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.
Often seen at https://hachyderm.io/@Schlining, https://github.com/hohonuuli, and Pacific Grove, CA.
©2023-2024 Brian Schlining. Views are my own.
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Meet the engineering team behind one of MBARI’s new underwater imaging systems 🤖🔧
Our scientists and engineers work side by side to develop cutting-edge tools that track ocean health in real time and help us visualize the ocean like never before.
Learn more: youtu.be/Kqo4MhthIkQ?...
Our scientists and engineers work side by side to develop cutting-edge tools that track ocean health in real time and help us visualize the ocean like never before.
Learn more: youtu.be/Kqo4MhthIkQ?...
Meet the engineering team behind one of MBARI’s new underwater imaging systems
YouTube video by MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Meet the engineering team behind one of MBARI’s new underwater imaging systems 🤖🔧
Our scientists and engineers work side by side to develop cutting-edge tools that track ocean health in real time and help us visualize the ocean like never before.
Learn more: youtu.be/Kqo4MhthIkQ?...
Our scientists and engineers work side by side to develop cutting-edge tools that track ocean health in real time and help us visualize the ocean like never before.
Learn more: youtu.be/Kqo4MhthIkQ?...
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The Trump administration removed the 5th National climate assessment, which was congressionally mandated and taxpayer funded, because they deny science. It’s now back online on a non-government website.
Fifth National Climate Assessment
The Fifth National Climate Assessment is the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. It is a congressionally mandated interagency effort that provides the…
nca5.climate.us
October 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The Trump administration removed the 5th National climate assessment, which was congressionally mandated and taxpayer funded, because they deny science. It’s now back online on a non-government website.
(2013) Obama responds to hecklers at speech
YouTube video by CNN
youtu.be
October 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Attorney General Pam Bondi came before the Judiciary Committee today.
But she refused to answer a raft of important questions.
On Tom Homan's bribe.
On Donald Trump's new luxury plane.
On January 6th pardons.
On illegal strikes in the Caribbean.
On Epstein.
The stonewalling was staggering.
But she refused to answer a raft of important questions.
On Tom Homan's bribe.
On Donald Trump's new luxury plane.
On January 6th pardons.
On illegal strikes in the Caribbean.
On Epstein.
The stonewalling was staggering.
October 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Attorney General Pam Bondi came before the Judiciary Committee today.
But she refused to answer a raft of important questions.
On Tom Homan's bribe.
On Donald Trump's new luxury plane.
On January 6th pardons.
On illegal strikes in the Caribbean.
On Epstein.
The stonewalling was staggering.
But she refused to answer a raft of important questions.
On Tom Homan's bribe.
On Donald Trump's new luxury plane.
On January 6th pardons.
On illegal strikes in the Caribbean.
On Epstein.
The stonewalling was staggering.
Fantastic biography from Dr. Bruce Robison, a midwater researcher and one of the founding scientists of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...
academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...
What's down there?
Abstract. My career has been a series of adventures and occasional misadventures that have been both physically and intellectually challenging. I suspect t
academic.oup.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Fantastic biography from Dr. Bruce Robison, a midwater researcher and one of the founding scientists of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...
academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...
The 6th Marine Imaging Workshop will take place in Gibraltar from 19-21 May 2026.
Topics include:
- Imagery collection and processing
- Still and video annotation
- Machine learning approaches
- Image and video data management
- Applications in marine research and conservation
…and much more.
Topics include:
- Imagery collection and processing
- Still and video annotation
- Machine learning approaches
- Image and video data management
- Applications in marine research and conservation
…and much more.
September 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The 6th Marine Imaging Workshop will take place in Gibraltar from 19-21 May 2026.
Topics include:
- Imagery collection and processing
- Still and video annotation
- Machine learning approaches
- Image and video data management
- Applications in marine research and conservation
…and much more.
Topics include:
- Imagery collection and processing
- Still and video annotation
- Machine learning approaches
- Image and video data management
- Applications in marine research and conservation
…and much more.
