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Mikko Wilson
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Techie; Video Geek; Videographer; Photographer; Steadicam Op; Teacher; TV Production Manager (ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social)
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#akwx ##AlaskaProblems #Juneau
A screenshot of a weather app with hourly cloud cover around 90% and chance of precipitation around 70% through the night of November 11th 2025 in Juneau, Alaska.
November 12, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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The condensed version of this thread is prefect. 👌🏻
A screenshot of the the first & last posts describing another terrible TV show with a colonialist name set, but not filmed, in Alaska.
October 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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If this isn't the thumbnail for your next video @techconnectify.bsky.social, I'll be disappointed.
A YouTuber in a brown jacket behind a desk points next to a 3-CRT video projector on the desk that matches the look of his t-shirt (with the colors in a different order). The background is a bookshelf of square cubbies with 3 lava lamps (1 red, 1 green, 1 blue) amongst various other items in front of a block of solid color, different in each cubbie.
October 7, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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A hyacinth bucket.
A plant pot with budding hyacinths.
September 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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... And relocated to a less urban environment.

#AlaskaProblems
A porcupine sitting in the bottom of an empty garbage can. A porcupine warily creeping out of a garbage can on it's side next to a road in the forest at night. A porcupine running into the forest out of a garbage can on it's side next to a road in the forest at night. A porcupine walking into a forest at night.
September 11, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Update: Busted!

##AlaskaProblems
September 11, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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#AlaskaProblems
A screenshot of a text message that reads: "There is a porcupine in the kiwi"
September 6, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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The ravens were super social up there last weekend.
2 ravens on Mt. Juneau overlooking the Juneau airport & Auke Bay in the distance. A raven basks in the sun in the heather. 2 ravens fly in tight formation 2 ravens talk to a hiker along a trail in Granite Creek Basin
August 30, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Thanks to the wonders of modern technology; I have access to live cameras across miles of rugged Alaskan terrain from glaciers to rivers in the palm of my hand (& you do too! youtube.com/watch?adw9frm-YRQ) and can use them to confirm that it is, in fact, still raining in Juneau, Alaska.
#akwx
A screenshot of a split screen of multiple night-vision webcams from Juneau, Alaska. All showing rain. A lake level gauge on the right displays 8.72ft, almost at flood stage.
August 12, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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... 16 minutes later, and about 1.6 miles downstream.

That's 6 mph.

It's like Pooh-Sticks, but using the whole tree.
A screenshot of a tree floating down the Mendenhall River during high water as seen on a KTOO live webstream. A screenshot of a tree floating down the Mendenhall River during high water as seen on a KTOO live webstream.
August 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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The #MendenhallFlood glacial basin release hasn't even started yet, this is just high water due to rain; and there are already entire trees floating down the Mendenhall River, as seen by our live cameras at ktoo.org/flood
A screenshot of a tree floating down the Mendenhall River during high water as seen on a KTOO live webstream. A screenshot of a tree floating down the Mendenhall River during high water as seen on a KTOO live webstream. A screenshot of a tree floating down the Mendenhall River during high water as seen on a KTOO live webstream.
August 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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🌈
Eagle River - Juneau, Alaska
A rainbow over Eagle River in Juneau Alaska, with forest & snow-capped mountains in the background, and grassland & the silhouette of trees in the foreground.
August 4, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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... Big day, small crew. My afternoon office has moved to covering press conferences in the Alaska State Capitol for @gavelalaska.bsky.social. First was #akleg, 2nd is #akgov
Alaska legislators hold a press conference, as seen from behind a TV camera. A TV camera operator takes a selfie while waiting for a press conference to begin.
August 3, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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My office today. Operating @gavelalaska.bsky.social coverage of the #akleg State Senate solo.

