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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 13h

Sullivan votes in support of killing suspected drug smugglers without trial; Murkowski opposed, reports James Brooks for the @alaskabeacon.com

Sullivan votes in support of killing suspected drug smugglers without trial; Murkowski opposed | Alaska Beacon

Last week, Alaska US Sens. Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski split on whether to bring President Trump's use of force to a vote of the full U.S. Senate.

alaskabeacon.com

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RichThompsonAK @richthompsonak.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah, there is something else that can be done and the United States Coast Guard has been doing it for years. @normative.bsky.social @numb.comfortab.ly

RichThompsonAK @richthompsonak.bsky.social · 2d

Who knew you can do that? Someone, apparently ...

Royal Marines Shoot Out the Engine of Smuggling Boat in Gulf of Oman

"The Royal Marines have adopted a U.S. Coast Guard tactic for the task of stopping smuggling boats ... shooting out the outboard engines."

maritime-executive.com/article/roya...

Royal Marines Shoot Out the Engine of Smuggling Boat in Gulf of Oman

The Royal Marines have adopted a U.S. Coast Guard tactic for the task of stopping smuggling boats in the Gulf of Oman. The location may be different,...

maritime-executive.com

RichThompsonAK @richthompsonak.bsky.social · 14h

… certainly on a more frequent basis, and the intensity that we’re seeing seems to be accumulating as well, and so the time to act on it is now because it’s going to take us some time to get these in place,” she said of such projects."

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Typhoon Halong devastates western Alaska Indigenous villages - ICT

Typhoon left one person dead, two missing and more than 1,000 people seeking shelter after storm slammed the area over the weekend

ictnews.org

RichThompsonAK @richthompsonak.bsky.social · 14h

"Earlier this year, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said it would end a program aimed at mitigating disaster risks. The decision is being challenged in court."

Murkowski said erosion mitigation projects take time to complete. “But our reality is, we are seeing these storms coming ... 1/2

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RichThompsonAK @richthompsonak.bsky.social · 14h

What FEMA doing? (afternoon edition) ...

"One of the awards canceled by President Donald Trump was meant to address coastal erosion in Kipnuk. Sullivan said he wasn't sure the project would have been implemented in time to prevent the damage wrought by the storm..."

www.govtech.com/em/disaster/...

Feds, State Prepare for Western Alaska Typhoon Response

While the full extent of damage from Typhoon Halong is not yet clear, officials say the federal government shutdown should not affect response and recovery efforts, and the Alaska National Guard has b...

www.govtech.com

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RichThompsonAK @richthompsonak.bsky.social · 14h

Dunleavy's chief of staff refuses to answer questions about cutting 15 percent of regulations

"... the assumption that reducing the training qualifications for a professional license by half is “reducing the regulatory burden by 50%” ..."

www.dermotcole.com/reportingfro...

Reporting From Alaska- Dunleavy's chief of staff refuses to answer questions about cutting 15 percent of regulations

While Dunleavy Chief of Staff Tyson Gallagher and Dunleavy PR man Jeff Turner declined to release anything about how the 15 percent cut is supposed to work, I have obtained two important documents fro...

www.dermotcole.com

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah I think people here have unrealistic expectations for like jailing all ICE agents and that’s just almost certainly not going to happen even in extremely cool zone scenarios. But they should 100% have to lie for the rest of their lives about their employment history in conversation with everyone

Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3d

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 3d

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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RichThompsonAK @richthompsonak.bsky.social · 19h

A brief snipet from the:

State Emergency Operations Center
2025 West Coast Storms
Incident Situation Report
October 13, 2025 @ 1600

Issued as attachment to DHS&EM Daily Situation Report 25-287 for Oct 14, 2025 Can't locate above attachment posted online yet.

ready.alaska.gov/Documents/Si...

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 21h

I’ve got a short piece up in The Conversation on the catastrophic flooding in Southwest Alaska from ex-typhoon Halong and the challenges of recovery work. #akwx #ExtremeWeather #Alaska #AlaskaSky

theconversation.com/typhoon-leav...

Typhoon leaves flooded Alaska villages facing a storm recovery far tougher than most Americans will ever experience

‘As the storm approached Alaska, everything went sideways,’ leaving people no time to evacuate and little time to prepare. An Alaska meteorologist explains what happened and the challenges ahead.

theconversation.com

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RichThompsonAK @richthompsonak.bsky.social · 19h

Typhoon leaves flooded Alaska villages facing a storm recovery far tougher than most Americans will ever experience

"Right now, they have a lot of people with nowhere to live, and winter is closing in."

via Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social

theconversation.com/typhoon-leav...

