chanda
@akclee.bsky.social
stick on the ice, head on a swivel. / writing at alaskasportsreport.com / she/her
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1. If you want indie journalism, you gotta pay for it.
2. Paywalls work. I resisted using a paywall for a long time until I realized I had to if I wanted to pay my bills.
3. Journalism is a public good that doesn't exist without public support. Keep it out of billionaire hands with a paid sub.
2. Paywalls work. I resisted using a paywall for a long time until I realized I had to if I wanted to pay my bills.
3. Journalism is a public good that doesn't exist without public support. Keep it out of billionaire hands with a paid sub.
We do have a paywall, and that's because journalism has a cost. We pay all our contributors 0.50c a word & the founders haven't been compensated for the year, so we do ask for people to pay for our content. We still haven't made a profit this year, so we are unapologetic about that.
paywalled
October 15, 2025 at 6:25 AM
1. If you want indie journalism, you gotta pay for it.
2. Paywalls work. I resisted using a paywall for a long time until I realized I had to if I wanted to pay my bills.
3. Journalism is a public good that doesn't exist without public support. Keep it out of billionaire hands with a paid sub.
2. Paywalls work. I resisted using a paywall for a long time until I realized I had to if I wanted to pay my bills.
3. Journalism is a public good that doesn't exist without public support. Keep it out of billionaire hands with a paid sub.
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my view is that everyone should be able to earn a living wage doing whatever it is they like. if you love working in a bookshop, you should be able to live a comfortable life doing so. if you loving being a barista, the same. and if you want to do more traditional blue collar work, that’s cool too!
the other thing is that no one who fetishizes manual labor actually cares to improve life for people who are in those circumstances! no support for unionization or a generous welfare state! no interest in policies that make life easier for people who work their hands or afford them more autonomy!
July 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
my view is that everyone should be able to earn a living wage doing whatever it is they like. if you love working in a bookshop, you should be able to live a comfortable life doing so. if you loving being a barista, the same. and if you want to do more traditional blue collar work, that’s cool too!
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if anyone wants to help some trans folks today for any particular reason, the UAA Pride Center is have a gender-affirming clothing event next week and i'm planning on running to Costco for stuff after work today. if you want to chip in, here's my PayPal, or I'm on Venmo w the same handle as here
Pay Jessica McLaughlin using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/jfmclaughlin and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
www.paypal.com
April 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
if anyone wants to help some trans folks today for any particular reason, the UAA Pride Center is have a gender-affirming clothing event next week and i'm planning on running to Costco for stuff after work today. if you want to chip in, here's my PayPal, or I'm on Venmo w the same handle as here
i think the reason april fool’s day is bad is because it seems to be the day that people try making a joke for the very first time in their lives.
meanwhile, for some of us, clowning is a year-round activity
meanwhile, for some of us, clowning is a year-round activity
April 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
i think the reason april fool’s day is bad is because it seems to be the day that people try making a joke for the very first time in their lives.
meanwhile, for some of us, clowning is a year-round activity
meanwhile, for some of us, clowning is a year-round activity
my favorite kind of save to make? obviously a glove save, but deflecting a puck off one of my leg pads is a close second
March 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
my favorite kind of save to make? obviously a glove save, but deflecting a puck off one of my leg pads is a close second
the 1A championship has been such a pleasure to cover over the past two years. great basketball and the crowd support for the tourney is unmatched.
my coverage of Fort Yukon's second-straight trophy win here:
my coverage of Fort Yukon's second-straight trophy win here:
March 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
the 1A championship has been such a pleasure to cover over the past two years. great basketball and the crowd support for the tourney is unmatched.
my coverage of Fort Yukon's second-straight trophy win here:
my coverage of Fort Yukon's second-straight trophy win here:
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and mine is to remind everyone that roller coaster is also two words.
Rep. Mina notes her life goal is to remind everyone that health care is two words
March 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
and mine is to remind everyone that roller coaster is also two words.
