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...
I really want to go nightlighting but it is predicted to start raining as soon as I would be set up and persist moderately until close to when I’d need to leave :/
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I really want to go nightlighting but it is predicted to start raining as soon as I would be set up and persist moderately until close to when I’d need to leave :/
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wake up babe, new taningia observation dropped
one of my faves, great piloting by the ROV folks at @schmidtocean.bsky.social
one of my faves, great piloting by the ROV folks at @schmidtocean.bsky.social
ROV SuBastian pilots need raises because CAN YOU SEE IT?! ROV SuBastian in the eye of this Taningia! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 871 #asgardarchaea #MarineLife
November 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
wake up babe, new taningia observation dropped
one of my faves, great piloting by the ROV folks at @schmidtocean.bsky.social
one of my faves, great piloting by the ROV folks at @schmidtocean.bsky.social
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Jellyfish in Space T-Shirt! Jellyfish in Space T-Shirt!
(It's super comfy because it's printed on a Bella+Canvas Supersoft Tee)
noncompliantcyborg-shop.fourthwall.com/products/jel...
(It's super comfy because it's printed on a Bella+Canvas Supersoft Tee)
noncompliantcyborg-shop.fourthwall.com/products/jel...
Jellyfish in Space T-Shirt
Two of my deep loves since childhood are the ocean and space. I was looking at an old photograph I took of these Pacific Sea Nettle jellyfish, and imagining them floating through the stars.
The backgr...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Jellyfish in Space T-Shirt! Jellyfish in Space T-Shirt!
(It's super comfy because it's printed on a Bella+Canvas Supersoft Tee)
noncompliantcyborg-shop.fourthwall.com/products/jel...
(It's super comfy because it's printed on a Bella+Canvas Supersoft Tee)
noncompliantcyborg-shop.fourthwall.com/products/jel...
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🚨🚨 WeeooWeeoo 🚨🚨
Black Friday deals at the Squid facts shop are LIVE!
Here's the deal: When you buy calendars, stickers, and posters, you get the satisfaction of supporting science education FREE!
Wow!
What a deal!
Who could pass this opportunity up? not me! That's for sure.
SquidFacts.net
Black Friday deals at the Squid facts shop are LIVE!
Here's the deal: When you buy calendars, stickers, and posters, you get the satisfaction of supporting science education FREE!
Wow!
What a deal!
Who could pass this opportunity up? not me! That's for sure.
SquidFacts.net
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🚨🚨 WeeooWeeoo 🚨🚨
Black Friday deals at the Squid facts shop are LIVE!
Here's the deal: When you buy calendars, stickers, and posters, you get the satisfaction of supporting science education FREE!
Wow!
What a deal!
Who could pass this opportunity up? not me! That's for sure.
SquidFacts.net
Black Friday deals at the Squid facts shop are LIVE!
Here's the deal: When you buy calendars, stickers, and posters, you get the satisfaction of supporting science education FREE!
Wow!
What a deal!
Who could pass this opportunity up? not me! That's for sure.
SquidFacts.net
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When you shop for presents from artists & not a big corp, you might be perusing & be like "Is that... the Creature from the Black Lagoon slapping the wolfman's ass?!*"
or "Does that alligator have...starfish for pasties?!*"
So...it's better.
*Real thoughts that have crossed my mind in Philly
or "Does that alligator have...starfish for pasties?!*"
So...it's better.
*Real thoughts that have crossed my mind in Philly
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
When you shop for presents from artists & not a big corp, you might be perusing & be like "Is that... the Creature from the Black Lagoon slapping the wolfman's ass?!*"
or "Does that alligator have...starfish for pasties?!*"
So...it's better.
*Real thoughts that have crossed my mind in Philly
or "Does that alligator have...starfish for pasties?!*"
So...it's better.
*Real thoughts that have crossed my mind in Philly
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Tuesday is #GivingTuesday and Help Hope Live always makes such nice graphics for us, but I missed the deadline because I am doing so poorly -- I'm a victim in a serial predator case with zero support of any kind while
helphopelive.org/campaign/159...
helphopelive.org/campaign/159...
Donate to Midwest/West Catastrophic Illness Fund in honor of Karrie Higgins
Help Karrie Higgins's friends and family raise money for medical expenses associated with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Catastrophic Illness. Donate today.
helphopelive.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Tuesday is #GivingTuesday and Help Hope Live always makes such nice graphics for us, but I missed the deadline because I am doing so poorly -- I'm a victim in a serial predator case with zero support of any kind while
helphopelive.org/campaign/159...
helphopelive.org/campaign/159...
Jellyfish in Space T-Shirt! Jellyfish in Space T-Shirt!
(It's super comfy because it's printed on a Bella+Canvas Supersoft Tee)
noncompliantcyborg-shop.fourthwall.com/products/jel...
(It's super comfy because it's printed on a Bella+Canvas Supersoft Tee)
noncompliantcyborg-shop.fourthwall.com/products/jel...
Jellyfish in Space T-Shirt
Two of my deep loves since childhood are the ocean and space. I was looking at an old photograph I took of these Pacific Sea Nettle jellyfish, and imagining them floating through the stars.
The backgr...
noncompliantcyborg-shop.fourthwall.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Jellyfish in Space T-Shirt! Jellyfish in Space T-Shirt!
(It's super comfy because it's printed on a Bella+Canvas Supersoft Tee)
noncompliantcyborg-shop.fourthwall.com/products/jel...
(It's super comfy because it's printed on a Bella+Canvas Supersoft Tee)
noncompliantcyborg-shop.fourthwall.com/products/jel...
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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.
