Dr Sea Rotmann
@drsearotmann.bsky.social
Austrian-Kiwi scientist (coral reef ecologist by training, social ecologist & energy justice researcher by trade). I live at the literal end of the world where I’m building an eco community & hoarding animals. Obsessed with the Kraken 🐙🦑 No DMs.
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Dr Sea Rotmann
@drsearotmann.bsky.social
· Nov 10
One of the glorious things of living in paradise at the literal end of the world (Onetahua/Farewell Spit, te Waipounamu/Sth Island of Aotearoa New Zealand) is that cetaceans come here a lot - including to strand, unfortunately. Last week, we had two orca teaching their young to hunt stingrays! 🐳
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There’s no reforming this
January 22, 2026 at 6:17 PM
There’s no reforming this
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The stunning gap between the peace theatre in Davos and the reality on the ground in Gaza is hard to miss. From a centrist Israeli paper.
As Trump, in Davos, hails Gaza prosperity, Palestinians dig for trash to burn to keep warm https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-trump-in-davos-hails-gaza-prosperity-palestinians-dig-for-trash-to-burn-to-keep-warm/
As Trump, in Davos, hails Gaza prosperity, Palestinians dig for trash to burn to keep warm
With no income, not everyone can afford firewood, but search for it can be fatal; some resort to burning plastic despite health hazard
www.timesofisrael.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:45 PM
The stunning gap between the peace theatre in Davos and the reality on the ground in Gaza is hard to miss. From a centrist Israeli paper.
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Included in Jared Kushner's hellish slide deck pitching Gaza as a real estate investment in Davos today was a plan to build data centers across the Strip. Because their hatred for life wasn't already abundantly clear
truthout.org/articles/kus...
truthout.org/articles/kus...
Kushner Reveals Dystopic Plan to Build Data Centers, Vacation Resort on Ruins of Gaza Genocide
The plan appears to be to finish Israel’s bulldozing of Gaza to make real estate opportunities for investors.
truthout.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Included in Jared Kushner's hellish slide deck pitching Gaza as a real estate investment in Davos today was a plan to build data centers across the Strip. Because their hatred for life wasn't already abundantly clear
truthout.org/articles/kus...
truthout.org/articles/kus...
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WSJ's Yaroslav Trofimov on Davos: “The reactions from many US allies & partners, some of them aired in public, many of them still only expressed in private, are stark: Trump’s America seems to have lost its mind.”
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
January 22, 2026 at 8:04 PM
WSJ's Yaroslav Trofimov on Davos: “The reactions from many US allies & partners, some of them aired in public, many of them still only expressed in private, are stark: Trump’s America seems to have lost its mind.”
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
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Jack Smith on Donald Trump pardoning J6ers:
“I think all of us, if we're reasonable, know that there's going to be more crimes committed by these people in the future. I do not understand why you would mass pardon people who assaulted police officers. I don't get it. I never will."
“I think all of us, if we're reasonable, know that there's going to be more crimes committed by these people in the future. I do not understand why you would mass pardon people who assaulted police officers. I don't get it. I never will."
January 22, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Jack Smith on Donald Trump pardoning J6ers:
“I think all of us, if we're reasonable, know that there's going to be more crimes committed by these people in the future. I do not understand why you would mass pardon people who assaulted police officers. I don't get it. I never will."
“I think all of us, if we're reasonable, know that there's going to be more crimes committed by these people in the future. I do not understand why you would mass pardon people who assaulted police officers. I don't get it. I never will."
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Donald Trump is publicly trying to weaponize the DOJ against Jack Smith in the middle of the GOP-led hearing, trying to prove that Jack Smith weaponized the DOJ against Donald Trump.
You can't make this up.
You can't make this up.
January 22, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Donald Trump is publicly trying to weaponize the DOJ against Jack Smith in the middle of the GOP-led hearing, trying to prove that Jack Smith weaponized the DOJ against Donald Trump.
You can't make this up.
You can't make this up.
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This is an important insight. Miller, Vance, and co see immigrants as the enemy, as the other. But they also see anyone siding with immigrants, citizen or not, as the enemy, too. And they want to make sure people see that aligning with immigrants makes you vulnerable to state violence.
The deeper issue is Miller and maybe Vance want people who are eager to show solidarity with immigrants to fear state violence.
They want us to fear Trump is capable of the worst.
I try to develop a theory of the moment here. 5/5
(h/t @radleybalko.bsky.social)
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
They want us to fear Trump is capable of the worst.
I try to develop a theory of the moment here. 5/5
(h/t @radleybalko.bsky.social)
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
January 22, 2026 at 7:47 PM
This is an important insight. Miller, Vance, and co see immigrants as the enemy, as the other. But they also see anyone siding with immigrants, citizen or not, as the enemy, too. And they want to make sure people see that aligning with immigrants makes you vulnerable to state violence.
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Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
January 22, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
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Jack Smith: "Trump was charged bc the evidence established he willfully broke the law -- the very laws he took an oath to uphold... After leaving office, Trump illegally kept classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago social club... highly sensitive natl security info was held in a ballroom & bathroom."
January 22, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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The perils of ambidextrous handshaking?
This is Trump’s left hand.
If there’s something wrong with the President’s health, the public needs to know about it.
This is Trump’s left hand.
If there’s something wrong with the President’s health, the public needs to know about it.
