Mari
@marikramer.bsky.social
mlis @ uw seattle. editor & library, env history & craft enthusiast 🌈 she/her
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Folks have been focused on the developing disaster in southwest Alaska, but America's farthest-west community is suffering, too: Adak has been without power for two weeks because of problems with the local generator.
www.kucb.org/regional/202...
www.kucb.org/regional/202...
Adak residents ‘getting by’ after two weeks without power
A replacement generator is currently being sent on a barge, but it’s not scheduled to arrive until Nov. 3 – weather dependent.
www.kucb.org
October 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Folks have been focused on the developing disaster in southwest Alaska, but America's farthest-west community is suffering, too: Adak has been without power for two weeks because of problems with the local generator.
www.kucb.org/regional/202...
www.kucb.org/regional/202...
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Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.
alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
October 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.
alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
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At least 20 people are unaccounted for in Kwigillingok, in the Y-K Delta as of Sunday morning, and several homes were flooded and carried away by the remnants of Typhoon Halong - the worst storm on record.
Damage is still being assessed along the coast of Western Alaska
www.kyuk.org/alaska-state...
Damage is still being assessed along the coast of Western Alaska
www.kyuk.org/alaska-state...
A major storm is bringing dangerous flooding and hurricane-force winds to Western Alaska
The remnants of Typhoon Halong have already caused damaging flooding in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The storm is expected to move north and continue into Monday.
www.kyuk.org
October 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
At least 20 people are unaccounted for in Kwigillingok, in the Y-K Delta as of Sunday morning, and several homes were flooded and carried away by the remnants of Typhoon Halong - the worst storm on record.
Damage is still being assessed along the coast of Western Alaska
www.kyuk.org/alaska-state...
Damage is still being assessed along the coast of Western Alaska
www.kyuk.org/alaska-state...
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“Every time we go and harvest #Manoomin, we are acting in resistance, we are acting in resilience, and we’re thriving as people.”
The good berry: #Anishinaabe resilience through the harvest of Manoomin canadiangeographic.ca/articles/the...
The good berry: #Anishinaabe resilience through the harvest of Manoomin canadiangeographic.ca/articles/the...
The good berry: Anishinaabe resilience through the harvest of Manoomin
Throughout the Great Lakes, Anishinaabeg communities work together to sow the seeds of success for wild rice
canadiangeographic.ca
September 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“Every time we go and harvest #Manoomin, we are acting in resistance, we are acting in resilience, and we’re thriving as people.”
The good berry: #Anishinaabe resilience through the harvest of Manoomin canadiangeographic.ca/articles/the...
The good berry: #Anishinaabe resilience through the harvest of Manoomin canadiangeographic.ca/articles/the...
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Yesterday, history happened at the UN: For the first time hundreds of orgs signed a global pledge declaring that healthy indoor air is a human right.
Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!
Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!
September 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Yesterday, history happened at the UN: For the first time hundreds of orgs signed a global pledge declaring that healthy indoor air is a human right.
Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!
Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!
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When the nonprofit Data for Indigenous Justice filed public records requests with the Alaska Department of Public Safety concerning cases it had investigated, the state rejected them.
Alaska vowed to resolve murders of Indigenous people. Now it refuses to provide their names.
www.adn.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
When the nonprofit Data for Indigenous Justice filed public records requests with the Alaska Department of Public Safety concerning cases it had investigated, the state rejected them.
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Dear people who are saying that the CDC directors who quit yesterday should have “stayed and fought”,
With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr.
He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3
With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr.
He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3
August 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Dear people who are saying that the CDC directors who quit yesterday should have “stayed and fought”,
With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr.
He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3
With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr.
He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3
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Sydney Akagi says the work she does, both on her loom and as an advocate for environmental justice, is connected.
(From KCAW - Sitka)
(From KCAW - Sitka)
Southeast Alaska weaver threads together wisdom and technique
Lingít weaver Sydney Akagi quit her job to learn traditional designs, becoming the Native artist resident at Sitka's Sheldon Jackson Museum and teaching a workshop.
www.ktoo.org
August 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Sydney Akagi says the work she does, both on her loom and as an advocate for environmental justice, is connected.
