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Dr. Fishpond - Ph.D.

@pacificfishpond.bsky.social
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Ag science PhD (he/him). Animal/insect lover. Order: Cat, bee, pig, dog, goat, raptor. Have dog & cat. Had 6 cats (1 w/ a dog brain 😉). Want bees. Smartest? Pigs 😀. No uninvited DMs. Avatar photo by me. Banner: Alaska Raptor Center (Sitka) "I AM Smiling"

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 09/10/2026
Despite being banned in more than 60 countries around the world, we still use so much #atrazine in the U.S. that over a quarter of our rivers and streams are contaminated with a carcinogen. We owe it to our kids and to ourselves to ban atrazine across the country once and for all.
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For Logic 🇺🇲🇺🇦🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🌊 @foreverlogical.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Lance Smith 🎨🪶 @lancesmithart.com · 09/10/2026
Introduction: My name is Lance, I’m a Cherokee artist in South Dakota. I will share my spiritual paintings and works on this account, likes/reposts & follows are much appreciated. 🙏🏼 #art #indigenousart #artistintroduction #native #nativepride #indigenous #native #nativeamerican #painting #acrylic
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Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium @ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Turn up the sound to hear a chorus of howls from our critically endangered Red Wolf pack! 🐺 Born in April, these pups are growing up fast, and they’re enjoying some nighttime howling with their parents, Violet and Fiddle. 🌙
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It’s 2026. We really need to learn to live with other species on the planet. To even contemplate culling a shark that is only sexually mature at 120 y and is migratory is absurd and absolutely bonkers
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To cull or not to cull: Greenland debates fate of world’s slowest shark
As trawlers compete with Greenland sharks for halibut and cod, conservationists and fishers clash over what to do about misunderstood species
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Has your school connected with a scientist yet this year? Skype a Scientist offers free connections with scientists for virtual Q&As with classrooms, libraries, clubs, and more! Sign up for a match at www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html 🖼️ by @hanfranstudio.bsky.social
A goofy school of fish in a science class swim while dropping green liquid that says let’s talk science in school
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Moms Clean Air Force @momscleanairforce.org · 01/10/2026
A legacy of deforestation has left Ethiopia struggling with more intense flooding and drought. The country is trying to restore its native forests through one of the world’s most ambitious and well-funded tree-planting campaigns, but experts question whether.... e360.yale.edu/features/eth...
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Fifty Billion Seedlings: Can Ethiopia Replant Its Ravaged Forests?
A legacy of deforestation has left Ethiopia struggling with more intense flooding and drought. The country is trying to restore its native forests through one of the world's most ambitious and well-fu...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 28/09/2026
Healthy soil is one of our best defenses against drought. Healthy soil lets more rain soak in and stay available for crops instead of being lost to runoff and evaporation. We need to rebuild our soil and protect the land that feeds us.
Graphic featuring a close-up of dark, healthy soil with the text, “Healthy soil can hold more water during dry Texas summers.” A circular inset shows a water droplet falling onto soil, with Clayton Tucker pictured in the bottom right corner.
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
💡Could a rapid shift to clean energy trigger a "cascade of progress" towards repairing the damage to our seas caused by the climate crisis? Scientists at Exeter Uni & the Earthshot prize certainly think so 🔽 bit.ly/4yE7218
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Climate solutions most likely to reach ‘positive tipping points’ revealed by scientists
Global shift towards clean electricity could trigger ‘cascade’ of progress, helping reduce air pollution, cut waste and revive oceans
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Humane World for Animals @humaneworldorg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Last week, President Trump issued a new executive order directing federal agencies to expand hunting and permit the use of lead ammunition and fishing tackle on public lands. The order is called: “Reinvigorating America’s Hunting Heritage.” It's a farce. www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/war-...
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 23/09/2026
UPDATE: Less than one week into Wyoming's hunting season, and four #wolves have been killed in Areas 1 and 2, where Mollie's pack had been spotted. The areas have met their quota and are now closed for the remainder of the hunting season.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 23/09/2026
Alaska’s sponge gardens do so much for a healthy ocean, including providing shelter and serving as vitally important nurseries for all kinds of fish and crabs. Adding seafloor mining to the picture adds insult to injury, scraping up and devastating life on the bottom of the ocean.
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Scientists find nine new sponge species in glimpse of Alaska’s deep-sea diversity
But their habitat is threatened by bottom trawling in the region and Trump’s plan to expand seafloor mining
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Dr. Fishpond - Ph.D. @pacificfishpond.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Many decades ago, as a graduate student, I had a wall poster (I don't remember the author) that said, "The loss of one species diminishes us all." That sentence has stuck with me through decades. Those of you that can help, any way, please do 🤙.
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Dr. Fishpond - Ph.D. @pacificfishpond.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
😂!!
