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Jo Locktov

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Complacency is not an option co-founder Portland Cruise Control ⚓️ Maine bsky.app/profile/portcruisecontrol.… cruise ships are a climate catastrophe Venetophile

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Dr Dr Dr Alfred PruneTORIUS, PhD, JD, TLA @drprunesquallor.bsky.social · 8h
@jolocktov.bsky.social short and nothing novel, but good for newbies.
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Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 10h
Scientific studies show that cruise ship scrubber washwater severely damages and destroys copepods, even at incredibly low concentrations. This little guy doesn’t stand a chance. :( pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... #banscrubbers #copepods For @karijohnson1914.bsky.social
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Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 16h
3 floating cities in the harbor today population ~8,056 combined hours of pollution ~32 Next season will be a 100% increase in days with 2 or more ships in the harbor. Concerned? write: council@portlandmaine.gov submit a complaint on SeeClickfix: seeclickfix.com/portland_2 #Cruiseships #Portland
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Susie Crimmins 8647 @scrimmins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In order to check on your registration in Maine what you do is call your local town clerk. #MePolitics
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Jo Locktov @jolocktov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#whalewashing
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Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Whales sinking boats. Can you blame them? www.cbsnews.com/news/whale-s...
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Whale sinks yacht in South Pacific, sailors rescued alive 18 hours later
A sperm whale cracked the hull of a yacht sailing off New Zealand, forcing four sailors into a day-and-night fight for survival on the high seas.
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Jo Locktov @jolocktov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#whalewashing
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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We know Susan Collins would vote for Trump’s nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Alito. And Mainers can prevent that by voting for Troy Jackson. #mepolitics www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Justice Alito confirms he is considering retirement
The conservative Supreme Court justice said in a CBS News interview that he’ll revisit the issue next year.
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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Matt Dunlap Outclassed Paul LePage on the ME2 Debate Stage #mepolitics amyfried.substack.com/p/matt-dunla...
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Matt Dunlap Outclassed Paul LePage on the ME2 Debate Stage
Sharp contrasts on temperament, affordability, and understanding the job.
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Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You’ve heard of greenwashing? This is whalewashing! The only safe way to observe whales is from the shore. End of story. #cruiseships #vesselstrikes #whales #whalewashing www.afar.com/magazine/msc...
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Ship Strikes Are Among the Biggest Threats to Whales. One Cruise Line Wants to Help Change That
Tens of thousands of whales die each year when they are hit by ships. To better understand why and how to mitigate the strikes, a British organization has partnered with a massive cruise company to de...
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Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So, cruise ships which kill whales now want points for whale watching with a conscious even though they are destroying the marine environment with scrubber wash contaminants & causing detrimental underwater noise pollution? Cruise ships & whales are incompatible no matter how MSC tries to spin it.
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Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition (MIRC) @maineimmigrants.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Maine has this history of welcoming refugees and asylum seekers... There’s a reputation here of a supportive community. People have settled here feeling this support, and now that's being pulled out from under them." ~Panagioti Tsolkas, MIRC maineindependentnews.com/politics/ice...
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‘Afraid to go about their normal lives’: How ICE raids are harming Maine’s economy
James Myall, a policy analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy, said people are staying away from work, school and local businesses.
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Pine Tree Activism @pinetreeactivism.org · 03/10/2026
DOUBLY TRUE FOR MAINE: Do not take election results for granted. Do not take negative political ads as truth. DO your due diligence on Collins's voting record and grift. DO check your voter registration. DO #VOTE early. Organized money always wins - until organized people show up. #MEpolitics
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Bee @beesmartypants.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mainers - do your thing
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Brian Pierce MD @mainedpcdoc.medsky.social · 02/10/2026
Public shaming of John Roberts by Port Clyde #maine residents and local "kayak-tivists"!
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John Roberts Retreated to His Island. Supreme Court Critics Found Him. (Gift Article)
After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is for the folks that punch in for long days and long nights, who pour their heart into their work, whose load never gets lighter, and folks who work 80 hours a week like I did. There's power in who we are and we can't afford to waste it. It's time that your hard work pays off.
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Activate Maine💪🗓️ @activatemaine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Supreme Court Justice John Roberts thought he could hide out at his mid-coast Maine vacation home. These protesters said “not on our watch.” And just like that, kayaktivism was born. The great state of Maine knows how to show up.