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Don’t forget to wear purple tomorrow in memory of Ashley Johnson Barr
March 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Don’t forget to wear purple tomorrow in memory of Ashley Johnson Barr
I would really love to see ASAA stop using “basketball” to refer to boys as the default. It’s a small change to specify, and the girls’ brackets shouldn’t be treated like they’re an Other.
March 12, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I would really love to see ASAA stop using “basketball” to refer to boys as the default. It’s a small change to specify, and the girls’ brackets shouldn’t be treated like they’re an Other.
passive aggressively sending this to tuco & scout like "sure wish you two would put down the dang frisbees and get a real job like racing the iditarod"
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race musher Justin Olnes says 11 of the dogs on his starting team of 15 came from animal shelters throughout Alaska — including his lead dog, a 3-year-old female named Fly.
“She's truly an extraordinary dog,” Olnes said.
“She's truly an extraordinary dog,” Olnes said.
This Iditarod musher is racing with mostly rescue dogs from Alaska shelters
Justin Olnes’ team isn't leading the pack this year, but the musher says he’s on a mission to showcase all the talent and potential that was previously hidden away in Alaska’s shelters.
alaskapublic.org
March 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
passive aggressively sending this to tuco & scout like "sure wish you two would put down the dang frisbees and get a real job like racing the iditarod"
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Mike Davis was born on this day in 1946.
“At the end of the day, the best measure of the humanity of any society is the life and happiness of its children. We live in a rich society with poor children, and that should be intolerable.”
“At the end of the day, the best measure of the humanity of any society is the life and happiness of its children. We live in a rich society with poor children, and that should be intolerable.”
March 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Mike Davis was born on this day in 1946.
“At the end of the day, the best measure of the humanity of any society is the life and happiness of its children. We live in a rich society with poor children, and that should be intolerable.”
“At the end of the day, the best measure of the humanity of any society is the life and happiness of its children. We live in a rich society with poor children, and that should be intolerable.”
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PRIVATIZING SCHOOLS: “Billionaires created the groundwork for Trump to expand charter schools and promote federal vouchers. Those who benefit from this privatization scheme are not students, families, or taxpayers who support neighborhood public schools.” coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/03/bill...
March 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
PRIVATIZING SCHOOLS: “Billionaires created the groundwork for Trump to expand charter schools and promote federal vouchers. Those who benefit from this privatization scheme are not students, families, or taxpayers who support neighborhood public schools.” coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/03/bill...
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Every time I come back to this app I learn about a new piece of news that sends me down a spiral, I need there to be more balance with shitposting and jokes on my feed
March 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Every time I come back to this app I learn about a new piece of news that sends me down a spiral, I need there to be more balance with shitposting and jokes on my feed
i appreciate this platform but i do wish there were some jokes on here
March 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
i appreciate this platform but i do wish there were some jokes on here
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ESPN Bet is reportedly a huge disappointment for the company, which is good because it's high time that ESPN get out of the gambling racket and go back to their roots: opening a series of sports-related bar-and-grills throughout the country.
March 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
ESPN Bet is reportedly a huge disappointment for the company, which is good because it's high time that ESPN get out of the gambling racket and go back to their roots: opening a series of sports-related bar-and-grills throughout the country.
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Murkowski joined in trying to advance a bill banning trans students from playing in pretty much all organized sports and activities, including chess, according to their gender identity.
#akleg
#akleg
Murkowski Y
March 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Murkowski joined in trying to advance a bill banning trans students from playing in pretty much all organized sports and activities, including chess, according to their gender identity.
#akleg
#akleg
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I’m not out and about today, but I’m there in spirit!
2019 THROWBACK✨
Cc: @akclee.bsky.social #uglydogs
2019 THROWBACK✨
Cc: @akclee.bsky.social #uglydogs
March 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I’m not out and about today, but I’m there in spirit!
