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Key Figures in the Hunt for Osama bin Laden
⭐️Alfreda Frances Bikowsky
Role: Chief of the Bin Laden Issue Station
Background: Started her CIA career in the 1990s as a Soviet analyst. Promoted to Deputy Chief of the Bin Laden Issue Station after the USS Cole bombing in 2000, and became Chief by March 2003.
Controversies: Involved in the CIA's interrogation program and linked to the extraordinary rendition of Khalid El-Masri. Criticized for her role in the tortur…

The Endangered Species Committee “is meeting regarding an exemption under the Endangered Species Act with respect to oil and gas exploration, development, and production activities in the Gulf of America associated with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Program”
The God Squad – Digby's Hullabaloo
https://digbysblog.net/2026/03/22/the-god-squad/

"10% of the ocean is protected. Now just 20% more to go"
#Oceans #Environment
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10% of the ocean is protected. Now just 20% more to go
More than 10% of the world’s ocean is now protected to some degree, marking significant progress in global ocean conservation efforts, according to an Apr. 1. annoucement from the U.N. Environment Programme’s World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). However, this accomplishment comes six years behind schedule, and experts warn that efforts must pick up speed to […]

Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
With the safe return of NASA's Artemis II, it is time to talk about plankton space #science 🛰. PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) is the latest advanced observing satellite launched Feb 2024 which carries the OCI Ocean Colour Instrument measuring hyp…

⚠️Save the date⚠️
Vortragsabend
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Die „Generation Deutschland“ ist inhaltlich in keiner Weise gemäßigter als ihre Vorgängerorganisation Junge Alternative (JA) – ihre Grundfeste sind #Rassismus, #Sozialchauvinismus,

#TIL that video game preservation website #Myrient is another casualty of the rising costs of RAM and SSDs caused by the #AIBubble. 😠

Retro Video Game Preservation Site Myrient Shutting Down
The impact of AI datacenters on hosting and hardware costs have made maintaining the site unsustainable, its founder said

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#InTune
- Bach's Goldberg Variations live in studio
Violinist Tim Crawford, viola player Noga Shaham and cellist Adrian Brendel perform live in studio. Petroc Trelawny talks to composer Steven Price about Ocean in Concert.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002r45q

Record high ocean temperatures off southern California raise fears of prolonged marine heatwave
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/04/high-ocean-temperatures-california-marine-heatwave?CMP=Share_AndroidApp…

Record high ocean temperatures off southern California raise fears of prolonged marine heatwave
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/04/high-ocean-temperatures-california-marine-heatwave?CMP=Share_AndroidApp…

"10% of the ocean is protected. Now just 20% more to go"
#Oceans #Environment
https://

10% of the ocean is protected. Now just 20% more to go
More than 10% of the world’s ocean is now protected to some degree, marking significant progress in global ocean conservation efforts, according to an Apr. 1. annoucement from the U.N. Environment Programme’s World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). However, this accomplishment comes six years behind schedule, and experts warn that efforts must pick up speed to […]