It’s been such an honor to work on this story for the past 5 months. A young Norwegian, Steffen, was trying to cross Canada on foot and with sled dogs. His dogs survived; tragically, he did not. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

How Steffen Skjottelvik's Journey Across Canada Came to a Tragic End

For three years and 750 miles, Steffen Skjottelvik lived a life of adventure. Until the adventure took his life.

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Lisa Murkowski calls for Trump Administration to “immediately reverse course” on Russian diesel plan Dan S Sullivan is nowhere to be found #akelect

Sailor Michael@sailormichael.bsky.social · 10h ago

Its a National Security issue apnews.com/article/trum...

Thank you Lt. Col Mark S. Ritchie for speaking up We need all of you to do this Retired Lt. Col. Mark S. Ritchie of the U.S. Army Reserve — three combat tours in Iraq, 32 years of service — says Trump and Hegseth are done. youtube.com/shorts/rDlfv...

U.S. Army Colonel STUNS Trump, GOES VIRAL!🚨

YouTube video by Occupy Democrats

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Military-base housing is “reserved for military who have earned those quarters from fighting in wars and defending our country... They should not be used for people in the White House. It’s an abuse.” www.vanityfair.com/story/stephe...

MAGA’s Petit Trianon? Katie and Stephen Miller’s House on a Military Base

From her house on a military base, Katie Miller treats Washington’s most powerful to cakes, farm animals, and sake-squirting hibachi chefs. "I can’t fucking stand her,” says one ally. But "Stephen Mil...

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Meanwhile Senator Dan S Sullivan is posting campaign ads about his “choose respect” BS while enabling the Trump Administration to slash DV nonprofits. Alaska has the highest rate of DV. Ohio Dan (and Nick iii) are basing their campaign on hypocrisy.

Derek gendvil @derekbshelby.bsky.social · 4h ago

Life-Saving Domestic Violence Nonprofits Rocked by Trump’s Funding Freeze truthout.org/articles/lif...

Be sure to read the comments, too.

Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 3d ago

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

I wonder what would have happened if folks had taken seriously the rise in political violence and threats against women, trans, Black, and antifascist organizers and figures back when we were all getting swatted and sent photoshops of ourselves beheaded

Jamal Greene@jamalgreene.bsky.social · 18h ago

A massive, and massively underrated, threat to a functioning democracy. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/u...

Sen. Chris Murphy: "Right now members of Congress are being denied the ability to see the damage at these bases because there's a coverup underway. There's a coverup underway to try to hide the cost of this war and the debacle it has caused in the region."

Right, it turns out that instead of letting the Republicans set the terms of the debate, you can simply tell them and their enablers in the media to cram it. El-Sayed has been doing the same thing. It's long overdue.

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 10h ago

Not only should brooks and others shut up. But Ossoff is the best example in the country of a Democrat playing dominance politics and using it to control the whole terms of his race.

Ukraine blows up Russian data centres and immediately and mysteriously online talk about Germany’s Far Right AfD virtually disappears. Stop Putin you stop the Far Right.

Looks like President Z knocked out the Alberta separatist bots, too! I wonder how AfD is doing today. Alles in Ordnung, Arschlöcher?

The average price of a gallon of heating fuel — No. 1 diesel — in rural Alaska reached a record $7.97 per gallon in August, according to the latest biannual state survey. (via @alaskabeacon.com) www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

State report shows heating fuel prices are at a record high in rural Alaska

Another survey expected in January may reveal the full scope of the price spike in rural Alaska caused by the Iran war.

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BREAKING: Congressman Nick Begich continues to lead comfortably in the Alaska US House race. Alaska Survey Research October 1-3, 2026 N=1,512 likely Alaska voters MOE (weighted): +/-3.0% Methodology: Text-to-online + ASR Survey Panel 🧵1/11

Alaska is not "a piece of real estate." What a disgusting way to talk about land.

High North News@highnorthnews.bsky.social · 7h ago

“Alaska has been neglected at the expense of other theaters that have got more attention. But that's changing”, says @govdunleavy.bsky.social @arcticcircleorg.bsky.social #alaska #trump #arctic en.highnorthnews.com/politics/gov...

