Jo Locktov
@jolocktov.bsky.social
Complacency is not an option
co-founder Portland Cruise Control * Maine https://bsky.app/profile/portcruisecontrol.bsky.social
cruise ships should be illegal * Venetophile
co-founder Portland Cruise Control * Maine https://bsky.app/profile/portcruisecontrol.bsky.social
cruise ships should be illegal * Venetophile
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Jo Locktov
@jolocktov.bsky.social
· Aug 25
JOHAN DECKMANN
How to watch
the world fall apart
while holding on to a
fragile sense of hope
How to watch
the world fall apart
while holding on to a
fragile sense of hope
Reposted by Jo Locktov
It has been a productive first year & we’re just getting started!
Portland Cruise Control is turning one!
Join us to hold the cruise industry accountable & build awareness in Portland & Maine ⚓️
* ban toxic scrubber wash discharge
* norovirus outbreaks
* noise pollution
* costs to host cruise industry
* cultural erosion
* capacity
@pinetreeactivism.org
Join us to hold the cruise industry accountable & build awareness in Portland & Maine ⚓️
* ban toxic scrubber wash discharge
* norovirus outbreaks
* noise pollution
* costs to host cruise industry
* cultural erosion
* capacity
@pinetreeactivism.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
It has been a productive first year & we’re just getting started!
Reposted by Jo Locktov
Reposted by Jo Locktov
November 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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It's a gorgeous, sunny, busy Saturday, Mainers!
Sunny, high 38º, and breezy.
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MAINE RESISTANCE
SAT, NOV 29, 2025
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A lot going on in Maine today – time to get out and
#ORGANIZE, #OPPOSE, & #RESIST!
REPOST & SHARE!
Updated NOV 29, 5:20AM
#Maine #MEpolitics
p1/7
Sunny, high 38º, and breezy.
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MAINE RESISTANCE
SAT, NOV 29, 2025
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A lot going on in Maine today – time to get out and
#ORGANIZE, #OPPOSE, & #RESIST!
REPOST & SHARE!
Updated NOV 29, 5:20AM
#Maine #MEpolitics
p1/7
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It's a gorgeous, sunny, busy Saturday, Mainers!
Sunny, high 38º, and breezy.
===============
MAINE RESISTANCE
SAT, NOV 29, 2025
===============
A lot going on in Maine today – time to get out and
#ORGANIZE, #OPPOSE, & #RESIST!
REPOST & SHARE!
Updated NOV 29, 5:20AM
#Maine #MEpolitics
p1/7
Sunny, high 38º, and breezy.
===============
MAINE RESISTANCE
SAT, NOV 29, 2025
===============
A lot going on in Maine today – time to get out and
#ORGANIZE, #OPPOSE, & #RESIST!
REPOST & SHARE!
Updated NOV 29, 5:20AM
#Maine #MEpolitics
p1/7
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#VeniceGiftGuide
The new @tracychevalier.bsky.social novel is as magical as one could ever wish for!
A 500 year journey into the heart of artisan legacy & Venetian culture. Bellissimo libro!
ytali.com/2024/06/07/b...
#TheGlassmaker
#VeniceBooks
#Venetophiles
#Venice
#Venezia
#Murano
The new @tracychevalier.bsky.social novel is as magical as one could ever wish for!
A 500 year journey into the heart of artisan legacy & Venetian culture. Bellissimo libro!
ytali.com/2024/06/07/b...
#TheGlassmaker
#VeniceBooks
#Venetophiles
#Venice
#Venezia
#Murano
Beading through Time: an Interview with Tracy Chevalier, author of “The Glassmaker”
With a story of inventive and heartbreaking transformation, Tracy Chevalier has turned her poetic eye and love of meticulous research to a Muranese family saga spanning 500 years. The Glassmaker…
ytali.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:39 PM
#VeniceGiftGuide
The new @tracychevalier.bsky.social novel is as magical as one could ever wish for!
A 500 year journey into the heart of artisan legacy & Venetian culture. Bellissimo libro!
ytali.com/2024/06/07/b...
#TheGlassmaker
#VeniceBooks
#Venetophiles
#Venice
#Venezia
#Murano
The new @tracychevalier.bsky.social novel is as magical as one could ever wish for!
A 500 year journey into the heart of artisan legacy & Venetian culture. Bellissimo libro!
ytali.com/2024/06/07/b...
#TheGlassmaker
#VeniceBooks
#Venetophiles
#Venice
#Venezia
#Murano
It has been a productive first year & we’re just getting started!
Portland Cruise Control is turning one!
Join us to hold the cruise industry accountable & build awareness in Portland & Maine ⚓️
* ban toxic scrubber wash discharge
* norovirus outbreaks
* noise pollution
* costs to host cruise industry
* cultural erosion
* capacity
@pinetreeactivism.org
Join us to hold the cruise industry accountable & build awareness in Portland & Maine ⚓️
* ban toxic scrubber wash discharge
* norovirus outbreaks
* noise pollution
* costs to host cruise industry
* cultural erosion
* capacity
@pinetreeactivism.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
It has been a productive first year & we’re just getting started!