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Spyro the Antifascist Dragon @antifaspyro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
For those who want to join in the fun... youtube.com/shorts/AM6NK...
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Lobster Barnacle Removal!
YouTube video by Jacob Knowles
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I keep seeing videos of a guy who catches crabs and lobsters, cracks all the barnacles off them, puts a shrimp in their claws and throws them back. can you imagine. abducted by aliens but they just give you a spa day and hand you two hot dogs and let you go
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Lyn Heideman @heidelyn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Why shouldn't a wild animal also be honored? In 2012, the mountain lion P-22 managed to cross Los Angeles and freeways to enter Griffith Park. He survived a decade before being euthanized, too injured & ill to be saved. In between, he raised awareness of what our cities and freeways are doing...
A photo by National Park Service of P-22 in a remote camera image in Griffith Park in 2014. 

(Photo courtesy of the National Park Service and the New York Times.)
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 10/09/2026
We have a chance to turn the tide. If world leaders act swiftly, they can protect at least 30% of the ocean by 2030 — giving marine life space to recover, helping stabilise our climate, safeguarding the livelihoods of billions of people, and securing a thriving planet for generations to come.
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Let’s Turn the Tide to Protect 30% of the Ocean by 2030 - Greenpeace International
Call on your government to start implementing protected ocean sanctuaries.
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 08/09/2026
AI data centers, and their corresponding power plants, need massive amounts of water. In the Rio Grande Valley, where every drop already matters, Texans deserve to know exactly what these projects will take from our water supply.
Screenshot of a ValleyCentral news article featuring a video still of server racks inside a data center. The headline reads, “How much water does it take to power AI? A local RGV engineer explains.” The video is labeled “Data Centers and Water Cooling” and “How much water these centers need to operate.” The article is by Jorge Vela and was published September 8, 2026.
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#DYK we get over 40 different sharks in UK waters! From small catsharks and deepwater dogfish to migratory blue sharks and huge filter-feeding basking sharks 🦈 and UK scientists have just been granted £1 million in funding to help protect these wonderful animals 🔽 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘We have really cool sharks’: three-year project to lift lid on Britain’s little-understood species
Anglers will help scientists investigate the porbeagle, tope and blue shark to boost knowledge and conservation
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This was the video I was looking for yesterday to post. I follow Joshua Wright on instagram because we are both passionate about saving old trees. This was an ancient forest valley that was recently logged on Vancouver Island. They cut down one of the largest Yellow Cedar tree in Canada. 😢
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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Clownfish aren't born male or female. They're born undifferentiated, then the largest in a group becomes female and the second largest becomes male. If the female dies, the male becomes female. That's just one fish. There are over 34,000 species. And the diversity is wild. #fish #ocean #nature
two clown fishs in a sea anemone
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Humane World for Animals @humaneworldorg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Each year across the globe, tens of millions of sharks are hunted down, only to have their fins sliced off and their bodies thrown back into the ocean, often left to die an agonizing death. You can help save them by pledging to protect them today: hwfa.link/bs090226
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Appeals Court Protects Imperiled Sea Turtles from Drowning in Fishing Nets biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
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Appeals Court Protects Imperiled Sea Turtles from Drowning in Fishing Nets
Center for Biological Diversity: NEW ORLEANS— A federal appeals court has affirmed a district court ruling upholding the National Marine Fisheries Service’s 2019 rule requiring some shrimp trawling ve...
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Dr. Fishpond - Ph.D. @pacificfishpond.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Tell Norway to stop krill fishing expansion and support Antarctic marine protected areas
Antarctica's Southern Ocean is home to krill — tiny crustaceans that feed whales, penguins, and seabirds, and help lock carbon deep in the ocean. Krill populations are the foundation of the Antarctic...
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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton's voice cuts through five decades of tape with absolute clarity. Released after her death at 80, archival interviews reveal an Appalachian songwriter who navigated global fame entirely on her own terms, fiercely guarding her authentic voice from Nashville to Hollywood.
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The Dolly Parton you may not know, in her own words
The Associated Press has compiled memorable quotes from Dolly Parton, capturing her candid reflections over the years.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 23/08/2026
Shockingly, the time lag between a first illness and eventual food recall can sometimes take years. For example, a February 2025 recall of frozen shakes was linked to illnesses dating back six years.
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Dr. Fishpond - Ph.D. @pacificfishpond.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I don't normally share items like this but I just wanted to show what can be done worldwide when humans care for animals and each other. This is a video from Happy Doggo land in Thailand. Sometimes, videos like this are what keep me mentally/emotionally going. www.facebook.com/share/v/1DDL...
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The President has decided that in order to make ground beef cheaper, he will cut tariffs on ground beef. And I'm wondering if he could generalize from this one product to other products, and perhaps concede that tariffs raise prices on American consumers.
