Ken Miller
@akskierken.bsky.social
Alaskan. Not skiing enough.
Husband and father, army veteran, licensed handyman. Trying to live gently on Native land in the lower Tanana Valley.
Cis. He/him/his.
Deutsch & русский
#AlaskaSky #FairbanksSky
@akskierken.89 on Signal
Husband and father, army veteran, licensed handyman. Trying to live gently on Native land in the lower Tanana Valley.
Cis. He/him/his.
Deutsch & русский
#AlaskaSky #FairbanksSky
@akskierken.89 on Signal
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Ken Miller
@akskierken.bsky.social
· Dec 24
As important and gratifying as it is to holler at the opposition when the get stuff wrong, it’s even more important to hold our own to account.
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What the “Department of War” posted today is not normal. Publicizing an internal referral memo on social media before any review has occurred undercuts the neutrality expected in military justice and risks unlawful command influence. That should alarm anyone who cares about due process. #holdfast
November 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
What the “Department of War” posted today is not normal. Publicizing an internal referral memo on social media before any review has occurred undercuts the neutrality expected in military justice and risks unlawful command influence. That should alarm anyone who cares about due process. #holdfast
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It’s sad that “soldiers shouldn’t commit crimes” is a brave position for a Republican to take.
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
It’s sad that “soldiers shouldn’t commit crimes” is a brave position for a Republican to take.
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Like many services, as Signal grows, it becomes a more appealing place for scammers to try and cause harm.
We've put together tips to help you protect yourself from phishing, scams, & impersonation attempts. Plus info about how Signal support communicates.
support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art...
We've put together tips to help you protect yourself from phishing, scams, & impersonation attempts. Plus info about how Signal support communicates.
support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art...
Staying Safe from Phishing, Scams, and Impersonation
We provide a privacy-first, end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging and calling platform designed so only you and your intended recipients can communicate securely. Even with strong encryption, attac...
support.signal.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Like many services, as Signal grows, it becomes a more appealing place for scammers to try and cause harm.
We've put together tips to help you protect yourself from phishing, scams, & impersonation attempts. Plus info about how Signal support communicates.
support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art...
We've put together tips to help you protect yourself from phishing, scams, & impersonation attempts. Plus info about how Signal support communicates.
support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art...
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It'll take just a minute and help 404 Media figure out how to grow sustainably.
Please, please do our reader survey
It'll take just a minute and help 404 Media figure out how to grow sustainably.
www.404media.co
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It'll take just a minute and help 404 Media figure out how to grow sustainably.
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they're doing a reader survey (do it) but i would like to say that 404 Media is real good, it's amazing what they accomplish with such a small team, their reporting is essential, and everyone should subscribe, so that they can keep going
It'll take just a minute and help 404 Media figure out how to grow sustainably.
Please, please do our reader survey
It'll take just a minute and help 404 Media figure out how to grow sustainably.
www.404media.co
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
they're doing a reader survey (do it) but i would like to say that 404 Media is real good, it's amazing what they accomplish with such a small team, their reporting is essential, and everyone should subscribe, so that they can keep going
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2 people were murdered in Fairbanks on Saturday.
Neither has received as much attention as the ore haul.
Neither has received as much attention as the ore haul.
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
2 people were murdered in Fairbanks on Saturday.
Neither has received as much attention as the ore haul.
Neither has received as much attention as the ore haul.
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If you're not promoting solutions like this, miss me with your "male loneliness epidemic" frothing.
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
If you're not promoting solutions like this, miss me with your "male loneliness epidemic" frothing.
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Fairbanks! Gift cards are a way to help our neighbors buy the groceries THEY want & need. If you can, buy a Visa gift card at Safeway West and tell them it’s for the mutual aid gift card drive, then volunteers will get the cards to the Bread Line for distribution. ❤️
Donate a Visa or Safeway gift card to the mutual aid gift card drive at #Fairbanks Safeway West, and they will be distributed to folks via The Bread Line. Thank you for supporting mutual aid— we get through this together! 💛 #FairbanksAlaska #MutualAid #Community #AlaskaSky
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Fairbanks! Gift cards are a way to help our neighbors buy the groceries THEY want & need. If you can, buy a Visa gift card at Safeway West and tell them it’s for the mutual aid gift card drive, then volunteers will get the cards to the Bread Line for distribution. ❤️
This past 3 days on Bluesky have been *wild*.
You enjoy a great amount of attention on @bsky.app and deservedly so. My posts are informative, insightful and engaging and yet I cannot entice my 400 followers to think anything I do is worth liking or commenting on. What is your secret?!
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 AM
This past 3 days on Bluesky have been *wild*.
There is a very important distinction to be made between a red state in general and <progressives in red states who are putting in the work> and if you show up out of nowhere to talk shit about the latter, I’m very happy to block you.
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
There is a very important distinction to be made between a red state in general and <progressives in red states who are putting in the work> and if you show up out of nowhere to talk shit about the latter, I’m very happy to block you.
A small group of protesters in the snow outside a Dan Sullivan for Senate fundraiser hosted by Republican Women of Fairbanks at the Omni Logistics hangar in Fairbanks, Alaska, 4:52 pm November 24, 2025.
Ambient temperature 2°F / -17°C
Ambient temperature 2°F / -17°C
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
A small group of protesters in the snow outside a Dan Sullivan for Senate fundraiser hosted by Republican Women of Fairbanks at the Omni Logistics hangar in Fairbanks, Alaska, 4:52 pm November 24, 2025.
