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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NSF Update
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
February 13, 2026 at 9:22 PM
NSF Update
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
#FathomNet has a new Kaggle competition. We’re tackling one of the biggest challenges in computer vision for marine imagery: incomplete labels. I can't fit a full description on bluesky, so head over to www.kaggle.com/competitions... for all the details.
FathomNetCLEF2026 @ LifeCLEF & CVPR-FGVC
Positive-Unlabeled Object Detection in Marine Images
www.kaggle.com
February 19, 2026 at 4:41 PM
#FathomNet has a new Kaggle competition. We’re tackling one of the biggest challenges in computer vision for marine imagery: incomplete labels. I can't fit a full description on bluesky, so head over to www.kaggle.com/competitions... for all the details.
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Hey ChatGPT, create a a caricature of me and my job based on everything you know about me
February 7, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Hey ChatGPT, create a a caricature of me and my job based on everything you know about me
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it does feel fundamentally dysfunctional, right, to beg lawmakers to use the law to force law enforcement to obey the law
January 22, 2026 at 2:19 PM
it does feel fundamentally dysfunctional, right, to beg lawmakers to use the law to force law enforcement to obey the law
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The US is leaving some of the world’s oldest and most influential scientific networks involved in biodiversity research, climate science and conservation
go.nature.com/4pQDJ6R
go.nature.com/4pQDJ6R
The US is quitting 66 global agencies: what does it mean for science?
Nature - The United States is leaving some of the world’s oldest and most influential scientific networks involved in biodiversity research, climate science and conservation. Affected organizations...
go.nature.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:36 PM
The US is leaving some of the world’s oldest and most influential scientific networks involved in biodiversity research, climate science and conservation
go.nature.com/4pQDJ6R
go.nature.com/4pQDJ6R
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Deep-sea mining CEOs testifying on Capitol Hill right now saying U.S. needs to mine the high seas now before China does.
It's not true.
China is waiting for an international frameworks to take shape. America is the one going rogue. And that's driving U.S. allies closer to China. My reporting 👇
It's not true.
China is waiting for an international frameworks to take shape. America is the one going rogue. And that's driving U.S. allies closer to China. My reporting 👇
Trump’s push to mine deep-sea battery metals draws ire from allies
At U.N. talks in Jamaica, allies blasted the U.S. bid to unilaterally mine the high seas. Some made an unusual move to side with America’s economic foe:…
www.canarymedia.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Deep-sea mining CEOs testifying on Capitol Hill right now saying U.S. needs to mine the high seas now before China does.
It's not true.
China is waiting for an international frameworks to take shape. America is the one going rogue. And that's driving U.S. allies closer to China. My reporting 👇
It's not true.
China is waiting for an international frameworks to take shape. America is the one going rogue. And that's driving U.S. allies closer to China. My reporting 👇
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More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
January 17, 2026 at 5:36 PM
More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” ~ George Orwell, 1984
January 8, 2026 at 7:25 PM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” ~ George Orwell, 1984
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California residents can now request all data brokers delete personal info | Discussion
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
January 5, 2026 at 4:40 AM
California residents can now request all data brokers delete personal info | Discussion
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NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
n.pr
January 4, 2026 at 4:13 PM
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
An early morning photo of the R/V David Packard
January 2, 2026 at 4:33 PM
An early morning photo of the R/V David Packard
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Ocean heating defies all earlier projections. We are on the worst possible track. Yet this has completely vanished as a topic of conversation in America.
December 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Ocean heating defies all earlier projections. We are on the worst possible track. Yet this has completely vanished as a topic of conversation in America.
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60 minutes CECOT segment. Recorded through my browser. HD quality. Not phone. Spread it around. If you're press, it's yours. Go nuts.
It's streaming on a Canadian website, but there is no telling for how long.
www.filemail.com/d/wkcdttnacp...
It's streaming on a Canadian website, but there is no telling for how long.
www.filemail.com/d/wkcdttnacp...
Banned 60 Minutes CECOT Segment - Filemail
Get it while it's hot.
www.filemail.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
60 minutes CECOT segment. Recorded through my browser. HD quality. Not phone. Spread it around. If you're press, it's yours. Go nuts.
It's streaming on a Canadian website, but there is no telling for how long.
www.filemail.com/d/wkcdttnacp...
It's streaming on a Canadian website, but there is no telling for how long.
www.filemail.com/d/wkcdttnacp...
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Scientist at #AGU25 are speaking out to #SaveNCAR. Join more than 2000 of your colleagues to call or email your members of Congress to ask them to support NCAR today: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151...
December 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Scientist at #AGU25 are speaking out to #SaveNCAR. Join more than 2000 of your colleagues to call or email your members of Congress to ask them to support NCAR today: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151...
Abstract submissions for the 2026 Marine Imaging Workshop in Gibraltar is now open; the deadline for submission is January 30th, 2026. miw2026.org
This international Workshops assembles scientists and engineers to push the boundaries of marine imaging.
This international Workshops assembles scientists and engineers to push the boundaries of marine imaging.
Marine Imaging Workshop 2026 — Abstract Submission
Instructions and submission details for oral, poster and workshop presentations at the Marine Imaging Workshop 2026.
miw2026.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Abstract submissions for the 2026 Marine Imaging Workshop in Gibraltar is now open; the deadline for submission is January 30th, 2026. miw2026.org
This international Workshops assembles scientists and engineers to push the boundaries of marine imaging.
This international Workshops assembles scientists and engineers to push the boundaries of marine imaging.
I just got back from Victoria, BC. A city I visit often. I'm always impressed by how many people commute by bike there. And it's not an accident, the city has invested in an amazing biking infrastructure that other North American cities could learn from: youtu.be/FKMDMekErQ0
How to Build a Cycling City
YouTube video by Nic Laporte
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I just got back from Victoria, BC. A city I visit often. I'm always impressed by how many people commute by bike there. And it's not an accident, the city has invested in an amazing biking infrastructure that other North American cities could learn from: youtu.be/FKMDMekErQ0
MBARI and FathomNet collaborated with Meta on their new Segment Anything Model (SAM 3). Meta produced 294K segmentation masks for FathomNet data. More details at www.fathomnet.org/news/open-da...
#machinelearning #FathomNet #MBARI
#machinelearning #FathomNet #MBARI
Open Data Opens New Opportunities | FathomNet
www.fathomnet.org
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
MBARI and FathomNet collaborated with Meta on their new Segment Anything Model (SAM 3). Meta produced 294K segmentation masks for FathomNet data. More details at www.fathomnet.org/news/open-da...
#machinelearning #FathomNet #MBARI
#machinelearning #FathomNet #MBARI
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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
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