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Solar farms usually need large stretches of open land. India found another place to put them: directly above water that was already flowing through irrigation canals.The idea took shape in Gujarat. #ActOnClimate #Renewables #ClimateActionNow #solarpower
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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Saving bees isn’t just about protecting one species—it’s about protecting the life, balance, and future of our planet.
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The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The usual excuse behind the rush to build these data centers is "we can't let China get ahead of us". But we seem to have no problem letting China lap us when it comes to renewable energy. Odd, ain't it?
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 14/08/2026
The doctor who claimed that vaccines cause autism lost his medical license for faking for the study. But his lies and the damage he did to public health persist long after his paper was pulled. This is why science communication is so difficult; all it takes is one grifter.
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Maggie Priceless🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦🇵🇸🇺🇦 @maggiepriceless.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Its getting good. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
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The Largest Data Center In California Has Been Denied Water For Cooling — Now It's Suing A Public Agency
A developer wants to combine water rights from several plots of farmland to help cool a data center. Regulators said no, and now the developer is suing.
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Dr. Fishpond - Ph.D. @pacificfishpond.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Fossils show huge carbon emissions harm forests, not ‘green the planet’
Study of 56m-year-old leaves counters claims from Trump administration members of ‘benefits’ of fossil fuel pollution
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11/08/2026
Lake Mead lowest ever. Siberia hits 90. Vienna 105. Northwest on fire. Ocean heat record. Nothing to see here folks.
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Lake Mead, the nation’s biggest reservoir, hits lowest level on record
The milestone is yet another sign of the escalating water crisis on the Colorado River, which scientists say is worsened by climate change.
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Dr. Fishpond - Ph.D. @pacificfishpond.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I am posting this because I follow this gentleman, and HappyDoggo NGO, and their work in Thailand. I've learned much about dogs and human dog interactions. This post is a sad one but an educational one. What happened here happens all over the world, sadly. niallharbison.substack.com/p/fluffy-is-...
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Fluffy Is Gone
A tough one to take
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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Indigenous peoples, generations of conservationists, park rangers, and field scientists have been fighting, often in the shadows, so that what remains wild can go on existing. If a large part of nature is still standing today, it is largely thanks to them.
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Dr. Fishpond - Ph.D. @pacificfishpond.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Jackie, arguably the world's most famous bald eagle, dies after mysterious illness
Jackie and her mate, Shadow, delighted millions of viewers as stars of a nonstop livestream of their nest, perched high in a Jeffrey pine overlooking Big Bear Lake.
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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
A healthy coral reef is not a rock formation with color. It is a living animal colony — each coral polyp an individual organism — building structures that take centuries to reach maturity. Some of them are over 900 years old. They were growing when Columbus was still alive.
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Hawksbill Turtle Swimming Underwater
ALT: Hawksbill Turtle Swimming Underwater
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The COVID Lab leak theory debunked by Paul Offit 1. Started in the Hunan wholesale seafood market (Southwestern section). The first few cases were there and spread out. 2. The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) is 9 miles away from that seafood market, on the other side of the Yangtze river. 🧵
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/08/2026
Billions of gallons of toxic oil field wastewater are injected below Oklahoma each year. Some of it is spreading uncontrollably and blasting out of old wells. Our documentary with @readfrontier.bsky.social exposes what regulators knew — and how they did little about the risks.
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Why Oil Field Wastewater Is Bubbling Up All Over This State | ProPublica Docs
YouTube video by ProPublica
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Mainstream media isn’t talking about it, but bulldozers and construction crews have descended upon Texas’ Big Bend National Park as the Trump administration moves forward with its border barrier project. The project will permanently damage one of our nation’s greatest natural treasures.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Highly informative article about the recent record-breaking heat and wildfires in Europe. It dives into the science about the causes, quoting several experts. Worth reading! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Europe pays the price in a summer where heat went off the charts
Stefan Rahmstorf was holidaying in southern France when he came face to face with the climate future he has tried to fight.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
What the US government is doing to Dr. Fauci is the embodiment of what they are doing to scientific infrastructure overall.
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Resister Sister Nicki Smith @worldtraveldiva.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
In 1944, MN teenager Jeanne Gibson went to work in the Seattle shipyards welding destroyers for the Allies. She then moved to Juneau and joined the Army Transportation Corps supplying ships in the Pacific. She later got a Master’s and her pilots license. RIP, hero. 🫡 www.kron4.com/news/bay-are...
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NPR @npr.org · 30/07/2026
The release of Dr. Anthony Fauci's pandemic diaries has rekindled the debate over the origins of SARS-CoV-2. Here's how scientists have weighed in. n.pr/4h55Tdr
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Animal spillover? Lab leak? What the science says about the origins of COVID-19
The release of Dr. Anthony Fauci's pandemic diaries has rekindled the debate over the origins of SARS-CoV-2. Here's how scientists have weighed in.
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