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Reader, writer, passionate about the word thing. Science fiend also. Hireable as scribe. Conservation has been my life. Published...also I have some ideas a-cookin'. Hawaiʻi since 1994. https://www.drivebymuses.com
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So cool what Dr. Jansen and his team at Hawai’i State Archives are doing by digitizing collections. Between these glass plates and the audio, I’m so jealous of the archivists who just get to look through and work w/ such old and important pieces of history. www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2...

🌿 Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park is looking for 2 Vegetation Stewards to join the team thru a yearlong, FT Conservation Legacy-AmeriCorps position starting late August! ✅ Hands-on conservation fieldwork experience ✅ $7,395.00 education award upon completion Apply by July 7 → ow.ly/4B5z50VVhFP #HVNP

📅 Mark your calendars! June 19th is #Juneteenth National Independence Day AND a fee-free day at your national parks! 🏞️🎉 Fee-free days are a fun & fantastic time to shop national park visitor center stores, too! You know that you (or someone in your tribe) wants that mug/book/hat... IMG: NPS/HALE

"The monument was created in 2009 by President George W. Bush and expanded in 2014 by President Barack Obama."

I recently visited the ALMA observatory in Chile. While I was poking around the telescopes, ALMA researchers released amazing new views of planet-forming disks around young stars. These are the most detailed images yet of new solar systems being born. 🧪🔭 public.nrao.edu/news/exoalma/

Practical fashion: Decorator Crabs! #LetsChangeThat

Spooky. Meet the Viperfish! #LetsChangeThat

A fan-favorite: Sea Sheep! #LetsChangeThat

The difference between a tornado WATCH and a tornado WARNING is that a WARNING means it's imminent 🚨 but if it's a WATCH you've got time ⌚ (yes I've seen the taco/sandwich/whatever memes but this is the only one I can remember because it has the watch-time word association)

Contacted a bank to cancel a credit card today and when they were asking me why to try to get me to change my mind I realized I could just tell them it was a secret 🙃

Welcome to Coral City the Parrotfish Capital of the World! Here’s six species in ten seconds!! #redtailparrotfish #yellowtailparrotfish #stoplightparrotfish #redbandparrotfish #blueparrotfish #stripedparrotfish #doctorfish #fishparade #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

That was a gorgeous, pre-storm afternoon.

I love it still. But Jesus wept: Watership Down. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Hide ya kids, hide ya wife!

My pet gar that I donated to Shedd Aquarium would recognize me and swim over to say hi when I visited her exhibit ❤️🐠 A rare hybrid gar, I raised her since she was 2 inches long, and had to re-home her when I moved to Chicago. I was happy I could visit her in her new home! TO BE CONTINUED…

A wonderful shot from my wife Wendy--this is a juvenile I'iwi feeding on mamane. 🌿📷🦉

Striped horse fly - amazing eyes - #macrophotography #diptera #insects #naturephotography #flies #invertebrates

In which I feel joy for the bird, followed by immediate sadness for the bug. A rollercoaster of emotions.

Review: Phoebe Waller-Bridge narrates "Octopus!," an amusingly unconventional two-part documentary on Prime Video about the remarkable tentacled creatures

Mamatee blessing us with twin calves 🥹〰️🐮🐮🐮〰️ #manatee #manateesofcoralcity #manatees #mamatee #babytee #twins #calves #seacow #seapotato #mama #blessed #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity

In his own spine-tingling, words; "What happens next is up to us" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

My heart my heart.

Last night I promised @jopabinia.bsky.social a Regal slipper lobster (Arctides regalis) and here one is! One of the most beautiful species in our waters, I think. 📷🌿🐙🦑

Reposted from our partner Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park: 🐠 #Butterflyfishes are some of the most beautiful and important fish species on the reefs at #KAHO. 🧪 Today, scientists recognize some of these fish as “indicator species,” helping assess the long-term health of coral reefs

Authentic landscapes and experiences over manufactured schtick and constant advertising: no contest.

It's 20 minutes from my dwelling. I go as often to take sunset walks as I can. It is truly a place apart.

My last morning on the lanai of a place I loved utterly. Seven years of ocean healing.

I found that if you sing to them (as I did one afternoon out from the Kona pier, and it was a Grant Lee Buffalo tune), they move in for the lower registers and REALLY donʻt like the higher registers.