John J McKay

John J McKay

@mammothjohn.bsky.social

Alaskan. Duke Ellington fan. I wrote a book about mammoths. Now I'm obsessing over permafrost. Babies find me fascinating.

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It seems very appropriate that the United States will go to the bottom during the Trump presidency.

Alaska's News Source@alaskasnewssource.com

A historic ocean liner is a step closer to becoming the world’s largest artificial reef ➡️ https://shorturl.at/ysfES

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Tom Joscelyn@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social

Interesting approach by Mike Rogers to make his loyalty to Elon Musk & the oligarchy an explicit part of his campaign earlier this year. “When you stand with my Senate campaign today, you are directly shielding Elon Musk,” Rogers wrote. www.metrotimes.com/news/mike-ro...

I just voted. While I was there, I dropped off a box of ballots filled out by illegal aliens. Now I’m spending my Soros money on beer. It was so fun I might do it again tomorrow.

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Replying to @owillis.bsky.social

"they just got power, be patient" "they dont have the votes" "focus on the republicans" shut the fuck up.

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I think people intuitively understand that democratic candidates tossing trans kids to the wolves is not only morally repugnant but also politically ineffective, otherwise they wouldn't freak out every time someone said they weren't voting for a democrat who did this

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“If Bernie's Social Security Bill was enacted in 2021, Musk would have paid $2.9 billion more in taxes, Social Security would’ve been solvent for 75 years, benefits would have increased by $2,400 & 93% of Americans would have paid Zero more in taxes. The only one ‘entitled’ is Musk.” @ GunnelsWarren

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all of this has always been about getting back at the uppity women who wouldn’t fuck them

“Palantir cofounder and CEO Alex Karp states ‘AI will undermine the influence of highly educated, often female voters and give it to working class men. We have feminine energy running our cities and our courts,’ he complained.”

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🚨BREAKING: On behalf of Mary Peltola's campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Elias Law Group has filed to fight DOJ's lawsuit to rig the Alaska Senate election. We will win this case, Mary will win this election, she will be certified and seated.

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Vivek Ramaswamy seems to have broken through the piece-of-shit barrier that allows a few squeamish Republicans to issue tepid denials of his depravity while still pledging to vote for him. GOP ethics in full view.

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Draggers in the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska bycaught nearly 4,000 Chinook salmon, over 3,000 chum salmon and over 6,700 individual crabs between the October 3 and 10th reporting. Ban bottom trawling or kiss your butt goodbye: buff.ly/f6Db9sv

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We all know the regime will not respect the results of the midterm if it costs them control of Congress, and it will attemp some disruptive actions to prevent a peaceful transfer of power. The question is, then what?

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If you think a test for dementia is an IQ test, you have dementia. If you don't realize you have been given a test for dementia because your physician suspects you have dementia, you have dementia. If you think being able to tell a giraffe from a whale makes you a genius . . . you have dementia.

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Replying to @owillis.bsky.social

We would be so much further ahead if the Democratic Party represented the anger its members have about the right instead of constantly coddling their friends

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‘Not an Appealing Quality!’ Democrats on CNN Panel Rip Abdul El-Sayed Over ‘Cockiness’ The same pundits who tell female candidates to "smile more" now tell the Muslim Senate candidate to be more respectful to the white bigot who smears them with lies. #STFU www.mediaite.com/media/news/n...

mediaite.com‘Not an Appealing Quality!’ Democrats on CNN Panel Rip Abdul El-Sayed Over ‘Cockiness’"He gives this vibe that he just has to be right. He drives and drives, and he has this... some might call it confidence, some might call it cockiness"

I’ve been trying to get my neighbors to come out for karaoke on the night closest to Halloween. First, Ghostbusters and Thriller are also novelty songs. Other Halloween songs are, I Put a Spell on You, Werewolves of London, and Haunted House. Most seasonal songs are novelty songs.

Jack Walsh@jackwaltimore.bsky.social

The big problem with making Halloween a season is that the entire corpus of Halloween music consists of Thriller, the Ghostbusters theme, and a series of corny, repetitive novelty songs released between 1926 and 1958. If my wife puts another jazz song about ghouls and goblins, I swear to God...

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The big problem with making Halloween a season is that the entire corpus of Halloween music consists of Thriller, the Ghostbusters theme, and a series of corny, repetitive novelty songs released between 1926 and 1958. If my wife puts another jazz song about ghouls and goblins, I swear to God...

