ICE stands for… I’ll go first: Insurrectionists Co-opting Evil

I just had to write a social media post for a close friend’s family to share a big loss. When my students say writing is hard, I usually try to convince them otherwise. There are exceptions. Today was one. Sometimes writing IS hard.

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Whoops! I accidentally sent my Santa letter to @adn.com www.adn.com/opinions/202...

Save the date! Our warmest holiday tradition, Talk of Alaska: Holiday Greetings Across The State, is back again this year! Join hosts Steve Heimel and Wesley Early for a little Christmas cheer via radio and livestream Tuesday, Dec. 23 at 10 am. More at alaskapublic.org/events.

Great list! Honored to be on it! 🙏

That’s my buddy Rilen! Joining his brother at ASU! Clearly the 1st Alaskan Brothers to go D1 baseball? Gotta be! I’m so proud. #AlaskaGrown

You are the best Jamie! Quyana! (Yup’ik for “thanks!”)

#RuralAlaska #PublicMedia Ehat public Media means to Rural Alaska and RuralAmerica revealnews.org/podcast/publ...

Writer Don Rearden has raised thousands of dollars since he launched his campaign. "What matters is community," he said.

"Two Old Women" is an adaptation of Velma Wallis' novel of the same name. Wallis's 1993 book is based on an Athabascan legend and takes place before colonization.

I’m giving away my novel to anyone who will donate to relief efforts, and so grateful for this story from Alaska Public Media. Could you carry this story @npr.org ? We’ve got so many Alaskans in need from Typhoon Halong. 🙏

Alaska writer and artist team up to build a community of support for storm evacuees alaskapublic.org/2025-western...

Just rolled this out and we’ve already raised over a $1K of direct relief funds! Donate any amount and get an exclusive just released novel of mine as an ebook #TyphoonHalong #Alaska

Power is out in a vast portion of Anchorage…

Communities such as Tuntutuliak and Napakiak are working to get homes and infrastructure ready for winter after the destruction caused by ex-Typhoon Halong. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

This is part of the final installment of a three-part series about the 1918 wreck of the Canadian Steamship Princess Sophia on Vanderbilt Reef. The sinking remains the West Coast’s greatest loss of life in a maritime disaster. www.juneauindependent.com/post/sinking...

I can’t believe this story is about me. David James is such a gift for Alaskan writers. (Nancy Lord, too.) and thank you to Anchorage Daily News for still publishing stories about writers and book reviews.

Ten women were inducted into the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame on Tuesday, including Joaqlin Estus, one of Alaska's first Native journalists, and her great-grandmother.

Donate, share— and please pre-order @naviyuk.bsky.social ‘s latest! 🙏

As evacuations in the aftermath of the Western Alaska storms wind down, organizations are looking toward finding families longer-term housing so they can move out of mass shelters.

It is going to take more than a village to help our Alaskan villages.

Some residents are reportedly unaccounted for or trapped in houses as a major storm brings high water and winds to Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta communities. (Reported by @alaskapublic.org, KYUK, KNBA and KNOM) www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

The typhoon that struck southwestern Alaska last night left the region in the worst sort of disaster scenario for these already impoverished and struggling communities.

Worried for my friends in Kotz…

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In a UN speech today, President Trump said that "all of these [climate] predictions were wrong". Back in 2019 I led a research effort to digitize old climate model projections and assess how well they did. Turns out they got future warming pretty spot on!

Take a bear break from all the noise…

“…airs on Hulu in September. The documentary, set in Alaska’s most remote regions and blending true crime and Native folklore, is adapted from the 2019 Audible original “Midnight Son”; it is directed by Kahlil Hudson.” Kahlil, my adopted clan brother is the director!!!! #AlaskaSky #Alaska

Only in Alaska do we troll earthquakes under 7.0. Weak! Weakass earthquake! 🤣

Will be give himself the Medal of Honor? thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Deal or deal? Or just more of the same? And how come Putin knows more about Alaskan history and geography than a good majority of Alaskans?

I can’t stress enough how crazy I think it is that this “summit” began with the President of the United States clapping at the arrival of a stone cold killer on our own military base here in Anchorage, Alaska. Unbelievable. (And surreal.)

Can’t say I ever expected to be told to stay home from work because the Russians have taken up residency on campus. #Alaska #Anchorage #StandWithUkraine

I wish some country or billionaire would fund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting ( NPR / PBS) just to show a belief in America, in art, music, literature, film, culture, stories, real journalism— you know the shit worth living for.

Important.

Almost a century after Alaska Native student Benny Benson ran the very first Alaska flag up a flagpole, the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska has passed a resolution to address the racial discrimination Benson experienced as a child.

UAS language professor and Emmy-winning "Molly of Denali" writer X̱’unei Lance Twitchell was presented with a legislative citation Saturday. He is at the start of a year-long sabbatical to explore further. www.juneauindependent.com/post/x-unei-...

That’s my buddy Coen! 💪🏽 Alaska Strong!

The House is back in session, where legislators officially get the veto letter read into the record. They then immediately announced a joint session for tomorrow at 9 a.m. to take up an override vote. The bill passed 48-11. They'll need 40. #akleg

An essay from writer Seth Kantner: In Northwest Alaska, identities are rooted in place, experience and connection.

If a country starts to fall and no one is around to do anything about it does it make a sound?

A friend’s boy. The unending type of news and grief we bear in Alaska.

What if all the kids around the world playing Minecraft have been mining Bitcoin this whole time?

Essay from author Seth Kantner: Guiding scientists through snow and memory at Northwest Alaska’s Kobuk Sand Dunes. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...