Road service over spent on a shityy brush clearing job. Now neighbors are trying to organize a work group to clean up the mess so we have enough money for plowing this winter. Fairbanks problems.

Leave it to Homer GOP Rep. Sarah Vance to try to cancel a local paper for describing a man who once said Black women like Justice Jackson do not have "the brain processing power to be taken seriously” as holding “racist and controversial views." My latest from the Memo: #akleg

Shame on Capenter Media for caving to political pressure and not standing up for a free, independent press in Alaska, and shame on AK State Rep. Sarah Vance for targeting the Homer News with false accusations and misinformation.

Imagine caring this much about what your college professor thinks of you and your heroes. This just screams daddy issues all the way down. Don't seek validation from authority figures.

FedEx and UPS won't deliver labs kits for my human anatomy and physiology class, but do you know who does? USPS! Our postal service is amazing. We can provide students in rural Alaska an education because of the USPS. #SupportTheUSPS

The superintendent of Des Moines schools was arrested by ICE this morning. www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-np...

"The sheer number of American elites willing to acquiesce to the destruction of democratic institutions is demoralizing. But it’s worth noting that many ordinary people seem to be made of sterner stuff." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Meanwhile, in Alaska......

Nick Begich snuck into a building to avoid grad students protesting. Really scary crowd there Nick.

And here's a screenshot of the story as it appears in today's edition of the Homer News (though the story is too long to include fully as alt text)

I was flippant about this in the original post because its dumb and I stand behind my colleague's reporting, but as I'm watching her deal with targeted harassment sent her way by Vance and by Suzanne Downing, I'm thinking about the lack of protections or support for journalists in this state.

Representative Sarah Vance used her office to censor a local paper.

Carpenter Media, without consultation with our newsrooms, pulled this story from the website today. A heinous dereliction of our duty and a cowardly move from the company who says they’re so invested in local news.

Here are Governor Dunleavy’s pos-negs the last five years, all measured in July, all online, same methodology. (Pos-Neg-Neutral-Who?) July 2021: 45-46-9-1 July 2022: 43-47-10-0 July 2023: 43-48-9-1 July 2024: 44-45-10-1 July 2025: 34-59-6-1 That’s a big tanking this year. #akleg #alaska

Representative Sarah Vance wrote a letter to the Homer News about this article on the vigil she organized for Charlie Kirk. www.homernews.com/news/homer-h... #akleg

A week after Josh Church calls for firing UA faculty that train teachers, the Alaska Watchman attacks a UA professor for "intense and vulgar animosity for President Donald Trump and a host of conservative values" & violation of the best practices for social media use by individuals. #akleg

The Alaska Public Offices Commission isn’t letting former Attorney General Treg Taylor skirt the state’s financial disclosure rules as he enters the race for governor. At least for now.

It's that fun time of year when I get to explain to high school students that practices for high school sports are not a good reason to miss class or need extensions. I love sports. I was an NCAA athlete. I also think high school sports are getting ridiculous.

FNSB, consider emailing the assembly [email protected] in support of this resolution, or testify in support on Thursday in person. (Anti folks expected.) A RESOLUTION URGING ALASKA'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO ADVOCATE FOR THE RELEASE OF ATCHAREE BUNTOW #alaskasky www.fnsb.gov/DocumentCent...

Wow. This is crazy and weird. Fleeing to Russia where they support your wildlife sanctuary expertise? www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

Beergut Brigade

‼️ Testify on Thursday in support of the FBX Assembly resolution urging Alaska’s congressional delegation to advocate for Fairbanksan Atcharee Buntow’s release from ICE detention and ensure federal law enforcement respect due process. 💌 Email public testimony to [email protected]. #AkLeg #Alaska

I'm in a book talking about wood frogs. Alex Riley did a great job covering some really amazing animals. It's a great read. wwnorton.com/books/978132...

Today I taught students how acids denature proteins with a meme on hydrogen bonds.

Trump is wrong. There is nothing wrong with autistic people. bsky.app/profile/atru...

It's funny but I have to apply for permits to collect snails in Alaska so I'm not surprised they made this typo. www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?ad...

I was diagnosed with autism in my 20's. My dad told me it could be worse, I could be addicted to heroin. My mom told me it wasn't her fault. My friends said no shit. We can try to find someone or something to blame or we can just enjoy that we live in an ever shifting kaleidoscope.

A motorcyclist that was racing at 130+ MPH in Fairbanks lost a leg. He blames a semi-truck for not seeing him. Young men are dumb. I was an idiot too at that age. I just wish they figured out better hobbies than crotch rockets, guns, and steroids.

Great day for the Armstrong campaign on the daily news miner Vote for Garrett!

Ya gotta play through the whistle.

They are spending money on this. Pearl Creek parents have now spent money on lawyers, on flying down to Juneau to lobby the legislature, on financial analysis, and now Facebook ads. Imagine if we spent this money and effort on our brick & mortar schools instead.

Boys being boys is always great.

Here’s the breakdown by religious affiliation, in decreasing order of approval: Protestant Christian (Evangelical) (n=287) 71-19 Mormon (n=42) 63-30 Protestant Christian (Non-evangelical) (n=342) 53-35 Roman Catholic (n=222) 49-43 Something else (n=182) 38-52

MIT Business Professor serving on the ACIP presented the working group recommendations that COVID-19 vaccines should be by prescription only by a physician. Thanks Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Nick Begich! #akleg

Bored bourgeois with a bigot for a husband gets canceled and turns MAGA. These aren't interesting stories about interesting people. There's no depth to what makes them tick. It's selfishness, insecurity, and greed.

In a UAF course I had with Terrence Cole he showed us a picture of Stalin & his aides as taken and then later, with Nikolai Yezhov removed. The point was that "truth" could be manipulated and changed. That the word could be rendered meaningless. I never forgot that. I learned so much at UAF.

Here is Josh Church in the Alaska Watchman and News-Miner discussing professors, teachers, and books. Josh Church is the brother of UA Regent Seth Church. #akleg

Community: We want a 24/7 urgent care with imaging, a pharmacy, and at home visitation Provider: We are closing. www.newsminer.com/news/local_n...?

$8.8 million But at least we removed DEI language.

Update: New estimates that ~$8.8 million has been canceled for UAF programs serving Native students on the Bristol Bay and Fairbanks campuses geared toward career training and student services. That includes courses in American Sign Language, IT training and pilot ground school.

Anarchists are well known for being organized with clear hierarchical structures.

Republicans gushed over Alaska’s oil/gas export potential. Dems focused on the energy woes of tiny AK village, worsened by President Trump’s tariffs and aversion to windmills. alaskapublic.org/news/politic...

My favorite Kipling poem is A Pict Song Here's Discount (Alison Mosshart's first band) covering this great poem. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj6m...

Jasmine Crockett shuffling things around as she talks is so relatable. I seem to always find myself doing that while I lecture.

The difference in average depth of target between #1 Jordan Love (12.5 yds) and #2 Justin Herbert (9.6 yds) is greater than the difference between #2 Herbert and #26 Pennix (6.7 yds). Love is chucking that ball downfield. It's fun to watch.

Haney in the Alaska Watchman v Haney in the News-Miner www.newsminer.com/news/local_n...