A thousand dolphins have shown up dead along the Eastern Seaboard between New York and Florida this year, the New York Times reports—eight times the historical average. What’s killing them is a mystery but seems to have something to do with the “health” of the oil-spilled, polluted, plasticked waters we humans are keeping.

I don’t care that this is a signal for humans, too.

I care about DOLPHINS. Here is the story of my 2009 dolphin conversion experience.

To be clear, the reason I do not care that this is a signal for humans is that this is OUR FAULT.

Jen Graves (The Stranger’s former arts critic) mostly writes about things you approach with your eyeballs. But she’s also a history nerd interested in anything that needs more talking about, from male...