Fewer Posts, Bigger Punch

I've been thinking a lot about what to do with The Blue Alaskan. On one hand, the cost of WordPress hosting and security isn't insignificant, and I'm tired of footing the bill. On the other, with over 800 pieces written over a four-year span—more than half that amount covering the polarizing (insane) COVID era of 2020-2022—there's too much history there to let it disappear into the depths of cyberspace.

While it's true my audience has always been somewhat niche, the numbers I’m seeing across the website and Facebook tell a different story—one that underscores just how interested the average person has become in the far-right since Democrats blew the presidential election. That kind of sustained interest reinforces the value of keeping my work accessible, not just as an archive, but as a resource for those pushing back against extremism and misinformation.

Ghost (the platform you're reading this on) is a much more sleek and cost-effective way for bloggers and others to share their content and continue to inform the public. As fate would have it, Ghost's developers prepared a tool that allowed me to migrate all of my content to here. That automated process produced a few bugs—with nearly all of my posts and tags being duplicated, which is less than ideal. However, Ghost's team has now resolved that bug.

While the content migration is complete, web indexing will take some time to catch up. Search engines like Google rely on web crawlers to scan and index new pages, a process that doesn't happen instantly. As a result, some older links may temporarily lead to broken pages or outdated versions of articles. Over the next few weeks, as crawlers reprocess the site, search results should begin to reflect the new website and its updated structure.

So, what's next?

Writing The Blue Alaskan was an exhausting endeavor, and I have no desire to return to the relentless pace of publishing an insane number of pieces every day. However, with Trump's fascist regime dismantling the government and its effects rippling across the country and throughout Alaska—evidenced by the rise of DOGE Alaska and extremist organization Moms for Liberty—the need for vigilant gatekeeping has never been greater.

This new chapter won't be about quantity—but about impact—shining a light, as I am able, on the ever-growing rise of extremism across Alaska.

Since I’m deep in this year’s municipal election cycle, my focus is there for now. After the April 1st election, I’m taking all of May to rest and reset. But come June, I’ll be back at it—writing in some capacity to cover the far-right’s renewed push to dismantle our norms and take it (Alaska) over.