JA Fields | NonCompliantCyborg
@noncompliantcyborg.bsky.social
Disabled Marine Scientist & Artist living by the Salish Sea
Actually a cyborg
Probably has seen a ctenophore today
3D visualization of marine inverts
Support my work, get some art: https://linktr.ee/noncompliantcyborg
📸 by me unless cited
Actually a cyborg
Probably has seen a ctenophore today
3D visualization of marine inverts
Support my work, get some art: https://linktr.ee/noncompliantcyborg
📸 by me unless cited
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Hi BlueSky!
I’m JA, a marine scientist & artist living by the Salish Sea.
I post marine life 🦑, especially invertebrates 🐙, visual art & embroidery.
I’m looking forward to the spring ctenophore & jelly blooms, and bringing ROV live dives back soon.
Art & YouTube link:
linktr.ee/noncompliant...
I’m JA, a marine scientist & artist living by the Salish Sea.
I post marine life 🦑, especially invertebrates 🐙, visual art & embroidery.
I’m looking forward to the spring ctenophore & jelly blooms, and bringing ROV live dives back soon.
Art & YouTube link:
linktr.ee/noncompliant...
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Buying my ocean art is an investment in getting to talk to people about cool marine life. You’ll either have people excitedly recognizing the critters or you’ll have them asking what they are giving you totally solicited opportunities to nerd out. 🦑🐙🐡
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November 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Buying my ocean art is an investment in getting to talk to people about cool marine life. You’ll either have people excitedly recognizing the critters or you’ll have them asking what they are giving you totally solicited opportunities to nerd out. 🦑🐙🐡
shop.noncompliantcyborg.com/products
shop.noncompliantcyborg.com/products
Buying my ocean art is an investment in getting to talk to people about cool marine life. You’ll either have people excitedly recognizing the critters or you’ll have them asking what they are giving you totally solicited opportunities to nerd out. 🦑🐙🐡
shop.noncompliantcyborg.com/products
shop.noncompliantcyborg.com/products
Shop
Browse all products from NonCompliant Cyborg.
shop.noncompliantcyborg.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Buying my ocean art is an investment in getting to talk to people about cool marine life. You’ll either have people excitedly recognizing the critters or you’ll have them asking what they are giving you totally solicited opportunities to nerd out. 🦑🐙🐡
shop.noncompliantcyborg.com/products
shop.noncompliantcyborg.com/products
Where is all my website traffic coming from the last two days? I’m perplexed. It’s from direct links. Is someone talking about me?
November 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Where is all my website traffic coming from the last two days? I’m perplexed. It’s from direct links. Is someone talking about me?
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I won a thing! I’m so honoured to have won the NBN newcomers award at the @nbntrust.bsky.social
conference today, for the work I’m doing around plankton sampling and data collection. #marineplankton 🦑
conference today, for the work I’m doing around plankton sampling and data collection. #marineplankton 🦑
November 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I won a thing! I’m so honoured to have won the NBN newcomers award at the @nbntrust.bsky.social
conference today, for the work I’m doing around plankton sampling and data collection. #marineplankton 🦑
conference today, for the work I’m doing around plankton sampling and data collection. #marineplankton 🦑
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It is a fundamental truth that if we cannot stabilize a pleasantly habitable state on Earth, we absolutely CANNOT create from scratch a MORE pleasant or habitable existence anywhere else. 🤷🏻♀️
November 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
It is a fundamental truth that if we cannot stabilize a pleasantly habitable state on Earth, we absolutely CANNOT create from scratch a MORE pleasant or habitable existence anywhere else. 🤷🏻♀️
Haven’t made it out to the water very much this month with everything but I did hit 100 calendar days nightlighting for the year tonight. Dockfouling is close behind at 96 and tidepooling is at 29.
As a whole, I’ve gone out observing 191 days so far and contributed 4,308 observations to iNat.
As a whole, I’ve gone out observing 191 days so far and contributed 4,308 observations to iNat.
November 19, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Haven’t made it out to the water very much this month with everything but I did hit 100 calendar days nightlighting for the year tonight. Dockfouling is close behind at 96 and tidepooling is at 29.
As a whole, I’ve gone out observing 191 days so far and contributed 4,308 observations to iNat.
As a whole, I’ve gone out observing 191 days so far and contributed 4,308 observations to iNat.
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"Hold on. Are you sure the recipe called for a teaspoon of octopus?"
🥄🐙📷Sarah K. Grossman (inaturalist.ca/observations...)
🥄🐙📷Sarah K. Grossman (inaturalist.ca/observations...)
November 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"Hold on. Are you sure the recipe called for a teaspoon of octopus?"
🥄🐙📷Sarah K. Grossman (inaturalist.ca/observations...)
🥄🐙📷Sarah K. Grossman (inaturalist.ca/observations...)
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It’s baby octopus season 🐙🦑
Saw this little guy last night with the Salish Sea School in Anacortes, WA as part of their free community dock walk I volunteer as an interpreter for.
We can tell it is a giant pacific octopus from the single line of chromatophores on each arm.
Saw this little guy last night with the Salish Sea School in Anacortes, WA as part of their free community dock walk I volunteer as an interpreter for.
We can tell it is a giant pacific octopus from the single line of chromatophores on each arm.
November 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
It’s baby octopus season 🐙🦑
Saw this little guy last night with the Salish Sea School in Anacortes, WA as part of their free community dock walk I volunteer as an interpreter for.
We can tell it is a giant pacific octopus from the single line of chromatophores on each arm.
Saw this little guy last night with the Salish Sea School in Anacortes, WA as part of their free community dock walk I volunteer as an interpreter for.
We can tell it is a giant pacific octopus from the single line of chromatophores on each arm.
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Everyone wanted to assure me that the government healthcare cuts wouldn’t impact employer health insurance, only those on medicaid.
Only for my new job to get rid of their great healthcare plan because their rates are doubling as a result of our governments actions. 🤡
Only for my new job to get rid of their great healthcare plan because their rates are doubling as a result of our governments actions. 🤡
November 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Everyone wanted to assure me that the government healthcare cuts wouldn’t impact employer health insurance, only those on medicaid.
Only for my new job to get rid of their great healthcare plan because their rates are doubling as a result of our governments actions. 🤡
Only for my new job to get rid of their great healthcare plan because their rates are doubling as a result of our governments actions. 🤡
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November 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s baby octopus season 🐙🦑
Saw this little guy last night with the Salish Sea School in Anacortes, WA as part of their free community dock walk I volunteer as an interpreter for.
We can tell it is a giant pacific octopus from the single line of chromatophores on each arm.
Saw this little guy last night with the Salish Sea School in Anacortes, WA as part of their free community dock walk I volunteer as an interpreter for.
We can tell it is a giant pacific octopus from the single line of chromatophores on each arm.
November 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
It’s baby octopus season 🐙🦑
Saw this little guy last night with the Salish Sea School in Anacortes, WA as part of their free community dock walk I volunteer as an interpreter for.
We can tell it is a giant pacific octopus from the single line of chromatophores on each arm.
Saw this little guy last night with the Salish Sea School in Anacortes, WA as part of their free community dock walk I volunteer as an interpreter for.
We can tell it is a giant pacific octopus from the single line of chromatophores on each arm.
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Couldn’t sleep last night so I designed a white lined Dirona beanie and stayed up til it was finished and out of the wash.
#nudibranch 🦑🐙🐡
#nudibranch 🦑🐙🐡
November 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Couldn’t sleep last night so I designed a white lined Dirona beanie and stayed up til it was finished and out of the wash.
#nudibranch 🦑🐙🐡
#nudibranch 🦑🐙🐡
Couldn’t sleep last night so I designed a white lined Dirona beanie and stayed up til it was finished and out of the wash.
#nudibranch 🦑🐙🐡
#nudibranch 🦑🐙🐡
November 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Couldn’t sleep last night so I designed a white lined Dirona beanie and stayed up til it was finished and out of the wash.
#nudibranch 🦑🐙🐡
#nudibranch 🦑🐙🐡
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Reposting for #WorldJellyfishDay
🪼🐙🦑🌿
🪼🐙🦑🌿
These 2 jellies look very similar in the water - both are ~1 cm across, have a yellow cross where the gut attaches & a ring of golden dots. The ID is in the radial canals
Trichydra pudica (left) - 4 main canals with unbranched branches
Proboscidactyla flavicirrata (right) - branch like roots
🦑🐙
Trichydra pudica (left) - 4 main canals with unbranched branches
Proboscidactyla flavicirrata (right) - branch like roots
🦑🐙
November 3, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Reposting for #WorldJellyfishDay
🪼🐙🦑🌿
🪼🐙🦑🌿
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Seeing cuttlefish in the wild will never get old to me.
October 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Seeing cuttlefish in the wild will never get old to me.
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Welcome to the 2025 #Nudivember art challenge!
Like last year, here is a list of some lesser known, yet always fabulous, nudibranch species.
Participate as much or as little as you want in any art form you like.
Make sure to use #Nudivember and use alt text!
Like last year, here is a list of some lesser known, yet always fabulous, nudibranch species.
Participate as much or as little as you want in any art form you like.
Make sure to use #Nudivember and use alt text!
October 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Welcome to the 2025 #Nudivember art challenge!
Like last year, here is a list of some lesser known, yet always fabulous, nudibranch species.
Participate as much or as little as you want in any art form you like.
Make sure to use #Nudivember and use alt text!
Like last year, here is a list of some lesser known, yet always fabulous, nudibranch species.
Participate as much or as little as you want in any art form you like.
