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Brian Schlining

@schlining.bsky.social
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Turning the beauty, complexity, and wonder of the deep-sea into long strings of ones and zeros. Often seen at hachyderm.io/@Schlining, github.com/hohonuuli, and Pacific Grove, CA. ©2023-2024 Brian Schlining. Views are my own.

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FathomNet @fathomnet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Are you in Monterey, CA for the #OCEANS2026? Join our town hall tomorrow to talk about ocean imagery. 📆Wednesday, September 23 at 1:30pm 📍Center Steinbeck III 🎤Moderated by @kakanikatija.bsky.social of @mbarinews.bsky.social Bring your frustrations, wish lists, and ideas. Let’s build this together!
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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just poking around with some climate data ...
Global Temperature vs time from 1AD to today. Shows the "hockey stick" graph of intense global warming that Al Gore talked about.
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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
MBARI researchers film a rare deep-sea squid (Magnapinna sp.) at 3,277 meters underwater. youtu.be/cEw74DoCv6Q
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MBARI researchers film chance encounter with a rare deep-sea bigfin squid
YouTube video by MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
RIP Tim Curry. '
Tim Curry as the Dark Lord in the movie Legend
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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
🇪🇸
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Science Magazine @science.org · 15/07/2026
The White House has received more than 340,000 comments on rules many researchers fear would politicize science. scim.ag/4fiHIWi
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U.S. researchers outraged at proposed changes to federal grants
White House receives 340,000 comments on rules many fear would politicize science
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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I'm a purist. Mustard and sauerkraut is perfection.
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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 11/07/2026
Today, the federal government finalized a major change to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to remove vital habitat protections for endangered species.
Closeup of a snowy plover sitting in the sand
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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The formerly excellent Climate.gov, once a trusted source of climate information for the public, was effectively dismantled by the current U.S. administration in 2025. It has been resurrected by former staff as Climate.us, a nonprofit providing climate information free from political interference.
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Heidi B. Hammel @hbhammel.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
The Planetary Society built an interactive side-by-side "track changes" comparison for the proposed OMB rules. They show exactly what the current rules say versus what the proposed rules would change, section by section, across all *399* affected provisions. dashboards.planetary.org/rules-change/ 🧪🔭
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Federal Grant Rule Comparison
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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The Catalina Island Marine Institute (CIMI) is looking for a program director for their outdoor education program at Toyon Bay. www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...
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Program Director-Toyon
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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
For my Pacific Grove, CA friends and those that were fans of the old la Crema. They've reopened at a new location at Lovers Point. Menu Peek as Crema Lovers Point Opens April 1 - Edible Monterey Bay share.google/UwTqJvgLPav1...
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Menu Peek as Crema Lovers Point Opens April 1 - Edible Monterey Bay
March 31, 2026—This feels almost too good to be true, with the timing to make it that much more unbelievable. But no foolin here: Crema Lovers Point throws opens its doors on a singular little outcrop...
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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Came across this ... The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy's GitHub Pages. blog.thereallo.dev/blog/decompi...
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I Decompiled the White House's New App
The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy's GitHub Pages.
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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The Tassajara zendo burned down completely last night. Very sad news. www.facebook.com/100064865405... www.sfzc.org/locations/ta...
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San Francisco Zen Center
At around 11:30 pm last night, the Tassajara zendo caught fire. No one was hurt, but the zendo burned down completely. Some of the library was also destroyed. Our gratitude to everyone who worked...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Eliot Jacobson: Global sea surface temperatures continue breaking daily records, with Mar. 23 having a preliminary SST of 21.141°C, ahead of the previous daily record of 21.118°C set in 2024. This graph shows how fast SSTs are rising compared to pre-2023 temperatures.
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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The 2026 Marine Imaging Workshop from May 19-21 in Gibraltar is now open for registration: miw2026.org/registration...
