M. Matson & S/V Salish Nomad

YouTube video by Exploring Alternatives Living on a Tiny House Boat for 5 Years Saved His Life – NARROWBOAT STORY

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A new Gallup poll shows how Americans' sympathies have shifted in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict That shift accelerated during the war in Gaza. Three years ago, 54% of Americans sympathized more with the Israelis, compared with 31% for the Palestinians.

That shift accelerated during the war in Gaza. Three years ago, 54% of Americans sympathized more with the Israelis, compared with 31% for the Palestinians.

The Declaration of Independence says we have the right to overthrow the government The right to overthrow a government remains an important principle to uphold, as it serves as a check on government power. It is a reminder that governments ...

The Declaration of Independence says that we not only have the right but we also have the duty to alter or abolish any government that does not secure our unalienable rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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Money for Bombs
Broke for Medicine
Classic America

Will Others Follow? Spain Denies Use of Its Bases to US Military for Iran Attacks Spanish government blocks US military from using bases for attacks on Iran. Prime Minister Sánchez denounces unjustified war. Europe urged to follow suit.

Will Others Follow? Spain Denies Use of Its Bases to US Military for Iran Attacks

'Enough Is Enough': Sanders, Khanna Propose Billionaires Tax to Raise $4.4 Trillion Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ro Khanna are taking a stand against billionaire greed with the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act. It's time to end the corrupt tax code that favors the wealthy while everyday Americans struggle to make ends meet. Will you support this crucial legislation to create a more equitable economy for all? #TaxTheRich #EconomicJustice

"It is time to enact a wealth tax on billionaires and use this revenue to address some of the major crises facing working families, the children, the elderly, the sick, and the most vulnerable.”​

What magical creatures.

In today's throwback video, we look back to two years ago when on March 5, 2023 we met up with the T99s in Active Pass, BC.

It's always fun to see how the whales have changed. Look how much smaller both T99C Barakat (the sprouter male) and calf T99E Qwiin qwiin oo qwii la are compared to today!

U.S. Bishops Take On Trump At the Supreme Court: “Protect God-Given Human Dignity” The U.S. bishops have filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court calling Trump’s birthright citizenship order “immoral” and unconstitutional — a consequential legal action without recent parallel.

Pope Leo is a LEADER.
US Catholic bishops file brief w/ the court,calling Trump’s order on birthright citizenship “antithetical to church’s teaching”.
The Church speaks with one voice on fundamental human dignity.
“Children do nothing wrong by being born in the US.”
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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It Can Now Be Plainly Said: Trump Is Planning a November Coup d’État During the campaign, it was kind of hard to picture the specifics of how Trump might pull such a thing off. Alas, it’s getting less hypothetical by the week.

According to The New Republic what Trump is planning isn’t a strategy it’s a dry run for a coup. Lying, undermining elections, normalizing chaos and testing how far he can bend democracy before it snaps. Pay attention!

#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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States are restricting HIV drug access, the expiration of ACA tax credits are part of the problem. Read more at the link in our bio.

Several factors—including Republicans allowing the ACA enhanced premium tax credits to expire—are causing states across the nation to restrict access to AIDS Drug Assistance Programs.

The GOP prioritized billionaires' tax cuts, & Americans living with HIV are paying the price.

Would you be surprised to hear that none of the leading American political reporters are talking about this? They are acting like this never happened. Because it reveals the state of mind of our Commander in Chief. And that’s a taboo subject in America.

YouTube video by Exploring Alternatives 21 Years Living Off-Grid on a Remote Island in a Self-Built Cabin & Homestead

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Interactive timeline: Environmental disasters and law I have created a Dipity timeline of environmental disasters and law. It starts at the Industrial Revolution, and I would ask you to have a play with the zoom, especially to look at 2010 and 2011. The timeline was inspired by the idea of creating a new law to help turn the tide on climate change and other environmental ills. The law would be called Ecocide. Tomorrow I am liveblogging on Storify (and will also publish here) from the mock Ecocide trial, being held at the Supreme Court in London. The idea is to test whether corporations can be held to account under a new International Crime Against Peace. Please let me know what you think of the timeline, whether it works to express some meaningful information, and whether you can think of more significant events to add in the comments below - it's a work in progress! Thanks. On supporting science journalism...

