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Freediving and Cologne cathedral/Kölner Dom mentioned on the same page, I consider this a direct @ to me

“… shame that her mother was dead and she could not ask her for advice …” this one item in the whole list of the full sentence felt like a particular sucker punch and especially visceral

“The azure sphere we see from […] space is only a veneer. Our planet isn’t really blue, it’s not filled with leaves of grass, clouds, color, and light.

It’s black.”

Raaahh freediving mentioned!! Many people’s names I’ve heard of before!!! Oceanic connections

“But the disparity so great that he is in no real danger, for he is below the size she considers worthy of attention. If she were a fisherman and he a fish, she would throw him back”. HAHAHAHAHA

“Nothing ends without adding vigour to the conditions under which new beginnings are conceived.”

“From ‘consumable’ to indigestible” about “consumables”, ie end products & items used by people in everyday life with a higher degree of disposability ending up in the oceans and consequently whales’ digestive systems, causing mortality… Giggs’ writing is insane, in the best way. Incredible.

I get his overall point, but depicting orcas instead as frightening beings akin to killing machines to the degree of perceived irrationality can’t be the way to try to lessen people’s fear of sharks. This bit’s a tad hypocritical in my opinion.

The “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot petrel”… the WTF petrel… ornithologists have an exquisite sense of humor it seems to me.

“I don’t know about you, but I get text messages from giant owls.”

“however depleted the planet might appear, what remains always matters” SHOUT IT

Aaah a reference to the hydrothermal genesis theory! Starting to make connections to the contents of books previously read, very exhilarating.

“Overall, the ocean has absorbed an astonishing 93% of the excess heat trapped in the atmosphere by greenhouse gas emissions over the last 50 years. One group of scientists has estimated that if this excess heat was to be instantaneously transferred to the atmosphere it would lead to a temperature increase of 36°C. Under such conditions most of life on Earth could not survive”. SCIENCE!!! OCEANS!!!

“[...] society’s first fear about sharks should be losing them, not being harmed by them. Society should use its fear of losing sharks to make sure they survive to protect the reefs and seagrasses around the world. [...] When a shark’s dorsal fin breaks the surface, we should breathe a sigh of relief that the waters are healthy”

The depictions of overfishing and its devastating effect on shark populations, let alone the shark finning and torture it entails for the animals in tandem with fishing, is utterly harrowing. Everybody not sustainably fishing for themselves/locally needs to dramatically cut their consumption; this is beyond alarming.

“It was a young shark, [...] too young to ever have bred. Because the minimum weight requirement for the tournament was 175 pounds, the shark was disqualified. It died for nothing.” I HATE men – this entire segment is so disturbing and saddening to read, trophy hunting at sea needs to be persecuted. How can you value a species’ life as cheaply/not at all as these men do the sharks’? ABOMINABLE “hobby”.

“Nicknamed the White Shark Café, this area, which is approximately the size of the state of Colorado, hosts what some people have started to refer to as Burning Man for sharks.” This book is an utterly glorious read!

“Kill the sharks, and humankind cripples the seas. The sudden vulnerability of sharks – a species that has survived five extinction-level events, including the one that killed the dinosaurs – calls for a complete re-interpretation of our relationship with them.”

Not Jacinda leaving the Church for the gays 😭 How principled and frankly how iconic, my queen.

I’m forcing myself to finish this book out of pure spite and because I unfortunately spent money on it; it’s really, really not good.

Not too big on the parataxis of it all I have to say.

The blatant irony of a stereotype against women being we’re “too emotional/hysterical” when these men will literally go on murder sprees just because they’re “virgins/women don’t want to f*ck” them. God, this is a terrifying read.

Good lord, how many more times is this book going to make me weep like a baby?

It’s fascinating that L-98/Luna belonged to the threatened population of Southern Residents yet there was evidently talk of potentially killing this whale for its “disturbance” or “destruction” of property like seaplanes and the like. To me, this epitomizes people’s ability to recognize our effect on wildlife but lack of commitment, lack of motivation to cut back on their own standards for conservation.

Stephen King referring to other works of his... chef’s kiss

my aesthetic is stephen king self-referencing

Another reference to another King book, ‘Salem’s Lot! Love this song of self-referencing

God I’ve been too stressed out/busy to read much (without feeling guilty) I’m desperate for downtime and to be able to just sit down and READ book after book after book with not 25 other things to attend to... feeling drained & longing to Read More Books.

BRO THERE’S A REFERENCE TO CUJO IN HERE