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Andrew Kornblatt

@akornblatt.bsky.social

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Communications on Green issues, the Ocean, Politics, and Science. Voice actor. Founder and Co-Host of Ocean Science Radio podcast.

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Andrew Kornblatt @akornblatt.bsky.social · Jul 1

🌊 NEW Ocean Science Radio #podcast episode! We chat with Ben Minch about giant viruses - microscopic monsters that hijack photosynthesis & reshape ocean food webs.

These viral giants were hiding in plain sight for 20+ years! Mind-blowing marine science! 🦠🔬

open.spotify.com/episode/1RmQ...

They Might Be Giants - The Ocean Viruses Bigger Than Bacteria

Ocean Science Radio · Episode

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Andrew Kornblatt @akornblatt.bsky.social · 7h

Was literally just talking about this the other day - bsky.app/profile/akor...

Andrew Kornblatt @akornblatt.bsky.social · 11d

What about an army of protestors in furry outfits and inflatable dinosaur costumes?

a group of people dressed as dinosaurs are standing in a hallway

Alt: a group of people dressed as dinosaurs are walking in a hallway

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Holly Berkley Fletcher @hollybfletcher.bsky.social · 13h

Gotta say--dressing up in costumes is the kind of creatively brilliant resistance we all need. It brings joy and humor to things while vividly painting the authoritarian as foolish and absurd. Hats off Portlanders! @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org I think this counts as the sprite of mischief.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Andrew Kornblatt @akornblatt.bsky.social · 21h

Kat is, and continues to be, good people.

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

Today marks the two-year anniversary of the horrific October 7 attack.

As we mourn the 1,218 lives lost that day, let us also keep alive the dream of a lasting peace and a better future for all.

Ceasefire now. Every hostage must come home. And a safer world for everyone.

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Andrew Kornblatt @akornblatt.bsky.social · 21h

I'm still sad she never followed me on here like she did on the hellscape.

Andrew Kornblatt @akornblatt.bsky.social · 21h

At a bar in war-torn Portland talking politics and @katmabu.bsky.social comes up about how awesome she is.

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Andrew Kornblatt @akornblatt.bsky.social · 1d

As a Portland resident... why?

The Get More Smarter Podcast @getmoresmarter.com · 2d

Jesus Christ

White House official inadvertently reveals plans to send elite army unit to Portland

Anthony Salisbury displayed chat about deployment of 82nd airborne division on cell phone while in Minnesota

www.theguardian.com

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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 2d

There are about 190,000 jobs in mining in the US. That’s about the same as the renewable energy jobs in the state of Florida alone.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Burgum: "We have to get back to mining in our country. It's not just drill baby drill. It's mine baby mine with President Trump."

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Andrew Kornblatt @akornblatt.bsky.social · 2d

By about $100

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 2d

Watching alleged ICE agents break into people's home while declaring they don't need warrants definitely makes me feel safe.

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Andrew Kornblatt @akornblatt.bsky.social · 3d

Cool Copshow GIF

Alt: Cool Copshow GIF

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 3d

The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops.

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Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 3d

Two things felt different to the ppl I spoke with who’d been protesting at the ICE building for months.

1st was the sheer volume of tear gas, pepper balls and flash-bangs used, seemingly unprovoked.

2nd was seeing so many videographers/live-streamers embedded with the feds as they marched out.

Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 3d

Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on protesters in the city.

Troy and I were on the ground:

Federal tactics on protesters escalate, hours after judge rules against Trump

www.opb.org

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Andrew Kornblatt @akornblatt.bsky.social · 3d

Worth noting that the official Department of Homeland Security is posting content with tagline taken from KKK materials...

Screenshot of DHS tweet with the text "America for Americans. We are asleep no longer."

Pamphlet from the Ku Klux Klan titled "America for Americans"

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Andrew Kornblatt @akornblatt.bsky.social · 3d

I have found a few places in Portland have some good ones

Andrew Kornblatt @akornblatt.bsky.social · 4d

I love canelé... they are sooo dangerous for me to be around

Andrew Kornblatt @akornblatt.bsky.social · 4d

Isn't it banned as a chemical warfare agent under the Chemical Weapons Convention?

Andrew Kornblatt @akornblatt.bsky.social · 5d

My almost 2-year-old daughter is obsessed with my pocket Declaration of Independence and Constitution... tonight in reading it to her I realized we all really should read it again... right now.

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 5d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 7d

Jane Goodall was not only a pioneering primatologist, she also campaigned more relentlessly and selflessly for the natural world than anyone I know.

A great soul if ever there was one
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91

Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour

www.theguardian.com

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Andrew Kornblatt @akornblatt.bsky.social · 7d

The world has lost an extraordinary scientist, advocate, and teacher. But her legacy lives on in every person she inspired to care about our planet and its inhabitants.

Rest in peace, Dr. Goodall. And thank you.

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Andrew Kornblatt @akornblatt.bsky.social · 7d

Through Ocean Science Radio and my work in conservation communications, I've tried to follow her example: translate complex science into stories that inspire action, never stop learning, and believe that individual commitment can drive collective change.

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Andrew Kornblatt @akornblatt.bsky.social · 7d

She spent her final decades traveling constantly, advocating tirelessly for conservation and inspiring people worldwide to take action. Even in her 90s, she never stopped working for the planet and the creatures she loved.

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Andrew Kornblatt @akornblatt.bsky.social · 7d

Dr. Goodall showed us that chimpanzees make tools, feel emotions, and wage war - forcing us to redefine what it means to be human. More importantly, she showed us that one person's dedication and empathy can change how an entire species is understood and protected.

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Andrew Kornblatt @akornblatt.bsky.social · 7d

My two-year-old daughter is already obsessed with her children's book about Jane and the chimpanzees. She doesn't understand yet that the woman in those pages changed how we see ourselves and our place in the natural world. But she will.

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Andrew Kornblatt @akornblatt.bsky.social · 7d

She made you feel like your work mattered, no matter how small your contribution to conservation might seem compared to her decades of groundbreaking research.

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