Dr Thom
@thomaslinley.com
Researching #deepsea #fish. Co-host of The Deep-Sea #Podcast @deepseapod.com. #TeamFish, Curator at The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. #tech and #SciComm. Views are my own. #dyslexic, he/him
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You ready for our 2026 Valentines??
The art is ready for ya 😍
As with everything on our shop, sales of these valentines support @skypeascientist.bsky.social!
This year's cards were designed by Philly artist @aprilfinfrock.bsky.social! Obsessed with how these turned out.
order at SquidFacts.net
The art is ready for ya 😍
As with everything on our shop, sales of these valentines support @skypeascientist.bsky.social!
This year's cards were designed by Philly artist @aprilfinfrock.bsky.social! Obsessed with how these turned out.
order at SquidFacts.net
December 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
You ready for our 2026 Valentines??
The art is ready for ya 😍
As with everything on our shop, sales of these valentines support @skypeascientist.bsky.social!
This year's cards were designed by Philly artist @aprilfinfrock.bsky.social! Obsessed with how these turned out.
order at SquidFacts.net
The art is ready for ya 😍
As with everything on our shop, sales of these valentines support @skypeascientist.bsky.social!
This year's cards were designed by Philly artist @aprilfinfrock.bsky.social! Obsessed with how these turned out.
order at SquidFacts.net
A gem from Andrew's book collection. Giving me nostalgia for Northern Hemisphere fishes... Where cod are cod dammit!
December 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
A gem from Andrew's book collection. Giving me nostalgia for Northern Hemisphere fishes... Where cod are cod dammit!
Conjoined African Rift Valley cichlids at the local aquarium. While one certainly got the short straw, both are alive at 9 days old.
December 17, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Conjoined African Rift Valley cichlids at the local aquarium. While one certainly got the short straw, both are alive at 9 days old.
A really nice video by @schmidtocean.bsky.social about our #Antarctic expedition.
It captures some of the emotion of being there and the sense of urgency.
I would not have been able to join if not for the support of @pure-ocean.bsky.social
and #TePapa
youtu.be/C4e3GZkGwxk?...
It captures some of the emotion of being there and the sense of urgency.
I would not have been able to join if not for the support of @pure-ocean.bsky.social
and #TePapa
youtu.be/C4e3GZkGwxk?...
Crossing the Divide | Climate Connections at the Ice-Sea Interface
YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean
youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:01 AM
A really nice video by @schmidtocean.bsky.social about our #Antarctic expedition.
It captures some of the emotion of being there and the sense of urgency.
I would not have been able to join if not for the support of @pure-ocean.bsky.social
and #TePapa
youtu.be/C4e3GZkGwxk?...
It captures some of the emotion of being there and the sense of urgency.
I would not have been able to join if not for the support of @pure-ocean.bsky.social
and #TePapa
youtu.be/C4e3GZkGwxk?...
Checking out our new neighbours @mitre10.bsky.social and loving seeing Te Papa feature so prominently on the mural as a Wellington icon.
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Checking out our new neighbours @mitre10.bsky.social and loving seeing Te Papa feature so prominently on the mural as a Wellington icon.
Managed to catch #MonstersoftheDeep at #AberdeenArtGallery. A fun and grounded exhibit on mythical #monsters, #hoaxes and real #deepsea #science. Including some of our old work.
October 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Managed to catch #MonstersoftheDeep at #AberdeenArtGallery. A fun and grounded exhibit on mythical #monsters, #hoaxes and real #deepsea #science. Including some of our old work.
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When a paragraph of text can make an image believable enough to fool nanna on Facebook, how can we help our listeners spot fakes. @TylerGreenfieId joins us again to help us tell the megs from the mermaids.
www.deepseapod.com/episodes/062...
#podcast #AIArt #AIHoax #cryptozoologist
www.deepseapod.com/episodes/062...
#podcast #AIArt #AIHoax #cryptozoologist
October 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
When a paragraph of text can make an image believable enough to fool nanna on Facebook, how can we help our listeners spot fakes. @TylerGreenfieId joins us again to help us tell the megs from the mermaids.
www.deepseapod.com/episodes/062...
#podcast #AIArt #AIHoax #cryptozoologist
www.deepseapod.com/episodes/062...
