An obvious AI-generated ad included in a NYT email to me (a subscriber). So many questions: 1. Why only 23? 2. How is riding that thing easier (or safer) than just walking up the stairs? 3. Can that thing even drive up stairs, because it looks stuck. 4. WTF?

AI companies: Mentat Butlerian Jihad Other Memory Productivity software: SandTrout Tleilaxu Zensuni Financial services: CHOAM Surveillance: Shai-Hulud Lampadas Security: Honored Matres

Today I got to take a ride in the ferry wheelhouse on my way home to Dartmouth! The oldest saltwater ferry in North America, it's "the best office view in Halifax," Captain Stuart said. And it sure beats sitting in bridge traffic. Thank you!

After the hard work and advocacy of the community, the Minister of Municipal Affairs has decided not to overturn the bylaw restricting infilling in Dartmouth Cove. We will look at their amendments closely, but at least for now, Dartmouth Cove won't be turned into a dump.

Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.

hey guys i made a seasonal meme

Humans will NEVER colonize another planet. Never. If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.

Hey author friends! Please help! I do freelance writing, and I’m trying to find my DC pro and semi-pro writer friends. How do I find them? Are there Bluesky starter packs, meetup group, professional societies? How do writers find each other?

Ok, now to make this happen for the North Atlantic Right Whale.

Just got featured as part of Science Literacy Week for my work with the @argocanada.bsky.social #AdoptAFloat program and for other outreach. What can I say -- I like to talk about what I do! 😀🌊 www.linkedin.com/posts/fisher...

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@christosargyrop.bsky.social Kale sales and autism www.wmbriggs.com/post/58413/

Another beautiful September Halifax morning, another day watching visitors to our city trying to figure out to pay for the ferry by taking out cash from a private ATM, turning it into different cash, and feeding it into a little box. @samaustind5.bsky.social @tonymancini2025.bsky.social time for tap

i think anyone saying he practiced politics the right way or that we should continue his work should first have to read out loud his last days worth of posts to someone they love who doesnt know who he is

If there is a position you are interested in and the application process asks you to answer very specific things -- you should address them Sending a form letter about why you love the ocean is a waste of my time and yours This is a public service announcement

Can confirm. Tides are weird. And awesome.

Sea Level xkcd.com/3135/

The reputational risk to #Dalhousie University from its misguided and ill-considered lockout of Faculty is massive. A glance at the Board makeup, mainly corporate types, makes me worry they may have no idea what makes a successful University, what Faculty do, and why.

🌊The Southern Ocean is warming, is productivity changing? New paper by Liniger et al. uses the nitrate sensors on 274 SOCCOM/BGC-Argo floats to compute annual NCP. It has increased significantly over the past two decades. @mbarinews.bsky.social @soccomproject.bsky.social @bgc-argo.bsky.social‬

🌊 Another beautiful day teaching kids about the ocean and how we measure it in Halifax NS, aboard the historic CSS Acadia at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. One of the oldest hydrographic research ships still afloat! #CSSAcadia

I just learned a lab appropriate alternative to rock, paper, scissors- Kelp, Urchin, Rock. Kelp covers the rock, urchin eats the kelp, rock squashes the urchin!

Everything we've made will break, buildings and streets will crumble, and cities will be abandoned. But the CO₂ we emit into the atmosphere will persist for centuries, and the climatic impacts will last longer than human civilization has existed. This is our legacy for the future.

#FossilFriday !! I’d love to be able to date/identify these fossils!

Hey #FossilSky (is that a thing?)! These fossils are all over the shore at my family farm in NB Canada, along the Wolastoq (Saint John) river. I’d love to know if there’s a way to date them and/or identify species. Can someone help?? 🧪

A strong wind, a hay field in NB, a recently-turned 7yo enjoying summer, and a kite made out of a garbage bag, duct tape, bailer twine, and an old sheet made for a perfect summer day.

It's really too bad people are falling for the distraction of bike lanes. Like I said, there are some people, including those in power, who create drama and drag everyone into it but they have other motives. You all personally know people like this. Don't fall for the drama, #Halifax.

