Clare Fieseler, PhD
@fieseler.bsky.social
Journalist covering the ocean and climate change / currently: @canarymedia.com / former: POLITICO, The Post & Courier, The Washington Post / National Geographic Explorer / signal @clare.14 / Bury me in New Jersey
Rep. Huffman: “I think there is a very tight connection between NOAA and your company right now … and I don’t think there is any effective oversight by NOAA. I think you guys are in bed together to go out here and mine in the high seas.”
The Metals Company CEO: "I refute that sir."
#deepseamining
The Metals Company CEO: "I refute that sir."
#deepseamining
January 22, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Rep. Huffman: “I think there is a very tight connection between NOAA and your company right now … and I don’t think there is any effective oversight by NOAA. I think you guys are in bed together to go out here and mine in the high seas.”
The Metals Company CEO: "I refute that sir."
#deepseamining
The Metals Company CEO: "I refute that sir."
#deepseamining
No commercial deep-sea mining exists anywhere because international legal frameworks don't yet allow it.
But The Metals Company CEO is here saying "it is our plan to be in commercial production by the end of next year 2027.”
Rep. Huffman barks back "because the U.S. a potential loophole" for you.
But The Metals Company CEO is here saying "it is our plan to be in commercial production by the end of next year 2027.”
Rep. Huffman barks back "because the U.S. a potential loophole" for you.
January 22, 2026 at 8:00 PM
No commercial deep-sea mining exists anywhere because international legal frameworks don't yet allow it.
But The Metals Company CEO is here saying "it is our plan to be in commercial production by the end of next year 2027.”
Rep. Huffman barks back "because the U.S. a potential loophole" for you.
But The Metals Company CEO is here saying "it is our plan to be in commercial production by the end of next year 2027.”
Rep. Huffman barks back "because the U.S. a potential loophole" for you.
I'm watching @drandrewthaler.bsky.social testify now in front of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources.
"While I have significant concerns about the long-term environmental harms that can result from mining the deep seafloor, I am not an absolutist against all forms of deep-sea mining."
"While I have significant concerns about the long-term environmental harms that can result from mining the deep seafloor, I am not an absolutist against all forms of deep-sea mining."
January 22, 2026 at 7:43 PM
I'm watching @drandrewthaler.bsky.social testify now in front of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources.
"While I have significant concerns about the long-term environmental harms that can result from mining the deep seafloor, I am not an absolutist against all forms of deep-sea mining."
"While I have significant concerns about the long-term environmental harms that can result from mining the deep seafloor, I am not an absolutist against all forms of deep-sea mining."
"We’re a poor state. We need industry. To have a new industry that is unique to us, floating offshore wind, now targeted by the feds … It feels like a kick in the teeth."
- Lincoln Varnum, former engineer at UMaine, laid off by Trump's cuts
Thanks @mainemorningstar.com for republishing my story.
- Lincoln Varnum, former engineer at UMaine, laid off by Trump's cuts
Thanks @mainemorningstar.com for republishing my story.
January 6, 2026 at 3:58 PM
"We’re a poor state. We need industry. To have a new industry that is unique to us, floating offshore wind, now targeted by the feds … It feels like a kick in the teeth."
- Lincoln Varnum, former engineer at UMaine, laid off by Trump's cuts
Thanks @mainemorningstar.com for republishing my story.
- Lincoln Varnum, former engineer at UMaine, laid off by Trump's cuts
Thanks @mainemorningstar.com for republishing my story.
BONUS #MobyDick CONTENT:
At the Moby Dick Marathon, I met a woman who brought her lawn chair and a cross stitch of the Pequod ship with the White Whale. She did it all night, listening to the readings over the museum speakers.
(Not pictured: the guy who stitched a sweater with Moby Dick quotes!)
At the Moby Dick Marathon, I met a woman who brought her lawn chair and a cross stitch of the Pequod ship with the White Whale. She did it all night, listening to the readings over the museum speakers.
(Not pictured: the guy who stitched a sweater with Moby Dick quotes!)
January 4, 2026 at 10:58 PM
BONUS #MobyDick CONTENT:
At the Moby Dick Marathon, I met a woman who brought her lawn chair and a cross stitch of the Pequod ship with the White Whale. She did it all night, listening to the readings over the museum speakers.
