Dr Denise Herzing
@drdherzing.bsky.social
Marine mammalogist studying dolphins in the wild. Focusing on life history behavior and acoustics. Using AI to help us “ crack the code” of their language.
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This you, Kristi?
October 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This you, Kristi?
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A great deal of our problems result from not holding those who tried to destroy our democracy accountable for their actions.
September 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A great deal of our problems result from not holding those who tried to destroy our democracy accountable for their actions.
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The Florida panther, whooping crane, and manatee are some of America’s most vulnerable species, Lois Parshley reports. Now the Trump administration's proposed changes may drive them to extinction.
The Extinction Administration
Some species almost certainly won’t survive if Trump’s planned changes to environmental protections go through
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August 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The Florida panther, whooping crane, and manatee are some of America’s most vulnerable species, Lois Parshley reports. Now the Trump administration's proposed changes may drive them to extinction.
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The process to the demise of the US Marine Mammal Protection Act.
Jane Davenport from @awionline.org, pithy and accurate as usual:
“The overall thrust is going to essentially put a stake through the heart of the statute.”
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Jane Davenport from @awionline.org, pithy and accurate as usual:
“The overall thrust is going to essentially put a stake through the heart of the statute.”
🐳🌍🦑
The Law That Saved the Whales Is Under Attack
Proposed amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act would cut down protections to whales, dolphins, polar bears and other species
www.scientificamerican.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The process to the demise of the US Marine Mammal Protection Act.
Jane Davenport from @awionline.org, pithy and accurate as usual:
“The overall thrust is going to essentially put a stake through the heart of the statute.”
🐳🌍🦑
Jane Davenport from @awionline.org, pithy and accurate as usual:
“The overall thrust is going to essentially put a stake through the heart of the statute.”
🐳🌍🦑
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Praying in the House, while preparing to vote away benefits for seniors, children, and the sick. Hypocrisy at its finest.
July 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Praying in the House, while preparing to vote away benefits for seniors, children, and the sick. Hypocrisy at its finest.
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Targeting a private educational institute because it won’t conform its governance and curriculum to what the state wants is…communist.
May 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Targeting a private educational institute because it won’t conform its governance and curriculum to what the state wants is…communist.
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Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
May 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
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I got lots of advice, some very specific. But one thing I heard again and again: America, you are running out of time.
Here is what I learned:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Here is what I learned:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Ticking Clock on American Freedom
Autocracy is no longer something that happens only in other countries.
www.theatlantic.com
April 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I got lots of advice, some very specific. But one thing I heard again and again: America, you are running out of time.
Here is what I learned:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Here is what I learned:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Support any institution or nonprofit that comes under attack by the White House.
April 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Support any institution or nonprofit that comes under attack by the White House.
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SETI Tech On Earth: DolphinGemma: How Google AI Is Helping Decode Dolphin Communication
astrobiology.com/2025/04/seti... #astrobiology #SETI #CETI #language
astrobiology.com/2025/04/seti... #astrobiology #SETI #CETI #language
SETI Tech On Earth: DolphinGemma: How Google AI Is Helping Decode Dolphin Communication - Astrobiology
DolphinGemma, a large language model developed by Google
astrobiology.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
SETI Tech On Earth: DolphinGemma: How Google AI Is Helping Decode Dolphin Communication
astrobiology.com/2025/04/seti... #astrobiology #SETI #CETI #language
astrobiology.com/2025/04/seti... #astrobiology #SETI #CETI #language
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There we go.
April 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
There we go.
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Trump's executive orders targeting law firms are unconstitutional and threaten judicial independence. Firms should sue to stop them, Adam Unikowsky argues.
Why My Firm Is Standing Up for the Constitution
Big Law should remain independent rather than have the government dictate who it represents.
bit.ly
April 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Trump's executive orders targeting law firms are unconstitutional and threaten judicial independence. Firms should sue to stop them, Adam Unikowsky argues.
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She’s just a folksy woman of the people. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Bought Market Dip Before Trump Paused Tariffs, Profiting From the Rally
The Georgia congresswoman purchased at least tens of thousands of dollars in stock the day before and the day of President Trump’s pause of a sweeping set of tariffs that sent the market soaring.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
She’s just a folksy woman of the people. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
Exciting new work with Google and decoding dolphins www.facebook.com/share/p/1Vrp...
Redirecting...
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April 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Exciting new work with Google and decoding dolphins www.facebook.com/share/p/1Vrp...
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Republicans in Congress can repeal every tariff tomorrow and take Trump’s tariff authority away from him. But they choose not to. So every Republican in Congress owns EVERY SINGLE BIT of this. You can’t hide from the voters forever.
April 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Republicans in Congress can repeal every tariff tomorrow and take Trump’s tariff authority away from him. But they choose not to. So every Republican in Congress owns EVERY SINGLE BIT of this. You can’t hide from the voters forever.
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Trump has done the same damage to our health, environment and security as to our markets, it's just that there isn't a stock ticker that measures the impact so clearly
April 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Trump has done the same damage to our health, environment and security as to our markets, it's just that there isn't a stock ticker that measures the impact so clearly
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After the national-security breach on Signal, Trump’s administration “again wants you to believe that two and two make five,” writes Peter Wehner. “When there is no objective truth, when everyone gets to make up their own reality,” authoritarians thrive.
Trump Is Gaslighting Us
Trump is an agent of chaos, and chaos has a human cost.
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April 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
After the national-security breach on Signal, Trump’s administration “again wants you to believe that two and two make five,” writes Peter Wehner. “When there is no objective truth, when everyone gets to make up their own reality,” authoritarians thrive.
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There really ought to be a Pulitzer for protest signs.
April 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
There really ought to be a Pulitzer for protest signs.
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The ultimate check on Trump's abuses will be in the hands of the people, Cecillia Wang writes. "The constitutional system of checks and balances is still holding—for now":
Defying the Courts Will Backfire
The public has not responded kindly to other politicians who have tried this in the past.
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April 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The ultimate check on Trump's abuses will be in the hands of the people, Cecillia Wang writes. "The constitutional system of checks and balances is still holding—for now":
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Fareed is right. Corruption is the point.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/p...
Fareed Zakaria reacts to Trump’s ‘fundamentally un-American’ economy | CNN Politics
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria says President Donald Trump’s tariffs opens the doors for unprecedented opportunities for corruption from companies seeking favor in Washington DC.
www.cnn.com
April 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Fareed is right. Corruption is the point.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/p...
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Katherine Clark: "What they are doing here is wrecking the infrastructure of Social Security so they can rob the benefit ... it is an outrageous ripoff of the American taxpayer that we are seeing from this administration."
April 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Katherine Clark: "What they are doing here is wrecking the infrastructure of Social Security so they can rob the benefit ... it is an outrageous ripoff of the American taxpayer that we are seeing from this administration."
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"We cannot overstate what has just happened. It took just 71 days for Donald Trump to wreck the American economy, mortally wound NATO, and destroy the American-led world order"
from @jvl.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
from @jvl.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
The American Age Is Over
Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.
www.thebulwark.com
April 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"We cannot overstate what has just happened. It took just 71 days for Donald Trump to wreck the American economy, mortally wound NATO, and destroy the American-led world order"
from @jvl.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
from @jvl.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
WHAT. AN. IDIOT!
April 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
WHAT. AN. IDIOT!