Kelly Eldridge
@ossiferous-ak.bsky.social
Alaskan, Federal archaeologist, PhD Candidate (Evolutionary Anthropology & Native American Studies), zooarch, CRM, wannabe birder, fishing and aviation enthusiast.
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Southcentral Alaska will close all its remaining clubhouses and two remaining child care centers on Christmas Eve.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southcentral Alaska to close, ending child care programs
The closure comes after athletic and clubhouse programming was paused in October.
www.adn.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southcentral Alaska will close all its remaining clubhouses and two remaining child care centers on Christmas Eve.
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One morning Toad sat in bed. “I have many things to do,” he said. “I will write them all down on a list so that I can remember them.”
December 11, 2025 at 5:37 AM
One morning Toad sat in bed. “I have many things to do,” he said. “I will write them all down on a list so that I can remember them.”
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Alaska will be featured in an edition of the PBS series “A Reading Road Trip” this week. The episode will cover a number of aspects of the state’s literary history, including Alaska Native storytelling.
Alaska featured in PBS ‘Reading Road Trip’ online book series Wednesday
The episode will debut at 4 p.m. AKST on YouTube, Facebook and PBS platforms.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Alaska will be featured in an edition of the PBS series “A Reading Road Trip” this week. The episode will cover a number of aspects of the state’s literary history, including Alaska Native storytelling.
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The Chukchi Sea is approaching ice-over, though substantial areas of now disconnected open water remain. With colder weather this week, ice will grow. Ice is also growing out from the coast in the Bering Sea, and ice extent is near the 1991-2020 median for the end of November. #akwx #Arctic #seaIce
November 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Possible winter wonderland. ❄️
November 23, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Possible winter wonderland. ❄️
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The NSF Bio Anthro Program DDRIG, Cultural Anthrpology DDRIG, and Archaeology DDRIG have all been archived (as of yesterday afternoon). Please speak with your grad students and plan accordingly. To say I am angry and depressed about this is an understatement.
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The NSF Bio Anthro Program DDRIG, Cultural Anthrpology DDRIG, and Archaeology DDRIG have all been archived (as of yesterday afternoon). Please speak with your grad students and plan accordingly. To say I am angry and depressed about this is an understatement.
I am thankful for #AlaskaEarthquakeCenter
From all of us to all of you—our gratitude for coming along on this seismic ride. You are our partners in monitoring, preparing, responding, and learning. We are YOUR Alaska Earthquake Center, and we are thankful for all of you.
November 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I am thankful for #AlaskaEarthquakeCenter
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We have reviewed a magnitude 6.0 event that occurred at 08:11 AM AK time, northwest of Anchorage and at 43 miles depth.
This event was felt widely throughout south-central Alaska, and as far as Fairbanks.
For more information, please visit
https://earthquake.alaska.edu/event/ak2025xjbvhj
This event was felt widely throughout south-central Alaska, and as far as Fairbanks.
For more information, please visit
https://earthquake.alaska.edu/event/ak2025xjbvhj
Willow M6.0 | Alaska Earthquake Center
Alaskan Earthquake Center
earthquake.alaska.edu
November 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We have reviewed a magnitude 6.0 event that occurred at 08:11 AM AK time, northwest of Anchorage and at 43 miles depth.
This event was felt widely throughout south-central Alaska, and as far as Fairbanks.
For more information, please visit
https://earthquake.alaska.edu/event/ak2025xjbvhj
This event was felt widely throughout south-central Alaska, and as far as Fairbanks.
For more information, please visit
https://earthquake.alaska.edu/event/ak2025xjbvhj
Because of NOAA funding cuts, #AlaskaEarthquakeCenter is "not going to continue operating those stations in the Aleutians that are entirely NOAA-supported."
What are we going to do? We need every seismic monitoring station we can get! #AlaskaQuake #AlaskaSky
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What are we going to do? We need every seismic monitoring station we can get! #AlaskaQuake #AlaskaSky
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NOAA cancels funding for data collection crucial to tsunami warning systems
The Alaska Earthquake Center has long provided NOAA with seismic data for tsunami monitoring and warning purposes. That work will wind down in November, after the federal agency said it can no longer ...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Because of NOAA funding cuts, #AlaskaEarthquakeCenter is "not going to continue operating those stations in the Aleutians that are entirely NOAA-supported."
