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Jo Locktov
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Complacency is not an option
co-founder Portland Cruise Control * Maine https://bsky.app/profile/portcruisecontrol.bsky.social
cruise ships should be illegal * Venetophile
Pinned
JOHAN DECKMANN

How to watch
the world fall apart
while holding on to a
fragile sense of hope
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Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.

📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.

Prosecute her and everyone involved.
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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“In Atlantic waters, North Atlantic right whales showed measurably reduced stress when ship traffic ceased after 9/11, suggesting chronic physiological impacts of vessel noise.”

#cruiseships #noisepollution
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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I’m re-sharing my need for a safe driving car that my dog and I could also live in. Please share. My DMs are open

#mepolitics #bospoli
someone just asked me to repost this as I just dropped off my old & insufficient Mazda 3 at the shop for repairs. If someone in NE has a dog-friendly, winter-ready car they aren’t using that I could use including for rapid response (& potentially live in) that would be incredibly helpful.
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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The beautiful new photography book by Gary Stewart

#Venetophiles
#VeniceGiftGuide
#Venice
UK only
December 7, 2024 at 12:10 PM
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Someone said it's a holiday tomorrow. Is that true?
Rained all night. Patchy fog, cloudy, high 50º
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MAINE RESISTANCE
WED, NOV 26, 2025
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#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE

REPOST & SHARE!
Updated NOV 26, 4:15AM
#Maine #MEpolitics
p1/3
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Can we now just call it what it is: Environmental Pesticide Agency
The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food. The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of PFAS — also known as "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
And it is a terrific book!
Brava @drkatemarvel.bsky.social
I wrote a book! A whole, real, actual book! Ada Limón, genius poet, said nice things about it! As did other absolute heroes! And now it's in libraries and bookstores in several countries! Be careful what you wish for, it might turn out awesome bookshop.org/p/books/huma...
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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“…Stop heating and cooking with dirty fuels.” @drkatemarvel.bsky.social

So maybe enabling & encouraging the entire cruise industry that relies on dirty fuel to make its billions in profit is not quite so smart?

#cruiseships #HFO
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Environmental Pesticide Agency does sound appropriate…
Can we now just call it what it is: Environmental Pesticide Agency
The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food. The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of PFAS — also known as "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“…Stop heating and cooking with dirty fuels.” @drkatemarvel.bsky.social

So maybe enabling & encouraging the entire cruise industry that relies on dirty fuel to make its billions in profit is not quite so smart?

#cruiseships #HFO
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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November 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Can we now just call it what it is: Environmental Pesticide Agency
The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food. The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of PFAS — also known as "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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©️Robynne Limoges ‘Where I Come From’
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Are you wondering what to gift the #Venetophile in your life for the holidays?

Over on that other place (that shall remain unnamed) we started a tradition, the #VeniceGiftGuide.

It’s a way to support artisans & authors by purchasing their work.
Just tap the hashtag. Andiamo!
#Venice #artisan
November 23, 2024 at 7:25 PM
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More candles from Relight Venice!
#VeniceGiftGuide
November 24, 2024 at 8:34 PM
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#VeniceGiftGuide
Relight Venice has a range of wonderful handcrafted items. I especially love the candles, inspired by iconic Venetian architectural elements.

Michela wants to bring back the essence of the souvenir: a hand crafted object, made by a local artisan

relightvenice.com/shop/re-ligh...
Collezione Venezia: Relight Candle - Ca' D'oro - Pocket Size — Relight Venice
Handmade soy wax candles, available in various colours. Dimensions approx. 22x5x3 cm Chrome-plated metal support and walnut base, obtained from the carving of "forcole". CLICK HERE TO LEARN MOR...
relightvenice.com
November 23, 2024 at 7:31 PM
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NEW in #VeniceBooks

VENICE TALES
translated by @scribedoll.bsky.social

The first comprehensive collection of short-stories on Venice by Italian authors. Spanning work from the Middle Ages to modern.

US:
bookshop.org/a/7154/97801...

UK:
uk.bookshop.org/a/1498/97801...

#Venice #Venezia
October 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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some personal news:

tomhomanisabitch.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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The remarkable work of @elizabethbeston.bsky.social reminds us why scrubbers on cruise ships must be banned.

These precious creatures cannot withstand the acid chambers & when caught in the toxic discharge their lives are ended. The marine food web is compromised.

#banscrubbers #plankton
These little orange goobers always cheer me up! The larva of a Serpulidae polychaete (bristle worm).
#marineplankton 🦑
November 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Cleaner Fuel * Brighter Future
@seacc.bsky.social Town Hall
@junolocal.bsky.social
@pacenvironment.bsky.social

An excellent presentation of the damage being done to pristine ocean waters by the cruise industry & their insistence on using dirty fuel + scrubbers.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzQH...
Cleaner Fuel Brighter Future - FULL Town Hall
YouTube video by Southeast Alaska Conservation Council
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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©️Robynne Limoges ‘Sundown, Acqua Alta’
October 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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C’era una volta……
November 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Venezia I 2021
October 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM