Mel Izard
@melllizard.bsky.social
they/them
gratefully living on Lingít Aaní, Aak'w Kwaan lands (Juneau AK)
toad lover & herp enthusiast 🦎
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gratefully living on Lingít Aaní, Aak'w Kwaan lands (Juneau AK)
toad lover & herp enthusiast 🦎
🍉🏳️⚧️
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So excited! Zine launch this Friday!! Hope to see you there.
🇵🇸 🍉 #AlaskaSky #FreePalestine #JuneauAK
🇵🇸 🍉 #AlaskaSky #FreePalestine #JuneauAK
June 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
So excited! Zine launch this Friday!! Hope to see you there.
🇵🇸 🍉 #AlaskaSky #FreePalestine #JuneauAK
🇵🇸 🍉 #AlaskaSky #FreePalestine #JuneauAK
Zine submissions are due in 1 week! Calling all SEAK writers & artists, esp. those outside of JNU. #AlaskaSky
Please share: Submissions are now open for Juneau for Palestine's zine! Anyone can submit but Southeast Alaskan creators are the focus. Funds from zine sales will go to Mayar Abu Dalfa's family in Palestine.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
March 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Zine submissions are due in 1 week! Calling all SEAK writers & artists, esp. those outside of JNU. #AlaskaSky
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American Arcana by Andrew Sutliff & Matty Kok. This show will be up through the month.
March 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
American Arcana by Andrew Sutliff & Matty Kok. This show will be up through the month.
Please share: Submissions are now open for Juneau for Palestine's zine! Anyone can submit but Southeast Alaskan creators are the focus. Funds from zine sales will go to Mayar Abu Dalfa's family in Palestine.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
March 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Please share: Submissions are now open for Juneau for Palestine's zine! Anyone can submit but Southeast Alaskan creators are the focus. Funds from zine sales will go to Mayar Abu Dalfa's family in Palestine.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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🚨 URGENT: 🚨 Help Alaskans escape the payday loan debt trap! AKPIRG’s Rapid Response Community Fund is raising $25K for the Payday Jubilee—wiping out predatory loans + fighting for policy reform. Donate now to support direct relief! 👉 akpirg.org/rapid-response-community-fund
March 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
🚨 URGENT: 🚨 Help Alaskans escape the payday loan debt trap! AKPIRG’s Rapid Response Community Fund is raising $25K for the Payday Jubilee—wiping out predatory loans + fighting for policy reform. Donate now to support direct relief! 👉 akpirg.org/rapid-response-community-fund
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A Forest Service official confirmed that the recreation area’s revenue in visitor fees and permits exceeds its operating costs by more than a million dollars – in other words, the park earns enough to pay employees and more.
Fired Forest Service staffers in Juneau are uncertain about their futures -- and the safety of visitors at glacier
Instead of a dozen employees, only two public-facing staff are left at Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center ahead of this tourist season.
www.ktoo.org
February 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
A Forest Service official confirmed that the recreation area’s revenue in visitor fees and permits exceeds its operating costs by more than a million dollars – in other words, the park earns enough to pay employees and more.
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DYK Just 100 companies have been the source of more than 70% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions since 1988. Data on Corporate Pollution and Emissions Now Threatened Under Trump
| Truthout truthout.org/articles/dat...
| Truthout truthout.org/articles/dat...
Data on Corporate Pollution and Emissions Now Threatened Under Trump
Researchers have published data on corporate pollution and emissions since 2004. Now the data is at risk under Trump.
truthout.org
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
DYK Just 100 companies have been the source of more than 70% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions since 1988. Data on Corporate Pollution and Emissions Now Threatened Under Trump
| Truthout truthout.org/articles/dat...
| Truthout truthout.org/articles/dat...
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Israel is ramping up its violent expulsion of Palestinians from the West Bank, forcing 40,000 people from their homes in weeks.
This is not just an escalation—it’s part of Israel’s decades-long effort to push Palestinians off their land.
This is not just an escalation—it’s part of Israel’s decades-long effort to push Palestinians off their land.
UN says 40,000 displaced in West Bank as Israel accused of readying annexation
Jamal Juma'a, head of the Stop the Wall campaign, tells MEE that the Israeli offensive is aimed at preparing the infrastructure for a US-backed land grab
ow.ly
February 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Israel is ramping up its violent expulsion of Palestinians from the West Bank, forcing 40,000 people from their homes in weeks.
This is not just an escalation—it’s part of Israel’s decades-long effort to push Palestinians off their land.
This is not just an escalation—it’s part of Israel’s decades-long effort to push Palestinians off their land.
Alaska Institute for Justice is offering free, 30-min immigration consultation appointments in JNU. #AlaskaSky
Juneau February Appointment | Alaska Institute for Justice
www.akijp.org
February 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Alaska Institute for Justice is offering free, 30-min immigration consultation appointments in JNU. #AlaskaSky
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We have a growing bench of Alaskan attorneys & adjacent pros on call to act as a “legal ER” for immediate problems that arise in the context of this “situation.” We anticipate overflow from civil rights & immigration groups & I will be trying to triage problems & match them with problem solvers.
February 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
We have a growing bench of Alaskan attorneys & adjacent pros on call to act as a “legal ER” for immediate problems that arise in the context of this “situation.” We anticipate overflow from civil rights & immigration groups & I will be trying to triage problems & match them with problem solvers.
February 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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BREAKING: Gwynne Wilcox, illegally removed from the NLRB by Trump, is suing the President.
The lawsuit calls her firing "a blatant violation of the National Labor Relations Act" and says that if she doesn't challenge her firing Trump will have nullified the NLRA’s protections.
The lawsuit calls her firing "a blatant violation of the National Labor Relations Act" and says that if she doesn't challenge her firing Trump will have nullified the NLRA’s protections.
February 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
BREAKING: Gwynne Wilcox, illegally removed from the NLRB by Trump, is suing the President.
The lawsuit calls her firing "a blatant violation of the National Labor Relations Act" and says that if she doesn't challenge her firing Trump will have nullified the NLRA’s protections.
The lawsuit calls her firing "a blatant violation of the National Labor Relations Act" and says that if she doesn't challenge her firing Trump will have nullified the NLRA’s protections.
February 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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January 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Del Norte Salamander (Plethodon elongatus)
January 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Del Norte Salamander (Plethodon elongatus)