R.K. Beznik
@rkbezzie.bsky.social
Formerly of Alaska Twitter
Kenai Peninsula
Kenai Peninsula
I've never felt one like that. Gentle rolling and then BAM! A big old jolt. Went on a while, too.
October 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I've never felt one like that. Gentle rolling and then BAM! A big old jolt. Went on a while, too.
Thought a cat had jumped onto the couch. 😆
#Alaska #quake M4.2 | Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska | 2m ago | Oct 12, 2025 05:52 pm (Alaska Standard Time)
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Moderate magnitude 4.2 earthquake at 35 km depth
See detailed quake info, read user reports, submit your own if you felt it!
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October 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Thought a cat had jumped onto the couch. 😆
Happy release day @cathypegau.bsky.social ! I enjoyed your latest quite a bit! Now off to post my review today the gram and the zon!
September 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Happy release day @cathypegau.bsky.social ! I enjoyed your latest quite a bit! Now off to post my review today the gram and the zon!
A little over 100 years ago Warren Harding died...a couple of weeks after visiting Alaska.
If we get this lucky again, you Lower 48 bitches can never charge us extra shipping again.
If we get this lucky again, you Lower 48 bitches can never charge us extra shipping again.
August 30, 2025 at 6:48 AM
A little over 100 years ago Warren Harding died...a couple of weeks after visiting Alaska.
If we get this lucky again, you Lower 48 bitches can never charge us extra shipping again.
If we get this lucky again, you Lower 48 bitches can never charge us extra shipping again.
My favorite is when people mispronounce my last name and then argue with me that I'm pronouncing it incorrectly.
In related news, the soft c sound exists. Not all c sounds are hard.
In related news, the soft c sound exists. Not all c sounds are hard.
Something very very weird happened during the Hugos award ceremony... It's been on my mind for days, and so I wrote this blog: "When People Giggle at Your Name, or the 2025 Hugo Awards Incident"
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#Worldcon
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#Worldcon
August 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
My favorite is when people mispronounce my last name and then argue with me that I'm pronouncing it incorrectly.
In related news, the soft c sound exists. Not all c sounds are hard.
In related news, the soft c sound exists. Not all c sounds are hard.
Looks like write-in season for city council this year.
The three candidates for two seats on the council are Victoria Askin, who's been on the council since 2020 and has an oilfield background, Bridget Grieme, who works in juvenile justice, and Glenese Pettey, a financial advisor who has been on the council in the past.
August 19, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Looks like write-in season for city council this year.
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Head’s up - 2 Moms of Liberty candidates running: Donna Anderson (for Kalifornsky) & Gail D. Claus (Homer).
#AlaskaSky
#AlaskaSky
From Delcenia Cosman at the Homer News, a look at the candidates for the three seats on the KPBSD Board of Education.
#aknews
www.peninsulaclarion.com/news/6-candi...
#aknews
www.peninsulaclarion.com/news/6-candi...
6 candidates on school board ballot | Peninsula Clarion
This year’s election will take place on Oct. 7.
www.peninsulaclarion.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Head’s up - 2 Moms of Liberty candidates running: Donna Anderson (for Kalifornsky) & Gail D. Claus (Homer).
#AlaskaSky
#AlaskaSky
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Why wasn't there a stronger Russian presence in the Upper Cook Inlet? Because the Dena'ina killed them. In 1797, Dena'ina warriors defeated Russians at Tyonek, Iliamna, & Fort St. Nicholas (Kenai). Russians then avoided Dena'ina territory except for Kenai church & trading post.
August 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Why wasn't there a stronger Russian presence in the Upper Cook Inlet? Because the Dena'ina killed them. In 1797, Dena'ina warriors defeated Russians at Tyonek, Iliamna, & Fort St. Nicholas (Kenai). Russians then avoided Dena'ina territory except for Kenai church & trading post.
The only thing that sucked about DC was how hot it was. Ignore the fact we last visited in July. 🫠
August 13, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The only thing that sucked about DC was how hot it was. Ignore the fact we last visited in July. 🫠
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Suddenly Alaska is the neutral ground for this big meeting between Putin and Trump. Please remember the history of Alaska as a borderland in the North Pacific- centered in WWII Pacific history and the long Cold War consuming most of the 20th century. Remember Indigenous perspectives for all wars
August 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Suddenly Alaska is the neutral ground for this big meeting between Putin and Trump. Please remember the history of Alaska as a borderland in the North Pacific- centered in WWII Pacific history and the long Cold War consuming most of the 20th century. Remember Indigenous perspectives for all wars
The people have spoken!!!!
Alaska lawmakers override governor’s veto of public school funding, restoring services and teachers, reports James Brooks, @alaska.bsky.social, of @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/08/02/a... #akleg
Alaska lawmakers override governor’s veto of public school funding, restoring services and teachers | Alaska Beacon
The override eliminates a 5.6% year-over-year cut to public school funding, leaving districts with a small funding increase.
alaskabeacon.com
August 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The people have spoken!!!!
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A few weeks ago I fell into a rabbit hole on the National Archive website and unearthed this missing pilot report my grandfather made re: his Major who went down during a Normandy mission. He was literally my oldest son's age, flying a P47 and straffing Nazis. Now look where we are today. 😐
July 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A few weeks ago I fell into a rabbit hole on the National Archive website and unearthed this missing pilot report my grandfather made re: his Major who went down during a Normandy mission. He was literally my oldest son's age, flying a P47 and straffing Nazis. Now look where we are today. 😐
Way too many screaming jets over the skies of Kenai this week and not enough shirtless beach volleyball.
June 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Way too many screaming jets over the skies of Kenai this week and not enough shirtless beach volleyball.