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Now he says he’s gonna “fix” the East Potomac Golf Links, which is both a Public Golf Course with extremely reasonable fees & a beautiful public park! Here is an piece about the fee structure, cheaper of course for DC residents! It says the course is in great shape! eathealthy365.com/a-breakdown-...

eathealthy365.comA Breakdown of East Potomac Golf Green FeesGet the complete 2026 breakdown of East Potomac Golf green fees. Compare DC resident vs. non-resident rates, cart fees, and find tips to save on your next round.
Essence of RBG 🦋@rbgprevails.bsky.social

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We have been fighting this barbarism for at least a decade. Stripping Alaska of everything that makes it special seems to be a priority of the Trump Administration and the akgop.

nytimes.comTrump Rule Lets Alaska Hunters Lure Bears With Bacon-Greased Doughnuts (Gift Article)The National Park Service is reviving a practice that was banned by the Biden administration and condemned by conservationists.
The New York Times@nytimes.com

Hunters on some public lands in Alaska will be allowed to bait bears with doughnuts soaked in bacon grease before shooting them at close range, under a rule the Trump administration released Friday. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/c...

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Replying to @dmrdynamics.bsky.social

The civil war happened because the Confederates refused to assimilate with the rest of the country. I wish it was framed that way. It's the same issue now. Spoiled selfish conservatives refuse to assimilate.

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Mark Cuban: "James Talarico. Let's go. I'm a big fan. He's honest, trustworthy, he cares. He'll do the right thing as opposed to the politically expedient thing. To Texans, do what's best for Texas. You've been voting for Republicans all these years, what have they done for you?" #momsky#sheshed

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The most remarkable thing is that Jan Crawford, chief legal correspondent for CBS News, thought that El-Sayed explaining the importance of freedom of religion in the Constitution *proved Tommy's point*, which was that El-Sayed is a terrorist sympathizer. Because he believes in THE CONSTITUTION

Qasim Rashid, Esq.@qasimrashid.com

Jan is a chief CBS reporter. She tweeted this about Tommy, the Republican operative accusing Abdul El-Sayed of terrorism, then deleted it. Zero questions about Tommy declaring he wants the Bible to supersede the Constitution. We need independent media. Join: www.qasimrashid.com/subscribe

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Any girl who's ever done her own homework has had some mediocre boy ask for (or just take) her notes, cheat off her, accuse her of plagiarism, etc. It's so on brand for Dan Sullivan to accuse Mary Peltola of cheating because she was more prepared for a debate than he was. Big 9th grade math energy.

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You just KNOW there’s an establishment Dem consultant out there desperately trying to convince Ossoff to be more polite

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

🔥 “You voted to cover up the evidence even though you knew 14-year-old girls had been raped because Donald Trump told you to.” Sen. @ossoff.bsky.social savages Mike Collins to his face on the debate stage

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Replying to @benprunty.bsky.social

Someone needs to give tech bros and the CEO of Hasbro the idea to reboot Furby with AI agents in them. It may end up destroying the world, but it would be in the funniest way possible.

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Replying to @kevinmkruse.bsky.social

I find the diehard fans of politicians who are actually charismatic and/or accomplished to be weird enough, but the ones who come out her defending Schumer or Jeffries at all costs are just baffling. It's like getting a tattoo of one of the Osmond Brothers. Have some fucking self-respect.

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so restricting Ukraine's Starlink was Musk's idea, but after Moscow took advantage he became "alarmed about the possibility of adverse consumer reaction in Europe" to the "night of carnage" and denied responsibility I mean, it sounds like typical Elon

This is a little bit off to the side of my studies in permafrost, but I find everything about the high latitudes interesting. I’ve checked out the abstracts on some of these recent papers on the interface between glaciers and the sea. It’s really interesting.

Jeremy Bassis@bassisjeremy.bsky.social

Ho boy, do I have a story for you. The question of how ice breaks has been central to glaciology for well over a century.

No one talks about it because it only ever happens in the disgusting depths of his decaying mind.

Liliana Segura@lilianasegura.bsky.social

So Trump continued to obsess over the death penalty today. His racist revenge fantasies are increasingly incoherent and divorced from reality. Trump wants to execute people from "rough areas" who shoot at firefighters climbing up ladders. "They get shot at and nobody ever talks about that."