Eric Heupel
@ericheupel.bsky.social
Father, oceanographer, science illustrator, artist, photographer, brewer, owned by 3 cats and 2 dogs.
Profile pic is me (grey beard) with my son at concert
Banner is a hand carved stencil I made inspired by Japanese textiles.
Linktree: http://lt.heupel.us
Profile pic is me (grey beard) with my son at concert
Banner is a hand carved stencil I made inspired by Japanese textiles.
Linktree: http://lt.heupel.us
Jasper! This boy has been so insistent on this type of cuddling the past several nights. Makes it really hard to work at desktop.
November 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Jasper! This boy has been so insistent on this type of cuddling the past several nights. Makes it really hard to work at desktop.
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Interested in Zebrafish brain imaging? We released a 3D printed mold that's is super helpful for us. Check it out
Customizable FDM-based zebrafish embryo mold for live imaging
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Work by Marcela and Jaakko in the lab
Customizable FDM-based zebrafish embryo mold for live imaging
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Work by Marcela and Jaakko in the lab
November 27, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Interested in Zebrafish brain imaging? We released a 3D printed mold that's is super helpful for us. Check it out
Customizable FDM-based zebrafish embryo mold for live imaging
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Work by Marcela and Jaakko in the lab
Customizable FDM-based zebrafish embryo mold for live imaging
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Work by Marcela and Jaakko in the lab
Jasper doesn’t know the meaning of “personal space” even when I am working. Unfortunately this 20lb cat also loves shoulders more than anything else! He kept trying to get in my shoulder here… but the seat head rest and back kinda stopped him.
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Jasper doesn’t know the meaning of “personal space” even when I am working. Unfortunately this 20lb cat also loves shoulders more than anything else! He kept trying to get in my shoulder here… but the seat head rest and back kinda stopped him.
Play time with Luna on our nightly “date”
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Play time with Luna on our nightly “date”
Not exactly “3 musketeers” but these 3 are like this nearly every morning when I wake up
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Not exactly “3 musketeers” but these 3 are like this nearly every morning when I wake up
Thanks AI bros you are all absolute shites. Memory prices doubling in past 60 days and just in time for holidays when a lot of new systems are built/bought and I expect there will be another 25-50% increase in next 60 days at least. Then bubble burst and a glut if Micron et al increase production.
November 23, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Thanks AI bros you are all absolute shites. Memory prices doubling in past 60 days and just in time for holidays when a lot of new systems are built/bought and I expect there will be another 25-50% increase in next 60 days at least. Then bubble burst and a glut if Micron et al increase production.
Bought used direct attached storage array - 32TB for same price as current 0TB bare version. It came with a TON of data from a firm - email, contracts, projects newest < 1yr old. People! Seriously!
Wipe data off anything and EVERYTHING you are taking out of service! I mean good thing I am ethical.
Wipe data off anything and EVERYTHING you are taking out of service! I mean good thing I am ethical.
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Bought used direct attached storage array - 32TB for same price as current 0TB bare version. It came with a TON of data from a firm - email, contracts, projects newest < 1yr old. People! Seriously!
Wipe data off anything and EVERYTHING you are taking out of service! I mean good thing I am ethical.
Wipe data off anything and EVERYTHING you are taking out of service! I mean good thing I am ethical.
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How little plastic does it take to kill marine animals? Scientists have answers www.latimes.com/science/stor... 🦑🌎🧪
How little plastic does it take to kill marine animals? Scientists have answers
Ocean plastic kills sea creatures. For the first time, researchers set out to find out how much it takes. The answer: Surprisingly little.
www.latimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
How little plastic does it take to kill marine animals? Scientists have answers www.latimes.com/science/stor... 🦑🌎🧪
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VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM, YOU FLAMING SHITBIRDS.
WE HAVE, IN FACT, NOT IGNORED YOUR NOW-DEFUNCT HYPOTHESIS. WE INVESTIGATED IT TO THE TUNE OF STUDIES WITH DATA FROM MILLIONS OF KIDS.