What are we going to do? We need every seismic monitoring station we can get! #AlaskaQuake #AlaskaSky
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What are we going to do? We need every seismic monitoring station we can get! #AlaskaQuake #AlaskaSky
share.google/3kzA5v9jjypp...
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Seeing a lack of Alaskans posting about the earthquake on my X (Twitter) feed lets me know that site is washed.
Alaska Earthquake Center measured a 6.2 magnitude quake near Willow at 8:11 this morning.
Definitely felt that one
Definitely felt that one
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Seeing a lack of Alaskans posting about the earthquake on my X (Twitter) feed lets me know that site is washed.
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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First, an earthquake hit Alaska. Then it was a typhoon. People turned to public radio for lifesaving information. Sen. Lisa Murkowski tried to get her colleagues to understand the importance of stations.
They voted to defund public media anyway.
They voted to defund public media anyway.
In rural America, public radio saves lives
In remote Alaska, public radio station KYUK is crucial during natural disasters. Without federal funding, how will it survive?
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November 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
First, an earthquake hit Alaska. Then it was a typhoon. People turned to public radio for lifesaving information. Sen. Lisa Murkowski tried to get her colleagues to understand the importance of stations.
They voted to defund public media anyway.
They voted to defund public media anyway.
November 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Wednesday ice update: #Arctic sea-ice extent is currently the *2nd* lowest on record for the current date (JAXA VISHOP data)...
More graphics of polar change: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
More graphics of polar change: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Wednesday ice update: #Arctic sea-ice extent is currently the *2nd* lowest on record for the current date (JAXA VISHOP data)...
More graphics of polar change: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
More graphics of polar change: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
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This is outstanding reportage of a uniquely Alaskan problem. www.kyuk.org/public-safet...
Alaska owns dozens of deteriorating schools. Now it wants under-resourced districts to take them on
Rural school district superintendents are trying to “find the best, most optimal use of very lean resources.” Taking on the state’s unmaintained buildings, they say, will only increase their burden.
www.kyuk.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:31 AM
This is outstanding reportage of a uniquely Alaskan problem. www.kyuk.org/public-safet...
EPA's new "Waters of the United States" rule will limit #CleanWaterAct jurisdiction to "relatively permanent, standing or continuously flowing bodies of water... [and] wetlands that are connected to such bodies of water."
This ignores most Alaska wetlands.
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This ignores most Alaska wetlands.
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EPA moves to limit scope of clean water law
NATIONRule could cut Clean Water Act protections for wetlands.Associat
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November 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
EPA's new "Waters of the United States" rule will limit #CleanWaterAct jurisdiction to "relatively permanent, standing or continuously flowing bodies of water... [and] wetlands that are connected to such bodies of water."
This ignores most Alaska wetlands.
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This ignores most Alaska wetlands.
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Another dataset confirms that last month was the warmest October on record in the #Arctic. The previous record was 2024. This is already a month with a very large increasing temperature trend (i.e., Arctic amplification). Not good.
Data from NASA/GISS GISTEMPv4 (data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/).
Data from NASA/GISS GISTEMPv4 (data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/).
November 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Another dataset confirms that last month was the warmest October on record in the #Arctic. The previous record was 2024. This is already a month with a very large increasing temperature trend (i.e., Arctic amplification). Not good.
Data from NASA/GISS GISTEMPv4 (data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/).
Data from NASA/GISS GISTEMPv4 (data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/).
Happy Alaska Native Heritage Month!
I’m starting a new series today highlighting a different Alaska Native-authored book every day.
#alaskanativeheritagemonth #americanindianheritagemonth #indigenous #nativeamericanheritagemonth #alaskanative #gwichin
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I’m starting a new series today highlighting a different Alaska Native-authored book every day.
