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Kate Pennington
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Writer, Pagan, Witch, Ace, Fat, Disabled. Artist, happily Married. Cetacean watcher & writer. Cat Lady. I do things with words & lots of (bio-degradable) glitter. She / Her Newsletter: https://www.whaletalesandglitter.com/
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Kate Pennington @callmeglitter.bsky.social · 16d
The first Whale Tales & Glitter newsletter of 2026 is out tomorrow and its all about Baby Whales! Plus Spotlight on RADM Evelyn Fields of NOAA, and Good whale news! #marinelife 🦑 #Whales #MarineMammals #Orca #Humpback #BabyWhales #RADMEvelynFields
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A dark gray Humpback whale and her light gray, newly born calf, swim through vibrant blue water. The calf is directly above mom, taking a breath of air. They’re almost half the length of mom. Screenshot from a drone video taken early January 2026 by GE Keoni /Bob Marlin Charters on TikTok Two long, slender, blue whales (light gray-blue in color), a mother and her calf, swim from right to left through deep blue water. Photo: David Serradell in the Sea of Cortez, Baja California Mexico. A Black woman in a formal dress, dark blue uniform jacket with white collared blouse. She is smiling at the camera. Her jacket has bands of gold on each sleeve. There is a name tag on the left side of her jacket and rows of ribbon bars on her right side. She wears a white and black woman’s naval cap with gold braid. Behind her two official flags. Photo: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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This video will run in the library for the remainder of the week to support the International Day of Women and Girls in Science and highlight the work of Dr Anderson & Professor Zondervan to our readers #FEBRUARY11 #IDWGS2026
February 11, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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Viet Nam and Laos move toward binding river data-sharing pact. The two countries announced they will sign a transboundary water cooperation agreement by mid-2026, creating shared data systems for rivers spanning both countries. IUCN tinyurl.com/25wk377p
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Viet Nam and Lao PDR strengthen cooperation on transboundary rivers
On 22 December 2025 in Hanoi, Nguyen Hoang Hiep, Vice Minister of Agriculture and Environment (MAE) of Viet Nam with special responsibility for water met Chanthanet Boualapha, Vice Minister of MAE of…
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January 29, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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The first Whale Tales & Glitter newsletter of 2026 is out tomorrow and its all about Baby Whales! Plus Spotlight on RADM Evelyn Fields of NOAA, and Good whale news! #marinelife 🦑 #Whales #MarineMammals #Orca #Humpback #BabyWhales #RADMEvelynFields
www.whaletalesandglitter.com
A dark gray Humpback whale and her light gray, newly born calf, swim through vibrant blue water. The calf is directly above mom, taking a breath of air. They’re almost half the length of mom. Screenshot from a drone video taken early January 2026 by GE Keoni /Bob Marlin Charters on TikTok Two long, slender, blue whales (light gray-blue in color), a mother and her calf, swim from right to left through deep blue water. Photo: David Serradell in the Sea of Cortez, Baja California Mexico. A Black woman in a formal dress, dark blue uniform jacket with white collared blouse. She is smiling at the camera. Her jacket has bands of gold on each sleeve. There is a name tag on the left side of her jacket and rows of ribbon bars on her right side. She wears a white and black woman’s naval cap with gold braid. Behind her two official flags. Photo: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
January 29, 2026 at 6:29 AM
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Had a lovely walk with a friend along the shore at Pt. Isabel while the SF skyline and Marin hills were painted with sunset colors.

