Andrew D Thaler
@drandrewthaler.bsky.social
Deep-sea ecologist investigating how humans shape and reshape the sea floor. Conservation technologist developing open-source tools to understand our changing oceans. Ocean educator creating novel programs to help students interact with marine ecosystems.
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The Last Hunt for the Jabberwock: A Feywild Adventure in Ecologic Succession - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild
Hunt the Jabberwock, Defend the Warren, Save the Forest
Welcome to the Warren. Within this tiny Domain of Delight, Rabb
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For teachers, environmental educators, and D&D dorks!
In December, I published The Last Hunt for the Jabberwock, a D&D 5e adventure in environmental science and ecologic succession.
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In December, I published The Last Hunt for the Jabberwock, a D&D 5e adventure in environmental science and ecologic succession.
www.dmsguild.com/product/5056...
Control of the House of Representatives and the future of our nation will be decided by Flagpole Sitting.
December 3, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Control of the House of Representatives and the future of our nation will be decided by Flagpole Sitting.
In the spirit of radical optimism, I'm betting Behn wins, but by a margin so tight it triggers one of those weird archaic 18th century laws where they'll have to balance on a wagon wheel or race a barrel down the Cumberland River.
Nashville (Davidson County)'s early vote came in, and Aftyn Behn destroyed it there 85% to 15%.
That gives Behn a 7% advantage district-wide with 14 of of the 15 counties reporting their early votes.
Now, we wait for the red shift of the Election Day votes—and see where this ends up.
That gives Behn a 7% advantage district-wide with 14 of of the 15 counties reporting their early votes.
Now, we wait for the red shift of the Election Day votes—and see where this ends up.
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
In the spirit of radical optimism, I'm betting Behn wins, but by a margin so tight it triggers one of those weird archaic 18th century laws where they'll have to balance on a wagon wheel or race a barrel down the Cumberland River.
Holy mola.
Nashville (Davidson County)'s early vote came in, and Aftyn Behn destroyed it there 85% to 15%.
That gives Behn a 7% advantage district-wide with 14 of of the 15 counties reporting their early votes.
Now, we wait for the red shift of the Election Day votes—and see where this ends up.
That gives Behn a 7% advantage district-wide with 14 of of the 15 counties reporting their early votes.
Now, we wait for the red shift of the Election Day votes—and see where this ends up.
December 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Holy mola.
Tennessee is pretty awesome and Nashville is rad. Whenever we had a big hurricane roll through the Carolina Coast, I'd pack my whole lab group into my old Dodge truck and head to Nashville for a long break.
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Tennessee is pretty awesome and Nashville is rad. Whenever we had a big hurricane roll through the Carolina Coast, I'd pack my whole lab group into my old Dodge truck and head to Nashville for a long break.
Jeff Parker's Aquaman run is what got me back into comics after an almost 20 year absence.
I don't do these a lot so jump in, I guess it doesn't have to all be about Aquaman but that is the focus after all?
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From the Aquaman community on Reddit: Jeff Parker AMA!
Explore this post and more from the Aquaman community
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December 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Jeff Parker's Aquaman run is what got me back into comics after an almost 20 year absence.
The herculean effort I see my fellow parents go through to get any accommodations for their kids leads me to believe the armchair pontificators who think that "problem" is somehow people faking it are maybe a bit too naive about the world.
December 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The herculean effort I see my fellow parents go through to get any accommodations for their kids leads me to believe the armchair pontificators who think that "problem" is somehow people faking it are maybe a bit too naive about the world.
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And if you're new to D&D, I also spun up a small bit of book themed flavor for the new Heroes of the Borderlands starter set, complete with Zines!
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Bookwyrms of the Borderlands - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild
A Lost Library of Forbidden Grimoires.
A Sinister Cult bent on Destroying all Knowledge.
And… a bunny.
You are Bookwyrms, adventuring bibliophiles tasked with scouring Faerun for ancient volumes, lost...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
And if you're new to D&D, I also spun up a small bit of book themed flavor for the new Heroes of the Borderlands starter set, complete with Zines!
www.dmsguild.com/en/product/5...
www.dmsguild.com/en/product/5...
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There's a long winter break coming (my kid is off school for two whole weeks between Solstice and New Years). That's the perfect amount of time to run the Last Hunt for the Jabberwock D&D campaign I published last year: www.dmsguild.com/en/product/5...
