Taaylow
@taaylow.bsky.social
Taaylow (and the bandits, Nicholas, Hennie, Hank and Meriwether) | PLA | AK circa 2014
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The National Historic Preservation Act turns 60 on October 15.
Now, proposed changes in Congress could weaken Section 106 protections for historic and culturally significant places.
Take action: https://bit.ly/4B6qmpR
Now, proposed changes in Congress could weaken Section 106 protections for historic and culturally significant places.
Take action: https://bit.ly/4B6qmpR
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October 14, 2026 at 6:54 PM
The National Historic Preservation Act turns 60 on October 15.
Now, proposed changes in Congress could weaken Section 106 protections for historic and culturally significant places.
Take action: https://bit.ly/4B6qmpR
Now, proposed changes in Congress could weaken Section 106 protections for historic and culturally significant places.
Take action: https://bit.ly/4B6qmpR
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I am angry tonight.
Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car.
ICE makes this city less safe.
We want them out. Now.
Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car.
ICE makes this city less safe.
We want them out. Now.
October 9, 2026 at 3:55 AM
I am angry tonight.
Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car.
ICE makes this city less safe.
We want them out. Now.
Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car.
ICE makes this city less safe.
We want them out. Now.
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It's Banned Books Week, did you know there's more book censorship in the USA than ever?
www.ala.org/bbooks/book-...
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Censorship by the Numbers: Banned Books Data
The American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) has released new data documenting book challenges throughout the United States, finding that challenges were nearly double that...
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October 5, 2026 at 3:22 PM
It's Banned Books Week, did you know there's more book censorship in the USA than ever?
www.ala.org/bbooks/book-...
www.ala.org/bbooks/book-...
More photos from Nicholas, visiting a family friend. She lives about an hour and a half outside Kyiv, Ukraine.
September 30, 2026 at 8:03 PM
More photos from Nicholas, visiting a family friend. She lives about an hour and a half outside Kyiv, Ukraine.
My husband, Nicholas, is in Ukraine with his mother visiting family. This is the dinner that his cousins prepared upon their arrival, it’s too beautiful not to share!
September 26, 2026 at 3:02 AM
My husband, Nicholas, is in Ukraine with his mother visiting family. This is the dinner that his cousins prepared upon their arrival, it’s too beautiful not to share!
It's autumn in Anchorage. 🍂
September 24, 2026 at 5:58 PM
It's autumn in Anchorage. 🍂
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while anthropic secretly buys and destroys millions of books in hidden warehouses, let it be known that human staff at @archive.org carefully scan physical media by hand as always and there's literally a daily livestream because the process is so wonderful to watch!!!
February 2, 2026 at 6:16 PM
while anthropic secretly buys and destroys millions of books in hidden warehouses, let it be known that human staff at @archive.org carefully scan physical media by hand as always and there's literally a daily livestream because the process is so wonderful to watch!!!
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Histories of Alaska: When Anchorage hospital nurses dared to fight for better work conditions in 1952 www.adn.com/alaska-life/...
Public punishment for ‘the girls’: When Anchorage hospital nurses dared to fight for better work conditions
After negotiating for better pay and work conditions in 1952, five Providence nurses were fired in what was viewed by union members as a retaliatory action.
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February 2, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Histories of Alaska: When Anchorage hospital nurses dared to fight for better work conditions in 1952 www.adn.com/alaska-life/...
Today at the Eagle River Nature Center.
February 1, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Today at the Eagle River Nature Center.
“The worlds only two story outhouse” in Whittier courtesy of the Anchorage Museum Archives (1975)
January 28, 2026 at 6:52 AM
“The worlds only two story outhouse” in Whittier courtesy of the Anchorage Museum Archives (1975)
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2015 "Wise Pack" by photographer Paul Nicklen of a dog team at Qaanaaq, Greenland. My next article, posting later today, is about Greenland. Who knows why I write about the things I write about, but there are some Alaska ties.
January 25, 2026 at 9:17 PM
2015 "Wise Pack" by photographer Paul Nicklen of a dog team at Qaanaaq, Greenland. My next article, posting later today, is about Greenland. Who knows why I write about the things I write about, but there are some Alaska ties.
I was invited to participate in a Somatic Body Mapping workshop today with Kimberly Greef at Gather in Anchorage. I really enjoyed the process and would highly recommend.
