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[Pew Environment @pewenvironment]

The number of whales spotted off NYC has shot up 540% in 8 years, researchers say. Why? Successful environmental policies and lower pollution, @gothamwhale says. 🐋 https://t.co/Y3FYVnsmTC

[NASA @NASA]

Good morning! Ready to go to the Moon... but first, breakfast. 🍳 🍞 ☕

#OTD 50 years ago, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin enjoyed a pre-launch meal at @NASAKennedy before suiting up for the mission. Liftoff was at 9:32 am EDT. #Apollo50th

[National Geographic @NatGeo]

Southern Louisiana has been coping with nearly continuous flooding since February—and is primed for dangerous conditions as the first big storm of 2019 approaches https://t.co/dEXrgNTDFJ

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

Fresh political violence broke out in Hong Kong as riot police baton-charged anti-government protesters seeking to keep the pressure up on the city's pro-Beijing leaders, after a mass rally outside a train station linking the finance hub to mainland China https://t.co/kkTBqksAzZ

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

Looks like the other shoe has dropped

[Devin Heroux @Devin_Heroux]

“I think they just decided it was Janine” says Canada coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller about Christine Sinclair not taking the PK.

He explained there are three or four players who take them. And it sounds as though it was a player decision on the pitch.

[Standings @StandingsNYC]

💥...CONGRATS TO THE POLAR BEAR ON HIS 27TH DINGER OF THE SEASON...A METS ROOKIE RECORD!!! #LGM

[Hector J Figueroa @figue32bj]

Tweeting about a tweet describing tweets feels like a mirror reflecting a mirror reflecting a mirror but here we go. https://t.co/51DxfBGqdX via @GothamGazette

[BenK⚓️ @BenKellyNYC]

Remove a layer of institutional harassment on hard working people, who help upstate farmers & contractors GET THE JOB DONE.

[NYC Water @NYCWater]

80 years ago today: Using a sunflower tool to measure the tunnel that would divert Rondout Creek during construction of Merriman Dam at Rondout Reservoir. June 6, 1939. #tbt #TodayinNYCWaterHistory

[Daniel Geiger @dangeiger79]

Concert promoter and ticket seller @LiveNation wants to build a new 3,000 person music venue in Lower Manhattan in the American Stock Exchange Building: https://t.co/hY8r2sIWvP

[National Gallery of Ireland @NGIreland]

On this day in 1915, the #Lusitania was torpedoed off the coast of Cork. Our then-director Hugh Lane was one of the 1200 passengers who died, aged just 39.

This portrait of Lane from our collection is by his friend Sarah Cecilia Harrison (1863-1941).

#HughLane #IrishArt #OTD

[BenK⚓️ @BenKellyNYC]

Springtime in the city.

[Columbia Records @ColumbiaRecords]

Did you catch @vampireweekend in New York’s Washington Square Park today?

[El País Cultura @elpais_cultura]

Conoció a todos y pagó como pocas la factura de la soledad. La leyenda de Chavela Vargas resurge con fuerza para reclamar su lugar entre las artistas más influyentes de las últimas décadas. Por @eliascamhaji
https://t.co/17Sd54020h

[Premier League @premierleague]

As it stands....

#PL

[UN News @UN_News_Centre]

Bringing more women into peacekeeping is "crucial for our effectiveness, credibility + reputation”, #UN chief @antonioguterres told the Security Council on Thurs.
https://t.co/8Xu2e4Tx5w

[Commercial Observer @commobserver]

City Winery Relocating to RXR’s Pier 57 Development https://t.co/kfYT2kic9P

[BenK⚓️ @BenKellyNYC]

@katie_honan @NYCSpeakerCoJo Mos Eisley and Mos Def different stresses.

[Ford Foundation @FordFoundation]

Visionary architect Kevin Roche designed the @FordFoundation building in #NYC with people #AtTheCenter. This is what a mission-driven building looks like. Thank you Kevin Roche for your vision! More reflections by @DarrenWalker --->> https://t.co/4TmntyLDlo