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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ah well at least I have a nice view Should this be the end of our time together this year, see you at spring training

Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I am able to watch the Phillies game from my hotel breakfast table on a small island in the Philippines is this what the internet’s for

Screen grab of pregame streaming on the MLB app

Gorgeous wide white sand beach and blue tropical waters, Boracay, Philippines

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Super duper proud of my @oceana.bsky.social colleagues and partners who worked on this

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“Equity doesn't necessarily mean preventing foreign fishing, but rather, it means ensuring the benefits generated from a country’s marine resources are shared fairly with the people who own those resources..." new research from @oceana.bsky.social scientists🦑🎣🌏 www.seafoodsource.com/news/more-eq...

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More equitable fishing access agreements could help address malnutrition in West Africa, Oceana-led study finds

A new peer-reviewed study has found West African nations could benefit from more equitable fishing access agreements.

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There are ~100 breeding females of this *entire species* left on the planet so sure let’s put some more shit in the ocean for them to deal with

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

bluesky does not seem to really be talking about this but today Stevie Wonder unleased 4 songs that didn't make "Songs in the Key of Life." music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Songs In The Key Of Life - The EP

EP • Stevie Wonder

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

You ever come across a brand from your own country that’s either very mid or possibly out of business altogether, but existing elsewhere in the world totally thriving? I give you: Shakey’s Pizza in the Philippines. Shot on the beach in Borocay (kinda their Ocean City, MD for those Stateside).

Evening shot of a strip of beachfront restaurants with lit signs, “Shakey’s” being closest. KFC further down. People walking along the sandy strip in front. Dark beach and palm trees along the other side.

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95Sports @95sports.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Phillies win.

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

whelp I’d say it’s a nice night for baseball in Philadelphia but it’s not 😑

Bad brothers restaurant in à Philly rowhome with a mural painted on the side, pretty sunset sky

Shot down a rowhome lined Philly street where sad people are being sad about the Phillies

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

But also I got to listen to @flavorflav.bsky.social on a panel about sports which was possibly the highlight of my day

Shot of a conference panel from the crowd, Flava Flav in all white at far right

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Jo Wolfe, PhD @jopabinia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Carcinization on planets of the Outer Rim

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In NYC for various meetings and in discussions with others about Large Global Problems, this photo was deployed #NYClimateWeek

lady in gray shirt and black sweatpants embracing a GIANT glass of wine (visual illusion as the glass is much closer to the camera than the woman)

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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

As someone who was working on a cognitive psychology Ph.D. in the 90s, long before these shits took over, it pisses me off that this term was ruined by them

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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

🌊 For 100 consecutive days, from June 2 to September 10, the global ocean outside the polar regions maintained record-high average sea-surface temperatures, reaching a peak between August 22–27 at 21.18°C. And here comes El Niño. news.mongabay.com/2026/09/glob...

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

But commercial fishing vessels in the Philippines have sued to get rid of vessel monitoring requirements. Even though those same requirement would provide the evidence needed to demonstrate that they were where they claim. It’s for their protection too.

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Pacific Whale Watch Association @pacificwhalewatchassociation.com · 18/09/2026

Just a mom and her baby — her very large, 48-year-old baby. 🥹 Here we see T65 "Whidbey II" and her son, the famous T63 "Chainsaw", cruising the waters near Vancouver, BC. 📷: Stephanie Spencer, @seabreezewhales.bsky.social

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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 18/09/2026

Related: "every time you see one of those 'Talarico is for they/them' ads, it's just Musk trying to build a data center down the road from you."

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The Data Center Guy Wants This Election to be About Trans People

Elon Musk obviously hates trans people, but let's not pretend he has nothing to gain personally from a Republican win this fall

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Huh for those of us in the ocean policy space seeing the PM of Canada appoint his wife to chair the Out Ocean conference next year in Halifax is…encouraging? Or at least gives us advocates a great new target. ;)

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In NYC for work this week and next. September is this city’s perfect month.

Central Park shot with buildings in background and grass with people in foreground

Central Park shot of sailing pond with trees reflected

Pano shot of upper east side from the opposite shore of Onassis reservoir - setting Sun glow on the buildings

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Dr. Jennifer Wade @volcanojw.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Do you like maps?? I’m in a briefing where the USGS shared these amazing 3D Elevation images that are just so cool. Find your state/district, and behold this example of DC! www.usgs.gov/3d-elevation...

A 3D Elevation Program image from the USGS of the District of Columbia, depicting (in their words) “the ‘bare earth’ surface, stripping away vegetation and structures, revealing ground surface.

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"...a “plastic scavenger hunt,” which aims for students to “understand that plastics are ubiquitous and their importance to society and their personal life.” A video titled “Your Bottle Means Jobs” explains how plastics recycling supports local employment." Awesome. www.wired.com/story/plasti...

wired.com

Plastics Companies Are Writing Lesson Plans. What Could Go Wrong?

The science curriculum the industry is offering to schools casts plastics as safe, recyclable, and a source of good jobs. Critics say it’s propaganda.

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"NOT ONLY DO WE THINK WE CAN END CLIMATE CHANGE, WE THINK WE CAN MAKE IT PROFITABLE" WTAF

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Oh and the crew just shared on the livestream that internship applications are open for @nautiluslive.org. Apply if you want to be on an expedition! Deadline Oct 15. #marinejobs #internship #fisheries #marinescience bsky.app/profile/naut...

