907 Updates July 15, 2025

KTUU: Alaska troopers make arrests in Soldotna robbery case involving stolen RV, truck, and boat Dora Bird and Darryl Correll are being held at Wildwood Pretrial Facility on burglary, theft charges; Alaskan makes final table at World Series of Poker Main Event with $10M grand prize; Outside contractor selected to audit APD’s policies and practices to reduce officer-involved shootings and more ->
 
 
 
 
KYUK: Floods are swallowing their village, but for them and others, the EPA has cut the lifeline and more ->
 
 
 
 

Alaska Native News: Shungnak Man, Albert Lee Drowns after Falling into the Water from Snow Machine; AKNG COP manager leads charge on AI integration in disaster response; This Day In Alaska History July 15th, 1923 and more ->
 
 
 
 

KSTK: T3 students give Anan Wildlife Observatory a technology upgrade; Teddy bears and all kinds of pies and more ->

 
 
 
 

KINY: Sandbag Distribution Event to be held in preparation for potential flooding and more ->
 
 
 
 
KMXT: Kelp from millimeters to feet long, a look inside Kodiak’s sole operational kelp hatchery and more ->

 
 
 
 

Quotes July 15, 2025

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
Margaret Mead,
cultural anthropologist
 
 
 
 
I have behaved poorly. I have behaved bravely. I have behaved bizarrely to some. I deny none of this and have no regrets because I have lost and found parts of myself that I never knew existed.
Val Kilmer,
actor
1959-2025
 
 
 
 
“No matter what you call it, music is as good as it sounds. Music is an oral art. Until you hear it, it is not music, and if it sounds good, it is good.”
Duke Ellington
 
 
 
 
“One cannot grow fine flowers in a thin soil.”
Virginia Woolf
 
 
 
 
“Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.”
Rachel Carson
 
 
 
 
“We turn not older with years, but newer every day.”
Emily Dickinson
 
 
 
 
“I realized up there that our planet is not infinite. It’s fragile.”
Alan Shepard
 
 
 
 
“Each and every one of you has the power, the will, and the capacity to make a difference in the world in which you live.”
Harry Belafonte
 
 
 
 
“The only person with whom you have to compare yourself is you in the past.”
Sigmund Freud
 
 
 
 
“No matter what happens, if I get pushed down, I’m going to come right back up.”
Doris Day
 
 
 
 
“Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his [or her] goals.”
Dorothy Height
 
 
 
 
“God forbid that I should live as an Emperor without an Empire. As my city falls, I will fall with it. Whosoever wishes to escape, let him save himself if he can; as for me, I shall remain here.”
Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last Byzantine emperor
 
 
 
 
“Follow your heart, your instincts. People might try to dissuade you from your passion, but no one can live your life but you.”
Olympia Dukakis
 
 
 
 

Music July 15, 2025

Daron Sneed: “The Angels Cried” – Camp Mystic Tribute
 
 
 
 
Derrick Dove & the Peacekeepers: Life’s Games
 
 
 
 
“You Don’t Know Shit” ― James Hilton-Cowboy
 
 
 
 
Goo Goo Dolls – Nothing Lasts Forever (Official Music Video)
 
 
 
 
Rob Thomas – Hard To Be Happy (Official Lyric Video)
 
 
 
 
Old Dominion – Man or the Song (Concept Video)
 
 
 
 

FYI July 14, 2025

  • Filed under FYI

On This Day

1789 – Storming of the Bastille in Paris. This event escalates the widespread discontent into the French Revolution.[8] Bastille Day is still celebrated annually in France.[9]
The Storming of the Bastille (French: Prise de la Bastille [pʁiz də la bastij]), which occurred in Paris, France, on 14 July 1789, was an act of political violence by revolutionary insurgents who attempted to storm and seize control of the medieval armoury, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille. After four hours of fighting and 94 deaths, the insurgents were able to enter the Bastille. The governor of the Bastille, Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay, and several members of the garrison were killed after surrendering. At the time, the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. The prison contained only seven inmates at the time of its storming and was already scheduled for demolition but was seen by the revolutionaries as a symbol of the monarchy’s abuse of power. Its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution.

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Born On This Day

1515 – Philip I, Duke of Pomerania (died 1560)
Philip I of Pomerania (14 May 1515, in Stettin – 14 February 1560, in Wolgast) was Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast.

