Kelly Eldridge
@ossiferous-ak.bsky.social
Alaskan, Federal archaeologist, PhD Candidate (Evolutionary Anthropology & Native American Studies), zooarch, CRM, wannabe birder, fishing and aviation enthusiast.
This is ridiculous. Two young women are dead and the man who is responsible is getting off without a full trial?!
#JusticeforKarlyandKiara
State won’t seek to try man a third time in Unalaska cliff crash deaths case
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#JusticeforKarlyandKiara
State won’t seek to try man a third time in Unalaska cliff crash deaths case
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State won’t seek to try man a third time in Unalaska cliff crash deaths case
CRIME & COURTSAnchorage Daily News The state of Alaska will not seek t
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May 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
This is ridiculous. Two young women are dead and the man who is responsible is getting off without a full trial?!
#JusticeforKarlyandKiara
State won’t seek to try man a third time in Unalaska cliff crash deaths case
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#JusticeforKarlyandKiara
State won’t seek to try man a third time in Unalaska cliff crash deaths case
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#MMIW #Shaktoolik
19-year-old college student reported missing in January found dead in Anchorage
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19-year-old college student reported missing in January found dead in Anchorage
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APD: 19-year-old reported missing in January found dead in Spenard
ANCHORAGE Kelly Hunt was from Shaktoolik and traveling through the cit
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April 28, 2026 at 3:46 PM
#MMIW #Shaktoolik
19-year-old college student reported missing in January found dead in Anchorage
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19-year-old college student reported missing in January found dead in Anchorage
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Maps of temperature departures averaged over the last month (left), 3 months (center), and 12 months (right) across the #Arctic...
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April 28, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Maps of temperature departures averaged over the last month (left), 3 months (center), and 12 months (right) across the #Arctic...
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
All 22 members of the National Science Board were fired on Friday. Created in 1950 to advise the president and Congress on science and engineering policy and approve major NSF funding awards, the NSB was about to finalize a report on the state of U.S. science.
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Trump administration fires independent board overseeing the National Science Foundation | Federal News Network
The fired scientists hail from academia and industry and specialize in areas including astronomy, math, chemistry and aerospace engineering.
federalnewsnetwork.com
April 28, 2026 at 3:34 PM
All 22 members of the National Science Board were fired on Friday. Created in 1950 to advise the president and Congress on science and engineering policy and approve major NSF funding awards, the NSB was about to finalize a report on the state of U.S. science.
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This voter guide, which we put together with Anchorage Daily News, features questions we developed with input from you, our audience. See where candidates stand below.
Your guide to the 2026 Anchorage election
Learn what Assembly and School Board candidates have to say about some of the biggest issues facing the city.
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March 17, 2026 at 7:53 PM
This voter guide, which we put together with Anchorage Daily News, features questions we developed with input from you, our audience. See where candidates stand below.
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The wife of a U.S. citizen in Alaska has been deported to Mexico with her two youngest children while her 18-year-old son is being held at the Anchorage jail, reflecting a shift to harsher tactics in the state by federal immigration authorities. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
‘Ripped from me’: Soldotna family taken by ICE deported to Mexico as teen remains in Anchorage jail
Advocates say the deportation of a 5-year-old boy indicates a shift to harsher tactics in Alaska by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
www.adn.com
February 19, 2026 at 6:21 PM
The wife of a U.S. citizen in Alaska has been deported to Mexico with her two youngest children while her 18-year-old son is being held at the Anchorage jail, reflecting a shift to harsher tactics in the state by federal immigration authorities. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
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"Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, the two villages hit hardest by the storm, sit on wet, treeless tundra braided through with rivers and streams. ... Dark water rose around homes, many with large, multigenerational families inside, wrenching them off their foundations."
Villages Destroyed and a Hunger for Home
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:24 PM
"Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, the two villages hit hardest by the storm, sit on wet, treeless tundra braided through with rivers and streams. ... Dark water rose around homes, many with large, multigenerational families inside, wrenching them off their foundations."
House just passed HR 7148, 217 Yay - 214 Nay
February 3, 2026 at 7:24 PM
House just passed HR 7148, 217 Yay - 214 Nay
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Alaska Native students from across Anchorage will line up Saturday to walk the runway in their mukluks, atikluks, qaspeqs and other regalia as part of the sixth annual Indigenous Fashion Show.