WE HAVE, IN FACT, NOT IGNORED YOUR NOW-DEFUNCT HYPOTHESIS. WE INVESTIGATED IT TO THE TUNE OF STUDIES WITH DATA FROM MILLIONS OF KIDS.
November 20, 2025 at 3:08 AM
VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM, YOU FLAMING SHITBIRDS.
WE HAVE, IN FACT, NOT IGNORED YOUR NOW-DEFUNCT HYPOTHESIS. WE INVESTIGATED IT TO THE TUNE OF STUDIES WITH DATA FROM MILLIONS OF KIDS.
WE HAVE, IN FACT, NOT IGNORED YOUR NOW-DEFUNCT HYPOTHESIS. WE INVESTIGATED IT TO THE TUNE OF STUDIES WITH DATA FROM MILLIONS OF KIDS.
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OH DAMN! that's a nice shot of this worm! Autolytinae from a plankton sample in New York! #wormwednesday www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Subfamily Autolytinae
Autolytinae from New York County, US-NY, US on May 22, 2019 at 02:49 PM by Zachariah Kobrinsky. From a plankton sample, about 7mm long.
www.inaturalist.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
OH DAMN! that's a nice shot of this worm! Autolytinae from a plankton sample in New York! #wormwednesday www.inaturalist.org/observations...
“Quick run” up to Litchfield CT at the community center to film Johann doing a 90 minute set of sea chanteys, sea music and “folk” songs (a couple Gordon Lightfoot and Stan Roger’s pieces) related to the sea music tradition along with a bit of history. ~40 attended
Now to find the time for editing…
Now to find the time for editing…
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
“Quick run” up to Litchfield CT at the community center to film Johann doing a 90 minute set of sea chanteys, sea music and “folk” songs (a couple Gordon Lightfoot and Stan Roger’s pieces) related to the sea music tradition along with a bit of history. ~40 attended
Now to find the time for editing…
Now to find the time for editing…
Paper I did an illustration for came out! Yay! A bit of an assist for a fellow grad student from UConn, who is now at SMaST as post doc, Anywho fun illustration to do, was given power point "diagram" - got the idea across but needed to be re-imagined. Paper: shorturl.at/PaMDY
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November 19, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Paper I did an illustration for came out! Yay! A bit of an assist for a fellow grad student from UConn, who is now at SMaST as post doc, Anywho fun illustration to do, was given power point "diagram" - got the idea across but needed to be re-imagined. Paper: shorturl.at/PaMDY
🐡🐙🦑
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New Report Finds Deep-Sea Mining Has No Clear Economic or Strategic Justification
www.oceanprotectioncoalition.org/dsmfeasibility
www.oceanprotectioncoalition.org/dsmfeasibility
DSM Technical/Economic Feasibility Report — NOPC - National Ocean Protection Coalition
www.oceanprotectioncoalition.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
New Report Finds Deep-Sea Mining Has No Clear Economic or Strategic Justification
www.oceanprotectioncoalition.org/dsmfeasibility
www.oceanprotectioncoalition.org/dsmfeasibility
Oreo is a trooper for not only putting up with Mac in a cone, but continuing to pal with him and try to snuggle him. (Mac got the snip a week ago… so another couple days in the cone)
November 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Oreo is a trooper for not only putting up with Mac in a cone, but continuing to pal with him and try to snuggle him. (Mac got the snip a week ago… so another couple days in the cone)
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Today I remember the original antifa generation… and specifically my grandfather vanalogue.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/a...
A Banner Day
Question: What do you get the person who has everything*? Answer: A BC/Yukon legion banner. Let me explain. Main Street at 1st Ave. I would love to know who Pete’s banner mate is. Photo: C.Ha…
vanalogue.wordpress.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Today I remember the original antifa generation… and specifically my grandfather vanalogue.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/a...
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Hey look who's back from firing and will be in the shop Wednesday at 11am Pacific! It's our old friends cuttlefish bottle and hissing possum jar.
Leslielevings.bigcartel.com tomorrow!
