Vivian Faith Prescott
@alaskapoet.bsky.social
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Writer & artist living at Mickey’s Fishcamp in Southeast Alaska.
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Shoshanah in Alaska
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Meet the new candidate for Alaska Senate, Dan Sullivan - Undeclared, from Petersburg. There’s a few conspiracy theories floating around about him already. You think anyone might get confused and vote for the wrong guy?
www.sullivanforsenate.com
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Dave in AK
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Keep the faith, Fairbanks. According to Weather Service we have one more day of rain, and then sunny and in the seventies Tuesday and on through the week. Despite relentless indications to the contrary, we might get a summer this year yet. Anything to add
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Mary Peltola
2 days ago
So great connecting with Alaskans in Sitka!
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Colleen Mondor
2 days ago
This is hilarious.
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The Alaska Current
2 days ago
“Alaskans are natural nurturers — we take pride in what it means to exist in the harshness of northerness,” writes Emily Mesner in this month’s “Where We’re Anchored” column.
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Where We’re Anchored: May - The Alaska Current
The theme for May is nurture, so I typed, “what does it mean to be nurtured?” into Google’s search bar and hit “enter."
https://buff.ly/N5WzgkT
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Alaska Public Media
2 days ago
Tonight on Alaska News Nightly: Legislators await the governor's signature on a bill that would help fix deteriorating rural schools. Also, after four police shootings this year, Anchorage's police chief calls for a broader conversation.
https://akpub.io/4uHveyf
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Alaska News Nightly: Friday, May 29, 2026
Legislators await the governor's signature on a bill that would help fix deteriorating rural schools.
https://akpub.io/4uHveyf
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Anchorage Daily News
2 days ago
A Dan Sullivan from Petersburg has apparently entered the U.S. Senate race to challenge the GOP incumbent who also shares the same name. Republicans say it's a "trick."
www.adn.com/politics/202...
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Two Dan Sullivans: U.S. senator gets a namesake challenger in Alaska — but is it a ‘trick’?
Another Dan Sullivan from Alaska — who is not former Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan — has apparently entered the U.S. Senate race to challenge the Republican incumbent who also shares the same name.
https://www.adn.com/politics/2026/05/29/us-sen-dan-sullivan-get-a-namesake-challenger-in-alaska-but-is-it-a-trick/
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Sitkans send off ‘Ancestral Echoes’ canoe headed to Celebration
Sitka’s canoe is expected to arrive in Juneau on Tuesday morning along with canoes paddling from communities across the region.
https://www.ktoo.org/2026/05/28/sitkans-send-off-ancestral-echoes-canoe-headed-to-celebration/?fbclid=IwZnRzaASGpKdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeoQsLAA9Q2gy8iDWx9AusP6_Uu_T9egKZvn0_h2RDvFAlSWCk6TmCyI8NTcw_aem_dWx_AvRA_d_GXvV4UurK2A
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KTOO Public Media
3 days ago
“Tonight is like a coming together again,” said Lori Trussell, the principal of the Kwigillingok school. “This is where the community excels.” (From KNBA - Anchorage)
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From flood to graduation: Seven Southwest Alaskans celebrate hard-won milestone
Southwest Alaska high school students celebrate their graduation, after a destructive October storm forced them to finish out their senior year in Anchorage. The ceremony marked a powerful step…
https://www.ktoo.org/2026/05/27/from-flood-to-graduation-seven-southwest-alaskans-celebrate-hard-won-milestone/
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akmk
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Oh Alaska.. we would be in great hands with these two as Governor and Lt. Gov...
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Election 2026: Tom Begich announces former USDA state director as Lt. Gov pick
Former Alaska Senate Minority Leader and one of the few democratic gubernatorial candidates Tom Begich announced Julia Hnilicka, a Biden appointee to the Alaska arm of the USDA, as his lieutenant gove...
https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2026/05/28/election-2026-tom-begich-announces-former-usda-state-director-lt-gov-pick/
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Mary Peltola
4 days ago
Coast to coast, voter to voter. Had such a good visit with Alaskans in Wrangell!
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My cousin Jerry Hibner Zook was one of the victims. 😢
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Alaska Public Media
4 days ago
Tonight on Alaska News Nightly: The Legislature boosts unemployment payments for the first time in nearly two decades. Also, surging fuel prices and the increasing cost of air travel hit especially hard in far flung communities.
https://akpub.io/4dNujEV
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Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, May 27, 2026
The Legislature boosts unemployment payments for the first time in nearly two decades.
https://akpub.io/4dNujEV
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Mary Peltola
4 days ago
What a start. Thank you Petersburg, Wrangell, and Metlakatla! See you out there, Alaska!
