sometimes i feel like the republican party is a big tornado that is coming to kill me. and the democratic party is the rickety shed that i'm hiding in. and i say "we should really fix this shed, because it's not doing much." and people say "what? why aren't you criticizing the tornado instead?!"

Healthcare dot gov trolling me with emails about how much more my health insurance will cost next year, urging me to sign in to find a cheaper plan. Reader, I am on the bottom of the barrel cheapest plan available. Paying more for the privilege of covering my own medical costs.

Vinyl sticker featuring my artwork. Link to my website in my bio

Michael D Higgins, with his wife Sabina, has left Áras an Úachtaráin for the final time as president. He was given a guard of honour by members of the Sanctuary Runners, a charity of which he is patron. The President’s term of office ends at midnight. ⁦‪@VirginMediaNews.bsky.social

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he is fuckin arms all over the place angry af

After their resounding victory in Tuesday’s elections, the Democrats had no choice but to surrender.

You can have enormous frustration over the fact that air traffic controllers have to work with no pay, and already were understaffed, while at the same time being furious about Dens caving on healthcare costs. (I am.) & if you think reopening the govt fixes ATC, you haven’t been paying attention.

God the number of times I have been through this with the same damned bus of clowns in the senate. They need to go.

This quote from Dr. King is sadly still so relevant.

The woman in front of me at the checkout line was shocked at her $11 head of lettuce. I bought a $10 half gallon of milk that was set to expire in five weeks, and when I got it home it was sour. It’s not just bananas and coffee and tariffs. The US food systems, like most things here, are broken.

Wait, Dems are about to end the shutdown without protecting our health care, but instead funding tons of military construction, more police, and protection for themselves?! Of course I’m not surprised, but I still feel sickened.

A bit of good news: I think you'd all be pleasantly surprised by how resistant the undergrads are becoming to AI. Institutions have lost their minds on this front, but more and more the students themselves are saying "no" to this horribly corrosive technology.

Turns out the $8 artisan crackers are about as delicious as a communion wafer.

With appearances by @britticisms.bsky.social, @zoezolbrod.bsky.social, Gina Frangello, @meganstielstra.bsky.social, and the all-star band of @marydeereynolds.bsky.social, Amalea Tshilds, @beanatitagain.bsky.social, Angela James, L. Wyatt, Julie Pomerleau & Jeanine O'Toole.

If you are dealing with a lapse in SNAP benefits in Alaska: The Food Bank of Alaska has a list of food resources - for Anchorage & Mat-Su here's a list of hot meals and food pantry hours: foodbankofalaska.org/hubfs/Websit...

Native Movement, a non-profit advocacy organization, is providing emergency grants of $500-$800 to Alaska Native households impacted by the suspension of SNAP www.nativemovement.org/nm-blog/2025...

1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad 2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices. www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...

Do NOT sign the fascist Line!

NEWS: Emma Dabiri joins as our new non-fiction editor. Emma Dabiri FRSL is an award-winning broadcaster & bestselling author of Don’t Touch My Hair, What White People Can Do Next and Disobedient Bodies. Emma will be reading for the current open submission round. stingingfly.org/news/announc...

2 weeks from today we'll gather at Gather Fairbanks (ha.) with author Erica Watson @rickirobin.bsky.social and guest Julianne Warren @coyotetrail.bsky.social for the GHOSTS OF DISTANT TREES launch party! See you? Nov. 19, '25, doors at 5:30, 721 2nd Ave. · FB event: www.facebook.com/events/13252...

Morning does start awfully slowly in the Yukon this time of year!

Perhaps the most entertaining explanation of and commentary on neoliberalism you’ll ever hear. And you’ll learn a lot of fascinating and endearing things about snails in the process. Well done, dear @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

This is Elizabeth Peratrovich, also known as Ḵaax̲gal.aat, a member of the Tlingit Nation. Born in 1911 in Alaska, her activism would play a key role in forming anti-discrimation laws in the United States. 🧵 #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #NAHM

Anyone know Mackenzie Scott? Dear Mackenzie Scott, I run a very small nonprofit that provides residencies to women writers, especially those from communities historically excluded from these opportunities. Our budget is too small to qualify for most of the "big" grants, and we're in Alaska, 1/2

Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.

