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Tommy Owens

@tommyowens.bsky.social
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[ R E D A C T E D ] Opinions are my own. Unrepentant Thalassophile.

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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Galiteuthis armata doing a spin @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 962 #samplinggap #MarineLife
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wasthatwrong76.bsky.social @wasthatwrong76.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Heads up if you have a BoA credit card on autopay, BoA cancelled all recurring payments after July and you need to re-enroll your card using their new system. Interest and penalties apply to missed payments. Ask me how I know...
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Directed by William Friedkin?
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Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What a little cutie chubby sea spider bubby. This is a protonymphon (a larval stage) of a sea spider. I love those little grabby claws! 🦑🔬 #marineplankton
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Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Unbelievable footage from NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters inside the eye of Category 5 Hurricane Polo. Simply incredible.
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Two panel comic. Panel 1: two sharks are sitting in a cafe. A smaller shark holding a teacup says discreetly to the other, “okay, look at this couple behind you - but don’t make it obvious.” Panel 2: the other shark, a Great White shark, turns its gigantic head in the most obvious way possible to look across the room at some sharks chatting at another table.
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
First Light image from the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope.
livescience.com
'We are on our way to groundbreaking science': NASA shares first test image from Roman telescope's 300-megapixel camera
This week, NASA turned on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's powerful 300-megapixel camera for the first time. The debut test image promises "groundbreaking science" to come with NASA already tal...
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Count down the holiday in style and help a good cause. Proceeds go to fund the "Skype a Scientist" program, connecting classrooms to scientists via video conferencing.
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Bear on a mission:
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Late arrival...
Photo of a dark-green, annual cicada perched on a brick wall this morning in Maryland.
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Some good news for a change.
space.com
NASA's Roman Space Telescope doubles its lifetime with super-precise engine burn
Originally planned to have a five-year mission followed by a five-year extended mission, the Roman Space Telescope will now operate for over two decades.
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Richard L Pastore 📚🏳️‍🌈 @rlpastore.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Some photos taken over the last few years for today’s #BirdOfTheDay where the theme is #Silhouette The last one is a my favorite. 🪶
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Tear Drop Memorial, officially named "To the Struggle Against World Terrorism," is a 100-foot-tall bronze and steel sculpture in Bayonne, New Jersey, given to the United States as an official gift from the Russian government.
 It was designed by Georgian-Russian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli after he visited Ground Zero following the September 11 attacks.
Photo by Debra Fauci.
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"Sediment erosion was around 10 times faster than what would be expected with unfrozen ground – findings that defied what they thought they knew about river erosion."
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Aftermath of a Swallowtail puddle party in a tire rut from a few years ago. My rambunctious greyhound spooked them.
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
These, and quicksand.
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Today's Microsoft Outlook spell check fail: I typed "dont", and when I clicked on the red squiggle my options were: din dint don 🤪
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I've been a VMWare license holder since 2004. Broadcom @broadcom.bsky.social bought them and enshitification ensued. My VMWare profile has my PO Box, which they won't accept. I can't fix my profile because they require a corporate email not Gmail. Result: I can no longer download updates.
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
More sad news.
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Though, there was that one magical year when the Mets, Jets and Knicks were all champions.
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Destination: L2
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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
1375m That's one chonk of a sea cucumber #OkeanosExplorer EX2606 dive 3 #MarineLife
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MBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Tiny translucent treasure 😍💎⁠ ⁠ From icy polar zones to the darkest ocean depths, these mini wonders thrive in habitats where few animals can survive. Amphipods are crustaceans often mistaken for tiny shrimp. They resemble shrimp in some ways, but they are laterally compressed and have no carapace.
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Not the 80-year-old death I was hoping for.
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
#InverteFest begins at midnight your local time. Post your invertebrate art, join the community art book, go find critters in the wild, celebrate with us using the hashtag!
A poster showing 14 crabs of various shapes and colors. some are spiky, others have suspiciously long limbs, serrated claws, paddle legs, hairy shell, triangular body, and so on.
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Democrats once again snatching defeat from the jaws of victory ...
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Chris Gug @gugunderwater.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A juvenile #pompano It may look chill, but I’m actually swimming backwards and descending quite rapidly to keep it in frame. Shot on scuba, miles offshore from Okinawa, over several thousand feet of water, while drifting with the plankton. #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Now called Betelgeuse A. Apparently there has been a companion star, Betelgeuse B, hiding in plain sight. They plan observations in 2027 to confirm its existence.
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Nice surprise in the mailbox this morning. #jellyfish #invertebrates #Cnidaria
The cover of this week’s issue of The New Yorker magazine (August 17, 2026). It is titled “Midnight Bloom”, and features an illustration of bright, colorful, smiling jellyfish swarming in a dark sea. It was created by cartoonist Edward Steed.
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Are spineless senators eligible?
theguardian.com
Invertebrate of the year 2026: vote for your favourite
We’ve gone in search of the invertebrate of the year. Now it’s your chance to choose
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Why does Google consistently do this? Is it displaying the closest cached result?
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Least tern moment of zen.
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Spoiler alert
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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Enypniastes @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 956 #deepwonders #MarineLife
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
NASA SVS visualization of the smoke from last week's California fires being advected into Canada and the smoke from the Canadian fires sweeping into the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic of the US.
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio | Long-range Transport of 2026 Canadian Wildfire Smoke into the United States (July 14-20, 2026)
Powered by NASA's GEOS model, this animation visualizes the transport of brown carbon from July 14 to 20, 2026, and its impact on U.S. air quality.
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Richard L Pastore 📚🏳️‍🌈 @rlpastore.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🐺: So this is a big fancy gala. 😈: Indeed it is. 🐺: OMG! You must be so embarrassed. That guy is wearing the exact same outfit you are. 😈: That’s because I’m wearing a tuxedo. 🐺: Still. 🐺: 🐺: Why does it look so much better on him? 😈: Just shut up.
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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Stephanomia @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 953 #deepwonders #MarineLife
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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Great close look at this Chimaera @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 953 #deepwonders #MarineLife
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
1.4 km depth. Living in perpetual darkness...
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Between the oppressive heat and the smoke from the Canadian wild fires, I don't think I'm exaggerating if I describe the weather so far this July as Hadean. 🥵👹
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Wonder why they call it a Black Swallower? Those ventral fins are great. Reminds me of the drawing of the snake that swallowed an elephant in "The Little Prince."
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Shaefer's Anglerfish AKA Atlantic Twospine Goosefish. Two cephalic spines, but no bioluminescent lure. First described in 1976.
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Or maybe not?
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Richard L Pastore 📚🏳️‍🌈 @rlpastore.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Did I throw shade at Hemingway??? I’m blaming the excessive heat.
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Tommy Owens @tommyowens.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Some light on the horizon...
arstechnica.com
Trump admin abandons fight against wind energy as clean energy output surges
Legal victories have dampened the Trump admin’s efforts to halt wind and solar power.
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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Stephanomia retracting its curtain of death. Great flying by the pilots. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 937 #deepwonders #MarineLife
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Elena Klimenko (Ukrainian Artist, born 1969) "Evening Lights", 2022. Oil on Canvas, 46 × 38 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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planktonteuta.bsky.social @planktonteuta.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
i yelled bosnia in a bar full of kids that have never watched a soccer game before in order to improve the atmosphere here. it worked.
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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Fancy shrimp @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 935 #deepwonders #MarineLife
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