Open Thread – Puppet Show!
Please remember this at the ballot box if you live in West Anchorage! We don’t need another Sullivan puppet on the Anchorage Assembly. Please consider donating to, and supporting Tim Steele, even if you live outside the district. He’s got the backing of former Assembly member (now House Rep) Harriet Drummond, and many of Anchorage’s top education professionals. There are only 11 Assembly members, and the decisions they make affect ALL of us, so do your part to get good people there! Tim Steele for Anchorage!
Open Thread – Goat Anthology
This 2-minute “greatest hits” compilation of goats yelling both eerily and hilariously like people is not to be missed. Sweet dreams, Mudpups.
Open Thread – Backbone
At her first Banking Committee hearing today, Sen. Elizabeth Warren demonstrated what a spine looks like.
Open Thread – INM Rally
IDLE NO MORE RALLY & GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION Friday • January 11 • 12 PM Noon Anchorage Town Square
Open Thread – Reading Rainbow
One of television’s finest moments in 2012 was Jimmy Fallon singing “Reading Rainbow” in the style of Jim Morrison. Although there was a more “produced” version with the band, his “unplugged” take on CNN/Piers Morgan was my favorite.
OT: Shell Games & Hammertime
[This is an open thread.] The backspin on Shell’s latest Alaskan Coastline Enhancement Initiative has already begun, with “we’ll probably mostly skate this time” apparently the central thrust. You should also send a thank-you note to the burglar who broke into your house because, hey—no arson. Thanks, bro. Here now is some context involving Conoco’s Alaska’s US Senator Lisa Murkowski (R). Our friend Heather Aronno over at Alaska Commons produced a July 2011 NPR interview she describes as “Shell making their sales pitch for the offshore drilling that’s going so spectacularly.” “At the time, Senator Murkowski voiced concerns about the…
Open Thread – Lights
If you’ve never seen the northern lights, this incredible reel gives you a better sense of them than any still photo can. Courtesy of an Anchorage barista from Steam Dot Coffee.
Open Thread – Loot
Happy Boxing Day, Mudpups! Have you recovered? Was Santa good to you? Are you as skilled on your new gear as she is?
Open Thread – Eel-Powered Christmas!
This was taken at a Christmas display in the ‘Journey To South America’ gallery at the Living Planet Aquarium in Sandy, Utah. The blinking is caused by using the energy generated by an electric eel in a nearby tank. “We took the voltage produced by the eel via stainless steel electrodes and used it to power a sequencer,” said Terry Smith, Project Manager at Cache Valley Electric. “The sequencer takes the voltage the eel produces and operates circuitry that flashes the lights, fast or slow, based on the level of voltage he puts out, ” said Smith. Each time the…