#Photography #Nature #SanFrancisco #EastBayRegionalParks #iPhonePhotography #Sunset
A ribbon of water winds through a channel at sunset. near the horizon the water is nearly sliver, shifting to reflected peach and yellow as it comes down to fill the bottom of frame with darkness. Above, the horizon is washed with deep orange, peach, and light yellow blending into the incoming night sky. SF skyline at night as seen from the east side of the bay the city is a brightly lit with normal nighttime lights and extra for the winter holidays. on the left the Bay Bride, also lit up with warm lights, flows the the edge of the image. The bay mirrors both the deepening dark of the sky and all the lights. Landscape view of low tide in a channel that runs into the SF Bay. the water is silvered blue, reflecting the oranges of the setting sun. the land on either side of the channel is nearly black with a pair of evergreen trees silhouetted in black. The Golden Gat bridge flows between Marin on the right and SF, unseen, behind the trees. behind the trees and bay
December 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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A seasonal fun fact you can share at your holiday parties this week!

#WhaleTales #Whalemas
December 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Some photos from W W trip in Sept. w/ Discovery WW in Monterey, CA. It was a great trip, though one of the rougher rides I've been on. I got seasick for the first time that I can remember. So worth it with the two pairs of Humpbacks we saw! #marinelife 🦑 #Whales #MarineMammals #Humpback #Pelican
Humpback whale rising, tubercle dotted nose first from gray-green water. A pair of brown Western Gulls are flying around its head. A Brown Pelican, long wings outstretched, is taking off from the surface of green-gray water. It's head and neck are white, much of the rest of its body is brown. Two Humpback whales at the surface of nearly gray water, under a fog-gray sky. Their humped dorsal fins are showing while gulls circle around them. Kate and family on the boat as we head out of the harbor. Left to Right: Kate, a white woman smiling at the camera under a blue baseball cap. Beside her is her hubby Scott, also smiling at the camera. He is a white man with red and salt-n-pepper mustache and chin beard. On the right is our friend Cat, also smiling. She is a white woman with dark hair braided into a long queue. They are all bundled up in layers under windbreakers.
December 15, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Took the boys to the vet to see the Cardiologist (Jack for a check up of his HTCM, Charlie for a new, faint heart murmur) They both did really well and entertained all w/ the songs of their people. The Cardiologist is happy w/ their test results.

The boys *Crashed* out on Hubby's lap afterwards.
Two orange and white cats sleeping between my hubby's legs which are covered in nearly orange pants. On the left is Charlie who is a short haired. On the right, resting his head on Charlie, is Jack, who is slightly smaller and long haire.
December 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Whoohoo!! This will be awesome.
cjlavigne.com C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · Sep 22
REMINDER: we're launching my new novella, The Drowned Man's Daughter, online this Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 7pm MDT / 9pm Eastern! Come for the illustrious @premeemohamed.com! I also hear that a wild @jennabutler.bsky.social may appear? UNMISSABLE. Register for free: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-drowne...
The Drowned Man's Daughter digital book launch
You are invited to the digital book launch of award-winning writer C.J. Lavigne’s brand new book The Drowned Man’s Daughter!
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September 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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🐋WT&G No. 7 🐋 is up: Gone Whale Watching! A Quick Look at some of the amazing things I saw on 3 recent trips. Plus a new website and Spotlight on Mary Anning, Marine Paleontologist #marinelife 🦑 #Whales #MarineMammals #Orca #Fin #Humpback #MaryAnning www.whaletalesandglitter.com
