Jeff Day
@jeffday.bsky.social
i like weird deep sea shit, particularly cephalopods. also metal, parasitic fungi, horror, etc.
he/him, ace, adhd (maybe autistic?)
opinions are mine and not my employer’s
he/him, ace, adhd (maybe autistic?)
opinions are mine and not my employer’s
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this is a weird one. discussing with a few folks and current theory is that this is batoteuthis skolops, a really obscure chiroteuthid from antarctic and subantarctic waters, notable for having strange tentacle clubs (missing in this individual) and a very long, tapered mantle fin
Maybe Gonatus, but this one looks weird. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 867 #asgardarchaea #MarineLife
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
this is a weird one. discussing with a few folks and current theory is that this is batoteuthis skolops, a really obscure chiroteuthid from antarctic and subantarctic waters, notable for having strange tentacle clubs (missing in this individual) and a very long, tapered mantle fin
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November 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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November 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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This work on benthic ctenophore systematics (creation of Benthoplanidae) sets up a few planned works, focused on the systematics and evolution of shallow and deep water groups. www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=...
November 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This work on benthic ctenophore systematics (creation of Benthoplanidae) sets up a few planned works, focused on the systematics and evolution of shallow and deep water groups. www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=...
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As part of his dissertation, @beziostudio.bsky.social leads a recent paper on benthic ctenophores. New family established based on anatomical observations, mitochondrial genome structure, and sequence data. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Benthoplanidae, a new family of benthic ctenophores (Platyctenida), based on morphological and genetic data
The benthic ctenophore Benthoplana meteoris (adults left and bottom, planktonic juveniles to the top right), type species for the genus, which in turn is type for the newly erected family: Benthoplan....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
As part of his dissertation, @beziostudio.bsky.social leads a recent paper on benthic ctenophores. New family established based on anatomical observations, mitochondrial genome structure, and sequence data. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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I've written a post about a tiny monster, a copepod which is monstrous by name and by nature.
It has no mouth and it must mate. As a juvenile, it lives in the body of a worm, and when it reaches adulthood, it pops out like a tiny xenomorph.
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2025/11/cymb...
It has no mouth and it must mate. As a juvenile, it lives in the body of a worm, and when it reaches adulthood, it pops out like a tiny xenomorph.
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2025/11/cymb...
<i>Cymbasoma</i> sp.
Floating amidst the ocean's plankton is a tiny monster, it has no mouth and it must mate, after which it will give birth to a new generation...
dailyparasite.blogspot.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I've written a post about a tiny monster, a copepod which is monstrous by name and by nature.
It has no mouth and it must mate. As a juvenile, it lives in the body of a worm, and when it reaches adulthood, it pops out like a tiny xenomorph.
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2025/11/cymb...
It has no mouth and it must mate. As a juvenile, it lives in the body of a worm, and when it reaches adulthood, it pops out like a tiny xenomorph.
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2025/11/cymb...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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During a 2021 expedition, scientists explored an offshore dumpsite, where barrels of toxic byproducts of the insecticide DDT were dumped between 1947 & 1972. Join us for a discussion w/ expedition scientists. Register now: https://schmidtocean-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bGCuKTmDSrGydYHaoYFbuw
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
During a 2021 expedition, scientists explored an offshore dumpsite, where barrels of toxic byproducts of the insecticide DDT were dumped between 1947 & 1972. Join us for a discussion w/ expedition scientists. Register now: https://schmidtocean-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bGCuKTmDSrGydYHaoYFbuw
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"Deep-sea mining risks for sharks, rays, and chimaeras" www.cell.com/current-biol...
@seaprinceaaron.bsky.social & colleagues
@currentbiology.bsky.social
@seaprinceaaron.bsky.social & colleagues
@currentbiology.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"Deep-sea mining risks for sharks, rays, and chimaeras" www.cell.com/current-biol...
@seaprinceaaron.bsky.social & colleagues
@currentbiology.bsky.social
@seaprinceaaron.bsky.social & colleagues
@currentbiology.bsky.social
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whalefall / life seeks to perpetuate 2
November 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
whalefall / life seeks to perpetuate 2
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Well now, would you look at that?
A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.
A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Well now, would you look at that?
A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.
A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.
suddenly very glad i follow the nuclear proliferation folks like martin:
Damn it, he's gotten around to nuclear weapons.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
So, an "equal basis" of testing nuclear weapons with Russia and China is probably about what we're doing now with some advantages (eg, access to fusion burn)...
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
So, an "equal basis" of testing nuclear weapons with Russia and China is probably about what we're doing now with some advantages (eg, access to fusion burn)...
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Trump directs Pentagon to ‘immediately’ start testing US nuclear weapons
US president references China and Russia in Truth Social post shortly before meeting with President Xi Jinping
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:20 AM
suddenly very glad i follow the nuclear proliferation folks like martin:
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For a 3rd year, I made a carcinization pumpkin. But this time it's a true crab, Calappa! 🦀🦑🧪
(It's a view of the "shame face", not the dorsal body)
(It's a view of the "shame face", not the dorsal body)
October 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
For a 3rd year, I made a carcinization pumpkin. But this time it's a true crab, Calappa! 🦀🦑🧪
(It's a view of the "shame face", not the dorsal body)
(It's a view of the "shame face", not the dorsal body)
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If your city is really lucky, you’ll get a weird girl who goes above & beyond to celebrate squid.
