A polychaete worm, soaring like an eastern dragon

This is a fun thread 😬

Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · last wk.

Hey 🧪! I was just reminiscing with a friend about the time a very senior academic called a mid-career guy's work "completely meaningless" at a meeting and now I want to hear your best (public, academic) disses

Struggling to find art for your One-Page RPG Jam entry? Help is here... in the form of dead people: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/public-dom... (Part 1 of 2) #ttrpg #publicdomain #art #rpg #onepagerpg

Public domain art resources

Using public domain art in tabletop game design

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OH NO 😰

The Mid-Geek Crisis App@themidgeekcrisis.app · last wk.

An argument for human connection masquerading as a book review. valerialoves.com/why-didnt-si...

Why Didn't Silent Titans Change the World?

Apprehension is worth the effort

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#OKEANOS AT BOTTOM 3700 m! B2 SEAMOUNT! mysterious tracks across the Manganese bottom #ichnos #lebensuburren

mae nam khong 🪷🦪🫧 art fight revenge for @truantblue.bsky.social #art ✧ #artfight #artfight2026

An "alphabet album", a beautiful book of calligraphy and typographic engraving from 1843 assembled by Joseph-Balthazar Silvestre. Ranging from the old-fashioned to the surprisingly modern looking, from the elegantly unreadable to the crystal clear... publicdomainreview.org/collection/s...

WIP map for a cruise ship that’s developed a symbiotic relationship with a vast sea creature.

This is exactly for me! World building guide will be digital only and have A LOT of links to real-world references, and this is such savvy advice 🦑📚

Clayton@explorersdesign.bsky.social · 2w ago

A short piece on the power of hyperlinks this week. If you're designing for digital and not using them, you're leaving one of your format's greatest strengths on the table. www.explorersdesign.com/how-to-hyper...

New shirt alert! It's summer, it's hot, where do you want to be?? The deep sea babbyyyy We teamed up with Philly Spooky Guy Artist Sam Heimer to create a firefly squid shirt with a message: protect the ocean... OR ELSE! These shirts support @skypeascientist.bsky.social! Get one at SquidFacts.net

Sticking to worms. Peinaleopolynoe orphanae from the deep sea, an Elvis worm, named for their glittery jumpsuits.

[ #artfight #artfight2026 ] [8] Doomsday Fih for aafish

WHALESONG is a 2-player #ttrpg about grief and space whales. It's heavy, emotional sci-fi gaming. https://loottheroom.itch.io/whalesong

WHALESONG by Chris Bissette

A game about grief and space whales for two adults

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80% of the research for my world building guide came from library books 📚 🦑

DC Public Library@dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social · 3w ago

A gentle reminder: libraries are still here, still free, still open to everyone. No appointment required. No subscription fee. Just walk in.

I love #portfolioday! 👀💕💕💕

just learned today that barnacles are crustaceans and not molluscs. that's fucked up

Here’s a helpful guide to writing a public comment by @hormiga.bsky.social: scienceforeveryone.science/submit-your-...

Submit your OMB comment this weekend.

This one is important. It's due on Monday.

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All right who do I know who's good at logo design/branding? Small budget friendly.

The #DeepWonders science team filmed this chimaera or ghost shark at 1,027 m. @divaamon.bsky.social and a primarily Trinbagonian team of scientists are leading this expedition in Trinidad & Tobago. (Read #PoetryInOcean version here: www.instagram.com/reel/DalKGJZ...)

Me irl but it was a siphonophore 🪼

MBARI researchers recently led an expedition with @schmidtocean.bsky.social that revealed remarkable new hydrothermal vents in a remote part of the Atlantic Ocean, providing important clues about fluid circulation and seafloor geology. Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/expedit...

Expedition led by MBARI researchers reveals remarkable, and rare, form of deep-sea hydrothermal vents • MBARI

A monthlong expedition with Schmidt Ocean Institute has provided new insight into fluid circulation and seafloor geology in the remote Doldrums Megatransform and Fracture Zone in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Narrative game: you play a little guy and they’re special OSR: you play a little guy and they’re not special Wargame: you control little guys and they aren’t special but you spent a lot of time painting them to look special Worldbuilding game: the world is your special little guy

Bathypterois atricolor? @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 937 part 2 #deepwonders #MarineLife

Need a one shot for #ttrpg night? Build a magical, post-apocalyptic world as you explore it with #Magestar! You can grab it today for just $3.99 on Itch and RPG Trader. samrobsondmg.itch.io/magestar rpg-trader.com/products/825...

Magestar by Sam Robson

Build a map together as you explore a world changed by a magical apocalypse.

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A Sandworm of Dune - based on real beautiful marine polychaetes ☀️

The cool thing about doing your own nails is that no one can stop you from doing a combination dagger and plankton set. Not one person.

Yooo if you need a break from *stuff* come join the livestream of the ROV toodling around the deep sea near Trinidad and Tobago, thanks to @divaamon.bsky.social @schmidtocean.bsky.social et al www.youtube.com/schmidtocean...

Going to see #Journey tonight, so here's your reminder that some deep-sea snailfish live below 8,000 m, in darkness and crushing pressure, just holding on to that feeling. Don't stop believin', even at the bottom of a trench. #marinelife

Mariana Snailfish: Deep-Sea Encounter

ALT: Mariana Snailfish: Deep-Sea Encounter

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