🌊 Argo Outreach: Adopt a Float programme Adopt a Float lets students explore ocean science by adopting an #Argo float. Born at @imev-mer.fr, it’s now global. The latest Adopt a Float #Canada Newsletter is live! Discover updates, research, and a researcher spotlight: 🔗 lnkd.in/e-zjHbEE

Hey! That's me 😀 Seriously though, Adopt-a-float is a great outreach program, and one of the funnest things I get to do as part of my job. A highlight this year was hosting my daughter's grade 1 class at the Bedford Institute to tour and learn about Argo.

🌊 OneArgo: A Game Changer for Monitoring Ocean Ecosystems! By collecting an unprecedented volume of BGC data, it reveals how marine ecosystems respond to climate change and human impact. It’s essential to support critical actions: 🎣 Fisheries management 🌱 Carbon sequestration 📈 Forecasting systems

Dave Green at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge told me about his colormap "cubehelix". It solves the problem that many color maps use hues like green/yellow for mid values, which appear brighter than red used for high values. Is anyone using cubehelix? 🌊🧪 people.phy.cam.ac.uk/dag9/CUBEHEL...

🌊 #OneArgo is revolutionizing ocean health monitoring! With more than 75,000 pH profiles, it reveals critical changes in ocean acidification, with surface waters now about 40% more acidic than in pre-industrial times. We need this data to protect our oceans!

I'm looking for people from American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands (looking to connect with both residents and diaspora) who are opposed to deep sea mining. Is that you? Do you want to help with a campaign?

Free, unsolicited advice for physics students: many things will go more smoothly for you if you can derive and explain the simple harmonic oscillator in your sleep

Screw uranium. Let's sink millions into this and sell it to everyone else. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Saturday morning adventures in parenting:

🌊 Today was World Oceans Day, and I set up some gear and demos with colleagues from the NS Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. It was a great turnout, and a lot of fun! (photo not representative because all the times it was busy there was no way I could grab a photo).🌊

Useful life advice (misc): 1. When frying up old mashed potato DON'T STIR IT: you need it to stick to the pan to get brown and tasty. It will come unstuck afterwards, I promise. >

I was in Prospect and took this pic of a whaleback rock formation that I thought looks like a whale. I waited until a wave crashed up so it appeared as if the "whale" was spouting water through its blowhole.

🌊 NASA and other federal agencies supporting Earth and Ocean sciences are decimated in president's proposed budget. This tool can help all the science advocates - Kudos to the Planetary Society for putting it together. dashboards.planetary.org/nasa-science...

Maybe this @johncullenocean.bsky.social et al. piece where they said — "adding iron to the ocean is not an effective way to fight climate change, and we don't need further research to establish that" — wasn't straightforward enough because this idea just won't die. 🤷🏻‍♂️ www.nature.com/articles/461...

@altagliabue.bsky.social making a presentation at @ucl.ac.uk telling us that ocean iron fertilization won’t do jack for climate and will further harm fisheries. Yet, it’s the marine CO₂ removal (mCDR) method that has sold the most credits so far. 🤷🏻‍♂️

After many years of direct and collaborative involvement in working towards implementing a new CTD sensor on Argo floats, it is very satisfying to finally see it (officially) come to fruition. 🌊🧪

🌊One decision that came from the Argo AST last month is that the RBRArgo CTD is now accepted for global implementation. Argo Canada has committed to buying at least 50% of our floats with RBR sensors to support diversification of the fleet. In photos, an update to my lego Argo float 😄.

Do you like a good rant? Read my good (I think) rant. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

every time the Canadian media refers to Poilievre as the "opposition leader" they undermine how Canada's democratic system works.

🚨 BGC-Argo DMQC Virtual Workshop kicks off May 14, 10 AM–12 PM PT! Hartmut Frenzel & Chris Gordan will demo the bgcargoToolbox for DMQC of BGC variables like nitrate & pH. 🔗 Zoom meeting link: mbari.zoom.us/j/8517513187... 🔗 Full schedule: biogeochemical-argo.org/cloud/docume...

For those who don't know, I fund the OpenCTD, Southern Fried Science, and a lot of my other weird little ocean projects through Patreon. Every month I commission an artist to make a new ocean critter sticker. This month, Patrons get the Gnarly Narwhal. patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler