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SaltyDogFella ⚓️ @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 2h

McCormick spice company has a $140 million tariff problem

⚓️Well, there goes my famous Turkey 🦃 stuffing and my spiced cider. “Most spices, including black pepper, cinnamon, turmeric, ginger, nutmeg, vanilla, and cloves, require tropical conditions and cannot be cultivated in the United States”

McCormick spice company has a $140 million tariff problem

McCormick & Company, a spice giant based in Hunt Valley, said in an earnings call Tuesday that it anticipates $140 million in annual costs associated with President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

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SaltyDogFella ⚓️ @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 3h

Glacier melt will lead to ice-free peaks 🏔️ in California for first time in human history

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Glacier melt will lead to ice-free peaks in California for first time in human history

New research shows massive glaciers in Sierra Nevada projected to melt away by the beginning of the next century

www.theguardian.com

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SaltyDogFella ⚓️ @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 3h

BIMCO Calculates a Third of Ships Could Have to Pay Fees Under USTR Program

⚓️ A word to the wise, do your holiday 🎄shopping 🎁 early this year, America. 🤔

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BIMCO Calculates a Third of Ships Could Have to Pay Fees Under USTR Program

The U.S. Trade Representative’s port fee program is due to go into effect in less than a week, and with no more guidance having been issued, speculat...

maritime-executive.com

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SaltyDogFella ⚓️ @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 3h

Autonomous 🤖 ships to learn to read navigation 🧭 data in new UK 🇬🇧 project
⚓️You know, I once told a bunch of shipping ‘experts’ that sometime in their career they would see robotic ships sailing the seas maybe without captains or crew, and they kind of laughed at me. Theyre not laughing now.☹️

Autonomous ships to learn how to read navigation data in new UK project

The project was launched in Plymouth by the UK Hydrographic Office and Marine AI, a company specialising in maritime autonomy software.

www.ship-technology.com

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SaltyDogFella ⚓️ @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 3h

russian stocks plunge to three-year low after Foreign Ministry comments on relations with US

⚓️ Ruble Truble, the new front line looks like this 📉

Russian stocks plunge to three-year low after Foreign Ministry comments on relations with US

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www.pravda.com.ua

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SaltyDogFella ⚓️ @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 3h

russian gas production ‘buckles’ under Ukrainian strikes & Kremlin enforces blackout on foreign SIM cards | Ukraine: The Latest

⚓️ PeTROLLeum trouble 🎧 Podcast

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Russian gas production ‘buckles’ under Ukrainian strikes & Kremlin enforces blackout on foreign SIM cards | Ukraine: The Latest

Listen to Russian gas production ‘buckles’ under Ukrainian strikes & Kremlin enforces blackout on foreign SIM cards from Ukraine: The Latest. Day 1,323Today, as Moscow tightens restrictions on gas…

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SaltyDogFella ⚓️ @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 4h

russia expands gasoline sale restrictions amid fuel shortages, refinery strikes

⚓️ PeTROLLeum ⛽️ trouble. Get it? 👿

kyivindependent.com/russia-expan...

Russia expands gasoline sale restrictions amid fuel shortages, refinery strikes

The move comes as Ukraine's continued drone strikes on Russian oil refineries strain domestic fuel supplies.

kyivindependent.com

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SaltyDogFella ⚓️ @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 4h

Report: EU to Include Issuers of False Flags in Shadow Fleet Sanctions

⚓️ Ships with RED flags, and blue flags, and flags with stripes and flags with little stars on them and green ones……

maritime-executive.com/article/repo...

Report: EU to Include Issuers of False Flags in Shadow Fleet Sanctions

False flags and the companies supplying them are reported to be the latest target in the efforts to rein in the shadow fleet of tankers supporting Ru...

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SaltyDogFella ⚓️ @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 4h

AI Hacked – How Would We Know?

⚓️ I don’t know who this “Commander of Naval Opinions’ is, but its like he’s in my brain stealing my thoughts. Navigation 🧭 and Navygation with AI 🤖

navy-matters.blogspot.com/2025/10/ai-h...

AI Hacked – How Would We Know?

Since the age of sail, sailors have mastered the skill of navigation on the open seas using the stars and a sextant. What happened when we...

navy-matters.blogspot.com

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SaltyDogFella ⚓️ @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 14h

I added some more stuff to my ‘Artsy Stuff’ 🖼️ starter pack.

