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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 6h

This is definitely a thing

Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 7h

It seems like people just hang out here waiting to say this. It’s particularly stupid on BlueSky where these Alaskans most assuredly did not vote for this. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 16h

Since the "well Alaska voted for Trump so they deserve it" crowd is out in force today:

Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 16h

1) these areas of Alaska are pretty consistently blue, including in 2024. Harris won in the statehouse district including the worst-hit communities 50.8 to 39.

2) also, no one deserves to die in natural disasters, regardless of who they voted for

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Ishalook 🐢🐻‍❄️❄️ @ishalook.bsky.social · 8h

Donations to the Western Alaska Disaster Relief 2025 Fund can be made online at alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c..., by phone 907-334-6700, or by mailing a check payable to the Alaska Community Foundation with “Western Alaska Disaster Relief” in the memo to 3201 C St, Suite 110, Anchorage, AK 99503

/erp/donate/create/fund

alaskacf.fcsuite.com

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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 8h

Creepy. You know he smells bad too.

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Corinne Smith @corinne-smith.bsky.social · 9h

Student journalist Renasia Uisok reports on the storm damage in their community of Kotlik!

For QTV Kotlik "Quyana TV," produced by middle and high schoolers.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOIk...

Typhoondamagekotlik

YouTube video by QTV Kotlik

www.youtube.com

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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 8h

🦖T-Rex is Antifa 🦖

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ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 12h

Senator Lyman Hoffman reporting 50% of Kipnuks utility poles are broken in half, and the runway has a crack right in the middle of it.

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 11h

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

alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

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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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 8h

🤣 He doesn’t know, he doesn’t want to know, or he knows and doesn’t want to say.

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สุพรรณิกาทร์ Supanika Ordoñez @spiraledu.bsky.social · 10h

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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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 8h

Maybe. 🤔

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Aleianjack @aleianjack.bsky.social · 9h

Indigenous Peoples' Day Must Replace Columbus Day
www.qasimrashid.com/p/indigenous...

Indigenous Peoples' Day Must Replace Columbus Day

Columbus was a historical figure who should be studied, not an icon to be honored

www.qasimrashid.com

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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 9h

If you want to see how damaging Trump’s, republicans, and akgop policy is just look at western Alaska. #akleg #akgov

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akmk @akmk.bsky.social · 9h

Alaska must stop subsidizing fossil fuels, Zack.

Opinion: Why ‘all-of-the-above’ is the right energy policy for Alaska

The Trump administration’s war on wind and solar is a threat to our state’s economy and to our nation’s security.

www.adn.com

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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 9h

Well DEI that means nothing for Indigenous communities. “Climate” doesn’t exist, according to republicans it’s a scam. Anybody heard Dunleavy, Murkowski, Sullivan, or Begich 3 say this is a consequence of climate change? What kind of solutions do they offer? #akleg #akgov

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RichThompsonAK @richthompsonak.bsky.social · 9h

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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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 10h

One dead, dozens rescued and roughly 1,000 displaced in western Alaska communities hit by ex-typhoon, reports Corinne Smith for @alaskabeacon.com

One dead, dozens rescued and roughly 1,000 displaced in western Alaska communities hit by ex-typhoon | Alaska Beacon

Search and rescue efforts continued into Monday in the Kuskokwim River delta in the aftermath of ex-Typhoon Halong.

alaskabeacon.com

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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 11h

Here’s some towns

Taylor Heckart @theckart.bsky.social · 12h

If you’re in Petersburg, Cooper Landing, Seward, Ketchikan, Tok, Unalaska, Soldotna, Skagway, and Bethel, you should get free access to a news database through your library! There are 20+ Alaska news publications in there, including many that are normally paywalled. www.kfsk.org/2025/10/13/g...

Grant funding will give 15 Alaska libraries free access to many paywalled newspapers - KFSK

Fifteen libraries across Alaska will be gaining access to a large online database of national and in-state news sources. The Alaska Library Network received a $10,250 grant from the Atwood Foundation,...

www.kfsk.org

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Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 13h

Several organizations are asking for donations or contributing fundraiser proceeds to help Alaskans affected by the remnants of Typhoon Halong. Here's how you can help.

How to help residents and communities after catastrophic Western Alaska storm

Several organizations are asking for donations or contributing fundraiser proceeds to help residents affected by the remnants of Typhoon Halong.

www.adn.com

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Taylor Heckart @theckart.bsky.social · 12h

If you’re in Petersburg, Cooper Landing, Seward, Ketchikan, Tok, Unalaska, Soldotna, Skagway, and Bethel, you should get free access to a news database through your library! There are 20+ Alaska news publications in there, including many that are normally paywalled. www.kfsk.org/2025/10/13/g...

Grant funding will give 15 Alaska libraries free access to many paywalled newspapers - KFSK

Fifteen libraries across Alaska will be gaining access to a large online database of national and in-state news sources. The Alaska Library Network received a $10,250 grant from the Atwood Foundation,...

www.kfsk.org

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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 11h

Lisa Murkowski mentioned getting heartbreaking information from KYUK, KOTZ, KNOM - aren’t those all radio stations that Lisa Murkowski voted to defund in the BBB? How fortunate for the communities that they haven’t been shut down yet.

audie verde @audieverde.bsky.social · 12h

I have been watching the devastating videos from friends and colleagues. Some folks are still missing in cold waters. The few news and info sources for locals are also the same ones being cut by federal funding. People should know this is happening

KTOO Public Media @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social · 12h

The U.S. Coast Guard commander for Western Alaska compared the devastation in Southwest Alaska villages over the weekend to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

(From @alaskapublic.org)

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Eco Politidae @ecopolitidae.bsky.social · 12h

Not to dismiss the very real suffering and loss, but the federal government (esp. GAO) state, local, academic, NGO and media reports analyzing extreme coastal erosion and flood 🌊 risks to rural Alaskan communities would fill an auditorium.

KTOO Public Media @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social · 12h

The U.S. Coast Guard commander for Western Alaska compared the devastation in Southwest Alaska villages over the weekend to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

(From @alaskapublic.org)

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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