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3 HOUR STOPS?! That’s a savings of
USD $71,811,600. You read the right, MSC Cruises will avoid over SEVENTY ONE MILLION DOLLARS in U.S. fines for making 20 three hour stops in Victoria in 2026.

How does a 3 hour stop help tourism spending in Victoria? Spoiler: It doesn’t.

MSC Cruises & GVHA 🤑💰

Fair Sailing @fairsailing.bsky.social · 20h

No cruise ships in Victoria today, but we're looking ahead to the 2026 season. New will be Poesia of MSC Cruises every Sunday night for 20 weeks, for just a 3 hour regulatory call to avoid US fines. MSC is the highest-polluting line in Europe, and a greenwasher. www.ecowatch.com/europe-cruis...

Europe’s Cruise Ships Produce Toxic Sulphur Emissions Equivalent to 1 Billion Cars, Study Finds - EcoWatch

The 218 cruise ships operating in European waters in 2023 emitted the sulphur oxide (SOx) equivalent of a billion cars.

www.ecowatch.com

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loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 20h

“Let’s be clear. Taking a cruise is one of the most polluting ways to take a holiday. Just when more and more people are concerned about the climate and want to reduce their own emissions, MSC Cruises is trying to get customers on board with peace of mind.” #greenwashing #yyj #climatecrisis

Fair Sailing @fairsailing.bsky.social · 20h

MSC Cruises is entering the Alaska market in 2026, and its Poesia will stop in Victoria 20 times. We'll be hearing a lot about its sustainability. It's all BS. gofossilfree.org/nl/msc-cruis...

MSC Cruises guilty of greenwashing

Cruising the blue in a green way? The Dutch advertising watchdog has ruled that MSC Cruises is misleading in their adverts about sustainability.

gofossilfree.org

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loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 23h

“Two companies will operate the mine: South32 Limited, an Australian company, and Trilogy Metals, based in Canada.

Paulson owns 14,326,996 shares of Trilogy Metals, about 8.7% of the company.”

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loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 1d

If not for Comey, there would be no Trump.

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loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 1d

💔

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loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 1d

I hope I didn’t leave anyone out, that would be rude. #climatecrisis #saveouroceans #saveourplanet #yyjpoli

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loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know the cruise season is getting longer due to planet and ocean warming?

Despite smashing our climate goals to smithereens, Victoria keeps extending the cruise season. Today’s pollution brought to you by Ruby Princess, GVHA, lobbyists, politicians and rich folk who don’t give a damn. #yyj

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loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 3d

When you put it like that… wow. #CruiseImpacts

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loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 5d

Cruise ships Norwegian Bliss & Eurodam stop in Victoria every Friday night for their late-stop-save-millions-skirt-fines-garbage-drop-off. Combined savings tonight, $6,328,584. Cruise corporations profit, at our expense. Get ready for the onslaught of toxic emissions.💔 #yyj #climatecrisis

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loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 5d

It’s a damn miracle.

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loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 6d

The Cruise Industry Is Donald Trump Personified. Decadent, exploitative, and totally full of shit.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The cruise industry is Donald Trump personified.

Decadent, exploitative, and totally full of shit.

www.motherjones.com

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loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 6d

ICYMI, here’s an eye opener re the cruise industry

Billionaires, lobbyists, campaign contributions, loopholes, flags of convenience, no corporate taxes, complaints of worker exploitation, skirting laws, sexual assaults, deaths, outbreaks, illegal dumping and port city services funded by taxpayers.

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loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 6d

Cruise ship Anthem of the Seas arrives momentarily for a full day of toxic pollution. Here is a 2025 report on the impact of the cruise industry. Victoria welcomes 320+ of these behemoth mass polluters every year. We’re killing our planet & our future. #yyj #climatecrisis
earth.org/the-environm...

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loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 7d

Well this is quite the revelation on Epstein.

Howard Lutnick: “They get a massage, that’s what his MO was. Get a massage, get a massage and what happened in that massage room, I assume, was on video …This guy was the greatest blackmailer ever, blackmailed people. That’s how he had money.”

Howard Lutnick on Living Next Door to Epstein, Surviving 9/11 & Late-Night Calls with Trump

YouTube video by Pod Force One with Miranda Devine

youtu.be

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loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 8d

Exactly.

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loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 8d

Donald Trump and Republicans are responsible for the shutdown.

In Trump’s own words it is “a tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump in 2011: "If there is a shutdown, I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States. He's the only who has to get people together!"

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loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 8d

Unfollow.

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loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 8d

BINGO.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9d

This current American presidential administration is run by people who are quite obviously mentally ill, and we need to start talking about that.

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loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 9d

Cruise ship Norwegian Joy is here. Why do we accept this? The toxic emissions are a health risk to residents, especially in Esquimalt & James Bay. The pollution from scrubbers is killing SRKWs & sea life. The cost of hosting these behemoth mass polluters is enormous in every way. #yyj #climatecrisis

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loveisphere @loveisphere.bsky.social · 9d

I can’t post one video for the day. @pfrazee.com wth?

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