Leanne Betasamosake Simpson - Pyrrhic Victories (Live at Port William Sound) Filmed by Monika Kraska @biidaasamose.bsky.social - vocals Caylie Runciman - guitar, vocals Phillippe Charbonneau - bass Callum Runciman - guitar Tasy Hudson - drums Jonas Bonetta - vocals youtu.be/IJYn_olAiOk

“The results of today’s lease sale speaks for itself. Yet again, no major oil and gas companies showed up to bid, because they know that drilling in the Arctic Refuge is a losing proposition,” Kristen Moreland gwichinsteering.org alaskabeacon.com/2026/06/05/c... #AlaskaIsNotForSale

Please also call all your representatives today. Let them know selling leases in the Arctic Refuge is STILL and EVER immoral, reckless, and undemocratic.

“We condemn these efforts by the Trump administration to exploit the calving grounds [“Arctic Refuge”] of the Porcupine Caribou…we know that the majority of Americans stand beside us…”-Kristen Moreland gwichinsteering.org/takeaction/ + trustees.org/help-protect... @trusteesforalaska.bsky.social

Tell Congress to support the Arctic Refuge Protection Act, add your name to AWL “Dear Big Oil” letter e.g., : “If you’re thinking about setting up shop in the Arctic Refuge, think again…” Take Action link below. #StandWiththeGwichin #DefendtheSacred Tune in to gwichinsteering.org/takeaction/

Got to hear a moose calf calling out in the woods this morning. 🌱 (And got quickly out of their way) #Fairbanks #Alaska

By Demian DinéYazhi’ (Diné), my ancestors will not let me forget this, Forge Project Collection, traditional lands of the Moh-He-Con-Nuck forgeproject.com/collection/a... Family photo, my title: my ancestors are trying to make me to forget this

Hermit thrushes sound like they’re singing their hearts out.

"Yelp culture nudges people to speak of buying a book in the same terms as they speak of buying a cheese grater." ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2026/05/28/r...

Netanyahu orders Israeli army to seize ‘70% of Gaza Strip’, violating ceasefire deal

If you missed this documentary from 2019, it's even more relevant today. And follow @jeffsharlet.bsky.social for the continuing connections!

Israel’s occupation of Gaza, Lebanon, Syria extends beyond what maps show https://aje.news/32nvps

Part 2 of the Arctic Summers and El Niño climate analysis is now posted in the Alaska and Arctic Climate newsletter. This newsletter is cross-posted on Beehiiv and Substack. #Arctic #Climate #ElNino alaska-arctic-climate.beehiiv.com/p/arctic-sum... alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/arctic-sum...

After the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, some state leaders are targeting Native voters. The Wyoming Secretary of State wants to “examine” electoral boundaries inside of the Wind River Reservation, but tribal leaders are calling it a “direct attack on Native voting.”

Censorship “affects people’s actions through systems of reward and punishment, shaping conduct in tangible ways.”-Ai Weiwei w/a new book On Censorship

Part of writing is trying to figure out what kind of writer you are. What habits make sense. What habits are possible. And this is ongoing. Stuff changes. Life changes. We change.

What is maddening about this debate is that citation practices are not just about AI hallucinations. Scholars should be familiar with the ongoing conversations in their fields. Citations aren't throwaway padding. They are about matters of methodology, ethics, and care. 🛢1/2

What happens when persons privileged by the cultish domination-worldview reach the sharp outer edges, themselves, & wail? To state the obvious—I think there are few w/capacity/will to exit alone, to pay prices of bewilderment+losses of belonging. How & who to be caring portals & processes, & justly?

Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.

Secretary of Interior visits Fairbanks & w/industry supporters gather to presume 1.4 mill acre theft upon theft of public lands that are Tribal lands, plus scheme for more. They heard us, again, say NO #NoAmblerRoad @fbxclimateaction.bsky.social #NorthernAKEnviroCenter @nativemvmnt.bsky.social ++

Today #Fairbanks

Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed.   Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us.

