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Chris Alemany

NEW BABY ORCA!!! Only a few days to weeks old.

The orca is the great-great-grandbaby of *one* Orca named Wake who was one of 6 orcas captured by the Vancouver Aquarium in 1976 to be put on display. But after a court battle, they were released, and this *one* Orca is now the matriarch of 6% of the *entire* remaining southern resident Orca population!

Watch the video of the new baby here!
#Orca #SalishSea #BC #BCPoli #Canada #Ecosystem #Protection
cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.669

CBC#TheMoment whale watchers spotted a baby orca descended from a Salish Sea legendPacific Whale Watching Association executive director Erin Gless recounts the moment a baby orca, descended from the legendary matriarch Wake, was spotted in the Salish Sea, off the coast of Vancouver Island.
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Bob Tregilus

One of my colleagues at the art supply / frame shop I work at, her boyfriend is Haida (an indigenous person of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America). I love Haida & Tlingit art! So before I retire next week I paid him for a print of this Orca. Today I printed it out & framed it. I'm very happy with how it turned out! He (Alex) is a very talented artist! (Phone photo.)

A nearly square color photo of a stylized ocra whale. The orca is painted in a red-orange and black. It is curved in a crescent shape, as if it jumped out of the water and was diving back in, and pointed toward the left. Its tall dorsal fin is in the center of the image pointing straight up. There are various other images of whale faces painted in the negative space of the body and flippers. The image is framed with an inner border of the same red-orange, then a white mat, and mounted on a black frame.
#Art#Orca#PNW
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Hanan! 🌻

Orcas! I had a terrible day yesterday, so when I got home I drew some sea buddies.

Available as flash tattoos, either separately or together. $65 for one, $100 for both.

✨️🐋 Bookings available for flash or custom tattoos! Book via venue, forms, or email [hanandraws@gmail.com] 🐋✨️

Digital illustration of two orca whales swimming with some light reflecting off of their backs to make them look underwater.
#art#tattoo#tattoodesign
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ax6761

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Resized bracelet of a #CitizenWatch #BN0231_52L #Orca to remove 2.5 links on one side, 1 link on other side & a pair of pin+collar. It took only ~an hour & sacrifice of the SIM-extraction bit of iFixIt set.

Latter was own mistake for forgetting that the springbar tool[0] has a thin+strong enough pin to push out the pin of the bracelet🤦‍♂️

Earlier thought had lost a collar; found it now (just under the bed) :raised Simba:

#wristwatch#tootRehash
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Georgiana Brummell

(I am posting this from my Friendica as well as my Akkoma accounts, since some instances and groups don't federate with Blob.cat.)Please forgive the negative post, but this must be said. I'm sick of what I'm calling the switching crew. They constantly say things such as "switch from Facebook or Twitter to the Fediverse", "switch from Amazon to local shops), "switch from Windows or Mac to Linux", etc. They sometimes imply and sometimes outwardly state how easy it is. So let me explain something. Note that I can't speak for other disabilities, since I'm only blind, but I'm sure they have their own problems with these as well. I am also very good with computers, so I have the technical skills to do these things. Not everyone does.

  1. It takes research to join the Fediverse. Not everyone wants to join Mastodon, and even for those who do, [people still must find instances that align with their goals. Not all platforms here are accessible, either. I left Facebook precisely because they shut down their basic mobile site, and their main site and apps are terrible to use with a screen reader. I joined Friendica, but had more accessibility problems. Now, I'm on Akkoma and am finally happy. But it's taken over four months for me to find my place!
  2. Amazon offers free shipping, large discounts, and in some cases, Amazon Fresh to Prime members. They also have a wide variety of products, all at one place. All of this contributes to the independence, not only of the blind, but also of those who are house-bound. No one has yet to give me an alternative that has all of these features. It's great to go to local farmer's markets and little shops, but not everyone can easily get there, and even those places that do ship often require monthly payments, charge a lot, or charge shipping with every order. Are there blind people who do shop locally? Yes. Is everyone like that, or does everyone have such places near him? No.
  3. Prior to joining the Fediverse, this one annoyed me the most. Most sighted people can just turn on a computer or a phone and start using a new operating system relatively quickly, as long as it's graphical. It's not the same for those of us who are blind. First, the system has to have a screen reader installed. If not, we must find someone sighted to install it for us. Many Linux distributions don't have Orca installed by default. Secondly, even if said system is installed, there needs to be an easy way to activate it via a hottkey or during setup. Many Linux distributions have Orca but don't have an easy way to start it. Then, once all of that is done, we must learn how to use said screen reader, not to mention the layout and commands of the operating system itself, and withLinux, often, one must learn how to use the terminal in order to accomplish certain tasks. Even as a DOS lover, I found it to be frustrating. . Finally, after accomplishing all of that, if there aren't many programs that work with this operating system and screen reader, or if they don't work well, why should we switch from a system that we already know, where things are accessible, to one that we don't where they aren't? Linux is great for the sighted, but not for the majority of the blind. Again, are there blind people who use it? Yes. Is it as easy as simply turning on a computer and switching? No.

#accessibility #Akkoma #Amazon #blind #blindness #Facebook Fediverse fediverse #Linux #NVDA #Orca #technology ##Twitter #Windows

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Ele Willoughby, PhD

Some whale #linocut prints for #WorldWhaleDay! I’ve had the great privilege of seeing humpbacks and orcas (and other species) when working at sea. They seem as curious about us as we are of them.

I would love to see the blue whale and narwhals, in my other prints, too.

I hope we always live in a world where whales can thrive.

#printmaking #whale #humpbackWhale #orca #narwhal #blueWhale #sciart #conservation #MastoArt

minouette.etsy.com/listing/174

My linocut in silver on white washi paper of a pod of narwhals. There are two large ones near the top crossed like an x, each head up, and three smaller ones below pointed towards the upper left, lower right and one going into the plane of the image with a horizontal line at the top, marking the surface of the water.
My linocut orca whale is leaping out of the water leaving a trail of splashed droplets of water from the sea surface. It’s printed in black on white paper.
My square 8” x 8” print on white washi paper. The upper two thirds are printed as a deep blue-green rectangle with missing unprinted white silhouette of a humpback whale now filled with a linocut print of the humpback in dark blue-grey. The tip of its mouth and tail extend into the white margin space. The bottom third is a grey rectangle with the missing silhouettes of 6 barnacles unprinted in white now filled with linocut C. diadema barnacles with silver striations and orange centres with opercular valves.
My linocut print of a diving blue whale in profile printed in blue grey ink on pale blue Japanese washi paper with screen printed vertical silver wavy lines.
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