January 22, 2026 at 4:05 PM
The perils of ambidextrous handshaking?
This is Trump’s left hand.
If there’s something wrong with the President’s health, the public needs to know about it.
This is Trump’s left hand.
If there’s something wrong with the President’s health, the public needs to know about it.
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
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Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
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McGovern: Well, he said a lot of crazy shit today. I think it’s time to take the keys away from grandpa. He doesn’t seem like he’s all there.
January 21, 2026 at 6:59 PM
McGovern: Well, he said a lot of crazy shit today. I think it’s time to take the keys away from grandpa. He doesn’t seem like he’s all there.
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Call your reps. Let them know that if they vote for ICE funding, you will not vote for them ever again.
Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.
Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.
So the House is going to vote TOMORROW on the DHS funding bill that includes funding for ICE.
There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it.
Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance.
24 hours. Go.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it.
Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance.
24 hours. Go.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
No Funding for ICE Surveillance Tech!
www.fightforthefuture.org
January 22, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Call your reps. Let them know that if they vote for ICE funding, you will not vote for them ever again.
Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.
Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
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Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.
January 22, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.
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These numbers are a shitshow.
The GOP knows they’re not sustainable, but they’re too afraid to actually do anything about it.
That’s why you’re seeing so many of them resign. They understand what’s coming in the midterms.
The GOP knows they’re not sustainable, but they’re too afraid to actually do anything about it.
That’s why you’re seeing so many of them resign. They understand what’s coming in the midterms.
January 21, 2026 at 1:31 AM
These numbers are a shitshow.
The GOP knows they’re not sustainable, but they’re too afraid to actually do anything about it.
That’s why you’re seeing so many of them resign. They understand what’s coming in the midterms.
The GOP knows they’re not sustainable, but they’re too afraid to actually do anything about it.
That’s why you’re seeing so many of them resign. They understand what’s coming in the midterms.
FUCK RIGHT OFF with this board of MF genocidal war criminals! Any self-respecting country that joins this utter shitshow needs be canceled by the rest of the world 🤬🤬🤬
BREAKING: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted an invitation to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace.
January 21, 2026 at 8:16 AM
FUCK RIGHT OFF with this board of MF genocidal war criminals! Any self-respecting country that joins this utter shitshow needs be canceled by the rest of the world 🤬🤬🤬
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Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
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Children will die with RFK Jr.'s new vaccine recommendations. We're NOT doing the "experts disagree" game. The US vaccine schedule was painstakingly constructed through a deep & thorough process by experts with unquestionable expertise. This is policy by fiat. It is pre-meditated murder. 1/
January 5, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Children will die with RFK Jr.'s new vaccine recommendations. We're NOT doing the "experts disagree" game. The US vaccine schedule was painstakingly constructed through a deep & thorough process by experts with unquestionable expertise. This is policy by fiat. It is pre-meditated murder. 1/
"Musk's net worth increased by $194 billion in 2025. That increase is to equivalent Musk getting paid $388,000 for each of the estimated 500,000 babies and children he killed last year by defunding USAID." Cannot WAIT for Nuremberg Trials 2.0: unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/musk...
Musk Resumes His Attacks on Women and Democracy
As 2026 begins, Elon has positioned himself to do as much damage to America as he possibly can
unprecedented.ghost.io
January 20, 2026 at 2:15 AM
"Musk's net worth increased by $194 billion in 2025. That increase is to equivalent Musk getting paid $388,000 for each of the estimated 500,000 babies and children he killed last year by defunding USAID." Cannot WAIT for Nuremberg Trials 2.0: unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/musk...
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Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
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The dark truth of CEO silence on Trump’s climate retreat
- Failing to speak out about the US president’s ever more egregious actions is more dangerous than it appears, writes @pilitapia.bsky.social
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.ft.com/content/3e48...
- Failing to speak out about the US president’s ever more egregious actions is more dangerous than it appears, writes @pilitapia.bsky.social
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.ft.com/content/3e48...
The dark truth of CEO silence on Trump’s climate retreat
Failing to speak out about the US president’s ever more egregious actions is more dangerous than it appears
www.ft.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:28 AM
The dark truth of CEO silence on Trump’s climate retreat
- Failing to speak out about the US president’s ever more egregious actions is more dangerous than it appears, writes @pilitapia.bsky.social
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.ft.com/content/3e48...
- Failing to speak out about the US president’s ever more egregious actions is more dangerous than it appears, writes @pilitapia.bsky.social
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.ft.com/content/3e48...
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Did anyone else note that Starmer says he spoke to Trump yesterday and said he welcomed the role he is playing in Gaza?
Pardon? What? He welcomes the post genocidal rebuidling of Gaza as a playground for the rich? Either Starmer is a fool, or he is very dangerous. He might, of course, be both.
Pardon? What? He welcomes the post genocidal rebuidling of Gaza as a playground for the rich? Either Starmer is a fool, or he is very dangerous. He might, of course, be both.
January 19, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Did anyone else note that Starmer says he spoke to Trump yesterday and said he welcomed the role he is playing in Gaza?
Pardon? What? He welcomes the post genocidal rebuidling of Gaza as a playground for the rich? Either Starmer is a fool, or he is very dangerous. He might, of course, be both.
Pardon? What? He welcomes the post genocidal rebuidling of Gaza as a playground for the rich? Either Starmer is a fool, or he is very dangerous. He might, of course, be both.