A collage of 5 images: 1 & 2 are stacked on the left. 3 - 5 are stacked on the right. 1 - Two Orca swimming away from the camera. On the L is an adult with a large black dorsal fin, black back and a patch of light gray behind the dorsal fin. On the right is a calf just coming up through the water, bubbles from its blow billowing just under the surface. 2- A Humpback whale leaping out of the water, twisting in mid air, long pectoral fins swing around its torso. The lighter/white underside of its belly is showing while its head is dipped back toward its eventual landing point. 3- A Fin whale rests at the water's surface among small ripples of waves. It's dark gray back is curved and its triangular dorsal fin showing. Behind and to the left, a whale watching boat and its passengers watch. 4 - A painted portrait of Mary Anning. She wears a green overdress/coat with red trim along the bottom hem and a light colored bonnet. She has dark hard and her face is pale. 5- Whsle Tales & Glitter Logo: a Humpback whale’s tail just before a dive with two birds and the words Whale Tales & Glitter in bright blue.
September 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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WT&G No. 7: Gone Whale Watching! A Quick Look at some of the amazing things I saw on three recent trips Is out tomorrow! Plus a new website and Spotlight on Mary Anning, Marine Paleontologist www.whaletalesandglitter.com/subscribe
Two Orca swimming away from the camera. On the L is an adult with a large black dorsal fin, black back and a patch of light gray behind the dorsal fin. On the right is a calf just coming up through the water, bubbles from its blow billowing just under the surface. A Humpback whale leaping out of the water, twisting in mid air, long pectoral fins swing around its torso. The lighter/white underside of its belly is showing while its head is dipped back toward its eventual landing point. A painted portrait of Mary Anning. She wears a green overdress/coat with red trim along the bottom hem and a light colored bonnet. She has dark hard and her face is pale. She carries a tan bag and a hammer/tool for fossil hunting. At her feet is a black and white dog.
September 9, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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Our local crow's nest is very noisy today. Me thinks the family has a new fledgling. I wonder if the parents will use our yard as a day-care again? Though our yard is less crow baby friendly these days w/ more stuff. The adults were always near the baby, in the trees etc. #Crow #Corvid #Wildlife
A fledgling crow: mostly black with bits of grey under plumage showing on their side, looks into a square-ish pond that is covered by a black, wide-mesh-cover. A light gray statue stands behind and to the left of the crow, green plants reach up to the cover from the water on the lower right side.
June 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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The "problem" with being married to a software engineer is that they look at your cute little spreadsheet and a light bulb goes off in their eyes. 24 hours later they tell you they have a first start on a prototype thingee that will be super helpful. And might even be good for other people. wheee!
May 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Another story submission done. Whhhhhhy is the processes so nerve wracking??? its just clicks on a screen. It's not like the end result will define my life or anything. *runs whimpering into the void* *the void is sleepy and overbooked* *sigh*
May 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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this sounds amazing! And there's a live stream for it as well. I'm hoping they'll also record it and make it available online afterwards.