Leslielevings.bigcartel.com tomorrow!
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Hey look who's back from firing and will be in the shop Wednesday at 11am Pacific! It's our old friends cuttlefish bottle and hissing possum jar.
Leslielevings.bigcartel.com tomorrow!
Leslielevings.bigcartel.com tomorrow!
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The Canadian Poppy Blanket.
This was initiated by Winnipegger Sheilah Lee Restall.
It’s over 60 feet in length and has more than 8,000 handmade poppies and 2,000 ribbons.
It’s on display at the Manitoba Legislative Building.
Lest We Forget.
#winnipeg #lestweforget #remembranceday
This was initiated by Winnipegger Sheilah Lee Restall.
It’s over 60 feet in length and has more than 8,000 handmade poppies and 2,000 ribbons.
It’s on display at the Manitoba Legislative Building.
Lest We Forget.
#winnipeg #lestweforget #remembranceday
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The Canadian Poppy Blanket.
This was initiated by Winnipegger Sheilah Lee Restall.
It’s over 60 feet in length and has more than 8,000 handmade poppies and 2,000 ribbons.
It’s on display at the Manitoba Legislative Building.
Lest We Forget.
#winnipeg #lestweforget #remembranceday
This was initiated by Winnipegger Sheilah Lee Restall.
It’s over 60 feet in length and has more than 8,000 handmade poppies and 2,000 ribbons.
It’s on display at the Manitoba Legislative Building.
Lest We Forget.
#winnipeg #lestweforget #remembranceday
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Lest We Forget
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Lest We Forget
This crazy boy. Such a joy.
November 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
This crazy boy. Such a joy.
It's that time again - time to find an interesting image of a shellfish that is not dead, no human bits in the shot, not a "collection" photo, and not on a plate... and this time the editor wants an Ark. You know how hard it is to find images of ark shells that fit all (or most) of those criteria?
November 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
It's that time again - time to find an interesting image of a shellfish that is not dead, no human bits in the shot, not a "collection" photo, and not on a plate... and this time the editor wants an Ark. You know how hard it is to find images of ark shells that fit all (or most) of those criteria?
Well that was fun! Working on Dec issue, bunch of last minute stuff - one PI graphs needed tweaking. Had him save as editable pdf from R (after having him fix 90% of issues in R himself) the PDF worked in previewer but hard crashed Illustrator. Worked fine in Affinity Designer 2 though!
November 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Well that was fun! Working on Dec issue, bunch of last minute stuff - one PI graphs needed tweaking. Had him save as editable pdf from R (after having him fix 90% of issues in R himself) the PDF worked in previewer but hard crashed Illustrator. Worked fine in Affinity Designer 2 though!
Gave Mac a “treat” to keep him busy and “intellectually” engaged. Put 3 slices of doggie jerky (duck) in the paper bad as I rolled it up… then a blanket wrap and knots to hold it together. This should keep him entertained for at least 30 minutes?
November 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Gave Mac a “treat” to keep him busy and “intellectually” engaged. Put 3 slices of doggie jerky (duck) in the paper bad as I rolled it up… then a blanket wrap and knots to hold it together. This should keep him entertained for at least 30 minutes?
Visiting Johann & Rebha and of course ended up at the Norwalk Aquarium where she is a researcher. Very impressed by their recent overhaul of exhibits- much better integrative outreach on topics related to but not necessarily in exhibit. The way to subtly get the messages out and how I like to do!
November 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Visiting Johann & Rebha and of course ended up at the Norwalk Aquarium where she is a researcher. Very impressed by their recent overhaul of exhibits- much better integrative outreach on topics related to but not necessarily in exhibit. The way to subtly get the messages out and how I like to do!
If you are in Norwalk for any reason - do yourself a favor and stop at Ayahuasca on N. Main st a block from the Aquarium. Amazing empanadas, ceviche and Chausa!
November 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
If you are in Norwalk for any reason - do yourself a favor and stop at Ayahuasca on N. Main st a block from the Aquarium. Amazing empanadas, ceviche and Chausa!