This is the take I’ve been waiting for. I will not TLDR it. It’s worth reading the whole thing.

My thoughts on Graham Platner and his old Reddit posts. blackgirlinmaine.com/current-even...

So… this feels relevant.

66% of the entire planet is deep ocean (≥200 m), but new research shows humans have visually observed less than 0.001%, a total area approximately one-tenth of the size of Belgium. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Listen to the fish

It’s not mine, I swear!!

Do you like the idea of mining, logging, and drilling in National Parks? Then you'll LOVE the latest executive order opening our ocean parks to commercial fishing. Here's what you should do about it, courtesy of @taotaotasi.bsky.social www.southernfriedscience.com/5-things-you...

1. Trump slashes @noaa.gov’s science programs and cuts 100s of staff positions. 2. This delays regs and shuts down Maine’s scallop industry with up to 300K lbs still available to catch. 3. New exec order says “do better science to support fishermen!” 🤯🤦🏻‍♂️🙈 www.savingseafood.org/news/washing...

Weird, I was repeatedly assured that Donald Trump loves whales and what’s why he’s against offshore wind.

Offshore Wind Power Poses Only Limited Risk to Whales, Government Watchdog Report Finds | Who should we believe here? The experts with evidence? Or the raving loons with none?

Trump and Musk’s staffing chainsaw bites Maine fishermen again. Even a temporary closure due to regulatory delays will take money out of scallopers’ pockets. None of this was necessary. www.pressherald.com/2025/04/10/g...

I don’t always agree with Bret Stephens, but when he’s right, he’s right. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/o...

Lovely sentiment in this piece but the absurd clickbait headline is not helpful. Yes, protect endemic and endangered species! Also yes, farming salmon can be done responsibly and produce low-carbon, healthy, protein! Humans are smart (when we try to be). We can have both things!

Thanks to everyone who showed up today. It matters.

My latest op-ed, this time in the @bangordailynews.bsky.social as I head up to Augusta today to testify in support of LD1023 that would continue the work of the #maine #BlueEconomy Task Force. www.bangordailynews.com/2025/03/27/o...

I got his apology right here: 🖕🏻🦞🖕🏻🦞🖕🏻🦞🖕🏻

“Gov. Mills stood up to a playground bully and incited his wrath. Fortunately, Mainers know when something stinks. And when it comes to protecting our independence and our fishing heritage, we also know how to fight.” Powerful op-ed from @conathan.bsky.social. www.pressherald.com/2025/03/08/o...

This is not a binary issue. Just like gender is not a binary construct. Read. Learn. Keep your mind open. ✌🏻❤️🏳️‍⚧️

I wrote a thing. The Maine Sea Grant dust-up is a symptom of a much bigger problem: the president’s unconstitutional attempts to consolidate power in the executive branch, obfuscated by the incitement of righteous anger. Don’t take the bait! www.pressherald.com/2025/03/08/o...

Q: What should we rely on for weather forecasting now? A: The aching joints of the elderly.

@co2ley.bsky.social is a total badass! Her remarks at a rally to save @noaa.gov kicked off this @maddow.msnbc.com segment. The oceanographers will save us allllllll!!!*💙🌊🌊💙 (* if we help them. A lot.) www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

What Chellie can’t say out loud yet is that it’s also blatant retaliation for Gov. Mills challenging Trump to his face last week. There are 34 National Sea Grant programs. Maine’s is the only one that was targeted. Vindictive pettiness is not how the UNITED States should operate.

Trump and DOGE retaliate for Gov. Mills standing up to him in public by eliminating funding for completely unrelated NOAA programming that’s critical to Maine’s fishermen—many of whom voted for him. So petty. So moronic. So outrageous. Make it make sense.

My Governor is a badass. Thank you, Janet. Claws out!🦞🦞🦞 #maine #dirigo #seeyouincourt

Are you a scientist who knows that @noaa.gov should not be dismantled? If so, this open letter to Congress and the Trump administration  is for you to sign 👇✍️ 💙 @noaa.gov

discussing @ayanaeliza.bsky.social's What If We Get It Right? in a Theater for Social Justice Class, a student shared that if they zoom out, they feel overwhelmed, but if they zoom in they start to see their own agency 🍃 ...it's been sticking with me when the overwhelm gets me #climateChange

NEW: @noaa.gov story on Neil Jacobs' nomination updated to include reports of DOGE staff at NOAA HQ buildings in Silver Spring, MD today. www.axios.com/2025/02/04/t...

"I do not weep at the world - I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife" ~ Zora Neale Hurston #BlackHistoryMonth

Has anyone done a wellness check on John Thune lately? You know, the Senate Majority Leader??

In lighter news, my neighbor’s golden retriever puppy took my chocolate lab for a walk today.

This Exec Order is 🍌🍌🍌 DoD “prohibited from promoting… or otherwise inculcating the following un-American, divisive, discriminatory, radical, extremist, and irrational theories… [including] that America’s founding documents are racist or sexist.” THEY LITERALLY EXCLUDED EVERYONE BUT WHITE DUDES!!

First discovered this poem on 1/20/17, so feels ripe for a repost.

Yeah. It’s not.

Great piece today about work I've been developing with Transformational Investing in Food Systems to facilitate investment in regenerative #aquaculture and #mariculture in the US and Canada. We're particularly focused on #seaweed in ME, AK, WA, and BC. Reach out to learn more!