MBARI has released a benchmark dataset for multi-object tracking on deep-sea video.
- Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2509.03499
- Dataset: huggingface.co/datasets/MBA...
- Workflow: docs.mbari.org/benchmark_ev...
#machinelearning #deepsea
- Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2509.03499
- Dataset: huggingface.co/datasets/MBA...
- Workflow: docs.mbari.org/benchmark_ev...
#machinelearning #deepsea
DeepSea MOT: A benchmark dataset for multi-object tracking on deep-sea video
Benchmarking multi-object tracking and object detection model performance is an essential step in machine learning model development, as it allows researchers to evaluate model detection and tracker p...
arxiv.org
September 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
MBARI has released a benchmark dataset for multi-object tracking on deep-sea video.
- Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2509.03499
- Dataset: huggingface.co/datasets/MBA...
- Workflow: docs.mbari.org/benchmark_ev...
#machinelearning #deepsea
- Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2509.03499
- Dataset: huggingface.co/datasets/MBA...
- Workflow: docs.mbari.org/benchmark_ev...
#machinelearning #deepsea
I just rolled out major updates to both the front-end and back-end of database.fathomnet.org. 😱 Most users may not notice much but it sets the stage for much faster development cycles in the future.
#quarkus #vue3
#quarkus #vue3
FathomNet Database
database.fathomnet.org
August 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I just rolled out major updates to both the front-end and back-end of database.fathomnet.org. 😱 Most users may not notice much but it sets the stage for much faster development cycles in the future.
#quarkus #vue3
#quarkus #vue3
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Media over QUIC (MoQ): Refactoring the Internet's real-time media stack | Discussion
MoQ: Refactoring the Internet's real-time media stack
For years, developers have been stitching together multiple protocols for real-time media, trading latency for scale and simplicity. Media over QUIC (MoQ) is a new IETF standard that resolves this conflict, creating a single foundation for sub-second, interactive streaming at a global scale.
blog.cloudflare.com
August 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Media over QUIC (MoQ): Refactoring the Internet's real-time media stack | Discussion
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Congress eliminated public media funding, and the president signed it into law. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
July 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Congress eliminated public media funding, and the president signed it into law. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
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Deep-sea mining threatens sea life in a way no one is thinking about − by dumping debris into the thriving midwater zone
Deep-sea mining threatens sea life in a way no one is thinking about − by dumping debris into the thriving midwater zone
A planned mining method to gather critical minerals from the seafloor would create sediment plumes higher up in the water column where many creatures live.
theconversation.com
July 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Deep-sea mining threatens sea life in a way no one is thinking about − by dumping debris into the thriving midwater zone
We've got a new paper out: "Assisting human annotation of marine images with foundation models". www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
July 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
We've got a new paper out: "Assisting human annotation of marine images with foundation models". www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
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Alaska Airlines requests ground stop for all mainline aircraft, FAA says reut.rs/4f0jq2Y
Alaska Airlines requests ground stop for all mainline aircraft, FAA says
Alaska Airlines has requested a ground stop for all its mainline aircraft, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) status page said on Sunday.
reut.rs
July 21, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Alaska Airlines requests ground stop for all mainline aircraft, FAA says reut.rs/4f0jq2Y
Timeline cleanse youtu.be/9DBSCkga_W0
Dancing deep-sea clams thrive on the seafloor off Southern California
YouTube video by MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
youtu.be
July 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Timeline cleanse youtu.be/9DBSCkga_W0
The White House Office of Management and Budget has announced a plan to shut down 41 NASA space missions including somewhere they've already built the spacecraft. There's a list of missions to be cut at www.planetary.org/articles/bil...
New NASA budget would shut down 41 space missions
Proposed NASA cuts would cancel dozens of space missions — including spacecraft already paid for, launched, and making discoveries.
www.planetary.org
July 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The White House Office of Management and Budget has announced a plan to shut down 41 NASA space missions including somewhere they've already built the spacecraft. There's a list of missions to be cut at www.planetary.org/articles/bil...
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OMG I have learned there is a place called the Susami SHRIMP AND CRAB AQUARIUM in Japan! 🦀🦐
Here are a couple of articles about how it is tiny but locally beloved 🤩
@crabspromenade.bsky.social @k-hermit.com have you been?
english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/5...
Here are a couple of articles about how it is tiny but locally beloved 🤩
@crabspromenade.bsky.social @k-hermit.com have you been?
english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/5...
Japan’s Shrimp, Crabs on Display in ‘Picture Book Tanks’; Aquarium in Wakayama Pref. Shows Off Diversity of Local Crustacean Life
<p>WAKAYAMA — An aquarium in Susami, Wakayama Prefecture, has created a buzz by unveiling what it calls “picture book tanks.”</p>
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp
July 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
OMG I have learned there is a place called the Susami SHRIMP AND CRAB AQUARIUM in Japan! 🦀🦐
Here are a couple of articles about how it is tiny but locally beloved 🤩
@crabspromenade.bsky.social @k-hermit.com have you been?
english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/5...
Here are a couple of articles about how it is tiny but locally beloved 🤩
@crabspromenade.bsky.social @k-hermit.com have you been?
english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/5...
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I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.
July 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.
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Proposed NOAA budget zeros out ALL climate laboratories and cooperative institutions.
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
June 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Proposed NOAA budget zeros out ALL climate laboratories and cooperative institutions.
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
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You know those “Antarctica Today” posts I’d put up for a while, showing surface melt extent accross Antarctica for every day of the melt season (Oct - April)?
They relied 100% on this data stream. Take it offline, that goes away completely.
Sea ice extent uses it too.
They relied 100% on this data stream. Take it offline, that goes away completely.
Sea ice extent uses it too.
Awful. More horrible science news
"The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) learned yesterday that the Department of Defense (DoD) will stop processing & delivering the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) data no later than 30 June 2025."
"The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) learned yesterday that the Department of Defense (DoD) will stop processing & delivering the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) data no later than 30 June 2025."
June 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
You know those “Antarctica Today” posts I’d put up for a while, showing surface melt extent accross Antarctica for every day of the melt season (Oct - April)?
They relied 100% on this data stream. Take it offline, that goes away completely.
Sea ice extent uses it too.
They relied 100% on this data stream. Take it offline, that goes away completely.
Sea ice extent uses it too.
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Laguna Seca, home to the Sea Otter Classic, is finalizing its Facilities Master Plan and considering a permanent bike park slalom course. #MountainBiking advocates who enjoy riding in the #Monterey area can sign and share a petition to support this bike park.
chng.it/Tc6nkyCgmX
chng.it/Tc6nkyCgmX
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
URGENT: Sign Petition for Monterey/Laguna Seca Bike Park
chng.it
May 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Laguna Seca, home to the Sea Otter Classic, is finalizing its Facilities Master Plan and considering a permanent bike park slalom course. #MountainBiking advocates who enjoy riding in the #Monterey area can sign and share a petition to support this bike park.
chng.it/Tc6nkyCgmX
chng.it/Tc6nkyCgmX
What if you funneled Niagara Falls through a straw?
YouTube video by xkcd's What If?
youtu.be
June 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Laguna Seca, home to the Sea Otter Classic, is finalizing its Facilities Master Plan and considering a permanent bike park slalom course. #MountainBiking advocates who enjoy riding in the #Monterey area can sign and share a petition to support this bike park.
chng.it/Tc6nkyCgmX
chng.it/Tc6nkyCgmX
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
URGENT: Sign Petition for Monterey/Laguna Seca Bike Park
chng.it
May 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Laguna Seca, home to the Sea Otter Classic, is finalizing its Facilities Master Plan and considering a permanent bike park slalom course. #MountainBiking advocates who enjoy riding in the #Monterey area can sign and share a petition to support this bike park.
chng.it/Tc6nkyCgmX
chng.it/Tc6nkyCgmX