Interactive timeline: Environmental disasters and law
->Scientific American | More on "Ecocide law environmental disasters timeline" at BigEarthData.ai | #EnvironmentalDisaster

Trump’s attack on Iran and the plot against your vote Donald Trump is planning to use his attack on Iran to justify a power grab over voting in the 2026 midterms.

Trump is setting the stage to claim extraordinary powers to take over the 2026 elections — from banning mail-in voting to imposing new obstacles to voter registration. All of this will be justified on the grounds of national security. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

A large group of people, mostly men, standing in the rubble of a collapsed building. A headline reads: "Strike on Girls’ School Kills 115, Iranian State Media Says" Photo by Mehr News Agency

At least 115 people, most of them likely children, were killed in a strike on a girls’ elementary school in Iran on Saturday, health officials and state media said. It was not immediately clear which country hit the school. Our reporters are trying to confirm details of the attack. trib.al/HxXybV9

Fossil fuel pollution’s effect on oceans comes with huge costs » Yale Climate Connections A new study details the vast price society is paying for burning coal, oil, and gas.

Fossil fuel pollution’s effect on oceans comes with huge costs. A new study details the vast price society is paying for burning coal, oil, and gas. yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/02/foss... #environment #ClimateScience #ecology #SciChat

How do you “steal” a word? In a world gone mad…this is what people are quibbling over.

'There are so many bones everywhere': The whale graveyards that transform the deep sea A photographer captured this extraordinary site where whales' bodies lie in the shallows, with troubling repercussions for the deep oceans.

@kathlanpher.bsky.social has written a great article for the BBC about a photography expedition to film at a shallow #whale graveyard near Tasiilaq, Greenland. There are around 20 #minkewhale skeletons here, 15 feet belöw the pack ice

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YouTube video by North of Us Svalbard | A Sailing Expedition along the Northwest Coast

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An Army Corps project could wipe out one of Florida’s last thriving coral reefs The fate of one of the last thriving coral reefs in Florida may be imperiled by plans to widen the shipping channel leading into Port Everglades.

Battered by a hotter climate, Florida's coral reefs could be devastated by a massive shipping channel project:“the project would result in the largest impact to coral reefs permitted in U.S. history” wapo.st/46yTXe5 @nicolasFuRivero @washingtonpost

Bravo when bravo is due!

Overnight, Belgian naval forces, operating in coordination with the French Navy, detained the Russian shadow tanker ETHERA, sailing under a Guinean flag, in the eastern English Channel.

This is what sanctions enforcement looks like and more of this needs to happen.
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Boats that are printed instead of built ⛵️

CEAD’s Faber Navalis uses a giant robotic arm to 3D print 12-meter boat structures in one seamless piece. Using recycled composites, it cuts waste and costs, making shipbuilding more sustainable.

#VivaTech #TechNews #3DPrinting

Trump announced the US has destroyed and sunk 9 Iranian naval ships, including large and significant vessels, and largely destroyed Iran's naval headquarters. He said the US is continuing to target the remaining fleet. #Iran

It’s really crazy how much I’ve been agreeing with Rep. Thomas Massie recently!

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

THE OCEAN'S HEART releases on Tuesday!
My own heart is full of gratitude for those who see the awe and wonder in this story!
#kidlit #nonfiction #picturebooks #wonder #awe #ocean #STEM #STEAM
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Winter getting shorter in 80% of major US cities, new data shows Researchers find that across 195 US cities, winters are on average nine days shorter than they were in 1970-1997

"Even with evidence of the devastating impacts of global warming in plain sight, Trump has made dismantling environmental protections a key priority of his second administration."
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