Magical light this morning. The whole house filled with this radiant, pink glow. #Fairbanks #Alaska #Morning

Tomorrow #Fairbanks! @fbxclimateaction.bsky.social

Something is happening! Tuesday morning (L) and this morning (R) ~515am #Goldstream #Fairbanks

For one thing, listening to the board, AIDEA is using a statute that requires them to keep private business dealings private as a loophole to excuse making public decisions, like about big oil, behind closed doors.

“It would be great to turn out a lot of comments via phone, in person, & email. AIDEA accepts public comment by email to [email protected]”-badAIDEA Mtg details-https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/Attachment.aspx?id=161876 +Info: www.silainuat.org/aidea #StandWithTheGwichin

AIDEA Board to Vote on Arctic Refuge Written comments can be emailed to [email protected] no later than 4:00 p.m. on May 12th, 2026 #Alaska

“Most concerning, the agenda includes Resolution G26-05, an ANWR [Iizhik Gwats’an Gwandaii Goodlit, “the Arctic Refuge”] resolution…w/up to $175 million for…seismic and up to $15 million for….lease sale” Comment options also @ northern.org/news/tell-ai... #StandWithTheGwichin gwichinsteering.org

“It would be great to turn out a lot of comments via phone, in person, & email. AIDEA accepts public comment by email to [email protected]”-badAIDEA Mtg details-https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/Attachment.aspx?id=161876 +Info: www.silainuat.org/aidea #StandWithTheGwichin

A ‘deeply unpopular project’ that lacks a ‘meaningful public engagement process…. They know that they don’t have the support of the majority of Alaskans, and most certainly don’t want to face the voices of Gwich’in’-Kristen Moreland, ED, gwichinsteering.org www.northernjournal.com/the-state-of...

The LANDBACK Action Network is LIVE! To learn more about the membership visit: Landback.org “Colonial forces rely on our isolation. But when we come together, we build collective power. That’s the work of the LANDBACK Action Network,” said Nicole Maria Yanes, Membership Manager at NDN Collective.

The Santa Marta conference in Colombia was the first international diplomatic conference dedicated expressly to phasing out fossil fuels. Basav Sen writes on why that matters. inthesetimes.com/article/sant...

On our latest podcast episode of Half Smoke, join host Brittany Woods-Orrison in a conversation with Kathleen Hildebrand Meckel about what the moose hide reveals within itself and within each of us. www.nativemovement.org/alwaysindigenousmedia Check it out on Youtube & Spotify! #HideTanning #moose

New cookie jar

Remember all those Sundays men handed flowers only to mothers—conceived as such by “nuclear family”—after sermons on Prov 31,& you left empty-handed? From friend C Zenner—“My question to you is: What infrastructures promote your flourishing? How can you be part of and support that flow for others?”

In the Black Radical Tradition, abolition refers to the creative and rebellious reimagining of our society, of our schools, of our institutions, of our families. And we are reimagining in ways that acknowledge Indigenous sovereignty. —Saul Williams

Hunger

7/ And these feedbacks are already activating. Permafrost thaw & Arctic wildfires are eating about a quarter of the carbon budget for 1.5°C. This is already happening now, sooner than the standard scenarios assume.

the whole thing of “family”-what I and so many were taught it was supposed to mean-is a huge wound that needs deep healing

If you know people in NYC, can you please help us to spread the word that Black Zine Fair is on Saturday and that they should register to come? pools.events/event/WFzHwJ... - It's free but donations are always appreciated. We have 4 days to let folks know about it.

Was sorry to be a bother, and also loved this Spruce Grouse’s reply.

And it is the return of pink-ice season. 🌸A great time to never give up, on justice and compassion.

We put together a class war reading list because *gestures around*

New website: juliannewarren-avian.studio

Hearing cranes this morning!

Sometimes I can hardly breathe

Varied thrushes this morning!