Ambient temperature 2°F / -17°C
Ambient temperature 2°F / -17°C
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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.
Watching “The Great Escaper” on PBS, with Michael Caine as an aging WW2 vet. The flashback scenes are accompanied by period swing music.
In another 50 years we’ll be watching the same sort of movie, with a soundtrack of “Let the Bodies Hit the Floor”. 🤣
In another 50 years we’ll be watching the same sort of movie, with a soundtrack of “Let the Bodies Hit the Floor”. 🤣
November 24, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Watching “The Great Escaper” on PBS, with Michael Caine as an aging WW2 vet. The flashback scenes are accompanied by period swing music.
In another 50 years we’ll be watching the same sort of movie, with a soundtrack of “Let the Bodies Hit the Floor”. 🤣
In another 50 years we’ll be watching the same sort of movie, with a soundtrack of “Let the Bodies Hit the Floor”. 🤣
Approximately 130 people in the UAF Schaible auditorium attending the People’s Town Hall on Food Security in Fairbanks Alaska on November 22nd 2025
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Approximately 130 people in the UAF Schaible auditorium attending the People’s Town Hall on Food Security in Fairbanks Alaska on November 22nd 2025
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Twitter now displays where accounts are from and it has confirmed that too many of the political accounts are out of country bots.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Twitter now displays where accounts are from and it has confirmed that too many of the political accounts are out of country bots.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
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And in recent military news, it turns out that one junior airman wasn't fucking with you when he said he joined the Air Force to learn combat skills so he could take over a Haitian island and enslave the population.
Airman indicted in plot to take over Haitian island, enslave population
Two Texas men, one who joined the Air Force to learn combat skills, are accused of trying to take over a small island off of Haiti.
taskandpurpose.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
And in recent military news, it turns out that one junior airman wasn't fucking with you when he said he joined the Air Force to learn combat skills so he could take over a Haitian island and enslave the population.
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Can you imagine being deployed to combat for some made up, artificial reason?
Well yeah, I guess it's not that hard to imagine.
Exclusive: US to launch new phase of Venezuela operations, sources say
Well yeah, I guess it's not that hard to imagine.
Exclusive: US to launch new phase of Venezuela operations, sources say
www.reuters.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Can you imagine being deployed to combat for some made up, artificial reason?
Well yeah, I guess it's not that hard to imagine.
Exclusive: US to launch new phase of Venezuela operations, sources say
Well yeah, I guess it's not that hard to imagine.
Exclusive: US to launch new phase of Venezuela operations, sources say
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We need a term for politicians who mostly vote to please their major corporate and billionaire backers. My suggestion:
Coin-ops
"They are coin-op politicians, sitting still, waiting for McDonalds or Elon Musk to put in a coin so they can get to work."
"Vote all coin-ops OUT."
See? It works.
Coin-ops
"They are coin-op politicians, sitting still, waiting for McDonalds or Elon Musk to put in a coin so they can get to work."
"Vote all coin-ops OUT."
See? It works.
a man in a suit and tie is pointing at something with the word vending machine below him
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is pointing at something with the word vending machine below him
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:54 AM
We need a term for politicians who mostly vote to please their major corporate and billionaire backers. My suggestion:
Coin-ops
"They are coin-op politicians, sitting still, waiting for McDonalds or Elon Musk to put in a coin so they can get to work."
"Vote all coin-ops OUT."
See? It works.
Coin-ops
"They are coin-op politicians, sitting still, waiting for McDonalds or Elon Musk to put in a coin so they can get to work."
"Vote all coin-ops OUT."
See? It works.
He’ll be at Black Spruce Brewing Company in Fairbanks this evening from 5-7
Democratic Congressional Candidate Reverend Matt Schultz speaks to a “small crowd” at the IBEW hall in Fairbanks, Alaska on November 21, 2025.
Photo by Mai Linh McNicholas
Photo by Mai Linh McNicholas
November 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
He’ll be at Black Spruce Brewing Company in Fairbanks this evening from 5-7
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Anyone posted this one yet?
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Anyone posted this one yet?
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They line up perfectly.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
They line up perfectly.
Democratic Congressional Candidate Reverend Matt Schultz speaks to a “small crowd” at the IBEW hall in Fairbanks, Alaska on November 21, 2025.
Photo by Mai Linh McNicholas
Photo by Mai Linh McNicholas
November 22, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Democratic Congressional Candidate Reverend Matt Schultz speaks to a “small crowd” at the IBEW hall in Fairbanks, Alaska on November 21, 2025.
Photo by Mai Linh McNicholas
Photo by Mai Linh McNicholas
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Two transport trucks were fired upon in separate shootings Thursday night near Fairbanks, state troopers say, prompting an attempted murder investigation.
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Two transport trucks were fired upon in separate shootings Thursday night near Fairbanks, state troopers say, prompting an attempted murder investigation.
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300 boots donated: Alaskan company helps coordinate donation for Halong survivors 👉 https://tinyurl.com/45zpyw7j
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 AM
300 boots donated: Alaskan company helps coordinate donation for Halong survivors 👉 https://tinyurl.com/45zpyw7j
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Alaska State Troopers are seeking information from the public after two trucks involved in a gold-hauling operation in the Fairbanks area were shot at.
Troopers seek information from public after bullets strike trucks in Interior gold-hauling operation
Neither driver was injured in the shootings, troopers said.
www.adn.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Alaska State Troopers are seeking information from the public after two trucks involved in a gold-hauling operation in the Fairbanks area were shot at.