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Bill Kristol
1 day ago
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
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Andrew D Thaler
about 19 hours ago
There is no viable path forward that does not include dissolving the Department of Homeland Security. Cabinet-level department for joint FEMA/Coast Guard/Climate Readiness agencies. All other agencies absorbed into their original departments. Abolish ICE.
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EJD
3 days ago
The crazy thing is do these "big players" not know or are unaware that NOAA is the source for all the data they download, repackage and charge subscription fees to view their weather graphics?
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Clare Fieseler, PhD
4 days ago
Deep-sea mining CEOs testifying on Capitol Hill right now saying U.S. needs to mine the high seas now before China does. It's not true. China is waiting for an international frameworks to take shape. America is the one going rogue. And that's driving U.S. allies closer to China. My reporting 👇
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Trump’s push to mine deep-sea battery metals draws ire from allies
At U.N. talks in Jamaica, allies blasted the U.S. bid to unilaterally mine the high seas. Some made an unusual move to side with America’s economic foe:…
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy-supply-chain/trump-deep-sea-mining-un-negotiations
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Rachel Ramirez
5 days ago
The Trump administration issued a new rule to fast-track deep sea mining in international waters, consolidating a two-step permitting process—one for exploration and another for commercial recovery—into a single review. This reduces environmental oversight.
www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
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Trump to speed permits for deep-sea mining in international waters
The Trump administration is pressing ahead on Wednesday with an effort to encourage U.S. exploration of the deep sea by accelerating permitting for companies hunting for critical minerals in internati...
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-speed-permits-deep-sea-mining-international-waters-2026-01-21/
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Clare Fieseler, PhD
4 days ago
I'm watching
@drandrewthaler.bsky.social
testify now in front of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources. "While I have significant concerns about the long-term environmental harms that can result from mining the deep seafloor, I am not an absolutist against all forms of deep-sea mining."
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Clare Fieseler, PhD
4 days ago
Rep. Huffman: “I think there is a very tight connection between NOAA and your company right now … and I don’t think there is any effective oversight by NOAA. I think you guys are in bed together to go out here and mine in the high seas.” The Metals Company CEO: "I refute that sir."
#deepseamining
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Clare Fieseler, PhD
4 days ago
Lots of chatter by two deep-sea mining CEOs on this panel about the urgency to mine seabed for stock piling & natural security purposes. Then
@drandrewthaler.bsky.social
comes in with.... "... and the cheapest place to stockpile a polymetallic nodule is to leave it on the seafloor.” 💥
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Clare Fieseler, PhD
4 days ago
No commercial deep-sea mining exists anywhere because international legal frameworks don't yet allow it. But The Metals Company CEO is here saying "it is our plan to be in commercial production by the end of next year 2027.” Rep. Huffman barks back "because the U.S. a potential loophole" for you.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈
4 days ago
Trump administration claims offshore wind poses a threat. But it won't say how.
www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
(The reason they don’t elaborate or provide proof is because they’re lying. Hope this helps)
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Trump administration claims offshore wind poses a threat. But it won't say how.
The Interior Department said pausing construction of offshore wind farms would allow the government agencies to work with project developers to mitigate potential risks. But wind companies say the…
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/21/nx-s1-5678635/trump-offshore-wind-national-security-climate-change
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The Chronicle Herald
4 days ago
Nova Scotia claims up to 30 per cent of lobster catch is illegal, adds dozens of fishing offences, stiffens fines
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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Nova Scotia claims up to 30 per cent of lobster catch is illegal, adds dozens of fishing offences, stiffens fines
The province says up to 30 per cent of landings go unreported each year as new fines and enforcement measures take effect.
https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/400-million-illegal-lobster-fisheries-nova-scotia-fines-ticketing-export-orgainzed-crime
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Dr Craig R McClain
4 days ago
The deep sea runs on mucus... Marine snow, larvacean houses, feeding nets, even snail armor...slime is infrastructure down there.
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Jaimie G
4 days ago
CDN Govt chopped funding in 2024 but "misrepresent" (insert alternate word) Canada as leader in “pioneering ocean conservation efforts!” Gord Johns, NDP MP, "getting nothing but crickets from them" in trying to find out the reasons & truth.