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FYI

 
 
NASA: Astronomy Picture of the Day
 
 
EarthSky News
 
 
This Day in Tech History
 
 
This Day In History
 
 
Interesting Facts
 
 
Word Genius: Word of the Day
 
 
Wise Trivia
 
 

MessyNessy French History but Make it Juicy and 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 746)

 
 
 
 

By Ed Caesar, The New Yorker: Letter from Europe The First World War, in Sharp Focus An English chronicler of the trenches, and his wartime romance, captured in long-lost photographs.
 
 
 
 
By Open Culture: Watch Queen’s Brilliant Live Aid Performance: It Happened 40 Years Ago Today (July 13, 1985)
 
 
By Colin Marshll, Open Culture: How the Ancient Greeks Built Their Magnificent Temples: The Art of Ancient Engineering

 
 
 
 

Colleen Mondor: Probable Causen #30: Report on Safety Issues with ICE contractor GlobalX
 
 
 
 

Wickersham’s Conscience: Tales from Wasilla: Human Resources Fails

 
 
 
 

James Scott Bell: JSB’s Whiz Bang #5
 
 
 
 

David Bruns, Two Navy Guys: The Baltic Sea: the next geopolitical hotspot? Watch us turn a news article into a future novel in real-time
 
 
 
 

By Sarah Ramsey, Mashed: Old-School Summer Dishes No One Eats Anymore
 
 
 
 

Cleared Hot Podcast: Episode 395 – Greg Cooper – Criminal Profiling and the Mind of Human Predators

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

Recipes

Food Network: Savory High-Protein Oatmeal
 
 
The Yummy Bowl: Crispy Puff Pastry Waffles
 
 
Glenda Embree: Quick & Easy Italian Salad (Cabbage Salad)
 
 
Homemade on a Weeknight: Slow Cooker Black Beans
 
 
Cutter Light: Wild Strawberry Rhubarb Hand Pies
 
 
Little House Big Alaska: Cool and Creamy Lemonade Pie
 
 
Just the Recipe: Paste the URL to any recipe, click submit, and it’ll return literally JUST the recipe- no ads, no life story of the writer, no nothing EXCEPT the recipe.
 
 
DamnDelicious
 
 


 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

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Love Swept & The Smitten Word

Mystery & Thriller Most Wanted

Pixel of Ink

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Book Blogs & Websites:

Alaskan Book Cafe

Alternative-Read.com

Stacy, Carol RT Book Reviews

Welcome to the Stump the Bookseller blog!

Stump the Bookseller is a service offered by Loganberry Books to reconnect people to the books they love but can’t quite remember. In brief (for more detailed information see our About page), people can post their memories here, and the hivemind goes to work. After all, the collective mind of bibliophiles, readers, parents and librarians around the world is much better than just a few of us thinking. Together with these wonderful Stumper Magicians, we have a nearly 50% success rate in finding these long lost but treasured books. The more concrete the book description, the better the success rate, of course. It is a labor of love to keep it going, and there is a modest fee. Please see the How To page to find price information and details on how to submit your Book Stumper and payment.

Thanks to everyone involved to keep this forum going: our blogging team, the well-read Stumper Magicians, the many referrals, and of course to everyone who fondly remembers the wonder of books from their childhood and wants to share or revisit that wonder. Isn’t it amazing, the magic of a book?

907 Updates July14, 2025

KTUU: LIVE: 63 structures confirmed to have burned in Bear Creek, Saint George Creek Fires and more ->

 
 
 
 

KYUK: School districts in the Y-K Delta make tough choices amid battle for education funding and more ->
 
 
 
 

Alaska Native News: Fight Breaks out in Anchorage Jail Cell, One Dead; Colton Keith Thomas to Serve 18 Years for Sexual Assault; Coast Guard Cutter Blacktip (WPB 87326) arrives at new homeport in Valdez; Tiny crystals provide insight to massive 2006 Augustine Volcano eruption; This Day in Alaskan History-July 14th, 1804 and more ->

 
 
 
 

KINY: As Coast Guard receives billions in new Arctic funding, Alaska region gets new commander and name and more ->
 
 
 
 

Katie Stavick, Frontiersman.com: Alaska Literacy and Literature honored in 2025 awards
 
