leirenyoung
@leirenyoung
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Author Sharks Forever, Big Sharks, Small World & Orcas Everywhere @orcabook Host @SkaanaPod podcast https://t.co/IzAh8EhEBr Adjunct prof @UvicWriting
Saanich, British Columbia
Joined February 2009
On hiatus from the toXic outrage algorithm that is X until scrolling it no longer makes me feel like I need a shower. See you on #Substack
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A Plea to Americans: Please Vote for the Planet, by @SkaanaPod #USElection2024 #climate #Vote2024 #VoteKamala
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#HappyHalloween Blackbeard || Our Flag Means Death || Ghost of John #ofmds2 #ofmd
https://t.co/LMHhllVvbH via @YouTube
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Happy #Octopus-tober! Talking awesome octopus🐙& super #squid🪼with @DannaStaaf
https://t.co/r2yScbkmsy
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The perfect #Halloween theme for #ofmd #ourflagmeansdeath #ofmds2 The great #izzyhands meets #RockyHorror
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October 9 1964 #MobyDoll, the first #orca displayed in #captivity, drowned in a makeshift tank in Vancouver. For the full story @Spotify gives every listener 15 free #audiobook hours a month so please check out my book on Moby & our history with #orcas
open.spotify.com
Mark Leiren-Young · Audiobook
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Happy #WorldOctopusDay🐙 Celebrating by working on revisions for my next book for @orcabook - Octopus Planet! Sharing a fave pic of Storm from the @SalishSeaCentre Stand by for two cool octopus interviews this month on @SkaanaPod - @DannaStaaf & Dr. Jennifer Mather
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Wow. Just finished my first ever poetry reading then stepped on the Poetry Bus @WORD_Vancouver to check out Big Sharks, Small World. Thank you @ReadLocalBC @TransLink and always @orcabook
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And the latest #GoodOmens video by Rayne Ellycrys Benu #GoodOmensFanArt
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As we’ve learned from Dr. Strange, all dreams are realities somewhere in the #multiverse — including a #moonknight TV series starring @nathanfillion developed with @marvel almost 20 years ago
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"What’s your superpower? ….Whatever it is put it to work." @SylviaEarle 🐳 Happy birthday and thank you
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"In lieu of flowers breach the #SnakeRiver dams." My obituary for Toki #Tokitae #Lolita Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut @Salishorcas @SkaanaPod @damsnse @FriendsofToki @JimIrsay @MiamiSeaquarium
timescolonist.com
On Aug. 8, 1970, Tokitae was captured with about 90 other killer whales (as they were known at the time) at Penn Cove off Whidbey Island in Washington state.
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Tokitae was loved by so many, including her critically endangered #SRKW family. They need #salmon now, which means Biden needs to #breachthedams to #freethesnake in 2023. Visit https://t.co/pVAlWcZE0l for more information and easy actions #nofishnoblackfish #dontbuyaticket
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#RIPLolita Love that @seattletimes front page headline went with #Tokitae not #lolitatheorca Celebrate her memory by breaching the Snake River dam @damsnse #freethesnake #orcas
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Farewell Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut #Tokitae #Lolita Sending love to her Lummi family & all the people who put their time, energy & hearts into fighting for her return home to the Salish Sea @SkaanaPod @OurSacredSea @Salishorcas
Over the last two days, Toki started exhibiting serious signs of discomfort, which her full Miami Seaquarium and Friends of Toki medical team began treating immediately and aggressively. Despite receiving the best possible medical care, she passed away Friday afternoon...
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In his classes, @leirenyoung and his UVic students examine and analyze the origins of the classic superheroes, almost all of whom were created by Jewish immigrants in the United States. https://t.co/zP246P1p2a
#Superheroes
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Thoughts on the loss of #Lahaina and links to places you can help the people of Maui #lahainafire #Mauifires
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