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Canada is claiming credit for tackling ghost gear, despite eliminating funding
Canada continues to tout itself as a “world leader” in tackling ghost gear — discarded nets, traps, ropes and other fishing equipment that's known to harm marine life — even though funding for the pro...
https://shorturl.at/GsdNB
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Alan Ohnsman
4 days ago
Offshore wind farms get back to work after court victories
www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
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America’s offshore wind farms get back to work after court victories
Ørsted, Equinor, and Dominion Energy have resumed construction on their massive offshore wind projects, nearly a month after Trump forced them to hit…
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/offshore-wind/american-offshore-wind-farms-court-victories?amp%3Butm_medium=email&%3Butm_campaign=canary&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9IOi0a70L2sAn7bObWInzOk-uUc9Zh7aLrlnOAZcVx4D2oY1H5xvOPiHRA3fZG8UAiudGUGHWfq-DpIeg6WkkU55IXvw&_hsmi=399878403&utm_source=newsletter
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joeymaier 🌊
4 days ago
As usual, the new
@forbes.com
column from
#shark
researcher
@melissacmarquez.bsky.social
is great. She writes about how
#highlymigratoryspecies
like the
#silkyshark
are difficult to protect because they don't stay in the boundaries of Marine Protected Areas
#MPA
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Harms Committed
4 days ago
"[E]ra of global water bankruptcy." "Many regions are living beyond their hydrological means, and many critical water systems are already bankrupt." "[R]ivers, lakes, and wetlands are degrading, groundwater resources are being depleted [..], and glaciers are retreating."
#Senegal
#Water
#Climate
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UN Warns 'Era of Global Water Bankruptcy' Is Here—But It's Not Too Late to Act
"We cannot rebuild vanished glaciers or reinflate acutely compacted aquifers," the report's lead author said. "But we can prevent further loss of our remaining natural capital."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/water-bankruptcy
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Maxine Joselow
4 days ago
The National Park Service has taken down a sign about climate change at Fort Sumter, where the Civil War began. Yet the fort is extremely vulnerable to climate impacts like sea level rise. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/c...
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Park Service Erases Climate Facts at Fort Sumter, Where the Civil War Began
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/climate/park-service-erases-climate-facts-at-fort-sumter-where-the-civil-war-began.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GVA.O-dz.J-jLyE-WBZkb&smid=url-share
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Abigail Nussbaum
4 days ago
This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
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Justin Wolfers
6 days ago
Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland. And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
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joeymaier 🌊
5 days ago
#dugong
#Thailand
"In 2022, at least 273 dugongs lived in Thai waters..." They're now losing about 42/year 😨 Looking for Miracle: why have so many dugongs gone missing from Thailand’s shores? | Global development | The Guardian
share.google/qIUzUfAX3faR...
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Looking for Miracle: why have so many dugongs gone missing from Thailand’s shores?
The Andaman coast was one of very few places in the world with a viable population but then dead dugongs began washing up. Now half have gone
https://share.google/qIUzUfAX3faRiIwOp
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Eric Ekdale
6 days ago
First porpoise fossils (Cetacea: Phocoenidae) from the western North Atlantic, South Carolina | Journal of Paleontology | Cambridge Core -
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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First porpoise fossils (Cetacea: Phocoenidae) from the western North Atlantic, South Carolina | Journal of Paleontology | Cambridge Core
First porpoise fossils (Cetacea: Phocoenidae) from the western North Atlantic, South Carolina
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/first-porpoise-fossils-cetacea-phocoenidae-from-the-western-north-atlantic-south-carolina/B2CA64CADDFA7F9677264D40D5B06DA8?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=bluesky&utm_source=socialnetwork
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Gravel Influencer
6 days ago
There is a political angle here too. The Trump administration has been pushing the privatization of weather agencies like NWS and NOAA for a while. And guess what. It's because lots of people in this administration have close ties to forecasting companies, like Accuweather.
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As Trump slashed weather agency, his appointees have ties to companies that stand to benefit from privatizing forecasts
Companies poised to step into the void have ties to those tapped by President Donald Trump to run agencies that collect weather data and publish forecasts.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/as-trump-slashed-weather-agency-his-appointees-have-ties-to-companies-that-stand-to-benefit-from-privatizing-forecasts
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The National
6 days ago
NEW: Rare seagrass 'fairy circles' have been discovered off the coast of a Scottish island
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Rare 'fairy circles' discovered in Scottish waters – and scientists have no idea why
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25780507.rare-fairy-circles-discovered-off-scottish-island/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1768913447
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Jen Taub
7 days ago
Cuts to NOAA should be on the national news. Have you all noticed that these storms over the past few days were not forecasted locally? Maybe it’s because the data they are getting from NOAA is inadequate.
www.lehighvalleynews.com/environment-...
