The rain comes in on dirty dog feet...

@drandrewthaler.bsky.social Breakfast is a vector space? moultano.wordpress.com/2026/02/22/t... 🥛🥚🌾

🎬🎨 President’s Circle SciCafe at FMSEA 2026 Tom Fitz @schoolyardfilms.bsky.social + Kelly Quinn of Canvas of the Wild share how film & visual art connect science to community impact. Storytelling. Conservation. Creativity. #LinkinBio! #FMSEA2026 #ScienceCommunication

Join FMSEA March 24 at 6 PM for our Virtual Series with Amy Giannotti of Schoolyard Films! 🌊🎬 Learn about free environmental documentaries + classroom resources that connect science & storytelling.

🌊💙 Make waves with FMSEA! Join our Board of Directors and help support marine science educators. Several spots open! 🐠 Submit by Mar 15 ➡️ forms.gle/Amb8X7JtZPnz... 🗳️ Elections to follow!

This video from WCS has images created from his observations. youtu.be/VtNHKfm6Wc4?...

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From NASA-backed distance learning to "Pre-K to Gray" education, Jason Robertshaw, @technotional.bsky.social is a master of the virtual seas. The @MoteMarine.bsky.social legend joins our Virtual Talk Series to share 20+ years of expertise in instructional design and STEM. forms.gle/T4syz9RSqH4D...

Local news is rapidly shifting toward the Multimedia Journalist (MMJ), a single reporter who shoots, produces, and delivers stories across TV, web, print, and social in place of the traditional multi person field crew. Learn more 🗓 Tue, Feb 10 ⏰ 6pm PST | 9pm EST officehours.global/focus

📢 ANNOUNCING: The FMSEA Virtual Talk Series! 🌊 We’re launching a new monthly webinar series EXCLUSIVE to FMSEA members. From deep-sea discoveries to classroom-ready resources, we’re bringing the best of marine science to YOU. Join the pod: #linkinbio

Did the seagulls win? Or the tricorns?

Finished reading: Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz 📚 ❤️☠️🍜

What can you do to helpt turn climate change around? 🌱 Use GIS! 🌐 Register for our free course and learn how. We'll provide all the data and software you need: ow.ly/r4lf50Y6zUz #gischat #geogsky #geosky 🧪 🦑 ⚒️ 🌊 🌎 🌍 🌏

Finished reading: Katabasis by R. F. Kuang 📚I guess I know that’s what they mean by romantasy.

Denerdification: https://technotional.micro.blog/2026/01/29/denerdification.html

📣 #Teachers—encourage your students to apply for @EarthEcho’s new #MarinePlastics #ambassador program! 75 youth leaders will be selected to champion local #PlasticPollution mitigation projects in their communities! Learn more and apply by Mar 1 at earthecho.org/plastics-ambassadors 🌎♻️🌊

Fledgling mockingbirds soaking it up in our birdbath back in August, 2024.

Paid Summer Internship | Virtual Learning & Livestreaming Support live virtual STEM programs, hands-on experience in production, science communication, and education. 🗓 May 20–Aug 7 | Sarasota, FL ⏰ 15–30 hrs/week 🎓 EDAP-eligible students motemarven.blogspot.com/2026/01/paid...

Fish croon, sharks shiver, squids swoon, eels slither, sea slugs lay a bouquet. Dive into the sexy science of the sea and shell-ebrate your love of the ocean by making a beach-craft valentine with us. #ThatsAMoray #Valentine #LifelongLearning mote.org/lifelonglearning

“Everyone is an explorer. How could you possibly live your life looking at a door and not open it?” — Robert “Bob” Ballard The @fmsea.bsky.social CONFERENCE 2026 registration is now open. Connecting The Dots Fort Pierce, FL April 23–26, 2026 #FMSEA2026 sites.google.com/fmsea.org/we...

🎟️ Tickets now available! Axolotl Waddle: A Virtual Salamander Saturday Celebration May 2, 2026 3:30PM - 4:30PM EDT on.zoom.us/h/motemarine...

