Brian Schlining
@schlining.bsky.social
Turning the beauty, complexity, and wonder of the deep-sea into long strings of ones and zeros. Often seen at https://hachyderm.io/@Schlining, https://github.com/hohonuuli, and Pacific Grove, CA. ©2023-2024 Brian Schlining. Views are my own.
The White House has received more than 340,000 comments on rules many researchers fear would politicize science. https://scim.ag/4fiHIWi
U.S. researchers outraged at proposed changes to federal grants
White House receives 340,000 comments on rules many fear would politicize science
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Today, the federal government finalized a major change to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to remove vital habitat protections for endangered species.
The formerly excellent Climate.gov, once a trusted source of climate information for the public, was effectively dismantled by the current U.S. administration in 2025. It has been resurrected by former staff as Climate.us, a nonprofit providing climate information free from political interference.
The Planetary Society built an interactive side-by-side "track changes" comparison for the proposed OMB rules. They show exactly what the current rules say versus what the proposed rules would change, section by section, across all *399* affected provisions. dashboards.planetary.org/rules-change/ 🧪🔭
Federal Grant Rule Comparison
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The Catalina Island Marine Institute (CIMI) is looking for a program director for their outdoor education program at Toyon Bay. www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...
Program Director-Toyon
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For my Pacific Grove, CA friends and those that were fans of the old la Crema. They've reopened at a new location at Lovers Point. Menu Peek as Crema Lovers Point Opens April 1 - Edible Monterey Bay share.google/UwTqJvgLPav1...
Menu Peek as Crema Lovers Point Opens April 1 - Edible Monterey Bay
March 31, 2026—This feels almost too good to be true, with the timing to make it that much more unbelievable. But no foolin here: Crema Lovers Point throws opens its doors on a singular little outcrop...
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Came across this ... The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy's GitHub Pages. blog.thereallo.dev/blog/decompi...
I Decompiled the White House's New App
The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy's GitHub Pages.
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The Tassajara zendo burned down completely last night. Very sad news. www.facebook.com/100064865405... www.sfzc.org/locations/ta...
San Francisco Zen Center
At around 11:30 pm last night, the Tassajara zendo caught fire. No one was hurt, but the zendo burned down completely. Some of the library was also destroyed. Our gratitude to everyone who worked...
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Eliot Jacobson: Global sea surface temperatures continue breaking daily records, with Mar. 23 having a preliminary SST of 21.141°C, ahead of the previous daily record of 21.118°C set in 2024. This graph shows how fast SSTs are rising compared to pre-2023 temperatures.
The 2026 Marine Imaging Workshop from May 19-21 in Gibraltar is now open for registration: miw2026.org/registration...
Marine Imaging Workshop 2026 — Registation
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A little timeline cleanse: "Rare footage captures a ‘charismatic’ baby animal swimming in Monterey Bay" www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
Rare footage captures ‘charismatic’ baby animal off Calif. coast
This baby creature lives in the ocean's twilight zone.
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This post kicked off a really illuminating and helpful conversation in how we talk about and use #AI4good for 🌊🦑. Bottom line: We must do better because we can’t afford not to. Stay tuned for an AMA where we will do a deep dive (pun def intended) on our #DeployableAI and #FathomNet projects!!
So ya fuck all that. What is wrong with you people? I guess fuck the pilots & all of the jobs that people currently fill? All while using tech that is going to kick the earth's death spiral into hyper sonic drive. I'm so sick of smart ppl doing dumb shit. oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/expedition/2...
Take a quick 5‑minute survey that directly impacts Scala’s roadmap, libraries, and tooling. This short survey evaluates Scala adoption and usage among developers. Scala Survey 2026 is brought to you by VirtusLab and Scala Center. virtuslab.typeform.com/ScalaSurvey...
NSF Update Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit. Now by Directorate... 1/11
#FathomNet has a new Kaggle competition. We’re tackling one of the biggest challenges in computer vision for marine imagery: incomplete labels. I can't fit a full description on bluesky, so head over to www.kaggle.com/competitions... for all the details.
FathomNetCLEF2026 @ LifeCLEF & CVPR-FGVC
Positive-Unlabeled Object Detection in Marine Images
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Hey ChatGPT, create a a caricature of me and my job based on everything you know about me
it does feel fundamentally dysfunctional, right, to beg lawmakers to use the law to force law enforcement to obey the law
The US is leaving some of the world’s oldest and most influential scientific networks involved in biodiversity research, climate science and conservation go.nature.com/4pQDJ6R
The US is quitting 66 global agencies: what does it mean for science?
Nature - The United States is leaving some of the world’s oldest and most influential scientific networks involved in biodiversity research, climate science and conservation. Affected organizations...
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Deep-sea mining CEOs testifying on Capitol Hill right now saying U.S. needs to mine the high seas now before China does. It's not true. China is waiting for an international frameworks to take shape. America is the one going rogue. And that's driving U.S. allies closer to China. My reporting 👇
Trump’s push to mine deep-sea battery metals draws ire from allies
At U.N. talks in Jamaica, allies blasted the U.S. bid to unilaterally mine the high seas. Some made an unusual move to side with America’s economic foe:…
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More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland. They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” ~ George Orwell, 1984
California residents can now request all data brokers delete personal info | Discussion
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NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
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Ocean heating defies all earlier projections. We are on the worst possible track. Yet this has completely vanished as a topic of conversation in America.
60 minutes CECOT segment. Recorded through my browser. HD quality. Not phone. Spread it around. If you're press, it's yours. Go nuts. It's streaming on a Canadian website, but there is no telling for how long. www.filemail.com/d/wkcdttnacp...
Banned 60 Minutes CECOT Segment - Filemail
Get it while it's hot.
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Scientist at #AGU25 are speaking out to #SaveNCAR. Join more than 2000 of your colleagues to call or email your members of Congress to ask them to support NCAR today: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151...