Austin Baird

If Mishka was on social media, this is the profile picture!

📷 In Anchorage, looks like one of the hills below Wolverine Peak is erupting! 🌋

@tisalaska Trail starts right at the edge of town. Here’s a look in the other direction!

@AustinBaird Not sure where this is in Whittier but it’s beautiful!

📷 Horsetail Falls | Whittier, Alaska

Here's everything we learned about how November is going to play out in Alaska based on yesterday's primary election: . . . . . . . . . . . . . #akleg

Summer in Alaska, soaking in the sun in the construction traffic line on Seward Highway ☀️ 🚧

Moose doing his best blue steel! Anyone need a dog model? 🫎

Prompt: Alaska, brown bear, salmon fishing, waterfall, Katmai ★★★★★★★★★★: 100% exactly how I remember Katmai, zero design notes here

Prompt: Alaska, mountain running, downhill, gravel, summer, Denali, iPhone photo ★★★★ Rating: Pretty legit, looks like it pulled in Denali imagery for the mountains, and nothing immediately screams "AI" except the clouds, but that still could be a real but bad iPhone edit

Seeing lots of hype about crazy believable AI-generated photo and video tools made me wonder how far off we are from something that could meaningfully impact down ballot political races, like at the #akleg level. This cycle? Next? Threw some prompts into Flux.1 to see what's up:

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Not too late if you want to sign up too: ➡️ adn.com/calendar/?_evD…

Hiked Flat Top and got drawn as one of the first winners for Four Peaks in Four Weeks. $180 at Alaska Sausage and Seafood!

@AlaskaBeacon: "The investment is, in a way, a leap of faith. @ANTHCtoday, despite its operating and management responsibilities, does not actually own the hospital. Because of the way ANTHC was created – by an appropriations rider championed by then-U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska – the federal government, through the Indian Health Service, is the actual owner of the facility." ➡️ alaskabeacon.com/2024/08/08/exp…

Living the good life now that he’s made it home and has a partner in crime. More dog content to come, but the latest update—one ear now stands up most of the time!

At 10 weeks old, he’s already been in 5 states on his way to Alaska. Greeted like a rockstar by @AlaskaAir and everyone else along two very long flights.

Welcome to the family, Moose! 🫎