I, too, was that writer. Storyknife gave me the gift of a month to write in a beautiful and nurturing place while being cared for. The seeds planted during that month continue to grow and bear fruit.

Here's what I am reading today. Why? Because subsistence foods play a huge role in the lives of Alaskans, and their value, which is particularly outsized in rural communities, is often underestimated.

Unhappy to report that both myself and Porphyry Press were kicked off of both Meta platforms with no warning and no recourse for no reason. So! Hello Bluesky. Join me in Fairbanks on Nov. 19 to launch @rickirobin.bsky.social's new book, GHOSTS OF DISTANT TREES!

Back in the day, when the FAA allowed radios in the towers, a game like tonight would have someone on break in the back listening & yelling out scores. We'd transmit them on the frequencies whenever we knew an aircraft was going to/from one of the cities playing. @gettheflick.bsky.social

Baseball is like if the Book of Job was a sport.

"There was sleeting rain, sheeting rain, and rain turned to ice that fell in the form of furious hailstones. It was the most elemental of weather for those gathered there at Uisneach, ...to honour a man who chose to live his life woven tightly into nature." www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

Join us in Fairbanks, Alaska for the book launch of Ghosts of Distant Trees. Author @rickirobin.bsky.social will be in conversation with @coyotetrail.bsky.social, hosted by publisher @pataky.bsky.social and Solstice Books. November 19, 2025! porphyry.press/events/ghost...

Aurora over Churchill, Manitoba, on Halloween night.

Spectacular aurora in Churchill, Manitoba, at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre on Halloween night.

I love those Sara Tabbert trees against other trees! 😍🌲 Order yours here: porphyry.press/store Or from your favorite independent bookstore

Digging into @rickirobin.bsky.social’s brand new essay collection, Ghosts of Distant Trees, on a train through the boreal forest to Hudson Bay. A gorgeous and thoughtful book. You should get it. #BookSky #AlaskaSky

Saint Anthony comes through for a friendly stranger on the overnight train. Wayward earbud located. 🙏🏼

FAIRBANKS: I was in REI today and they have bins for people to donate needed items for the flood victims. Some of them will be housed here in town this winter, and they're going to need support. You can buy stuff for them, or drop off your extra gear. It will be well used and appreciated.

Julia Lucey, contemporary US printmaker who uses traditional etching and aquatint techniques to explore nature, wildness, wilderness #womensart

A big question now is: why isn't FEMA in western Alaska? Because they have not been deployed. Gov. Dunleavy has requested a federal disaster declaration, and Alaska is waiting to hear back. In the meantime, it's all local, tribal and state led relief efforts. alaskabeacon.com/2025/10/17/m...

Tiny sign, only one person, but there was a No Kings rally near Kivalina, Alaska today ✊

Way to go, Skagway!

i.m. Machán Magan A Different Field By Cian Ferriter Irish Times #SpéirGhorm

Excited to spend some time with a different kind of tide book. @alaskapoet.bsky.social #BookSky

Protesters stand and turn their backs to US Sen. Dan Sullivan during his address to the Alaska Federation of Natives conference. Signs read: "Medicaid Matters" + "Public radio saves lives" Sullivan does not acknowledge or stop speaking

We can all help a little bit by donating to this public radio/television station: www.kyuk.org

📣 Job alert! 📣 The Narwhal is offering a one-year fellowship for an Indigenous journalist in B.C., in collaboration with the Indigenous Journalists Association and IndigiNews. See the post for more details — applications are due Nov. 2. Spread the word! thenarwhal.bamboohr.com/careers/40?s...