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Jo Locktov
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Complacency is not an option
co-founder Portland Cruise Control * Maine https://bsky.app/profile/portcruisecontrol.bsky.social
cruise ships should be illegal * Venetophile
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Jo Locktov @jolocktov.bsky.social · Aug 25
JOHAN DECKMANN

How to watch
the world fall apart
while holding on to a
fragile sense of hope
A painting by Johan Deckmann, black type on an old red book which says: How to watch the world fall apart while holding on to a fragile sense of hope
jolocktov.bsky.social
Coraggio
The lion of St Mark in the piazza with lights at dusk.
November 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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pinetreeactivism.org
#MEpolitics
November 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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merisi-vienna.bsky.social
VIENNESE ESCAPES
Doors at the End of the Calle
Venice, Italy
Image © Merisi Vienna
#adoorable Thursday #Italy #Venice #Doors
May 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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merisi-vienna.bsky.social
VIENNESE ESCAPES
After Hours Chiaroscuro
Rialto Fish Market
Venice, Italy
Image © Merisi Vienna
#EastCoastKin #photography #PhotographersUnited
#Rialto #Venice #Italy #red #chiaroscuro #Caravaggio
A wet brick floor, washed after the day's fish market closed, in between tall columns a Venetian Palazzo is visible on the other side of Canal Grande. From the top of the arched openings between the columns, bright red shades cover about a third of it (during the day, the shades are lowered to keep the sun from heating up the fish market stalls. The red of the shades and the dark floor remind me of the chiaroscuro of Caravaggio paintings.
August 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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nikolaskozloff.bsky.social
Even if these new #cruise #ships are powered by #electric they're still a #boondoggle & by the way what about #lightpollution? Do #birds & #sea life have any rights in this equation & did anyone see fit to bring that up earlier?
www.cruisehive.com/nyc-unveils-... #wildlife #marinewildlife #sealife
NYC Unveils Major Overhaul of Manhattan Cruise Terminal
New York City’s new Master Plan for the Manhattan Cruise Terminal outlines a multi-year rebuild of the 90-year-old facility, including the addition of shore power.
www.cruisehive.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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pinetreeactivism.org
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NOV 14, FRI, 4:30-9:00PM
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Maine Dems Blue Wave Gala
Portland Regency Hotel
20 Milk St, Portland, Maine

Senate Reception, Gubernatorial Reception, Gala Dinner
"Back to the Blaine House" & "Susan Collins Retirement Party"

secure.actblue.com/donate/bluew...
2025 Blue Wave Gala Join us for a magical evening! The Maine Democratic Party’s 2025 Blue Wave Gala will bring together Democratic leaders, activists, and supporters to celebrate our progress and build the resources needed to launch the 2026 cycle. This year’s Gala will be especially exciting—a formal evening with dinner and inspiring keynote speeches from Governor JB Pritzker, DNC Vice Chair Malcolm Kenyatta, January 6th hero Harry Dunn, and Maine Democratic Party Chair Charlie Dingman.
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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rjgoodrich.bsky.social
A new month, a new installment of the Peripatetic Historian.

This month: Managing the Black Death in #Venice #Venezia

rjgoodrich.substack.com/p/the-peripa...
The Peripatetic Historian
Destinatum iter est -- November 2025, Vol. 5, no. 6.
rjgoodrich.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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merisi-vienna.bsky.social
"Exiled from Russia and adrift in the West, Brodsky discovered in Venice a sanctuary of silence and introspection, a place that mirrored his own melancholic and timeless inner landscape."
Joseph Brodsky's Love for Venice
Joseph Brodsky's Love for Venice. Profound, poetic, and deeply personal, this attraction was immortalized in his 1989 essay Watermark.
imagesofvenice.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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merisi-vienna.bsky.social
VIENNESE ESCAPES
Drapes at Caffè Florian
“I see Venice with my eyes closed.” *
Procuratie Nuove, Venice
Image © Merisi Vienna
#EastCoastKin #Photography #Venice
* Joseph Brodsky
Linen drapes with a dark blue background.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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cwebbonline.com
Suckers believe Republicans will negotiate after the government is reopened, even though they didn’t negotiate before it closed. Senate Democrats gave up the only leverage they had.
November 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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portcruisecontrol.bsky.social
When you can actually see what cruise ship scrubber wash destroys….
These sweet little worms live in the eel grass beds.

