Whale Tales and Glitter #9 is out tomorrow 4/7 to celebrate #Earthday & #SavetheWhales past and present. Also Spotlight on #KatyPayne and the #TheHighSeasTreaty going into effect! #marinelife 🦑 #Whales #MarineMammals #Finwhale #Humpback #earthday1970 #Earthday1990 www.whaletalesandglitter.com

FAKING NEWS - Paramount has canceled Starfleet Academy over fears the Lura Thok fandom is growing too powerful.

Only Paramount would celebrate Star Trek's 60th anniversary by telling its fans to fuck off.

Paramount doesn't deserve Star Trek

If you subscribe to Pro Publica, maybe consider putting that on pause (or pivoting to fund the journalists’ strike fund) until management puts its values into its contracts.

This video will run in the library for the remainder of the week to support the International Day of Women and Girls in Science and highlight the work of Dr Anderson & Professor Zondervan to our readers #FEBRUARY11 #IDWGS2026

Viet Nam and Laos move toward binding river data-sharing pact. The two countries announced they will sign a transboundary water cooperation agreement by mid-2026, creating shared data systems for rivers spanning both countries. IUCN tinyurl.com/25wk377p #ShareGoodNewsToo

The first Whale Tales & Glitter newsletter of 2026 is out tomorrow and its all about Baby Whales! Plus Spotlight on RADM Evelyn Fields of NOAA, and Good whale news! #marinelife 🦑 #Whales #MarineMammals #Orca #Humpback #BabyWhales #RADMEvelynFields www.whaletalesandglitter.com

Had a lovely walk with a friend along the shore at Pt. Isabel while the SF skyline and Marin hills were painted with sunset colors. #Photography #Nature #SanFrancisco #EastBayRegionalParks #iPhonePhotography #Sunset

A seasonal fun fact you can share at your holiday parties this week! #WhaleTales #Whalemas

Some photos from W W trip in Sept. w/ Discovery WW in Monterey, CA. It was a great trip, though one of the rougher rides I've been on. I got seasick for the first time that I can remember. So worth it with the two pairs of Humpbacks we saw! #marinelife 🦑 #Whales #MarineMammals #Humpback #Pelican

Took the boys to the vet to see the Cardiologist (Jack for a check up of his HTCM, Charlie for a new, faint heart murmur) They both did really well and entertained all w/ the songs of their people. The Cardiologist is happy w/ their test results. The boys *Crashed* out on Hubby's lap afterwards.

Whoohoo!! This will be awesome.

🐋WT&G No. 7 🐋 is up: Gone Whale Watching! A Quick Look at some of the amazing things I saw on 3 recent trips. Plus a new website and Spotlight on Mary Anning, Marine Paleontologist #marinelife 🦑 #Whales #MarineMammals #Orca #Fin #Humpback #MaryAnning www.whaletalesandglitter.com

WT&G No. 7: Gone Whale Watching! A Quick Look at some of the amazing things I saw on three recent trips Is out tomorrow! Plus a new website and Spotlight on Mary Anning, Marine Paleontologist www.whaletalesandglitter.com/subscribe

Our local crow's nest is very noisy today. Me thinks the family has a new fledgling. I wonder if the parents will use our yard as a day-care again? Though our yard is less crow baby friendly these days w/ more stuff. The adults were always near the baby, in the trees etc. #Crow #Corvid #Wildlife

The "problem" with being married to a software engineer is that they look at your cute little spreadsheet and a light bulb goes off in their eyes. 24 hours later they tell you they have a first start on a prototype thingee that will be super helpful. And might even be good for other people. wheee!

Another story submission done. Whhhhhhy is the processes so nerve wracking??? its just clicks on a screen. It's not like the end result will define my life or anything. *runs whimpering into the void* *the void is sleepy and overbooked* *sigh*

this sounds amazing! And there's a live stream for it as well. I'm hoping they'll also record it and make it available online afterwards. "Sir Ian McKellen to open historic all-trans and nonbinary production of Twelfth Night" www.attitude.co.uk/culture/sir-...

Really loving my first @wiscon.bsky.social even with low spoons. Good panels and tons of neat folks - many new and some old. And a good start to my "Conference season" lol it a season if you're only attending two? :)

I've officially typed zooplankton enough that my word processor now offers it to me when I type zoo. I feel like I just leveled up in marine science-y-ness. why yes, I am (finally) finishing up my notes from April's adventure with 3 whale watching trips in three days. #zooplankton #MarineScience

Issue No. 6 of Whale Tales and Glitter is out & all about my favorite thing: Whale Watching- the how, why, where, and when of it all! Also the May marine biology spotlight is Professor Idelisa Bonnelly, Mother of marine conservation in the Caribbean. www.whaletalesandglitter.com #marinelife 🦑

Distracted by caterpillars and chrysalis' today... We have a Swallowtail caterpillar who just molted from spiky black with red to spiky light green and black. Our Monarch chrysalis is tucked in a lavender bush, starting to get a bit of translucence! Can see some of the lines of the wings now.

