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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 6h

Bonjour les Mainers !
Ensoleillé et 60º aujourd'hui.
Une belle journée pour sauver notre pays.
#WEaretheOPPOSITION & #EveryEffortCounts!
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MAINE RESISTANCE
WED, OCT 15, 2025
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Updated OCT 15, 5:10AM
#Maine #MEPolitics
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OCT 15, Wed 4-5:30PM (every Wed & Fri) – Portland
Deering Ave I-295 Overpass, Portland, Maine
Visibility Bridge Brigade – Join a group of like-minded activists as we engage in protest with our fellow citizens in Portland! Just before Deering Oaks & Hadlock Field. Bring signs, banners, flags for drivers to see. FMI/RSVP: www.dirigobrigade.org

OCT 15, Wed 4-5:00PM (& daily @ 4:00ish)– Wiscasset
Rt 1 Wiscasset Bridge, Wiscasset, Maine
WE ARE AMERICANS – RISE UP!
Help support this Daily Standout on the Wiscasset bridge started by a single concerned citizen. “I stand out there every day 4 to 5 normally by myself. Spread the word and let's fill that bridge!”

OCT 15, Wed 4:30-6:00 PM (& every Wed) – Freeport
Old County Road overpass, Freeport, Maine
Freeport Rush Hour Brigade – We are providing physical messaging in the real world to connect with and activate voters to demonstrate that resistance is possible. https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/819750/

OCT 15, Wed 4:30-5:30PM (& every Wed) – Norway
Witherell Park, across from library, Main & Lynn St, Norway, Maine
Weekly Rally to Defend Democracy – Flags and musical instruments encouraged. FMI: gellen2010@gmail.com

OCT 15, Wed 6:00-7:00 – Lewiston
Franco Center, 46 Cedar St, Lewiston, Maine
Graham Platner TOWN HALL, Franco Center
LEWISTON-AUBURN: I'm coming to you. I hope you'll come and check out this movement we're building to defeat Susan Collins and her multi-billionaire backers. Come out, ask questions, and bring a friend or three. I'll see you there.
We have seen Democrats run against Senator Collins and lose, again and again and again. We have to start listening to our neighbors, who are simply not interested in the same old same old politicians. It’s time for something different. Please RSVP, and I look forward to meeting you.
FMI: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/830482/

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Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 3h

The Norwegian Gem in Portland today, dwarfing everything in its path.
The ship uses a combination of HFO & scrubbers, creating toxic water pollution.
Join us in asking the port to prohibit scrubber wash from polluting Casco Bay
portlandcruisecontrolmaine.org/scrubber-was...

@pinetreeactivism.org

A massive cruise ship in Portland today with rooftops in the foreground.

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David Hewson @davidhewson.com · 10h

The Four Deadly Seasons, the third book in my Venetian series, is out today in print and ebook worldwide. And here's a little video about the part Antonio Vivaldi's strange career played in it.
davidhewson.com/out-today-th...

Out today… The Four Deadly Seasons

The third book in my Venice mystery series is out today in print and ebook from Bloodhound Books. You can find it online and order print versions on the web and through conventional book stores.

davidhewson.com

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

I recruited Janet Mills to run for Senate because, at 72, Susan Collins is too young for the job.

by Chuck Schumer

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Jo Locktov @jolocktov.bsky.social · 1d

The strike threatens the one thing that matters most to those at the top: their ability to extract profit from other people’s labor.
@carmitage.bsky.social

How do we make it happen?

#generalstrike

How Do We Make a General Strike Happen in the US?

Historically, a general strike represents the most powerful tool available to the working class.

open.substack.com

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Jo Locktov @jolocktov.bsky.social · 23h

Just received the 4th text. Not a winning strategy to piss off voters the day you announce your campaign.

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Jo Locktov @jolocktov.bsky.social · 23h

3 text messages today asking for money, replied STOP to each one, and still they continue.
Not a way to win voters or raise donations.

Stop means stop 🛑

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Jo Locktov @jolocktov.bsky.social · 1d

The strike threatens the one thing that matters most to those at the top: their ability to extract profit from other people’s labor.
@carmitage.bsky.social

How do we make it happen?

#generalstrike

How Do We Make a General Strike Happen in the US?