Incredible gratitude to @elizabethbeston.bsky.social for her amazing photography of the tiniest and most significant of marine life.
elizabethbeston.bsky.social Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 2d
This little polychaete larva is having a good wiggle!
#marineplankton 🦑 sound on for funky tunes
November 12, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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radreduction.bsky.social
"Greenwashing by the cruise ship industry is on the rise. …it's important to see beyond its glossy advertisements & …statements about the environment. While trying to present itself as environmentally friendly, the [industry's] CO2 emissions…are on the rise. It's time to take a stand."
portcruisecontrol.bsky.social Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 3d
Care about the climate?
Skip the cruise
“Cruise ships are seriously harming the planet due to their excessive emissions & wanton destruction of marine ecosystems. If we truly care about the Earth & halting dangerous climate change, it's time to rethink holiday plans.”
@lyrebirddream.bsky.social
Care about the climate? Skip the cruise
With climate change increasingly out of control, it's imperative to reevaluate our choices and their climate impacts. A sector that demands immediate attention is the cruise ship industry. The world's...
www.lyrebirddreaming.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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petipaw.bsky.social
Today it’s the Festa di San Martin – children in #Venice enjoy Saint Martin-shaped biscotti covered with candy and frosting, and go around their neighborhood banging on pots and pans to demand candy from storekeepers.
#Venezia
A candy-covered treat shaped like Saint Martin
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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portcruisecontrol.bsky.social
Care about the climate?
Skip the cruise
“Cruise ships are seriously harming the planet due to their excessive emissions & wanton destruction of marine ecosystems. If we truly care about the Earth & halting dangerous climate change, it's time to rethink holiday plans.”
@lyrebirddream.bsky.social
Care about the climate? Skip the cruise
With climate change increasingly out of control, it's imperative to reevaluate our choices and their climate impacts. A sector that demands immediate attention is the cruise ship industry. The world's...
www.lyrebirddreaming.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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lyrebirddream.bsky.social
Cruise ships are one of the worst things on the planet for climate and our environment.

A single ship like this can emit more toxic air pollution in a year than all the cars in Europe combined. That’s not leisure, that’s poisoning the planet. 👇🏽

www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/care-ab...
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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pinetreeactivism.org
VETERANS DAY, Mainers!
Partly sunny, high 39º, gusty.
Black again today 'cause America is more pissed off at the Senate!
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MAINE RESISTANCE
TUES, NOV 11, 2025
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#NonViolenceIsPower
#EveryEffortCounts
#RESIST

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Updated NOV 11, 5:15AM
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Pg2/2 Submit events to: ptactivism@gmail.com NOV 11, Tues 12–1:00PM (& every Tue) – Lewiston Across Susan Collins' office: Dufresne Plaza, 72 Lisbon St, Lewiston, Maine RESIST Central Maine: CALL TO ACTION – Protesting since Feb '25. Join & support RESIST Central Maine (Indivisible). Bring signs and your voice! Street parking & parking garages nearby. FMI: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/757948/ NOV 11, Tues 12–1:00PM (& every Tue) – Waterville Elm Plaza Tesla charging station Waterville, Maine TESLA STANDOUT – Bring signs thanking/supporting our veterans. More than 100,000 vets live in Maine, more than half of them are 65 & older, between 115 and 150 are homeless, & 7,000 depend on SNAP benefits! NOV 11, Tues 3:00-4:00PM – Falmouth Lunt Road Overpass, Falmouth, Maine Visibility Brigade to Honor Our Veterans – Join us as we honor Veterans. We will be at the Lunt Road Overpass near Middle Rd. Please park at Plummer-Motz School, 194 Middle Rd near Lunt. NOV 11, Tues 5:30-6:30PM (& every Tues) – Brunswick 42 Maine St, where Maine Street crosses Rt 1, Brunswick, Maine OVERPASS PROTEST: Stop Fascism Now! The theme is to stop Fascism in America and restore Democracy! Large banners are encouraged for display on Route 1, and/or bring your hand-held signs to show on Maine Street. Please be prepared to hold your banner with a buddy or set it up to be free-standing. NOV 11, Tues 6-7:30PM – Saco Saco Community Center, 75 Franklin St, Saco, Maine YORK COUNTY Community Meeting – Come join MPA members and your neighbors from York County as we build community, talk about recent events and take action. All are welcome and there are roles and spaces for everyone. Snacks are provided, and feel free to bring your dinner if that’s helpful! Doors open at 5:45 for networking. We meet every Tuesday! Bring a friend! FMI: mainepeoplesalliance.org/event/york-county-community-meeting-19/ PRO TIP: click ALT in lower right corner for links you can copy/past…
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
"Educate, agitate, organize."
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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cascobay.bsky.social
Angus King is a businessman and he leads with that perspective. Time to get back to work, everyone. Solidarity? Leverage? Fight? Foreign concepts to a guy whose entire career is one long train of forgettable, pro-corporate policies sprinkled with self-serious speeches. #mepolitics
collinswatch.bsky.social Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 4d
This is so freaking feeble. The guy seems tired. Go home. #MEpolitics
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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alnadem.bsky.social
Angus King is a weak, shallow excuse for a senator. Just a colossal failure. #MEpolitics
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4d
Under Schumer's leadership, eight Democrats (Cortez Masto, Durbin, Fetterman, Hassan, Kaine, King, Rosen, & Shaheen) joined the Republicans in moving forward a bill to reopen the government without ACA subsidies—Dems' stated key aim—or any other real concessions from the status before the shutdown.
60-40 C-SPAN vote screen
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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monicacesarato.bsky.social
✨ Venice, lived not visited.
Discover the city beyond the postcards — through my personalized Venice Consultations and Cicchetti Food Tours.
Authentic, slow, and deeply Venetian. 💫
www.monicacesarato.com
#Venice #VeniceTours #VeniceConsultation #CicchettiTour #SlowVenice
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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malcolmnance.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov must go. Period.

