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Japan’s earthquake heard from Alaska
The VENTS Program of NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory has released sound files and a YouTube video of hyrdophone recordings of the March 11 earthquake. Sound was sped sped up 16 times. Text in the video explains that the first … Continue reading
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Tagged earthquake, Japan, video
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“Totally like whatever, you know?” by Taylor Mali
“Because contrary to the wisdom of the bumper sticker / it is not enough these days to simply QUESTION AUTHORITY. / You have to speak with it, too.” A poem by Taylor Mali for National Poetry Month.
The Daily Tweets 2011-03-22: How Anakin became a Jedi
Good jokes, bad jokes… who cares? So long as they gain a good laugh or a good groan, I’m happy. And… plans are afoot for a Phantom Menace livesnark in advance of the 3-D release.
Rollins trial, day 12: Jury hears closing arguments
My tweets today were a mix of Rollins trial & Valentine’s Day. Today in Anchorage Superior Court, closing arguments were heard in the case, and then it went to the jury. We might hear a verdict as early as Tuesday. … Continue reading
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Tagged Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage Police Department, Anthony Rollins, Grace Jang, Ken Fankhauser, KTVA Channel 11 News, sexual assault, video, violence against women
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Rollins trial, day 10: Rollins takes the stand
Wednesday, February 9 at the trial of Anthony Rollins: before a packed courtroom, the ex-Anchorage Police Department officer accused of serial rape while on-duty took the stand in his own defense. Cross-examination by the prosecution is expected to resume on … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska justice system, The Daily Tweets
Tagged Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage Police Department, Anthony Rollins, Grace Jang, KTUU Channel 2, KTVA Channel 11 News, sexual assault, video, violence against women
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Rollins trial, day 5: 2 women testify (& other daily tweets)
The Andrew Rollins trials was again livetweeted by Grace Jang of KTVA Channel 11 News. See her Twitter feed for details, as I did not retweet. But, I did embed her report from tonight’s KTVA broadcast below; the video from … Continue reading
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Tagged Anchorage Daily News, Anthony Rollins, Grace Jang, KTVA Channel 11 News, Lisa Demer, Queensland, sexual assault, video, violence against women, writing
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Rollins trial, day 4: Internal Affairs found condoms, APSIN records in Rollins’ patrol car
Again the trial was livetweeted by Grace Jang of KTVA Channel 11 News, also by photographer Ken Fankhauser. See their Twitter feeds for details, as I only retweeted a very very tiny minority of their tweets. I’ve embedded Grace Jang’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Rollins, Grace Jang, Ken Fankhauser, KTVA Channel 11 News, sexual assault, video, violence against women
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The Daily Tweets 2011-01-12: Brisbane floods 2
The above photo I took on a sunny Brisbane day in December, about a week into my visit to Australia, from just outside the State Library of Queensland on the South Bank. In contrast, this video of kayakers in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Brisbane, floods, Queensland, video
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Murkowski: “I will not oppose the Defense Authorization bill if DADT repeal is part of it”
Sen. Lisa Murkowski didn’t exactly say she supported repeal of DADT. She just said she wouldn’t oppose it — so long as other conditions are met. But it’s something, at least. And there might just be enough votes to repeal DADT in December.
Posted in Alaska politics, LGBTQA
Tagged Bent Alaska, Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT), KTVA Channel 11 News, Lisa Murkowski, video
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Four days after the Oscars, & I still don’t know who won
A grand masterpiece epic generic Academy Award Winning Movie trailer. Update: no longer embeddable, but worth a trip to the Cracked website to see.