Historically, a general strike represents the most powerful tool available to the working class.

open.substack.com

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 1d

A huge landmark in journalism history seems to have come to pass a while ago: when @hcrichardson.bsky.social outstripped the Washington Post in online readership. An old world is dying, a new world is being born [Jeff Bezos is a monster].

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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David Hewson @davidhewson.com · 1d

What to see at Venice Noir in English
davidhewson.com/what-to-see-...

What to see at Venice Noir in English

Venice Noir weekend is rapidly approaching so let me give you a quick guide to the principal book events in English over the weekend.

davidhewson.com

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 3d

9-yr-old Ukrainian Sasha Paskal has won gold&bronze medals at the All-Ukrainian Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition "Black Sea Cup"

In the summer of 2022she was seriously injured by a Russian strike and underwent a leg amputation

Sasha didn’t give up.She went through rehabilitation
📹bokareva.solovey.m

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Where's Nestor? ❌ @super-mutt.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans are so overtly desperate for violence.

It makes it harder and harder to see a peaceful, free, and just future where they have any role in our politics, governance, or civic life for that matter.

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 1d

Guten Morgen, Mainers!
Partly cloudy, low 60s, slight breeze today.
A great autumn day to help save our country.
#WEaretheOPPOSITION & #EveryEffortCounts!
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MAINE RESISTANCE
TUES, OCT 14, 2025
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PLEASE SHARE!
Updated OCT 14, 6:15AM
#Maine #MEPolitics
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PINE TREE ACTIVISM CALENDAR
Events for Tuesday OCT 14, 2025
Details confirmed as of 10/14 6:15 AM

Share/Repost so Mainers know where to #OPPOSE!
pg 1/4 Submit events to: ptactivism@gmail.com

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OCT 14, Tues 8-10:00AM (& every Tue) – Freeport
Main & School Streets, Freeport, Maine
Visibility Freeport Stand for Democracy! – Freeport weekly stand-out.

OCT 14, Tues 9:00AM-8:00PM (daily through Nov 3) – Houlton
Aroostook County, Houlton, Maine
NO ON 1! Canvass in Aroostook County – Help get the word out about REFERENDUM QUESTION 1 on the November ballot! We are in crunch time, and officially need EVERYONE helping to spread the word about this VOTER SUPPRESSION bill. This event is for phone bankers and door knockers - all hands on deck! FMI: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/853161/

OCT 14, Tues 12 noon (& every Tue) – Cherryfield
Rt 1 Bridge: Meet on the lower bridge, Cherryfield, Maine
Peaceful Rally in Support of Constitution & American Way of Life
For Concerned Citizens and Patriots of all Parties

OCT 14, Tues 12–1:00PM (& every Tue) – Lewiston
Across Susan Collins' office: Dufresne Plaza, 72 Lisbon St, Lewiston, Maine
RESIST Central Maine: CALL TO ACTION – Protesting since Feb '25. Join & support RESIST Central Maine (Indivisible). Bring signs and your voice! Street parking & parking garages nearby. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/757948/

OCT 14, Tues 12-1:00PM (& every Tue) – Waterville
Tesla Charging Station, Elm Plaza, 334 Main St, Waterville, Maine
STAND AT TESLA – Every Tuesday at noon we stand near the Tesla Charging Station at Elm Plaza on Waterville’s Main Street. Bring signs opposing Musk and the damage he and trump are doing.
FMI: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/762157/

OCT 14, Tues 4-5:00PM (& daily @ 4:00ish)– Wiscasset
Rt 1 Wiscasset Bridge, Wiscasset, Maine
WE ARE AMERICANS – RISE UP!
Help support this Daily Standout on the Wiscasset bridge started by a single concerned citizen.…

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Jo Locktov @jolocktov.bsky.social · 1d

Oh so us people from away might finally come in handy!

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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 1d

This Week’s Creation of North East Atlantic Ocean Emission Control Area Set to Clean Up Region’s Shipping
cleanarctic.org/2025/10/14/t... @sianprior.bsky.social @cleanarctic.bsky.social

This Week’s Creation of North East Atlantic Ocean Emission Control Area Set to Clean Up Region’s Shipping

As a special meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO, MEPC/ES.2) opens today in London, the Clean Arctic Alliance called on IMO member states ...

cleanarctic.org

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Jo Locktov @jolocktov.bsky.social · 1d

This is the only study that I found but it discusses the effects of scrubber wash discharge in the marine environment & not the effects of actual process.