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Dave in AK
6 days ago
Bomb, announce an imminent peace agreement, bomb, threaten absolute destruction, announce an imminent peace agreement, bomb, announce an imminent peace agreement, threaten absolute destruction, announce an imminent peace agreement, bomb, add water, stir, here we go again.
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Trump Goes Back to Bombing Iran as Deal Implodes
The president previously said negotiations were “proceeding nicely.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goes-back-to-bombing-iran-as-deal-implodes/
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‘This is how we heal:’ Hoonah honors its veterans with two new memorials
Alaska consistently has the highest percentage of veterans in the country, and Hoonah has one of the highest shares of any town.
https://www.knba.org/news/2026-05-22/this-is-how-we-heal-hoonah-honors-its-veterans-with-two-new-memorials?fbclid=IwZnRzaASBi4dleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeb-AGNtlXRutJw_1FS17dPz4l_XH_jm0Bb4I3z0XT3wP8OQMJ-fKR1LOYtHI_aem_lToholts_3xN9a0XAJyFoA
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KTOO Public Media
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“They give us the strength when people walk this path," said George Bennett, an Army veteran. "Hopefully they will feel the strength that we have given back to our community through our participation to be a part of the armed forces.”
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‘This is how we heal:’ Hoonah honors its veterans with two new memorials
Alaska consistently has the highest percentage of veterans in the country, and Hoonah has one of the highest shares of any town.
https://www.ktoo.org/2026/05/22/this-is-how-we-heal-hoonah-honors-its-veterans-with-two-new-memorials/
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New member of the family—Kona!! Re-homed to our Fishcamp!!
#Alaska
#Alaskan
#Wrangell
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KTOO Public Media
9 days ago
Gardentalk is back and kicking off the season with a discussion on prepping your beds for the harvest to come.
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How to get your soil ready for spring planting
On this episode of Garden Talk, host Bostin Christopher talks with Darren Snyder about soil preparation: fertilizing it, warming it, and the various soil types and how to manage them.
https://www.ktoo.org/2026/05/22/how-to-get-your-soil-ready-for-spring-planting/
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Alaska Beacon
9 days ago
COMMENTARY: What happens when corporate obligations conflict with Alaska Native values? Ask Gloria and Ashlynn Simeon in a commentary for the
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alaskabeacon.com/2026/05/21/w...
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What happens when corporate obligations conflict with Alaska Native values? | Alaska Beacon
Fiduciary responsibility is important, but there are moments when corporate boards must recognize that their responsibility extends beyond financial return.
https://alaskabeacon.com/2026/05/21/what-happens-when-corporate-obligations-conflict-with-alaska-native-values/
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David Reamer
10 days ago
Excerpts from Dale DeArmond’s 1973 book Juneau: A Book of Woodcuts, which is essentially a history of Juneau by woodcut prints. Her husband, Robert DeArmond, was a historian.
#alaskahistory
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Alaska Public Media
10 days ago
Tonight on Alaska News Nightly: Communities in Western Alaska brace for skyrocketing fuel costs. Plus, a high-profile sexual assault case in the capital city prompts new legislation. Listen here:
https://akpub.io/4wPeVkq
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Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, May 21, 2026
Communities in Western Alaska brace for skyrocketing fuel costs.
https://akpub.io/4wPeVkq
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Alaska Public Media
10 days ago
Alaska lawmakers approved an additional $144 million in one-time funding for K-12 schools next year, plus a batch of education policy changes, some aimed at boosting teacher retention and offsetting districts’ energy costs. (Via
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Alaska lawmakers approve one-time funding for K-12 schools, plus energy relief
Lawmakers advanced $29 million to offset school districts’ rising energy costs next year, and a plan for the state to cover the bulk of districts energy costs statewide starting in 2028.
https://akpub.io/4v4kWI5
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Alaska Public Media
10 days ago
Iḷisaġvik College has been planning a new campus for nearly 10 years. This week, the officials announced the college had bought land to build it on.
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Utqiaġvik's tribal college has bought land to build its long-planned campus
Illisagvik, Alaska's only tribal college, offers educational programs in such areas as Iñupiaq studies, allied health, construction and education to about a thousand students.
https://akpub.io/3RTbN6K
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Alaska Beacon
10 days ago
Skepticism looms as an obstacle over Alaska Legislature’s special gasline session, writes
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alaskabeacon.com/2026/05/21/s...
