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.
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They also dramatically increased safety and regulations of ships on the Great Lakes, but yes a large part is NOAA. There are 50 weather buoys on the Great Lakes now, 30 on Lake Superior alone.
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
They also dramatically increased safety and regulations of ships on the Great Lakes, but yes a large part is NOAA. There are 50 weather buoys on the Great Lakes now, 30 on Lake Superior alone.
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I worked at NWS Cleveland in the mid '90s when it had become a central hub for Great Lakes forecasting as part of an organized effort by NOAA and the shipping community to improve forecasting for the lakes after the Edmund Fitzgerald. Some great NWS work especially at Cleveland made it a success.
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I worked at NWS Cleveland in the mid '90s when it had become a central hub for Great Lakes forecasting as part of an organized effort by NOAA and the shipping community to improve forecasting for the lakes after the Edmund Fitzgerald. Some great NWS work especially at Cleveland made it a success.
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
At seven p.m., a main hatchway caved in.
"Fellas, it's been good to know ya."
"Fellas, it's been good to know ya."
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
At seven p.m., a main hatchway caved in.
"Fellas, it's been good to know ya."
"Fellas, it's been good to know ya."
Want to feel old? 2075 is as far away from now as today is from the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
And in 2075, we'll still be listening to Gordon Lightfoot.
And in 2075, we'll still be listening to Gordon Lightfoot.
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Want to feel old? 2075 is as far away from now as today is from the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
And in 2075, we'll still be listening to Gordon Lightfoot.
And in 2075, we'll still be listening to Gordon Lightfoot.
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Even weirder to realize that while we are both fancy bags of water, a snail is a bag of water that moves by leaking.
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Even weirder to realize that while we are both fancy bags of water, a snail is a bag of water that moves by leaking.
Never before have I witness the whole spectrum of liberalism, from centrist democrats to the farthest leftists, so completely united against a common enemy. Too bad it's the Senate Democrats.
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Never before have I witness the whole spectrum of liberalism, from centrist democrats to the farthest leftists, so completely united against a common enemy. Too bad it's the Senate Democrats.
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Do you ever just stop and take a moment to think just how weird it is that we live on the same planet as snails?
November 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Do you ever just stop and take a moment to think just how weird it is that we live on the same planet as snails?
I love that my little midnight musing has created a movement. Bluesky is snails, now. Snails, only.
Okay I am getting creative. Snails are everywhere 🐌
2350m up in the Alps, under da sea, and in between. Heliciniae indet, Doriprismatica atromarginata, Aplysia californica
2350m up in the Alps, under da sea, and in between. Heliciniae indet, Doriprismatica atromarginata, Aplysia californica
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I love that my little midnight musing has created a movement. Bluesky is snails, now. Snails, only.
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Look at this beautiful keyhole limpet! Saw this one off Anacapa a few weeks ago
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Look at this beautiful keyhole limpet! Saw this one off Anacapa a few weeks ago
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Okay I am getting creative. Snails are everywhere 🐌
2350m up in the Alps, under da sea, and in between. Heliciniae indet, Doriprismatica atromarginata, Aplysia californica
2350m up in the Alps, under da sea, and in between. Heliciniae indet, Doriprismatica atromarginata, Aplysia californica
November 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Okay I am getting creative. Snails are everywhere 🐌
2350m up in the Alps, under da sea, and in between. Heliciniae indet, Doriprismatica atromarginata, Aplysia californica
2350m up in the Alps, under da sea, and in between. Heliciniae indet, Doriprismatica atromarginata, Aplysia californica
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy
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When the skies of November turn gloomy
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November 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy
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When the skies of November turn gloomy
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I don't think it's an apocalyptic capitulation on the part of Senate Dems and can see some of the strategy here, but boy does this suck.
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I don't think it's an apocalyptic capitulation on the part of Senate Dems and can see some of the strategy here, but boy does this suck.
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I’ve voted 7 times to reopen the government in a way that holds Trump accountable for his lawlessness and prevents a health care crisis.
I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO.
Full statement:
I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO.
Full statement:
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I’ve voted 7 times to reopen the government in a way that holds Trump accountable for his lawlessness and prevents a health care crisis.
I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO.
Full statement:
I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO.
Full statement:
Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Takes whatever signs and portents you need from that fact.
Takes whatever signs and portents you need from that fact.
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Takes whatever signs and portents you need from that fact.
Takes whatever signs and portents you need from that fact.
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snailposting!
(a snail I met in Borneo)
(a snail I met in Borneo)
November 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
snailposting!
(a snail I met in Borneo)
(a snail I met in Borneo)
As the final counts trickle in, it's becoming pretty clear that Tuesday was an historic shift.
In Georgia’s statewide races on Tuesday, the two Democratic candidates won 8 counties where, in 2024, Kamala Harris had received UNDER 40%.
via: almanacofamericanpolitics.substack.com/p/democrats-...
via: almanacofamericanpolitics.substack.com/p/democrats-...
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
As the final counts trickle in, it's becoming pretty clear that Tuesday was an historic shift.
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#snailposting Strombus pugilis, fighting conch #snails 🐌
November 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
#snailposting Strombus pugilis, fighting conch #snails 🐌
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we're snailposting, post your snails
Do you ever just stop and take a moment to think just how weird it is that we live on the same planet as snails?
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 AM
we're snailposting, post your snails
Do you ever just stop and take a moment to think just how weird it is that we live on the same planet as snails?
November 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Do you ever just stop and take a moment to think just how weird it is that we live on the same planet as snails?
Every so often I think about the two grads students in my old lab who had to sort through hundreds of thousands of seafloor images to find ecologically interesting regions. One built this super sophisticated machine learning algorithm that was, honestly, very very impressive.
November 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Every so often I think about the two grads students in my old lab who had to sort through hundreds of thousands of seafloor images to find ecologically interesting regions. One built this super sophisticated machine learning algorithm that was, honestly, very very impressive.
A weird thing about James Watson is that he auctioned off his Nobel Prize and then pivoted to extreme science denial and racial essentialism and became a darling of Gamergate and then we learned that one of the currently sanctioned Russian oligarchs bought it for millions and then gave it back.
November 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
A weird thing about James Watson is that he auctioned off his Nobel Prize and then pivoted to extreme science denial and racial essentialism and became a darling of Gamergate and then we learned that one of the currently sanctioned Russian oligarchs bought it for millions and then gave it back.
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