@afwido.bsky.social
Alaska grown
People ought to saunter in the mountains
People ought to saunter in the mountains
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Time to play ... find the lanes.
January 11, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Time to play ... find the lanes.
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Happy 13th birthday to the most essential artwork of the current era, @kcg.bsky.social ‘s “This is fine,” to all those who celebrate.
January 9, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Happy 13th birthday to the most essential artwork of the current era, @kcg.bsky.social ‘s “This is fine,” to all those who celebrate.
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I quit my job at #iNaturalist, the product I co-founded. If you'd like me to keep working on natural history software, support me on Patreon: patreon.com/kueda. FWIW, I'm building an iNat backup tool and an app for viewing geologic maps.
Or, if you think you'd like to hire me, get in touch!
Or, if you think you'd like to hire me, get in touch!
Ken-ichi Ueda | Patreon
Natural history software
patreon.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:33 PM
I quit my job at #iNaturalist, the product I co-founded. If you'd like me to keep working on natural history software, support me on Patreon: patreon.com/kueda. FWIW, I'm building an iNat backup tool and an app for viewing geologic maps.
Or, if you think you'd like to hire me, get in touch!
Or, if you think you'd like to hire me, get in touch!
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A global catalog shows how creatures across the tree of life balance rigidity with flexibility in remarkably consistent ways
Why Does Life Keep Evolving These Geometric Patterns?
A global catalog shows how creatures across the tree of life balance rigidity with flexibility in remarkably consistent ways
www.scientificamerican.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:58 PM
A global catalog shows how creatures across the tree of life balance rigidity with flexibility in remarkably consistent ways
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California tiger salamander & golden chanterelles 🍄🟫🧡
January 3, 2026 at 7:06 PM
California tiger salamander & golden chanterelles 🍄🟫🧡
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Sea star fans, wake up — it’s the third week of our ID-a-thon, and we’re sorting echinoderms. Visit iNaturalist to learn more: tr.ee/identifyweek3 ⭐💫
December 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Sea star fans, wake up — it’s the third week of our ID-a-thon, and we’re sorting echinoderms. Visit iNaturalist to learn more: tr.ee/identifyweek3 ⭐💫
unless you like diarrhea
Wait a minute, did it snow watermelon? No, that's snow algae. It's seen only at high altitudes in cold conditions, it's not safe to eat (unless you like diarrhea), and the various algae colors make the landscape very attractive...
December 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
unless you like diarrhea
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Honored to have a photo on the cover of Current Biology!
December 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Honored to have a photo on the cover of Current Biology!
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How clear has it been in Anchorage this month? I used the Lake Hood (PALH) station since it is not augmented. For the Dec 1-21 period, they have report 'clear' (CLR) skies 76% of the time. The median value for Dec 1-21 during the ASOS era (since 1997) is 16% of the time. @alaskawx.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 5:02 AM
How clear has it been in Anchorage this month? I used the Lake Hood (PALH) station since it is not augmented. For the Dec 1-21 period, they have report 'clear' (CLR) skies 76% of the time. The median value for Dec 1-21 during the ASOS era (since 1997) is 16% of the time. @alaskawx.bsky.social
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Classic east-west temperature gradient across Anchorage. Mid teens where the wind is blowing and mixing down warmer air, and sub zero where the winds are calm.
December 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Classic east-west temperature gradient across Anchorage. Mid teens where the wind is blowing and mixing down warmer air, and sub zero where the winds are calm.
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We’ve got a piece in The Conversation about the 2025 Arctic Report Card and the implications of 20 years of tracking rapid Arctic change. #Arctic #akwx #Climate
theconversation.com/from-record-...
theconversation.com/from-record-...
From record warming to rusting rivers, 2025 Arctic Report Card shows a region transforming faster than expected
The 20th anniversary of the annual report tracks how sea ice, snow cover and many other vital signs of the Arctic have changed, and the impact that’s having on people and wildlife.
theconversation.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We’ve got a piece in The Conversation about the 2025 Arctic Report Card and the implications of 20 years of tracking rapid Arctic change. #Arctic #akwx #Climate
theconversation.com/from-record-...
theconversation.com/from-record-...
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I took the photos that The Guardian used in this news article last year.
I want to answer this question: Taking lots of photos with the whale 😄
#alaska #alaskasky #anchorage #photography #wildlife #whale
I want to answer this question: Taking lots of photos with the whale 😄
#alaska #alaskasky #anchorage #photography #wildlife #whale
A dead whale shows up on your beach. What do you do with the 40-ton carcass?
A dead whale shows up on your beach. What do you do with the 40-ton carcass?
A fin whale washed ashore in Anchorage and was left there for months. Then a self-described ‘wacko’ museum director made a plan
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I took the photos that The Guardian used in this news article last year.
