Yesterday, I was in a conversation arguing that the #ProPalestine protests and #StopCopCity and #ClimateChange protests in Europe are all fronts in the same broader fight and are a sign of a rising tide of anger against the global elite.
But I left out an important protest movement that may be most directly targetting the powerful who are destroying our invaluable planet. How could I have forgotten #TeamOrca?!?
«Expertos que estudian el comportamiento de estos cetáceos en estas aguas aseguran que detrás de este nuevo incidente están las orcas ibéricas conocidas como gladis, 15 ejemplares de la población de unas 37 que viven entre el norte de la península Ibérica y el estrecho de Gibraltar. »
«Aunque no existe una pauta, y su forma de actuar varía, se suelen acercar al barco sigilosamente, en muchas ocasiones sin que los tripulantes se percaten, para situarse debajo del bote...»
«Los preferidos de estas 15 orcas, que se dividen al menos en cuatro grupos, son los veleros, tanto monocascos (72%) como catamaranes (14%), de un tamaño medio de 12 metros, aunque también se observan interacciones con lanchas a motor (6%), semirrígidas (5%) y pesqueros (3%), según indica GTOA.»
I finally made the trek to meet Bruunidun. She’s a #ThomasDambo giant #troll making her home next to Puget Sound in Lincoln Park in West Seattle. Idun is playing a troll sized flute to call home native #Orcas.
Three multi-million dollar mansions are in danger of falling into the ocean in Dana Point, CA. Someone please tell me #TeamOrca found a way onto land.🤞
Today in Labor History November 20, 1820: An 80-ton sperm whale attacked and sunk the Essex, a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts. The tragedy occurred off the western coast of South America. 7 members of the 20-man crew died at sea, as they attempted to make land in the lifeboats. Survivors ate their dead comrades to stay alive. The story inspired Herman Melville to write his 1851 novel Moby-Dick. And it inspired modern day orcas to organize and fight back to reclaim the seas from humans.