2019 THROWBACK✨
Cc: @akclee.bsky.social #uglydogs
2019 THROWBACK✨
Cc: @akclee.bsky.social #uglydogs
a goalie paradox: having one of your worst games and one of your best games in the same week
March 1, 2025 at 4:47 AM
a goalie paradox: having one of your worst games and one of your best games in the same week
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The next time someone calls a reporter "biased" or an activist — especially someone who is a woman, a person of color, LGBTQ+, an immigrant, and/or disabled — ask them to articulate the difference between bias and expertise: longreads.com/2018/03/29/i...
February 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The next time someone calls a reporter "biased" or an activist — especially someone who is a woman, a person of color, LGBTQ+, an immigrant, and/or disabled — ask them to articulate the difference between bias and expertise: longreads.com/2018/03/29/i...
some of my favorite childhood memories with my grandma are going to joann, combing through the drawers of sewing patterns and picking out fabric, buttons, and ribbon for clothes she'd expertly make for my dolls.
private equity sucks.
private equity sucks.
February 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
some of my favorite childhood memories with my grandma are going to joann, combing through the drawers of sewing patterns and picking out fabric, buttons, and ribbon for clothes she'd expertly make for my dolls.
private equity sucks.
private equity sucks.
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One of my biggest scales-falling-from-eyes moments was my Torts professor saying matter-of-factly that Stella Liebeck was 100% in the right and she and her lawyers had been done unbelievably dirty.
And once you've seen that kind of media smear job for what it is, you start to see it everywhere.
And once you've seen that kind of media smear job for what it is, you start to see it everywhere.
I keep thinking about how the misrepresentation of the McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit convinced Americans that it was too easy to sue corporations — a laughable idea if you think about it for 10 seconds.
It's the same with trans kids: The scandal is that care is too hard to get, not too easy.
It's the same with trans kids: The scandal is that care is too hard to get, not too easy.
10/n To sum up:
1. The moral panic was gibberish. Only a tiny proportion of kids have ever been diagnosed with GD, and very few of those got drugs in the UK.
2. Services in the UK were TERRIBLE before the Cass review. Less than 1/10 ELIGIBLE kids were prescribed medications!
1. The moral panic was gibberish. Only a tiny proportion of kids have ever been diagnosed with GD, and very few of those got drugs in the UK.
2. Services in the UK were TERRIBLE before the Cass review. Less than 1/10 ELIGIBLE kids were prescribed medications!
January 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
One of my biggest scales-falling-from-eyes moments was my Torts professor saying matter-of-factly that Stella Liebeck was 100% in the right and she and her lawyers had been done unbelievably dirty.
And once you've seen that kind of media smear job for what it is, you start to see it everywhere.
And once you've seen that kind of media smear job for what it is, you start to see it everywhere.
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Well, we're learning more about what "harmful DEI" is. Inspiring Girls* Expeditions Alaska just lost a large chunk of their current funding. This is an outstanding free program that has brought great young women into earth science. Consider a donation, maybe? www.inspiringgirls.org/donate-uaf-e...
Donate UAF expeditions — Inspiring Girls Expeditions
www.inspiringgirls.org
January 31, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Well, we're learning more about what "harmful DEI" is. Inspiring Girls* Expeditions Alaska just lost a large chunk of their current funding. This is an outstanding free program that has brought great young women into earth science. Consider a donation, maybe? www.inspiringgirls.org/donate-uaf-e...
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this is truly despicable.
J.D. Vance uses DEI to cover for a potentially white male pilot being at fault: "When you don't have the best standards in who you're hiring, it means, on the one hand, you're not getting the best people in government, but on the other hand, it puts stresses on the people who are already there."
Hesgeth and Vance use the Washington D.C. airliner-helicopter crash to make anti-diversity, equity and inclusion points, suggesting it was to blame for the collision.
The Vice President didn't even open his remarks by referencing the victims or families - just straight into anti-DEI points.
The Vice President didn't even open his remarks by referencing the victims or families - just straight into anti-DEI points.
January 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
this is truly despicable.