January 26, 2026 at 6:19 AM
I was invited to participate in a Somatic Body Mapping workshop today with Kimberly Greef at Gather in Anchorage. I really enjoyed the process and would highly recommend.
Escapism @ Potter Marsh with Hank.
January 25, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Escapism @ Potter Marsh with Hank.
Currently reading: “Remember a friend of mine once telling me that we hate what we fear in ourselves.”
John Boyne, #TheHeartsInvisibleFuries
John Boyne, #TheHeartsInvisibleFuries
January 23, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Currently reading: “Remember a friend of mine once telling me that we hate what we fear in ourselves.”
John Boyne, #TheHeartsInvisibleFuries
John Boyne, #TheHeartsInvisibleFuries
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Fortune 500 companies that have contracts with ICE:
-Amazon
-AT&T
-Booz Allen Hamilton
-Caci
-Charter Communications
-Comcast
-Dell
-Ecolab
-FedEx
-General Dynamics
-L3Harris
-Motorola
-Thermo Fisher
-UPS
Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.
-Amazon
-AT&T
-Booz Allen Hamilton
-Caci
-Charter Communications
-Comcast
-Dell
-Ecolab
-FedEx
-General Dynamics
-L3Harris
-Motorola
-Thermo Fisher
-UPS
Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.
January 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Fortune 500 companies that have contracts with ICE:
-Amazon
-AT&T
-Booz Allen Hamilton
-Caci
-Charter Communications
-Comcast
-Dell
-Ecolab
-FedEx
-General Dynamics
-L3Harris
-Motorola
-Thermo Fisher
-UPS
Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.
-Amazon
-AT&T
-Booz Allen Hamilton
-Caci
-Charter Communications
-Comcast
-Dell
-Ecolab
-FedEx
-General Dynamics
-L3Harris
-Motorola
-Thermo Fisher
-UPS
Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.
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Cartoon by Adam Zyglis
January 15, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Cartoon by Adam Zyglis
Today and yesterday, trompin’
January 12, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Today and yesterday, trompin’
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In 1977, designer Edith Head--the direct inspiration for Edna Mode from The Incredibles--designed this outfit for Blitzen, a champion Siberian husky owned by Phyllis Castleton of Anchorage. Head was in town for a benefit premiere for the film Airport '77. #alaskahistory #alaska
January 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM
In 1977, designer Edith Head--the direct inspiration for Edna Mode from The Incredibles--designed this outfit for Blitzen, a champion Siberian husky owned by Phyllis Castleton of Anchorage. Head was in town for a benefit premiere for the film Airport '77. #alaskahistory #alaska
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Your periodic reminder that you have the right to find out why your health insurer denied your claim.
We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...
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January 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Your periodic reminder that you have the right to find out why your health insurer denied your claim.
We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
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Fortune 500 companies that have contracts with ICE:
-Amazon
-AT&T
-Booz Allen Hamilton
-Caci
-Charter Communications
-Comcast
-Dell
-Ecolab
-FedEx
-General Dynamics
-L3Harris
-Motorola
-Thermo Fisher
-UPS
Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.
-Amazon
-AT&T
-Booz Allen Hamilton
-Caci
-Charter Communications
-Comcast
-Dell
-Ecolab
-FedEx
-General Dynamics
-L3Harris
-Motorola
-Thermo Fisher
-UPS
Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.
January 8, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Fortune 500 companies that have contracts with ICE:
-Amazon
-AT&T
-Booz Allen Hamilton
-Caci
-Charter Communications
-Comcast
-Dell
-Ecolab
-FedEx
-General Dynamics
-L3Harris
-Motorola
-Thermo Fisher
-UPS
Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.
-Amazon
-AT&T
-Booz Allen Hamilton
-Caci
-Charter Communications
-Comcast
-Dell
-Ecolab
-FedEx
-General Dynamics
-L3Harris
-Motorola
-Thermo Fisher
-UPS
Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.
Recorded temps outside our house and inside our hen coop this morning. Burr!
January 8, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Recorded temps outside our house and inside our hen coop this morning. Burr!
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What do these companies have in common?
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
January 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
What do these companies have in common?
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
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1. Hundreds of corps that pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 5 years
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
Five years later, these 10 corporations still aren’t funding election deniers
Five years ago today, on January 6, 2021, a violent mob stormed the Capitol building.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:37 PM
1. Hundreds of corps that pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 5 years
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft