iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The human who finally picked up had no clue what I was talking about when I tried to explain, so I suggested they might want to have a chat with their tech support folks.

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If it makes you feel any better, the last time I called my A/C company to schedule seasonal maintenance, the hold music was a continuous Rickroll.

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beckybart.bsky.social @beckybart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at UC Berkeley currently has two open Assistant Professor positions (aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05382 & aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05522). Interested individuals are welcome to apply to one or both searches.

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Assistant Professor - Plant Responses to Environmental Changes - Department of Plant and Microbial Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Abi Stevens MCM Ldn R-12 @abistevensart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Thought I'd do a 'little' thread of all the Warped Ocean pins individually! I'm really proud of how this collection turned out! 😊 I'll start with all the gold ones so here's the gold-plated Mandarinfish! abistevens.etsy.com/listing/4572... #artShop #darkArt

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Jennifer Tsang @jtsangwrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

To celebrate microbial nerdiness all year long, I curated microbiology related awareness days and historical events in microbiology into one calendar. Find it below + links to add it to your calendar. microbialmenagerie.com/microbiology... #Microbiology #MicroSky #InternationalMicoorganismDay

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Microbiology events calendar: Historical events and awareness days

There’s a day/week/month for everything nowadays. And it’s getting harder to track all of these microbiology related events and historical dates. That’s why I made a calenda…

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Love it! On R/V Atlantis it was 3pm and “cheese o’clock” - a tradition the AT50-38 science team still talks about.

An afternoon charcuterie board from R/V Atlantis during AT50-38 in 2025

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 21/12/2023

Friends don't let friends publish in MDPI journals. Pass it on. For more info, check out the Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDPI 🔥

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MDPI - Wikipedia

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 16/09/2026

Authors!🚨 While you scramble for scarce $ 🤔 “Springer Nature reports revenue growth of 6.2%..and adjusted operating profit growth of 7.7%. They reported even more stunning submission growth of 30% and published article growth of 13%.” Publishing in society journals helps YOU not them👇🏻. Pass it on.

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Man Lying on a Pile of Money

ALT: Man Lying on a Pile of Money

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I’m quite sure you can find an MDPI article about algae-produced psychoactive compounds that be a crowd-pleaser

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I mainly work on the microbiomes of deep-sea corals, but here is my “pictures of it didn’t happen” proof that I have also collected deep-sea mud: www.usgs.gov/media/images...

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Drs. Christina Kellogg (left) and Amanda Demopoulos

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

And @hollybik.bsky.social is another fan of deep-sea sediment who can tell you what’s in it!

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

While I do have sediment from that deep in my freezer, I mostly “look” at who’s there using DNA. My colleagues Amanda Demopoulos & Jill Bourque are the deep-sea mud goddesses who pick sediments apart under the microscope to ID fun fauna like worms & wee crustaceans!

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I’m so sorry for your loss. Teapot was a handsome cat and I’ve always enjoyed his cameo appearances. It’s so hard to lose them. Hugs and sympathy.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I wrote this to help clarify expectations for students I co-supervise. But I think any student anywhere could benefit from thinking about their own committee relationships using the framework I set out here, so I share this advice with you, the people. 🧪

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Arinn Dembo @erinys.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#SciArtSeptember is doing colours! Day 6: Coral. Coral is not used to make dye powders, but it has one beautiful intersection with my art form: Japanese Coral Dyeing, the modern Bingata technique developed in Okinawa. Artists use coral fossils natural dyes to create beautiful hand-dyed textiles.🪸🧶

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

So sorry for your loss. 💔

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

No one had to think super hard about how to make a washing machine useful. A telephone. A vacuum cleaner. So why do our bosses have to constantly challenge us to find something, anything, for which AI might be helpful If your customers don’t find your product useful, that’s a you-problem

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

@hollybik.bsky.social Just got super excited bc I saw your name on the USF-USGS seminar series list for this fall…and then super bummed bc I’m out of town the day you’re here. So sorry to miss you!

