I mostly tweet about politics. But I've photographed Southern Resident Killer Whales every summer since 2005. The last week or so was really brutal & I couldn't even talk about it at first. The orcas have been trying to get our attention for years, if not decades.
I thought this day would never come. No, not the trump charges, Lolita/Tokitae being allowed to return home to the Salish Sea. Her mother is somehow still alive. Imagine them being able to interact through a net pen in the next year or 2. π https://t.co/AIza8kzGmP
I mostly tweet about politics. But I've photographed Southern Resident Killer Whales every summer since 2005. The last week or so was really brutal & I couldn't even talk about it at first. The orcas have been trying to get our attention for years, if not decades.
This. This is the photo that broke through my walls and made me sob uncontrollably.
It sums up the the utter senselessness of the destruction and how pure innocents like this poor overweight pet are being terrorized and slaughtered for no reason.
@TomJChicago As a former Msft employee, Iβve wanted to believe BillG is a good guy. This is ... distressing. Heβs done so many good things in this community and around the world, would hate for that legacy to be tainted. π
Officer Michael Fanone, who defended the Capitol on January 6, has written a powerful letter to congressional leaders:
βThe indifference shown to my colleagues and I is disgraceful.β