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Skepticism looms as an obstacle over Alaska Legislature’s special gasline session | Alaska Beacon
Some legislators say the pipeline proposal is already financially sound and does not need additional help from the state.
https://alaskabeacon.com/2026/05/21/skepticism-looms-as-an-obstacle-over-alaska-legislatures-special-gasline-session/
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Erica Watson
10 days ago
Turned my LNG paper clutter into an op-ed for
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#noAKLNG
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Alaska LNG: A personal archive | Alaska Beacon
In March, around the time Gov. Mike Dunleavy introduced his bill asking the legislature to approve tax breaks for the proposed Alaska LNG pipeline, I uncovered a forgotten notebook from 2018.
https://alaskabeacon.com/2026/05/20/alaska-lng-a-personal-archive/
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What a story! In my mind it’s a movie. Where are the scriptwriters & producers! This is a movie! Is it already a movie? I don’t know. “The Alien Enemy Hearing Board recommended internment but...”
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When Science Needs Art: The Work of Science Illustrator Hashime Murayama | American Experience | PBS
Renowned science illustrator Hashime Murayama's attention to detail saved lives.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/when-science-needs-art-work-science-illustrator-hashime-murayama/
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Alaska Public Media
11 days ago
This outbreak is being called "the perfect storm." How did it start, what are the characteristics of the strain that's causing it and how much of a threat is it to global health?
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A rare Ebola strain is spreading with no vaccine. Here's what you need to know.
This outbreak is being called "the perfect storm." How did it start, what are the characteristics of the strain that's causing it and how much of a threat is it to global health?
https://akpub.io/4uqNhIP
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New poem in About Place Journal!
#BlueSkyPoets
#poetsofbluesky
#AlaskaSky
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Vivian Faith Prescott – The Ground Beneath Us – About Place Journal
https://aboutplacejournal.org/issues/the-ground-beneath-us/fractured-borders/vivian-faith-prescott/
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David Reamer
11 days ago
1917 Anchorage, cows paraded down 4th Ave. Anchorage was a very rustic place then. In 1921, the seventh local ordinance--before they even established municipal courts--banned cows from downtown, and laws like that tend to pass for a reason.
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Alaska Public Media
11 days ago
After allowing an old public safety commission to sunset in 2024, the Assembly will soon take up plans for a new commission that advocates hope will “put the public back in public safety.”
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Anchorage Assembly considers public safety advisory commission reboot
After allowing an old public safety commission to sunset in 2024, the Assembly will soon take up plans for a new commission that advocates hope will “put the public back in public safety.”
https://akpub.io/4dAbFAt
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Please help our small island retain our Kindergarten teacher! She’s a local & we want her contract renewed. Any signature or share will help! We love our kids & Madison is a spectacular teacher! 🍎 SIGN the petition even if you’re not local!
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Renew Madison Blackburn's contract at Evergreen Elementary
https://www.change.org/p/renew-madison-blackburn-s-contract-at-evergreen-elementary
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KTOO Public Media
12 days ago
Chilkat Valley Preschool in Haines is working to change the ages it serves. Once licensing is approved, it will open enrollment to infants. That’s the group that the Haines Early Childhood Task Force has identified as the most underserved. (from KHNS -- Haines)
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Haines nonprofit preschool is restructuring to accept infants
Haines, like many towns, is dealing with a childcare shortage. So it was a bit of a surprise when enrollment numbers at Chilkat Valley Preschool, or CVP, were down this year.
https://www.ktoo.org/2026/05/19/haines-nonprofit-preschool-is-restructuring-to-accept-infants/
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Matt Acuña Buxton
12 days ago
🧵 The Senate is finally underway with HB 239, the long-delayed crime bill that would raise the age of consent in Alaska. (They've got the joint session for the veto override coming up at 1) 📺:
www.ktoo.org/video/gavel/...
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ProPublica
13 days ago
Alaskans pay the most for phone and internet but get the slowest service. Please fill out our quick survey to share how much it costs you to get online and what you think of the service.
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We’re Investigating Alaska Internet Companies. We Need Your Help.
Alaskans pay the most for phone and internet but get the slowest service. Please fill out our quick survey to share how much it costs you to get online and what you think of the service.