Reposted by Jo Locktov
I’m sorry to be self promoting but I a) have never been seduced by a fascist with a brain worm b) am capable of crafting a decent sentence and c) wrote a book that did not earn me a fawning profile in the newspaper but is still pretty good
bookshop.org/p/books/huma...
bookshop.org/p/books/huma...
Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet
Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet
bookshop.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I’m sorry to be self promoting but I a) have never been seduced by a fascist with a brain worm b) am capable of crafting a decent sentence and c) wrote a book that did not earn me a fawning profile in the newspaper but is still pretty good
bookshop.org/p/books/huma...
bookshop.org/p/books/huma...
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NEW in #VeniceBooks
VENICE TALES
translated by @scribedoll.bsky.social
The first comprehensive collection of short-stories on Venice by Italian authors. Spanning work from the Middle Ages to modern.
US:
bookshop.org/a/7154/97801...
UK:
uk.bookshop.org/a/1498/97801...
#Venice #Venezia
VENICE TALES
translated by @scribedoll.bsky.social
The first comprehensive collection of short-stories on Venice by Italian authors. Spanning work from the Middle Ages to modern.
US:
bookshop.org/a/7154/97801...
UK:
uk.bookshop.org/a/1498/97801...
#Venice #Venezia
November 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Reposted by Jo Locktov
BREAD & ROSES NOT BLACK FRIDAY: TWO SOLIDARITY ART FUND SLOTS OPEN! The first two people to email [email protected] (no DMs!) w/their name & subject line “Bluesky Solidarity Art” will be able to choose $25 of prints from my online shop w/free shipping. Only available in the so-called u.s.
November 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
BREAD & ROSES NOT BLACK FRIDAY: TWO SOLIDARITY ART FUND SLOTS OPEN! The first two people to email [email protected] (no DMs!) w/their name & subject line “Bluesky Solidarity Art” will be able to choose $25 of prints from my online shop w/free shipping. Only available in the so-called u.s.
Reposted by Jo Locktov
“Scrubbers can be described as pollution machines”
Sam Davin of WWF Canada on the dangers of scrubber wash discharge to our oceans, marine life, human health & port communities at COP30
via @cleanarctic.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmzq...
begins at 52.19
#BanScrubbers #cruiseships
Sam Davin of WWF Canada on the dangers of scrubber wash discharge to our oceans, marine life, human health & port communities at COP30
via @cleanarctic.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmzq...
begins at 52.19
#BanScrubbers #cruiseships
Super Pollutants, Arctic Shipping, Myths and Realities
YouTube video by International Cryosphere Climate Initiative
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
“Scrubbers can be described as pollution machines”
Sam Davin of WWF Canada on the dangers of scrubber wash discharge to our oceans, marine life, human health & port communities at COP30
via @cleanarctic.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmzq...
begins at 52.19
#BanScrubbers #cruiseships
Sam Davin of WWF Canada on the dangers of scrubber wash discharge to our oceans, marine life, human health & port communities at COP30
via @cleanarctic.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmzq...
begins at 52.19
#BanScrubbers #cruiseships
Reposted by Jo Locktov
The London Port Health Authority has been asked about the risks of norovirus brought in on cruise ships, after an incident in the USA where a vessel arrived in Portland with over 10% of passengers infected.
From Portland to London:
cruise ships + infectious disease
mailchi.mp/f35ee5786b23...
From Portland to London:
cruise ships + infectious disease
mailchi.mp/f35ee5786b23...
November 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The London Port Health Authority has been asked about the risks of norovirus brought in on cruise ships, after an incident in the USA where a vessel arrived in Portland with over 10% of passengers infected.
From Portland to London:
cruise ships + infectious disease
mailchi.mp/f35ee5786b23...
From Portland to London:
cruise ships + infectious disease
mailchi.mp/f35ee5786b23...
Reposted by Jo Locktov
And it is a terrific book!
Brava @drkatemarvel.bsky.social
Brava @drkatemarvel.bsky.social
I wrote a book! A whole, real, actual book! Ada Limón, genius poet, said nice things about it! As did other absolute heroes! And now it's in libraries and bookstores in several countries! Be careful what you wish for, it might turn out awesome bookshop.org/p/books/huma...
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
And it is a terrific book!
Brava @drkatemarvel.bsky.social
Brava @drkatemarvel.bsky.social
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#VeniceGiftGuide
Venice – mirror on the world: a source of inspiration and a microcosm of many of the most important global challenges.
— Jane Da Mosto
Please consider a membership to We Are Here Venice to help save the Lagoon
www.weareherevenice.org/become-a-mem...
#Venice
#Venezia
Venice – mirror on the world: a source of inspiration and a microcosm of many of the most important global challenges.
— Jane Da Mosto
Please consider a membership to We Are Here Venice to help save the Lagoon
www.weareherevenice.org/become-a-mem...
