W. Sean Chamberlin
@schamberlin.bsky.social
Hapless ocean scientist. Toilsome book author. Purported college professor. Herder of cats. Waiting for my ship to come in.
Sometimes you just need a cat photo.
January 29, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Sometimes you just need a cat photo.
Talking science? Tread lightly. “People feel that science is this powerful source that is jerking them around and telling them what to do and making them feel stupid.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Science has a trust problem. How to solve it? Don’t be condescending
As science misinformation takes hold in the White House, those seeking to set the record straight need to meet people where they are
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Talking science? Tread lightly. “People feel that science is this powerful source that is jerking them around and telling them what to do and making them feel stupid.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Happy New Year. May your 2025 be happy, healthy, and harmonious.
January 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Happy New Year. May your 2025 be happy, healthy, and harmonious.
Castle made of sand fall in the sea eventually.
December 26, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Castle made of sand fall in the sea eventually.
Santa Ana visited last night and I dreamt I was in a tempest at sea.
December 10, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Santa Ana visited last night and I dreamt I was in a tempest at sea.
My new email signature. “The best time to call me is text message.” #wititudes
December 6, 2024 at 5:39 PM
My new email signature. “The best time to call me is text message.” #wititudes
“We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden.”
- Joni Mitchell
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden.”
- Joni Mitchell
December 4, 2024 at 5:50 PM
“We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden.”
- Joni Mitchell
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden.”
- Joni Mitchell
Practice resurrection. - Wendell Berry
December 3, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Practice resurrection. - Wendell Berry
“When we look into our own bodily formation, we see Mother Earth inside us, and so the whole universe is inside us, too.” Love Letter to the Earth, Thich Nhat Hanh.
December 2, 2024 at 6:00 PM
“When we look into our own bodily formation, we see Mother Earth inside us, and so the whole universe is inside us, too.” Love Letter to the Earth, Thich Nhat Hanh.
The story of my life, minus the red suit.
December 2, 2024 at 3:44 PM
The story of my life, minus the red suit.
Happy Native American Heritage Day. I just started reading Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer. A message for the soul. www.robinwallkimmerer.com/books
November 29, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Happy Native American Heritage Day. I just started reading Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer. A message for the soul. www.robinwallkimmerer.com/books
November 28, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Reposted by W. Sean Chamberlin
Gosh dang squirrels!! From ‘The Cat and the Kitten’ by Berta and Elmer Hader, 1940.
November 25, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Gosh dang squirrels!! From ‘The Cat and the Kitten’ by Berta and Elmer Hader, 1940.
Tis the sparkleball season. #christmas2024
November 20, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Tis the sparkleball season. #christmas2024
Reposted by W. Sean Chamberlin
November 11, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Reposted by W. Sean Chamberlin
Happy birthday to John Vaughan Thompson, the inventor of the plankton net! In 1816, Thompson lowered a muslin hoop net and collected many previously “invisible” marine animals. (e.g., Winsor 1969; Wheeler 1975; Young 1990; Damkaer 2016). Illustration by Nicole Shaw for WSC.
November 19, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Happy birthday to John Vaughan Thompson, the inventor of the plankton net! In 1816, Thompson lowered a muslin hoop net and collected many previously “invisible” marine animals. (e.g., Winsor 1969; Wheeler 1975; Young 1990; Damkaer 2016). Illustration by Nicole Shaw for WSC.
Surf long and prosper.
November 16, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Surf long and prosper.
The Seven Spheres. What's your favorite? Illustration by Fiona Martin for WSC. CC By 4.0
November 16, 2024 at 4:55 PM
The Seven Spheres. What's your favorite? Illustration by Fiona Martin for WSC. CC By 4.0
"Yo ho, yo ho, the oceanographer's life for me."
November 16, 2024 at 4:03 PM
"Yo ho, yo ho, the oceanographer's life for me."
Reposted by W. Sean Chamberlin
My cartoon for this week’s Guardian books…
November 16, 2024 at 12:04 PM
My cartoon for this week’s Guardian books…
Reposted by W. Sean Chamberlin
Great to see so many marine scientists already on Bluesky - to help get you find some of them here is a starting list list of a few marine biologists
If you want to be added (or deleted), or know other I have missed (many for sure) - just contact me and I'll sort it
go.bsky.app/RS5zQHv
If you want to be added (or deleted), or know other I have missed (many for sure) - just contact me and I'll sort it
go.bsky.app/RS5zQHv
November 8, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Great to see so many marine scientists already on Bluesky - to help get you find some of them here is a starting list list of a few marine biologists
If you want to be added (or deleted), or know other I have missed (many for sure) - just contact me and I'll sort it
go.bsky.app/RS5zQHv
If you want to be added (or deleted), or know other I have missed (many for sure) - just contact me and I'll sort it
go.bsky.app/RS5zQHv
I’m compiling a reading list of books that speak on anti-science, anti-intellectualism, and similar refrains. Casting my net wide to also include books that bring solace in these times, such as Wendell Berry’s “Peace of Wild Things.”
What are your favorites and suggestions?
What are your favorites and suggestions?
November 12, 2024 at 12:00 AM
I’m compiling a reading list of books that speak on anti-science, anti-intellectualism, and similar refrains. Casting my net wide to also include books that bring solace in these times, such as Wendell Berry’s “Peace of Wild Things.”
What are your favorites and suggestions?
What are your favorites and suggestions?