Join Me at Upwell: A Wave of Ocean Justice — Our Fourth Year! I hope that you will join me at Upwell: A Wave of Ocean Justice this June 2-3 in Washington, DC. Please register today. Due to popular demand, Upwell is moving to a larger venue this year and we ar…

Please register for Upwell before we run out of spaces

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Deep Sea Mining Symposium Announcement Abstract submissions are now open for the 8th International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC8), taking place November 13–17, 2026, in Edinburgh, Scotland—and we’re excited to announce an open sym…

Please submit an abstract to speak at my symosium!

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Research Associate, Conservation Policy American Progress is seeking a Research Associate to join the Conservation Policy team in its Energy and Environment department. The associate will conduct research and analysis related to public land...

Job

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Cosplaying as a small liberal arts college professor for today's talk

When Sharks Matter

Super Typhoon Sinlaku: What to know, How you can help Angelo Villagomez Saipan Mariana Trench Guam Ocean Conservation Culture Chamorro Indigenous

A few friends have sent me $$ to donate to Ayuda Foundation -- my recommended charity for Typhoon Sinlaku relief. They don't accept online donations, so I am mailing them a check. If you'd like to add a donation -- I will send the check Thursday

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In the last few weeks, I've written about climate change, endangered species, deep sea mining, and erasing black history on public lands

My work has focused on marine protected areas for so many years, it's been fun and challenging to step out of my lane

Start your weekend off right: support groups helping the people of the Northern Mariana Islands recover from Typhoon Sinlaku.

An opportunity to turn your concern into action—and stand with communities rebuilding after the storm.

Trump is calling the opening of the Strait of Hormuz a total and complete victory -- just like in Vietnam

Please help with these relief efforts if you can.

(I can vouch for Angelo—one of the main Saipan sources for my book and an all-around good guy)

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I've posted three recommendations for supporting local relief efforts for Super Typhoon Sinlaku on my blog

Join us next week for a workshop on deep sea mining

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Landscapes are stories, and American public lands and waters tell the story of Black people in America👇

Not only does my employer let me write about the intersection of public lands, baseball, racism, and politics, but they promote my work on Jackie Robinson Day!

Climate Change Is Here—and America’s Most Marginalized Communities Are on the Front Lines After Typhoon Sinlaku devastated the Northern Mariana Islands Tuesday, it is clear that climate change is already here—and hitting marginalized U.S. communities first. What comes next must be a commit...

Saipan has now been hit hard three times in barely a decade. Climate change is here, and communities on the front lines need more than recovery after disaster strikes. They need resilience, preparedness, and support before the next storm arrives.

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Defense Dept. restores story on Jackie Robinson's military service An article about Jackie Robinson's military service was again available on the Department of Defense website after it was initially deleted with the URL redirecting to one that added the letters "dei....

Remember:

Trump
Always
Chickens
Out

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Happy Jackie Robinson Day!

There's nothing more American than baseball -- but that's not stopping the Trump administration from trying to delete and censor stories about this American hero

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Played softball under rainbow skies

"A long and destructive event" - Typhoon Sinlaku makes slow passage over Tinian, Saipan YouTube video by kuamnews

There aren't a lot of images of the Typhoon Sinlaku damage coming out of Saipan or Tinian yet because people are still hunkered down, with the second night beginning

KUAM has some video here

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4.1K views · 113 reactions | Super Typhoon Sinlaku 4am April 15 | NMI News Service Super Typhoon Sinlaku 4am April 15

Typhoon update from Brad

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Super Typhoon Sinlaku: What to know, How you can help Angelo Villagomez Saipan Mariana Trench Guam Ocean Conservation Culture Chamorro Indigenous

Here are three places you can donate to help with Super Typhoon Sinlaku recovery

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Typhoon Sinlaku is a few hours away

Donald amd Melania resurrect the Epstein controversy

Tracking Super Typhoon Sinlaku (Gift Article) See the likely path and wind arrival times for Sinlaku

This is new. Ive never seen the New York Times track the typhoons in the Marianas

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Sinlaku Becomes Powerful Typhoon, Expected To Hit Guam Monday YouTube video by FOX Weather

Watching this typhoon about to hit the Marianas

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...and one was George Santos

Typhoon Sinlaku is tracking to make landfall over Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands as a Category 4 storm on Wednesday morning local time -- Tuesday EST

Thanks!

“What we need are better stories. Stories that treat coral reefs not just as ecosystems, but as homelands.”

This (and the papers it references) are excellent.

I wrote a thing about writing a thing

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