Right!! Wow do they need to pull themselves together.

An afternoon on the shores of the Salish Sea with a loon, a harbor seal, gulls whirling. A distraction of the chaos and a reminder of what I’m working for. For a Salish Sea for my children, for their children, and generations into the future. Let’s make it so.

No NOAA no Seafood…. And all the other things that NOAA provides. Living in a county of islands with the most shoreline of any county in the contiguous United States we absolutely rely on the services provided by NOAA!

The arts and the sciences go hand in hand… says the scientist who married the artist 💙🌊
I run workshops at FHL beneath a paper maché sperm whale covered in the pages of moby dick that was created at similar marine arts and science workshop. It is my favorite place to host colleagues.

This important work needs all of us, working together, bringing different strengths, ideas, science, and tools. #bettertogether #betterfortheSouthernResidents

World whale day 🐋💙 at a time when whale populations need our help the most, especially those struggling to recover like the #SouthernResidentkillerwhale

Little J62 is female. This is a big deal for this struggling population. May she not only survive, but thrive 💙

Also… don’t paddle around feeding whales!! They’re pretty oblivious to your presence. Get out their way and let them do their whale thing!!

Scientists on alert after some NOAA staff ordered to stop talking to people overseas At other branches of NOAA, international contact was facing heavy scrutiny, raising questions about how easily scientists could carry out work to monitor weather and atmospheric conditions.

The @washingtonpost.com has also picked up the story:
Staff members at a division of NOAA have been told this week to stop all contact with foreign nationals, including on international treaties and seafood catch limits
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County workers wanted a pay hike, but got a 4-day workweek instead. Here's what happened. San Juan County in Washington State didn't have the funds to give workers a raise, so they had to get creative.

In 2023 we negotiated a contract for our @afscme.bsky.social represented employees with San Juan County that included a 32 hr work week and fair COLAs… shame that CBS didn’t bother to learn how county employees (represented and unrepresented) won the 32 hr work week.
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I ended my day stripping out the NOAA affiliations from fellow Women in Marine Mammal Science team member bios on our website and checking the rest of the site for any other links or photos that might put them at risk. How did we get here??

NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’ An internal email obtained by WIRED shows that NOAA workers received orders to pause “ALL INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS.”

For the transboundary Salish Sea this will have hugely detrimental effects, and not just here but globally!

Day 2 of the Seattle Boat Show with Be Whale Wise. Chatted with over 200 boaters today and handed out over 80 #whalewarningflags. And laughed so hard with these two that I cried! 🐋🩵🐋

Which is worse for wildlife, wind farms or oil drilling? US President Donald Trump says that wind farms harm birds and whales. Scientists weigh wind power's impacts on wildlife against those of oil and gas.

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Winter on the water. Another marine patrol in the islands with the San Juan County Environmental Stewardship marine team for derelict vessel prevention efforts and documentation of mooring buoys.
#sanjuanislands #salishsea #sanjuancountyWA #marinemonitoring #buoyohbuoy

Image of a ship in rocky seas. Text reads “We are not all the same boat. We are in the same storm. Some have yachts, some have canoes, and some are drowning. Just be kind and help wherever you can”

Senior scientists who will be reviewing tenure & promotion files in the future - please remember that the effects of many of these executive orders will disproportionately affect researchers from marginalized groups - often the same folks penalized by COVID-related delays, childcare issues, etc. 🧪

No, Offshore Wind Isn’t What’s Killing Whales Politicians and nonprofit groups have blamed offshore wind turbines for whale deaths, but the science doesn’t support those claims—at all

Posting this again, for reasons. 🧪

Towards equity and justice in ocean sciences - npj Ocean Sustainability npj Ocean Sustainability - Towards equity and justice in ocean sciences

🔥 🔥Our paper summarising all the conversations and actions (for research community, funding agencies, institutions and publishers), we can all take to achieve equity and justice in ocean sciences is OUT! Open access @npjOceanSustain Pls RT! www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring Researchers facing

Scientists in the US have won a lot of Nobel Prizes because of world-leading research funding and immigration. I guess we're giving that up to China now.

Sunny winter afternoons on the shores of an island in the middle of the Salish Sea keep us connected to what matters in these turbulent times.