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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Thanks to @highcountrynews.org for running this harrowing story on the drought-fueled Bearpocalypse that’s driving ursids into conflicts across the West. Bear issues have become nightly here in Salida; I just wrote to city council begging for better waste disposal. www.hcn.org/articles/as-...

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As bears ‘spin out’ in southern Montana, wildlife managers are at wit’s end - High Country News

Amid a record-breaking year of Western bear conflict, the historically tolerant Red Lodge community is grappling with opposing views on how to live with the species — and if a 'fed bear' really should...

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Fishy Friday: Bathypterois sp., a tripod fish. Solitary and stationary, these deep-sea denizens perch above the seafloor using specialized fin rays and face into the current. When an unsuspecting copepod or other tiny crustacean drifts by, this animal is set to snack. #Doldrums, 2,040 meters

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

When you claim renewable energies aren’t workable—but you attach solar panels to all your dystopian Flock surveillance cameras.

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Ariel Waldman @arielwaldman.com · 20/08/2026

Here’s a good reminder to donate to your local PBS station.

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

An adorable shark that should be renamed Boopilusious Schnautikus. #DeepWonders

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 06/08/2026

One reason thousands of Spokane residents were able to evacuate safely during the #SpokaneFires? They had just practiced. A powerful reminder that evacuation drills can save lives. theconversation.com/weeks-before...

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

"Saul" is thinning apple trees in Outlook WA. The air quality is 166. He's having a hard time with his asthma due to smoke exposure. He started bringing his inhaler to work to get through the day. He isn't provided with a mask and earns minimum wage for his work. #WeFeedYou

A farm worker in a black sweatshirt and cap stands in an orchard, holding pruning shears and a smartphone displaying a weather app that showed the temperature and the dangerous air quality index numbers in Outlook Washington that had an aqi of 166 which is unhealthy. He is wearing a thin nylon mask and was not provided with a N95 mask.

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

🚨Not one, but two Magnapinna squid! 🚨 the #doldrums team observed 2 elusive Magnapinna sp., commonly known as bigfin squid, at approximately 4,300 m (about 2.7 miles). Magnapinna is the deepest-dwelling squid. Sightings of these animals are extremely rare — seeing two in one dive is extra exciting!

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I spend the better part of most days reading & interviewing scientists to write about the very real & very wonderful animals living in our Ocean. This article hit me right in the feelers. (Also: @sabs.bsky.social book "How Far the Light Reaches" is a wonderful read.) defector.com/ai-animal-vi...

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AI Animal Videos Are Ruining One Of The Internet's Last Good Things | Defector

Recently, while picking up a banh mi in my neighborhood, I found myself transfixed by a TV in the restaurant showing what I assumed was a nature documentary. At first the footage soothed: Gentle humpb...

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

🌊 Ocean job alert! 🌊 We're hiring a Science Systems Specialist to support cruise planning on R/V Falkor (too) and management of the maritime instrumentation and scientific equipment. Learn more & apply! jobs.lever.co/schmidt-entities/ccec…

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Some of the coolest folk I’ve ever met!

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Another installment of "Poetry in Ocean," where we pair deep-sea footage with poetry. Do you have any favorite poems that capture the wonder of these animals? Feel free to share — I'm always looking for inspiration!

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

“You wouldn’t have bet on it, the battered rock orbiting a star from the discount bin of the universe, wouldn’t have guessed that it would bloom mitochondria and music, that it would mushroom mountains and minds…” youtu.be/inKW8Kk4-Hk

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"The Wildest Bet Is the Winning Bet" by Maria Popova

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

The view from somewhere over Rio last night during 36 hours of planes and layovers, coming home from a couple of weeks at sea. 🌊

View of Rio de Janeiro from an airplane at night with densely lit landscape

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

My first expedition on R/V Falkor (too) was epic. Here’s a bit of what we did! 🌊 #scicomm #writinglife

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Haliphron atlanticus with a jelly in her belly! This large lady is a pelagic octopus, spending her entire life in the open ocean, never touching shore or seafloor. Read more via the link. #designingthefuture3 800 meters youtube.com/shorts/qVikb...

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Haliphron atlanticus… #designingthefuture3 #midwater #cephalopod

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

The Atlantic Ocean, 360 nautical miles (414 miles/667 km) from Brazil on the R/V Falkor (too). #designingthefuture3

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Writing up a storm with a steady stream of deep-sea views and a few wee breaks for some knitting at sea — apparently all I needed was to be put me in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. #designingthefuture3 #writinglife

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A map with a person’s location in the middle of the ocean

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Using imaging systems being tested during #DesigningtheFuture3, Dr. Dhugal Lindsay is confident that this animal appears to be a new genus, maybe even a new family of physonect siphonophore. (Read the full YouTube caption to learn more.) youtube.com/shorts/U0iw_...

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Deep-sea fireworks (siphonophore)! #designingthefuture3 #midwater #siphonophore

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Sunset from @schmidtocean.bsky.social’s R/V Falkor (too), in international waters off Brazil during #DesigningTheFuture3.

A vibrant sunset over the Atlantic Ocean, viewed from a scientific research vessel.

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

🚨 Booby alert! 🚨 Now that I have your attention…I’ve been waiting for seabirds for days — am excited to finally spot this beauty. My non-expert guess: a juvenile masked booby (Sula dactylatra). (Name comes fr Spanish word “bobo” for fool, because of the silly dance they perform during courtship.)

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John Burns @burnsajohn.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

It takes a village to do incredible ocean discovery. Live now! @schmidtocean.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/wbQXgnH...

The ROV control room aboard the R/V Falkor (too) in action

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Watching the @schmidtocean.bsky.social team launch a robot, ROV SuBastian — the #designingthefuture3 science team study the ocean’s midwater in international waters off Brazil. Accelerating species discovery & expanding our genetic library of life on Earth seems a good way to spend one’s time! 🌊

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Safety first! Today, at sea: we had an abandon ship drill and all went well. (Bonus, everyone in the orange, enclosed life boat got to experience what hot flashes feel like.) We’re ready to get underway! #oldladyandthesea

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People inside an enclosed lifeboat wearing orange life vests.

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

How do you provision a ship with about 70 people for weeks at sea? It’s a team effort. Today, we got to help the crew load food for the journey. It took about 3 hours. The @schmidtocean.bsky.social crew work hard — with patience and humor! #designingthefuture3 #writinglife #scicomm

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

First day on @schmidtocean.bsky.social’s R/V Falkor (too), a whirlwind. Tours, safety briefing, meeting new people (who I already adore), and getting ready for departure. Ask me questions about at-sea adventures & ocean science and I’ll try to answer them!

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Traveling with a luck dragon — on my way to Research Vessel Falkor (too) in Brazil for the #designingthefuture3 expedition. #iykyk

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Our team has been nominated for a People’s Voice Webby! If you follow & enjoy @schmidtocean.bsky.social deep-sea exploration, cast a vote for us! vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

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I just voted in The Webby People's Voice Awards and checked my voter registration.

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

"Fascist efforts to control a populace employ a familiar set of strategies: Establish the purity of a people—white Christians, in the case of the U.S.—as under threat by outsiders; undermine empathy for outsiders by dehumanizing them; create a mythical past of national greatness;..." (1/3)

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

🐾 Who’s a cheesy boy? 🐾

Black and white dog (named Winston) sniffs and stretches toward a solitary piece of grated cheese.

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Day 1 #osm26 and my talk on fostering empathy for deep-sea animals thru creative storytelling is complete. Now, I can cheer for others and learn about their work! Phew… #writinglife #scicomm

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I’m in Glasgow with the @schmidtocean.bsky.social team, presenting at #OSM26 — also feeling quite proud our org is sponsoring childcare at the conference!

Jenny, in a black knit cap posing in front of large red fish.

Blue and green tartan flyer with deep sea animal and text promoting a talk.

Sign sign logos announcing Schmidt Ocean Institute is sponsoring childcare at ocean science meeting.

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

“Like a firefly in the middle of a field filled with noise, its shining, latent light within, a tiny bell, small and soundless. I fade away so that you may lose yourself. I fold myself into my wings.” Poem by Pedro Serrano, trans. by Don Cellini. Psychedelic jellyfish, #argentiniandeepseeps, 3804 m

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 14/02/2026

it's hard to process this level of cruelty to children

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I love this meditation on winter by Rick Bass in the latest issue of @OrionMagazine.bsky.social "The willows’ only job now is to simply survive: to hold their code, their green fire, safe beneath the snow, and wait for the change that always, always, returns." orionmagazine.org/article/what...

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What We Do in Winter - Orion Magazine

How willows dream

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

This fluttery finned fish, possibly from the family Oreosomatidae, was spotted during #AsgardArchaea at around 1000 m. Read more about this expedition led by @archaeal.bsky.social from @texasscience.bsky.social here: schmidtocean.org/cruise/searching-f…

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

A #Taleof2Canyons & an octopus! 186m, Patagonian red octopus, or Enteroctopus megalocyathus, hovering over a patch of sediment, lighter in color than the surrounding area, the cephalopod opened up like an umbrella to feed, likely on a crustacean. Read more: www.instagram.com/reel/DQnH14c...

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

@wyden.senate.gov a wonderful celebration of democracy and resistance in Portland! 🐸

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

In case you’re wondering if Portland is burning, see www.isportlandburning.com for live camera views and something from a bygone ere: facts.

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Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I wrote a small thing about a group of people working together to do big things.

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Joan McCarter @joanmccarter.com · 27/09/2025

Happening now in war ravaged Portland: the city's Parks and Recreation Department (the most subversive of all government entities, is giving away trees.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 27/09/2025

Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Sat, 9/27 in “war-ravaged” Portland. I’m stacking firewood & where the husband works today, @oregonsymphony.bsky.social performing Tchaikovsky & Strauss at the Schnitz & Lion King is going full swing at the Keller. Most of #pdx focused on yardwork & last sun before grey & rain. Knitting likely.

The marquis at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, reads “Portland”

Black and white dog looks at camera while laying in front of a pile of firewood

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