dr. mykle hoban
@thefishbotherer.bsky.social
A dedicated follower of fishes. Technical diving, mesophotic reefs, and biodiversity at the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology. (he/they)
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An antifascist popular front and transphobia are incompatible. A big tent that includes transphobes isn't a big tent, it's a tent with a hole in the roof.
November 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
An antifascist popular front and transphobia are incompatible. A big tent that includes transphobes isn't a big tent, it's a tent with a hole in the roof.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:06 AM
I grew up almost literally on the banks of the San Lorenzo.
Now I live in a place without really any rivers to speak of, tho Waolani stream goes right under my living room window and with all the rain we’ve had lately it’s not far from qualifying as a river.
Now I live in a place without really any rivers to speak of, tho Waolani stream goes right under my living room window and with all the rain we’ve had lately it’s not far from qualifying as a river.
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 13, 2026 at 4:57 AM
I grew up almost literally on the banks of the San Lorenzo.
Now I live in a place without really any rivers to speak of, tho Waolani stream goes right under my living room window and with all the rain we’ve had lately it’s not far from qualifying as a river.
Now I live in a place without really any rivers to speak of, tho Waolani stream goes right under my living room window and with all the rain we’ve had lately it’s not far from qualifying as a river.
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This is the ICE agent who murdered a woman by shooting her multiple times in the face.
January 7, 2026 at 7:14 PM
This is the ICE agent who murdered a woman by shooting her multiple times in the face.
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ramen places should have to tell you on the menu if your bowl only comes with half an egg
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 9:33 PM
ramen places should have to tell you on the menu if your bowl only comes with half an egg
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At least we don’t live in a world of staggering class disparity in which a tech magnate attempts to quash left-wing sentiment using sexualized artificial intelligence!
How 2026 was depicted in the sci-fi classic 'Metropolis' (1927)
January 2, 2026 at 11:57 AM
At least we don’t live in a world of staggering class disparity in which a tech magnate attempts to quash left-wing sentiment using sexualized artificial intelligence!
what does this mean
January 2, 2026 at 10:10 PM
what does this mean
When I worked at McMurdo, Werner Herzog was there to film ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD (2007). He gave a private screening of Tod Browning's FREAKS (1932) and afterwards I got to tell him about a movie* with an all-dwarf cast that he had never heard of.
*THE TERROR OF TINY TOWN (1938)
*THE TERROR OF TINY TOWN (1938)
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
When I worked at McMurdo, Werner Herzog was there to film ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD (2007). He gave a private screening of Tod Browning's FREAKS (1932) and afterwards I got to tell him about a movie* with an all-dwarf cast that he had never heard of.
*THE TERROR OF TINY TOWN (1938)
*THE TERROR OF TINY TOWN (1938)
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
I know this is ancillary to the point but this literally happened like three times in the last few years: tourists following their GPS drove straight down the boat ramp and INTO Honokōhau harbor on the Big Island. In front of people watching and yelling at them!
The thing about AI is that it’s that episode of the office where Michael listens to every step his GPS tells him even as he sees that he’s driving into a lake except the gps is AI bros and Michael is every ceo of every industry for some reason
December 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I know this is ancillary to the point but this literally happened like three times in the last few years: tourists following their GPS drove straight down the boat ramp and INTO Honokōhau harbor on the Big Island. In front of people watching and yelling at them!
I'm working on finally finishing something I started in 2015(!) and oh man I am in love with these old hand-drawn distribution maps. GIS could never. From a paper by the great (and recently departed) Bill Smith-Vaniz.
#fishes
#fishes
December 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I'm working on finally finishing something I started in 2015(!) and oh man I am in love with these old hand-drawn distribution maps. GIS could never. From a paper by the great (and recently departed) Bill Smith-Vaniz.
#fishes
#fishes
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what the actual fuck are these dumb motherfuckers doing
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
what the actual fuck are these dumb motherfuckers doing
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
How could I possibly identify Alan Moore as a…oh never mind got him
Spot Alan Moore in his 6th form Northampton Grammar School photo, taken two days before he was expelled
December 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
How could I possibly identify Alan Moore as a…oh never mind got him
Here's a #Crustmas / #fishmas / #25DaysOfFishmas double-whammy:
Two Cephalopholis igarashiensis groupers just partying in among an absolute MESS of little purple and yellow shrimps (what are they?!)
Filmed from a crewed submersible at ~215m on expedition in Tuvalu.
🐠🦑🦀
Two Cephalopholis igarashiensis groupers just partying in among an absolute MESS of little purple and yellow shrimps (what are they?!)
Filmed from a crewed submersible at ~215m on expedition in Tuvalu.
🐠🦑🦀
December 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Here's a #Crustmas / #fishmas / #25DaysOfFishmas double-whammy:
Two Cephalopholis igarashiensis groupers just partying in among an absolute MESS of little purple and yellow shrimps (what are they?!)
Filmed from a crewed submersible at ~215m on expedition in Tuvalu.
🐠🦑🦀
Two Cephalopholis igarashiensis groupers just partying in among an absolute MESS of little purple and yellow shrimps (what are they?!)
Filmed from a crewed submersible at ~215m on expedition in Tuvalu.
🐠🦑🦀
Happy #AntarcticaDay! Here I am almost 20 years ago, rising above the McMurdo Sound sea ice with Mount Erebus steaming in the distance. I still think about Antarctica all the time.
(working in Antarctica led, in a very roundabout way, to me studying Indo-Pacific reef fishes & biodiversity)
(working in Antarctica led, in a very roundabout way, to me studying Indo-Pacific reef fishes & biodiversity)
December 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Happy #AntarcticaDay! Here I am almost 20 years ago, rising above the McMurdo Sound sea ice with Mount Erebus steaming in the distance. I still think about Antarctica all the time.
(working in Antarctica led, in a very roundabout way, to me studying Indo-Pacific reef fishes & biodiversity)
(working in Antarctica led, in a very roundabout way, to me studying Indo-Pacific reef fishes & biodiversity)
Introduce yourself with five shows you've seen multiple times
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (every west coast date since like 2001)
Shellac (4x?)
Songs: Ohia/Magnolia Electric Co (3x, RIP Jason Molina)
Red Sparrowes (4x)
Sleep (3x)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (every west coast date since like 2001)
Shellac (4x?)
Songs: Ohia/Magnolia Electric Co (3x, RIP Jason Molina)
Red Sparrowes (4x)
Sleep (3x)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times
R.E.M.
OutKast
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
The Roots
R.E.M.
OutKast
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
The Roots
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
November 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Introduce yourself with five shows you've seen multiple times
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (every west coast date since like 2001)
Shellac (4x?)
Songs: Ohia/Magnolia Electric Co (3x, RIP Jason Molina)
Red Sparrowes (4x)
Sleep (3x)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (every west coast date since like 2001)
Shellac (4x?)
Songs: Ohia/Magnolia Electric Co (3x, RIP Jason Molina)
Red Sparrowes (4x)
Sleep (3x)
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Happy birthday Wata! ✌️
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Happy birthday Wata! ✌️
A movie that takes place where you're from
November 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from
Lilipuna Pier videos, part 4, bringing back #FlatFuckFriday (is that a thing still?):
Here's a young hīhīmanu or spotted eagle ray (Aeotobatus ocellatus). They seem to like to forage on the shallow reef flat under the pier and I love seeing them.
🐠🦑
Here's a young hīhīmanu or spotted eagle ray (Aeotobatus ocellatus). They seem to like to forage on the shallow reef flat under the pier and I love seeing them.
🐠🦑
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Lilipuna Pier videos, part 4, bringing back #FlatFuckFriday (is that a thing still?):
Here's a young hīhīmanu or spotted eagle ray (Aeotobatus ocellatus). They seem to like to forage on the shallow reef flat under the pier and I love seeing them.
🐠🦑
Here's a young hīhīmanu or spotted eagle ray (Aeotobatus ocellatus). They seem to like to forage on the shallow reef flat under the pier and I love seeing them.
🐠🦑
I hold the dubious honor of having done so on All Seven Continents. So I’m gonna cheat and say my exotic location is that collections as a whole.
what's the most exotic place you've ever puked? mine's not exactly exotic but i did once have a hangover at the nyc facebook office and barfed in their very nice bathroom
Got food poisoning from Fogo De Chao. Puked out the side of a moving cab along beautiful Copacabana Beach. The most exotic place I'll probably ever puke!
November 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I hold the dubious honor of having done so on All Seven Continents. So I’m gonna cheat and say my exotic location is that collections as a whole.
Part 3 of Bad Videos Taken from the Lilipuna Pier:
This smiley guy is Diodon hystrix, the kōkala or spotted porcupinefish. For some reason there's almost always a big aggregation of these guys in the deeper water off the end of the pier and I don't know why (though it's probably cleaning).
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This smiley guy is Diodon hystrix, the kōkala or spotted porcupinefish. For some reason there's almost always a big aggregation of these guys in the deeper water off the end of the pier and I don't know why (though it's probably cleaning).
🐠🦑
November 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Part 3 of Bad Videos Taken from the Lilipuna Pier:
This smiley guy is Diodon hystrix, the kōkala or spotted porcupinefish. For some reason there's almost always a big aggregation of these guys in the deeper water off the end of the pier and I don't know why (though it's probably cleaning).
🐠🦑
This smiley guy is Diodon hystrix, the kōkala or spotted porcupinefish. For some reason there's almost always a big aggregation of these guys in the deeper water off the end of the pier and I don't know why (though it's probably cleaning).
🐠🦑
Distorted Videos of Stuff I Saw Off The Lilipuna Pier, Part 2.
Today, we got squid. These are muhe‘e or bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana). I don't see them often, so I consider it a treat that several were hanging around this morning.
🐠🦑
Today, we got squid. These are muhe‘e or bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana). I don't see them often, so I consider it a treat that several were hanging around this morning.
🐠🦑
November 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Distorted Videos of Stuff I Saw Off The Lilipuna Pier, Part 2.
Today, we got squid. These are muhe‘e or bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana). I don't see them often, so I consider it a treat that several were hanging around this morning.
🐠🦑
Today, we got squid. These are muhe‘e or bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana). I don't see them often, so I consider it a treat that several were hanging around this morning.
🐠🦑