(Not pictured: the guy who stitched a sweater with Moby Dick quotes!)
At the Moby Dick Marathon, I met a woman who brought her lawn chair and a cross stitch of the Pequod ship with the White Whale. She did it all night, listening to the readings over the museum speakers.
(Not pictured: the guy who stitched a sweater with Moby Dick quotes!)
BONUS #MobyDick CONTENT:
Anyone can sign up to read aloud infront of the lecture at the Moby Dick marathon. Most of the novel is read by everyday people.
But there are exceptions! Chapter 40, Midnight on the Forecastle, is acted out in its entirety by local actors and musicians.
It was so merry!
Anyone can sign up to read aloud infront of the lecture at the Moby Dick marathon. Most of the novel is read by everyday people.
But there are exceptions! Chapter 40, Midnight on the Forecastle, is acted out in its entirety by local actors and musicians.
It was so merry!
January 4, 2026 at 10:19 PM
BONUS #MobyDick CONTENT:
Anyone can sign up to read aloud infront of the lecture at the Moby Dick marathon. Most of the novel is read by everyday people.
But there are exceptions! Chapter 40, Midnight on the Forecastle, is acted out in its entirety by local actors and musicians.
It was so merry!
Anyone can sign up to read aloud infront of the lecture at the Moby Dick marathon. Most of the novel is read by everyday people.
But there are exceptions! Chapter 40, Midnight on the Forecastle, is acted out in its entirety by local actors and musicians.
It was so merry!
More of your favorite Moby Dick bro! 😎
January 4, 2026 at 9:26 PM
More of your favorite Moby Dick bro! 😎
This concludes my live-posting of the annual Moby Dick reading marathon.
Tune in this time next year.
Stay true, New Bedford!
Tune in this time next year.
Stay true, New Bedford!
January 4, 2026 at 9:02 PM
This concludes my live-posting of the annual Moby Dick reading marathon.
Tune in this time next year.
Stay true, New Bedford!
Tune in this time next year.
Stay true, New Bedford!
At 25 hours in, the final chapter of the Moby Dick marathon was read by actor Steven Weber (who I used to watch every week in WINGS).
Gave me chills.
This event drew 3,100 people. Hundreds stayed all 25 hours. And it’s free! Mark your calendar for January 9 & 10, 2027.
🔗 in threads for deets
Gave me chills.
This event drew 3,100 people. Hundreds stayed all 25 hours. And it’s free! Mark your calendar for January 9 & 10, 2027.
🔗 in threads for deets
January 4, 2026 at 7:34 PM
At 25 hours in, the final chapter of the Moby Dick marathon was read by actor Steven Weber (who I used to watch every week in WINGS).
Gave me chills.
This event drew 3,100 people. Hundreds stayed all 25 hours. And it’s free! Mark your calendar for January 9 & 10, 2027.
🔗 in threads for deets
Gave me chills.
This event drew 3,100 people. Hundreds stayed all 25 hours. And it’s free! Mark your calendar for January 9 & 10, 2027.
🔗 in threads for deets
One of the final readers of the Moby Dick marathon is a park ranger ❤️
I bet you didn’t know that we are reading this novel at a museum within the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, a NPS property!
I bet you didn’t know that we are reading this novel at a museum within the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, a NPS property!
January 4, 2026 at 5:46 PM
One of the final readers of the Moby Dick marathon is a park ranger ❤️
I bet you didn’t know that we are reading this novel at a museum within the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, a NPS property!
I bet you didn’t know that we are reading this novel at a museum within the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, a NPS property!
We’ve officially reached 24 hours of the Moby Dick marathon. Just two chapters left.
Perfect timing. It stopped snowing here in New Bedford and, from the reading room, we now can see the harbor — where both Herman Melville and his character Ishmael launched their respective whaling adventures.
Perfect timing. It stopped snowing here in New Bedford and, from the reading room, we now can see the harbor — where both Herman Melville and his character Ishmael launched their respective whaling adventures.
January 4, 2026 at 5:12 PM
We’ve officially reached 24 hours of the Moby Dick marathon. Just two chapters left.