The last 100 days have been an unprecedented assault on American science. Our scientists. Our institutions. And the people around the world who rely on it. We must stand united and speak up. Our collective future depends on it. #ScienceMatters www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPlu... savesciencenow.org

Part of why I love going whale watching is for the moments you can't predict. We know that Humpbacks breach but never when or where. Yes, the passengers got SOAKed and laughed alot in amazement, as did those of us watching. Photos by C. Pennington April 17, 2025 #Humpback #Whale #MarineMammals

The moment in office cleaning when you realize you CANNOT find the notebook with the sketches for your Space Whales. ... well shit.... "it has to be here somewhere" ... "Nope, not there" "Do not pull your hair out." Clearly I have put them somewhere *SMART* and will now pay dearly for my choices.

Are possibly-expired copyrights on 78rpm vinyl records worth destroying THE source for information that’s rapidly disappearing as this administration rampages through the Internet? Gotta wonder if supporting that #censorship is the real motivation behind this lawsuit. #Disinformation #RightToRead

We don’t feel much like a “climate” movement right now and that’s as it should be, too many urgent fronts to fight on. But we’re still here. And this assault on climate science needs the greatest response we can marshal. Thanks @marc-alessi.bsky.social & Rachel Cleetus blog.ucs.org/erika-spange...

On the road to Monterey, CA and Hotel California comes on the radio. - why thank you i think we will sing at the top of our lungs. Mini vacation activated!

I'm having a very Aries moment. For daaaays I've been blah about my birthday. Today the weather has gone all Spring! &lovely and lo - my whole being also went SPRING! and awake and Weeee! Birthday! lol Be kind to your Aries', we're finally waking up! Also new stuff from WoodlandsCustomCraft on Etsy

Hello everyone! Just here to say that Flights of Foundry @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social is precious and should be protected at any cost! It's a virtual-first con and it's a labor of love. Please participate or donate/sponsor them if you can! They have all their videos online for free on YouTube!

I remembering hearing about Ken Balcomb years ago and being deeply inspired by his work. Looking forward to this film.

Yesterday was a good mail day! My (early) Birthday present from my Mum @saaremartha.bsky.social - a Save our Seas T-shirt from @mcsuk.bsky.social and the Hard cover of Martian Contingency from @maryrobinettekowal.com

Red Tara says hi. I'm going to be shaking things up in my art business ASAP. It's time for change. Find me in Redlands on State St. at 6th on March 30th for the beginning of my "Life is Short" sale. It's the Redlands Art Walk. Let's gooooo! #art

Thank you for this amazing and heartening thread.

It's #DolphinAwarenessMonth! We have Whale Tales for 31 different species of dolphins including Killer Whales, Hector's Dolphins, Peale's Dolphins, Melon Headed Whales, and Irrawaddy River Dolphins! 🎨 Green Humour #WhaleTales

SF, here I come! I finally agreed to do a skateboard show. I have no idea if this is my best work right now, hahaha. It's the work I need to make. There have been some health developmentsrecentlys. The big one is that I have a small brain aneurysm. I'm processing this thru art. How'm I doing? #art

The whole thread here is super important for all of us to read.

Happy Spring Equinox / Ostara to all who celebrate! 💛 🐣🥚🐰 (and Happy Fall Equinox to my friends in the Southern hemisphere) On this day of balance may harmony reign within us and around us. May we honour the interconnectedness of all living beings and strive to live in harmony with Mother Earth.

Put this on your fucking Hugo ballots or be dead to me tbh

Whale Tales & Glitter Issue 5 is all about Baleen and is out tomorrow. Spotlight: Dr. Sylvia Earle And a Survey! Photos: 1- Humpback whale feeding 2- Two pieces of baleen 3- Dr. Sylvia Earle in a JIM suit #WhaleTales&Glitter #Whales #Baleen #Cetaceans www.whaletalesandglitter.com/subscribe

Humpback whales Bubble Net feeding in Antarctica - cause it's soooo cool and pretty (also it's part of this months Whale Tales & Glitter coming out Tuesday 3/18)! #HumpbackWhales #BubbleNetFeedding #Antarctica #MarineMammals #WeLoveWhales www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-DC...

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I'm very grateful for the hour of daylight and the fact that the sun has obliged us with being out and about before the next atmospheric river but uuuuuugh my sleep is a mess after losing one teeny tiny hour. I have things to do. I need a Brain.

My new tattoo got its first outing yesterday at the gym! It's a three armed Brigid's cross with triskele designed by @morpheusravenna.bsky.social and I love it!

I knew, intellectually, non-white-males are routinely nu-mentioned in history books... but... I'm researching Dr. Sylvia Earle, known as "Her Deepness" who holds the depth record for a dive in a JIM (hard) divesuit - 381 m in 1979. Is that in most of the records? NO. www.seasky.org/ocean-explor...

It's #DolphinAwarenessMonth #DYK you can find at least one species of dolphin in every salt water body on Earth as well as a few fresh water rivers systems?! Some live in cold water but the majority of species tend to frequent warmer & more tropical areas. 🖌️: Peppermint Narwhal Creative #WhaleTales

Charlie being cute while he sleeps because everyone needs cute cats sleeping on their timeline :)

From my walk... Our neighbors have this fence covered in this amazing chartreuse lichen. It gets brighter the more rain we have :) #photography #nature

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