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Angelo Villagomez

@taotaotasi.bsky.social

linktr.ee/taotaotasi Chamorro dude in DC Savage and Restless More Fish, Less Pollution Decolonize the Ocean Mediocre Ukulele Player

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Ocean Hoptimism@oceanhoptimism.org · 4d ago

Eight arms. One big ocean. And one important message: deep-sea mining threatens the ocean’s health. 🐙💙 Miss Abyss wasn’t meant to be a solo traveler. Dive into her story, download & share your selfie w/ #MissAbyss, and help turn a little deep-sea wonder into a whole lot of ocean love.

Pink, pretty, and protective. A dumbo octopus is here with a message from the deep-sea.

Cartoon cephalopod Miss Abyss is taking a page out of the 'Flat Stanley' playbook to spread the word about ocean conservation

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Center for American Progress@americanprogress.bsky.social · 4d ago

The Trump administration is fast-tracking deep-sea mining in federal waters in pursuit of the administration’s so-called “Energy Dominance Agenda"—all for a scheme that is technologically unproven, economically impractical, and likely to cause extensive environmental damage.

A three-panel graphic continuing the same speaker in a brown jacket against a blue background with yellow and white subtitles. Top Panel: The speaker holds his hands out as yellow text reads: "In this case, it's minerals on the deep seabed" Middle Panel: He gestures closer together as white and yellow text reads: "and then give them away to corporate interests. This doesn't benefit the people who live there." Bottom Panel: He holds both hands out to the sides, palms up, as yellow and white text reads: "In fact, the people who live there are left with all of the costs but receive none of the benefits."
Angelo Villagomez@taotaotasi.bsky.social · 2w ago

One way to differentiate between a Pretendian and a real Native or Indigenous person is the Native person is punished for being Indigenous (and has stories and receipts), while the Pretendian benefits

Angelo Villagomez@taotaotasi.bsky.social · 2w ago

The 30x30 movement has helped elevate ocean conservation to the highest levels of government, unlock funding, and build global momentum. That's worth celebrating. But as we look toward the 2030s, we also need to ask harder questions: What does success actually look like?

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Angelo Villagomez@taotaotasi.bsky.social · 3w ago

This might be my new favorite line in a fisheries paper: "There is strong empirical data to show that the relative abundance inside and outside of closed areas depends primarily on fishing pressure" link.springer.com/article/10.1...

When does spillover from marine protected areas indicate benefits to fish abundance and catch? - Theoretical Ecology

Spillover is a term commonly applied to the dispersal of fish and/or larvae from inside a closed area to areas open to fishing. The presence of spillover is often quantified by measuring gradients in ...

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Angelo Villagomez@taotaotasi.bsky.social · 4w ago

Did you watch The Pacific -- the HBO drama about World War 2 in the Pacific? Several episodes take place on Palau Pacific Islander concerns about war are very valid www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...

US military buildup in Palau stirs war fears

US military plans to rebuild the main port in a pristine Pacific archipelago have stirred painful memories of World War II and have locals concerned about being caught in a potential superpower confli...

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