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What to know about A pizza-sized ocean predator and a tribe are trying to protect each other. Here's how

A pizza-sized ocean predator and a tribe are trying to protect each other.

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A pizza-sized ocean predator and a tribe are trying to protect each other.

Why it matters

Here's how On a spring morning so blustery that the National Weather Service issued a small craft advisory, a Samish Indian Nation research boat, called the Chinook (Yómech), set out from Anacortes, Washington, just east of the San Juan Islands.

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A team of divers crammed into the cabin as the small craft … Alan Nishihara flipped this story into ALAN NISHIHARA•23d

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “In 1990... Voyager 1 swung back from about 6 billion kilometres and took 60 frames of home, one of which caught Earth as a pale blue speck occupying 0.12 of a pixel”
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Wikipedia entries for 'Pale Blue Dot' and 'Family Portrait (Voyager)' confirm that Voyager 1 took images of Earth on February 14, 1990, from a distance of over 6 billion kilometers. The specific detail about Earth occupying a fraction of a pixel is a well-documented fact of the 'Pale Blue Dot' image.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Family Portrait, or sometimes Portrait of the Planets, is an image of the Solar System acquired by Voyager 1 on February 14, 1990, from a distance of approximately 6 billion km (40 AU; 3.7 billion…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Portrait_(Voyager)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of Earth taken on February 14, 1990, by the Voyager 1 space probe from an unprecedented distance of over 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles, 40.5 AU), as part of tha…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, as a part of the Voyager program. It was launched on a trajectory towards the gas giants (Jupiter and Saturn) and enabled further encoun…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_2
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Claim 2: “Indonesia’s Mount Anak Krakatau has erupted again this week”
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Multiple web search results report that Mount Anak Krakatau erupted, causing flight cancellations and disruptions, though the 'this week' timeframe depends on the article's publication date.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami (Indonesian: Tsunami Selat Sunda 2018) occurred on 22 December 2018 at around 21:38 local time after large parts of the southwestern side of Anak Krakatoa collapsed onto …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Sunda_Strait_tsunami
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Krakatoa (), also transcribed Krakatau (), is a caldera in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung. The caldera is part of a volcanic island grou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakatoa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anak Krakatoa, or Anak Krakatau (Indonesian for 'child of Krakatoa'), is a volcanic island and an active volcano in Indonesia. On 29 December 1927, Anak Krakatoa first emerged from the caldera formed …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anak_Krakatoa
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Claim 3: “a Samish Indian Nation research boat, called the Chinook (Yómech), set out from Anacortes, Washington, just east of the San Juan Islands”
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While evidence confirms the Samish Indian Nation is located near Anacortes and that a ferry named 'Samish' departs from Anacortes, there is no specific evidence in the provided results confirming the existence of a research boat called the 'Chinook (Yómech)'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Quinault Indian Nation ( or ; QIN), formerly known as the Quinault Tribe of the Quinault Reservation, is a federally recognized tribe of Quinault, Queets, Quileute, Hoh, Chehalis, Chinook, and Cow…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinault_Indian_Nation
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Samish (Xws7ámeshqen, IPA: [xʷsʔ'e.məʃ.qen]) is a dialect of the North Straits Salish dialect continuum spoken by the Indigenous Samish people of the Pacific Northwest. Samish is traditionally referre…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samish_dialect
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of Indian reservations and other tribal homelands in the United States. In Canada, the Indian reserve is a similar institution.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_reservations_in…
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Claim 4: “On February 14, 1990, Voyager 1 turned its cameras back toward the Solar System”
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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and NASA Science, confirm that on February 14, 1990, Voyager 1 turned its cameras back toward the Solar System/planets.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Family Portrait, or sometimes Portrait of the Planets, is an image of the Solar System acquired by Voyager 1 on February 14, 1990, from a distance of approximately 6 billion km (40 AU; 3.7 billion…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Portrait_(Voyager)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program, to study the outer Solar System and the interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere. It was launch…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, as a part of the Voyager program. It was launched on a trajectory towards the gas giants (Jupiter and Saturn) and enabled further encoun…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_2
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Claim 5: “In 1883, Krakatau was devastating”
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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa was devastating, destroying much of the island and causing deadly tsunamis.
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web search NEUTRAL — The eruption was so loud that the sound was heard over a twelfth of the Earth’s surface, the shockwaves reverberated around the entire planet, seven times. This explosion also caused giant tsunami, th…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrEIT66oPqU
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web search NEUTRAL — Between 19 May and 21 October 1883, the volcanic island of Krakatoa began erupting, lasting more than five months. On 27 August, the island had its most significant eruption, which destroyed over 70% …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883_eruption_of_Krakatoa
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web search NEUTRAL — The eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 had huge and lasting effects. The tsunamis caused by the eruption devastated many areas and led to the loss of many lives. It was one of the deadliest natural disaster…
https://medium.com/@jefryjames.42/the-strange-tale-of-the-kr…
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Claim 6: “a federal judge in a different case ruled that it must be used”
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The claim is repeated across cross-references from the same source (Flipboard), but no independent third-party news or official legal sources were provided to corroborate that a federal judge ruled the map must be used.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — a federal judge in a different case ruled that it must be used.
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/trump-administration-wants-…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The Supreme Court rejected Missouri Republicans’ attempt to put a redrawn map in place for the midterms, while a federal judge in a different case ruled that it must be used.
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/65-and-older-have-a-story-t…
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Claim 7: “The Supreme Court rejected Missouri Republicans’ attempt to put a redrawn map in place for the midterms”
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Multiple independent news sources (Al Jazeera and other web results) confirm that the US Supreme Court declined to reinstate the Republican-backed congressional map in Missouri for the midterm elections.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest-ranking judicial body in the United States. Its membership, as set by the Judiciary Act of 1869, consists of the chief justice of the United State…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of Missouri (SCOMO) is the highest court in the state of Missouri. It was established in 1820 and is located at 207 West High Street in Jefferson City, Missouri. Missouri voters have…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Missouri
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_St…
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