@lizewings.bsky.social
Artist and surfboard oceanographer in the PNW.
Nudibranch du jour for #nudivember. This one,doto greenamyeri, is the weirdest yet. The giant balloon things are their cert and used for breathing and maybe digestion? Weird! And they can be cast off and regenerated. Weirder!
#nudibranch #sciart #dotogreenamyeri #weirdmarineorganisms #oceanart
#nudibranch #sciart #dotogreenamyeri #weirdmarineorganisms #oceanart
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Nudibranch du jour for #nudivember. This one,doto greenamyeri, is the weirdest yet. The giant balloon things are their cert and used for breathing and maybe digestion? Weird! And they can be cast off and regenerated. Weirder!
#nudibranch #sciart #dotogreenamyeri #weirdmarineorganisms #oceanart
#nudibranch #sciart #dotogreenamyeri #weirdmarineorganisms #oceanart
Dendrodoris behrensi, nudibranch du jour. I used colored pencil but watercolor might have worked better. Next time!
#nudivember #nudibranch #dendrodorisbehrensi #seaslug #oceanart #waterart #marinebiology
#nudivember #nudibranch #dendrodorisbehrensi #seaslug #oceanart #waterart #marinebiology
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Dendrodoris behrensi, nudibranch du jour. I used colored pencil but watercolor might have worked better. Next time!
#nudivember #nudibranch #dendrodorisbehrensi #seaslug #oceanart #waterart #marinebiology
#nudivember #nudibranch #dendrodorisbehrensi #seaslug #oceanart #waterart #marinebiology
Today’s nudi:Chromodoris luterosea. Lovely purple and yellow blob. I used mostly watercolor with a little colored pencil and a little gouache.
#nudibranch #nudivember #sciart #chromodoris #oceanart #marinebiology
#nudibranch #nudivember #sciart #chromodoris #oceanart #marinebiology
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Today’s nudi:Chromodoris luterosea. Lovely purple and yellow blob. I used mostly watercolor with a little colored pencil and a little gouache.
#nudibranch #nudivember #sciart #chromodoris #oceanart #marinebiology
#nudibranch #nudivember #sciart #chromodoris #oceanart #marinebiology
Next nudibranch : Hypselodoris obscura from Australia. So much better than doomscrolling!#nudivember #nudibranch #seaslug #hypselodoris #oceanart #ocean #sciart
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Next nudibranch : Hypselodoris obscura from Australia. So much better than doomscrolling!#nudivember #nudibranch #seaslug #hypselodoris #oceanart #ocean #sciart
Next nudibranch, diaphorodoris mission in chalk and colored pencil. Weirdly, this one was harder to draw. Maybe a dark background would help.
#nudivember #nudibranch #sciart #oceanart #ocean
#nudivember #nudibranch #sciart #oceanart #ocean
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Next nudibranch, diaphorodoris mission in chalk and colored pencil. Weirdly, this one was harder to draw. Maybe a dark background would help.
#nudivember #nudibranch #sciart #oceanart #ocean
#nudivember #nudibranch #sciart #oceanart #ocean
Nudievember! I did a colored pencil drawing of Tambja affinis, today’s nudibranch. My favorite part is that I have to spend 20 minutes looking up nudibranch anatomy to understand what I’m drawing. #nudievember #sciart #nudibranch #coloredpencil #ocean #oceanart
November 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Nudievember! I did a colored pencil drawing of Tambja affinis, today’s nudibranch. My favorite part is that I have to spend 20 minutes looking up nudibranch anatomy to understand what I’m drawing. #nudievember #sciart #nudibranch #coloredpencil #ocean #oceanart
Finished painting Licorice Creek. It’s oil on canvas and biggish, 40” x52”. Loosely inspired by the Licorice Fern Trail at Cougar Mountain. If you’re in Seattle on June 5, I’ll have it on the wall at our open studios at 57 Biscayne in Pioneer Square, Seattle.
May 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Finished painting Licorice Creek. It’s oil on canvas and biggish, 40” x52”. Loosely inspired by the Licorice Fern Trail at Cougar Mountain. If you’re in Seattle on June 5, I’ll have it on the wall at our open studios at 57 Biscayne in Pioneer Square, Seattle.
