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 are a climate catastrophe Venetophile
======================= ORGANIZED PEOPLE CAN BEAT ORGANIZED MONEY ======================= Let's make it happen in Maine. Support and organize for Troy Jackson. #ORGANIZEforTROY #JACKSONforMAINE #MEpolitics #MEsen
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 14h agoAbdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.
SINK THEM ALL
Portland Cruise Control_Maine@portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 9h agoAn ABC News investigation has uncovered allegations of workers forced to eat rotten leftovers, extreme working hours and medical neglect on board the ships of the largest cruise company in the world. #cruiseships #Carnival
@jolocktov.bsky.social @sinufogarizzu.bsky.social @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social (My personal take is that while cruise ship tourism is problematic in many places, it is exacerbated in Venice by politicians who, for decades, have boosted tourism to the exclusion of all other economic activities)
Andy Beaton@aiabx.bsky.social · 9h agoMy spouse and I were talking to a waiter in Venice some years ago - the locals *hate* cruise ships. A big swarm of people who show up, clog up the streets, buy a gelato and a chinese made souvenir and away they go. (We tried to be good tourists - polite, respectful with a discrete 🇨🇦 on my hat)
An ABC News investigation has uncovered allegations of workers forced to eat rotten leftovers, extreme working hours and medical neglect on board the ships of the largest cruise company in the world. #cruiseships #Carnival
go follow @news.abc.net.au@abc-news.bsky.social · 11h agoInside the punishing conditions Carnival crew face on cruise ships: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/carnival-cruise-workers-horrifying-allegations-conditions-pay/106967922
8/5 Maine Medical Center nurses outraged about colleague taken by ICE at airport on Thursday #maine #MEpolitics
Susan Collins will use her Todd Blanche vote to campaign like she cares about what’s right 🙄 But she’s still just what she’s always been - bought and paid for. I hope Mainers know that and are done with her - but this is what I wrote to the Portland Press Herald: 1/ substack.com/@sydneymicha...
Kind of funny when the whole country knows Susan Collins' game and that of the GOP, how they try to play it off as she's actually concerned, and think we don't see through it. Remember: ICE is her running mate. Trump is her political director. Musk is her financier. #VOTEherOUT #MEpolitics
Common Dreams@commondreams.org · yesterday"Guess Senate Republicans have the votes," one critic said after Maine's Republican Sen. Susan Collins—who is facing Democrat Troy Jackson in November—said she would vote against Todd Blanche for attorney general.
=============== WED AUG 5 10:30AM MAINE MED CENTER =============== Western Prom near 22 Bramhall St, Portland, Maine MAINE MED NURSES DEMAND IMMEDIATE RELEASE of COLLEAGUE FROM ICE DETENTION. Details below. #AbolishICE #ICEoutOfMaine
Maine Medical Center nurses demand immediate release of their colleague from ICE detention
Nurses at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine are staging an emergency protest Wednesday, Aug. 5 to demand the immediate release of an RN colleague who is being detained by ICE despite the fact th...
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Join us! Wednesday ⚓️ August 26 5:00 pm zoom Write for the link to: Info@portlandcruisecontrolmaine.org On the agenda: ⚓️ scrubber wash ban ⚓️ state legislation ⚓️ infectious disease protocols * vote ⚓️ SeeClickFix report ⚓️ Princess horn regulations #Portland #Maine #cruiseships @pinetreeactivism.org
byronbay_daily Tina Maree O'Donell Photographer "Watching this tiny calf burst out of the water in Byron Bay, then race straight back to mum, was unforgettable. This is my sixth newborn Humpback calf I’ve been lucky to see, and I’ve never witnessed one this confident, playful and cheeky 🐋🐋"
Susan says she will vote No on Blanche. So, the GOP has counted the votes and they don’t need her.
A giant parking garage that floats—we can now never unsee it. Thanks to @heyjohnryan.bsky.social ⚓️ #cruiseships
Did you know that in Portland Maine you can tell the city exactly what you think of cruise ships? Use the category “other” ⚓️ seeclickfix.com/portland_2 #cruiseships #Portland #Maine #banscrubbers
Trying to understand what is happening with the cruise industry in Venice reads like a Byzantine maze. Here @andreafontana.it maps out the decisions & detours. The ships left the historic center but they did not leave the Lagoon. A critical distinction. Grazie Andrea! #cruiseships #Venice #Venezia
Andrea Fontana@andreafontana.it · 3d agoThank you. Here is the English version: andreafontana.it/en/venice-cr...