Perfect timing. It stopped snowing here in New Bedford and, from the reading room, we now can see the harbor — where both Herman Melville and his character Ishmael launched their respective whaling adventures.
Perfect timing. It stopped snowing here in New Bedford and, from the reading room, we now can see the harbor — where both Herman Melville and his character Ishmael launched their respective whaling adventures.
We’re officially 23 hours and 35 minutes into the Moby Dick reading marathon! It’s the part where people read sections in different languages. Here’s a high school humanities teacher from Pennsylvania kicking it off with German.
We’re at chapter 129, continuously read by over 200 readers.
We’re at chapter 129, continuously read by over 200 readers.
January 4, 2026 at 4:42 PM
We’re officially 23 hours and 35 minutes into the Moby Dick reading marathon! It’s the part where people read sections in different languages. Here’s a high school humanities teacher from Pennsylvania kicking it off with German.
We’re at chapter 129, continuously read by over 200 readers.
We’re at chapter 129, continuously read by over 200 readers.
Check this out! 🖼️
Over 25 attendees (and me) made this mural inspired by Moby Dick at an art shop across from the New Bedford Whaling Museum where we are attending the Moby Dick marathon right now. Peak art creation was 11pm to 2am, a break to get outside and use your hands during all the reading.
Over 25 attendees (and me) made this mural inspired by Moby Dick at an art shop across from the New Bedford Whaling Museum where we are attending the Moby Dick marathon right now. Peak art creation was 11pm to 2am, a break to get outside and use your hands during all the reading.
January 4, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Check this out! 🖼️
Over 25 attendees (and me) made this mural inspired by Moby Dick at an art shop across from the New Bedford Whaling Museum where we are attending the Moby Dick marathon right now. Peak art creation was 11pm to 2am, a break to get outside and use your hands during all the reading.
Over 25 attendees (and me) made this mural inspired by Moby Dick at an art shop across from the New Bedford Whaling Museum where we are attending the Moby Dick marathon right now. Peak art creation was 11pm to 2am, a break to get outside and use your hands during all the reading.
Check out these Gen Z bros lighting up the Moby Dick Marathon reading at 6:10am right now in New Bedford, MA.
Most of the people who endured here in the museum up until this point are under 30 years old. Guys, the kids are all right.
Most of the people who endured here in the museum up until this point are under 30 years old. Guys, the kids are all right.
January 4, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Check out these Gen Z bros lighting up the Moby Dick Marathon reading at 6:10am right now in New Bedford, MA.
Most of the people who endured here in the museum up until this point are under 30 years old. Guys, the kids are all right.
Most of the people who endured here in the museum up until this point are under 30 years old. Guys, the kids are all right.
It’s 5:53am and we are 17 hours into the continued out-loud reading of Moby Dick. Our friends on the Pequod just encountered the French ship, the Rose-bud.
There are still about 100 people in the main auditorium, about about 200 reading along in overflow rooms or in sleeping bags on the floor.
There are still about 100 people in the main auditorium, about about 200 reading along in overflow rooms or in sleeping bags on the floor.
January 4, 2026 at 11:03 AM
It’s 5:53am and we are 17 hours into the continued out-loud reading of Moby Dick. Our friends on the Pequod just encountered the French ship, the Rose-bud.
There are still about 100 people in the main auditorium, about about 200 reading along in overflow rooms or in sleeping bags on the floor.
There are still about 100 people in the main auditorium, about about 200 reading along in overflow rooms or in sleeping bags on the floor.
We are 16 hours into the Moby Dick reading marathon. It’s 4:44am and the coffee station ran out of cups. 😬 The read aloud session in the auditorium is piped in from a speaker.
January 4, 2026 at 10:02 AM
We are 16 hours into the Moby Dick reading marathon. It’s 4:44am and the coffee station ran out of cups. 😬 The read aloud session in the auditorium is piped in from a speaker.
Update from 11 hours into the Moby Dick marathon:
The “quiet room” is starting to fill up with people bedding down for the night. Real “night at the museum” vibes.
The out-loud reading presses on in the museum auditorium downstairs, readers taking turns.
