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KTOO Public Media @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social · 9h

The massive storm flooded communities and destroyed homes Sunday when it slammed into the coast of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, bringing with it destructive winds and high waters.

(From KYUK - Bethel and @alaskapublic.org)

51 people rescued and at least 3 still missing after massive storm hits Western Alaska

The three people unaccounted for are from Kwigillingok, one of the communities devastated by the remnants of Typhoon Halong.

www.ktoo.org

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 9h

Western Alaska Disaster Relief

#AlaskaSky

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naomi @skuaenjoyer.bsky.social · 10h

trying to tell my partner that the Blue Jays making a comeback against the Mariners is not “just like the Battle of Queenston Heights in 1812”

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naomi @skuaenjoyer.bsky.social · 15h

kind of makes you wonder if maybe the system itself doesn't work very well if the mines breach the water quality 'limits' 171 times and then just pay a fine they have budgeted for.

www.biv.com/news/environ...

B.C. coal giant penalized millions for treatment delays, 171 pollution breaches

EVR Operations Limited — formally Teck Coal Limited — was penalized more than $3.6 million after failing to curb nitrate and selenium pollution

www.biv.com

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naomi @skuaenjoyer.bsky.social · 15h

and to be clear Im not criticizing any US Harm reduction workers. When I say we are behind I mean because we have an even more oppressive state structure.

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naomi @skuaenjoyer.bsky.social · 15h

Another article about a study showing how their efforts were working and could have saved tens of thousands of lives just in BC thetyee.ca/News/2024/03...

Study Finds DULF Reduced Overdoses by Distributing Tested Drugs | The Tyee

Researcher Thomas Kerr says it’s important to follow the peer-reviewed science instead of politicized opinions on safe supply.

thetyee.ca

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naomi @skuaenjoyer.bsky.social · 15h

these people take the drug crisis seriously and were actually trying to do something to stop people from dying and they face very serious consequences. Meanwhile our governments are letting people die and both the US and Canada average lifespans are falling dramatically

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naomi @skuaenjoyer.bsky.social · 15h

Drug Users Liberation Front trial is beginning. Their work was so good for public health and safety, our harm reduction in the US is leaps and bounds behind what they were trying to do. This article has good background and an update on the trial. thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Safe Drugs on Trial: DULF’s Trafficking Case Begins | The Tyee

The founders are charged with trafficking. Their lawyers argue they had a legal exemption from drug laws.

thetyee.ca

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naomi @skuaenjoyer.bsky.social · 15h

another great article by Rebecca Nagle. The most recent citing of the Doctrine of Discovery by the US Supreme Court was in 2005, City of Sherrill v. Oneida Nation of Indians, with RBG ruling it too late for Oneidas to "rekindle the embers of sovereignty that long ago grew cold"

Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 19h

After years of advocacy and growing awareness of Columbus’s human rights abuses, some states and cities switched to celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day. Now, we are witnessing the backlash to that modicum of change. Full post on my substack now:

The racist edict that allowed Columbus to colonize and slaughter Indigenous people is still the law in the U.S. today.

What holiday we celebrate on the second Monday in October matters because it reflects the beliefs we hold about who we are and where we come from as a country.

open.substack.com

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History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 1d

Do you remember?

old photo of a wall with graffiti reading: Marijana Matters it wuz Legal befor Bitchstopher Colombitch CAME HERE

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naomi @skuaenjoyer.bsky.social · 1d

the work of Atikamekw and allies asserting sovereignty on their land lead to the withdrawal of Bill 97. Blockades + more to fight resource extraction not only for land back but benefit everyone on the planet: www.aptnnews.ca/featured/que...

Quebec premier withdraws controversial bill to overhaul forestry

Quebec premier withdraws controversial Bill 97 to overhaul the forestry industry, which raised the ire of First Nations and forestry experts

www.aptnnews.ca

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naomi @skuaenjoyer.bsky.social · 1d

congrats! well deserved

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History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 1d

Land Back

historyiswhat.noblogs.org

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naomi @skuaenjoyer.bsky.social · 1d

another example of how Yupik and Iñupiaq villages are dealing with the climate crisis right now. not sometime in the future, not hypothetical

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

UPDATE FROM SHISHMAREF:

“The government delayed funds for our projects for sea wall... We cannot keep protecting with sea wall against Mother Nature… Cannot stop rising sea levels. Wish our fed and state agencies can help all the communities in danger of flooding and erosion”

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 1d

1/2 Early Sunday morning satellite pix and Nome weather radar show ex-typhoon Halong centered over Norton Sound south of Nome and moving quickly to the north-northeast. Severe flooding and damage and power outages overnight in the YK Delta region. #akwx #weather #ExtremeWeather

GOES-West infrared satellite image taken at 710am AKDT centered over Alaska showing the center of ex-typhoon Halong over western Norton Sound and the associated high clouds far to the north and east. Image courtesy NOAA.

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

does anyone have an update from kwigillingok??

Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 1d

1/2 Early Sunday morning satellite pix and Nome weather radar show ex-typhoon Halong centered over Norton Sound south of Nome and moving quickly to the north-northeast. Severe flooding and damage and power outages overnight in the YK Delta region. #akwx #weather #ExtremeWeather

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naomi @skuaenjoyer.bsky.social · 2d

“Mayor Jim Bates told CNN the plant did not have a history of safety problems, although there was a small ammunition explosion there in 2014. That incident killed one person and injured three”

reminder that militarism is a danger to workers, and a major contributor to climate change