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The #Okeanos is in the Pacific and will be streaming later, but right now the E/V Nautilus is doing its own livestream of the deep sea: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4xf...

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Nautilus Live | Channel 1 Stream

YouTube video by EVNautilus

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

@effinbirds.com and Swear Trek are Best in Class. As is @theoatmeal.bsky.social who wrote this amazing comic about Gene Roddenberry. theoatmeal.com/comics/plane Gods bless all who continue Gene's work🖖

theoatmeal.com

It's going to be okay. - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about a plane crash.

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A wall of blue runners swims in front of a cosmos of sergeant majors 🐟🐟🐟🐟🌌🌌 #bluerunners #sergeantmajor #bermudachub #cosmosoffishes #coralcitycamera

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God @thegodshow.com · 06/09/2026

Seriously, they just told Grok to make the imperial officer uniforms from Star Wars but “more Hitlery.”

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Well this isn’t the worst place to watch the Phillies on a late summer evening

Beer garden evening scene with liberty place in background

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

the night would be ever better if the Phillies could score some runs but at least I get to meet @kbeatt.com’s ridiculously adorable new puppy, appropriately named Quizzo at the Hilltown Tavern, where Kyle…plays Quizzo.

Beer in foreground and tv playing the Phillies in the background sitting outside at Hilltown Tavern

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I'm such a sucker for the dialect quiz but why do I even bother zero surprises whatsoever, equally assigned to DC, Philly and Baltimore mydialect.us/quiz-standar...

test resutls of my dialect quiz with most similar to Phill, Dc, Balitmore, least like Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland

I say potato bug

heat map of dialect results, reddest over the mid-Atlantic

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 03/09/2026

It is very much not a good thing that this was the key take-away from the UNEP's latest report. It's a nice illustration of the effect that carbon removal has on media. The promise of fixing a threat without changing the status quo is just the exact fantasy being sought out

Renewables are
no longer the
key solution for
climate change
Tim McDonnell
Semafor Climate and Energy Editor
The United Nations Environment Programme issued a stark
assessment Wednesday of the trajectory of global temperatures. The
target cap adopted by the 2015 Paris Agreement — I .5 degrees Celsius
above pre-industrial levels — is guaranteed to be overshot, the report says.
To completely avert disastrous conditions for human lives and livelihoods
is no longer possible. Our best shot is to brace for a much hotter world,
and then try hard to cool things off. And for that, the report concludes,
"rapid upscaling of CDR is critical."
I-N agencies and international scientific panels have endorsed carbon
dioxide removal (that is, withdrawing C02 from the air rather than
preventing its release) before, but rarely framed it as such a foundational
need. The field ranges from the ultra-low-tech — i.e., plant more trees —
to all manner of cutting-edge carbon-sucking contraptions. Today about
2.2 billion metric tons of C02 are withdrawn annually through these
methods. Fixing the climate will require that figure to rise as much as ten-
fold by 2100, the UN report finds.
The report is clear that replacing fossil fuels in the energy system is still
essential; every ton not emitted now is one less that has to be drawn out
later. But renewable energy, while we could certainly always use more of
it, is basically doing fine. Global investment has jpped down from a 2024
peak, but not plunged. Costs continue to fall rapidly. AI, EVs, and air
conditioners are driving an historic surge in power demand where evelY
electron is welcome. Even in the US, with vanishing tax credits and a
hostile government, I rarely hear any serious investors describe clean
energy (except offshore wind, for now) as uneconomic.
CDR is a different story. The trouble is, it requires huge amounts of land,
time, and/or cash. "Even if global fossil C02 emissions reached zero and
deforestation were halted entirely, i…

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

In my science team mtg, colleague sharing photos from recent IIFET conference the Faroe Islands, slides of charts, research findings, yadda yadda. But best discussion was the evolution of vibes-based navigation of the effectively blind Highland cow.

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Shaggy Highland Cow Chewing

Alt: Shaggy Highland Cow Chewing

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🧪🦑🌊🌏🪸🐟 "Because biomass scales allometrically with length, these trends can correspond to substantial changes in the mass of the average species, from a 46% decline to a 15% increase depending on clade and region."

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Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Your taxonomic post of the day

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I've been seeing a lot of "well I guess this is the way things are now" "ah another line of evidence that we are a fallen empire", attitude that I am begging people to shake off. There are people working their butts off to make things better. Please don't give up. Join us.

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Dan, my neighbor, sets up his lawn chair in front of his rowhome at 24th and Aspen every afternoon. Dog, kids and adults all know to come by for treats, tomatoes and peppers from his planters, and a chat. Came to Philly from Ukraine 40 years ago. Philly is full of humans like this. 🫶

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"American kids don’t get measles any longer. They get America! All penguins are now named Donald Trump by law, except the small, disgraceful ones. Texas toast is still allowed, but Georgia peaches are on thin ice, contingent on electoral outcomes."

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A shot from 14 years ago when I was in Noumea, New Caledonia, at a #fisheries observer workshop at the Secretariat for the Pacific Community. The organizer invited me home for a home-cooked meal.

Three people around a small fire pit outside smiling and talking. It’s night but light is coming through the open window.

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Chris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

YIKES! A sea anemone on a bamboo coral stalk but uh.. kind of cool monster like appearance, 1373 m North Tutuila Flank, American Samoa #Okeanos

big orange anemone on bamboo coral stalk

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