The Last Hunt for the Jabberwock: A Feywild Adventure in Ecologic Succession - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild
Hunt the Jabberwock, Defend the Warren, Save the Forest
Welcome to the Warren. Within this tiny Domain of Delight, Rabbitfolk engage in an endless battle against the Jabberwock, a manxome foe that re...
www.dmsguild.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
There's a long winter break coming (my kid is off school for two whole weeks between Solstice and New Years). That's the perfect amount of time to run the Last Hunt for the Jabberwock D&D campaign I published last year: www.dmsguild.com/en/product/5...
I would like to see Tennessee surprise us tonight.
December 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I would like to see Tennessee surprise us tonight.
I minored in Philosophy and it was absolutely foundational to my entire scientific career.
So our campus just announced the six undergraduate programs being put on the chopping block.
One of them is Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Can we be a university without offering a Philosophy major?
One of them is Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Can we be a university without offering a Philosophy major?
December 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I minored in Philosophy and it was absolutely foundational to my entire scientific career.
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🔊🌊 Great moments with the Scouts this week! We introduced them to our ~50 € hydrophone, handed out units, and dove into citizen-science together. Nothing better than seeing young explorers record their first marine soundscapes. 🐬✨ #OceanScience #CitizenScience 🧪
December 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
🔊🌊 Great moments with the Scouts this week! We introduced them to our ~50 € hydrophone, handed out units, and dove into citizen-science together. Nothing better than seeing young explorers record their first marine soundscapes. 🐬✨ #OceanScience #CitizenScience 🧪
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🔊🌊 Just out in Sensors: a low-cost (~50 €) #hydrophone toolkit for robust underwater #AcousticMonitoring. Built for researchers, educators and #CitizenScientists eager to explore marine #soundscapes. Hear the ocean differently. 🐳🛥️🐬📡 www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25...
#MarineEcology 🌍🌐🧪
#MarineEcology 🌍🌐🧪
December 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
🔊🌊 Just out in Sensors: a low-cost (~50 €) #hydrophone toolkit for robust underwater #AcousticMonitoring. Built for researchers, educators and #CitizenScientists eager to explore marine #soundscapes. Hear the ocean differently. 🐳🛥️🐬📡 www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25...
#MarineEcology 🌍🌐🧪
#MarineEcology 🌍🌐🧪
There's a long winter break coming (my kid is off school for two whole weeks between Solstice and New Years). That's the perfect amount of time to run the Last Hunt for the Jabberwock D&D campaign I published last year: www.dmsguild.com/en/product/5...
The Last Hunt for the Jabberwock: A Feywild Adventure in Ecologic Succession - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild
Hunt the Jabberwock, Defend the Warren, Save the Forest
Welcome to the Warren. Within this tiny Domain of Delight, Rabbitfolk engage in an endless battle against the Jabberwock, a manxome foe that re...
www.dmsguild.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
There's a long winter break coming (my kid is off school for two whole weeks between Solstice and New Years). That's the perfect amount of time to run the Last Hunt for the Jabberwock D&D campaign I published last year: www.dmsguild.com/en/product/5...
I currently have a few OpenCTD kits left to move before the end of the year. If you've wanted to build your own oceanographic instrument, now's your chance.
Details about the project: oceanographyforeveryone.com
OpenCTD Store: oceanographyforeveryone.bigcartel.com
Details about the project: oceanographyforeveryone.com
OpenCTD Store: oceanographyforeveryone.bigcartel.com
Oceanography For Everyone
Supply Depot for the OpenCTD and Oceanography for Everyone. Here you can find custom PCBS, stickers, OpenCTD kits, and other OpenCTD accessories.
oceanographyforeveryone.bigcartel.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I currently have a few OpenCTD kits left to move before the end of the year. If you've wanted to build your own oceanographic instrument, now's your chance.
Details about the project: oceanographyforeveryone.com
OpenCTD Store: oceanographyforeveryone.bigcartel.com
Details about the project: oceanographyforeveryone.com
OpenCTD Store: oceanographyforeveryone.bigcartel.com
Almost forgot. Never forget. Capybara.
December 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Almost forgot. Never forget. Capybara.
It's increasingly clear that the US needs to ratify UNCLOS and become party to the Convention on the Law of the Sea for not just economic and diplomatic reasons, but as an urgent national security issue.
