Kate :verigold:

Tiny ocean life helps scientists estimate whale prevalence off the California coast https://phys.org/news/2026-05-tiny-ocean-life-scientists-whale.html 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science

⟦Knaub et al.⟧ Preserving an Imperiled Porpoise Through Pixels: Digitization of a Vaquita (Phocoena sinus) Skeleton, the World's Most Endangered Marine Mammal https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.70162?af=R 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Porpoise #Science

Lidl have a load of Japanese foods in beyond their usual sushi box, and there's some nice vegan choices amongst them.

Tonight is Smörgåsbord a la 日本.

I hope that gave the linguists amonsgt you a stroke

⟦Heße et al.⟧ Rising competition among North Sea mammalian top predators: a multi-method perspective on trophic ecology https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-53094-2 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Porpoise #Science #Pinipeds #Seals

Mexico bans use of captive marine mammals for entertainment https://www.humaneworld.org/en/news/mexico-bans-use-captive-marine-mammals 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Science #AnimalWelfare #EmptyTheTanks

Wednesday
Kier Starmer: I have full confidence in Wes Streeting.
Me: Uh oh!

Thursday
Papers: Wes Streeting has resigned.
Me: There it is!

#UKPolitics #TailAsOldAsTime

Emotive banger! https://youtu.be/pkYuQzhI13I?si=BagKQA1d81wjpFfC :blobcatmusic: #Music #Epic

Me: Ok, I've had a spendy week after impulse buying replacement binoculars, so no more until payday.
World of Books: 20% of ALL pre-loved books for World Earth Day!
Me.......

:blobcatbook: #Reading #Books #SecondHand #WorldEarthDay

Norway Reopens Annual Whale Hunt Despite Pressure to End Commercial Whaling https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14042026/norway-reopens-commercial-whaling-despite-demand-decline/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling #AnimalCruelty

Backshall says orca sighting off Cornwall 'greatest British wildlife encounter' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c33l5dngm45o 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Whales #Science #Orcas

A mystery pod of orcas surprised Seattle whale watchers https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/mystery-orcas-puget-sound-seattle 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Whales #Science #Orcas

New study shows how little plastic it takes to kill a manatee, and how much good we can do by cleaning up https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2026/03/24/plastic-pollution-manatee-turtle-single-use-cleanup-ocean-conservancy-wildlife-impact-calculator/ 🐋 #Sirenia #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Manatees #Science #OceanPlastic #ManateeAppreciationDay

Past intensive whaling threatens the future of bowhead whales https://phys.org/news/2026-03-intensive-whaling-threatens-future-bowhead.html 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling

Taiji’s Drive Hunt Season Has Ended https://www.dolphinproject.org/blog/taijis-drive-hunt-season-has-ended/ 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Whales #Science #Whaling #AnimalCruelty #Taiji #AnimalAbuse #CaptivityKills

Huge 1,000-Year-Old Stone Structure Found Underwater in Norway May Be an Ancient Whale Trap https://arkeonews.net/huge-1000-year-old-stone-structure-found-underwater-in-norway-may-be-an-ancient-whale-trap/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling

Dirty Business exposed the human cost of profit before public health. Our water system won’t be fixed with tinkering. It needs public ownership. I’ve asked my MP to attend the MP drop-in on 17th March & hear that message directly from sewage campaigners, please do likewise: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-your-mp-to-meet-with-dirty-business-activists 📝 #UKPol #UKPolitics #Petition #DirtyBusiness #Sewage #WaterPollution

Water companies have gotten away with putting profit before public health; it’s a scandal, and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/end-the-profit-driven-sewage-pollution-scandal-1?source=bluesky&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=bluesky&share=edf74f4d-480f-4546-8be5-736f65bb0844 📝 #Petition #UKPol #UKPolitics #StopTheSteal

Reform UK has pledged to rip up legal protections for workers and renters. I've signed a petition to stop the steal. Can you add your name too? https://www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-steal-protect-workers-rights?source=bluesky&utm_source=bluesky&share=0ebd4cdc-eab1-4f0a-b328-8996add39345 📝 #Petition #UKPol #UKPolitics #StopTheSteal #ReformUK

NGOs condemn Norway’s increased 2026 whaling quota https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/ngo-s-condemn-norway-s-increased-2026-whaling-quota/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling #AnimalWelfare #AnimalCruelty

Whale hunting began 5,000 years ago in South America, a millennium earlier than previously thought https://phys.org/news/2026-01-whale-began-years-south-america.html 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling

Me: I think I'll get some new tattoos in 2026.

The news cycle suddenly at the end of 2025: Tattoos, toxins and the immune system – what you need to know before you get inked https://theconversation.com/tattoos-toxins-and-the-immune-system-what-you-need-to-know-before-you-get-inked-271503

♠️🖋️ #Tattoo #Tattooing

Lol. So I put some Squishmallows on my Xmas wish list, but didn't pay attention to the sizings. Well, my mate got me the blue whale, and, um, yeah, we both got a surprise when we unboxed him 🤣 My emotional support Cthulhu is shown for scale🎄🐳 #Squishmallow #MarineLife #Whale #Cetacean #Xmas

Rare pygmy sperm whale dies after swallowing a plastic bag https://www.earth.com/news/rare-pygmy-sperm-whale-dies-after-swallowing-plastic-bag-marine-debris/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #OceanPlastic #PlasticPollution

The New York Mayoral election; another great example of ETTD .... Everything Trump Touches Dies! 🗳 #ETTD #NewYorkMayor #ZohranMamdani

In the spirit of Halloween, I dressed up as my spirit animal for work 🦬 #Halloween #Samhain #FossilFriday #Triceratops #Dinosaur #NotAFurry #Onesie

⟦Onay et al.⟧ Assessing microplastic pollution in marine mammals: evidence from three cetacean species in the southeastern Black Sea https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1657648/full 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Porpoises #Science #OceanPollution #OceanPlastic #Microplastic

Oh goodie. Apparently I did that middle-aged thing of moving in an unknown way that mildly inconvenienced my body, and now the left side of my back, neck, plus arm, are in painful spasm and I get to spend my day choking down painkillers in order to be able to move like a slightly younger person. FML! :notlikemeowcry: #MiddleAged

Scientists harness AI to help protect whales, advancing ocean conservation and planning https://phys.org/news/2025-02-scientists-harness-ai-whales-advancing.html 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #AI #ArtificialIntellingence

Biofluorescence: Unseen world of the Celtic rainforest revealed by UV https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-68301119 🕷️ #Wales #Biofluorescence #Rainforest #MarineLife

There’s still no change in allowing banned pesticides on UK fields, despite expert advice against it and DEFRA’s promises to help farmers move to alternatives. Ask your MP to #DefendNature and take #ActionForInsects in next week’s debate https://action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/121102/action/1?locale=en-GB&en_chan=tw&en_ref=178594356 🐝 #Petition