How can you tell if someone has visited Barcelona recently? Don’t worry, they will write a newsletter article about it.

I have new newsletter out this week: The recipe for Barcelona’s supremely good streets. benjmatheson.substack.com/p/the-recipe...

if you consider this wonky, please tune in next for some insane Alaska PFD financial modeling coming soon

the tunnel should send this out for its christmas card

I spent a very long time on the 'eklutna lake' label trying to make it less janky (did not succeed)

what it looks like when I don't eat a full breakfast, pre-lunch, and main lunch.

my accomplishment of the weekend was I sent an order to the printer with something like 15 square feet of maps for my walls. including this eklutna area one.

The view from Richardson Highway @ Thompson Pass MP 25.7, 📷 from 511.alaska.gov

The view from Mitkof Highway @ Blaquiere Point MP 33, 📷 from 511.alaska.gov

1957 Kiddieland, a miniature amusement park in Anchorage on Old Seward south of Dowling. It opened in 1954, closed circa 1958, and was most famous for its little Alaska Railroad train. Another Kiddieland opened on Fireweed in 1965. Via Anchorage Museum #alaskahistory #alaska

The view from Glenn Highway @ Gunsight Mountain MP 117, 📷 from 511.alaska.gov

some low aurora in this one?

The view from Glenn Highway @ MP 176.6, 📷 from 511.alaska.gov

it's looking sharp out there live2.brownrice.com/embed/skiclu...

Mount Shishaldin volcano keeps steaming.

The view from Goldstream Road @ Old Steese Hwy, 📷 from 511.alaska.gov

needs more snow

the weather seemed kind of like this all weekend.

Anchorage Winter Start race spectating yesterday

The view from Seward Highway @ Turnagain Pass MP 69.9, 📷 from 511.alaska.gov

new 12 hour Ken Burns documentary (should be at least 24 hours)

very "mid-November" this weekend

looks like some northern lights captured here

my phone was frozen solid so no photo evidence, but I skied tonight under a full arc red rainbow shape northern lights. very cool.

i'm currently at five trips to Lowe's in the past week. I know all of the staff. I know where everything is. I have a favorite oversized cart. I know of secret parking spots. I have MyLowe’s Money™. (I am pretty sure five is nowhere near my record number of trips. )

i'm pretty intrigued by the mulch yard

this weekend's views

I'm sure I have used their galvanized coatings many times.

Looks like the plows are busy in Anchorage this morning! experience.arcgis.com/experience/3... #akwx #Alaska

squirrelier than expected today : )

The view from Haines Highway @ Klehini MP 36.6, 📷 from 511.alaska.gov

yet another excellent view of the tunnel

The view from Goldstream Road @ Old Steese Hwy, 📷 from 511.alaska.gov

The view from Lathrop Street @ 21st Avenue Fairbanks, 📷 from 511.alaska.gov

The view from Glenn Highway @ MP 176.6, 📷 from 511.alaska.gov

very eager to see this one in person. As Anchorage works to make better streets, I like to point people to Minneapolis as another snowy, often dark and cold place that is a solid decade in front of us in terms of working out the kinks on these things (and that we should copy a bunch of things)

based on my weekly shopping habits, it's shocking that Nvidia beat Lowe's to become the world's first $5 trillion company.

Alaskans’ stake in Nvidia amounts to an impressive $1,110 per PFD recipient. The Alaska Permanent Fund’s 3,416,878 shares (as of 9/30) indicate a holding worth $693,250,377 as of yesterday’s market close. #akleg

The view from Dalton Hwy @ Atigun Pass MP 244, 📷 from 511.alaska.gov

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The view from Sterling Highway @ Tern Lake MP 37, 📷 from 511.alaska.gov

I grew the world's smallest brussels sprouts this summer.

The view from Parks 357 DMS Inbound, 📷 from 511.alaska.gov

Glen Alps got some snow. dnr.alaska.gov/parks/units/...

50-year October snowfall trend for Alaska. Nearly everywhere shows a dramatic decline. October used to be the snowiest month of the year across much of the state. Now. October snow frequently falls as rain. @alaskawx.bsky.social

Lessons from a classroom blind tasting of wild vs. farmed salmon www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

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The view from Dalton Hwy @ Atigun Pass MP 244, 📷 from 511.alaska.gov

a new newsletter 📝 today: all 44 Alaska Permanent Fund dividends adjusted to 2025 dollars.↑ 📊 The $1,000 we received this month sets the new bar for the smallest real dividend, beating out 1984's $331, which is now $1,019. #akleg benjmatheson.substack.com/p/alaskas-20...

just look at this