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Dr Denise Herzing

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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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Secretary Noem has forfeited her right to lead. I’m calling on her to resign.

Gregory Bovino must also be fired.

No one, not an ICE agent, not a federal officer, not a president, is above the law.

25.01.2026 19:04 👍 16599 🔁 3956 💬 475 📌 272
A screenshot of a post from X (formerly Twitter). The top tweet is from user @covie_93 with the caption: “This tweet aged like Stephen Miller…..”. Below it is a tweet from Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) that reads:
“If Joe Biden federalizes the National Guard, that would be a direct attack on states' rights.
Over the last several years, we've seen Democrats try to take away our Freedoms of religion, assembly, and speech. We can't let them take away our right to defend ourselves, too.
South Dakota defends the Constitution.”

A screenshot of a post from X (formerly Twitter). The top tweet is from user @covie_93 with the caption: “This tweet aged like Stephen Miller…..”. Below it is a tweet from Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) that reads: “If Joe Biden federalizes the National Guard, that would be a direct attack on states' rights. Over the last several years, we've seen Democrats try to take away our Freedoms of religion, assembly, and speech. We can't let them take away our right to defend ourselves, too. South Dakota defends the Constitution.”

This you, Kristi?

08.10.2025 15:30 👍 3425 🔁 1057 💬 101 📌 56
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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.

13.09.2025 19:11 👍 16901 🔁 3459 💬 413 📌 156
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The Extinction Administration Some species almost certainly won’t survive if Trump’s planned changes to environmental protections go through

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.

26.08.2025 17:19 👍 91 🔁 41 💬 10 📌 5
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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

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.”
🐳🌍🦑

07.08.2025 01:32 👍 12 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0
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Praying in the House, while preparing to vote away benefits for seniors, children, and the sick. Hypocrisy at its finest.

03.07.2025 12:01 👍 2929 🔁 807 💬 383 📌 174
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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.

26.05.2025 12:21 👍 11562 🔁 2650 💬 538 📌 129
This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.

This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.

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.

08.05.2025 07:09 👍 43186 🔁 7969 💬 652 📌 478
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A Ticking Clock on American Freedom Autocracy is no longer something that happens only in other countries.

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...

22.04.2025 10:30 👍 510 🔁 281 💬 23 📌 65
A post from Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast
) on X reads: "People want their institutions to stand up." Below, an article from The Harvard Crimson (thecrimson.com) is shared, marked as an advertisement, with the headline: "As Garber Stands Against Trump, Money From Harvard Donors Pours In." The article includes an image of a modern Harvard University building with large windows and multiple floors.

A post from Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast ) on X reads: "People want their institutions to stand up." Below, an article from The Harvard Crimson (thecrimson.com) is shared, marked as an advertisement, with the headline: "As Garber Stands Against Trump, Money From Harvard Donors Pours In." The article includes an image of a modern Harvard University building with large windows and multiple floors.

Support any institution or nonprofit that comes under attack by the White House.

19.04.2025 17:01 👍 3603 🔁 430 💬 52 📌 21
Wild Dolphin Project

Dolphingemma will eventually be available as open source to researchers to input their own data. After years of looking at nonhuman communication as an analog for Seti signals it seems AI is finally here to help. Www.wilddolphinproject.org to see some of our talks at SETI Institute and others .

16.04.2025 18:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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SETI Tech On Earth: DolphinGemma: How Google AI Is Helping Decode Dolphin Communication - Astrobiology DolphinGemma, a large language model developed by Google

SETI Tech On Earth: DolphinGemma: How Google AI Is Helping Decode Dolphin Communication
astrobiology.com/2025/04/seti... #astrobiology #SETI #CETI #language

15.04.2025 19:37 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

There we go.

15.04.2025 01:07 👍 26138 🔁 3792 💬 425 📌 175
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Why My Firm Is Standing Up for the Constitution Big Law should remain independent rather than have the government dictate who it represents.

Trump's executive orders targeting law firms are unconstitutional and threaten judicial independence. Firms should sue to stop them, Adam Unikowsky argues.

15.04.2025 01:45 👍 527 🔁 111 💬 11 📌 3
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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.

She’s just a folksy woman of the people. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...

14.04.2025 23:57 👍 433 🔁 108 💬 27 📌 7

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.

15.04.2025 03:52 👍 89665 🔁 18249 💬 1574 📌 747
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Exciting new work with Google and decoding dolphins www.facebook.com/share/p/1Vrp...

14.04.2025 22:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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.

07.04.2025 00:48 👍 17374 🔁 5541 💬 498 📌 268

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

07.04.2025 00:56 👍 5386 🔁 1475 💬 98 📌 53
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Trump Is Gaslighting Us Trump is an agent of chaos, and chaos has a human cost.

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.

06.04.2025 08:15 👍 524 🔁 127 💬 10 📌 4

There really ought to be a Pulitzer for protest signs.

05.04.2025 19:51 👍 843 🔁 57 💬 33 📌 3
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Defying the Courts Will Backfire The public has not responded kindly to other politicians who have tried this in the past.

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":

05.04.2025 21:15 👍 254 🔁 38 💬 5 📌 1
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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.

Fareed is right. Corruption is the point.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/p...

06.04.2025 13:03 👍 1279 🔁 301 💬 40 📌 16
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This!

06.04.2025 01:45 👍 38213 🔁 9093 💬 673 📌 495
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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."

04.04.2025 14:18 👍 21739 🔁 7102 💬 501 📌 279
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The American Age Is Over Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.

"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...

04.04.2025 11:21 👍 3618 🔁 1274 💬 159 📌 94

WHAT. AN. IDIOT!

04.04.2025 14:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It's hilarious and pathetic seeing Fox News hosts who make several million dollars a year telling viewers to accept the pain and not worry about their 401ks plummeting.

04.04.2025 03:43 👍 1329 🔁 224 💬 48 📌 8
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MASSIVE SHIFT

Pro-democracy channels on YouTube are now growing faster than right-wing channels for the first time.

MeidasTouch is proud to lead the way as the fastest-growing YouTube channel in Q1 2025.

Keep this momentum going: YouTube.com/@meidastouch

04.04.2025 02:00 👍 37131 🔁 7731 💬 924 📌 368
The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Pop Crave (@PopCrave
). The tweet reads: "Costco sees a gain in foot traffic for a 13th consecutive week after sticking with its DEL initiatives." Below the text, there is an image of the Costco Wholesale logo, which features the word "COSTCO" in red and "WHOLESALE" in white with blue lines above it, all on a blue background. The Pop Crave logo, consisting of a yellow and orange circle with the text "POP CRAVE," is displayed at the top left of the tweet.

The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Pop Crave (@PopCrave ). The tweet reads: "Costco sees a gain in foot traffic for a 13th consecutive week after sticking with its DEL initiatives." Below the text, there is an image of the Costco Wholesale logo, which features the word "COSTCO" in red and "WHOLESALE" in white with blue lines above it, all on a blue background. The Pop Crave logo, consisting of a yellow and orange circle with the text "POP CRAVE," is displayed at the top left of the tweet.

They have our business!

03.04.2025 22:00 👍 50393 🔁 6719 💬 1102 📌 335