#podcast #AIArt #AIHoax #cryptozoologist
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Johanna was the first person to use our new #deepsea answerphone to tell us about her @schmidtocean.bsky.social expedition going #viral in #Argentina. A whole country following #deepocean exploration together.
Check our the full episode and our wider reading here:
www.deepseapod.com/episodes/062...
Check our the full episode and our wider reading here:
www.deepseapod.com/episodes/062...
October 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Johanna was the first person to use our new #deepsea answerphone to tell us about her @schmidtocean.bsky.social expedition going #viral in #Argentina. A whole country following #deepocean exploration together.
Check our the full episode and our wider reading here:
www.deepseapod.com/episodes/062...
Check our the full episode and our wider reading here:
www.deepseapod.com/episodes/062...
The magic of cross polarisation!
It's tough taking pics of fish. They're so shiny and it can hide the details.
If you polarise the light source and then add a polarising filter to the camera you can filter out all the scatter and be left with the beautiful details and colour.
It's tough taking pics of fish. They're so shiny and it can hide the details.
If you polarise the light source and then add a polarising filter to the camera you can filter out all the scatter and be left with the beautiful details and colour.
September 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The magic of cross polarisation!
It's tough taking pics of fish. They're so shiny and it can hide the details.
If you polarise the light source and then add a polarising filter to the camera you can filter out all the scatter and be left with the beautiful details and colour.
It's tough taking pics of fish. They're so shiny and it can hide the details.
If you polarise the light source and then add a polarising filter to the camera you can filter out all the scatter and be left with the beautiful details and colour.
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Introducing the Unseen Oceans Collective! Formed in 2026 this collective is bringing deep-ocean fine art and science events to international venues in 2025 and 2026. #sciart #scienceartists #unseenoceancollective #deep-sea #womeninscience #deepocean
September 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Introducing the Unseen Oceans Collective! Formed in 2026 this collective is bringing deep-ocean fine art and science events to international venues in 2025 and 2026. #sciart #scienceartists #unseenoceancollective #deep-sea #womeninscience #deepocean
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quick test print 🐡 ...
have to do some corrections
have to do some corrections
July 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
quick test print 🐡 ...
have to do some corrections
have to do some corrections
More nonsense from our #Antarctic data processing. The Antarctic jonasfish (Notolepis coatsi) were attracted to the ROV lights. This one shoots off like #roderunner.
@autsquidsquad.bsky.social
@autsquidsquad.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
More nonsense from our #Antarctic data processing. The Antarctic jonasfish (Notolepis coatsi) were attracted to the ROV lights. This one shoots off like #roderunner.
@autsquidsquad.bsky.social
@autsquidsquad.bsky.social
Me and @autsquidsquad.bsky.social have been annotating @schmidtocean.bsky.social #Antarctic footage today and it may have driven us a little.... Strange.
#soundon
#Cephalopods #octopus #antarctica
#soundon
#Cephalopods #octopus #antarctica
July 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Me and @autsquidsquad.bsky.social have been annotating @schmidtocean.bsky.social #Antarctic footage today and it may have driven us a little.... Strange.
#soundon
#Cephalopods #octopus #antarctica
#soundon
#Cephalopods #octopus #antarctica
We had a lot of gin-fueled fun on this one, @kaithefishguy.bsky.social is a good hang.
We also touch on #geekdome and meeting your idols at a #conference.
We also touch on #geekdome and meeting your idols at a #conference.
Learn all about the incredible biodiversity and unique challenges of #MesophoticReefs with @kaithefishguy.bsky.social on the new #DeepSea #Podcast episode. Plus, discover their unexpected links to the aquarium trade. Listen: deepseapod.podbean.com/e/mesophotic...
📷 Yi-Kai Tea
#marinescience
📷 Yi-Kai Tea
#marinescience
July 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
We had a lot of gin-fueled fun on this one, @kaithefishguy.bsky.social is a good hang.
We also touch on #geekdome and meeting your idols at a #conference.
We also touch on #geekdome and meeting your idols at a #conference.
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#newepisode just dropped!
Environmental #DNA or #eDNA is the study of genetic material in the #environment.
