Matthew Beck
@thebluealaskan.com
Former (recovering) Anchorage political blogger. More active on Facebook 🤮
https://www.thebluealaskan.com
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Matthew Beck
@thebluealaskan.com
· Nov 27
We should ban book bans.
What once functioned as a simple login for applying to the Permanent Fund Dividend or signing state forms could soon evolve into a centralized mechanism managing identity, services, and money flows under one digital roof. #akleg
Alaska Plots AI-Driven Digital Identity, Payments, and Biometric Data System
The state’s new system could turn bureaucracy into automation, and consent into a checkbox no one really controls.
reclaimthenet.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM
What once functioned as a simple login for applying to the Permanent Fund Dividend or signing state forms could soon evolve into a centralized mechanism managing identity, services, and money flows under one digital roof. #akleg
It's not that I'm insensitive about the situation, it's just that if this were ASD, the Mat-Su whiners trying to save Anchorage would be complaining about the WOKE school district closing cuz of a light breeze.
December 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
It's not that I'm insensitive about the situation, it's just that if this were ASD, the Mat-Su whiners trying to save Anchorage would be complaining about the WOKE school district closing cuz of a light breeze.
Apparently, they lie under the Trump Administration. A lot. Like, a lot a lot. And what a gut punch to all of our educators. Vile, disgusting shit.
December 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Apparently, they lie under the Trump Administration. A lot. Like, a lot a lot. And what a gut punch to all of our educators. Vile, disgusting shit.
Pretty good sized earthquake - 6.67 and just 3 miles deep.
December 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Pretty good sized earthquake - 6.67 and just 3 miles deep.
The congressionally-mandated report addressing cases involving Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons has been removed from the U.S. Department of Justice website and is no more.
📩 www.alaska.gov/CongressDele...
📩 www.alaska.gov/CongressDele...
December 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The congressionally-mandated report addressing cases involving Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons has been removed from the U.S. Department of Justice website and is no more.
📩 www.alaska.gov/CongressDele...
📩 www.alaska.gov/CongressDele...
The Alaska House Republican minority reorganized Saturday night. Going well. Wow. 😂
December 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The Alaska House Republican minority reorganized Saturday night. Going well. Wow. 😂
November 28, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Don't even bother watching the third season of Prehistoric Planet on AppleTV+ - David Attenborough isn't the narrator. 😑
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Don't even bother watching the third season of Prehistoric Planet on AppleTV+ - David Attenborough isn't the narrator. 😑
Holy fuck. Is everyone okay? #earthquakeptsd
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Holy fuck. Is everyone okay? #earthquakeptsd
Ah. With all the complaining about Biden today, I knew there had to be more to the story.
November 27, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Ah. With all the complaining about Biden today, I knew there had to be more to the story.
The Alaska Republican Party would like you to ignore your own grocery receipt and believe this instead. I fix tho.
November 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The Alaska Republican Party would like you to ignore your own grocery receipt and believe this instead. I fix tho.
Wild story and a banger piece. Dozens of Alaska Regional healthcare workers have been made sick, but the Tennessee-based owner basically says it’s fine.
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Wild story and a banger piece. Dozens of Alaska Regional healthcare workers have been made sick, but the Tennessee-based owner basically says it’s fine.
Umm. Apparently, Joe Miller has moved on from wanting to dismantle the federal government and is now laser-focused on warning us about space rocks. Might be growth actually. Weird.
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Umm. Apparently, Joe Miller has moved on from wanting to dismantle the federal government and is now laser-focused on warning us about space rocks. Might be growth actually. Weird.
Alaska AG Cox came in swinging. He left, thanking the Anchorage School District for its time. 🫠
AG Cox Shifts to 'Happy to Help' Mode After ASD Brings Receipts
Uh-oh. Someone has a little egg on their face.
www.thebluealaskan.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Alaska AG Cox came in swinging. He left, thanking the Anchorage School District for its time. 🫠
Things are going well in Delta Junction.
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Things are going well in Delta Junction.
Just weeks after Little Dipper Diner announced it had closed its doors for good - Anchorage is about to have more empty booths than a Save Anchorage meeting.
November 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Just weeks after Little Dipper Diner announced it had closed its doors for good - Anchorage is about to have more empty booths than a Save Anchorage meeting.
It was what we said it was.
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 AM
It was what we said it was.
Saw that coming a mile away. X is a cesspool of bot farms and out of country fake ass MAGA influencers engaged in election interference.
November 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Saw that coming a mile away. X is a cesspool of bot farms and out of country fake ass MAGA influencers engaged in election interference.
Looks all the quakes were removed except for one which I’m assuming was the actual quake we experienced. Phew.
November 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Looks all the quakes were removed except for one which I’m assuming was the actual quake we experienced. Phew.
After national outrage, the Coast Guard has “bravely” concluded that swastikas and nooses are, in fact, hate symbols.
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
After national outrage, the Coast Guard has “bravely” concluded that swastikas and nooses are, in fact, hate symbols.
In a formal response to Alaska AG Cox obtained by The Blue Alaskan via public information request, ASD said the placement of a non-endorsement sticker on Hillsdale College pamphlets was the result of a procedural rule adopted during...wait for it...Dr. Deena Bishop’s tenure as superintendent.
Uncredible! ASD Debunks AG Cox’s Hillsdale Allegations, Citing Bishop-Era Policy
ASD's account leaves AG Cox, DEED Commissioner Bishop, and their far-right echo chamber with nothing but smoke.
www.thebluealaskan.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
In a formal response to Alaska AG Cox obtained by The Blue Alaskan via public information request, ASD said the placement of a non-endorsement sticker on Hillsdale College pamphlets was the result of a procedural rule adopted during...wait for it...Dr. Deena Bishop’s tenure as superintendent.