Francesca
@kelpprincess.bsky.social
#oceans advocate + #freediving geek #narrative organizing
@free_dive on Twitter
@kelpprincess on IG
@free_dive on Twitter
@kelpprincess on IG
Worth the read a new blog on some helpful #narratives we are seeing post #climate related flooding here in the US:
narrativeinitiative.org/blog/floodin...
narrativeinitiative.org/blog/floodin...
"Flooding The Zone": On Narrative Power During Climate Catastrophes • Narrative Initiative
A close look at the harmful and helpful narratives that emerged during the Texas Floods of July 2025–and what they can tell us about the narrative power needed for a true, pluralistic democracy.
narrativeinitiative.org
August 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Worth the read a new blog on some helpful #narratives we are seeing post #climate related flooding here in the US:
narrativeinitiative.org/blog/floodin...
narrativeinitiative.org/blog/floodin...
New paper introducing the term of SUPER HABITAT for sharks in which all critical activities (resting, feeding, mating & giving birth) occurs.
🦈🌴❤️🍽️ 👶
Access the paper here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@dr-yannis.bsky.social @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social
🦈🌴❤️🍽️ 👶
Access the paper here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@dr-yannis.bsky.social @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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🚨Trump is gutting NOAA and NWS while climate change is causing catastrophic extreme weather.🌊🌪️🌀🔥
@rephuffman.bsky.social and I introduced my Stop NOAA Closures Act so the President can’t close labs predicting storms & leave Americans vulnerable to disasters.
@rephuffman.bsky.social and I introduced my Stop NOAA Closures Act so the President can’t close labs predicting storms & leave Americans vulnerable to disasters.
July 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
🚨Trump is gutting NOAA and NWS while climate change is causing catastrophic extreme weather.🌊🌪️🌀🔥
@rephuffman.bsky.social and I introduced my Stop NOAA Closures Act so the President can’t close labs predicting storms & leave Americans vulnerable to disasters.
@rephuffman.bsky.social and I introduced my Stop NOAA Closures Act so the President can’t close labs predicting storms & leave Americans vulnerable to disasters.
On my way to be in the water upside down 🙃 with these lovely folks #deepdominica #freediving
July 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
On my way to be in the water upside down 🙃 with these lovely folks #deepdominica #freediving
On #BiodiversityDay, we’re celebrating life on an ocean world. Our survival and ability to thrive are inextricably linked with the health of the planet and all of its inhabitants. Over 90% of the habitable space on Earth is in the Ocean, which is home to much of the planet’s biodiversity.
May 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
A great new blog to read from Zakyree on my team at @narrativepower.bsky.social
www.narrativeinitiative.org/blog-meeting...
#narrativeorganizing #health
www.narrativeinitiative.org/blog-meeting...
#narrativeorganizing #health
Meeting Crisis with Community
Communities are stepping in where institutions fall short with mutual aid, community health organizations, and reclaiming narrative agency; these communities are fostering solutions anchored in hope, ...
www.narrativeinitiative.org
May 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
A great new blog to read from Zakyree on my team at @narrativepower.bsky.social
www.narrativeinitiative.org/blog-meeting...
#narrativeorganizing #health
www.narrativeinitiative.org/blog-meeting...
#narrativeorganizing #health
Swimming in #wildflowers on #tomalespoint trail
May 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Swimming in #wildflowers on #tomalespoint trail
🇺🇲Stand up for our economy, health, public safety, and national security. Tell this administration to stay away from cuts to @noaa.gov
🏙️Support for the agency means support for our coasts, communities and livelihoods.
bit.ly/3QUKt4F
#SaveNOAA
🏙️Support for the agency means support for our coasts, communities and livelihoods.
bit.ly/3QUKt4F
#SaveNOAA
SIGN ON: Letter to Protect NOAA
*This letter is intended for those with authorization to sign-on on behalf of their business or organization--it is not intended for individual or unauthorized signers. If you are an individual lookin...
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March 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🇺🇲Stand up for our economy, health, public safety, and national security. Tell this administration to stay away from cuts to @noaa.gov
🏙️Support for the agency means support for our coasts, communities and livelihoods.
bit.ly/3QUKt4F
#SaveNOAA
🏙️Support for the agency means support for our coasts, communities and livelihoods.
bit.ly/3QUKt4F
#SaveNOAA
March 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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WTF is happening in DC? My roommates @repgregstanton.bsky.social, @levin.house.gov, and I will tell you tonight at 3:30pm PT/6:30pm ET on @housedemocrats.bsky.social #WTFShow. Tune in on Instagram Live @rephuffman!
March 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
WTF is happening in DC? My roommates @repgregstanton.bsky.social, @levin.house.gov, and I will tell you tonight at 3:30pm PT/6:30pm ET on @housedemocrats.bsky.social #WTFShow. Tune in on Instagram Live @rephuffman!
Add your voice and let’s save NOAA ☝🏼🌊💙🙏🏽 and protect our economy ecosystem, our coastal communities, fisheries, & marine life. #SaveNOAA
#addocean
bit.ly/3QUKt4F
#addocean
bit.ly/3QUKt4F
SIGN ON: Letter to Protect NOAA
Dear Members of Congress,
The businesses, organizations, and institutions signed below strongly urge you to oppose actions by the Trump administration to dismantle, privatize, or significantly diminis...