#Venice
#Venezia
We Are Here Venice
Venezia specchio sul mondo: una fonte di ispirazione ed un microcosmo di molte delle sfide globali più importanti.
www.weareherevenice.org
December 3, 2024 at 10:20 AM
#VeniceGiftGuide
Venice – mirror on the world: a source of inspiration and a microcosm of many of the most important global challenges.
— Jane Da Mosto
Please consider a membership to We Are Here Venice to help save the Lagoon
www.weareherevenice.org/become-a-mem...
#Venice
#Venezia
Venice – mirror on the world: a source of inspiration and a microcosm of many of the most important global challenges.
— Jane Da Mosto
Please consider a membership to We Are Here Venice to help save the Lagoon
www.weareherevenice.org/become-a-mem...
#Venice
#Venezia
NEW in #VeniceBooks
VENICE TALES
translated by @scribedoll.bsky.social
The first comprehensive collection of short-stories on Venice by Italian authors. Spanning work from the Middle Ages to modern.
US:
bookshop.org/a/7154/97801...
UK:
uk.bookshop.org/a/1498/97801...
#Venice #Venezia
VENICE TALES
translated by @scribedoll.bsky.social
The first comprehensive collection of short-stories on Venice by Italian authors. Spanning work from the Middle Ages to modern.
US:
bookshop.org/a/7154/97801...
UK:
uk.bookshop.org/a/1498/97801...
#Venice #Venezia
November 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Reposted by Jo Locktov
“From cruise ships to fishing vessels to pleasure craft, comprehensive noise management requires accountability across the entire maritime fleet, because in the acoustic world of narwhals, every engine matters.”
‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic
Evidence that the whales and other marine animals are particularly vulnerable to sound is driving calls for quieter vessels
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
“From cruise ships to fishing vessels to pleasure craft, comprehensive noise management requires accountability across the entire maritime fleet, because in the acoustic world of narwhals, every engine matters.”
Reposted by Jo Locktov
Reposted by Jo Locktov
This Thanksgiving, I'm thinking of our neighbors with an empty seat at the dinner table.
Those with loved ones abducted & deported from their families.
Those we lost due to gun violence, mass incarceration, & more.
A more just America is possible, if we fight for it.
Those with loved ones abducted & deported from their families.
Those we lost due to gun violence, mass incarceration, & more.
A more just America is possible, if we fight for it.
November 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This Thanksgiving, I'm thinking of our neighbors with an empty seat at the dinner table.
Those with loved ones abducted & deported from their families.
Those we lost due to gun violence, mass incarceration, & more.
A more just America is possible, if we fight for it.
Those with loved ones abducted & deported from their families.
Those we lost due to gun violence, mass incarceration, & more.
A more just America is possible, if we fight for it.
Reposted by Jo Locktov
Resonant @hcrichardson.bsky.social on how Thanksgiving came to be. As history repeats with the rich and powerful wanting control. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
November 26, 2025
Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday…but not for the reasons we generally remember.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Resonant @hcrichardson.bsky.social on how Thanksgiving came to be. As history repeats with the rich and powerful wanting control. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
Reposted by Jo Locktov
“In Pacific waters, southern resident orcas lose their salmon-hunting echolocation clicks in ship noise”
We know we are starving them. We know we are pushing them to extinction — yet we continue… 💔
We know we are starving them. We know we are pushing them to extinction — yet we continue… 💔
‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic
Evidence that the whales and other marine animals are particularly vulnerable to sound is driving calls for quieter vessels
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
“In Pacific waters, southern resident orcas lose their salmon-hunting echolocation clicks in ship noise”
We know we are starving them. We know we are pushing them to extinction — yet we continue… 💔
We know we are starving them. We know we are pushing them to extinction — yet we continue… 💔
Reposted by Jo Locktov
Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
Reposted by Jo Locktov
“In Atlantic waters, North Atlantic right whales showed measurably reduced stress when ship traffic ceased after 9/11, suggesting chronic physiological impacts of vessel noise.”
#cruiseships #noisepollution
#cruiseships #noisepollution
‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic
Evidence that the whales and other marine animals are particularly vulnerable to sound is driving calls for quieter vessels
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“In Atlantic waters, North Atlantic right whales showed measurably reduced stress when ship traffic ceased after 9/11, suggesting chronic physiological impacts of vessel noise.”
#cruiseships #noisepollution
#cruiseships #noisepollution
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I’m re-sharing my need for a safe driving car that my dog and I could also live in. Please share. My DMs are open
#mepolitics #bospoli
#mepolitics #bospoli
someone just asked me to repost this as I just dropped off my old & insufficient Mazda 3 at the shop for repairs. If someone in NE has a dog-friendly, winter-ready car they aren’t using that I could use including for rapid response (& potentially live in) that would be incredibly helpful.
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I’m re-sharing my need for a safe driving car that my dog and I could also live in. Please share. My DMs are open
#mepolitics #bospoli
#mepolitics #bospoli
Reposted by Jo Locktov
December 7, 2024 at 12:10 PM