Antisemitism in America does not justify apartheid in Israel, apartheid is Israel does not justify antisemitism in America, a very simple concept that people seem to have a lot of trouble grasping.
vaxxed?
Photo of a deeply snowed-in trail on a beautiful day in interior Alaska
We can (and do) complain about the cold this winter but I can’t say it’s not beautiful
It's harder for the dogs to settle down when there's a lot of activity around, and during the time the the interview is going on, the musher isn't going through their routine. The mushers are obliged to indulge the Insider crew. Plus there's the gag rule. They're not that free to object.
It's not quite Foucault's panopticon but the 24/7 surveillance discomfort is real
I've got a friend who completely chewed out a photographer on top of Eagle Summit when he was running Quest, because they do get close to the dogs while they're running. Others have talked about how seeing that blinking light from the trackers through the bootie just felt bad.
Yeah, they put Starlink Minis on snowmachines and they're interviewing mushers on the trail in real time.
2/ I realize that folks who want solitude can just go out and run the trails but I can't help feeling that all this interaction is messing with people's races.
1/ I've gotta admit that I feel pretty badly about the level of observability that's been introduced into Iditarod. I'm queasy about surveillance in general but I don't think it's great that people are trying to relax and tend to their dogs during their breaks, and then Insider shows up.
Pam Bondi responded to the Michigan synagogue with "Please pray for those affected." Okay, fine, but note that she didn't say "We'll no longer make common cause with actual Nazis" or "We're going to remove antisemites from Young Republican organizations."
Well, maybe, but behind that kind of goofy demeanor, Jodi is *extremely* smart.
We've been talking about it for years. She used to hit me up with questions but she's become about as expert at it as it's possible to be - she's really able to read them and understand the race in a way that chess experts can read a chessboard.
GOOD.
In Iditarod, this is a good time to keep an eye on Pete. He's been doing the second-longest runs, on average (behind Riley). But, he's been banking a lot more rest than Riley, and his average rest length is longer than Jessie's. If he can run two hours longer and rest one hour longer per run ...
2/ when the sled is jostled (e.g. someone is rummaging around in the bag, the dogs have stood up, etc.). If you see a really old timestamp with a negligible speed on it, the tracker's likely asleep. (A really old timestamp with good speed suggests that the tracker isn't updating)
1/ With the shreklech Iditarod tracker, you can sometimes tell when someone who's resting is getting ready to go by checking the timestamp. The tracker puts itself to sleep when it detects that it hasn't moved for a bit, but will wake up and send an update
By the time they reach Kaltag, the winner is almost certainly in the top 5.
Coming off their 24s in Iditarod, so far nobody's done anything risky - it looks like those who are out are running 6 hours and camping. Jessie took 2 hours rest before moving on. Paige said she couldn't outrun him so she's looking at outstrategizing him, which is something she can for sure do.
I don't think I can remember an Iditarod that was shut down for quite this long because everybody was doing their 24 at the same time.
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We've got a gizmo that listens for bird calls and it was deeply confused by Screamy. We had weeks where he was waking me up every night. I loved having him around but I didn't always appreciate his can-do attitude.
"[ ... ] reads a Forbes article that explains how Røkke paid for a yacht that has helipads, as well as three pools and hot tubs, to help clean up the ocean."
I’ve never seen a prank quite this combination of cruel and yet oddly wholesome, and I’m honestly quite impressed.
Flyer for UAA Alaska Native Studies on March 16 4-5:15pm SSB 118 and March 19 4-5:15pm SSB 118. Speaker Holly Guise, topics in Alaska Native history, photo of Holly Guise in white button up collared sleeveless shirt. Funding by the Mellon foundation
Hey Anchorage friends 👋
I have two talks next week at UAA in Alaska Native Studies- Monday March 16 at 4pm “Who is Doctor Bauer?” And Thursday March 19 at 4pm “Alaska in WWII from an Indigenous Perspective” hope to see you there if you can make it!
#historiansky #alaskasky
I am, indeed, sad.
Nobody is all one thing or the other, and the bad stuff about Fetterman doesn't mean he has no good in him. But, the bad stuff really is quite bad.
I think this is what an expedition class is for. In the meantime it never occurred to me that, after all the attention given to keeping checkpoints open late, the other guy could force a checkpoint to open earlier than expected
In the Iditarod, Just Steve is growing on me - I love his enthusiasm for how beautiful it all is and how much he loves the trail. He did leave Rohn and is about 10 miles or so from the Bear Creek shelter cabin.
I love the idea that *this* US government, which has been nabbing landscapers and five year olds knows where Iranian sleeper cells are but just hasn’t gotten around to doing anything about it yet.
That might be manageable, actually, since it's just a few (or at least it's just a few until they make it affordable). There are races that do have starts on different days - for example, the T-Dog 120 and T-Dog 200 start a day apart. I'd like a rule that they can't get between any race teams.