Democracy is dying and he gives up to a dictator.

Bye.
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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mariefollayttar.bsky.social
Mainers have a message for @senangusking.bsky.social
No, King. Fight for health care.

Call him.
Now.
No, king. Fight for health care. 202-224-3121
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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muellershewrote.com
Never forget who sold us out:

Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
9 November 1928 | Dutch Jewish girl Jenny Trui Spier, was born in Amsterdam.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in November 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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The first two gas chambers near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
A photo of a young girl in glasses. She is standing behind a school bench. Other girls are visible behind her.
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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pinetreeactivism.org
It's Saturday, Mainers!
Cloudy > sunny, high near 60, & breezy!
#WhenWeVoteWeWin & we have lots of work to do!
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MAINE RESISTANCE
SAT, NOV 8, 2025
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#NonViolenceIsPower
#EveryEffortCounts
#RESIST

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PINE TREE ACTIVISM CALENDAR Events for Saturday NOV 8, 2025 Details confirmed as of Sat 11/08/25, 4:45AM Share/Repost so Mainers know where to #OPPOSE! Pg 1/4 - Submit events to: ptactivism@gmail.com SAT NOV 8 NOV 8, Sat 4:30-8:00AM – Skowhegan This event's address is private. Sign up for more details. HUNTER'S BREAKFAST with Maine Dems Join the Maine Democratic Party and the Somerset County Democrats for a FREE hearty breakfast and good conversation! MENU: Eggs, Sausage, Bacon, Homefries, Baked Beans, and English Muffins; Coffee station as well as choice of Juice or Water. FMI/RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/864167/ NOV 8, Sat 9-11:00AM (& every Sat, weather permitting) – Bath Bath Farmer's Market, Waterfront Park, 61 Commercial St, Bath, Maine Sagadahoc Indivisible Table at the Farmer's Market – talk and learn more about state and national issues, how to contact local and federal elected officials. Donations accepted for the Bath Food Bank. NOV 8, Sat 9:00AM (& every Sat) – Dover-Foxcroft Main Street Bridge, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine Weekly Stand Out for Peace: https://mvprights.org/events NOV 8, Sat 9-10:00AM (& every Sat) – Yarmouth Yarmouth Town Hall, 200 Main St, Yarmouth, Maine Resist Hate – Support Democracy – weekly rally in front of Town Hall. Please join us for a weekly dose of optimism and action. We'll offer ideas for ways you can take action to support your neighbors and our democracy. Bring signs or just come on your own. We have signs to share. FMI: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/866612/ NOV 8, Sat 10-11:00AM – Falmouth US Rt 1 & Depot Road, Falmouth, Maine Weekly Stand Out – In protest against current administration madness. NOV 8, Sat 10-11:00AM (and every 2nd & 4th Saturday) – Saco Saco Transportation Center, 138 Main St, Saco, Maine STOP the TRUMP SHUTDOWN Join Biddeford Saco Area SURJ at our Saturday morning rallies - 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month 10-11 am. We will be there weather pe…
November 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM