Thanks to those who've reached out about RAISED BY FERNS author Maya Jewell Zeller's safety. She lives in an area endangered by the Spokane Complex fires; they were evacuated on Sat. under imminent threat and taken in by poet Laura Read. So far their home is intact, unlike those of so many others.

My Native middle-grade horror book—which melds environmental protection and ocean horror—is out now!!!! The Sinking House is good for ages 8-12. Read its Kirkus review here: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Ongoing crisis in Northwest Arctic Borough. Outstanding reporting from Desiree Hagen at KOTZ, Kotzebue: "Ambler, a Northwest Arctic community of about 270 people, has been without water or sewer for more than five months." #Alaska #AlaskaSky @napaaqtuk.bsky.social www.kotz.org/kotz-local-n...

Ambler has gone 5 months without water and sewer. Fixes could take months.

According to the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, about 85 percent of Ambler's main water lines are cracked, unable to hold pressure, and require replacement.

kotz.org

slow day at the yarn store, I’ll do this 📚

Sir Almaviva@ilcontealmaviva.bsky.social · yesterday

Ok, I'll do this. 1 like, 1 answer.

I've read most of the books on @tressiemcphd.bsky.social's proposed reading list and plan to read the rest. These are excellent recommendations. In fact, @gilduran.com (author of The Nerd Reich) will be a guest on Movement Memos soon.

Opinion | Want to Fight Back Against Big Tech? Start Here. (Gift Article)

A.I. is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy.

nytimes.com

“Indigenous peoples, generational ranchers, rural communities—we shouldn’t be sacrificed in the name of the greater good. A lot of ppl think they are doing great by buying an electric car, but they don’t realize who that is impacting.” Chanda Callao, People of Red Mountain time.com/article/2026...

This Is What the New Rush to Mine America Looks Like

The road to critical minerals runs through communities.

time.com

'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)

For more than 6 days now a tree sit in a cottonwood tree in the San Rafael Valley along the Arizona-Sonora border has halted construction of two parallel border walls.. This is the first-ever tree sit to halt border wall construction. Learn more @rally.forthevalley and @peccarrynotpig on IG.

gee, I wonder what she’ll do

Harry Litman@harrylitman.bsky.social · yesterday

As predicted, Susan Collins comes out against Blanche. Don’t make too much of it. The R leadership okayed it b/c they have a vote to lose and b/c Collins in a tight race in Maine, in which Ds have won last several presidential elections. But they can’t lose another. All eyes on Cassidy and Murkowski

slow day at the yarn store, I’ll do this 📚

Sir Almaviva@ilcontealmaviva.bsky.social · yesterday

Ok, I'll do this. 1 like, 1 answer.

Was in active fire territory earlier. One of the three fires in Spokane County is burning nearly 4k acres and swept through trails in Riverside State Park.

I’d LOVE to see government agencies he tried to dismantle simply stop contracting with them or at the very least for employees to be dicks about using it 👀👀👀

David Kaib@davidkaib.bsky.social · last wk.

If governments turned off the spigot of money to Musk, he’d be done.

Anyone from #AlaskaSky gonna be in McCarthy next week? Come hang out with me and @pataky.bsky.social!

A spectacular late July early Saturday evening in the middle Susitna valley. Summer green, deep blue skies and Denali rising on the horizon and 71F (22C). Webcam image courtesy Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge. #akwx #AlaskaSky #Summer2026 @akktwriter.bsky.social @rickirobin.bsky.social

The One Sunny Saturday coincided with some non-negotiable admin chores so we didn’t get out til late in the day and not very far, but the new snow - call it what you will - remained through the day

it me

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

🚨BREAKING: Alaska recently removed thousands of people from its active voter lists after they were flagged as noncitizens. But a state news outlet found that some were in fact eligible to vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

My conclusion after corresponding with multiple people trying to confirm their voter registration in recent days is that yes, SOA has disenfranchised lots of people and a lot of people are really bad at navigating websites and they’re not necessarily the same people

also a winner: "ask your auntie, not AI" www.honorearth.org/shop/p/ask-y...