Normally this is a 2-person job. I'm running the cameras, but titles & at-ease music are missing without funding for that position.
A person in a black t-shirt sitting in a TV control room. There are monitors on the left and control panels on the table in the middle.
August 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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A peek behind the scenes of the @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social TV control room tonight where we just competed 3 hours of non-stop live tsunami warning emergency broadcasting on Public TV across Alaska.
#Alaska #PublicBroadcasting #PublicMedia #Tsunami #Earthquake
A TV control room monitor wall. A clock at the top shows 18:10:04. A larger "Preview" screen on the lower left shows a lost of forecasts of tsunami activity around Alaska on a red background. A matching "Program" screen to the right shows a map is tsunami warnings across Alaska and the west coast of Canada & the west coast US states.
July 30, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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Legit warm in #Juneau today. #AkWx
A digital thermometer in Juneau Alaska shows an outside high temperature of 82.0°F at 4:31pm on Sunday July 27th.
July 28, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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... The WEA settings look like this on Android.
The "Wireless Emergency Alerts" setting screen on an Android cellphone. Options are listed for turning on alerts overall, as well as by severity of alerts, including the options for receiving tests. There is also a menu item to review alert history.
July 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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... Landing in small planes on long runways is always fun. Our approach into Juneau today was perpendicular to the runway threshold, with a 90° turn on short final to a smooth landing.
#Alaska #Aviation #Juneau #AlaskaSky
🧵7/7
June 23, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Gondola work is progressing, slowly...
#Eaglecrest #Alaska
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A view from a floatplane of the west side of Eaglecrest Ski Area. "Lower Hillary's" is visible on the left, "Raven" leads down to "Log Jam" just left of center. The top of the "Porcupine" beginner area is visible in the lower right. In the center of the frame, some forest clearing can be seen in preparation for the construction of a gondola ski lift. An annotated view from a floatplane of the west side of Eaglecrest Ski Area. "Lower Hillary's" is visible on the left, "Raven" leads down to "Log Jam" just left of center. The top of the "Porcupine" beginner area is visible in the lower right. In the center of the frame, red circles indicate forest clearing can be seen in preparation for the construction of a gondola ski lift which will lead up to the ridge in the background to the location marked with a purple arrow.
June 23, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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... No skiing at Eaglecrest today!
#akwx
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The view from the cockpit of a floatplane looking through the Eaglecrest valley with Juneau Airport & Áak'w Mountain visible in the distance. A summertime Arial view of the east side of the Eaglecrest Ski Area. East Bowl Chutes are in the upper left. The east side gravel road winds down the mountain. A summertime Arial view of the middle of the Eaglecrest Ski Area. "Mother Load" comes in from the left. The gravel road from Black Bear (lower left) to the top of Hooter (center) wraps around to the lower west side in the distance. A summertime Arial view of the east side & mid-mountain of the Eaglecrest Ski Area under the wing of a floatplane. East Bowl Chutes are in the upper left. The east side gravel road is in the lower left. "Mother Load" is left of center, and "The Face" is visible right of center, with "Hillary's" to the right.
June 23, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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More Xootsnoowú and crossing over to "the back side" of Douglas.
#Alaska
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Snowcapped mountains of Xootsnoowú (Admiralty Island, Alaska) in the sun. A rugged mountain peak of Xootsnoowú (Admiralty Island, Alaska) with Young Bay & Douglas Island in the background. An aerial photo with Young Bay to the upper left and Douglas Island to the right. An aerial photo of Douglas Island, Alaska. Hilda bay & Point are to the left, and the peak of Eaglecrest Ski Area is in the upper right.
June 23, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Your moment of zen for today.
#Alaska
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June 23, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Views of southern Xootsnoowú (Admiralty Island, Alaska) today.
#Alaska #akwx
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An aerial photo of the southern coastline of Xootsnoowú (Admiralty Island, Alaska) in the sun, water on the left and forest & meadows on the right. Snowy mountains in the sun on southern Xootsnoowú (Admiralty Island, Alaska) from the air. An arial photo of lakes amongst the forests of Xootsnoowú (Admiralty Island, Alaska.) Lakes & inlets of Xootsnoowú (Admiralty Island, Alaska), with Aangóon (Angoon) covered by a marine layer of fog in the distance.
June 23, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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A beautiful day for a flight from Ḵéex̱ʼ (Kake, Alaska) to Juneau.
Takeoff in small planes is always fun...
#Alaska #Aviation #AlaskaSky
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June 23, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Finally a nice break in the depressing weather, tonight things are looking a little brighter. Even if it's just a little moment of sunshine, it's very welcomed.

#Juneau #Akwx
A boardwalk with handrails winds through the rainforest in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska. The ground is damp, but the clouds are breaking up to reveal blue sky after months of non-stop rain.
June 6, 2025 at 4:03 AM