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Oceanographer, founder of Tini Scientific. She/her 🏳️‍🌈. My goal in life was to throw expensive s**t in the ocean. Then I did it and became a world expert on ocean sensors.
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In all the chaos, I just decided I was going to take some time and send silly valentines to friends. 💘 rosemarymosco.com/comics/bird-...

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I heard that some of you people prefer to receive your snarky science fact-checking of viral news stories in meme format, and I am here to help.

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🌊🧪 The Chemical #Oceanography Gordon Research Conference will be held July 20-25, 2025. Check out the exciting Biogeochemistry of the Coastal Ocean session led by James Moffett (University of Southern California) with invited speakers Kanchan Maiti (Louisiana State University and A&M College)

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Impressively mind-boggling: 1 cubic km scale of underwater neutrino telescopes. It's not even complete & already detected a neutrino! Hilariously mind-boggling: the number of times someone hit copy-paste in powerpoint to make this artist's impression of KM3NeT.🌊 www.km3net.org/the-observat...

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This deep sea fish with a giant mouth and captivating lure is... **check notes** only 6 inches long. 😆

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With bonus Falklands/Malvinas Islands easter egg.

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

If we’re renaming bodies of water based on petty grievances, I propose that this be renamed the Kendrick Lamar passage.

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Ocean robot summer school for students attending two-year community and technical colleges! 🌊 I know both instructors and they are very fun and very knowledgable! ncatech.org/mate-floats/

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

It ALWAYS feels good to be able to write "I am a world expert on ocean sensors". What's your "feel good phrase"? I would love to hear it!

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

Ocean robot summer school for students attending two-year community and technical colleges! 🌊 I know both instructors and they are very fun and very knowledgable! ncatech.org/mate-floats/

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#handembroidery inspired by some stormy beach photos

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I am really confused as to why Elon Musk, the CEO of a spacecraft company would want to dismantle NOAA. His company can't even launch a rocket without weather and marine forecasts! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Y'all, it's tough out there, but please just take a look at the obit for one of NASA's human computers. She a STEM trailblazer as well as a damn fashion icon (this photo of her was taken in the 80s, when fashion was not flattering for women, and she is killing it). Her other outfits are also 🔥

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Interested in our high school O-STEAM Fellowship? Join the info session Feb 6 to learn more. https://seagrant.whoi.edu/k-12/o-steam/ 2025 dates:  🌊 Info Session: Feb. 6, 6pm - 7pm 🔬 App Deadline: March 14 🛶 Fellowship: August 10-16 @whoi.bsky.social @sea1971.bsky.social

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I know there's a lot going on this week, but @vgwschutte.bsky.social just told me there's a new movie where Kristen Stewart is an ocean buoy who falls in love with a satellite (an ocean observing satellite?! GOES-16?) and all I can think about are the lives of actual ocean buoys. A thread...

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Gentle reminder if you frequently forget to add Alt text: go to settings > Accessibility and turn on the setting that requires you to add Alt text to an image before posting

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