Some sculpture, some African American painters and photographer, Impressionist painters, Harvard Art Galleries, Met collections, Smithsonian and more.

If you like art 🖼️, you will like something there.

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SaltyDogFella ⚓️ @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 1d

Feed of the day:

International Ukraine News Feed 2

News 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇫🇷 📰 🇺🇦

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BYTESEU @byteseu.bsky.social · 1d

Why Russia’s Return to Cavalry Shows Its Desperation in the Drone Era — UNITED24 Media

https://www.byteseu.com/1430243/

In a war defined by drones, satellites, and electronic warfare, videos of Russian soldiers on horseback in occupied Ukraine are a symptom of exhaustion—an army running out …

Why Russia’s Return to Cavalry Shows Its Desperation in the Drone Era — UNITED24 Media - Bytes Europe

In a war defined by drones, satellites, and electronic warfare, videos of Russian soldiers on horseback in occupied Ukraine are a symptom of exhaustion—an

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SaltyDogFella ⚓️ @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 1d

Tanker Freight Rates for Russian Crude to India Climb

⚓️ ruble truble 👿

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Tanker Freight Rates for Russian Crude to India Climb

Tanker freight rates for shipping Urals crude from Russia’s western ports to India rose further in late September and early October…

www.marinelink.com

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SaltyDogFella ⚓️ @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 1d

🤣 I loved Bob Ross. I used to watch him on tv. He was so calm and relaxed, and he could take a blank canvas and turn it into a really nice landscape in 30 minutes. I was impressed.

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SaltyDogFella ⚓️ @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 1d

Get yourself some happy little trees 🌴 🌲 🌳.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

www.pbs.org

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SaltyDogFella ⚓️ @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 1d

Tears and Joy in Ukraine POW Swap: ‘I’ll Hug 🤗 and Kiss 😘 Him’

⚓️ ❎🅾️❎🅾️

www.kyivpost.com/videos/61536

Tears and Joy in Ukraine POW Swap: ‘I’ll Hug and Kiss Him’

Kyiv Post team visited a prisoner exchange in northern Ukraine. Families who had been waiting months and even years for their loved ones finally saw them return from Russian captivity.

www.kyivpost.com

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SaltyDogFella ⚓️ @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 1d

New Warning of Numerous Reports of Global Navigation 🧭 and AIS Interference

⚓️ “To err is human, to really foul things up requires a computer.“

New Warning of Numerous Reports of Global Navigation and AIS Interference

UK Maritime Trade Operations issued a new advisory after receiving an increased number of reports of interference that is impacting the Global Navigat...

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SaltyDogFella ⚓️ @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 1d

The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist

"I was not born to amuse the Tsars."
- Alexander Pushkin

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist

The long read: Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were…

www.theguardian.com

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SaltyDogFella ⚓️ @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 1d

Medieval Cybersecurity: Ancient Tactics for Digital Defenses

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Medieval Cybersecurity: Ancient Tactics for Digital Defenses

Discover how medieval defense strategies influence modern cybersecurity practices. Learn about ancient tactics shaping today's digital security landscape.

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SaltyDogFella ⚓️ @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 2d

Unfortunately, it's not the first one.

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SaltyDogFella ⚓️ @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 2d

russian Drones Hit Sumy Maternity Hospital After Ukraine Strikes Energy Facilities Inside russia

⚓️ What is the worst possible thing that a person could ever be?
Corrupt?
Liar?
Cheater?
Thief?
Murderer?

Baby Killer. I’d say the worst thing you can be is a baby 👼killer 🗡️ . russia does that.

Russian Drones Hit Sumy Maternity Hospital After Ukraine Strikes Energy Facilities Inside Russia

Russian forces struck several sites across Ukraine, including a medical facility in the Ukrainian city of Sumy, after Kyiv carried out a massive drone attack on Russia's Belgorod region, knocking out…

www.rferl.org

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SaltyDogFella ⚓️ @saltydogfella.bsky.social · 2d

Seafarer from Dutch Cargo Ship Dies a Week After Houthi Attack

⚓️ Someone please tell the Houthis that murdering sailors isn’t going to change what shipowners do or where ships go? When a Pinoy sailor gets on a Dutch ship with in Singapore they may have no idea where they’re going.