More blood on the hands of every American, and for what? We just murder and murder and murder and murder and what is it for?
28.02.2026 11:50 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0More blood on the hands of every American, and for what? We just murder and murder and murder and murder and what is it for?
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Places that are bombed are real places
A lovely primer on Minab where the little girls were bombed at their school
open.substack.com/pub/kollibri...
An amazing and very informative 30+ part thread on American labor law, yellow dog contracts, and union history by Erik Loomis, labor and environmental historian.
If interested at all in the history of worker's rights in America, this will add to your knowledge.
One of the most effective strategies for quieting a vessel is slowing down. Lower speeds not only reduce underwater noise, but also reduce the risk of collisions with whales like bowheads, which are particularly susceptible to ship strikes…Ship operators also benefit.
#whales #vesselstrikes
In an era of diminishing federal oversight, local authorities must establish their own public health protections.
Portland needs comprehensive communication, health, and safety protocols for cruise ship infectious disease outbreaks.
#norovirus #cruiseships #Maine #Portland #MEpolitics
An image of a cruise ship at sunrise towering over the roof tops in Casco Bay Portland Maine with black exhaust coming out the smoke stack.
⚓️ Save the Date ⚓️
Saturday
March 21
10 - 11:30 am
Hill House
92 Congress St.
Portland
Next meeting to discuss:
⚓️ scrubber wash ban
⚓️ Infectious disease protocols
⚓️ shore power study x capacity
⚓️ Economic Impact Study
⚓️ State legislation
#MEpolitics #Maine #Portland
@pinetreeactivism.org
Cruise ships are the $66B climate destroying foreign flagged dregs of entertainment. They pollute with impunity & yet port communities are expected to accept their presence without question.
We are asking questions!
Join us ⚓️
@portcruisecontrol.bsky.social
Their profit is our pollution.
#Portland
Cruise ships are the $66B climate destroying foreign flagged dregs of entertainment. They pollute with impunity & yet port communities are expected to accept their presence without question.
We are asking questions!
Join us ⚓️
@portcruisecontrol.bsky.social
Their profit is our pollution.
#Portland
It is important to realize that efforts to protect our harbors, our air, and our communities are all part of protecting our country from big money interests and the unregulated power they yield in buying their way over citizens best wishes.
Pollution and economic impact? No, do not allow it.
"A growing body of scientific evidence shows that the toxic poisons discharged from ships using Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS, known as scrubbers) damage the marine environment and increase human health risks. Scrubber wastewater is highly toxic, significantly hotter and much more acidic than the surrounding waters. It contains various pollutants, including heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), nitrates and nitrites, sulfates and particulate matter. Even at extremely low concentrations — just 0.001% — scrubber pollutants can harm marine life and disrupt biological processes that harm ecosystems, ocean resources and coastal communities. Given the significant risks and harms from scrubber discharge, regulations like the proposed revision to Rule 8 of the Portland Terminal Tariff to prohibit scrubber wash discharge while ships are at dock, are appropriate and justified." Kay Brown, Arctic Policy Director, Pacific Environment
"Given the significant risks & harms from scrubber discharge, regulations are appropriate and justified."
Kay Brown, Arctic Policy Director, @pacenvironment.bsky.social
portlandcruisecontrolmaine.org/scrubber-was...