How can we apply it to the #deepsea? Revealing the hidden majority, changes through time and community structure, the possibilities seem endless.
open.spotify.com/episode/2XQv...
Environmental #DNA or #eDNA is the study of genetic material in the #environment.
How can we apply it to the #deepsea? Revealing the hidden majority, changes through time and community structure, the possibilities seem endless.
open.spotify.com/episode/2XQv...
June 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
#newepisode just dropped!
Environmental #DNA or #eDNA is the study of genetic material in the #environment.
How can we apply it to the #deepsea? Revealing the hidden majority, changes through time and community structure, the possibilities seem endless.
open.spotify.com/episode/2XQv...
Environmental #DNA or #eDNA is the study of genetic material in the #environment.
How can we apply it to the #deepsea? Revealing the hidden majority, changes through time and community structure, the possibilities seem endless.
open.spotify.com/episode/2XQv...
I haven't seen this misleading labelling method before. I was recommended the one on the right as better value. 10 mg of nothing is still nothing.
May 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I haven't seen this misleading labelling method before. I was recommended the one on the right as better value. 10 mg of nothing is still nothing.
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Dr Kat Bolstad (@autsquidsquad.bsky.social ) worked with glass squid expert Dr. Aaron Evans to help confirm this observation; she narrated this video. Read the full Schmidt Ocean Institute announcement here: schmidtocean.org/first-coloss...
First Confirmed Footage of a Colossal Squid—and it’s a Baby! - Schmidt Ocean Institute
One hundred years after its discovery, the colossal squid has been filmed alive in its environment for the first time by a team on board Schmidt Ocean Institute’s R/V Falkor (too) in waters off the So...
schmidtocean.org
April 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Dr Kat Bolstad (@autsquidsquad.bsky.social ) worked with glass squid expert Dr. Aaron Evans to help confirm this observation; she narrated this video. Read the full Schmidt Ocean Institute announcement here: schmidtocean.org/first-coloss...
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🦑 This baby is COLOSSAL! 🦑
First confirmed live observation of the colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, in its natural habitat. Filmed at about 600m near the South Sandwich Islands during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition. youtu.be/lzPoG9H8Hlo
First confirmed live observation of the colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, in its natural habitat. Filmed at about 600m near the South Sandwich Islands during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition. youtu.be/lzPoG9H8Hlo
Colossal Squid, 1st Live Observation | Searching for New Species in the South Sandwich Islands
YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean
youtu.be
April 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🦑 This baby is COLOSSAL! 🦑
First confirmed live observation of the colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, in its natural habitat. Filmed at about 600m near the South Sandwich Islands during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition. youtu.be/lzPoG9H8Hlo
First confirmed live observation of the colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, in its natural habitat. Filmed at about 600m near the South Sandwich Islands during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition. youtu.be/lzPoG9H8Hlo
#ColossalSquid has been filmed in its natural habitat for the first time!
Filmed in #Antarctica by @schmidtocean.bsky.social, we just had a press conference to share the news. @autsquidsquad.bsky.social provides the voiceover and context for the video. youtu.be/lzPoG9H8Hlo
@pure-ocean.bsky.social
Filmed in #Antarctica by @schmidtocean.bsky.social, we just had a press conference to share the news. @autsquidsquad.bsky.social provides the voiceover and context for the video. youtu.be/lzPoG9H8Hlo
@pure-ocean.bsky.social
Colossal Squid, 1st Live Observation | Searching for New Species in the South Sandwich Islands
YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean
youtu.be
April 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
#ColossalSquid has been filmed in its natural habitat for the first time!
Filmed in #Antarctica by @schmidtocean.bsky.social, we just had a press conference to share the news. @autsquidsquad.bsky.social provides the voiceover and context for the video. youtu.be/lzPoG9H8Hlo
@pure-ocean.bsky.social
Filmed in #Antarctica by @schmidtocean.bsky.social, we just had a press conference to share the news. @autsquidsquad.bsky.social provides the voiceover and context for the video. youtu.be/lzPoG9H8Hlo
@pure-ocean.bsky.social
I was on @rnz.co.nz.web.brid.gy #NinetoNoon this morning talking about joining the @schmidtocean.bsky.social expedition to explore a newly exposed area of #Antarctic #deepsea
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
#TePapa @pure-ocean.bsky.social
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
#TePapa @pure-ocean.bsky.social
Thriving ecosystem revealed after Antarctic iceberg sheared
Giant foot-long sea spiders, icefish with milky-white blood, and 200 year-old coral communities - these are among the creatures a team of international scientists came across when an iceberg the size ...