I want to answer this question: Taking lots of photos with the whale 😄
#alaska #alaskasky #anchorage #photography #wildlife #whale
I want to answer this question: Taking lots of photos with the whale 😄
#alaska #alaskasky #anchorage #photography #wildlife #whale
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My first job out of college was as the Marketing & Volunteer Coordinator for Boys & Girls Clubs of Southcentral Alaska...but more importantly I grew up spending summers at the Boys & Girls Club in Nome...
This breaks my heart.
www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/12/10/b...
This breaks my heart.
www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/12/10/b...
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southcentral Alaska end operations
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Southcentral Alaska and its licensed childcare operations are ending all programs and services, according to a memo sent to staff obtained by Alaska’s News Source.
www.alaskasnewssource.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
My first job out of college was as the Marketing & Volunteer Coordinator for Boys & Girls Clubs of Southcentral Alaska...but more importantly I grew up spending summers at the Boys & Girls Club in Nome...
This breaks my heart.
www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/12/10/b...
This breaks my heart.
www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/12/10/b...
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The view from Whittier Access Road @ Tunnel MP 6.5 (Bear Valley), 📷 from 511.alaska.gov
December 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The view from Whittier Access Road @ Tunnel MP 6.5 (Bear Valley), 📷 from 511.alaska.gov
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Worth reading for lots of reasons, but particularly because it closes with something I see in my work and travels speaking on writing and AI. Many, maybe most students do not want AI-mediated schooling or lives. We can offer them something better. www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Worth reading for lots of reasons, but particularly because it closes with something I see in my work and travels speaking on writing and AI. Many, maybe most students do not want AI-mediated schooling or lives. We can offer them something better. www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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The view from Glenn Highway @ MP 176.6, 📷 from 511.alaska.gov
November 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The view from Glenn Highway @ MP 176.6, 📷 from 511.alaska.gov
Cool shit
once her burrow looked exactly like the rest of the desert wash floor, imperceptible, without any evidence of her entombed baby food, then she was satisfied and moved off
i thanked her, as she certainly made MY day
curious how if we just go out there and wander around, we see cool shit
i thanked her, as she certainly made MY day
curious how if we just go out there and wander around, we see cool shit
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Cool shit
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From all of us to all of you—our gratitude for coming along on this seismic ride. You are our partners in monitoring, preparing, responding, and learning. We are YOUR Alaska Earthquake Center, and we are thankful for all of you.
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
From all of us to all of you—our gratitude for coming along on this seismic ride. You are our partners in monitoring, preparing, responding, and learning. We are YOUR Alaska Earthquake Center, and we are thankful for all of you.
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Really proud to be included in this years Alaska Positive, a Fine Art photo competition at the Alaska State Museum, that will then tour the State.
This is " Blue Salmon", part of a continuing series on sustainability here in Alaska.
This is " Blue Salmon", part of a continuing series on sustainability here in Alaska.
November 27, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Really proud to be included in this years Alaska Positive, a Fine Art photo competition at the Alaska State Museum, that will then tour the State.
This is " Blue Salmon", part of a continuing series on sustainability here in Alaska.
This is " Blue Salmon", part of a continuing series on sustainability here in Alaska.
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Just stop with the balloon releases already!!!! This is what hapoens when you do dumb shit like that. These DO NOT fall apart, they sit down way down here and pollute. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 871 #asgardarchaea #MarineLife
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Just stop with the balloon releases already!!!! This is what hapoens when you do dumb shit like that. These DO NOT fall apart, they sit down way down here and pollute. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 871 #asgardarchaea #MarineLife
A very cool story shared in the iNat monthly update: "Museum records reveal a sharp decline in greater chestnut weevil specimens after the mid-20th century, with only five verified specimens collected in the past 50 years and none since 1997, reinforcing presumptions of extinction....
Rediscovery of the greater chestnut weevil highlights the power of digital platforms in biodiversity research and conservation
The 20th-century collapse of the American chestnut (Castanea dentata)—once a dominant tree in eastern North American forests, decimated by introduced …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
A very cool story shared in the iNat monthly update: "Museum records reveal a sharp decline in greater chestnut weevil specimens after the mid-20th century, with only five verified specimens collected in the past 50 years and none since 1997, reinforcing presumptions of extinction....
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This is inaccurate because it misses the fact I *also* have a lot of interesting rocks and animal bones
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This is inaccurate because it misses the fact I *also* have a lot of interesting rocks and animal bones
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When it starts running, the system will be the first public transportation operation on the Kenai Peninsula, which has historically been served by private cab companies. #KPBorough www.kdll.org/local-news/2...
Kenaitze prepares to launch fix-route public bus service
When it starts running, the system will be the first public transportation operation on the Kenai Peninsula, which has historically been served by private cab companies.
www.kdll.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
When it starts running, the system will be the first public transportation operation on the Kenai Peninsula, which has historically been served by private cab companies. #KPBorough www.kdll.org/local-news/2...