#alaskanativeheritagemonth #americanindianheritagemonth #indigenous #nativeamericanheritagemonth #alaskanative #gwichin
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Thirty Days of Alaska Native Books: Day 1
With all of the books about/taking place in Alaska out there, it can be hard to identify which are actually written not only by Alaskans, but by Alaska Native authors. So this month I’ll be highlig…
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November 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"The current harvest level is the lowest in more than 120 years... In 1973, an average 16-year-old halibut weighed 73 pounds. In recent years, an average fish the same age dropped to just less than 26 pounds, according to data compiled by the International Pacific Halibut Commission"
#HalibutFishery
#HalibutFishery
The halibut fishery has long been one of the economic mainstays of small-boat fishermen in Alaska, British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest. But stocks have plunged across a broad range of the North Pacific. (Reported with @seattletimes.com and Northern Journal) www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
Shrinking prize: Challenges mount for Alaska and Washington fishing crews as halibut decline
A smaller harvest brings fewer — and pricier — halibut to market.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"The current harvest level is the lowest in more than 120 years... In 1973, an average 16-year-old halibut weighed 73 pounds. In recent years, an average fish the same age dropped to just less than 26 pounds, according to data compiled by the International Pacific Halibut Commission"
#HalibutFishery
#HalibutFishery
"at least 106 burial sites in Kipnuk and Kwigillingok uncovered and scattered by the storm had been located or re-interred as of this week"
Multi-Agency Resource Center for Halong survivors, this weekend (11/15 and 11/16)!
Anchorage
Egan Center
9 am - 6 pm
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Multi-Agency Resource Center for Halong survivors, this weekend (11/15 and 11/16)!
Anchorage
Egan Center
9 am - 6 pm
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Many uprooted by Western Alaska storm brace for winter stay in Anchorage
ALASKA NEWSState officials say they are looking for long-term shelter
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November 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"at least 106 burial sites in Kipnuk and Kwigillingok uncovered and scattered by the storm had been located or re-interred as of this week"
Multi-Agency Resource Center for Halong survivors, this weekend (11/15 and 11/16)!
Anchorage
Egan Center
9 am - 6 pm
adn-ak.newsmemory.com?publink=079a...
Multi-Agency Resource Center for Halong survivors, this weekend (11/15 and 11/16)!
Anchorage
Egan Center
9 am - 6 pm
adn-ak.newsmemory.com?publink=079a...
Some federal employees will get back pay on Saturday, while others won't get paid until next Wednesday. #GovernmentShutdown
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Post-shutdown, here’s how soon federal employees can expect back pay
The Office of Personnel Management is setting expectations for agencies as they begin to update post-shutdown pay, leave and benefits for federal employees.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Some federal employees will get back pay on Saturday, while others won't get paid until next Wednesday. #GovernmentShutdown
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Some nights we sign off with hope and inspiration.
Tonight, we sign off with anger and betrayal.
To the senators who caved... twice... May you have the night you deserve.
And to the rest of you...
Rage, rage against the dying of the light
Night, folks 💚
Tonight, we sign off with anger and betrayal.
To the senators who caved... twice... May you have the night you deserve.
And to the rest of you...
Rage, rage against the dying of the light
Night, folks 💚
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Some nights we sign off with hope and inspiration.
Tonight, we sign off with anger and betrayal.
To the senators who caved... twice... May you have the night you deserve.
And to the rest of you...
Rage, rage against the dying of the light
Night, folks 💚
Tonight, we sign off with anger and betrayal.
To the senators who caved... twice... May you have the night you deserve.
And to the rest of you...
Rage, rage against the dying of the light
Night, folks 💚
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Well, at least Kim Davis lost today.
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Well, at least Kim Davis lost today.
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We are beyond Kubrickian satire and it’s literally going to get us all killed
☢️ President Trump says in Truth Social post tonight that U.S. will resume testing nuclear weapons again.
— The US hasn’t tested nuclear weapons in three decades. This is a major shift in policy.
— The US hasn’t tested nuclear weapons in three decades. This is a major shift in policy.
October 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
We are beyond Kubrickian satire and it’s literally going to get us all killed