Andrew D Thaler
@drandrewthaler.bsky.social
Deep-sea ecologist investigating how humans shape and reshape the sea floor. Conservation technologist developing open-source tools to understand our changing oceans. Ocean educator creating novel programs to help students interact with marine ecosystems.
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The Last Hunt for the Jabberwock: A Feywild Adventure in Ecologic Succession - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild
Hunt the Jabberwock, Defend the Warren, Save the Forest
Welcome to the Warren. Within this tiny Domain of Delight, Rabb
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For teachers, environmental educators, and D&D dorks!
In December, I published The Last Hunt for the Jabberwock, a D&D 5e adventure in environmental science and ecologic succession.
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In December, I published The Last Hunt for the Jabberwock, a D&D 5e adventure in environmental science and ecologic succession.
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Hi, former turkey farmer here who raised flocks of heritage breed turkeys specifically for Thanksgiving:
What?!
What?!
Trump: "Despite their size, Secretary Kennedy has formally certified that these are the first ever MAHA turkeys. They could be fat, but they're still MAHA. They've been fattened on a steady diet of grass, beef, to allow the smoothies and all the other things they have been eating for this occasion."
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Hi, former turkey farmer here who raised flocks of heritage breed turkeys specifically for Thanksgiving:
What?!
What?!
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tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
Were you wondering where your daily capybaras are? Worry not, for they are here.
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Were you wondering where your daily capybaras are? Worry not, for they are here.
First findings of metal-rich particles from the Central Indian Ocean Basin: Evidence of hydrothermal mineralization
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First findings of metal-rich particles from the Central Indian Ocean Basin: Evidence of hydrothermal mineralization
Metalliferous sediments are known to exist at mid-ocean ridges and near active intraplate seamounts. Here we report the occurrence of metal-rich parti…
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November 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
First findings of metal-rich particles from the Central Indian Ocean Basin: Evidence of hydrothermal mineralization
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Microplastics in ecosystems: ecotoxicological threats and strategies for mitigation and governance
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Frontiers | Microplastics in ecosystems: ecotoxicological threats and strategies for mitigation and governance
Microplastic (MP) pollution is an emergent global threat with widespread implications for ecological integrity, food security, and public health. These parti...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Microplastics in ecosystems: ecotoxicological threats and strategies for mitigation and governance
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic
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‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic
Evidence that the whales and other marine animals are particularly vulnerable to sound is driving calls for quieter vessels
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November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Is Deep Sea Mining Feasible?
feat. @miriamgoldstein.bsky.social
A new feasibility report on deep sea mining in American Samoa region finds that the approaches of two leading companies are plagued by flawed financial models, underestimated costs, and immature tech.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
feat. @miriamgoldstein.bsky.social
A new feasibility report on deep sea mining in American Samoa region finds that the approaches of two leading companies are plagued by flawed financial models, underestimated costs, and immature tech.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Pressure Testing: Is Deep Sea Mining Feasible? . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
A new report on the technical and economic feasibility of deep sea mining in the American Samoa region finds that the approaches of two leading companies are plagued by flawed financial models, undere...
us02web.zoom.us
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Is Deep Sea Mining Feasible?
feat. @miriamgoldstein.bsky.social
A new feasibility report on deep sea mining in American Samoa region finds that the approaches of two leading companies are plagued by flawed financial models, underestimated costs, and immature tech.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
feat. @miriamgoldstein.bsky.social
A new feasibility report on deep sea mining in American Samoa region finds that the approaches of two leading companies are plagued by flawed financial models, underestimated costs, and immature tech.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welp, it appears that my computer cannot run ArcGIS and Fusion360 while playing a VR game.
Honestly, I don't know what I expected.
Honestly, I don't know what I expected.
Arrested Development Dead Dove GIF
Alt: Arrested Development Dead Dove GIF
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November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Welp, it appears that my computer cannot run ArcGIS and Fusion360 while playing a VR game.
Honestly, I don't know what I expected.
Honestly, I don't know what I expected.
Paint is dry, books are loaded. Shelves hold in both open and closed positions.
This project is done!
This project is done!
November 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Paint is dry, books are loaded. Shelves hold in both open and closed positions.
This project is done!
This project is done!
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This month marks one year for me on Bluesky. I’ve connected w/ more people here than I ever did at the bird place. 🎉
Last year, I left my job @politico.com / E&E News to make a film about new ocean industries. I started covering the war on U.S. offshore wind for @canarymedia.com. Been a good year!
Last year, I left my job @politico.com / E&E News to make a film about new ocean industries. I started covering the war on U.S. offshore wind for @canarymedia.com. Been a good year!
November 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This month marks one year for me on Bluesky. I’ve connected w/ more people here than I ever did at the bird place. 🎉
Last year, I left my job @politico.com / E&E News to make a film about new ocean industries. I started covering the war on U.S. offshore wind for @canarymedia.com. Been a good year!
Last year, I left my job @politico.com / E&E News to make a film about new ocean industries. I started covering the war on U.S. offshore wind for @canarymedia.com. Been a good year!
I had to punch a hole in our bedroom wall to insulate the upstairs crawlspace. Once we had the hole, I figured we might as well move some outlets around and add a nice little built in bookcase.
Don't want to tell you how long this little project took.
Don't want to tell you how long this little project took.
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I had to punch a hole in our bedroom wall to insulate the upstairs crawlspace. Once we had the hole, I figured we might as well move some outlets around and add a nice little built in bookcase.
Don't want to tell you how long this little project took.
Don't want to tell you how long this little project took.
What we know we don't know: impacts of deep-sea mining on whales, dolphins, sharks, turtles, and other migratory species. www.southernfriedscience.com/what-we-know...
What we know we don’t know: impacts of deep-sea mining on whales, dolphins, sharks, turtles, and other migratory species.
Migratory species depend on a vast, interconnected ocean. Disturbance in the deep-sea isn’t localized, it ripples across a globally-connected ocean and impacts made today may persist long aft…
www.southernfriedscience.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
What we know we don't know: impacts of deep-sea mining on whales, dolphins, sharks, turtles, and other migratory species. www.southernfriedscience.com/what-we-know...
Capybara's at dawn.
November 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Capybara's at dawn.
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@schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 869 is live! #asgardarchaea #MarineLife
www.youtube.com/live/PXoEr6u...
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Station 11 | SOI Divestream 869
YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean
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November 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
@schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 869 is live! #asgardarchaea #MarineLife
www.youtube.com/live/PXoEr6u...
www.youtube.com/live/PXoEr6u...
Working up a new policy paper with some great co-authors and had to dive into some of my past work.
A look, I am totally shameless. This paper I wrote with @divaamon.bsky.social is an absolute banger.
peerj.com/articles/7397/
A look, I am totally shameless. This paper I wrote with @divaamon.bsky.social is an absolute banger.
peerj.com/articles/7397/
262 Voyages Beneath the Sea: a global assessment of macro- and megafaunal biodiversity and research effort at deep-sea hydrothermal vents
For over 40 years, hydrothermal vents and the communities that thrive on them have been a source of profound discovery for deep-sea ecologists. These ecosystems are found throughout the world on activ...
peerj.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Working up a new policy paper with some great co-authors and had to dive into some of my past work.
A look, I am totally shameless. This paper I wrote with @divaamon.bsky.social is an absolute banger.
peerj.com/articles/7397/
A look, I am totally shameless. This paper I wrote with @divaamon.bsky.social is an absolute banger.
peerj.com/articles/7397/
My sincere belief that we probably should all dress a little nicer while traveling is superseded by my sincere belief that we should mind our own business.
November 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
My sincere belief that we probably should all dress a little nicer while traveling is superseded by my sincere belief that we should mind our own business.
Make time for Capybaras.
November 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Make time for Capybaras.
I briefly commanded the largest, by vessel count, private navy in the world, while spending a year as submersible Santa Claus.
November 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I briefly commanded the largest, by vessel count, private navy in the world, while spending a year as submersible Santa Claus.
Time for capybaras.
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Time for capybaras.
But also, you should know that because we live on a weird squished mellon, in absolute terms the Mariana Trench is not the 'deepest' part of the ocean nor is Everest the 'tallest' mountain.
People were arguing in my mentions today about whether the Earth is "round" when it's technically an irregular oblate spheroid and look "round" doesn't mean "absolutely perfect sphere" it means round. A soccer ball is round, a cantaloupe is round, a fluffy borb in winter is round, just go with it.
November 22, 2025 at 3:45 AM
But also, you should know that because we live on a weird squished mellon, in absolute terms the Mariana Trench is not the 'deepest' part of the ocean nor is Everest the 'tallest' mountain.
A knock-off Derringer is A Choice.
November 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
A knock-off Derringer is A Choice.
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My impression of this deep-sea mining debate happening between Vescovo and Gunasekara is best summed up by something I said 6 years ago:
"When you throw a new piece of technology into the ocean, the ocean tends to throw it right back at you."
www.science.org/content/arti...
"When you throw a new piece of technology into the ocean, the ocean tends to throw it right back at you."
www.science.org/content/arti...
Bus-size robot set to vacuum up valuable metals from the deep sea
Scientists will monitor trial next month to assess collector’s ecosystem damage
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
My impression of this deep-sea mining debate happening between Vescovo and Gunasekara is best summed up by something I said 6 years ago:
"When you throw a new piece of technology into the ocean, the ocean tends to throw it right back at you."
www.science.org/content/arti...
"When you throw a new piece of technology into the ocean, the ocean tends to throw it right back at you."
www.science.org/content/arti...
Fuck yeah, Libraries!
Court issues permanent injunction in the State of Rhode Island v. Trump, preventing the dismantling and defunding of the Institute for Museum and Library Service.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/69844...
Court issues permanent injunction in the State of Rhode Island v. Trump, preventing the dismantling and defunding of the Institute for Museum and Library Service.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/69844...
Order on Motion for Summary Judgment – #99 in State of Rhode Island v. Trump (D.R.I., 1:25-cv-00128) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER granting 75 Motion for Summary Judgment and denying 84 Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 11/21/2025. (Jackson, Ryan) (Entered:...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Fuck yeah, Libraries!
Court issues permanent injunction in the State of Rhode Island v. Trump, preventing the dismantling and defunding of the Institute for Museum and Library Service.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/69844...
Court issues permanent injunction in the State of Rhode Island v. Trump, preventing the dismantling and defunding of the Institute for Museum and Library Service.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/69844...
My impression of this deep-sea mining debate happening between Vescovo and Gunasekara is best summed up by something I said 6 years ago:
"When you throw a new piece of technology into the ocean, the ocean tends to throw it right back at you."
www.science.org/content/arti...
"When you throw a new piece of technology into the ocean, the ocean tends to throw it right back at you."
www.science.org/content/arti...
Bus-size robot set to vacuum up valuable metals from the deep sea
Scientists will monitor trial next month to assess collector’s ecosystem damage
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
My impression of this deep-sea mining debate happening between Vescovo and Gunasekara is best summed up by something I said 6 years ago:
"When you throw a new piece of technology into the ocean, the ocean tends to throw it right back at you."
www.science.org/content/arti...
"When you throw a new piece of technology into the ocean, the ocean tends to throw it right back at you."
www.science.org/content/arti...
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The Ocean is huge and we are stupid.
September 5, 2024 at 12:18 PM
The Ocean is huge and we are stupid.