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

academics should be slow, steady, scholars who produce solid, original contributions to specialized fields of research but also: if you want security you'd better be a personable star who can explain everything to anybody in a few small words and serve as the face of your institution's PR campaign

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Outstanding! Congratulations!

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Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

And... that's all, folks. San Francisco State University is shutting down its Estuary and Ocean Science Center, the only marine lab on the shores of San Francisco Bay.

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"Dear Friends of the Estuary & Ocean Science Center,

I’m very sad to say that SFSU has started the process of shutting down the Estuary & Ocean Science Center / Romberg Tiburon Campus. The doors will be closed by the end of September. As you know, SFSU has been saying for years that they can no longer afford to operate the RT campus, with continued declines in enrollment at the university. The 53-acre site, with all its deferred maintenance, was required to become fully self-supporting. Unfortunately, maintenance and operation funds have been very difficult to find, even as grant funding has grown for our projects, programs, and student training."

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DEI Virologist @kyt-thatsme.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Can someone pls tell the youth that I genuinely have 0 desire to read their 5 paragraph GPT emails? Like even if AI wasn’t the worst. I genuinely don’t want to read a 5 paragraph email when it could be 3 sentences. Your research is interesting. I would like to get some experience. Can we meet?

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 09/08/2026

Extremely this oh my God Stop OFFERING TO SUMMARIZE just STOPPIT just JUST STOP HAVING TO CLOSE 5,298 THINGS BEFORE I DO THE SIMPLEST THING IS RAISING MY BLOOD PRESSURE TO NEAR-FATAL LEVELS

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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Good morning friends. Hope you are enjoying the summer. I’m taking a break from self-promotion on here to promote something far worthier - Aine is trying to raise money to buy new books for her school library. Please do what you can to help, even if it’s just sharing the link:

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Cuke 1: Scoop 0. Now trying to vacuum up the sea cucumber! Success! #okeanos

Sea cucumber in background, claw holding suction tube in the foreground.

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

#DeepSeaTV drama: Watching #okeanos attempting to sample a large maroon sea cucumber with a scoop below 5000m!

Sea cucumber on bottom is as large or larger than the scoop.

Sea cucumber in scoop held by ROV arm, above background of bottom covered in nodules.

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Cheers and congratulations! What a science win!

A fancy cocktail in a tall glass, with a geometric honeycomb accent, and a sprig of lavender clipped on the rim with a mini clothespin.

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Dr. Lauren E. Fuess @laurenfuess.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Thanks to this grant we will be hiring!! Our grad position ad is already live with more opportunities forthcoming. But if you’re interested in postdoc or technician positions, please reach out! fuesslab.wp.txstate.edu/opportunities/

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opportunities – Symbiommunity Lab

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Amazing! Congratulations! 🎉

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Benjamin 🜬 (they/she) @enbyemu.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

For anyone who ever wants to read (or re-read) @trungles.com's Pride & Prejudice readthrough commentary w/o having to slog through needing to constantly expand the original thread, I put it all together on a google doc! 135 glorious pages! 💙📚 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Pride & Prejudice Commentary by Trung

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Lucky enough this morning to catch the end of our night-blooming cactus’s show. The bees were going crazy!

Morning sky behind a 10ft tall cactus covered in huge white flowers.

Full frame closeup of a large white flower with a honey bee inside.

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

What an amazing surprise to get to meet @darkmicrobio.bsky.social as part of the Peerside group tour that visited my lab today! Love it when micro folks visit St Pete!

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I was glad we watched it at home because I involuntarily shouted “NO!!!”

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

OMG, that sounds amazing. I usually bring regular deviled eggs but HAVE to try this.

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Honestly, I would consider engaging with AI if companies closed down chatbots. I didn’t mind Siri, and I don’t mind quick travel-related translations, but an unlimited addictive plagiarism tool for the lonely and SLOP-minded is a horrible idea, and I just want no part it in.

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Brad Weiler @bradweilerdives.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Heading to #ICRS2026🪸? Come by my talk where I discuss how machine learning can be used identify molecular and microbial signatures of #coral disease! Monday @ 230pm in room 515

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