#banscrubbers #MEpolitics #Portland #cruiseships #Maine
The cover of this week's Lancet, featuring RFK Jr:
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PINE TREE ACTIVISM CALENDAR Events for Sunday MAR 1, 2026 Details confirmed 03/01 4:30AM Share/Repost so Mainers know where to #OPPOSE! Pg 1/3 Submit events to: ptactivism@proton.me SUN MAR 1 MAR 1, Sun 9-10:00AM (& every Sun) – Gorham Sidewalk at Walgreens, 120 Main St, Gorham ICE OUT OF MAINE – Join us on the sidewalk by Walgreens, across from OTTO's on Main St Gorham, for our weekly protest of ICE and their inhumane treatment of detainees. MAR 1, Sun 9:30-11:00AM – Allagash Two Rivers Lunch, 75 Dickey Rd, Allagash, Maine BREAKFAST with GRAHAM at TWO RIVERS LUNCH in ALLAGASH I'd love to see you and tell you about our campaign to take on billionaires that have rigged the economy, making Maine unaffordable for working families. FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/912670/ MAR 1, Sun 12-12:30PM (& every Sun) – Belfast Post Office Square, Franklin & Church Streets, downtown Belfast, Maine TAKE ACTION for PALESTINE! – We gather in solidarity with the Palestinian people and against the complicity of the US. Call for immediate permanent ceasefire; no further US funding or military aid for the Israeli government’s war crimes; demand that humanitarian and life-saving aid in both Gaza and the West Bank be provided. FMI: shorturl.at/w9ipD MAR 1, Sun 12-1:00PM (& every Sun) – Ellsworth Union River Bridge downtown, Ellsworth, Maine Weekly Stand Out for Peace – www.mvprights.org/events MAR 1, Sun 12-1:00PM (& every Sun) – Presque Isle Route 1 Bridge (near mall), Presque Isle, Maine LET'S STAND FOR PEACE Rally for Peace – NonViolence – End War Peace is not the absence of war, but the presence of love and understanding. Let's stand for peace. Every Sunday, 12-1PM. (calendar cont'd in comments) PRO TIP: click ALT in lower right corner for links you can copy/paste. Pine Tree Activism strives to publish confirmed events with accurate details as submitted or as found on a group's official public listing. Only verified events are included. Late changes in venue, da…
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Perfect day to CALL YOUR SENATORS & tell them NO on the SAVE Act: bit.ly/4srDVLB
#ORGANIZE #RESIST & #OPPOSE!
#NonViolenceIsPower
#EveryEffortCounts
#GetInvolved
pg1/3 – REPOST & SHARE!
#Maine #MEpolitics
Carnival Cruise Line prohibits the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) to board the Carnival Adventure. #cruise
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Union officials said they wanted to speak with crew members amid ongoing allegations about poor working conditions.
How much has this cost Americans, to abduct, detain, house, then release?
"In all, the administration heralded making 206 arrests in Maine. A month after the enforcement operation, judges have ordered that dozens of them be released, finding they pose no danger to their communities."
#MEpolitics
This is how you turn old bread into a really good cake. We have many versions of bread cake across Veneto and Venice - my family makes a mean one w lemon zest, raisins and pine nuts. (in Venice it's called Torta Nicolotta). Recipe and story linked below 🤎
sinufogarizzu.substack.com/p/annas-tort...
I do love winter
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If you love to see Venice in Black & White my book can still be found, if you search on-line.
This is the third book in the Dream of Venice trilogy. It includes Berengo Gardin’s iconic vaporetto image, which he generously allowed us to include.
#Venice #Venezia #monochrome
#blackandwhite
A black and white image of passengers on a vaporetto in Venice Italy Gianni Berengo Gardin, Venice, In vaporetto (1960; Collection of the Venice Foundation) © Gianni Berengo Gardin Archive
Berengo Gardin & Venice in black and white:
Fondazione di Venezia opens Palazzo Flangini with photography by the maestro
In Berengo Gardin’s gaze we observe Venice in its entirety, with her challenges and problems….
Feb. 27-June 30 2026
www.finestresullarte.info/en/photograp...
#Venice #Venezia
If a city government doesn’t put locals first they are failing in their commitment to protect & strengthen the community.
With cruise tourism it always seems to be, locals last.
We are committed to changing that policy position at @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social
#cruiseships #norovirus
If you love to see Venice in Black & White my book can still be found, if you search on-line.
This is the third book in the Dream of Venice trilogy. It includes Berengo Gardin’s iconic vaporetto image, which he generously allowed us to include.
#Venice #Venezia #monochrome
#blackandwhite
A black and white image of passengers on a vaporetto in Venice Italy Gianni Berengo Gardin, Venice, In vaporetto (1960; Collection of the Venice Foundation) © Gianni Berengo Gardin Archive
Berengo Gardin & Venice in black and white:
Fondazione di Venezia opens Palazzo Flangini with photography by the maestro
In Berengo Gardin’s gaze we observe Venice in its entirety, with her challenges and problems….