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February 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Add your voice and let’s save NOAA ☝🏼🌊💙🙏🏽 and protect our economy ecosystem, our coastal communities, fisheries, & marine life. #SaveNOAA
#addocean
bit.ly/3QUKt4F
#addocean
bit.ly/3QUKt4F
Looking forward to sharing #kelprestorationproject knowledge with grad students at @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social this week and helping Professor Claire Paris with her #scientificfreediving class — see you in the blue 🌊 💙 🧜🏾♀️ #oceanadvocate #addocean
February 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Looking forward to sharing #kelprestorationproject knowledge with grad students at @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social this week and helping Professor Claire Paris with her #scientificfreediving class — see you in the blue 🌊 💙 🧜🏾♀️ #oceanadvocate #addocean
@rephuffman.bsky.social thank you for your leadership and consistent support to Keep Ecosystems Living and Productive aka #helpourkelpact of 2025
huffman.house.gov/media-center...
huffman.house.gov/media-center...
February 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
@rephuffman.bsky.social thank you for your leadership and consistent support to Keep Ecosystems Living and Productive aka #helpourkelpact of 2025
huffman.house.gov/media-center...
huffman.house.gov/media-center...
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America is two continents, not one country. And the Gulf of Mexico has been called that since before there was that one country, the United States of America, and before the West Coast was even mapped-- note the Island of California in map #2).
January 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
America is two continents, not one country. And the Gulf of Mexico has been called that since before there was that one country, the United States of America, and before the West Coast was even mapped-- note the Island of California in map #2).
@farallonesnews.bsky.social of interest for us:
#PointReyes ranchers, National Park Service, environmentalists reach agreement on disputed land www.marinij.com/2025/01/09/i...
#PointReyes ranchers, National Park Service, environmentalists reach agreement on disputed land www.marinij.com/2025/01/09/i...
Point Reyes ranchers, National Park Service, environmentalists reach agreement on disputed land
Nearly all the ranches will give up their leases in exchange for money, ending an agricultural era that began long before the creation of the park.
www.marinij.com
January 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
@farallonesnews.bsky.social of interest for us:
#PointReyes ranchers, National Park Service, environmentalists reach agreement on disputed land www.marinij.com/2025/01/09/i...
#PointReyes ranchers, National Park Service, environmentalists reach agreement on disputed land www.marinij.com/2025/01/09/i...
Worth a read …
I wrote a thing, because these fires are in the increasingly common category of shocking but not surprising. Neither unprecedented nor unforeseen by those who study the subjects.....
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The chronicle of a fire foretold | Rebecca Solnit
The current fires in Los Angeles are reminders of the costs of forgetting
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Worth a read …
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For the past two years, Narrative Initiative and the Unicorn Authors Club have partnered on the
Changemaker Authors Conference: a space where activists, writers, and publishers come together to learn and build community.
🧵 (1/3)
Changemaker Authors Conference: a space where activists, writers, and publishers come together to learn and build community.
🧵 (1/3)
January 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
For the past two years, Narrative Initiative and the Unicorn Authors Club have partnered on the
Changemaker Authors Conference: a space where activists, writers, and publishers come together to learn and build community.
🧵 (1/3)
Changemaker Authors Conference: a space where activists, writers, and publishers come together to learn and build community.
🧵 (1/3)
A great write up in the @nytimes.com about our work in the #GFNMS and beyond :)
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/c...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/c...
What a Marine Heat Wave Reveals About Our Warming Oceans
An extreme heat wave off California’s coast seemed like an anomaly 10 years ago. But as the ocean warms, the catastrophe may be a glimpse of the future.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2024 at 5:03 PM
A great write up in the @nytimes.com about our work in the #GFNMS and beyond :)
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/c...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/c...
Worth a follow #nature #environment
For anyone just getting started here, I created a list to help you find some smart, hopeful, angry, beautiful writing about this watery plant-strewn rock floating in the middle of the cosmos we all happen to live on.
Feel free to suggest additions!
go.bsky.app/5Z65eat
Feel free to suggest additions!
go.bsky.app/5Z65eat
November 24, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Worth a follow #nature #environment
It’s amazing to see “spores” we planted+advocated for come to life 🌿💙🤩👊🏽
I’ve been working on #kelprestoration
for many years - while we have a ways to go, with new young leaders like Julieta Gomez 💙 I know we will go far!
www.marinij.com/2024/11/14/b...
I’ve been working on #kelprestoration
for many years - while we have a ways to go, with new young leaders like Julieta Gomez 💙 I know we will go far!
www.marinij.com/2024/11/14/b...
Braving sharks, urchins, Bay Area scientists nurture kelp forests
“Kelp is a hot topic right now,” said Gina Contolini, a kelp restoration specialist with the Greater Farallones Association, who coordinates removal of sea urchins that feed on it.
www.marinij.com
November 21, 2024 at 6:33 PM
It’s amazing to see “spores” we planted+advocated for come to life 🌿💙🤩👊🏽
I’ve been working on #kelprestoration
for many years - while we have a ways to go, with new young leaders like Julieta Gomez 💙 I know we will go far!
www.marinij.com/2024/11/14/b...
I’ve been working on #kelprestoration
for many years - while we have a ways to go, with new young leaders like Julieta Gomez 💙 I know we will go far!
www.marinij.com/2024/11/14/b...
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Jay: I think social media should be basically common infrastructure that society gets to use and evolve it as society evolves, building a more democratic form of social media to reflect a democratic society.
November 20, 2024 at 4:17 PM
@ramanfrey.bsky.social hello 👋🏼 logging back in here for the first time in over 6 months — let’s see how it goes 💙✨
November 14, 2024 at 12:01 PM
@ramanfrey.bsky.social hello 👋🏼 logging back in here for the first time in over 6 months — let’s see how it goes 💙✨
A nonbinary teen is dead. The cops aren't helping.
Nex Benedict deserved so much better.
www.thehandbasket.co
February 23, 2024 at 11:05 PM