If you’ve got kids thinking about college, or if you’re thinking about college, UAF is — no lie — an incredible value. Small class sizes, taught by world-class researchers (even at the undergraduate level), in a beautiful part of the world. ~$24K/year w/housing www.uaf.edu/finaid/costs...

Anchorage Daily News@adn.com · 19h ago

In a bid to attract more students from outside of Alaska, the UA Board of Regents voted to eliminate higher tuition rates for students with out-of-state residency. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

Impressive piece of work!

James Brooks Cascade@alaska.bsky.social · 2d ago

It's finally here! The @alaskabeacon.com, @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social, @adn.com and @alaskapublic.org voter guide is finally done and published — alaskabeacon.com/2026/08/03/g... #akleg #Alaska

👋🏽 Alaskans Senator Dan Sullivan is sending out letters saying the #SAVEAct doesn’t disenfranchise voters. Please join me in sending this letter to our federal legislators. Text “Sign PMXUSS to 50409 “The SAVE Act is Unconstitutional and Violates your Oath of Office”

Alonso likes to make friends with everyone he meets.

It’s important to understand that when 1.2 million Americans are dying from a disease, any government action is excessive and tyrannical, but if a dozen trans women want to play soccer no government action can go far enough

I am Matilda.

WeRateDogs@weratedogs.com · 3d ago

Here are the top 5 dogs of July!

Elon watch out, he’s coming for your hyperloop

“going to buy milk brb”

CNBC Make It@cnbcmakeit.cnbc.com · 5d ago

Use this 5-word phrase to quit your job, but leave on good terms

www.bfswa.blog/p/llms-wont-...

LLMs won't break symmetric crypto

And Anthropic's cryptanalysis work is great

bfswa.blog

christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times

Tolovana Roadhouse update! (background: historic, welcoming roadhouse on the Tanana is at risk of collapsing into the river due to bank erosion)

Roadhouse Update #3

July 2026

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Very Alaska moment

drunk girl trying to tell her friends that she thinks they are “weekend at Bernie’s” with McConnell, but she has got completely the wrong movie and keeps calling it “doing a Fish Called Wanda” with him and I’m dying

“When news broke that…Graham Platner had a Nazi tattoo, it rightly made national news. It is a sad commentary on current affairs that Alaska’s own incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan can stand by a Confederate flag…& it hardly makes even the local news.” LTE by Ivan Hodes www.adn.com/opinions/let...

Letter: Sen. Dan Sullivan’s Confederate flag moment deserves scrutiny

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IETF arithmetic: 3 t-shirts/year for ~25 years, plus hackathon t-shirts - probably around 15lbs. of t-shirts, which is a somewhat less challenging framing than 80 shirts.

The Bluesky Elders definitely come juck conk baki the Alf, if you know what I mean.

francisco varela fan club@paleopragmatist.bsky.social · last wk.

People who think Emily Wilson is being mean have clearly never presented a paper at an academic conference

if you're an american who likes bagels, thank pogrom-fleeing immigrants

Seth Trueger@mdaware.org · last wk.

my family came here fleeing pogroms

This is really interesting - glad it was published before the primary!

Carrie Nash@carrieinfbx.bsky.social · last wk.

www.northernjournal.com/alaskas-17-g...

Absolute 0 chance a woman wrote this.

Jon Adcock@jonadcock.bsky.social · last wk.

#booksky

Excellent run-down on the many and various AK Division of Elections shenanigans

What's the Alaska Division of Elections even doing anymore?

It's like it's being run by an election denier or something.

akmemo.com

Re-upping this post because I have a question. Has anyone asked Director Beecher why DOE used DMV data that is renewed every 5 years instead of Permanent Fund data that is renewed each year? If so, can you provide a link to the answer, please. Thanks. #Alaska alaskabeacon.com/2026/07/23/a...

Alaska removes thousands from state’s active voter list, erroneously flagging some citizens | Alaska Beacon

DMV sent ‘old data’ to the Division of Elections, the Alaska's elections director said, but DMV says elections officials asked for it.

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Alaska's compliant DOE looking worse by the day around here. #akleg

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 2w ago

Another long night. But I am just going to end the day by leaving this here.

#akleg Well that makes it easier on the Division of Elections. Just add little flags

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2w ago

A GOP senator recited the Declaration of Independence — next to a Confederate flag. As he stood feet from the flag, Sen. Dan Sullivan spoke about the principle that all people are "created equal" and guaranteed the right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." www.ms.now/news/dan-sul...

Bombshell reporting from @alaska.bsky.social - Undemocratic Elections Director Carol Beecher wasn’t very honest at yesterday’s judiciary hearing. 1/3

In addition to private companies wanting to build data centers up here, which is batshit (people here really need to talk to the folks who *lease* data center space, not just the ones who want to build), we've got the military wanting to build at Eielson and elsewhere. That's a different problem.

Also, I'm sure that lying to your audience about being a "resistance coalition" so that you can print low-effort stickers to sell on your webstore is what John Lewis meant by "good trouble."

AltWatcher@altwatcher.bsky.social · 2w ago

This anodyne post about merch did big numbers for AltNPS, and I think there's a simple reason: there's nothing Facebook users love more than being angry at Facebook.

James Brooks did end up talking with Chris about her voter registration having been canceled in error by the state. I'm still unclear on why the notification letters arrived a month after they were dated, and after the registration deadline.

Alaska Beacon@alaskabeacon.com · 2w ago

Alaska removes thousands from state’s active voter list, erroneously flagging some citizens, write @alaska.bsky.social and @corinne-smith.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/07/23/a...

If the Democratic coalition has room for anti-Trump conservatives, it has room for the DSA.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2w ago

The vibes may be exciting, but if Democrats are going to win this year and in 2028, they must reject the DSA. If you’re tempted by a democratic socialist this year, think of what use Republicans will make of these victories, and ask whether you want to do favors for fascists.

1/ Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins AI & data center policy announcement is fuzzy but seems like a good foundation for a more refined, granular set of policies, particularly around stuff like local control, no cost-shifting, and a moratorium on development until the legislature gets some regulations in place