stretching all the way down the hill! #portalberni #reconciliationday #everychildmatters #tseshaht #hupacasath #nuuchanulth

a day to ponder how we can cherish children #orangeshirtday #truthandreconciliation #history #sept30

Visit... War-Ravaged Portland

I was puzzled in my youth by "Extremism in the pursuit of liberty is no vice" (source is Karl Hess, writing for Barry Goldwater) Now I wonder if I am extremely protective of habitats and wild critters, extremely tolerant of ways people love each other, and extremely concerned about the failure […]

On Monday, I'm talking with Redwood Materials (the battery recycling company) about their new second-life battery program. They're collecting batteries &, before recycling them, placing them in grid-storage applications that can use their remaining energy. Got any questions?

The low smurfing smurfs the smurf of the ground smurf #fungifriday #mushtodon #photography #smurf

from ALA "Pioneering actor, author, and activist George Takei has been named honorary chair of Banned Books Week 2025! Takei will be joined in leading the annual event by youth honorary chair Iris Mogul. " Thank you, Mr Takei @georgetakei #ilovemylibrary #publiclibrary #bannedbooksweek2025

Quite cheered by finding a letter by someone I know included in pezcyclingnews EuroTrash column. "Bob Roll and everyone else on the NBC TdF crew saying “Vin-ge-GO” "These supposed professionals should be able to get those right with a little practice" My friend says there is on "o" in […]

I would have loved this as a kid! 😁 "Oregon’s first licensed outdoor preschool opens in Phoenix" https://www.opb.org/article/2025/09/21/phoenix-blackberry-academy-preschool/ “We’ve got a resident beaver. We have river otters, North American pine martens, bald eagles fly overhead,” Verbena […]

Attention Gen Xers and boomers with registered domain names 🚨 If you, like me, put a fictitious organization in your domain name registration 25 years ago because NetSol or ICANN did not allow you to leave that field blank, recent policy changes will make that organization name the *legal […]

Took a deep breath and posted a statement that Taxes pay for what we need (to Friends on Facebook) will see if I get told off #cbjuneau #ilovemylibrary #flamingliberal

History question: Does anybody know about the district court case (certainly before 1930) HC Strong vs Juneau-Alaska Company (the mine)? Iʼve seen a newspaper clipping and the witnesses, "white and Indian", mentioned, but not an explanation of what was at issue nor what was decided. #cbjuneau […]

any leads on contemporary travel writing, social descriptions of China today? #bookstodon

Election coming up municipal ballot with some uncontested seats and three tax proposals. Iʼm hoping we donʼt cut city services (a likely result of imposing a tax limit) #cbjuneau #election

US EPA announces it’ll stop requiring coal-burning power plants to report greenhouse gas emissions data. https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-releases-proposal-end-burdensome-costly-greenhouse-gas-reporting-program-saving-24

Clam gardens have been used by Pacific Northwest native tribes for thousands of years. They build rock walls to trap sediment, at the right height to be immersed at high tide but also exposed for harvest at low tide. This encourages burrowing clams to settle in […] [Original post on scicomm.xyz]

Afternoon and a rain shower means I hear rain on my roof #TlingítAaní

Coffee is up 33%. Vegetables are up 40%. Washing machines cost 12% more. Costs are rising under Trump’s presidency. His policies aren’t working. It’s #trumpflation.

Little dark toads are crossing trails and roads by the dozens this week I think they are Boreal Toads #alaska #TlingitAaní

#restisresistance guided course for women (and all who identify as women) who are ready to stop living in constant stress starts in October I met the sisters this summer #alaskasupply and can assure you that #womenrewired will be inclusive and welcoming to all beliefs and backgrounds […]

Fun to have a local reason to listen in: CBC radio As It Happens Sept 3 (Wednesday night program starts at 10 on KTOO FM " An Indigenous weaver in Alaska is making the ultra-popular Labubu a lot less monstrous" The show is available on demand at cbc.ca @LilyHopeWeaver #TlingitAaní #alaska […]

Textiles and Tea at noon conversation with Ksm Lx'sg̱a̱n, Ruth Hallows, who weaves in Chilkat and Ravenstail traditions. register https://weavespindye.org/textiles-and-tea/ or watch on FacebookLive or later YouTube https://www.youtube.com/hgaweavespindye #alaska @LilyHope #lilyhopeweaver […]

Summer…warm dry days here but mushrooms popping up in the forest and lots of this year’s spruce cones nipped off and dropped to the ground and dark is coming earlier #myalaskaweather #cbjuneau

#silentsunday #birds

Summery day. I cut back the salmon berry branches that were overhanging the driveway. Did stop pruning long enough to harvest blueberries (both dark almost black ones and dusty blue ones) Next step will be to clip the blueberry branches and haul all the slash into the "compost" heap deep in the […]

Back on my bullshit

As fall approaches, my reading list grows. Today I discovered Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo I will sit with this message for a while: Education policies should be devised on the basis that all languages are treasuries of history, beauty and possibility. #indigenouslanguage #schooling #decolonization