TROY JACKSON FOR MAINE Seen today in a rural southwestern Maine area known in the past for it's large Trump signs. I've offered to organize popup pick up spots for yard and window signs, t-shirts, and whatever other campaign mat'ls they may end up giving out. #MEpolitics #MEsen #JACKSONforMAINE
☀️, 86º, light breeze =============== MAINE RESISTANCE TUES, AUG 4, 2026 =============== #ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE #NonViolenceIsPower #EveryEffortCounts #GetInvolved #VOTE ✨ ☎️ MAINE ICE WATCH HOTLINE: 207-544-9989 ☎️ p1/4 – REPOST/SHARE! #MEpolitics
Troy Jackson and his straight-talking Musk ad gets national attention. Courier News Room, with over 1 million followers on some socials, featured Troy's short vid on Elon wanting to influence elections, including in Maine. #JACKSONforMAINE #MEpolitics #MEsen
Trying to understand what is happening with the cruise industry in Venice reads like a Byzantine maze. Here @andreafontana.it maps out the decisions & detours. The ships left the historic center but they did not leave the Lagoon. A critical distinction. Grazie Andrea! #cruiseships #Venice #Venezia
Andrea Fontana@andreafontana.it · 3d agoThank you. Here is the English version: andreafontana.it/en/venice-cr...
Excellent research and analysis by @andreafontana.it! What a sad situation; but with this report there is hope. The cruise industry, like many other corporate and government enterprises, counts on the belief, "no one will go to the trouble of catching us." Here, Andrea goes to the (good) trouble.
Andrea Fontana@andreafontana.it · 5d agoNe parlo da mesi. A Venezia ci sono in programma due canali da scavare, un terminal da 300 metri, un'isola di fanghi grande come il Vaticano. Quattro procedure separate, ma è un'opera sola. E adesso ho scritto un pippone. Mettetevi comodi. E ricondividete. andreafontana.it/it/venezia-q...
⚖️ France’s public money is fuelling some of the travel industry’s biggest emitters completely unchecked. Through its Export Credit Agency (ECA), the French government provides billions in support for the construction of highly polluting aircraft and mega-cruise ships. 🧵👇 #ClimateSky #LawSky
Fog, 🌧️, ⛈️,⚡, high 79º, gusts to 20 =============== MAINE RESISTANCE MON, AUG 3, 2026 =============== #ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE #NonViolenceIsPower #EveryEffortCounts #GetInvolved #VOTE ✨ ☎️ MAINE ICE WATCH HOTLINE: 207-544-9989 ☎️ p2/2 – REPOST/SHARE! #MEpolitics
We are exhausted from holding on so long. We are angry that this still continues. We are grieving people the world will never know. But we are still breathing. And Ukraine is still here
Important read on how LNG industry is relying on funding from US government to build out import infrastructure for gas in Asia. What a terribly bad idea. blog.datadesk.eco/p/build-it-a...
Build it and they will export: US public finance to invest in Asian import terminals
In an attempt to lock in an export market, an increasingly desperate US LNG industry is turning to the American public purse to fund infrastructure on the other side of the world.
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By the time early voting starts in October, every adult Mainer needs to know Susan Collins votes with Trump 95% of the time. And if Maine reporters and news outlets aren't going to shine a light on this salient fact, folks will have to educate neighbors, family and friends themselves. #MEpolitics
As US Senate candidate Troy Jackson releases his 1st campaign ad this week against Susan Collins, Jake Johnson, senior editor at Common Dreams, details Jackson's 1min vid response to Elon Musk spending $100-120M to sway campaigns across America, including Maine. #MEpolitics #JacksonForMaine #MEsen
Common Dreams@commondreams.org · 3d ago"Apparently Elon Musk has gotten off Twitter long enough to realize that he's got a real problem here in Maine," said Troy Jackson.