We cannot be a rogue nation on the high seas.
We cannot be a rogue nation on the high seas.
December 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
It's increasingly clear that the US needs to ratify UNCLOS and become party to the Convention on the Law of the Sea for not just economic and diplomatic reasons, but as an urgent national security issue.
We cannot be a rogue nation on the high seas.
We cannot be a rogue nation on the high seas.
One of the big promises from the next Democratic candidate needs to be a massive reinvestment in US Science.
“Thousands of very competitive projects in areas like cancer, diabetes, aging, neurological disorders and public health improvements most like went unfunded in 2025.
Similarly, at the National Science Foundation, the roughly 3,000 fewer new grants encompassed reductions to every area of science”
Similarly, at the National Science Foundation, the roughly 3,000 fewer new grants encompassed reductions to every area of science”
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
One of the big promises from the next Democratic candidate needs to be a massive reinvestment in US Science.
I find it highly unlikely that Adm. Bradley isn't fully verse in the CYA principle.
December 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I find it highly unlikely that Adm. Bradley isn't fully verse in the CYA principle.
Die Hard is a Hanukah movie.
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips
When Macaulay Culkin recently said he didn’t consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film – wading into one of pop culture’s most heated holiday debates – he was booed by a live audience.
But it looks like the British people are behind the actor, with a survey revealing that Home Alone is the UK’s favourite festive film, while Die Hard has officially been voted not a Christmas movie. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Die Hard is a Hanukah movie.
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"The BBNJ Agreement recommends a range of activities around capacity building and technology transfer that individual researchers could initiate...[and] many opportunities for researchers to support...conservation and sustainability objectives"
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An actionable guide to the United Nations' Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement for research scientists
The United Nations' “Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction” (BBNJ) Agreement establishes a broad framework regulating activities—including scientific research—in marine Areas Beyond National Juri...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"The BBNJ Agreement recommends a range of activities around capacity building and technology transfer that individual researchers could initiate...[and] many opportunities for researchers to support...conservation and sustainability objectives"
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If you run across a gen A.I. slop 🤖💩 diagram in an academic journal, I’d love to know about it! Please fill out this form:
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Slop in journals is illuminating about journals’ quality control. And journals would like you to forget their mistakes.
#AcademicChatter
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Slop in journals is illuminating about journals’ quality control. And journals would like you to forget their mistakes.
#AcademicChatter
Slop graphics in academic journals
Use this form to share graphics (e.g., figures, covers, graphical abstracts) made using generative A.I. that have appeared in academic journals.
The plan is to compile these slop graphics in an ope...
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December 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
If you run across a gen A.I. slop 🤖💩 diagram in an academic journal, I’d love to know about it! Please fill out this form:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Slop in journals is illuminating about journals’ quality control. And journals would like you to forget their mistakes.
#AcademicChatter
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Slop in journals is illuminating about journals’ quality control. And journals would like you to forget their mistakes.
#AcademicChatter
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“everyone is twelve” theory has reached Senator Kelly
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
“everyone is twelve” theory has reached Senator Kelly
You can currently only get it in Dominica, but I just sampled a bit of the orange rum liquor that Brett and the Rosalie Bay Distillery team brewed up and, holy mola. It. Is. Good.
Like, world class, good.
Like, world class, good.
December 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
You can currently only get it in Dominica, but I just sampled a bit of the orange rum liquor that Brett and the Rosalie Bay Distillery team brewed up and, holy mola. It. Is. Good.
Like, world class, good.
Like, world class, good.
Just to be clear, after a week of tantrums, the White House is acknowledging that an illegal order, for which refusing to comply is a requirement in the DoD's own guidelines, was issued.
White House says Adm. Mitch Bradley gave order on 2nd drug boat strike
Trump admin live updates: White House says Adm. Bradley gave order on 2nd drug boat strike
Karoline Leavitt said Adm. Mitch Bradley made the order for the second strike.
abcnews.go.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Just to be clear, after a week of tantrums, the White House is acknowledging that an illegal order, for which refusing to comply is a requirement in the DoD's own guidelines, was issued.
Man, the Discover feed really is the worst place to end up on this here Skynet.
December 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Man, the Discover feed really is the worst place to end up on this here Skynet.