🎨 Art & 🔬 Science of 🐠 Reef Fish Ecology - 1/16, 2pm @ Mote SEA. Reef ecology talk + @inaturalist.bsky.social training + simple fish-printing activity. Learn to observe, identify, and document fish species, then create your own reef-inspired print to take home. mote.org/lifelonglear... #gyotaku

A chip chipping chip chipping chipping chips.

An update to the age-old lemonade stand. Neighborhood kids got a 3D printer for Christmas and went door-to-door with sample prints and a price list. They got us for a $12 octopus. Never mind that we also got a 3D printer for Christmas.

MR SNEKS. OSAR. CDEDBDIs?

Potica (Slovenian walnut cake roll)

Getting into the 3D printing hobby. Starting off with a Creality Ender and a small 3D-Printed Giant Deep-sea Isopod. Also pictured here is the output from a new 2D printer. #LUMCON #memories. Thanks @drandrewthaler.bsky.social www.southernfriedscience.com/the-3d-print...

Paid Internship with Mote’s Virtual Learning Programs. Help with our mangrove livestreams and more. motemarven.blogspot.com #EDAP #RinglingCollege #USF #SCF @newcollegeoffl.bsky.social

Art & Science of Reef Fish Ecology New adult lifelong learning program blends a short reef ecology talk with hands-on iNaturalist training and a simple fish-printing activity. 01/16​/2026, 2:00 PM EST at the Mote Science Education Aquarium, Sarasota, FL scistarter.org/art-science-...

Merry #Squidmas. Kiddo got his dad a plushie #sacoglossan. What a clever child. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costasi...

In the future, if anyone wants to get me gifts, I'm only going to ask for house plants. 🪴 Are #lithops sustainable?

Holiday jingles + LCARS. 1 loopy hour for your favorite Trekker. youtu.be/7h5n7IjR08M?...

@noncompliantcyborg.bsky.social I have questions about how you ROV in the Salish Sea. Please contact me. Thanks.

"Bethany 'Bee' Smith, researcher who documented a megamouth shark alive, died in a diving accident, aged 24" news.mongabay.com/2025/12/beth...

On the fifth day of #Squidmas my true love gave to me / FIVE SUCKER RINGS!!! / Four crawling #worms / Three #limpets / Two fertile #slugs / And a large #squid with a sharp beak

On the fourth day of #Squidmas my true love gave to me / Four crawling #worms / Three #limpets / Two fertile #slugs / And a large #squid with a sharp beak

On the third day of #Squidmas my true love gave to me / Three #limpets / Two fertile #slugs / And a large #squid with a sharp beak

Finally did it. Cancelled my Adobe subscription. Missed it last year when they doubled the price.

A valvetail isopod (according to aiNaturalist). Possibly _Erichsonella attenuata_?

On the second day of #Squidmas my true love gave to me / Two fertile #slugs / And a large squid with a sharp beak

On the first day of Squidmas, my true love gave to me / A large #squid with a sharp beak #squidmas

Titmice. #tufted

@whysharksmatter.bsky.social visiting Mote SEA today. #bestshark

Meet me in the Mangroves - Virtual Estuary Explorations with @naiinterpreters.bsky.social 11/14, 9am ET

Folks on #PLUR1BUS seem like a bunch of Yeerks.

Wisdom from the Wild November 5 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm FREE Grow as a leader with Wisdom for the Wild. Take a walk on the wild side with leadership lessons from cheetahs, sea turtles, squid, and axolotls. mote.org/event/wildwi...

Dive into the gelatinous world of #jellyfish, the most mesmerizing movers in the sea. Fun facts, science, and surprises in this free Wonderful Animal Virtual Encounter. #JellyfishDay #MoteMarineLab #VirtualLearning 🗓️ 11/3 @ 1:00 PM ET 💻 Free virtual event 🔗 mote.org/event/jellyfish-day-jamboree

Have a tentacular time on #SeaSlugDay with #MoteMarineLab youtu.be/SGKAFg4rNnY 10/29 1pm ET mote.org/event/sea-sl...

Join the shell-less-bration for World #SeaSlugDay tomorrow, 10/29 at 1pm ET mote.org/event/sea-sl... #Nudibranch #Nerd #SeaSlug #VirtualLearning #SeaMeRead #MoteMarine