Kayakers on the water ( a dog in one boat) near Judge Robert’s place holding signs: 

Robert’s Benched The Constitution

The Roberts Court: Rubber Stamp for Fascism.
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Seattle Cruise Control @seattlecruisecntrl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Kari Johnson has done outstanding work, finding numerous discrepancies, anomalies, contradictions, and general fishiness among the reports that ships must file with the EPA. Even when water quality violations are reported, there don't seem to be any consequences.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Susan Collins to the now convicted felon she sent taxpayer dollars to while pocketing his campaign contributions: "You've seen me deliver." Vote her out.
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Jo Locktov @jolocktov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Today would have been the first day that the cruise ships were scheduled to arrive in Loreto. Instead the community rose up and stopped the ships in order to protect their fragile marine environment.
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Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Another port to limit cruise activity. This time it is the Palma de Mallorca Port, limiting cruise ships to 3 a day. When cruise tourism threatens to destroy natural resources, overwhelm communities or risk public health, limits work to restore balance. #cruiseships #publichealth #overtourism
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Palma de Mallorca Port limits cruise ship calls to 3 per day during summer | Cruise News | CruiseMapper
Palma de Mallorca is set to introduce a limit of three cruise ships per day during the peak summer season under a new agreement involving the...
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Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Here are more details via @cruiselaw.bsky.social www.cruiselawnews.com/2026/09/arti...
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NCL Crew Member Arrested in Boston and Charged for Trafficking Child Sexual Abuse Material
A 35-year-old Filipino crew member was arrested in Boston after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents found numerous child sexual abuse
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valerie.bsky.social @valeriea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Exactly, especially when so much of our "seeing" is just pointing a camera at things. I believe that tourist cruise ships to the Antarctic should be banned. It's such a vulnerable ecosystem.
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Kategod 🐉🧿🦑𓅛🪬 @kategodart.northsky.social · 01/10/2026
watched that lindsay ellis video about cruise ships and, i'm just never gonna get it. the concept of a cruise ship is fucked up to me stuff like the titanic was nice but it was a legit mode of transportation. the nice stuff was just to make that nicer. cruise ships have no point outside opulance
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Turns out we don’t have to invoke weapons of mass destruction when talking about ocean heat uptake. The ocean absorbed a record-breaking 23 zettajoules of heat last year, equivalent to 40 times the energy used by humanity. It’s not going to end well.
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World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use
The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification
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Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cruise ships bring quantifiable public health harm into port communities with air pollution. Marine environments are destroyed with water pollution. They also bring risks of infectious disease & heinous crime. #Portland #Maine #cruiseships
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martino/pietropoli @martinopietropoli.com · 20/09/2026
Jake Aikman - Suburbia Contemporary - Gallery Weekend Barcelona
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Jo Locktov @jolocktov.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Maine is losing maternity wards quicker than most states. Mothers face long drives for care. A Damariscotta hospital will be the 12th in Maine to close its birthing center in roughly the last decade. @joelawlorph.bsky.social @pressherald.com 📷 Brianna Soukup #Maine #publichealth
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Maine is losing maternity wards quicker than most states. Mothers face long drives for care.
A Damariscotta hospital will be the 12th in Maine to close its birthing center in roughly the last decade.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 29/09/2026
ICYMI: Another humpback whale was recently found entangled in fishing gear off the West Coast. Thankfully, rescuers were able to free the whale, which then swam free. This incident follows another entanglement of a humpback calf in the area in August. These entanglements are preventable.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's our turn to be concerned about Susan Collins.
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Jeff Goodell @jeffgoodell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I saw Digger last night, the new Tom Cruise/Alejandro Iñárritu movie about climate change. It's wildly imaginative but nobody is going to see it because it's so not-fun to watch men scream at each other for two hours. Oscar nomination for Cruise, crash and burn at the box office.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I convinced @ericacioffi.bsky.social to join Bluesky today. Give her a follow if you like the ocean or climate science or Italians.
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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#MEpolitics: A must watch from William Turton, one of the journalists behind @propublica.org’s blockbuster Susan Collins corruption investigation, explaining what they discovered, and debunking Collins’ misleading claims or outright lies in response to their extensively researched reporting.