Banan slugs are us! I’ve been renaming Puget Sound waterways after myself 😉 and I added some local wildlife. I can talk slug romance like nobody’s business!
April 6, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Banan slugs are us! I’ve been renaming Puget Sound waterways after myself 😉 and I added some local wildlife. I can talk slug romance like nobody’s business!
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I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
March 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
WIP of a large waterfall painting I’m working on. I’m hoping to capture the feeling of being in the waterfall and the power of rushing water. It’s getting there! #waterfall #waterart #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #wip
March 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
WIP of a large waterfall painting I’m working on. I’m hoping to capture the feeling of being in the waterfall and the power of rushing water. It’s getting there! #waterfall #waterart #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #wip
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The dismantling of NOAA is the dismantling of the United States
www.axios.com/2025/03/03/d...
www.axios.com/2025/03/03/d...
DOGE moves to cancel NOAA leases at critical forecasting centers
NOAA's nerve center of national weather forecasting is on a lease cancellation list.
www.axios.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The dismantling of NOAA is the dismantling of the United States
www.axios.com/2025/03/03/d...
www.axios.com/2025/03/03/d...
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Here’s a good look at this: buff.ly/qX1pW5d
Coastal economies rely on NOAA, from Maine to Florida, Texas and Alaska – even if they don’t realize it
NOAA’s work has kept fisheries from collapsing, helped coastal ecosystems survive extreme heat and battled invasive species, among many other tasks essential to coastal economies.
buff.ly
March 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Here’s a good look at this: buff.ly/qX1pW5d
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It's time for every TV meteorologist to say #IStandWithNOAA and tell their audiences to call Congress and demand a restoration of the agency. And start a #WeatherStrike.
I’m a federal employee, a research meteorologist at a NOAA lab (OAR-NSSL). I still have my job tonight. Many of my NOAA colleagues and many more of my fellow civil servants don’t. I want to share what people like me do. Instead of doomscrolling, maybe we can learn what civil service looks like.
March 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It's time for every TV meteorologist to say #IStandWithNOAA and tell their audiences to call Congress and demand a restoration of the agency. And start a #WeatherStrike.
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How many times do you look at the temperature on your phone?
Most of those temperatures are from weather stations NOAA/NWS helps maintain…or they are a model interpolation from a model NOAA/NWS helped develop.
The radar data, satellite data, every single watch and warning…that’s NOAA/NWS.
Most of those temperatures are from weather stations NOAA/NWS helps maintain…or they are a model interpolation from a model NOAA/NWS helped develop.
The radar data, satellite data, every single watch and warning…that’s NOAA/NWS.
February 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
How many times do you look at the temperature on your phone?
Most of those temperatures are from weather stations NOAA/NWS helps maintain…or they are a model interpolation from a model NOAA/NWS helped develop.
The radar data, satellite data, every single watch and warning…that’s NOAA/NWS.
Most of those temperatures are from weather stations NOAA/NWS helps maintain…or they are a model interpolation from a model NOAA/NWS helped develop.
The radar data, satellite data, every single watch and warning…that’s NOAA/NWS.
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YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER APP IS JUST A PRETTY DISPLAY OF NOAA DATA
Ppl seem to think that "NOAA weather forecasts" means climate-, boat-, or "in addition to my app"-weather. But the weather forecasts *we all use* are made from the NOAA data *we all paid for*
Make that part clear when you ⬇️
Ppl seem to think that "NOAA weather forecasts" means climate-, boat-, or "in addition to my app"-weather. But the weather forecasts *we all use* are made from the NOAA data *we all paid for*
Make that part clear when you ⬇️
I’m thinking we should spread this news about the firings at NOAA as far and wide as possible. Like cancer research, weather forecasting seems likely to be broadly popular across the political spectrum. apnews.com/article/nati...