 
 
 

By Amanda Frank, Alaska Beacon: ‘In the Footsteps of the Traveller’ explores the skies through the perspective of Northern Dene

 
 
 
 

Quotes July 14, 2025

“Do the impossible, because almost everyone has told me my ideas are merely fantasies.”
Howard Hughes
 
 
 
 
“Forgiveness is not a feeling; it is a commitment.”
GARY CHAPMAN
 
 
 
 
“The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.”
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT, LITTLE WOMEN
 
 
 
 
“As soon as you feel too old to do a thing, do it.”
MARGARET DELAND
 
 
 
 
“You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be.”
DAVID VISCOTT
 
 
 
 
“That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great.”
WILLA CATHER
 
 
 
 
“The optimist goes to work with the best that is at hand now, and proceeds to create better times.”
CHRISTIAN D. LARSON
 
 
 
 
“To be a good human being is to have a kind of openness to the world, an ability to trust uncertain things beyond your own control.”
MARTHA NUSSBAUM
 
 
 
 
“In a world that can often feel unstable and uncertain, our relationships — romantic, platonic, communal — become the anchors that ground us.”
ESTHER PEREL
 
 
 
 

Music July 14, 2025

alexrainbirdMusic: Indie Folk / Acoustic 2025 🪕 Best New Music Playlist Vol. 2
 
 
 
 

FYI July 13, 2025

  • Filed under FYI

On This Day

1402 – Nanjing surrenders to Zhu Di without a fight, ending the Jingnan campaign. The Jianwen Emperor disappears and his family is incarcerated.[1]
The Jingnan campaign, or the campaign to clear away disorders, was a three-year civil war from 1399 to 1402 in the early years of the Ming dynasty of China between the Jianwen Emperor and his uncle, Zhu Di, Prince of Yan. The war was sparked by the removal of the emperor’s uncles and the restriction of Zhu Di’s power by the central government after the Jianwen Emperor ascended to the throne in 1398. In 1399, Zhu Di rebelled under the guise of restoring order and the rights of the princes. After three years of fighting, he successfully conquered the capital of Nanjing in June 1402, while the emperor and his family were likely killed in the palace fire. This marked the end of the war.

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Born On This Day

1579 – Arthur Dee, English physician and chemist (died 1651)
Arthur Dee (13 July 1579 – September or October 1651) was a physician and alchemist. He became a physician successively to Tsar Michael I of Russia and to King Charles I of England.

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FYI

 
 
NASA: Astronomy Picture of the Day
 
 
EarthSky News
 
 
This Day in Tech History
 
 
This Day In History
 
 
Interesting Facts
 
 
Word Genius: Word of the Day
 
 
Wise Trivia
 
 

Tim Heffernan, The Wirecutter: Wait … should you filter your tap water?

 
 
 
 
Cutter Light: Premium Salmonberries

 
 
 
 

The Jerusalem Post: Greenland’s ancient sled dogs reveal unique genetic lineage Despite historical accounts, study finds minimal wolf ancestry in Qimmeq sled dogs.

 
 
 
 

How a dashed dream in Anchorage helped inspire ESPN journalist Seth Wickersham’s 2nd book
The longtime football enthusiast turned professional journalist went from being a self-described failed high school quarterback in Alaska to a New York Times bestselling author.

Learn more ->

 
 
 
 

We still have a landline. Unfortunately, due to radio interference we had to go to cordless phones. I miss slamming the receiver down.🤣
9News: Replacing cell phones with land lines
 
 
Parents bring back landlines to teach kids phone skills over texting | NewsNation Live

 
 
 
 
CBS Sunday Morning: Student’s unique talent that’s for the birds
 
 
 
 

NSFW
Brad Williams: Daddy Issues
 
 
 
 

NSFW
Let Me Tell You!

 
 
 
 
NSFW
The Worst Kind of Child Support There Is – Trae Crowder

 
 
 
 

Recipes

By TLeeCreations: Three Easy Tasty Appetisers to Make
 
 
Food Talk Daily: Easy Cowboy Pasta Recipe Your Taste Buds Will Love!
 
