Dr. Lauren Olinger
@reefecologist.bsky.social
Building an autonomous research lab on an island 🏝️ 🤫
Director: @the-vicar.bsky.social
Caribbean reefs 🐠 robotics 🤖 AI 🧠 code 💻 stats 🧮 inverts 🦀
Director: @the-vicar.bsky.social
Caribbean reefs 🐠 robotics 🤖 AI 🧠 code 💻 stats 🧮 inverts 🦀
Building a robotics and AI lab on a Caribbean island certainly has its challenges, but we are settling into our new home quite nicely! 👉🏻 follow @the-vicar.bsky.social if youre interested in robotics and AI for ecological conservation 🧪 #NSFfunded
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Building a robotics and AI lab on a Caribbean island certainly has its challenges, but we are settling into our new home quite nicely! 👉🏻 follow @the-vicar.bsky.social if youre interested in robotics and AI for ecological conservation 🧪 #NSFfunded
Perks of working a little past 5☀️
August 30, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Perks of working a little past 5☀️
Quick detour on the way to work this morning
August 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Quick detour on the way to work this morning
Michael is jealous of this strategy, but also too shy to attempt it.
June 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Michael is jealous of this strategy, but also too shy to attempt it.
June 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Omg Monroe looks a lot like our late Julep. She was also several updates behind 🥲
May 16, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Omg Monroe looks a lot like our late Julep. She was also several updates behind 🥲
Michael does not approve of the robot hogging the couch.
Sorry bud, firmware update.
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Sorry bud, firmware update.
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May 16, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Michael does not approve of the robot hogging the couch.
Sorry bud, firmware update.
🥺🧪
Sorry bud, firmware update.
🥺🧪
This is important research funded by #NSF looking at how sponge filter feeding changes the molecular makeup of seawater, with important implications for coral reefs and even bioremediation.
Great to see continuation of my PhD research! And I’m glad they moved the lab indoors 👍🏻🤣
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Great to see continuation of my PhD research! And I’m glad they moved the lab indoors 👍🏻🤣
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May 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This is important research funded by #NSF looking at how sponge filter feeding changes the molecular makeup of seawater, with important implications for coral reefs and even bioremediation.
Great to see continuation of my PhD research! And I’m glad they moved the lab indoors 👍🏻🤣
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Great to see continuation of my PhD research! And I’m glad they moved the lab indoors 👍🏻🤣
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Well I guess I’m oppressed 🥲
May 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Well I guess I’m oppressed 🥲
Evaporative cooling. Also most electricity is based on heating water to spin magnets around wires.
Even then, LLMs aren’t bad for the environment in terms of water use. And it dangerous red herring for other issues - sincerely an environmental scientist.
andymasley.substack.com/p/individual...
Even then, LLMs aren’t bad for the environment in terms of water use. And it dangerous red herring for other issues - sincerely an environmental scientist.
andymasley.substack.com/p/individual...
May 10, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Evaporative cooling. Also most electricity is based on heating water to spin magnets around wires.
Even then, LLMs aren’t bad for the environment in terms of water use. And it dangerous red herring for other issues - sincerely an environmental scientist.
andymasley.substack.com/p/individual...
Even then, LLMs aren’t bad for the environment in terms of water use. And it dangerous red herring for other issues - sincerely an environmental scientist.
andymasley.substack.com/p/individual...
The cherry on top of the dystopian sunday is paywalling articles about NSF grants being killed @science.org 🫠 🧪
April 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The cherry on top of the dystopian sunday is paywalling articles about NSF grants being killed @science.org 🫠 🧪
thank you for your message I am out of office this week
April 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
thank you for your message I am out of office this week
Good morning from a bright and early crossing from St. Thomas to St. Croix, USVI!
We will be in St. Croix for a week conducting reef surveys to see the aftermath of bleaching last fall.
More somber circumstances, but happy to be in the water with a great team #TCRMP
We will be in St. Croix for a week conducting reef surveys to see the aftermath of bleaching last fall.
More somber circumstances, but happy to be in the water with a great team #TCRMP
April 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Good morning from a bright and early crossing from St. Thomas to St. Croix, USVI!
We will be in St. Croix for a week conducting reef surveys to see the aftermath of bleaching last fall.
More somber circumstances, but happy to be in the water with a great team #TCRMP
We will be in St. Croix for a week conducting reef surveys to see the aftermath of bleaching last fall.
