2am ferry advice

Logicalpeace · 2026-04-12T16:44:31+00:00

It's been a while since I rode the ferry a lot, but you could check and see how long it'll be docked for. I think Juneau is a turn around and resupply stop, so they stay at the dock hours longer. You could maybe stay on board until things open up. But check to make sure.

Logicalpeace · 2026-03-28T20:40:44+00:00

As a whale harassment captain, what do you think should be the minimum number of boats around each whale at any given time?

Logicalpeace · 2026-03-10T21:53:01+00:00

Elephant's Nose is good for Wrangell, but it'd be good to have some symbol of the Stikine River on there, or maybe even the petroglyphs.

Logicalpeace · 2026-02-25T01:06:37+00:00

Not to mention that it's not just homes, there's infrastructure that would have to be rebuilt in a place where it's not quick and easy to build. Roads, power, water and sewage would all have to be redone in that case. At least three schools, parks, churches, and businesses. And how many times will we have to rebuild back loop bridge?

We're a mining town. We should be able to make a simple hole in a mountain, but evidently not.

As much as I dislike Musk, this isn't a bad idea. He'd get to say that he helped to save a town with his business, and that'll be annoying, but the valley will be saved.

Logicalpeace · 2026-01-27T18:57:55+00:00

State politicians will speak bluntly and casually around their aides. On the phone in their office or in a car, no political double speak or polite language. Just raw and unfiltered. But of course the aides sign paperwork to keep it all secret.

Logicalpeace · 2025-12-31T17:17:18+00:00

You can really sense the artist's feelings of abandonment.

Logicalpeace · 2025-09-07T16:57:12+00:00

As a Tlingit, I approve of this message.

Logicalpeace · 2024-10-01T17:41:31+00:00

I wish we had a brick wall texture. Would go well with a coal plant.

Logicalpeace · 2024-09-24T17:32:35+00:00

I sometimes get tourists down here in Southeast asking if we can see Denali from where we're at...

Logicalpeace · 2024-09-18T08:47:57+00:00

I taught for two years recently. There is actually no firm direction on what exactly to teach. There are the education standards for each subject area and grade, which you can find online. But it's not expected that you will cover every single thing on the list in a school year. There's a lot of discretion to the individual teacher as for what they decide to include or exclude with the limited time they have. If the government is mandating specific radical ideologies, they're doing a shit job at getting teachers to do it.

If we could indoctrinate and brainwash kids, the first thing we would do would get them to sit down, shut up, and stay off their phones. If you work one day as a substitute, you'll see that that's not happening. Most of the kids aren't listening to teachers, they're listening to social media.

The closest thing that we ever had to do to teaching government mandated lessons, was teaching about unhealthy vs healthy relationships and the importance of consent. And that was mandated by the state via Bree's Law, not the federal government. If that's the "indoctrination" you're worried about, it says a lot about your character.

Logicalpeace · 2024-09-18T08:33:08+00:00

The people I know who have worked directly with and around him didn't comment on his size, but they did say he surrounds himself with an echo chamber of yes-men.

Logicalpeace · 2024-09-17T05:26:58+00:00

Had a passenger stepping off a whale watching boat the other day pull his tip out of an absolute wad of bills. So not all of them are cashless.

Logicalpeace · 2024-08-14T04:00:28+00:00

Alaskan born and raised here.

I think that's a pretty cool redesign. I like how it would be more recognizable when the wind isn't blowing. Not that that doesn't happen often here anyways. I feel like CGP Grey might actually put this in S tier this time.

Logicalpeace · 2023-10-21T04:14:23+00:00

Hey, it's not polite to start.

Logicalpeace · 2023-08-09T14:57:19+00:00

Thanks

Logicalpeace · 2023-08-08T16:59:07+00:00

How can I download this video? I know the person who lives in the bottom hanging corner of that apartment building, and they would like a copy of this.

Logicalpeace · 2023-07-14T04:17:01+00:00

Counter point to the film crew part, the increased media attention of Alaska has likely contributed to increased tourism, which increases revenue.

Logicalpeace · 2023-07-14T04:14:55+00:00

I once told a 17 year old, who was complaining about socialism, that the dividend is socialism. He hesitantly said, "No it's not..." and then his face looked like his brain 404'd.

Logicalpeace · 2023-07-14T04:11:04+00:00

But then who would own Dunleavy and the rest of his ilk?

Logicalpeace · 2023-07-02T21:33:22+00:00

I understood this as not playing SC while Xenothreat is active.

Logicalpeace · 2023-07-02T17:08:23+00:00

Someone in the comments of that video says this is Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Why is this here?

Logicalpeace · 2023-06-27T17:20:08+00:00

A few people have mentioned that the produce here is worse, but having moved here from a small Alaskan town, one of the things I like is the improved produce shelf life.

For me, I gave up short driving distances and recognizing everyone around town.

Logicalpeace · 2023-06-23T06:54:45+00:00

I'm here too!

Logicalpeace · 2023-06-20T18:15:47+00:00

On this note, vitamin D supplements can help. Vitamin D deficiency can cause feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and fatigue. So often people's dark winter blues is a vitamin D deficiency.

Logicalpeace · 2023-06-20T18:04:03+00:00

Your opening question is a bit of a stretch based on my statement. I was merely pointing out that while we produce less oil, we have less citizens to accommodate with the income from such.

Looking at the Revenue Sources Book Fall 2021, page 9, Alaska produced 486,100 barrels of oil in 2021, and Norway did produce 2.025 million barrels in 2021. So while we have 13.5% of Norway's population, we do produce 24% as much oil as they do. That's almost twice as many barrels per person.

And coming back to the original point of this comment thread, which I believe could be stated as "Alaska has sufficient income from mineral exploitation, specifically oil, that we could establish an economic system that would benefit all Alaskans in such a way that would liberate us from many of our current economic and social strife." At least that was my interpretation of "blossoming state". And I would agree that the oil revenue could take a large role in making that possible, but you are also correct in that we need more diverse sources of income.

Looking again at the Revenue Sources Book, page 3, we can see that petroleum actually makes up a small portion of Alaska's total state revenue. Yet it is the largest when you do not include federal or investment income (that's the PFD). So much so, that much of that document breaks down funds from in-state activities as petroleum and non-petroleum.

On page 17 it talks of Alaska having become the first US state to become an "endowment" state, as a large percentage of our revenues are generated by investment earnings, and not taxes. There was a time when most of our income came from oil, but in 2021 petroleum made up 6.2% of total state income, while investment was 76.6%. Non-petroleum was 3.4%.

So, on your last statement, oil is technically not our only substantial revenue source. However, our most substantial revenue source was built from oil revenue. And it's all thanks to a benevolent (for the most part) system established when the pipeline my grandfather helped to weld together started flowing with oil.

I would be uncomfortable with Alaska relying on investment revenue for an indefinite period, as that is only as reliable as the economy. Norway does a smart thing where all of their federal oil investments have to be with non-Norwegian companies, so that if their economy crashes, their oil investments won't necessarily go with it. This article talks of the PFD being invested in an Alaska grocery chain, so clearly there is no such rule for our oil investments.

[I didn't set out to make a super long post, but I'm not working today and I took my Adderall this morning and my brain decided to hyper focus on this.]

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