Feb. 27-June 30 2026
www.finestresullarte.info/en/photograp...
#Venice #Venezia
things every single republican president of your lifetime has done
- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy
Modern opera houses owe a lot to ancient Venetian theaters which starting in the 17th century were able to innovate architecture, audience and business plans. Here’s my new blogpost: www.seevenice.it/en/why-moder...
28.02.2026 14:02 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Fuck every Trump voter forever.
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PINE TREE ACTIVISM CALENDAR Events for Saturday FEB 28, 2026 Details confirmed as of 02/28 – 4:15AM Share/Repost so Mainers know where to #RESIST! Pg 1/7 - Submit events to: ptactivism@proton.me FEB 28, Sat 9:00AM (& every Sat) – Dover-Foxcroft Main Street Bridge, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine Weekly Stand Out for Peace: https://mvprights.org/events FEB 28, Sat 9:30AM – Maine Location provided once signed up MAINE DSA & PRESENTE! FOOD BRIGADE Volunteer with Maine DSA at Presente's Food Brigade, their barrier-free community food and resource distribution program. During the Rationing & Box-Making Shift (9:30am-12:30pm), you'll support the team by rationing dry food boxes for distribution to community members! If you are interested in volunteering Please RSVP and fill out the sign up form emailed to you. FMI: https://shorturl.at/pIBgU FEB 28, Sat 9-10:00AM (& every Sat) – Yarmouth Yarmouth Town Hall, 200 Main St, Yarmouth, Maine RESIST HATE – SUPPORT DEMOCRACY: weekly in front of Town Hall. A local Indivisible event. Join with family and neighbors to support democracy, stand with immigrants, tell your legislators to do their job, etc. We gather at the green with your signs or use ones we have on hand. Make your voices heard. FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/903461/ FEB 28, Sat 10:00AM (& every Sat) – Farmington Farmington Post Office, 196 Main St, Farmington, Maine Weekly Stand Out for Peace: https://mvprights.org/events (calendar cont'd in comments) PRO TIP: click ALT in lower right corner for links you can copy/paste. The SAVE ACT, an effort to severely restrict legal voting by making all voters prove citizenship with passport or birth certificate, has passed the House and is currently stalled in the Senate. CONTACT YOUR SENATORS! Demand they do NOT allow the SAVE ACT to pass: senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm Pine Tree Activism strives to publish confirmed events with accurate details as submitted or as found on a group's official pu…
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Partly sunny, high 45º, breezy! A great day to get out and
#ORGANIZE #RESIST & #OPPOSE!
#NonViolenceIsPower
#EveryEffortCounts
#GetInvolved
pg1/7 – REPOST & SHARE!
#Maine #MEpolitics
If a city government doesn’t put locals first they are failing in their commitment to protect & strengthen the community.
With cruise tourism it always seems to be, locals last.
We are committed to changing that policy position at @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social
#cruiseships #norovirus
This document right here would DEVASTATE any run I tried to do playing Pandemic (the game of trying to infect the entire world with a virus) so it sounds like it's probably a good one.
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I wrote a book! (Yes, this often happens to me.) And yes, it's the pink stripe in the rainbow flag when you stack them right. It's out Tuesday and I start doing events on Monday with the most amazing people. List here and more below: www.rebeccasolnit.net/events1.html
26.02.2026 21:21 — 👍 422 🔁 55 💬 7 📌 6If you think this doesn't end in gas chambers then read a fucking history book. I am incandescent with rage. Trans friends: I see you, I love you, I accept you, and I will never stop being loud.
26.02.2026 02:11 — 👍 217 🔁 45 💬 1 📌 1Big landowners are spraying glyphosate poison all over the North Maine Woods to maximize their profits. It's killing animals, it's killing fish, and I believe it's killing people also. When I'm Governor, I'll ban it.
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