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SMcDonnell @smcdonnell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@troyjackson207.bsky.social interviewed by @hcrichardson.bsky.social was so good. You can watch it here. www.c-span.org/program/camp...
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Jo Locktov @jolocktov.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Maine is losing maternity wards quicker than most states. Mothers face long drives for care. A Damariscotta hospital will be the 12th in Maine to close its birthing center in roughly the last decade. @joelawlorph.bsky.social @pressherald.com 📷 Brianna Soukup #Maine #publichealth
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Maine is losing maternity wards quicker than most states. Mothers face long drives for care.
A Damariscotta hospital will be the 12th in Maine to close its birthing center in roughly the last decade.
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Joe Lawlor @joelawlorph.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Deeper dive into the topic of rural maternity wards closing in Maine and across the nation. Great photos by @pressherald.com Brianna Soukup @nationalpress.bsky.social www.pressherald.com?p=7728790&uu...
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Katherine Hardy @kardyology.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Plus ça change... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Britain knew about the Holocaust as it happened. A new exhibition reckons with that truth
Research draws upon reporting and witness testimony, while a permanent memorial is planned for London
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Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Brilliant work by @karijohnson1914.bsky.social
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Gilau @gilau.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
That even as much as I miss Lindsey Ellis content, she making a recent video of using all the cruises she can “to find the less evil ones” is a bit disappointing to me. Cruises are one of the things that pollouts more the planet. earth.org/the-environm...
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The Environmental Impact of Cruise Ships | Earth.Org
The rise of cruise tourism is sparking concerns surrounding the environmental impact of cruise ships, including air and water pollution.
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Jo Locktov @jolocktov.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"As long as you fight, there is always hope" Dr Mendez
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Robynne Limoges @robynne-limoges.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
©️Robynne Limoges “Smoke Cloud Above Mwnt”
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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I went back in 1998, it’s shocking. The Riviera Maya is suffering the same demise. I went diving and water quality had gone to shit. It used to be 100’ to 200’ or more every day. The coral is all dying and damaged. There’s way less fish, especially large fish. The loss is staggering.
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Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (2021 Remaster) [Official Audio]
YouTube video by Joni Mitchell
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"As long as you fight, there is always hope" Dr Mendez
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Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cozumel-Paradise Lost What happens when the cruise industry destroys the coral reefs? This documentary explores the growing environmental crisis on Cozumel, which once was one of the Caribbean’s most biologically rich marine ecosystems. "As long as you fight, there is always hope" Dr Mendez
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Cozumel - Paradise Lost
YouTube video by Alexander Helff
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ospreys are disappearing along the US East Coast due to a shortage of Atlantic menhaden, a crucial food source for ospreys. One company alone harvested nearly 300 million pounds of the fish in 2024 but somehow claims they’re not at fault. 🧐
wapo.st
Ospreys are disappearing along the East Coast. Scientists think they know why.
At the center of a widening crisis for one of the nation's great wildlife comebacks is a fish most Americans would hardly recognize.
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Fair Sailing @fairsailing.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today Victoria again hosts Poesia, and Anthem which is sister ship to 'Whale Killer' Ovation. Ovation hit a healthy, pregnant, endangered fin whale and carried it into port on its bow. Then passengers disembarked and went whale watching. cruisefever.net/its-crushed-...
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"It’s Crushed Our Small Town": Alaska Port to Hold Memorial for Whale Struck by Cruise Ship
On Friday morning, residents of Seward, Alaska will gather for a memorial and procession dedicated to the endangered fin whale that was brought into port
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Pine Tree Activism @pinetreeactivism.org · 27/09/2026
New from Associated Press @apnews.com Susan Collins's Kavanaugh vote haunts her first senate bid since abortion rights decision. Good. Time to retire, Susan. VOTE HER OUT! #VoteHerOut #RetireSusan #MEpolitics
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Supreme Court vote shadows Maine Sen. Susan Collins in her first bid after abortion rights decision
As Maine Republican Susan Collins seeks a sixth Senate term, some voters are bringing up her 2018 vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court justice.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Susan Collins says she delivers for Maine, but we all know the truth. Her legacy is corruption and self-service.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Money has bought too many politicians, and everyday people don’t have enough money to buy them back. When I’m in the U.S. Senate, I’ll piss off Big Pharma every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
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