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Jo Locktov
@jolocktov.bsky.social
Complacency is not an option
co-founder Portland Cruise Control ⚓️ Maine
https://bsky.app/profile/portcruisecontrol.bsky.social
cruise ships are a climate catastrophe

Venetophile
Pinned
JOHAN DECKMANN

How to watch
the world fall apart
while holding on to a
fragile sense of hope
45 countries have recognized the incredible damage scrubber wash does to the marine environment & have stopped cruise ships from continuing to discharge this witches cauldron of contaminates into their waters.

Portland, are you ready to join them?

portlandcruisecontrolmaine.org/scrubber-was...
February 16, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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Ci son passato davanti decine di volte, sta in via Marconi, a Bologna. Ogni volta di fretta, scorro via, non mi fermo mai. Una volta lo trovo lì. Il libraio cosa fa? Il libraio legge.
January 27, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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I corpi li vediamo da fuori, chissà come sono dentro. Chissà com’è starci dentro. Ma se una città è un corpo, avviene l’opposto: non la vediamo quasi mai dall’esterno, siamo nel suo flusso sanguigno, siamo dentro le sue cellule. La città, che è un esterno, è contemporaneamente un interno.
February 1, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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“…on many ships, systems known as scrubbers ensure the toxic sludge never materializes on board. That’s because it’s diluted with sea water and released back into the ocean.”

Some countries are cutting this source of marine pollution.
Will Alaska, Washington, & Maine do the same?

#banscrubbers
Some countries are cutting this source of marine pollution. Will Alaska do the same? - KHNS Radio | KHNS FM
State Senator Jesse Kiehl said he’s drafting legislation that would aim to address water pollution from cruise ships that use scrubbers to clean their exhaust.
khns.org
February 16, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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If any of my new followers live
In Maine, be sure to follow
@pinetreeactivism.org
February 16, 2026 at 4:07 AM
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MAINE RESISTANCE
MON, FEB 16, 2026
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MAINE ICE WATCH HOTLINE: 207-544-9989
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#ORGANIZE #RESIST & #OPPOSE
#NonViolenceIsPower
#EveryEffortCounts
#GetInvolved

pg1/3 – REPOST & SHARE!
#Maine #MEpolitics #AbolishICE
February 16, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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Tomorrow!
Join us ~
Are you concerned about the environmental & human impacts of cruise ships in Portland?

Join us Feb. 17 at 5 pm on zoom to discuss how we can mitigate the damage.
⚓️ air pollution
⚓️ water pollution
⚓️ noise pollution
⚓️ infectious diseases

@pinetreeactivism.org
#Maine #cruiseships
February 16, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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More on these full-position climate fellow positions here.
February 15, 2026 at 3:42 AM
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By weakening the vessel speed rules there will be more vessel strikes, more whales will be killed, like the MSC Meraviglia cruise ship vessel strike in May 2024 when it arrived in New York with a dead sei whale on its bow.
NOAA faces criticism over changes to right whale protection rules

WPRI.com share.google/9H9VUtXKyFz9...
February 15, 2026 at 3:43 AM
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Because for some people Kamala Harris “wasn’t clicking” for them.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Broken bones, burning eyes: How Trump's DHS deploys 'less lethal' weapons on protesters
Federal immigration officers have repeatedly used force in ways that appear to violate their own policies or general policing guidelines, NBC News found.
www.nbcnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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The Maine Event

Funny girl Susan's centrist shtick is the most awkward masquerade since Yentl. Will hunky prince of tides Graham or beaches boss Janet be the star who is born this November?

by Maureen Dowd
February 13, 2026 at 2:53 AM
I do not love Valentine’s Day.
But I loved this story by @davabel.bsky.social

I will never look at little packets of flower food in quite the same way again. 💕
No matter where I was in the world, on Valentine’s Day, I always returned to Penn Station to sell flowers. In many ways, this rite was the mortar that bound my family together.

See the full story in The Boston Globe magazine here: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/13/m...
February 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Double hearts.
The legacy of the valentine bandit lives.
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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MAINE RESISTANCE
SAT, FEB 14, 2026
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MAINE ICE WATCH HOTLINE: 207-544-9989
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#ORGANIZE #RESIST & #OPPOSE
#NonViolenceIsPower
#EveryEffortCounts
#GetInvolved

pg1/7 – REPOST & SHARE!
#Maine #MEpolitics #AbolishICE
February 14, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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Our 3 initiatives presented to city council committees are all progressing!

Join us Tuesday to discuss ~
⚓️ scrubber wash ban proposal
⚓️ comprehension infectious disease protocols for when cruise ships arrive with an outbreak
⚓️ assessing increased fees & review of costs

#Portland #Maine
Are you concerned about the environmental & human impacts of cruise ships in Portland?

Join us Feb. 17 at 5 pm on zoom to discuss how we can mitigate the damage.
⚓️ air pollution
⚓️ water pollution
⚓️ noise pollution
⚓️ infectious diseases

@pinetreeactivism.org
#Maine #cruiseships
February 14, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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February 11, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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I dreamt I went to Venice and got completely lost.

Tiziano kept whispering, “It is the only place worth going to.”
February 14, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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Rialto Morning, Venice, Italy
February 12, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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Venice
February 10, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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#WeekFforFramed
#AlphabetChallenge

Street shrine in Venice
February 13, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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PPR 13: NGOs Criticise IMO’s Slow Progress on Cleaner Fuel Rules for Arctic Shipping
bit.ly/ppr13b
PPR 13: NGOs Criticise IMO’s Slow Progress on Cleaner Fuel Rules for Arctic Shipping
As a meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Pollution Prevention and Response committee closes today (PPR 13, February 9-13), the Clean Arctic Alliance welcomed progress and suppor...
bit.ly
February 13, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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“However there is already overwhelming evidence – so there is no reason to not regulate scrubber pollution. The Clean Arctic Alliance is calling on ambitious member states to keep pushing for discharge bans, either in territorial seas, PSSAs and or Emission Control Areas”.
@eelcoleemans.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 11:18 AM
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As long as cruise ships have the potential to kill whales they will never belong in our ocean waters.

Entertainment for the masses is not an excuse to increase the mortality of an endangered (or any other) species.

The necropsy will tell us the reason this young whale lost her life.
#rightwhales
February 13, 2026 at 12:09 PM