Regalia heads to the runway as Anchorage students prepare for Indigenous Fashion Show
Participants put the finishing touches on their pieces this week during Gui Kima, an after-school program for Indigenous students.
www.adn.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Alaska Native students from across Anchorage will line up Saturday to walk the runway in their mukluks, atikluks, qaspeqs and other regalia as part of the sixth annual Indigenous Fashion Show.
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Oh, they’re “in theater”? Guess what they don’t have “in theater”? Hotels and restaurants. Make those gomers sleep in tents and eat from a mobile kitchen trailer.
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Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Oh, they’re “in theater”? Guess what they don’t have “in theater”? Hotels and restaurants. Make those gomers sleep in tents and eat from a mobile kitchen trailer.
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ANALYSIS | The arrival of a U.S carrier strike group in the Middle East has given President Donald Trump new options to carry out a potential attack on Iran, but the choices carry serious risks of retaliation and his shifting messages have raised questions about just what the mission would be.
Trump’s options for potential Iran strike grow even with goals unclear
www.stripes.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:14 AM
ANALYSIS | The arrival of a U.S carrier strike group in the Middle East has given President Donald Trump new options to carry out a potential attack on Iran, but the choices carry serious risks of retaliation and his shifting messages have raised questions about just what the mission would be.
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If you want a cool resist bird design but not one of the shitty AI ones, all 50 states available here. Share as needed:
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January 30, 2026 at 5:08 AM
If you want a cool resist bird design but not one of the shitty AI ones, all 50 states available here. Share as needed:
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Dear Congress,
As someone who would be *directly* impacted by another #GovernmentShutdown, please listen to my sincere call to #DefundICE and do *not* pass any bill that includes funding for DHS!!!
#ICEOut #DefundICE #DestroyFascism #StandWithOurNeighbors
#CivilServantsForACivilDemocracy
As someone who would be *directly* impacted by another #GovernmentShutdown, please listen to my sincere call to #DefundICE and do *not* pass any bill that includes funding for DHS!!!
#ICEOut #DefundICE #DestroyFascism #StandWithOurNeighbors
#CivilServantsForACivilDemocracy
January 29, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Dear Congress,
As someone who would be *directly* impacted by another #GovernmentShutdown, please listen to my sincere call to #DefundICE and do *not* pass any bill that includes funding for DHS!!!
#ICEOut #DefundICE #DestroyFascism #StandWithOurNeighbors
#CivilServantsForACivilDemocracy
As someone who would be *directly* impacted by another #GovernmentShutdown, please listen to my sincere call to #DefundICE and do *not* pass any bill that includes funding for DHS!!!
#ICEOut #DefundICE #DestroyFascism #StandWithOurNeighbors
#CivilServantsForACivilDemocracy
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In Minneapolis and many other communities across the country, we're seeing people come together to peacefully protest and support their neighbors. If you're looking to get involved, here are some ways to help:
How to help the resistance to ICE in Minnesota — and beyond
What Minnesota’s immigrant communities need from you now.
www.vox.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:30 PM
In Minneapolis and many other communities across the country, we're seeing people come together to peacefully protest and support their neighbors. If you're looking to get involved, here are some ways to help:
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Assembly of First Nations (Canada) travel advisory for Indigenous people considering going to the US www.instagram.com/p/DT-_SacDEHz/
Assembly of First Nations on Instagram: "The AFN is advising First Nations citizens to be cautious when travelling across the United States border. Recent reports indicate that some First Nations memb...
1,254 likes, 18 comments - assemblyoffirstnations on January 26, 2026: "The AFN is advising First Nations citizens to be cautious when travelling across the United States border. Recent reports indica...
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January 29, 2026 at 5:34 AM
Assembly of First Nations (Canada) travel advisory for Indigenous people considering going to the US www.instagram.com/p/DT-_SacDEHz/
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An analysis released Wednesday by the Congressional Budget Office estimates that National Guard deployments to U.S. cities cost $496 million in 2025 and could cost as much as $1.1 billion this year. (from @svetashko.bsky.social)
National Guard deployments estimated to cost $1.1B in 2026
Deployments to Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland have ended, but the National Guard presence is continuing in D.C., Memphis and New Orleans.
www.stripes.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:54 AM
An analysis released Wednesday by the Congressional Budget Office estimates that National Guard deployments to U.S. cities cost $496 million in 2025 and could cost as much as $1.1 billion this year. (from @svetashko.bsky.social)
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In a note to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, President Donald Trump blamed Norway for not awarding him with the Nobel Peace Prize and linked that with his interest in obtaining "complete and total control of Greenland."
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January 19, 2026 at 4:25 PM
In a note to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, President Donald Trump blamed Norway for not awarding him with the Nobel Peace Prize and linked that with his interest in obtaining "complete and total control of Greenland."
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Views of Unalakleet from a Jan 19, 1952 Saturday Evening Post feature article, part of their "Cities of America" series. As a kid, I would have loved those makeshift seesaws. #alaskahistory #unalakleet #alaska
January 19, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Views of Unalakleet from a Jan 19, 1952 Saturday Evening Post feature article, part of their "Cities of America" series. As a kid, I would have loved those makeshift seesaws. #alaskahistory #unalakleet #alaska
U.S. military solicited a contract "up to $25 million for a new runway lighting system, river crossing bridge and related projects to improve flight operations at Pituffik Space Base" in Greenland
Read more at: www.stripes.com/theaters/eur...
Source - Stars and Stripes
Read more at: www.stripes.com/theaters/eur...
Source - Stars and Stripes
January 19, 2026 at 8:41 PM
U.S. military solicited a contract "up to $25 million for a new runway lighting system, river crossing bridge and related projects to improve flight operations at Pituffik Space Base" in Greenland
Read more at: www.stripes.com/theaters/eur...
Source - Stars and Stripes
Read more at: www.stripes.com/theaters/eur...
Source - Stars and Stripes
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MLK was only 39 when he was killed. Growing up, I thought that was old. But I’m 43 now and I’m stunned by the burden he shouldered at such a young age. I’m also a lot more aware of how hard it is, at any age, to carry the hopes and dreams of an oppressed people on your shoulders, as so many do.
January 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM
MLK was only 39 when he was killed. Growing up, I thought that was old. But I’m 43 now and I’m stunned by the burden he shouldered at such a young age. I’m also a lot more aware of how hard it is, at any age, to carry the hopes and dreams of an oppressed people on your shoulders, as so many do.
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.
January 19, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.
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This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
January 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
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Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *lowest* on record (JAXA data)...
• about 450,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,030,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,580,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,010,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 450,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,030,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,580,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,010,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
January 19, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *lowest* on record (JAXA data)...
• about 450,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,030,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,580,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,010,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 450,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,030,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,580,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,010,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
"Under Executive Order 14347, DoD is limited to using 'Department of War' as a parallel designation; the order does not alter the department’s legal name unless Congress enacts legislation."
Will Congress actually waste $125M of taxpayer dollars on this "DoW" nonsense?
Will Congress actually waste $125M of taxpayer dollars on this "DoW" nonsense?
Estimates on the cost to implement the Department of War name change range from $10 million to $125 million, but it could rise to "hundreds of millions," the CBO said this week.
Department of War rebrand could cost from $10 million to ‘hundreds of millions,’ CBO says
The final figure would likely hinge on the extent of replacement for signs, letterhead, name plates and digital coding related to many websites.
www.stripes.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:10 PM
"Under Executive Order 14347, DoD is limited to using 'Department of War' as a parallel designation; the order does not alter the department’s legal name unless Congress enacts legislation."
Will Congress actually waste $125M of taxpayer dollars on this "DoW" nonsense?
Will Congress actually waste $125M of taxpayer dollars on this "DoW" nonsense?
What could go wrong?
"Hegseth said Grok will go live inside the Defense Department later this month... 'make all appropriate data' from the military’s IT systems available... [and] data from intelligence databases would be fed into AI systems."
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"Hegseth said Grok will go live inside the Defense Department later this month... 'make all appropriate data' from the military’s IT systems available... [and] data from intelligence databases would be fed into AI systems."
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January 14, 2026 at 4:58 PM
What could go wrong?
"Hegseth said Grok will go live inside the Defense Department later this month... 'make all appropriate data' from the military’s IT systems available... [and] data from intelligence databases would be fed into AI systems."
federalnewsnetwork.com/artificial-i...
"Hegseth said Grok will go live inside the Defense Department later this month... 'make all appropriate data' from the military’s IT systems available... [and] data from intelligence databases would be fed into AI systems."
federalnewsnetwork.com/artificial-i...