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Severe Toxic Effects on Pelagic Copepods from Maritime Exhaust Gas Scrubber Effluents

To reduce sulfur emission from global shipping, exhaust gas cleaning systems are increasingly being installed on board commercial ships. These so-called scrubbers extract SOX by spraying water into th...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Jo Locktov @jolocktov.bsky.social · 1d

Cruise ship Scrubbers use live sea water to flush the exhaust of chemical toxins.
Copepods sucked into the scrubber device are being destroyed in an acid bath & spit back out again, dead.
Whales need copepods to survive.
Do you know quantity of copepods being destroyed @junolocal.bsky.social ?

Aaron Brakel (@junolocal.bsky.social)

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junolocal.bsky.social

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 1d

The press's praise for Graham Platner keeps rolling in on his bid to unseat Maine's Senator Susan Collins.

#Maine #MEpolitics #GrahamPlatner

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 1d

"Graham Platner is generating so much excitement because many voters, both right and left, are tired of conventional wisdom inevitably delivering poor results for Mainers."

A headline from an op-ed article on CentralMaine.com: Graham Platner is the best choice to replace Sen. Collins | Letter, Platner may not be the conventional choice, but that's a good thing.

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Jo Locktov @jolocktov.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings Day- October 18th
Suggestions for posters
from the incomparable @anntelnaes.bsky.social

Thank you Ann!

open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
cc @pinetreeactivism.org

No Kings Day- October 18th

Suggestions for posters

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Aerographos @aerographos.bsky.social · 1d

Scrubbers have only been around so that vessels can keep burning HFO. I totally second the ban on open-loop Scrubbers. I am surprised there is no mention of cold ironing though.

Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 2d

Tourists flock to Portland and we greet them with this….

Ban scrubber wash discharge.
Clean up our air & water!

portlandcruisecontrolmaine.org/scrubber-was...

#Portland #Maine #cruiseships #banscrubbers

A detail image of a cruise ship in Portland Maine spewing black exhaust from its smoke stack.

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Jo Locktov @jolocktov.bsky.social · 1d

It’s interesting, in places like Denmark and the North Atlantic they are also banning discharge from closed-loop scrubbers. There is progress!

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James Myall @jamesxmyall.bsky.social · 2d

My understanding of candidate positions so far:

Governor: Bellows, Jackson, Pingree, Bennett ✅
Republicans ❓

CD 2: Golden ✅
LePage ❌
Dunlap ❓

US Senate: Collins, Mills ❌
Platner, Wood ✅
Kleban ❓

bsky.app/profile/coll...

Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 2d

This seems like an anti-Janet Mills/anti-Susan Collins (anti-Paul LePage?) subtweet? #MEpolitics

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James Myall @jamesxmyall.bsky.social · 2d

#indigenouspeoplesday is a good time to remember that Mainers need to elect a Governor, US Senator, and US Representatives who recognize the inherent sovereignty of Wabanaki people and are willing to change the law to reflect this #mepolitics

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Saxon Henry @saxonhenry.bsky.social · 8d

The Horse, as Dylan Thomas called the White Horse Tavern, was the Welsh poet’s favorite watering hole when he visited #NYC during the 1950s. I trekked there to sit with a famous painting of the poet hanging near the bar. #dylanthomas #whitehorsetavern #nyc #salon

A Loneliness Beyond Comprehension

Brilliant performances interspersed with alcoholic meltdowns make one Welsh poet a nightmare for a devoted fan to manage. Welcome to the salon…

shorturl.at

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Saxon Henry @saxonhenry.bsky.social · 28d

During one of my trips to Milan, I took two books to the #duomodimilano to read “Under the Storied Window,” as Percy Bysshe Shelley had 197 years before—almost to the day. To find out why, step into the salon… shorturl.at/W9ILS #percybyssheshelley #shelley #milan #milano

Under the Storied Window

One of history’s lauded poets suffered from rejection in his own country during his lifetime. How did Percy Bysshe Shelley cope? Welcome to the salon…

shorturl.at

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