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A link to Capacious led me into a rabbit hole that didn't let go for several hours.  As an academic, I found the first story too real a...

The Anchorage Daily News reported the other day that GCI (one of the local phone and internet companies) will end its email service by mid 2...

Key substantive accomplishments: Board adopted their revised Cantwell map - putting it back into Denali Borough as directed thy the Court.  ...

 [ UPDATE Sat. Jan 29, 2022  - The numbering got messed up horribly in the original posting and I'm fixing that now.  Blogger is tricky ...

 I haven't been getting emails from the Alaska Redistricting Board lately.  There is something not working.  I don't know if it is j...

 When I was relatively new to Alaska, I went to a public administration meeting downtown during the annual Fur Rendezvous.  Walking from my ...

 Virgin Airlines was bought by Alaska Airlines.  Virgin had created a safety instruction video that played before all their flights with an ...

Here are three connected short discussions. 1.  ISER Discussion on Red Dog Mine One Week From Tomorrow. Long-Term Benefits to Communiti...

The media have been painting a picture of partisan divide.  There's no question there is one.  Fox News, Donald Trump, and others have b...

There's an alley across the street.  The alley became a street a couple of years ago and even got a name.  Apparently because a house wa...

You've seen the dancing in car lots and lots of other kinds of businesses.  But who thought this up? It turns out to be something o...

[Update at the bottom] Monday I called the IRS again in hopes of resolving the payroll tax snafu for my mom's caregiver.  Regular reade...