I am fairly certain that ATAO has hats!
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I am fairly certain that ATAO has hats!
I explained the nickname yesterday at the end of a job interview—a potential future colleague saw the sticker on my water bottle and had questions. 😂
#Iditarod54 #Mushersky
With the start of the Iditarod, we also have the official start of the Igivearod. The link to the spreadsheet is below and you'll find a list of very worth charities to contribute to. Please help if you can and spread the word too. #igivearod2026 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Unofficial official 2026 Iditarod thread starts now. All the teams are out of Willow after the official restart. We have 34 real teams and 3 "expedition" mushers who I probably won't be talking a lot about after today, but we'll see. #mushersky #Iditarod54 1/
I think about this video all. The. Time!!
Satellite view of Alaska showing the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race's northern route marked with a red line and yellow location pins. The trail stretches from Anchorage in the south, heading northwest through checkpoints including Wasilla, Yentna, Skwentna, Finger Lake, Rainy Pass, Rohn, Nikolai, McGrath, Takotna, Ophir, Cripple, Ruby, Galena, Nulato, Kaltag, Unalakleet, Shaktoolik, Koyuk, Elim, Golovin, White Mountain, Safety, and finally Nome on the western coast. The dramatic aerial perspective shows snow-covered mountain ranges (including the Alaska Range), the Yukon River, and the vast wilderness these mushers and their dog teams traverse over approximately 1,000 miles. This is the Northern Route visualized from space with the camera moved so far back that a large part of the curvature of the earth is showing - just to be able to see the whole track in one picture.
Why is there all this fur in the servers?
Mapping servers spinning.
Trackers bribed, bots greased.
This is the Iditarod 2026:
Yes, this thing is big. That is either the curve of the globe or the rim of the world. Whatever you believe these days. 😬
#UglyDogs
#MusherSky
#Iditarod54
Holy moly. Just read Paige Drobny is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. She has the thumbs up from her physician to compete in the Iditarod. What an amazing woman and athlete. Sending her all the positive thoughts for an uneventful and stressfree run to Nome. #Iditarod #MusherSky #BreastCancer
In all the busy-ness of today I almost forgot to wish all of #MusherSky a very happy Susan Butcher day!
@akchick.bsky.social has our Ceremonial updates! I agree with Stanley’s dogs … LET’S GO!!
Yay for #Iditarod fans who shared clips of the ceremonial start on YouTube already - here's Jessie Holmes taking off! youtube.com/shorts/CTB8Q... #MusherSky
This is just for fun/for myself, because I have a ton of photos and memories to share from last year and a LOT of novel to motivate myself to revise.
I don’t want to clog the #Uglydogs feed during Iditarod season & #Igivearod, so this is your notif that I’m posting book stuff on Instagram for each day in this year’s race: www.instagram.com/p/DVmhbUrkWd...
Since 2019, the Igivearod has continued every year. Some years more money is raised than others based on the realities of the world we live in, but we always come back and we always focus on Alaska schools and charities. It is our way of giving back to a place that gave us something special. 10/
It was the most organic, crazy, amazing, unbelievable grass roots mutual aid generosity I've ever seen let alone been a part of. The Today Show even did a thing about it. www.today.com/video/rookie... 9/
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"After that we got alittle crazy"
UglyDogs the best people. Ready to spread some love during the IGiveARod
I just chipped in a lil bit. Can anyone join me before #igivearod starts?
#uglydogs
A dear friend's nephew is the youngest musher in the Iditarod this year (his first)! #uglydogs, please cheer him on! @blairbraverman.bsky.social iditarod.com/race/2026/mu...
#Uglydogs
Rue is one of us and needs help.
Please share, donate if you can.
Thank you
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Wade Marrs posted today that his Iditarod team is part his kennel and part Mitch Seavey's A-Team (which has been trained all season by Calvin Daugherty who plans to take the team to the Kobuk in April.) #MusherSky #Iditarod54 #SledDogs #DogSports #Alaska
Did not have this on my Bingo card.
Ooh, now I know what I’m watching tonight!
Then I remembered that Apayauq Reitan has a documentary about being trans and mushing and it's beautiful.
#UglyDogs #MusherSky
youtu.be/0k0ftmszM5k?...
There’s a Maryland musher in the Can Am! Our region seems like a challenging one for dryland (although this winter = unusually snowy) and I’m always excited to see the team on the move!
I don’t think she’s on #MusherSky. Maryland Sled Dog Adventures on FB if any #UglyDogs want to see.
One of our #UglyDogs is in need 💜
Please share and donate if you can.
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#UglyDogs
Related: being out of work suuuucks but I’m getting some good results from my current résumé and cover letter. I’m happy to share those (no cost, of course) with any #Uglydogs looking for a template for their own app materials.
We’ve come together to pull this sled called life, or something.
#Uglydogs — I still haven’t launched that website, but I’m available to various & sundry small business owners for freelance social media management, transcription, virtual assistant work, résumé and cover letter feedback, etc. I can do sliding scale! DMs here/email augustfryan@gmail.com
Ari could still use some help if you're able. 💜 #UglyDogs
Thank you! I am plugging away on it—I started weaving the most important aspects of the research from my trip into the book first after I got back. Now I’m trying to make all the characters’ non-mushing, messy human interactions work. 😂 I’m more than halfway to the finish line—feels is good!