Typhoon leaves flooded Alaska villages facing a storm recovery far tougher than most Americans will ever experience

‘As the storm approached Alaska, everything went sideways,’ leaving people no time to evacuate and little time to prepare. An Alaska meteorologist explains what happened and the challenges ahead.

theconversation.com

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RichThompsonAK @richthompsonak.bsky.social · 20h

Random note: Good morning. What FEMA doing? #Alaska

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 21h

That’s why we spend so much on propaganda. Not to make you believe something but to make you believe nothing. So you do nothing.

It works.

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 21h

OTD in 1906 Hannah Arendt was born.

"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact & fiction and the distinction between true & false no longer exist".

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 22h

Friendly annual reminder that millennia before Columbus, the land and sea now called Alaska was home to diverse peoples with distinct, thriving cultures who had no need to be "discovered". And their descendants are still here. Map courtesy #Alaska Native Language Center at UAF. #IndigenousPeoplesDay

Map showing Indigenous language areas in and around Alaska.

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Timmi Allen @timmi-allen.bsky.social · 1d

What belongs together grows together!

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RichThompsonAK @richthompsonak.bsky.social · 1d

It's possible the Feds could reinstate the grant and get something done for the future, but that won't bring back the dead or end a little kid's nightmares.

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RichThompsonAK @richthompsonak.bsky.social · 1d

Halong in Russian media ...

One person is dead and two are missing in Alaska after Typhoon Halong struck.

"U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Captain J. Christopher Culpepper described the situation in the villages of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok as 'absolute devastation.' "

www.kommersant.ru/doc/8119438

На Аляске один человек погиб и двое пропали после удара тайфуна «Халонг»

Подробнее на сайте

www.kommersant.ru

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RichThompsonAK @richthompsonak.bsky.social · 1d

NATO Chief Mocks “Broken” Russian Submarine

"Now, in effect, there is hardly any Russian naval presence in the Mediterranean left. There's a lone and broken Russian submarine limping home from patrol," he said.

www.marinelink.com/news/nato-ch...

NATO Chief Mocks “Broken” Russian Submarine

NATO chief Mark Rutte mocked Russia on Monday over the "limping" condition of one of its submarines as Russian authorities denied…

www.marinelink.com

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สุพรรณิกาทร์ Supanika Ordoñez @spiraledu.bsky.social · 1d

Lingít songs at pick up today ♥️

I love that the kids are singing in their jackets and backpacks. Culture is celebrated everyday.

Happy Indigenous people’s day! #indigenouspeoplesday

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ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 1d

ready.alaska.gov/Documents/PI...

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RichThompsonAK @richthompsonak.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. Coast Guard Rescues Dozens From Flooding in Alaskan Villages

"Kipnuk was awarded $20 million in EPA Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant funds last year...The grant was suspended this year amidst federal cutbacks on climate and DEI programs ..."

maritime-executive.com/article/u-s-...

U.S. Coast Guard Rescues Dozens From Flooding in Alaskan Villages

After devastating winds and seas from the last remnants of Typhoon Halong swept through the Bering Sea, the U.S. Coast Guard and state agencies are c...

maritime-executive.com

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RichThompsonAK @richthompsonak.bsky.social · 1d

SkyNet now has a navy ...

As the AIRCAT Bengal MC sets sail, it raises important questions about the future of naval warfare. How will such autonomous technology reshape global naval strategies, and what challenges and opportunities will arise as a result?

blog.geogarage.com/2025/10/its-...

RichThompsonAK @richthompsonak.bsky.social · 1d

Dear Governor Dunleavy - There are (or were) people who could help you with that. #Alaska

RichThompsonAK @richthompsonak.bsky.social · 1d

Officials say storm ‘completely devastated’ Western Alaska communities

"Dunleavy said he didn’t know how much climate change may have contributed to the intensity of the storm. Alaska has seen big storms in past decades, too, he said."

www.ktoo.org/2025/10/13/o...

Officials say storm 'completely devastated' Western Alaska communities

A Coast Guard commander recounts scenes of Alaskans swimming in floodwaters in the middle of the night, in search of debris to hold onto.

www.ktoo.org

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RichThompsonAK @richthompsonak.bsky.social · 1d

Officials say storm ‘completely devastated’ Western Alaska communities

"Dunleavy said he didn’t know how much climate change may have contributed to the intensity of the storm. Alaska has seen big storms in past decades, too, he said."

www.ktoo.org/2025/10/13/o...

Officials say storm 'completely devastated' Western Alaska communities

A Coast Guard commander recounts scenes of Alaskans swimming in floodwaters in the middle of the night, in search of debris to hold onto.

www.ktoo.org

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 1d

As after Merbok, scrambling to get flyers printed in Inuktitut?

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