 
Taste of Home: Cheeseburger Rice
 
 
My Recipe Treasures: Hawaiian Haystacks
 
 
Just the Recipe: Paste the URL to any recipe, click submit, and it’ll return literally JUST the recipe- no ads, no life story of the writer, no nothing EXCEPT the recipe.
 
 
DamnDelicious
 
 


 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

E-book Deals:

 

BookGorilla

The Book Blogger List

BookBub

The Book Junction: Where Readers Go To Discover Great New Fiction!

Books A Million

Digital Book Spot

eBookSoda

eBooks Habit

FreeBooksy

Indie Bound

Love Swept & The Smitten Word

Mystery & Thriller Most Wanted

Pixel of Ink

The Rock Stars of Romance

Book Blogs & Websites:

Alaskan Book Cafe

Alternative-Read.com

Stacy, Carol RT Book Reviews

Welcome to the Stump the Bookseller blog!

Stump the Bookseller is a service offered by Loganberry Books to reconnect people to the books they love but can’t quite remember. In brief (for more detailed information see our About page), people can post their memories here, and the hivemind goes to work. After all, the collective mind of bibliophiles, readers, parents and librarians around the world is much better than just a few of us thinking. Together with these wonderful Stumper Magicians, we have a nearly 50% success rate in finding these long lost but treasured books. The more concrete the book description, the better the success rate, of course. It is a labor of love to keep it going, and there is a modest fee. Please see the How To page to find price information and details on how to submit your Book Stumper and payment.

Thanks to everyone involved to keep this forum going: our blogging team, the well-read Stumper Magicians, the many referrals, and of course to everyone who fondly remembers the wonder of books from their childhood and wants to share or revisit that wonder. Isn’t it amazing, the magic of a book?

907 Updates July 13, 2025

KTUU: ‘Be like Mike’: Motorcycle community honors Whittier Tunnel Fire Chief after his death; Gunfire leads to multi-car crash near Boniface overpass, police looking for suspects and more ->

 
 
 
 

KTOO: Juneau man sentenced in 2020 fatal stabbing at assisted living facility; Juneau releases hazard mitigation project list for public comment; How expensive is Juneau? New report shows how it compares to Lower 48 cities and more ->
 
 
 
 

Alaska Native News: Port MacKenzie Secures $7.9M BUILD Grant as Strategic Infrastructure Gains Momentum; This Day in Alaskan History-July 13th, 1917 and more ->

 
 
 
 
Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: North Slope internet fix could still be months away, repairs to begin soon; Walrus rescued from Utqiagvik celebrates first birthday! And more ->

 
 
 
 

KFSK: Petersburg Medical Center loses large grant in ‘unprecedented’ federal funding recall, retains many others and more ->
 
 
 
 

KRBD: Borough moves forward with South Tongass fire station rebuild and more ->
 
 
 
 

Delta Wind: Fifth trip to Alaska was to say they drove the ALCAN; Karelian Bear Dogs team up with firefighters on 12 Mile Lake, 7 Mile Lookout fires and more ->
 
 
 
 
KMXT: Kodiak holds Renaissance Fair in Fort Abercrombie State Historic Park and more ->

 
 
 
 

By Susan Young, Travel Pulse: What I Learned on a Denali Land Tour of Alaska
 
 
 
 

Simple Living Alaska: All for the Food – Real Life Alaska Salmon Season

 
 
 
 

Quotes July 13, 2025

“The wiser you get, the more experience you have, and the more you see people for who they are as human beings, as opposed to figures you have to fight against.”
Vanessa Williams
 
 
 
 
“All that we don’t know is astonishing. Even more astonishing is what passes for knowing.”
Philip Roth
 
 
 
 
“The air is the only place free from prejudice.”
Bessie Coleman
 
 
 
 
“Now you are beginning to think for yourself instead of letting others think for you. That’s the beginning of wisdom.”
Margaret Mitchell, from “Gone with the Wind”
 
 
 
 
“You need a lot of different types of people to make the world better.”
Joe Louis
 
 
 
 
“The world is a severe schoolmaster, for its frowns are less dangerous than its smiles and flatteries, and it is a difficult task to keep in the path of wisdom.”
Phillis Wheatley
 
 
 
 
“Be brave and clear. Follow your heart and don’t be overly influenced by outside factors. Be true to yourself.”
Shirley Temple Black
 
 
 
 
“I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me. All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.”
Jackie Robinson