Always pushing a new dimension into the instrument

This is really interesting as a tool for reflection

Love that glaze and texture!

Sautéed kale, tomatoes, and Italian sausage chunks glisten in a silver cooking pan.

Cooking tonight for a friend who lost a loved one. 💔

Cape Horn: The Ocean’s Most Dangerous Passage YouTube video by Epic Adventure Archives

youtu.be/n-_C7jNn8WM?...

Paperback Cover of a book titled The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann. The illustration on the cover shows an ocean storm with large, windblown waves tossing a three masted sailing ship with torn sails.

New book

Renting a car through Costco Travel saved me almost $100 over booking directly with Budget. How do rental car prices work? Surely there a Planet Money or Freakonomics episode about this. #carrental #budget #costcotravel

I know exactly who is paying those tariffs. ME! Ordinary Americans like me are paying the price and watching prices climb. I’d like to remodel a bathroom but have put it off due to tariffs on bathroom vanities and other building materials. Don’t even get me started on my grocery bill #tariffs

#alaskasky #publiceducation #msbsd #educationfunding
As enrollment declines in districts across the state, schools are closed and boundaries are redrawn.

This is going to be a constant refrain as people let AI agents run loose in ways that we haven't even dreamed of.

Please remind us of all the acronyms. Thanks. Maybe in the comments if it won’t easily fit in the original post?

screenshot of ADN article from October with a photo of ICE arresting a man in a neighborhood in Anchorage, pushing him into an unmarked car.

ADN article from yesterday: "ICE takes mother and children including 5-year-old into custody in Soldotna, lawyer says" with photo of St. Mary's Church press conference about it

🧵1/ Feeling paralyzed and unsure how to help in light of ICE activity? Here are a few things I've gathered from talking with the experts that we should all know and do (w/ info specific to #AlaskaSky):

A.) It is really important to let people who are at risk of being detained know or, if u see

NO KINGS PROTEST + new sock drive SATURDAY, MARCH 28 12 - 2PM ON CUSHMAN ST. IMPEACH TRUMP. ABOLISH ICE. SUPPORT MUTUAL AID. Hot soup near City Hall. All cash and new socks will be donated to The Bread Line.

📢 FAIRBANKS - MARCH 28 🚫🧊

Spread the word, save the date. Protest is one tactic of many— call your reps, participate in mutual aid, learn new skills for resistance, stock up for a strike, meet your neighbors, boycott complicit companies, make safety plans, etc.

#AkLeg #AlaskaSky

Love the sunshiny bright color

Alaska legislators press Mt. Edgecumbe officials after more than 100 students disenrolled this year A delegation of lawmakers made an impromptu visit to the school on Feb. 6, calling the conditions and deteriorating facilities ‘deplorable.’

At Mt. Edgecumbe, lawmakers reported finding leaking roofs, classrooms in disrepair, rodents, and outdated dormitories. (via Alaska Beacon)

Alaska Senate passes bill aimed at addressing Mt. Edgecumbe school maintenance As concerns about the school’s maintenance grow, supporters say the bill would put Mt. Edgecumbe on the same playing field as other rural schools in competing for funding.

The Alaska Senate has passed a bill that would allow Mt. Edgecumbe High School — which has lost enrolled students amid rising concerns over safety and its facilities — to request major maintenance funding in the same way as other Alaska schools. www.adn.com/politics/ala...

Perfect position and response.

Alaska legislators press Mt. Edgecumbe officials after over 100 students disenroll this school year | Alaska Beacon A delegation of lawmakers made an impromptu visit to the school on Feb. 6, calling the conditions and deteriorating facilities "deplorable."

Alaska legislators press Mt. Edgecumbe officials after over 100 students disenroll this school year, writes @corinne-smith.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/02/18/a...

A guide to the proposed cuts and changes in the Anchorage School District’s budget proposal School board members will vote on the proposed budget cuts at their Feb. 24 meeting.

Anchorage School Board members are considering a slew of cuts to programs and staff as the district seeks to bridge a $90 million budget deficit. Here are 10 ways the proposal would change local schools.

ICE takes mother and children including 5-year-old into custody in Soldotna, lawyer says A group of clergy held a hastily convened media briefing Tuesday afternoon in support of the family and to publicize their apparent detention.

ICE officers took a mother and her three children, including a 5-year-old, into custody in Soldotna on Tuesday, according to the woman’s attorney.

White Clay tile with texture in the forms of wavy lines and round craters of various sizes.

Textured clay cylinder sitting on a metal surface.

Been experimenting with texture. Looking forward to seeing how glazes interact with these textures. #pottery #ceramics

I used to write #akleg saying I didn’t support capital projects. What I meant was that I didn’t want to sink more state money into boondoggles that shouldn’t be built at all. But maintaining schools is a capital project I can wholeheartedly get behind. #educationfunding

Juneau School Board returns $1.05 million in child care funding to city The school board unanimously approved returning the funds following multiple delays since November as board members mulled over the future of after-school child care in the district.

The decision comes as YMCA Alaska is looking into the feasibility of running after-school child care programs in the district.

Legislators probe conditions at state boarding school where a quarter of students have disenrolled Sitka’s Mt. Edgecumbe High School, a state-run boarding school for students from rural Alaska, has been the subject of recent concerns about student health and safety, dorm life, and facilities.

Lawmakers are holding hearings on the state of a public boarding school for students from rural Alaska, after concerns surfaced about student health and safety, dorm life and facilities.

Adopt A Rent — Stand With Minnesota Donate your Delta Skymiles to get people home from Texas

Another addition to the website to help us built *systems* and not just have me trying to do everything alone:

If you'd like to adopt a rent that you can either *cover immediately* and fundraise for, or just pay outright, please fill out this form and we will contact you via Signal.

#AnchorageSchoolDistrict absolutely should be consolidating schools to use their resources efficiently. AND the #akleg should be adequately funding public education. #alaskasky

Go Seahawks!
#pilipower #alaskasky

Glad to see it settled, allowing everyone to focus on communicating to the public and legislators about the need for increased and sustainable funding- and the need to fix retirement for Tier 3 Teacher Retirement System members. #alaskasky #akleg #educationfunding #anchorageschooldistrict

Public testimony opportunities for Tuesday, February 3!
#akleg

Attendance is such a tricky thing to address. It takes tact and care and curiosity and respect. When we talk about student achievement and school performance we often ignore the fact that almost half of our students (depending on the school) are chronically absent. #education #attendance #alaskasky