The “quiet room” is starting to fill up with people bedding down for the night. Real “night at the museum” vibes.
The out-loud reading presses on in the museum auditorium downstairs, readers taking turns.
January 4, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Update from 11 hours into the Moby Dick marathon:
The “quiet room” is starting to fill up with people bedding down for the night. Real “night at the museum” vibes.
The out-loud reading presses on in the museum auditorium downstairs, readers taking turns.
The “quiet room” is starting to fill up with people bedding down for the night. Real “night at the museum” vibes.
The out-loud reading presses on in the museum auditorium downstairs, readers taking turns.
Captain Ahab is a very Trump-like figure.
This goes through my mind 9 hours and 16 minutes into the Moby Dick marathon (I’m still going!)
Outside this packed auditorium, more people read along in overflow rooms, filling the hallways and exhibit halls with lawn chairs and sleeping bags.
This goes through my mind 9 hours and 16 minutes into the Moby Dick marathon (I’m still going!)
Outside this packed auditorium, more people read along in overflow rooms, filling the hallways and exhibit halls with lawn chairs and sleeping bags.
January 4, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Captain Ahab is a very Trump-like figure.
This goes through my mind 9 hours and 16 minutes into the Moby Dick marathon (I’m still going!)
Outside this packed auditorium, more people read along in overflow rooms, filling the hallways and exhibit halls with lawn chairs and sleeping bags.
This goes through my mind 9 hours and 16 minutes into the Moby Dick marathon (I’m still going!)
Outside this packed auditorium, more people read along in overflow rooms, filling the hallways and exhibit halls with lawn chairs and sleeping bags.
At 8 hours and 30 minutes into the Moby Dick reading marathon here in Massachusetts, the entirety of chapter 41 was read by Senator Ed Markey!
Now back to in-person live reading…
@markey.senate.gov
Now back to in-person live reading…
@markey.senate.gov
January 4, 2026 at 1:34 AM
At 8 hours and 30 minutes into the Moby Dick reading marathon here in Massachusetts, the entirety of chapter 41 was read by Senator Ed Markey!
Now back to in-person live reading…
@markey.senate.gov
Now back to in-person live reading…
@markey.senate.gov
We’re now 7 hours and 5 minutes into the Moby Dick marathon! Chapter 36 underway….”Enter Ahab: Then, all.”
I just took a 1 hour break for a fish sandwich and walk around New Bedford to stretch legs. But back at it! About to hunker down for the next 18 hours of reading…
I just took a 1 hour break for a fish sandwich and walk around New Bedford to stretch legs. But back at it! About to hunker down for the next 18 hours of reading…
January 4, 2026 at 12:10 AM
We’re now 7 hours and 5 minutes into the Moby Dick marathon! Chapter 36 underway….”Enter Ahab: Then, all.”
I just took a 1 hour break for a fish sandwich and walk around New Bedford to stretch legs. But back at it! About to hunker down for the next 18 hours of reading…
I just took a 1 hour break for a fish sandwich and walk around New Bedford to stretch legs. But back at it! About to hunker down for the next 18 hours of reading…
When the Moby Dick reading marathon runs out of chairs and you have to sit on the floor inside a dead whales mouth.
January 3, 2026 at 9:08 PM
When the Moby Dick reading marathon runs out of chairs and you have to sit on the floor inside a dead whales mouth.
I am 3 hours and 45 minutes into reading Moby Dick alongside 2,000 strangers at the annual Moby Dick marathon in New Bedford, MA. 🐳
Just 21 hours left to go!
Can I make it?
Just 21 hours left to go!
Can I make it?
January 3, 2026 at 8:47 PM
I am 3 hours and 45 minutes into reading Moby Dick alongside 2,000 strangers at the annual Moby Dick marathon in New Bedford, MA. 🐳
Just 21 hours left to go!
Can I make it?
Just 21 hours left to go!
Can I make it?
Just gonna leave this here 🐈
January 2, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Just gonna leave this here 🐈
Out of the office.
❄️ ⛷️👍🏻
❄️ ⛷️👍🏻
January 2, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Out of the office.
❄️ ⛷️👍🏻
❄️ ⛷️👍🏻