#badbunny highlighted #puertorico ʼs disastrous energy privatization which means frequent power cuts. #earthjustice if pushing for a better (more equitable, more clean sources) energy system. #sierraclub #electricpower

worthy advice from @PaulTShattuck (Stay Human - Shape Tomorrow) “People who can slow down, orient to values, and act deliberately under pressure are hard to manipulate.” “In this context, recharge is not indulgence. Building skills of civic resilience — individually and collectively — is not […]

10:40 40 degrees (steady these days) Went to sleep to the rain hitting my tin roof, now there are drops off every twig and branch Methinks itʼs a good day to be cozy inside #myalaskawx #cbjuneau

I came back to mastodon because: 1) seemed like a hopeful "goodbye 2025, hello 2026" thing to do 2) I like alaskan.social. Just the idea is good. I missed seeing photos and weather updates and bits of stuff from all over the state. 3) bluesky will enshitify itself eventually. It's okay, but I […]

#doorsday #pletzfeldmomentsintime #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #bw #bnw #darktable #mywork #myphoto

Today is my last teaching day of the semester and the students of my seminar "Open Science practices in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition" will be showcasing their seminar projects and giving each other feedback. Any format is allowed and creativity is encouraged. This semester […]

#thicktrunktuesday #mendocinocoast

Alaska and vicinity site-specific January 2026 temperature departures from normal. Southwest coldest relative to normal, though Jan 2020 was significantly colder. Interior Alaska much colder than normal in early Jan then much above normal later in month. Southeast persistently mild. #akwx #Climate

🐯: Und wann gibt's endlich die Mozartkugeln? 🐞: Gleich. Erst noch fertigzeichnen. Bitte nicht soviel bewegen. 🐯: Wann ist gleich? 🐞: Gleich halt. 🐯: Jetzt? 🐞: Noch nicht. 🐯: Jetzt? 🐞: 🙄 🐯: Aber jetzt. Ich bin mir ganz sicher. Heute hätte Wolfgang Amadeus […] [Original post on sueden.social]

My first 2 weeks on #mastodon have been a breath of fresh air. I can't wait to explore more of this amazing world called the #fediverse . A bit late #silentsunday but I wanted to contribute anyway. [Dolomiti, summer 2020, sunrise: an amazing view from Bec de […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

'The Languages Spoken in Alaska' and 'Nonresident Workers on the Rise' - Alaska Economic Trends, February 2026 https://live.laborstats.alaska.gov/trends-magazine/2026/February/the-languages-spoken-in-alaska #alaska #population #popmastodon

C is for… #crane Join us for #artabcs, the most laid-back art challenge ever Share your art of anything starting with B! No AI, Yes alt text, CW as needed #watercolor @KarinWanderer

Melt-the-ice-hat. In the 1940’s, Norwegians made and wore red pointed hats with a tassel as a form of visual protest against Nazi occupation of their country. Within two years, the Nazis made these protest hats illegal and punishable by law to wear, make, or […] [Original post on chaos.social]

published in "Landslides" connecting rising annual air temperatures and increase in precipitation (4 fatal slides in last 10 years were triggered by heavy rain) […]

Found off Facebook. This guy odds making resistance logos from the state birds. Feel free to use or share. #fuckice #minnesota #trynottodie

Reasonably sure Mastodon peeps like libraries and might like a peek at this wowzer I stepped into today. #dascdmx

distraction by dreaming; @AjayChowdhury writes in "The Cook" “when the Irish, Ashkenazis and Bangladeshis live cheek by jowl, each respecting the othersʼ religions, customs, food, and dress. These were people who had looked past the yarmulkes and hijabs and crosses, realising they had more in […]

Always nice to be notified by my local library whenever a book I've put on hold is ready for check out. This weekend's reading: Enshittification by @pluralistic

#Fensterfreitag #WindowFriday Moin!

For #fensterfreitag here's one of several window-based murals you can find in Invergordon, Scotland. There's a mural trail in the town and I managed to find quite a few of the street art pieces during a short visit there in 2024. #StreetArt #Photography #windowfriday #mural #Invergordon #scotland

We had auroras tonoght! They are seldom this visible in southern Sweden, Skåne. #aurora #norrsken #sweden

Test your #botany / #tree / #forest knowledge. Do you recognize the tree? (grows in Europe) Click the link to find out if you were right! If not: please do reply with the tree species you thought it was! Herken jij de boom op de foto's? Klik de link om te […] [Original post on mastodon.green]

Monday night, clear and the aurora was impressive. I saw green with pillars and then amazing ripples and waves across the Big Dipper and a fairly wide sky. 23:45 Alaska ST #TlingitAaní #cbjuneau #aurora

B is for…several items part of #artabcs, the most laid-back art challenge ever You can join and share your art of anything starting with B! No AI, Yes alt text, CW as needed #watercolor @KarinWanderer

Timely ICE reminder.