www.rnz.co.nz
April 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I was on @rnz.co.nz.web.brid.gy #NinetoNoon this morning talking about joining the @schmidtocean.bsky.social expedition to explore a newly exposed area of #Antarctic #deepsea
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
#TePapa @pure-ocean.bsky.social
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
#TePapa @pure-ocean.bsky.social
I hope I didn't break anything...
Me and the podcast now have our own domains!
You can find The Deep-Sea #Podcast @deepseapod.com
And me here @thomaslinley.com
Hopefully old tags should still go to the right place.
#deepsea #deepocean #marinebiology #science
Me and the podcast now have our own domains!
You can find The Deep-Sea #Podcast @deepseapod.com
And me here @thomaslinley.com
Hopefully old tags should still go to the right place.
#deepsea #deepocean #marinebiology #science
March 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I hope I didn't break anything...
Me and the podcast now have our own domains!
You can find The Deep-Sea #Podcast @deepseapod.com
And me here @thomaslinley.com
Hopefully old tags should still go to the right place.
#deepsea #deepocean #marinebiology #science
Me and the podcast now have our own domains!
You can find The Deep-Sea #Podcast @deepseapod.com
And me here @thomaslinley.com
Hopefully old tags should still go to the right place.
#deepsea #deepocean #marinebiology #science
We can now talk about what we found on the @schmidtocean.bsky.social #AntarcticClimateConnections expedition!
A huge section of #iceshelf broke off and politely got out of the way, allowing us to observe pristine under-ice habitat.
#TePapa
@pure-ocean.bsky.social
phys.org/news/2025-03...
A huge section of #iceshelf broke off and politely got out of the way, allowing us to observe pristine under-ice habitat.
#TePapa
@pure-ocean.bsky.social
phys.org/news/2025-03...
Thriving Antarctic ecosystems found in wake of recently detached iceberg
An international team on board Schmidt Ocean Institute's R/V Falkor (too) working in the Bellingshausen Sea rapidly pivoted their research plans to study an area that was, until last month, covered by...
phys.org
March 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
We can now talk about what we found on the @schmidtocean.bsky.social #AntarcticClimateConnections expedition!
A huge section of #iceshelf broke off and politely got out of the way, allowing us to observe pristine under-ice habitat.
#TePapa
@pure-ocean.bsky.social
phys.org/news/2025-03...
A huge section of #iceshelf broke off and politely got out of the way, allowing us to observe pristine under-ice habitat.
#TePapa
@pure-ocean.bsky.social
phys.org/news/2025-03...
The #blobfish is #NZFishoftheyear! Our maligned ambassador of the #deepsea and precious baby finally gets recognition. 2nd place went to another #deepocean fish, the #OrangeRoughy.
Check out the #TePapa #blog for the origin of that iconic image.
blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2024/09/09/t...
Check out the #TePapa #blog for the origin of that iconic image.
blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2024/09/09/t...
The blob blog | Te Papa’s Blog
This Psychrolutes microporos, also known as “Mr Blobby,” the blobfish, is the iconic ambassador for The Deep Sea and personifies everything we air-breathers seem to find weird about it. The image, …
blog.tepapa.govt.nz
March 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The #blobfish is #NZFishoftheyear! Our maligned ambassador of the #deepsea and precious baby finally gets recognition. 2nd place went to another #deepocean fish, the #OrangeRoughy.
Check out the #TePapa #blog for the origin of that iconic image.
blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2024/09/09/t...
Check out the #TePapa #blog for the origin of that iconic image.
blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2024/09/09/t...
A huge thanks to #IntrepidTravel for having me and @autsquidsquad.bsky.social aboard to deploy our #ProjectESCA #squid lure in #Antartica.
March 20, 2025 at 3:01 AM
A huge thanks to #IntrepidTravel for having me and @autsquidsquad.bsky.social aboard to deploy our #ProjectESCA #squid lure in #Antartica.