Special Edition: Ask Your Auntie Not AI T-Shirt — Honor The Earth

Our Elders have knowledge that AI will never be able to replace. This shirt is a commitment to our Elders and Ancestors, a promise to protect their knowledge for future generations, and a dedication t...

honorearth.org

I’ve been relatively offline/focused elsewhere, but: are there any AK journalists asking to hear from voters having registration/absentee ballot issues? I need to catch up on what’s already been reported but if anyone’s seeking sources I can pass along to some folks… 👀

I’ve been relatively offline/focused elsewhere, but: are there any AK journalists asking to hear from voters having registration/absentee ballot issues? I need to catch up on what’s already been reported but if anyone’s seeking sources I can pass along to some folks… 👀

I’ve been keeping this secret for MONTHS and now I can finally scream about it: I’VE GOT A FLASH CHAPBOOK COMING OUT!!!! it’s called Lies I Tell My Children and it has an amazing cover!! order it from Bottlecap Press: bottlecap.press/products/lie...

Anyone from #AlaskaSky gonna be in McCarthy next week? Come hang out with me and @pataky.bsky.social!

This is just so fucking bleak, y'all. Rare and old books being scanned and then pulped to feed the slop machines?! These beautiful, irreplaceable, physical objects? I'm trying so hard to ignore the noise and just make cool stuff and it's really getting harder every day to focus and forge ahead.

AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop

ISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.”

404media.co

In case you want to check your voter registration in Alaska: myvoterportal.alaska.gov/voter

Melinda 🏳️‍🌈@akbumpkin.bsky.social · 2w ago

Anecdotally, it looks like Alaska is purging naturalized citizens from the voter rolls, claiming that they're not American. It happened to my partner and to other people she knows. So know that when you see US gov't claims about non-citizens found on the voting rolls, know that it's bullshit.

There's no serious discussion of climate politics that doesn't begin here and the outcome of the elections in Colombia are a big setback for the world and the possibility of coordinated fossil fuel phaseout

Emily Atkin@emorwee.bsky.social · 2w ago

This. This is the correct, science-backed, responsible framing. Wish more news outlets did it like the CBC.

Worst-timed fishing trip of my life but for a brief moment the sun came out and I took this nice photo (Cheers to anyone else who was on the Kenai these last few days muttering to strangers “not like last year, is it” whole shivering together in the water)

I don’t know Southeast at all, and failed at finding Juneau twice 😂🤷🏻‍♀️ Quiz: USA - Alaska - Boroughs and Census Areas 🟢 Correct answers: 26/30 🟡 Struggled: 3 🔴 Failed: 1 ⏱ Time: 2m 35s 469ms Proof: geographyquiz.app/result/usa-a...

Roman (geographyquiz.app)@geographyquiz.app · 2w ago

It's a little too specific for most people here, but I've created an educational game about Alaska's boroughs and census areas. Can you locate them correctly? Link: geographyquiz.app/quiz/usa-ala... #Alaska #geography

NEW: A second ex-wife of David Brouillette, the ICE agent who killed Joan Durán Guerrero in Maine, Lucinda Brouillette, issued a statement this morning. "If you were to ask me whether I believe David Brouillette is capable of this level of extreme violence, my answer is unequivocally yes." /

Demonstrators are gathered in front of the Capitol protest the proposed AKLNG gasline project and the Legislature's tax cut Signs: "No secrets, no scams, no AKLNG"

And! I learned abt this book when this interview showed up in my feed last year - for those arguing this website isn’t good for book marketing niche-canada.org/2025/07/24/w...

Wilderness as Marketing Strategy: Joseph Whitson on the Outdoor Industry, Colonialism, and Land Back Futures

The outdoor industry markets wilderness to profit from colonial land, masking settler control, while Indigenous activists resist through digital storytelling.

niche-canada.org

Erica Watson@rickirobin.bsky.social · 3w ago

“(Biden’s restoration) was a victory for the outdoor recreation-industrial complex, cementing the idea that the tribes’ connection to Bears Ears & what they have to lose frm its reduction are = to those of the industry,just another stakeholder along a firmly colonial spectrum of public land mgmnt.”