🌊 FREE Virtual Summer Camp for kids! Join @motemarven.bsky.social & Manatee Lagoon this summer: 🐠 World Ocean Week — June 15–19 🐧 Wild About Wildlife — July 20–24 3:30–5:30 PM ET | Ages 6–9 (and more!) Register 👉 mote.org/series/virtual-camp #SummerCamp #OceanEducation #STEM

Finished reading: The Dog Stars by Peter Heller 📚 2012 novel. Punctuated prose. Pandemic prescience. Post apocalyptic survival. Short range aerial adventures. Heteronormative 1st person POV. Preserving patriarchy. With... https://technotional.micro.blog/2026/05/11/finished-reading-the-dog-stars.html

Finished reading: The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow 📚Humping across time to twist an Arthurian legend into place.

Watched: Pinocchio 🍿Forgot how much of this was underwater.

May FMSEA Virtual Series: 🦈 Jillian Morris of Sharks4Kids Mom, marine biologist & conservationist shares shark science, Project Lemon Aid, and her award-winning work! 🌊 📅 May 19 | 6 PM | Link in bio

Celebrate the 104th birthday of Dr. Eugenie Clark — The Shark Lady on Monday, May 4, 2026, at 1 p.m. (ET)/ 10 a.m. (PT). Join us for a one-hour lecture and Q&A to learn about her life and legacy. www.roadscholar.org/find-an-a…

“A wrench in the hand is worth two in the chest” — The Tech Ziggy

“Sleep is when today’s experiences are pre-rendered into tomorrow’s memories.” — Tech Ziggy

Florida Marine Science Educators Association 2026 conference, Ft. Pierce, FL #FMSEA26

I know everyone wants there to be a Giant Cretaceous Octopus but after looking at methods and tables, I really don't think this is a reality.

Here is an axolotl. #majesty

Happy Earth Day / Axolotl Waddle 🌎 mote.org/event/sal… https://technotional.micro.blog/2026/04/22/happy-earth-day-axolotl-waddle.html

Waddle into the watery world of #axolotls and their amphibian friends. Bring your curiosity and questions for this live encounter during #SalamanderSaturdays and Suncoast Remake Learning Days. FREE thanks to #RemakeLearningDays #SuncoastRemakeDays #RemakeDays mote.org/event/salama...

Contrast 🐶

Watched: Project Hail Mary 🍿🪨🤜

Monochromatic + Minimalization: https://technotional.micro.blog/2026/04/13/monochromatic-minimalization.html

#IKEA coming to #Sarasota. www.sarasotamagazine.com/fashion-and-...

@siracusa.social @hotdogsladies.bsky.social Re: Ep. 283 www.relay.fm/rd/283 I had this R.E.M. poster on my wall and always mentally read their last names together as a sentence “Buck Mills berry (bury) me.”

Made a quick wiring diagram for my studio setup using Keynote to remind me what goes where. The Mac mini has limited I/O, so I ended up buying the optional USB hub for the Stream Deck +. I still have to carefully spread t... https://technotional.micro.blog/2026/03/23/made-a-quick-wiring-diagram.html

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?