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/alaska-internet-service-survey
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Katie Phang
13 days ago
I'll be joining this 24-hour Epstein Files Filibuster at 3 pm ET!
www.youtube.com/live/5JPrgN2...
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LIVE: COVER TO COVER-UP: 24-Hour Epstein Files Filibuster
YouTube video by Katie Phang
https://www.youtube.com/live/5JPrgN2Uf_I?si=ZzdMRZZtTCM_eQYD
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ProPublica
14 days ago
NEW: Tiny footprints. A blue blanket. The autopsy reports of babies who died after not receiving a vitamin K shot at birth included heartbreaking details about how small the babies were — and what items they had with them when they died.
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What I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died After Not Receiving a Vitamin K Shot
Babies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been.
https://www.propublica.org/article/vitamin-k-baby-autopsy-reports?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky
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Alt National Park Service
13 days ago
93 House Democrats are trying to stop Trump’s $1.7 billion slush fund.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
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Thousands of people gathered today on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to engage in an eight-hour taxpayer-funded evangelical worship event to “rededicate” the nation to Christianity.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-17-2026
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Picking spruce tips with my buddy Oscar! 🐶 I love spruce tip harvesting season!
#AlaskaSky
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Nature
14 days ago
An antiviral pill has, for the first time, been shown to prevent COVID-19 in people exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus
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At last, a pill that can prevent COVID after exposure to infected people
Nature - Drug arrives years after pandemic’s peak, but could still offer critical protection to vulnerable populations.
https://go.nature.com/4tCD7Ua
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Last night’s beautiful sunset. Southeast Alaska!
#AlaskaSky
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Katie Phang
15 days ago
“It’s just frustrating to see them come into our community and run all over us like the citizens don’t matter, and then they’re above the law when they do break it,” resident, James Clifton said.
www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
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A data center drained 30M gallons of water unnoticed — until residents complained about low water pressure
Residents in Fayetteville, Georgia, noticed low water pressure last year. The utility discovered two unaccounted-for water connections at one of the nation’s largest data center campuses.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/08/georgia-data-centers-water-00909988
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Corinne Smith
15 days ago
NEW: Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Mary Peltola called for congressional term limits and for strengthening campaign finance laws at a rally in Juneau this week
alaskabeacon.com/2026/05/16/a...
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Alaska U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola calls for congressional term limits | Alaska Beacon
Democratic candidate Mary Peltola called for congressional term limits and for strengthening campaign finance laws at a rally in front of the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau on Thursday evening.
https://alaskabeacon.com/2026/05/16/alaska-u-s-senate-candidate-mary-peltola-calls-for-congressional-term-limits/
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Very beautiful article!
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The Luna Moth that Saved Me
Raising five generations of luna moths changed me, writes Kai Coggin.
https://time.com/article/2026/05/16/the-luna-moth-that-saved-me/?fbclid=IwdGRleAR1koBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEepe8KqGsCeQFfbLu_a_lF8EOIvt4d-MVaIVfhMOfjfyYZdVsu2zsXT6T-cP0_aem_5386eBjUpw-xqdWTB3kpLA
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River River Books
15 days ago
We have received 156 manuscript submissions so far 📚💙 We read every one!
#poetry
#booksky
duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
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Anchorage Daily News
16 days ago
Alaska Science Forum: Lurking behind a dog's textured, damp nostrils are sensitive membranes that allow it to distinguish smells — molecules of odor that emanate from every living or once-living thing — at least 1,000 times better than humans.
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The world according to the absorbing and amazing nose of a dog
It’s a sensitive instrument that humans have not been able to duplicate.
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/science/2026/05/15/the-world-according-to-the-absorbing-and-amazing-nose-of-a-dog/
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16 days ago
The work of Vivian Maier (1920-2009), prolific US street photographer whose work was unknown in her lifetime
#WomensArt
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'Bored Peony' by Jessica So Ren Tang, Chinese-American contemporary textile artist who creates embroideries which explore cultural identity
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Shifting attitudes on menopause drive lawmakers to push for new protections | Alaska Beacon
The topic of menopause used to be taboo, but a generational shift has led to more legislation in statehouses around the country.
https://alaskabeacon.com/2026/05/15/repub/shifting-attitudes-on-menopause-drive-lawmakers-to-push-for-new-protections/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAR0naVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeGRJQlqjHh6rx821WJr9RP5BgXaTVqyWnSVGidyov9-uWOxRuhxSmJ5vc2rc_aem_-cNUblJUkwOsV_rOZV3c0Q
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