Make sure to use #Nudivember and use alt text!
How are there barely 500 larvacean (appendicularia) observations on iNaturalist?
I swear they are ubiquitous. I know they are tough to photograph and they can be little but they are everywhere and their little snot houses are so cool.
I swear they are ubiquitous. I know they are tough to photograph and they can be little but they are everywhere and their little snot houses are so cool.
October 24, 2025 at 6:39 AM
How are there barely 500 larvacean (appendicularia) observations on iNaturalist?
I swear they are ubiquitous. I know they are tough to photograph and they can be little but they are everywhere and their little snot houses are so cool.
I swear they are ubiquitous. I know they are tough to photograph and they can be little but they are everywhere and their little snot houses are so cool.
Listening to Love Ain’t Enough by the Barr Brothers on repeat while trying to write an obituary for my dad and not having him here to read it over and tell me if I’ve got any of the little details wrong.
October 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Listening to Love Ain’t Enough by the Barr Brothers on repeat while trying to write an obituary for my dad and not having him here to read it over and tell me if I’ve got any of the little details wrong.
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This kinda looks like one of those black ctenophores, just pale. 4413m @noncompliantcyborg.bsky.social check that one out! From @nautiluslive.org #CookIslands #MarineLife
October 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
This kinda looks like one of those black ctenophores, just pale. 4413m @noncompliantcyborg.bsky.social check that one out! From @nautiluslive.org #CookIslands #MarineLife
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My father died suddenly in our home this past Sunday. I am fighting against the overwhelming revulsion I have to asking for financial support to ask for help covering my access to healthcare for the remainder of the year so that I can focus on supporting my mom.
gofund.me/7be865eb6
gofund.me/7be865eb6
Donate to JA focus on supporting mom after dad Jonathan Fay's death, organized by Jamie Andersen Fields
On Sunday, October 5th, my mom found my dad Jonathan Fay unco… Jamie Andersen Fields needs your support for JA focus on supporting mom after dad Jonathan Fay's death
www.gofundme.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
My father died suddenly in our home this past Sunday. I am fighting against the overwhelming revulsion I have to asking for financial support to ask for help covering my access to healthcare for the remainder of the year so that I can focus on supporting my mom.
gofund.me/7be865eb6
gofund.me/7be865eb6
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My friend and very dear human, Jamie, lost their Dad unexpectedly this past week.. If you have the means, please consider helping them, no amount is too small. I would also ask that as you move through the world, please mask up and stay home when you are sick if you can.
My father died suddenly in our home this past Sunday. I am fighting against the overwhelming revulsion I have to asking for financial support to ask for help covering my access to healthcare for the remainder of the year so that I can focus on supporting my mom.
gofund.me/7be865eb6
gofund.me/7be865eb6
Donate to JA focus on supporting mom after dad Jonathan Fay's death, organized by Jamie Andersen Fields
On Sunday, October 5th, my mom found my dad Jonathan Fay unco… Jamie Andersen Fields needs your support for JA focus on supporting mom after dad Jonathan Fay's death
www.gofundme.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
My friend and very dear human, Jamie, lost their Dad unexpectedly this past week.. If you have the means, please consider helping them, no amount is too small. I would also ask that as you move through the world, please mask up and stay home when you are sick if you can.
My father died suddenly in our home this past Sunday. I am fighting against the overwhelming revulsion I have to asking for financial support to ask for help covering my access to healthcare for the remainder of the year so that I can focus on supporting my mom.
gofund.me/7be865eb6
gofund.me/7be865eb6
Donate to JA focus on supporting mom after dad Jonathan Fay's death, organized by Jamie Andersen Fields
On Sunday, October 5th, my mom found my dad Jonathan Fay unco… Jamie Andersen Fields needs your support for JA focus on supporting mom after dad Jonathan Fay's death
www.gofundme.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
My father died suddenly in our home this past Sunday. I am fighting against the overwhelming revulsion I have to asking for financial support to ask for help covering my access to healthcare for the remainder of the year so that I can focus on supporting my mom.
gofund.me/7be865eb6
gofund.me/7be865eb6
My dad died last night. I think he was dead when we found him but I did compressions until the ambulance arrived and his color was coming back but they just couldn’t get his heart going again. I talked to him an hour before, but he wasn’t answering when I told him I’d made it home with his dinner.
October 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
My dad died last night. I think he was dead when we found him but I did compressions until the ambulance arrived and his color was coming back but they just couldn’t get his heart going again. I talked to him an hour before, but he wasn’t answering when I told him I’d made it home with his dinner.
Get vaccinated and wear a fucking mask. And please fucking stay home and rest when you are sick if at all and as much as possible. And do whatever you can to support the people in your lives in doing the same.
October 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Get vaccinated and wear a fucking mask. And please fucking stay home and rest when you are sick if at all and as much as possible. And do whatever you can to support the people in your lives in doing the same.