"Sir Ian McKellen to open historic all-trans and nonbinary production of Twelfth Night"

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Sir Ian McKellen to open historic all-trans and nonbinary production of Twelfth Night
Director Phoebe Kemp said: "Twelfth Night already toys with gender and performance – it feels like Shakespeare wrote it for us"
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May 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Really loving my first @wiscon.bsky.social even with low spoons. Good panels and tons of neat folks - many new and some old. And a good start to my "Conference season" lol it a season if you're only attending two? :)
May 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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I've officially typed zooplankton enough that my word processor now offers it to me when I type zoo. I feel like I just leveled up in marine science-y-ness.

why yes, I am (finally) finishing up my notes from April's adventure with 3 whale watching trips in three days.

#zooplankton #MarineScience
May 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Issue No. 6 of Whale Tales and Glitter is out & all about my favorite thing: Whale Watching- the how, why, where, and when of it all! Also the May marine biology spotlight is Professor Idelisa Bonnelly, Mother of marine conservation in the Caribbean. www.whaletalesandglitter.com

#marinelife 🦑
A mother and calf Humpback whales arch their backs, showing the tip of their dorsal fins. The calf, on the left and in front of mom, is light gray and very smooth. Mom is dark gray with some dips and bumps on her back. The water around them is gray-green merging with the gray sky at a barely perceptible line. Me and the sweetie, both pink-cheeked from the wind, pose for a post-whale watch photo. Scott, on the right wears a black and red jacket, Kate on the right is in a blue windbreaker, we are standing at the back of the boat with thick fog and clouds behind us rolling toward dark tree-lined slopes leading to gray-green water. Professor Bonnelly, an older woman with light brown skin and salt-n-pepper hair. She wears a white blazer, red blouse, a strand of pearls, and glasses. She is smiling at her desk, books and papers before her.
May 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Distracted by caterpillars and chrysalis' today... We have a Swallowtail caterpillar who just molted from spiky black with red to spiky light green and black. Our Monarch chrysalis is tucked in a lavender bush, starting to get a bit of translucence! Can see some of the lines of the wings now.
two images stacked one a-top the other - both are of a swallowtail caterpillar on a fennel branch. Top is 1st stage. It's about an inch long, mostly black, with spikes, with a white patch in the middle. bottom photo: same caterpillar after molt, now stage 2. A bit larger, predominately light green, with black spikes and oranage spots among the spikes. A bright green chrysalis hangs from a lavender branch. It's nestled near the base of the plant in the shade, surrounded by green lavender leaves. On the right side of the chrysalis, about 1/4 down from the anchor point is a row of tiny golden spots curving from the middle around to the back. Below this are faint vein lines in dark green - the butterfly-to-be forming, showing through the casing as the casing lightens.
May 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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The last 100 days have been an unprecedented assault on American science. Our scientists. Our institutions. And the people around the world who rely on it. We must stand united and speak up. Our collective future depends on it. #ScienceMatters www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPlu... savesciencenow.org
You Need Science. Now Science Needs You.
YouTube video by Union of Concerned Scientists
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May 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Part of why I love going whale watching is for the moments you can't predict. We know that Humpbacks breach but never when or where. Yes, the passengers got SOAKed and laughed alot in amazement, as did those of us watching.
Photos by C. Pennington April 17, 2025
#Humpback #Whale #MarineMammals
A very small black motor boat with a few people on board has a front row seat to a breaching Humpback whale. the whale is dark gray, in mid rotation from front to its back, rising up from the gray-green water only a few feet from the bow of the boat. Same boat, same whale - seconds later as the whale completes its rotation with a massive splash. The end of the whale's dark tail flukes can be seen in the midst of the large and explosive back wash of white water moving toward the boat and her passengers.
May 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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The moment in office cleaning when you realize you CANNOT find the notebook with the sketches for your Space Whales. ... well shit.... "it has to be here somewhere" ... "Nope, not there" "Do not pull your hair out."

Clearly I have put them somewhere *SMART* and will now pay dearly for my choices.
April 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Are possibly-expired copyrights on 78rpm vinyl records worth destroying THE source for information that’s rapidly disappearing as this administration rampages through the Internet?

Gotta wonder if supporting that #censorship is the real motivation behind this lawsuit.

#Disinformation
#RightToRead
ssg.dev Sedat Kapanoğlu @ssg.dev · Apr 22
internet archive is getting sued by record companies for $700M to stop public's access to old 78rpm vinyl archives, destroying @archive.org in the process. stop this cycle of attacks against libraries.
Sign the Petition
Defend the Internet Archive
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April 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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We don’t feel much like a “climate” movement right now and that’s as it should be, too many urgent fronts to fight on. But we’re still here. And this assault on climate science needs the greatest response we can marshal.
Thanks @marc-alessi.bsky.social & Rachel Cleetus blog.ucs.org/erika-spange...
Dear Climate Movement: They've Come for Our Climate Science. We Have to Stop Them.
They can't take it from us if we refuse to let it go.
blog.ucs.org
April 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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On the road to Monterey, CA and Hotel California comes on the radio. - why thank you i think we will sing at the top of our lungs. Mini vacation activated!
April 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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I'm having a very Aries moment. For daaaays I've been blah about my birthday. Today the weather has gone all Spring! &lovely and lo - my whole being also went SPRING! and awake and Weeee! Birthday! lol Be kind to your Aries', we're finally waking up! Also new stuff from WoodlandsCustomCraft on Etsy
Me, a pale beige woman with short dark hair, and blue eyes, wearing purple glasses - showing off one of her new Rainbow colored Guillotine earrings. Me, a pale beige woman with short dark hair, and blue eyes, wearing purple glasses - my sort-of smile hints that I am contemplating coming out into the light of Spring.
April 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM