Still kind of inconceivable how many people died or will die because of the death of USAID. And the world’s richest man did it almost as a joke

It is really remarkable that in a time of historic impasse in Congress, with both houses have been reduced to complete standstills despite a mounting number of political, economic, and ethical crises, both parties have spent months working to pass a bill limiting the pay of college athletes

yeah i think that the story we're going to know we were missing in January is how angry the >45 Black vote is about Callais

Alt Bureau of Labor Statistics@domesticshoggoth.bsky.social · 5d ago

It hardly needs reiterating but the Democratic Party rank and file are basically churchgoing black folks who would like to keep their voting rights, and older women who are ready to have a heated Harper’s Ferry moment over reproductive rights

I have an extreme phobia of German sausages. I truly fear the wurst.

Me, as a kid who grew up in small towns with no fast food, unironically.

The Onion@theonion.com · last wk.

Vacationing Man Excited To Try Fast Food Franchise Not Found In Hometown https://theonion.com/vacationing-man-excited-to-try-fast-food-franchise-not-1819575991/

Tough competition of course, but the Trump admin deciding that white South Africans are the only group of people on earth currently worthy of refugee status has to be the most overtly racist thing any administration has done in decades

Joe Flynn@chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · last wk.

Hi folks. If you saw this, you know the administration plans to only accept white South Africans next year. Tomorrow is Congress's formal say before the determination is signed. Please check this brief thread on why I'd like you to speak out for the Afghan people still in limbo...

This morning's TABATA mix included a cover of RATM's "Killing in the Name Of," and that just seems... incongruous.

Interesting to me that no polling data has been released or leaked from the gubernatorial campaigns (or if it has, I haven't seen it). I would guess this is for two reasons: 1) JKT's data shows that he is winning, and they don't want to spur the AKGOP into aggressive action and 2) the Republican...

Alaska senators question legality of state land transfer for possible Mat-Su data centers, writes @corinne-smith.bsky.social for @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/09/16/a...

Alaska senators question legality of state land transfer for possible Mat-Su data centers | Alaska Beacon

The prospect of data centers in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough has raised public concern and scrutiny of a proposed state land transfer of nearly 20,000 acres to the Alaska Industrial Development and E...

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Well, that's interesting. Never seen one of those before. Spotted in the Sears Mall (Midtown Mall).

There's a good chance that we will have a governor next year who is interested in completing this projecf. And he will find willing partners in the two Bipartisan Coalitions.

Anchorage Daily News@adn.com · 3w ago

Alaska Trails executive director Haley Johnston said the word has been getting out to both locals and visitors that large portions of Alaska Long Trail are fit for travel. Bradford Bartels, who was born in Soldotna, hiked the route from Seward to Fairbanks in 47 days. www.adn.com/outdoors-adv...

Nashville International Airport is set to be renamed to honor Dolly Parton after a unanimous vote by the local airport authority. Once the effort clears all the hurdles, it will make Nashville one of the few major cities in the U.S. with an airport named after a woman. trib.al/feFqYJV

This is particularly harmful in rural Alaska, where the incidence of diesel trucks and machinery is much higher than in most cities. A bunch of my friends' fishermen dads had diesel trucks growing up. I honestly think that Sullivan is going to lose, and Iran-War-driven fuel price increases are why.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3w ago

BREAKING: U.S. diesel fuel prices just hit another record this morning — soaring past $6 a gallon.

Dan Sullivan changes his tune on Alaska’s $5 gas now that Trump’s president Sullivan made a big scene over $5 gas under Biden back in 2022. With gas crossing the $5 mark again, he's been thanking Trump officials: "You’re doing such a great job for our state, for our country." #akelect

Dan Sullivan changes his tune on Alaska’s $5 gas

Sullivan made a big scene over $5 gas under Biden, complete with an "I did that!" sticker. Under Trump, $5 gas is just an opportunity to drill, baby, drill.

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(NBC News) — It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

Local woman wakes up, thanks unions for this long weekend (and weekends in general), makes oatmeal.

Got some jam and jammed out at the Muldoon Community Market! 🍓🎶

Perhaps an all-time Friday news dump: GOP former Attorney General Treg "I Don't Have to Fill Out My Financial Disclosures" Taylor is BACK IN THE RACE for governor! At 10:15, Lt. Gov. Dahlstrom (R) says the Department of Law's "independent" review says she has to let Treg off the hook. #akelect

Alaska appeals court dismisses noncitizen voting case against Whittier woman, reports James Brooks @alaska.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/09/04/a...

Alaska appeals court dismisses noncitizen voting case against Whittier woman | Alaska Beacon

Prosecutors could seek a reindictment, but the decision also sets a high bar for future noncitizen voting prosecutions in Alaska.

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This is one of the many bills we should quickly re-pass in the first weeks of next session.

Anchorage Daily News@adn.com · last mo.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill that would have added a University of Alaska faculty member to the institution’s Board of Regents.

A visual representation of the Alaska governor's race. JKT is of course in green.

How does Treg Taylor's team square this action with the letter they sent out this morning asking the Republicans, particularly Bernadette and Dave Bronson, to unify and consolidate? Isn't this the opposite of that? What justification are they offering?

James Brooks Cascade@alaska.bsky.social · last mo.

English was Treg Taylor's lieutenant governor candidate, but current Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom disqualified Taylor on Monday. English took Taylor's spot, and has selected Taylor's wife, Jodi, as her lieutenant governor candidate. Not clear yet whether the Division of Elections has accepted that.

I love Dolly, but one of the great dissappointments of my adult life was realizing that most jobs these days don't actually have you work "9 to 5." It's 8 to 5, with a "lunch break" that rarely goes a full hour. Felt like false advertising.

Twenty years on from Gardasil vaccine launch, Australia on track to eliminate cervical cancer

Australia on track to eliminate cervical cancer 20 years on from vaccine launch

Twenty years on from the launch of the world-first vaccine against cervical cancer, Australian Immunisation Register data shows HPV vaccine coverage for girls and girls is dropping.

abc.net.au

Tim Curry was an icon. Any time he showed up on a film or show, he was always a treat and he made a lot of animated projects special. Hearing of his death at 80 really has me heartbroken. God, I’m really gutted.

RIP to Tim Curry as well. Tough week for beloved entertainers.

Space Tim Curry

ALT: Space Tim Curry

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Let me get this straight. Sometimes a famous person dies and everyone is nice about it? Merely because of their deeds during life?

Rest In Peace to this absolute national treasure and icon.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · last mo.

BREAKING: Legendary singer-songwriter and country music icon Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. Her nephew revealed the news in an Aug. 25 Instagram video.