(From KCAW - Sitka)
(From KCAW - Sitka)
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Here are our unsolicited thoughts about Lake City Fred Meyer closing. It’s the end of Lake City as we know it. The ppl who work there are pillars of the community. There is a father and son who have worked there together for many years. They know people’s names and answer the phone when you call to
August 20, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Here are our unsolicited thoughts about Lake City Fred Meyer closing. It’s the end of Lake City as we know it. The ppl who work there are pillars of the community. There is a father and son who have worked there together for many years. They know people’s names and answer the phone when you call to
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Good morning! There is a chance to speak up for car-free access to the Ross Lake region of North Cascades National Park until August 11. No matter where you live, if you want to influence the park's consideration of shuttle service and provide other feedback for visitor management, short🧵
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August 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Good morning! There is a chance to speak up for car-free access to the Ross Lake region of North Cascades National Park until August 11. No matter where you live, if you want to influence the park's consideration of shuttle service and provide other feedback for visitor management, short🧵
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Alaska lawmakers override governor’s veto of public school funding, restoring services and teachers — @alaska.bsky.social and @corinne-smith.bsky.social have extensively revised this article for @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/08/02/a... #akleg
Alaska lawmakers override governor’s veto of public school funding, restoring services and teachers | Alaska Beacon
The override eliminates a 5.6% year-over-year cut to public school funding, leaving districts with a small funding increase.
alaskabeacon.com
August 2, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Alaska lawmakers override governor’s veto of public school funding, restoring services and teachers — @alaska.bsky.social and @corinne-smith.bsky.social have extensively revised this article for @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/08/02/a... #akleg
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ALA Executive Board Member Sophia Sotilleo and librarian/archivist Rodney Freeman interviewed for this WTTW feature highlighting "Are You a Librarian?," the new documentary highlighting the untold story of Black librarians and their impact.
Documentary Explores Historic Struggles, Lasting Impact of Black #Librarians in America (via @wttw.bsky.social) news.wttw.com/2025/07/23/d... #libraries #publiclibraries
Documentary Explores Historic Struggles, Lasting Impact of Black Librarians in America
“Are You a Librarian? The Untold Story of Librarians” connects the history of public libraries, civil rights and literacy to the current political attacks on the public library system.
news.wttw.com
July 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
ALA Executive Board Member Sophia Sotilleo and librarian/archivist Rodney Freeman interviewed for this WTTW feature highlighting "Are You a Librarian?," the new documentary highlighting the untold story of Black librarians and their impact.
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Alaska public radio stations are essential parts of community safety.
July 19, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Alaska public radio stations are essential parts of community safety.
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While the U.S. Senate is voting to defund public broadcasting ... my colleagues at rural Alaska public radio stations are scrambling to help coastal residents understand the tsunami danger from a 6.6 mag earthquake that struck minutes ago in Sand Point/Aleutians East.
July 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
While the U.S. Senate is voting to defund public broadcasting ... my colleagues at rural Alaska public radio stations are scrambling to help coastal residents understand the tsunami danger from a 6.6 mag earthquake that struck minutes ago in Sand Point/Aleutians East.
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Marci Carpenter has been visiting the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library since she was a teen. Now in her 60s, she uses the services daily. But state and federal funding turmoil has left library employees & supporters reeling, and has forced it to conduct layoffs and close to the public.
Dual budget cuts prompt layoffs, closures for WA state libraries
Loss of state and federal funds has put a double squeeze on the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library and similar institutions.
www.cascadepbs.org
June 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Marci Carpenter has been visiting the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library since she was a teen. Now in her 60s, she uses the services daily. But state and federal funding turmoil has left library employees & supporters reeling, and has forced it to conduct layoffs and close to the public.
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I'm gutted and furious that the Iranian people will be injured, harmed and killed as a result of this absolutely depraved act of violence. What a complete travesty on every single level.
June 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I'm gutted and furious that the Iranian people will be injured, harmed and killed as a result of this absolutely depraved act of violence. What a complete travesty on every single level.
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This is one of the stranger forms of American exceptionalism, that the United States isn't the one proactively doing/supporting all these awful things. This includes the constant sentiment that we're being "dragged" into war, as if the United States could be dragged into anything.
Israel isn't in control of the United States. This is just who the US is and has always been.
Saying we're controlled is just a way of saying we're victims. We're not. We're an imperial power that likes war because it's profitable and enriches our oligarchs.
That's it.
Saying we're controlled is just a way of saying we're victims. We're not. We're an imperial power that likes war because it's profitable and enriches our oligarchs.
That's it.
June 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
This is one of the stranger forms of American exceptionalism, that the United States isn't the one proactively doing/supporting all these awful things. This includes the constant sentiment that we're being "dragged" into war, as if the United States could be dragged into anything.