Maybe she has a Squidmobile & glues 🦑 on poles. Maybe she gets on stage to sing about squid, dressed as a 🦑.
Philadelphia & Tokyo are both lucky.
Extremely cool to meet my Tokyo counterpart today ☺️
Maybe she has a Squidmobile & glues 🦑 on poles. Maybe she gets on stage to sing about squid, dressed as a 🦑.
Philadelphia & Tokyo are both lucky.
Extremely cool to meet my Tokyo counterpart today ☺️
October 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
If your city is really lucky, you’ll get a weird girl who goes above & beyond to celebrate squid.
Maybe she has a Squidmobile & glues 🦑 on poles. Maybe she gets on stage to sing about squid, dressed as a 🦑.
Philadelphia & Tokyo are both lucky.
Extremely cool to meet my Tokyo counterpart today ☺️
Maybe she has a Squidmobile & glues 🦑 on poles. Maybe she gets on stage to sing about squid, dressed as a 🦑.
Philadelphia & Tokyo are both lucky.
Extremely cool to meet my Tokyo counterpart today ☺️
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🎃 Looking for some last-minute Halloween costume inspo?
Look no further, here are FOUR Steal the Looks: Bay-Delta Edition! Which one are you dressing up as this halloween? 🌿
#stealthelook #baydelta #halloweencostumeidea #chinooksalmon #sandhillcrane #riparianwoodrat #deltasmelt
Look no further, here are FOUR Steal the Looks: Bay-Delta Edition! Which one are you dressing up as this halloween? 🌿
#stealthelook #baydelta #halloweencostumeidea #chinooksalmon #sandhillcrane #riparianwoodrat #deltasmelt
October 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🎃 Looking for some last-minute Halloween costume inspo?
Look no further, here are FOUR Steal the Looks: Bay-Delta Edition! Which one are you dressing up as this halloween? 🌿
#stealthelook #baydelta #halloweencostumeidea #chinooksalmon #sandhillcrane #riparianwoodrat #deltasmelt
Look no further, here are FOUR Steal the Looks: Bay-Delta Edition! Which one are you dressing up as this halloween? 🌿
#stealthelook #baydelta #halloweencostumeidea #chinooksalmon #sandhillcrane #riparianwoodrat #deltasmelt
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Brittle star swimming! Love this movement.
October 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Brittle star swimming! Love this movement.
i've only gotten to this point thanks to the many cephalopod scientists such as @sarahmackattack.bsky.social, who have been beyond generous with their time and expertise.
Screaming inside with joy seeing @jeffday.bsky.social on the slide at the cephalopod international advisory council meeting this morning.
“He is massively accelerating our ability to monitor cephalopods in the deep sea”- Kat Bolstad
Jeff started his work on cephalopods here on social media 😭
“He is massively accelerating our ability to monitor cephalopods in the deep sea”- Kat Bolstad
Jeff started his work on cephalopods here on social media 😭
October 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
i've only gotten to this point thanks to the many cephalopod scientists such as @sarahmackattack.bsky.social, who have been beyond generous with their time and expertise.
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Screaming inside with joy seeing @jeffday.bsky.social on the slide at the cephalopod international advisory council meeting this morning.
“He is massively accelerating our ability to monitor cephalopods in the deep sea”- Kat Bolstad
Jeff started his work on cephalopods here on social media 😭
“He is massively accelerating our ability to monitor cephalopods in the deep sea”- Kat Bolstad
Jeff started his work on cephalopods here on social media 😭
October 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Screaming inside with joy seeing @jeffday.bsky.social on the slide at the cephalopod international advisory council meeting this morning.
“He is massively accelerating our ability to monitor cephalopods in the deep sea”- Kat Bolstad
Jeff started his work on cephalopods here on social media 😭
“He is massively accelerating our ability to monitor cephalopods in the deep sea”- Kat Bolstad
Jeff started his work on cephalopods here on social media 😭
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@jeffday.bsky.social on a CIAC talk!!!!! Im beaming with pride
October 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
@jeffday.bsky.social on a CIAC talk!!!!! Im beaming with pride
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🌟 ‘Automated Detection of Antarctic Benthic Organisms to Aid Biodiversity Monitoring’ is by Cameron Trotter, Huw Griffiths, Tasnuva Ming Khan + Rowan Whittle.
It was published at the Joint Workshop on Marine Vision, at the International Conference on Computer Vision ⬇️
www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/a...
It was published at the Joint Workshop on Marine Vision, at the International Conference on Computer Vision ⬇️
www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/a...
Artificial Intelligence supercharges science on the Antarctic seafloor - British Antarctic Survey
Using the latest AI technology, scientists have dramatically sped up the process of detecting animals found in photographs and video taken of the seafloor.
www.bas.ac.uk
October 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🌟 ‘Automated Detection of Antarctic Benthic Organisms to Aid Biodiversity Monitoring’ is by Cameron Trotter, Huw Griffiths, Tasnuva Ming Khan + Rowan Whittle.
It was published at the Joint Workshop on Marine Vision, at the International Conference on Computer Vision ⬇️
www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/a...
It was published at the Joint Workshop on Marine Vision, at the International Conference on Computer Vision ⬇️
www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/a...