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Marine Imaging Workshop 2026 — Registation
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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
A little timeline cleanse: "Rare footage captures a ‘charismatic’ baby animal swimming in Monterey Bay" www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
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Rare footage captures ‘charismatic’ baby animal off Calif. coast
This baby creature lives in the ocean's twilight zone.
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Dr. Kakani Katija @kakanikatija.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
This post kicked off a really illuminating and helpful conversation in how we talk about and use #AI4good for 🌊🦑. Bottom line: We must do better because we can’t afford not to. Stay tuned for an AMA where we will do a deep dive (pun def intended) on our #DeployableAI and #FathomNet projects!!
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Scala Space @scalaspace.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Take a quick 5‑minute survey that directly impacts Scala’s roadmap, libraries, and tooling. This short survey evaluates Scala adoption and usage among developers. Scala Survey 2026 is brought to you by VirtusLab and Scala Center. virtuslab.typeform.com/ScalaSurvey...
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
NSF Update Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit. Now by Directorate... 1/11
A line curve showing number of awards for fiscal year 2026 compared to fiscal years 2021-2025 across NSF. The fiscal year 2026 curve lies well below curves for other fiscal years.
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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
#FathomNet has a new Kaggle competition. We’re tackling one of the biggest challenges in computer vision for marine imagery: incomplete labels. I can't fit a full description on bluesky, so head over to www.kaggle.com/competitions... for all the details.
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FathomNetCLEF2026 @ LifeCLEF & CVPR-FGVC
Positive-Unlabeled Object Detection in Marine Images
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Wow.
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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Hey ChatGPT, create a a caricature of me and my job based on everything you know about me
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 22/01/2026
it does feel fundamentally dysfunctional, right, to beg lawmakers to use the law to force law enforcement to obey the law
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Nature @nature.com · 24/01/2026
The US is leaving some of the world’s oldest and most influential scientific networks involved in biodiversity research, climate science and conservation go.nature.com/4pQDJ6R
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The US is quitting 66 global agencies: what does it mean for science?
Nature - The United States is leaving some of the world’s oldest and most influential scientific networks involved in biodiversity research, climate science and conservation. Affected organizations...
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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Deep-sea mining CEOs testifying on Capitol Hill right now saying U.S. needs to mine the high seas now before China does. It's not true. China is waiting for an international frameworks to take shape. America is the one going rogue. And that's driving U.S. allies closer to China. My reporting 👇
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Trump’s push to mine deep-sea battery metals draws ire from allies
At U.N. talks in Jamaica, allies blasted the U.S. bid to unilaterally mine the high seas. Some made an unusual move to side with America’s economic foe:…
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland. They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” ~ George Orwell, 1984
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Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
California residents can now request all data brokers delete personal info | Discussion
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NPR @npr.org · 04/01/2026
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
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Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
An early morning photo of the R/V David Packard
The R/V David Packard at 5AM in its berth in Moss Landing, CA. The ship is self-lit against a dark sky.
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Tero Kuittinen @teroterotero.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Ocean heating defies all earlier projections. We are on the worst possible track. Yet this has completely vanished as a topic of conversation in America.
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renegade cut @renegadecut.com · 22/12/2025
60 minutes CECOT segment. Recorded through my browser. HD quality. Not phone. Spread it around. If you're press, it's yours. Go nuts. It's streaming on a Canadian website, but there is no telling for how long. www.filemail.com/d/wkcdttnacp...
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Banned 60 Minutes CECOT Segment - Filemail
Get it while it's hot.
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AGU Science Policy @aguscipolicy.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Scientist at #AGU25 are speaking out to #SaveNCAR. Join more than 2000 of your colleagues to call or email your members of Congress to ask them to support NCAR today: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151...
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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Abstract submissions for the 2026 Marine Imaging Workshop in Gibraltar is now open; the deadline for submission is January 30th, 2026. miw2026.org This international Workshops assembles scientists and engineers to push the boundaries of marine imaging.
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Marine Imaging Workshop 2026 — Abstract Submission
Instructions and submission details for oral, poster and workshop presentations at the Marine Imaging Workshop 2026.
