From Susan Ronald’s “Hitler’s Art Thief” P136. For no particular reason. #books

I follow this doctor on TikTok.. He posts about new doctors every year and gets the ugliest comments.. But he is unbothered as he should be because it’s very cool what he does…

The Golden Age of Trump: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cJ1...

There were, literally, a handful of Thai restaurants in the United States before the law was passed. There were none in LA in 1970 when I returned from Thailand where I’d been a Peace Corps volunteer! Imagine life today without Thai food. One of millions of benefits of that law.

“the historic Washington D.C. venue, which opened in 1971 as a “living memorial” to the slain 35th U.S. president” This is almost like a reeducation to remind us of the intent of the Kennedy Center: a living memorial.

#ResistanceRoots Manuel Rivera-Ortiz was born on this day in 1968 in Guyama, Puerto Rico. His photographs document the living conditions of the marginalized segments of society in less developed nations and capture the innate dignity, endurance and pride of people living in extreme hardship. /1

Noon in Anchorage a couple of days before the winter solstice. Soon the days will start getting longer. First by seconds, then by minutes.

All USians (as well as Russians) should hear this speech. A positive side effect of our disastrous president is that he has forced Europe to take full responsibility for security and to no longer rely on the US to act as daddy.

“A hundred deaths are a catastrophe. A million deaths are a statistic.” Adolf Eichman, quoted by Susan Ronald in “Hitler’s Art Thief” #books

It may be 10°F out, but inside a geranium brings warmth.

Anchorage international film festival award ceremony beginning soon at Willowaw.

According to data, ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records. ICE isn’t an agency, they are a private army meant to terrorize people of color by the order of a fragile racist wannabe dictator. They are his Gestapo.

“You’re No Indian” is the most powerful movie I’ve seen at the festival. A well made doc about how some tribes are disenrolling tribal members to increase their personal casino profits and to get rid of political opponents. #AIFF

Museum is filling up for “You’re No Indian” ar Alaska International Film Festival. #AIFF

Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.

There’s a good Anchorage Daily News @adn.com piece today about Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social. www.adn.com/arts/books/2...

With help from Google Translate: In his novel Harbors of the East, Amin Maalouf, while describing the confusion and chaos in the Middle East, says that "everyone was calling out to their own god to silence the prayers of the others". No better word has been said about the Middle East yet.

Delta just offered $1000 to passengers willing to switch to a flight tomorrow from Seattle to Anchorage

So, like, this isn’t even my rant. This is just, like, what is true. The annual salary of approximately 1,500 faculty members is caught up in buyout/guarantee money for two football coaches. This is happening in the midst of hiring freezes and dramatic budget cuts in academic units. It’s just true.

In the 1960s and 70s Tom Hayden promoted the idea that there could be no political democracy without economic equality. The Port Huron Statement is from 1962 and is painfully relevant to today. (Pp11-12 focus on economy). images2.americanprogress.org/campus/email...

Ashley B. explains very clearly that many Latinos look down upon the Black community because they value whiteness. As a Latina, I understand the culture but don’t accept the bias against the Black community. I couldn’t understand why on earth they would support such a vile man. Sadly, I see it now.

If the horse and buggy had been a powerful industry like oil today, we’d still be clip clopping down cobblestone streets and climate change wouldn’t be an issue.

This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President! This 👇

The new quarterly update to Australia's emissions inventory shows emissions down 2.2% for the year to June 2025. Emissions down across most sectors, except for transport. www.dcceew.gov.au/climate-chan...

You keep doing insanely amazing things. Can you develop some tool to flip the MAGA perception of reality?

From de Young museum SF:

Breaking character: I am open to the idea the media's coverage of Biden's age and mental acuity was fair or perhaps not even tough enough. But the fact that it was so much tougher than the coverage of Trump's (more severe) mental decline is damning and I can't see how anyone could argue otherwise.

San Francisco, this has been here quite a while

Translating the real meaning behind the spoken words is always valuable. Thanks.

Haven’t seen much coverage of today’s elections in Chile. Here’s an overview. www.as-coa.org/articles/exp...

Restating questions to get the unspoken part out in the open is an art that requires broad knowledge, logic, and quick wits.

The Anchorage International Film Festival begins Dec. 5. Here’s my first look at a few of the films. whatdoino-steve.blogspot.com/2025/11/anch...

On recent trip to Türkiye, I was reminded over and over again that humans today are no different from our ancestors from 1000 years ago to 10,000 years ago. We aren’t any smarter or less evil. Some of us improve the world and others tear it down.

If you disagree, propose a better th three.

If you can’t come down to your federal legislators offices, email or call them. In front of building that houses offices of Senators Murkowski and Sullivan in Anchorage. www.usa.gov/elected-offi...

Definitely worth reading the whole long piece. And sending it to your senators and member of Congress. They won’t read it but staff might. Unsurprising is the link between individuals in law enforcement and right wing militia groups.

According to the AP, Syria’s president was greeted “by a throng” of people when he left the WH. So is that ten? 100? 1000? This explanation doesn’t really help. Numbers please. grammarstreet.com/2025/04/30/t...

Last night's so-called deal was a tragically disappointing result for the millions of Americans who are facing higher health care costs next year, and for our efforts to confront this bully of a President. I voted no. Let's talk about where we go from here. youtu.be/Zc-sUG6myqE?...

Lets all be ripples

Who has copies of Epstein files?Victims have lists of names. Time to be reminded how Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers to NYT who then, along with WP started publishing excerpts. And Alaska’s Sen Gravel put a lot into the Congressional Record. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentago...

wish i could figure out a way to send this to my GOP US Senator other than a URL he won’t open

When i tried to comment that I’d been thinking the same thing, it said the original had been deleted. @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app did you delete this yourself? Or was it more sinister?

It’s all about context. Mamdani’s programs should be normal in US.

If you haven’t seen this, it’s about time you did. Sound up!

This is the kind of graphic visualization of how the system is rigged to favor the wealthy that people can understand easily. We need more of this for folks who can’t read graphs.

“The [Japanese] government has estimated the overall bear population at more than 54,000.” That’s a lot of bears. Japan is 377,975 km² while Alaska is (land only) 1,518,800 km² and Alaska estimates it has 134,000 bears. Something seems off. www.blm.gov/sites/defaul...

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

We need this in a graphic form that makes the obscenity of this obvious to everyone.