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Relatedly, if you haven't been in an archives you have no idea just how much historical material is not online, not even a digital record of it. An LLM cannot research data it doesn't have. It can't even extrapolate where to find that material.
June 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Relatedly, if you haven't been in an archives you have no idea just how much historical material is not online, not even a digital record of it. An LLM cannot research data it doesn't have. It can't even extrapolate where to find that material.
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The story of Alma Bowman, a disabled woman and US citizen detained by ICE, keeps getting worse
She’s been in the country for 50 years. They took her wheelchair, denied her medications & threw her in a detention facility in Georgia
Did you know she was a whistle blower against forced sterilization?
She’s been in the country for 50 years. They took her wheelchair, denied her medications & threw her in a detention facility in Georgia
Did you know she was a whistle blower against forced sterilization?
May 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The story of Alma Bowman, a disabled woman and US citizen detained by ICE, keeps getting worse
She’s been in the country for 50 years. They took her wheelchair, denied her medications & threw her in a detention facility in Georgia
Did you know she was a whistle blower against forced sterilization?
She’s been in the country for 50 years. They took her wheelchair, denied her medications & threw her in a detention facility in Georgia
Did you know she was a whistle blower against forced sterilization?
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Under its new leadership — who spread misinformation throughout the pandemic — the FDA announced it will limit all Covid vaccines to adults over 65 and those with certain medical conditions.
Covid continues to spread and cause harm. This an anti-science move that will kill more Americans.
Covid continues to spread and cause harm. This an anti-science move that will kill more Americans.
May 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Under its new leadership — who spread misinformation throughout the pandemic — the FDA announced it will limit all Covid vaccines to adults over 65 and those with certain medical conditions.
Covid continues to spread and cause harm. This an anti-science move that will kill more Americans.
Covid continues to spread and cause harm. This an anti-science move that will kill more Americans.
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For over half a century, the National Weather Service has operated 24/7. But after the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency pushed to shrink the federal workforce, that’s no longer possible in parts of the country.
May 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
For over half a century, the National Weather Service has operated 24/7. But after the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency pushed to shrink the federal workforce, that’s no longer possible in parts of the country.
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The Trump administration recently notified Klukwan's tribal library that it was canceling two grants that account for the vast majority of its budget. That left the staff no choice but to cancel all future events – and dramatically reduce their hours.
(From KHNS - Haines)
(From KHNS - Haines)
Tribal libraries across Alaska slash hours and programming amid Trump's cuts
It's not yet clear how widespread the cancellations are across Alaska – or the country more broadly.
www.ktoo.org
May 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The Trump administration recently notified Klukwan's tribal library that it was canceling two grants that account for the vast majority of its budget. That left the staff no choice but to cancel all future events – and dramatically reduce their hours.
(From KHNS - Haines)
(From KHNS - Haines)
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I can’t believe in a state with so much extreme wealth we’re unable to come up with just $6M to keep these libraries open
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Layoff notices, threats of closure rattle WA State Library
The state library has existed since 1855, but a funding decision by the Legislature could lead it to close to the public. Layoff notices went out to 47 staffers.
www.seattletimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I can’t believe in a state with so much extreme wealth we’re unable to come up with just $6M to keep these libraries open
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Molly of Denali- cancelled
So many children and families will be impacted by this, and yet there’s the layered hurt of a colonial US govt leader axing a children’s show that featured Alaska Native representation for all children to relate to and connect with.
www.juneauempire.com/news/molly-o...
So many children and families will be impacted by this, and yet there’s the layered hurt of a colonial US govt leader axing a children’s show that featured Alaska Native representation for all children to relate to and connect with.
www.juneauempire.com/news/molly-o...
‘Molly of Denali’ and other PBS children’s programs on hold as Trump cancels funds | Juneau Empire
Emmy-winning Juneau writer of “Molly” says PBS told creators the series isn’t being renewed.
www.juneauempire.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Molly of Denali- cancelled
So many children and families will be impacted by this, and yet there’s the layered hurt of a colonial US govt leader axing a children’s show that featured Alaska Native representation for all children to relate to and connect with.
www.juneauempire.com/news/molly-o...
So many children and families will be impacted by this, and yet there’s the layered hurt of a colonial US govt leader axing a children’s show that featured Alaska Native representation for all children to relate to and connect with.
www.juneauempire.com/news/molly-o...