can protect her landlord money (Savage)
This is probably the most important race in the city, as it is between someone actually on the left (Carlino) and a landlord/house-flipper masquerading as a progressive so she can protect her landlord money (Savage)
October 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Proud to have cast my vote for Daniel Carlino for Ward 3 in Missoula City Council!
This is probably the most important race in the city, as it is between someone actually on the left (Carlino) and a landlord/house-flipper masquerading as a progressive so she can protect her landlord money (Savage)
This is probably the most important race in the city, as it is between someone actually on the left (Carlino) and a landlord/house-flipper masquerading as a progressive so she can protect her landlord money (Savage)