My husband has worked the past three days moving his classroom for next year. This 46 yr old seaweed album he unearthed is now living rent-free in my head. It's so dam cool. TDIL that seaweed pressing was all the rage ~100 years before this album was made.
June 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
My husband has worked the past three days moving his classroom for next year. This 46 yr old seaweed album he unearthed is now living rent-free in my head. It's so dam cool. TDIL that seaweed pressing was all the rage ~100 years before this album was made.
I was born in ANC and my parents lived on W. 15th Ave where I spent my first six years of life ice skating in the dark, canoeing to the island, feeding the ducks, and watching hot air balloons inflate on the shores of the "bagoon" (I couldn't pronounce "lagoon," lol.
Histories of Alaska: The area of Anchorage surrounding Westchester Lagoon, which was first proposed in 1964, has been a gathering place for the entirety of the human record. www.adn.com/alaska-life/...
Bootleggers, skiing and the Loch Ness Monster: The story of Westchester Lagoon
The area surrounding the lagoon, first proposed in 1964, has been a gathering place for the entirety of the human record.
www.adn.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:57 AM
I was born in ANC and my parents lived on W. 15th Ave where I spent my first six years of life ice skating in the dark, canoeing to the island, feeding the ducks, and watching hot air balloons inflate on the shores of the "bagoon" (I couldn't pronounce "lagoon," lol.
I'm not officially entering (Dora Carrington would be my answer if I did, lol) because I read an e-ARC. It was excellent. A tight and engaging mystery with a bit of the vibe "Last Night At The Telegraph Club" had.
ARC #Giveaway!
Reply with your favorite female historical figure (Sapphic is a plus but not required 😁) and you'll have a chance to win one of two pb ARCs of my #historical #cozy crime
A Murderous Business
(out 9/16 from @minotaurbooks.bsky.social )
Winners chosen Sunday 6/2
Sorry, U.S. only.
Reply with your favorite female historical figure (Sapphic is a plus but not required 😁) and you'll have a chance to win one of two pb ARCs of my #historical #cozy crime
A Murderous Business
(out 9/16 from @minotaurbooks.bsky.social )
Winners chosen Sunday 6/2
Sorry, U.S. only.
May 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I'm not officially entering (Dora Carrington would be my answer if I did, lol) because I read an e-ARC. It was excellent. A tight and engaging mystery with a bit of the vibe "Last Night At The Telegraph Club" had.
The small town gossip factory is working OT on this story. It was nice to read this article and clear up some of the rumors.
The indictment alleges Francisco Rodriguez-Rincon “was found” in the U.S. earlier this year after having been removed, excluded or deported in December 1995 near Calexico, California. www.kdll.org/local-news/2... #kpborough #aknews
Soldotna business owner in country illegally, feds say
In March, a federal grand jury indicted Francisco Rodriguez-Rincon on two charges, including reentering the U.S. illegally almost three decades ago.
www.kdll.org
May 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The small town gossip factory is working OT on this story. It was nice to read this article and clear up some of the rumors.
I signed my letter to him "I can't wait to vote your soulless self out of office."
Dramatic? Perhaps. But perhaps not.
Dramatic? Perhaps. But perhaps not.
Alaska Congressman Nick Begich says the mega-bill passed by the U.S. House today will "drive some accountability" in the safety net programs. Critics say it shifts the costs to the state and will leave thousands of Alaskans uninsured. akpub.io/4jhwxgM
Begich says GOP bill is 'great' for Alaska, despite cuts to Medicaid and SNAP
Alaska's congressman says the bill will "drive some accountability" in the safety net programs. Critics say it shifts the costs to the state and will leave thousands of Alaskans uninsured.
akpub.io
May 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I signed my letter to him "I can't wait to vote your soulless self out of office."
Dramatic? Perhaps. But perhaps not.
Dramatic? Perhaps. But perhaps not.
I could be reading a nice little book on my lunch hour, but no. I have to write my state reps and ask them to vote to override this tyrannical asshole's veto yet again. 😡
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has vetoed House Bill 57, the bipartisan education funding bill that passed the Legislature with a combined 48-11 vote this session.
It's his third veto of a public school funding bill.
He writes there's "no evidence" funding schools matters.
#akleg
It's his third veto of a public school funding bill.
He writes there's "no evidence" funding schools matters.
#akleg
May 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I could be reading a nice little book on my lunch hour, but no. I have to write my state reps and ask them to vote to override this tyrannical asshole's veto yet again. 😡
This reminds me of when Dunleavy became governor. First, he wanted to be called Mike on the state letterhead, then he switched to Michael only to go back to Mike all in a matter of months. So much wasted paper and time.
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May 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This reminds me of when Dunleavy became governor. First, he wanted to be called Mike on the state letterhead, then he switched to Michael only to go back to Mike all in a matter of months. So much wasted paper and time.
Fuck, and I can't stress this enough, this guy.
Dunleavy has yet to make the threat publicly. But superintendents who attended the meeting confirmed the governor made his intentions clear in a teleconference with school district leaders from across the state Thursday morning.
(From @alaskapublic.org)
(From @alaskapublic.org)
Meeting with superintendents, Dunleavy threatens to veto compromise education bill
Gov. Mike Dunleavy is demanding the Legislature pass additional education policy changes, or he'll veto a compromise bill that passed with wide support, superintendents said.
www.ktoo.org
May 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Fuck, and I can't stress this enough, this guy.
Swoopy cloud on the way home tonight.
May 8, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Swoopy cloud on the way home tonight.
I hate AI. I hate attorneys using AI even more. So fucking lazy.
May 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I hate AI. I hate attorneys using AI even more. So fucking lazy.