Easy hike out to the "Giant spruce of Cape Perpetua" today, estimated to be 550+ years old with a 40 ft trunk circumference. The seedling originally grew on a nurse tree, so has a tunnel under the roots. A great tree. Dog + human for some scale (although […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

Monday 4 pm Steady rain and 42 F #cbjuneau #myalaskawx the berm at the entrance of the drive is not melting away, the snow on the roof has mostly slid off (just some of the ridgeline is still there) Avalanche Hazard is high (with concern for effects of this rainy storm).

The last time it was above 0F (-17.8C) at Fairbanks Airport was 3am December 13. Today with be the 28th consecutive day with the temperature staying at or below 0F. It's now certain this will become the longest stretch with temperatures staying this low since the winter of 1917-18. #akwx #Climate

9:00 pm in forest (not avalanche hazard area) #cbjuneau 40 F, and the brackets holding up the gutters are straining and popping as the snow starts to shift. We’re okay with not driving through puddles. #myalaskawx

Snow drifting down this Thursday afternoon. Temp 34 F here in the forest 3:30 pm we have icicles (very unusual) and snow creeping off the roof onto the gutters Driveway entrance blocked by a shallow but lumpy and icy mess. With luck, precipitation forecast (starting late tonight) and flood […]

melding some hobbies (language study with watercolors) text is on painting and in ALT text @KarinWanderer #artabcs #ayearforart #watercolor

Forecast is for more snow (some possibility of rain). 2 big mall stores are closed while rofs are cleared (Fred Meyer and the Nugget Mall). Berm across our driveway was cleared on Saturday, so the car was used to get to the grocery store This afternoon, we will move more wood from shed to porch […]

Thursday report: no new snow fell after I woke up, so we scraped away the couple of inches from evening, then moved the walls of snow back a few inches. Somehow it didnʼt seem easier than in the previous few days. Major project was clearing the mailbox from the big snowplowʼs berm. #cbjuneau

Alaska 2025 weather and climate high and low lights. Way too many to fit on one graphic; of course the severe and long lasting impacts from ex-typhoon Halong leads the list. This was another million acre wildfire summer, and Juneau had another glacier lake outburst flood in Aug. #akwx #AlaskaSky 1/2

The mighty Taughannock Falls in New York state. One of the highest waterfalls east of the Rocky Mountains! #WaterfallWednesday #EastCoastKin #ericgphoto #landscapephotography #ArcanumAlumni #landscape #photography #G+Circle #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky

We made it to Wednesday. Maybe. So as tradition...a waterfall. MAdison Creek Falls, Olyympic National Park #waterfallwednesday #photography #artadventcalendar

Looking out at another layer of snow (perhaps 6 inches this morning), I have questions: #akwx Are snowfalls reported for a day ending at midnight (I think so) ? How far back do consistent weather observations go ( Juneau airport has been around more than 43 years)? And one that can’t be […]

Juneau Tuesday noon. Yes, still snowing here I estimate that since Monday afternoon we’ve had another 8 inches here (when I go out to shovel I’ll check the depth) by the number of steps covered) City offices announced they’d be open at noon #myalaskawx #cbjuneau

11:40am Monday Juneau Plenty of snow overnight About 32 F here in the forest

11 am Dec 27 near Juneau Temp a little higher 20 F Snow very granular, falling steadily but not heavily #myalaskawx

Sigóowu Kíswas ḵa Sigóowu Hánakaa ḵa Sigóowu Yées Táakw! (greetings for this week of winter) and a photo of Cuetlaxochime (recently called a Dead White Guyʼs name) #YooX̱ʼatánk #indigenouslanguage #greetings2025

at 16 degrees F 3 pm Dec 23 2025 near Juneau blew bubble solution gently onto snow and watched the bubbles freeze (surface thickened, bubble clouded and shrank). #experiment #observational_learning #myalaskawx #cold

1 pm Douglas Island, near Juneau 4 degrees F. Snow has new layer of needles and twigs, as the wind blew through the forest

i remeber when sweaters were just for warmth, but am willing to accept new tradition Here is my favorit sweater of the season: #vismaleaseabike #uglysweater #cycling #humor

Happy Holidays!

Confronted with gift money, contributing some bucks to the free press @thenarwhal is a favorite because my #alaska coast has rivers from #canada so #thenarwhal.ca/member

the first night.... @TheComprehensibleClassroom is an approach to language instruction that emphasizes conversation and comprehension #festivaloflights #holidaylights

photo by @LizRuskin @akpublicnews The sun peeks over the mountains at rubber boots, blueberries, and the whole state of #alaska #lisamurkowski #handmadeornament