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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
I just got back from Victoria, BC. A city I visit often. I'm always impressed by how many people commute by bike there. And it's not an accident, the city has invested in an amazing biking infrastructure that other North American cities could learn from: youtu.be/FKMDMekErQ0
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How to Build a Cycling City
YouTube video by Nic Laporte
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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
MBARI and FathomNet collaborated with Meta on their new Segment Anything Model (SAM 3). Meta produced 294K segmentation masks for FathomNet data. More details at www.fathomnet.org/news/open-da... #machinelearning #FathomNet #MBARI
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Open Data Opens New Opportunities | FathomNet
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MBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Meet the engineering team behind one of MBARI’s new underwater imaging systems 🤖🔧 Our scientists and engineers work side by side to develop cutting-edge tools that track ocean health in real time and help us visualize the ocean like never before. Learn more: youtu.be/Kqo4MhthIkQ?...
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Meet the engineering team behind one of MBARI’s new underwater imaging systems
YouTube video by MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
The Trump administration removed the 5th National climate assessment, which was congressionally mandated and taxpayer funded, because they deny science. It’s now back online on a non-government website.
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Fifth National Climate Assessment
The Fifth National Climate Assessment is the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. It is a congressionally mandated interagency effort that provides the…
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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
A flash back to an earlier, better time ... youtu.be/6A8TiUpKDVg?...
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(2013) Obama responds to hecklers at speech
YouTube video by CNN
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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Profile photo of William Adama, Rear Admiral of the Colonial Fleet in the TV show Battlestar Galactica. Overlaid is his quote: "There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."
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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Fantastic biography from Dr. Bruce Robison, a midwater researcher and one of the founding scientists of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...
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What's down there?
Abstract. My career has been a series of adventures and occasional misadventures that have been both physically and intellectually challenging. I suspect t
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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
The 6th Marine Imaging Workshop will take place in Gibraltar from 19-21 May 2026. Topics include: - Imagery collection and processing - Still and video annotation - Machine learning approaches - Image and video data management - Applications in marine research and conservation …and much more.
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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
MBARI has released a benchmark dataset for multi-object tracking on deep-sea video. - Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2509.03499 - Dataset: huggingface.co/datasets/MBA... - Workflow: docs.mbari.org/benchmark_ev... #machinelearning #deepsea
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DeepSea MOT: A benchmark dataset for multi-object tracking on deep-sea video
Benchmarking multi-object tracking and object detection model performance is an essential step in machine learning model development, as it allows researchers to evaluate model detection and tracker p...
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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
I just rolled out major updates to both the front-end and back-end of database.fathomnet.org. 😱 Most users may not notice much but it sets the stage for much faster development cycles in the future. #quarkus #vue3
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FathomNet Database
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Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Media over QUIC (MoQ): Refactoring the Internet's real-time media stack | Discussion
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MoQ: Refactoring the Internet's real-time media stack
For years, developers have been stitching together multiple protocols for real-time media, trading latency for scale and simplicity. Media over QUIC (MoQ) is a new IETF standard that resolves this conflict, creating a single foundation for sub-second, interactive streaming at a global scale.
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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
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A groundbreaking underwater science camera is helping researchers study how deep-sea octopus move.
Explore how the EyeRIS camera reveals insights into deep-sea octopus mechanics, aiding research with groundbreaking 3D imaging at depths of 4,000 meters.
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NPR @npr.org · 28/07/2025
Congress eliminated public media funding, and the president signed it into law. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together. Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Deep-sea mining threatens sea life in a way no one is thinking about − by dumping debris into the thriving midwater zone
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Deep-sea mining threatens sea life in a way no one is thinking about − by dumping debris into the thriving midwater zone
A planned mining method to gather critical minerals from the seafloor would create sediment plumes higher up in the water column where many creatures live.
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Brian Schlining @schlining.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
We've got a new paper out: "Assisting human annotation of marine images with foundation models". www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
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