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Local meteorologist warns federal cuts are undermining weather forecasts nationwide
EPAWA meteorologist Bobby Martrich is sounding the alarm on cuts at the federal level he says are quietly eroding the reliability of weather forecasts across the country, from national outlooks to the...
https://www.lehighvalleynews.com/environment-science/local-meteorologist-warns-federal-cuts-are-undermining-weather-forecasts-nationwide
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Andrew Kornblatt
6 days ago
My friend
@erinthez.bsky.social
designed this. I'm gonna get thr tote bag!
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1776...
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F*ck Ice by Dugongs | Redbubble
Redbubble
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/177686624
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Dare Obasanjo
8 days ago
Courts have ruled that two of the five offshore wind projects that were halted by the Trump administration because the president thinks windmills cause cancer can resume construction. Given the energy crisis being caused by AI data centers, it’s absurd to be cutting back on clean power generation.
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https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5691088-wind-farm-trump-new-york/
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Tassie Devil
9 days ago
More sharks in Tasmania's waters over summer is a distinct possibility.
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Sharks seek sea change as ocean temperatures rise
Several shark species are on the move as waters warm along Australia’s east coast. Here's how climate change is affecting the range of three major species.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-01-18/shark-sea-change-predicted-with-rising-water-temperatures/106154072?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
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Robert Reich
8 days ago
"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people." —The Declaration of Independence
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I like my country like my
#whisky
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#ICE
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1776...
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F*ck Ice by Dugongs | Redbubble
Redbubble
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/177686624?asc=u
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Carl Quintanilla
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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service
9 days ago
The review of refuges and fisheries is intended to divest or erode protections. It is dangerous.
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Andrew D Thaler
9 days ago
There are days when people are just hungry for weird animal facts and I am here to provide.
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reposted by
Zack Labe
9 days ago
The total volume of
#Arctic
sea ice has been at or near record low levels for every day since late October. More graphics of thickness and volume:
zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
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I’m pleased to announce that, according to a gold ring I was given, I am now Bilbo Baggins.
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9 days ago
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Andrew D Thaler
10 days ago
Pleased to announce that, according to the random challenge coin in my desk, I am a Navy SEAL.
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reposted by
THE FAR SIDE DAILY
10 days ago
“Blast! Caught in another tide pool! … And here comes some damn beachcomber!”
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Ben Sanderson
9 days ago
A rare bit of good news from the US. House republicans seem to be pushing back against Trump's huge proposed cuts to science. NSF, NASA, NOAA - all look set to be near flat, or - for DOE - even a slight increase.
www.economist.com/united-state...
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Electrek
9 days ago
US’s largest offshore wind farm can resume construction, in a third blow to Trump
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US’s largest offshore wind farm can resume construction, in a third blow to Trump
In a setback to Trump’s anti-offshore wind crusade, a federal judge today issued an order granting Dominion Energy’s request for a preliminary injunction allowing construction to resume on the US’s largest wind farm, the 2.6-gigawatt (GW) Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. more…
https://electrek.co/2026/01/16/us-largest-offshore-wind-farm-can-resume-construction-in-a-third-blow-to-trump/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
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George Takei
9 days ago
“Affordability is a Democratic hoax.”
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Robert Reich
10 days ago
So someone with inside information on government policy decisions is personally involved with platforms that allow people to bet on government policy decisions? The corruption is endless.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
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Leading Prediction Firms Share a Commonality: Donald Trump Jr.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/politics/donald-trump-jr-prediction-markets.html
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10 days ago
“He was just joking.” There is nothing funny about the sitting president “joking” about canceling elections.
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Andrew D Thaler
10 days ago
This is the kind of thing that happens when your product is absolutely gassed. From "this technology will change the world" to "what if counting hard?" in less than 3 years.
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Oliver Willis
11 days ago
the president has declared war on an american state and the leaders of the opposition wont shut the fuck up about retraining the stormtroopers
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Robert Reich
10 days ago
ICE has shot a mother in the face, put a 16-year-old in a chokehold, and permanently blinded at least two protestors — and that’s just some of what we know. And now this. Despicable.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/minneapolis-couple-ice-tear-gas-6-children.html
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Dr Craig R McClain
10 days ago
Osedax worms dismantle bones molecule by molecule, no spectacle, no force. Long-term change often looks boring if you don’t understand the process.
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Hazard
11 days ago
I dug up an old art i did of my favorite cephalopod the vampire squid, maybe j will thrn it into the lino art it was meant to be
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Andrew D Thaler
10 days ago
It is now our sacred duty to, in fact, celebrate whiskey Friday.
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