More somber circumstances, but happy to be in the water with a great team #TCRMP
If you look close, you can see the whale shark
📍 Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama
📸 Canon R5C
📍 Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama
📸 Canon R5C
March 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
If you look close, you can see the whale shark
📍 Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama
📸 Canon R5C
📍 Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama
📸 Canon R5C
Hola from Panama!
Glad to report the reefs aren’t as wrecked as everyone here was expecting after the heatwaves. Coral pics coming as soon as I empty the memory card 👀
Tmrw we cross the jungle to final destination: Coibita!
Glad to report the reefs aren’t as wrecked as everyone here was expecting after the heatwaves. Coral pics coming as soon as I empty the memory card 👀
Tmrw we cross the jungle to final destination: Coibita!
March 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Hola from Panama!
Glad to report the reefs aren’t as wrecked as everyone here was expecting after the heatwaves. Coral pics coming as soon as I empty the memory card 👀
Tmrw we cross the jungle to final destination: Coibita!
Glad to report the reefs aren’t as wrecked as everyone here was expecting after the heatwaves. Coral pics coming as soon as I empty the memory card 👀
Tmrw we cross the jungle to final destination: Coibita!
Is it absolutely wild to anyone else that we are in a place where the natl park service is broadcasting cryptic codes messages from an “alt” account?
I know altnps is not new, but still. It’s hard to imagine friendly folks in brown hats organizing an underground resistance but I hope they succeed!
I know altnps is not new, but still. It’s hard to imagine friendly folks in brown hats organizing an underground resistance but I hope they succeed!
February 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Is it absolutely wild to anyone else that we are in a place where the natl park service is broadcasting cryptic codes messages from an “alt” account?
I know altnps is not new, but still. It’s hard to imagine friendly folks in brown hats organizing an underground resistance but I hope they succeed!
I know altnps is not new, but still. It’s hard to imagine friendly folks in brown hats organizing an underground resistance but I hope they succeed!
Does Ted Cruz realize his little audit has implicated his own Texas constituents for "advancing neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda" to the tune of over $150million in NSF grants, third highest behind "far-left" NY ($165mil) and Ca ($234mil)?
www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...
www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...
February 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Does Ted Cruz realize his little audit has implicated his own Texas constituents for "advancing neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda" to the tune of over $150million in NSF grants, third highest behind "far-left" NY ($165mil) and Ca ($234mil)?
www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...
www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...
I know its just a smokescreen for all the other ghoulish sh*t theyre doing, but seeing Gulf of America on official NHC website makes me want to throatpunch someone
February 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I know its just a smokescreen for all the other ghoulish sh*t theyre doing, but seeing Gulf of America on official NHC website makes me want to throatpunch someone
Free to share with the invert nerd in your life 🧪
My contribution inspired by a ❤️heart shaped excavating sponge (Cliona/Cliothosa delitrix) we found a few years ago 😏😍 happy #valentines day
My contribution inspired by a ❤️heart shaped excavating sponge (Cliona/Cliothosa delitrix) we found a few years ago 😏😍 happy #valentines day
February 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Free to share with the invert nerd in your life 🧪
My contribution inspired by a ❤️heart shaped excavating sponge (Cliona/Cliothosa delitrix) we found a few years ago 😏😍 happy #valentines day
My contribution inspired by a ❤️heart shaped excavating sponge (Cliona/Cliothosa delitrix) we found a few years ago 😏😍 happy #valentines day
Oh lord , NOAA is trending.
February 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Oh lord , NOAA is trending.
sometimes you go to the tire store and it’s 10$ to patch a hole, other times it’s 800$ for four new tires. Today it’s the latter.
Good thing my job is totally secure and in no existential danger 😂
Good thing my job is totally secure and in no existential danger 😂
February 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
sometimes you go to the tire store and it’s 10$ to patch a hole, other times it’s 800$ for four new tires. Today it’s the latter.
Good thing my job is totally secure and in no existential danger 😂
Good thing my job is totally secure and in no existential danger 😂
Our field tech cabinet is looking so good, and ready for robot no. 2! 🥳 🌸 🧪 #springcleaning
January 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Our field tech cabinet is looking so good, and ready for robot no. 2! 🥳 🌸 🧪 #springcleaning
Hi new followers 🥹 Reposting my introduction from the #xodus. Hope everyone is enjoying bluesky as much as I am and finding new friends and communities!
The #catpics are also great.
On that note, let me also reintroduce Michael, 100% Grade "A" Basic Gray Tabby© and destroyer of indoor island bugs
The #catpics are also great.
On that note, let me also reintroduce Michael, 100% Grade "A" Basic Gray Tabby© and destroyer of indoor island bugs
January 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM