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joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · Feb 19

Ok use this as a starting point folks ~

www.consciouslifeandstyle.com/sustainable-...

20 Best Sustainable Alternatives to Amazon or Target

Whether you need books, tech, clothes, home goods, or groceries this guide has sustainable Amazon and Target alternatives for every category.

www.consciouslifeandstyle.com

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Jay Wal Alaska @jay-wal-alaska.bsky.social · 13h

Well, it looks like house speaker Johnson is a little nervous about the rally coming up on October 18. If you haven’t heard, Anchorage will be having a meet up at 3 PM in Downtown Town Square, Park. Show up. Bring a sign. Enjoy the fun. ✊💙

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Mike Johnson: "This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes ... all this has gotta come to an end."

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joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 9h

:-)

สุพรรณิกาทร์ Supanika Ordoñez @spiraledu.bsky.social · 13h

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

joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 10h

:-)

CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 10h

tlingit, haida, unangan, athabascan, supiaq, yupik, and inupiaq all dancing together to celebrate us—indigenous peoples day—on our homeland sheet’ka kwaan

it was so beautiful 🥹

indigenous unity at its best. WE’RE STILL HERE 🫶🏼

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mivox is exHAUNTed 👻 @bs.mivox.net · 10h

I hear tell there are frogs & dinosaurs migrating towards Fairbanks, AK as we type…

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 15h

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Don @wormeguy.bsky.social · 17h

If measles hits Alaska we will most likely see it first in the home school community before public schools.

It won't take long to get into our public schools because the Interior (including Fairbanks) has a very low rate of vaccination for Kindergartners (ages 5-6) of 57%.

This is a tinderbox.

Vaccination rates by community in Alaska for childhood and kindergarten series

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joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 11h

:-(

Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 14h

UPDATED: One woman has been found dead in the village of Kwigillingok, where another two people remain unaccounted for, after a devastating storm battered Western Alaska over the weekend.

Woman found dead, dozens rescued and over 1,000 displaced after storm devastates Western Alaska

Winds over 100 mph and record tidal surges pounded the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta on Sunday as the remnants of Typhoon Halong inundated some Bering Sea coast communities.

www.adn.com

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KrazyTheeAlaskan™️ @krazytheealaskan.bsky.social · 9d

We are more powerful than we realize.
When Maga boycotts a company (see Bud Light), the loss was around $1B YOY.

Sane Americans, Reagan Republicans, Libtards boycott and cancel Disney+. They lost $4B in 4 DAYS.

We are powerful, now go forth with this knowledge wisely.

#LikeIBeenSaying

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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 1d

This is a logic of a 5 yo. A lower court HAS issued a long opinion resolving the issue. If you can't resolve the issue differently, don't issue an unexplained opinion that, for all functional purposes, resolve the issue in the exact opposite way.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 11h

Touché

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J(y)oda @jodyoalaska.bsky.social · 12h

Getting signs ready for October 18th.

Protest signs reading as follows:
Never normalize this.
Fascism is the right word for it.
What will you tell your grandkids?
This is dissent, Jan 6th was insurrection.
Democracy is not a team sport.
It's all fun and games until they come for you too.

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tristanwalsh.bsky.social @tristanwalsh.bsky.social · 12h

✊

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 14h

Solidarity is the only way

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joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 18h

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LetsGetIntoIt2025 (@letsgetintoit2025)

Chicago attorney Robert Held took to a megaphone to address police officers on behalf of the protesters. There was a standoff that lasted about an hour. Police were instructing protesters to dispers...

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joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 22h

:-)

AltReclamation 💦 @altreclamation.altgov.info · 1d

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! Here’s a brief primer on the history of the holiday and its significance.

In the comments, feel free to share resources where folks can learn more.

www.nbcwashington.com/news/nationa...

Is Indigenous Peoples Day 2025 a federal holiday?

Here is a look at why it's called Indigenous Peoples Day, the history behind it and how people celebrate.

www.nbcwashington.com

joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 22h

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/... ~ “Microplastics, studies increasingly show, are released from exposure to heat.” Or just don’t buy anything packaged in plastic…”

Microplastics are everywhere. You can do one simple thing to avoid them.

The biggest sources of microplastics have one thing in common: Heat.

www.washingtonpost.com

joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 1d

www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_...
It’s a big typhoon

GOES-West - Sector view: Alaska - GeoColor - NOAA / NESDIS / STAR

Near real-time publication of GOES-East and GOES-West images from NOAA/NESDIS/STAR

www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov

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midnightsun49.bsky.social @midnightsun49.bsky.social · 1d

Release the Epstein Files

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joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 1d

A big typhoon

www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_...

GOES-West - Sector view: Alaska - GeoColor - NOAA / NESDIS / STAR

Near real-time publication of GOES-East and GOES-West images from NOAA/NESDIS/STAR

www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov

joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 1d

:-(

akgrl.bsky.social @akgrl.bsky.social · 1d

Whoa! I'm so sorry. I hope the National Guard can get there soon!!

CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 1d

updates for kipnuk

several houses are gone and more continue to float away from the village

hope help arrives soon

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Don @wormeguy.bsky.social · 3d

This could be Alaska's future. Home schooling isn't as fun when your kids are not able leave the house to attend any activities.

Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 3d

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out of the classroom and into quarantine for a minimum of 21 days.

In Minnesota, 118 students are also under quarantine in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 1d

This Anchorage’s Chugach Info (but they are trying for a rate increase):
Chugach South District retail customers.
Residential Service Rates
Customer Charges $12.79/month
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Total per kWh 24.2868¢
Pretty great Juneau has off-peak rates. Chugach rates for lg commercial are half per kWh 11.0758¢

joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 1d

Hear, hear!!!

akmk @akmk.bsky.social · 1d

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 1d

updates for kipnuk

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 1d

updates for kipnuk

several houses are gone and more continue to float away from the village

hope help arrives soon

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 2d

someone in a kipnuk facebook group screen recorded all the pleas for help in the community due to the disaster flooding

hopefully the alaska national guard will make it out there soon

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joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 1d

From Knowable Magazine: Property crime and violent crime have different solutions — here’s why | Knowable Magazine knowablemagazine.org/content/arti... Magazine

Property crime and violent crime have different solutions — here’s why

Addressing poverty helps to curb thefts and burglaries, but offenses like assaults and shootings need more innovative approaches

knowablemagazine.org

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