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   Adam van Sertima (adamvs1@mastodon.world)'s status on Friday, 18-Jul-2025 07:07:22 JST Adam van Sertima

   • Mr. Bill

   @bmacDonald94 There was a short story written about 1969 that asserted “Incompetence is the mother of invention”. Dolphins don’t need the technological monstrosity that we rely on.

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     climate voter/Social Democrat (tmstreet@urbanists.social)'s status on Friday, 18-Jul-2025 07:09:13 JST climate voter/Social Democrat

     • Mr. Bill

     @bmacDonald94 The dolphins have always operated in the long view. Human beings' consumption and productivity is doing away with a planet fit for human beings and most other species.

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     Mark Koek (mkoek@mastodon.nl)'s status on Friday, 18-Jul-2025 07:09:17 JST Mark Koek

     • Mr. Bill

     @bmacDonald94 and thanks for all the fish! 😀

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     sunflowerinrain (sunflowerinrain@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 18-Jul-2025 23:41:04 JST sunflowerinrain

     • Mr. Bill

     @bmacDonald94
     Lovely pic.
     Once I was watching the start of a surfing competition in south Queensland. All the surfers lined up, still, tensely waiting for the big wave and the judge's signal - except the two blokes at the end of the line, who were fidgetting. Came the wave; the surfers stood on their boards and hurtled toward the beach... and I realised the two blokes at the end were dolphins.
     They didn't win the prize, but I think that was just speciesism.

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     BowieChilde (bowiechilde@cupoftea.social)'s status on Friday, 18-Jul-2025 23:55:33 JST BowieChilde

     • Mr. Bill

     @bmacDonald94

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     BowieChilde (bowiechilde@cupoftea.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Jul-2025 01:54:05 JST BowieChilde

     • Mr. Bill

     @bmacDonald94 No problem, mate. Here's another...

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     Edelruth, PBS Passport Holder (edelruth@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 00:06:20 JST Edelruth, PBS Passport Holder

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     • Mr. Bill
     • Mark Koek

     @mkoek @bmacDonald94

     Came looking for this. Knew it would be here already.
     42 to you. 👍

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     Edelruth, PBS Passport Holder (edelruth@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 00:07:15 JST Edelruth, PBS Passport Holder

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     • sunflowerinrain

     @sunflowerinrain @bmacDonald94

     That is a brilliant story. 💞

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     MėMėNTō MōRi📍🇪🇺🇩🇪 (mons1serrata@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 02:13:00 JST MėMėNTō MōRi📍🇪🇺🇩🇪

     • Mr. Bill

     @bmacDonald94 Mit Sicherheit 😉‼️

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     Ngati Pakeha Kuia (carolynstirling@mastodon.nz)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 08:16:31 JST Ngati Pakeha Kuia

     • Mr. Bill
     • sunflowerinrain

     @sunflowerinrain @bmacDonald94 Dolphins loved surfing on the wake of my sons high speed boat. I have a video somewhere. They are so smart they would recognise the sound of his engines and be waiting for him to leave the mooring he’d chosen for the night. He had the fastest boat.

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     Ngati Pakeha Kuia (carolynstirling@mastodon.nz)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 10:22:14 JST Ngati Pakeha Kuia

     • Mr. Bill
     • sunflowerinrain

     @bmacDonald94 @sunflowerinrain One day we were sailing out of Auckland Harbour and had just reached North Head when a huge pod of dolphins appeared. It was a holiday weekend so lots of us heading out. A group of about 12 surrounded our sloop and were swimming in formation around us. They’d swim from the bow to the stern turn and repeat. They’d lay on their side as they passed me and eyeballed me. Incredible experience.