So, Republicans have started spamming me. I am getting emails to show up in Wasilla. I got several last week and still yesterday and today. This leads me to believe they’re having trouble selling out the 5,000 seat venue. They’re running out of time! 😜 #akelect

1.8C?? "Action to limit global heating to about 1.8C (3.2F) rather than letting it reach 4.4C could prevent 1.89bn years of healthy life being lost ..." www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Nuclear war and malicious use of AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessment

Newly established commission identifies 17 catastrophic threats to human health but says ‘realistic route to act’ on each exists

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Dan Sullivan voted fourteen times to continue the Iran War, and now Alaskans are having to choose between heating their homes and putting food on the table.

We will be there! #VoteEarly

Erin aka Bippy in Alaska@itsbippy.bsky.social · yesterday

Alaska, it’s time to do the tangerine tango. The mandarin menace is headed here on Tuesday. There is an event in downtown Anchorage at 10 AM followed up by this in the Matsu Valley at 1:30. All day anti-Trump. mobilize.us/s/a0xKWw

If you need an example of how data centers that use unpermitted gas turbines harm public health, look no further that Elon Musk’s xAI facility in Tennessee – where the 35 off-grid turbines used to power it could emit up to 2,000 tons of noxious nitrogen oxides annually 😷

Portland’s Cruise Economic Impact report will only count passenger spending. It won’t count the actual cost to host cruise ships. @transportenvironment.org explains how cruise pollution & climate costs are paid by the community not the cruise lines. www.transportenvironment.org/articles/flo...

Floating hotels

How cruise ships are undertaxed despite their heavy environmental footprint and contribution to overtourism

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This is a fair question to ask. Why Russia and not Canada?

Incredible 5 year investigation by the Outlaw Ocean Project ($1 to read) "Any accounting of the true impact of aquaculture has to start not with the farm, but with the feed." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/09/o...

That ‘sustainable’ farmed salmon you plan on cooking tonight? It comes with a dangerous catch. - The Boston Globe

An investigation finds that the feed behind much of modern aquaculture is driving ocean depletion, labor abuse, pollution, and unrest far from the dinner plate.

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Finally Bill Hill is getting some press. It’s hard for me to believe that we are going to re-elect Republican Nick Begich iii, a smug multimillionaire carbon copy of Dan Sullivan. Instead we could elect Bill Hill. @billhillforalaska.bsky.social #akelect

@kathivy.bsky.social · yesterday

Hey my Alaska people, let’s help Bill Hill win our U.S. House race!!! apnews.com/article/alas...

Cloudfare: Russian troll activity on X drops to 49%, after Ukraine strikes Yandex Russian data center. 🤖 🫤 Could this disrupt the midterms for the GOP?

Jay in Kyiv@jayinkyiv.bsky.social · yesterday

Trump serves his Russian master while Ukraine shreds Russia's oil and data centers. youtu.be/vtaUIk2qubE

2002 "Caribou Migration I" by photographer Subhankar Banerjee. Taken in Alaska. Via Dartmouth's Hood Museum of Art. #alaskahistory #alaska

Trump is coming to the MatSu on Tuesday, October 13, and we will be there to make sure he knows he is not welcome. Join us at 1:30 at Newcomb Park. Bonus: Blackwater Railroad, your favorite Alaska band will spread some joy. www.mobilize.us/mat-suunited... @indivisible.org

Trump in the MatSu: Show Up to Stand Up! · Mat-Su United for Progress Alaska

# TRUMP IS COMING TO MAT-SU—LET’S SHOW UP! Trump is coming to the Menard Center in Wasilla for a rally with Dan Sullivan and Nick Begich—and we have an important message for him: **Mat-Su is not a po...

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Shoshanah in Alaska@shanahstone.bsky.social · yesterday

Tregarrick Taylor wins the 'promise them anything' trophy #akelect

Republican infighting among three mediocre candidates for governor helps JKT #akelect

Tregarrick Taylor wins the 'promise them anything' trophy #akelect

Reporting From Alaska- Tregarrick Taylor wins the 'promise them anything' trophy

Taylor, who has a secret attorney telling him he didn’t have to reveal $69,000 in free travel, is promising to build the gas pipeline, the Susitna hydroelectric project and railroad lines to connect ...

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Today in DC: "Beginning Saturday, crews will start another major round of cutting at the historic public golf course. The first phase contains 169 trees marked for removal. The Trump Administration says as many as 529 could eventually come down..." www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...

More than 500 trees may be removed from D.C. golf course Trump wants to redesign

Beginning Saturday, National Park Service crews will start another major round of cutting at East Potomac Golf Links, according to a new filing in federal court.

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