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Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 8h

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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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 18h

Guy In San Francisco built a wearable, LED illuminated dinosaur costume equipped with a sound system. 🔊 #AGoodPlace

Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...

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Patricia Kreger @patriciakreger.bsky.social · 8h

ICYM THIS 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 8h

If you're able, please consider a donation to the Alaska Community Fund to help people in western Alaska impacted by ex-typhoon Halong even as winter is bearing down. All the money donated goes to the region. Quyana. #Alaska #AlaskaSky

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Screen shot of the ACF Western Alaska Disaster Relief 2025 Fund:

"In response to recent severe storms, including Typhoon Halong, that devastated Alaska's western coast, local community organizations and regional partners have come together to establish the Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund, housed at the Alaska Community Foundation.
Two major storm systems struck western Alaska in rapid succession, bringing record flooding, extreme winds, and extensive damage from Kwigillingok to Kotzebue. Homes have been damaged and destroyed, critical infrastructure compromised, and subsistence resources disrupted. The Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund will provide support to affected communities for immediate relief, recovery support, and long-term resilience, including disaster preparedness initiatives. Distribution decisions will be guided by advisors including regional leaders and stakeholders, ensuring resources reach affected communities based on locally identified needs.

The Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund brings together a growing list of local, regional, and statewide partners endorsing the fund, including:

Association of Village Council Presidents
Alaska Federation of Natives
Alaska Native Heritage Center
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Bethel Community Services Foundation
Calista Corporation
Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation
First Alaskans Institute
Kawerak, Inc.
Native Peoples Action
Maniilaq Association

Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation"

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Mary @mds97402.bsky.social · 18h

Jerking is the right word. Jerk King even. No wonder they blame his black dorsum on “shaking hands“.

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Mary @mds97402.bsky.social · 18h

Nope, 2nd thought, don’t tell me…bills to pay etc etc. Though I would rather read than eat, most days.

Mary @mds97402.bsky.social · 18h

Claude. Steinbeck? Ten bucks? Where are you finding these?

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Mary @mds97402.bsky.social · 18h

Astounding to me that a.m. network news said not one word about the typhoon damaging western Alaska’s coastal communities.
These are towns & villages off the road system, with homes, runways, docks, power, fuel & stored resources damaged or washed away & obliterated.

Vivian Faith Prescott @alaskapoet.bsky.social · 1d

“Troopers have received secondhand reports of people who are unaccounted for in Kipnuk and are continuing to work with local officials to verify and confirm how many people are missing,” DPS wrote.”

LIVE BLOG: Dozens of people rescued, some still unaccounted for, DPS says

Former Typhoon Halong made landfall overnight into Sunday. Its strongest impacts were felt in the Kuskokwim delta area.

www.alaskasnewssource.com

Mary @mds97402.bsky.social · 18h

Wonder if he realizes that his big fat pro-fa federal paycheck is essentially funded by antifa-oriented taxpayers.
Which does seem rather ridiculous, now that I consider the concept. I’m not much for income tax strikes (yet) but I’d sure go for a broad tariffed goods strike.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 1d

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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it's Candy Love @candylovely.bsky.social · 2d

Rev. David Black who was shot multiple times by ICE with rubber bullets speaks.

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 20h

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Mary @mds97402.bsky.social · 19h

Twenty billion to bail out Argentina without the consent of Congress is the act of a monarch.

Mary @mds97402.bsky.social · 1d

You know the one thing we did not hear from Eric’s dad in all this mess? “They are not mine, I have never seen those documents/files before.”
We heard “I had every right” & “hey Biden did it too” & all about presidential mental declassification—but we never heard “nope, I had nothing to do with it.”

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 1d

Great reporting on the western Alaska storm from the Alaska Public Media team. #akwx #weather #AlaskaSky

alaskapublic.org/news/public-...

A major storm is bringing dangerous flooding and hurricane-force winds to Western Alaska

The remnants of Typhoon Halong have already caused damaging flooding in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The storm is expected to move north and continue into Monday.

alaskapublic.org

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IEMBOT Anchorage @afc.weather.im · 1d

AFC continues Coastal Flood Warning for Kuskokwim Delta Coast and Nunivak Island [AK] till Oct 12, 10:00 PM AKDT Link

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Angutekaraq Qakvalria @angutekaraq.bsky.social · 1d

There's the remnants of a typhoon that's battering the Y-K delta and houses in Kipnuk, Alaska are floating away with peope in them

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

FB reports of major flood damage in Kipnuk - homes and store floating, people swimming.
Very high water in Quinhagak as well.

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 1d

Context: Kipnuk, a Yup'ik village near Bering Sea in SW Alaska, was hit with a massive storm and flooding last August, too. Last spring, it won a $20M grant for erosion control.

The GOP's Bugly Bill killed the grant program, which allocated 2.8B to communities hardest hit by climate change.

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

FB reports of major flood damage in Kipnuk - homes and store floating, people swimming.
Very high water in Quinhagak as well.

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

updates for kipnuk

looks like help is on the way

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American Partisan™ @partisan.social · 1d

Don't pay attention to the lies, exaggeration, misdirection and falsehoods Republicans spout endlessly in cowardly subservience to a corrupt felon president-- look at what they're trying to get away with, buried deep in the minutiae of governance, where they hope no one will notice it.

Edward A. Rowe @edwardarowe1.bsky.social · 1d

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Mary @mds97402.bsky.social · 1d

JV stated the reason crime is down in Portland & Chicago is that police are overwhelmed & not reporting.
Why on earth would the anchor of MTP not ask immediately & persistently what his source for that statement is.
So irresponsible. Talking head journalism. This is why I usually change channels.

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Mary @mds97402.bsky.social · 1d

We saw him inviting supporters to DC for 1/6. “Be there, will be wild”, tweeted 12/19. We saw PBs/OKs prepping. We heard his 1/6 speech,”We fight like hell”, “If you don’t fight like hell you’re not going to have a country any more”, “We’re going to the Capitol…let’s walk down Pennsylvania Avenue”.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 2d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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