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.

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.

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?

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 👇

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-...

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."

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

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.” 💥

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.

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)

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/...

The deep sea runs on mucus... Marine snow, larvacean houses, feeding nets, even snail armor...slime is infrastructure down there.

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.

Offshore wind farms get back to work after court victories www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...

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

"[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

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...

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.

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.

#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...

First porpoise fossils (Cetacea: Phocoenidae) from the western North Atlantic, South Carolina | Journal of Paleontology | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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.

NEW: Rare seagrass 'fairy circles' have been discovered off the coast of a Scottish island

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-...

My friend @erinthez.bsky.social designed this. I'm gonna get thr tote bag! www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1776...

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.

More sharks in Tasmania's waters over summer is a distinct possibility.

"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

I like my country like my #whisky - without #ICE www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1776...

The review of refuges and fisheries is intended to divest or erode protections. It is dangerous.

There are days when people are just hungry for weird animal facts and I am here to provide.

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...

I’m pleased to announce that, according to a gold ring I was given, I am now Bilbo Baggins.

Pleased to announce that, according to the random challenge coin in my desk, I am a Navy SEAL.

“Blast! Caught in another tide pool! … And here comes some damn beachcomber!”

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...

US’s largest offshore wind farm can resume construction, in a third blow to Trump

“Affordability is a Democratic hoax.”

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...

“He was just joking.” There is nothing funny about the sitting president “joking” about canceling elections.

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.

the president has declared war on an american state and the leaders of the opposition wont shut the fuck up about retraining the stormtroopers

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.

Osedax worms dismantle bones molecule by molecule, no spectacle, no force. Long-term change often looks boring if you don’t understand the process.

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

It is now our sacred duty to, in fact, celebrate whiskey Friday.