Glad to see #climatechange here Federal scientists say climate change is causing the glacier to melt faster, along with altering rainfall patterns, exacerbating the danger... Compared to the rest of US, Alaska has warmed twice as fast over the last several decades, its average annual temperature […]

“When people fact-checked the latest Trump regime White nationalist rhetoric, they discovered the Mohawk Skywalkers. Legendary among ironworkers since the late 19th century, few people outside of high steel construction have heard of them. "My Mother's people call themselves Kanien'kéhá:ka of […]

A non-emergency public flood information hotline went live Aug 11 at 1:30 p.m. Staffed by trained volunteers, the hotline provides information about sheltering, transportation, current conditions, and other questions residents may have as they prepare for an evacuation alert. The phone number […]

I like this! Zach Fields AK House 17 wrote "Watching my kids ride the ferry, hike on trails...visit Kodiak, a community powered by 99.5% renewable energy, was a reminder of how much public policy impacts our quality of life and economic opportunity. Thanks to all the Alaskans who run our […]

CBJ has issued Emergency Alert warning that Suicide Basin is full, "Now is the time to pack a go bag." Release is expected within next 6 days. Now is 7 pm Aug 10. Details (and updates) from National Weather Service at https://www.weather.gov/ajk/suicideBasin #alaska #cbjuneau #juneau #floodrisks

10:00 am 59F, rain in the forest on a large island #myalaskawx #akwx #alaska #cbjuneau

Film called "Play it Up Juneau" about the marvelous music program in Juneau (all K, 1 and 2 students at Sítʼ Eetí Shaanáx̱ -Glacier Valley School learn to play violin and the language of instruction is Lingít) https://youtu.be/NRpVfE4kb7o #jamm #indigenouslanguage #LingítAnní #violin #alaska

An impressive take-away from Our Languages Summit: Experienced teachers (more than one) introducing their students who are now teaching the Indigenous language. @GoldbeltHeritage @SealaskaHeritageInstitute @CCTHITA @AASB #indigenouslanguage #cbjuneau #LingítAnní

Our Languages Summit starts tomorrow morning. Folks will gather in #cbjuneau, Alaska, for three days of speeches, workshops, and conversations. Iʼm grateful to be participating, eager to learn , and am even offering a couple of sessions. Partner organizations are @GoldbeltHeritage, @Association […]

Woke up to raindrops hitting the metal roof, now out by the porches - the sound is different as drops hit the plastic Lexan roofs. #myalaskawx #cbjuneau #rainforest

Legislature (called to special session in Juneau) voted 45-14 to override Dunleavy’s education funding veto, just hitting the 45-vote threshold needed to override a budget veto #alaska #publicschool #education

For ppl in #Hawaii, these are the maps showing which zones need to be evacuated. ALL OF WAIKIKI is supposed to be evacuated. However, as it was the last time such a threat happened, the best solution is to get above the first 3 floors. There will be too much traffic […] [Original post on mas.to]

PAAQ/Advisory/ - Advisory The BC/Alaska Border - The Cal./Mexico Border Issued at: 7/29/2025, 5:27:54 PM tsunami after huge earthquake near Kamchatka

Japan 🇯🇵 issued tsunami evacuation warnings and advisories following the earthquake in Russia 🇷🇺 They're expecting waves to arrive within the next 30 minutes. Waves as high as 3 metres. - - - Le Japon 🇯🇵 a émis des avertissements d'évacuation et des avis de […] [Original post on mstdn.moimeme.ca]

Morning megaconstellations-are-bad reading: https://thexlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Starlink_Analysis_Working_Paper_v0.2.pdf Many levels of gov't are jumping on Starlink as a rural broadband provider because it's cheapest, but if lots of people in an area all use it, then it's not […]

#alaska airplanes heard landing and taking off, glad folks are getting to fly again

From AlaskaAir website “We are experiencing issues with our IT systems. We apologize for the inconvenience and are working to resolve the issues.” Personal info is that nothing is taking off (from Juneau)

slowly shifting to summer days here: afternoons outdoors instead of being cooped up Itʼs still dry here in #cbj Juneau #myalaskawx

not sure how long this policy will last: US #doj to defend, protect #bristolbay #alaska “President Trump stands with Alaskans and with fishing communities nationwide today” says Wild Salmon Center President Guido Rahr “We applaud this decision to protect America’s greatest salmon stronghold […]

Mexico's Congress has passed a law banning the use of marine mammals, such as dolphins and killer whales, in entertainment shows. 🐬🚫 👉 Read more: https://veganfta.com/news/2025/07/07/mexicos-congress-approves-ban-on-dolphin-and-whale-shows/ #mexico #animalrights #emptythetanks #dolphins #whales

Independent - Massive glacial bursts are becoming more frequent and more dangerous due to the climate crisis. https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/nepal-glacial-burst-collapse-floods-border-b2789199.html