Hundreds of weather forecasters fired in latest wave of DOGE cuts
Federal workers who were not let go said the afternoon layoffs included meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the U.S.
apnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER APP IS JUST A PRETTY DISPLAY OF NOAA DATA
Ppl seem to think that "NOAA weather forecasts" means climate-, boat-, or "in addition to my app"-weather. But the weather forecasts *we all use* are made from the NOAA data *we all paid for*
Make that part clear when you ⬇️
Ppl seem to think that "NOAA weather forecasts" means climate-, boat-, or "in addition to my app"-weather. But the weather forecasts *we all use* are made from the NOAA data *we all paid for*
Make that part clear when you ⬇️
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These aren't "faceless bureaucrats," they're friends and colleagues -- more like family, really. I worked on NASCO with Andy Rosenburg while a Knauss Fellow at NOAA.
Hell doesn't have enough levels for the jerks doing this, not only to family, but by extension, to all of us who benefit from NOAA.
Hell doesn't have enough levels for the jerks doing this, not only to family, but by extension, to all of us who benefit from NOAA.
‘Cruel and thoughtless’: Trump fires hundreds at US climate agency Noaa
Employees received emails saying their jobs would be cut off at end of day in move called ‘wrong all around’
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
These aren't "faceless bureaucrats," they're friends and colleagues -- more like family, really. I worked on NASCO with Andy Rosenburg while a Knauss Fellow at NOAA.
Hell doesn't have enough levels for the jerks doing this, not only to family, but by extension, to all of us who benefit from NOAA.
Hell doesn't have enough levels for the jerks doing this, not only to family, but by extension, to all of us who benefit from NOAA.
Abstract image of #phytoplankton screen print with watercolor on watercolor paper. This one is little, 4”x4” image on 9”x12”paper. #sciart #oceanart #oceanography #printmaking #mixedmedia
February 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Abstract image of #phytoplankton screen print with watercolor on watercolor paper. This one is little, 4”x4” image on 9”x12”paper. #sciart #oceanart #oceanography #printmaking #mixedmedia
FYI, if you’re in the area
February 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
FYI, if you’re in the area
Most recent version of this waterfall painting. I’m hoping for a vigorous explosive effect. I think it needs to be bigger. This one is 24”x30”
February 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Most recent version of this waterfall painting. I’m hoping for a vigorous explosive effect. I think it needs to be bigger. This one is 24”x30”
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Anytime a storm is brewing, your local forecasters are getting the latest data from NOAA. As the agency faces an uncertain future, one thing's for sure: for-profit companies would struggle to replicate NOAA's weather-forecasting prowess.
For-Profit Companies Can’t Easily Replace NOAA’s Weather-Forecasting Prowess
Replicating the abilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fleet of weather satellites would take time and a lot of money—and expose private companies to a large amount of…
wrd.cm
February 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Anytime a storm is brewing, your local forecasters are getting the latest data from NOAA. As the agency faces an uncertain future, one thing's for sure: for-profit companies would struggle to replicate NOAA's weather-forecasting prowess.
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And here we go.
SCOOP: The top US election security watchdog has frozen all of its efforts to aid states in securing elections. The move represents the first major example of the country’s cyber defense agency accommodating Trump’s false claims of election fraud and online censorship.
Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED
wrd.cm
February 15, 2025 at 6:22 AM
And here we go.
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Read the thread for info on contacting Congress!!
HEADS UP — If your birth certificate doesn't match your current legal name, you would be unable to register to vote or update your voter registration under the SAVE Act.
This includes the more than 69 MILLION women in the US who changed their name after marriage. www.newsweek.com/married-wome...
This includes the more than 69 MILLION women in the US who changed their name after marriage. www.newsweek.com/married-wome...
Married women could be stopped from voting under SAVE Act
The act could affect whether married women without passports are able to register to vote.
www.newsweek.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Read the thread for info on contacting Congress!!
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“If a married woman hasn’t paid $130 to update her passport —assuming she has one, which only about half of Americans do— she may not be able to vote in the next election if the SAVE Act becomes law,” @wendyweiser.bsky.social tells Glamour
The SAVE Act Could Stop Millions of Women From Voting. Here’s What You Need to Know
The bill would make it harder for women, people of color, young voters, and other marginalized groups to register to vote.
www.glamour.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
“If a married woman hasn’t paid $130 to update her passport —assuming she has one, which only about half of Americans do— she may not be able to vote in the next election if the SAVE Act becomes law,” @wendyweiser.bsky.social tells Glamour