At least it's not the McKinley Veiw ...

Thought for the day (courtesy, my physical therapist).

A brutal read, especially for anyone who's lost a loved one to AML. The words "awful" and "relentless" don't begin to describe it. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

The Balkans have *nothing* on Alaska utilities. www.northernjournal.com/utilities-sa...

Time-lapse from my bedroom window, 8p-10p, Nov. 12, Goldstream Valley, Alaska:

Epstein email link from the House Oversight Committee: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Some nights, you just gotta punt on the whole idea of sleep.

Senator Dan Sullivan is usually lighting quick to go to social media and brag about his votes. Yet for some reason he hasn’t said a word yet about his *deal* to reopen the government. This is a great way for a Senator conceal corruption from lawful investigations and subpoenas. Shameful. #akgov

So our choices are Cruel vs. Craven? Third party now. It's time.

Feels like winter might finally be starting to show up …

H/t to the genius who wrote that getting an extra hour of 2025 is like finding a bonus track on a Yoko Ono album.

I'm ready for the trick-or-treaters!

I need to stock up for Halloween, just in case ...

If a tree this special was on my property, about the last thing I'd do would be to cut it down and send it to New York (and that's speaking as someone who used to work at 50 Rock). nypost.com/2025/10/27/u...

www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art... What. Complete. Bullshit.

Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped

This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.

The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”

I know: We're all busy with trying to help out people on the coast, getting ready for No Kings, and swapping out our tires ... but this seems worthwhile, too. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/n...

This is what a climate emergency looks like. Possibly coming soon to a neighborhood near you …

Just amazed that I haven't ground my molars into dust at this point ... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Living in this particular timeline means muttering "Assholes" at least three or four times every day. In this case, it needed to be accompanied by a common tauro-scatalogical epithet. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, this is very, very bad news. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.

If it's a day ending in "y," there must be some more shameful shit on the way. www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

This piece:

BREAKING: Dr. Jane Goodall, an animal rights advocate, has died of natural causes at age 91, the Jane Goodall Institute says in a statement.

This has been bothering me for a while. @peter-wehner.bsky.social has a pretty good take on it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Happy Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov Saves the World Day, everybody. 42 years ago today, Lt. Col. Petrov prevented an accidental nuclear war. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl...

This is such an excellent article on why protecting the Tongass is so important for Alaska. #NoRoadlessRule

Hat tip to the genius who came up with haikus for Trump, especially this one: calming metaphors, natural imagery not fucking enough

"... the monster that screams the loudest ..." deadline.com/2025/09/ando...

This was handed out at a 'sustainable energy conference ' in Alaska. #whatnerve #freakingnuts

History doesn't repeat itself, but it certainly rhymes. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...

One of Alaska's oldest environmental groups has suspended operations due to budget problems, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner is reporting: www.newsminer.com/news/local_n... #akleg

I think about a magnet on my fridge more and more these days: "I just want to live in a world where I can step outside and not have to wonder: What the fuck is wrong with people?

Definitely in the running for the Top 5 Most Loathsome People in DC: “Gavin Newsom is a mongoloid who barely registers half a brain cell,” (White House Communications Director Stephen) Cheung told The Post, using a term for people with Down syndrome. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

We continue losing daylight for 106 days.

McSweeney's (satire), July 11, 2025: www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/our... New York Times (usually not satire), August 28, 2025: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...

This is a big loss for Fairbanks, Alaska, and the Arctic. #akleg

Two of the better things about living in Interior: The lights, and craning your neck up to look at the North Star.

Remembering Graham Greene: A Life of Talent, Heart, and Groundbreaking Achievements redpopnews.com/remembering-...

With Southcentral Alaska facing an energy crunch, Nat Herz of the Northern Journal did a deep dive to explain why big amounts of wind power won't arrive before key federal tax credits are killed by the Republican budget plan: alaskabeacon.com/2025/09/01/w...