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Dr Thom
@thomaslinley.com
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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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Some #hoax #Mermaid examples.
October 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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ROBIO, one of @hadalbloke.bsky.social's early landers.
October 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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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
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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.
September 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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More nonsense from our #Antarctic data processing. The Antarctic jonasfish (Notolepis coatsi) were attracted to the ROV lights. This one shoots off like #roderunner.

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July 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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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
July 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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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
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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
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A nice side effect of joining #IntrepidTravel is the chance for #scicomm - talks on #ProjectESCA & #colossalsquid.
Loving the guest engagement and #fanart! Last night they were on the @deepseapodcast.bsky.social

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#Te_Papa
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Kat Bolstad gives a lecture in the lounge aboard the Ocean Endeavour. A life-sized plush colossal squid joins her on stage. Some of the fan art we have gotten from guests. Drawings and stories about squid and fish. Thom Linley gives a lecture in the lounge aboard the Ocean Endeavour.
March 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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It's happening! @autsquidsquad.bsky.social and I are out with #IntrepidTravel deploying #ProjectESCA in search of the #ColossalSquid.
Supported by @pure-ocean.bsky.social, #Te_Papa and #AutScience, we have developed a suitcase-sized light lure and camera system.

#deepsea
#deepocean
#Antarctica
Thom Linley and Kat Bolstad stand in front of an open hatch in safety gear. The ocean and icebergs are visible through it.
March 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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#pycnogonid #seaspider
February 4, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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More wonders from #AntarcticClimateConnections

#polychaete #bristleworm

Brought up in immaculate condition.
February 4, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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A #MinkeWhale came by to say hi.

#whale
#marinemammals
#AntarcticClimateConnections
February 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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A #bioluminescent #psudomorph captured by #ProjectESCA.

Many animals use light to distract a predator. Some bind it in mucose to give it a shape.
Like throwing your shadow so you can get away.

#antarcticclimateconnections
#PureOceanFund

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A blob of blue-green light against a black background.
January 31, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Tiny planet

#360video
#Antarctica
#Iceberg

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January 29, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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I can see my house from here

#AntarcticClimateConnections
#Antarctica
The research vessel Falkor too can be seen between two icebergs.
January 27, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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I hope our lure attracts squi...

THUNK!

#ProjectESCA works! Squid like the lure and a 360 camera means nowhere to hide.
Likely a glacial or clubhook #squid, this is 200m in #Antarctica

#AntarcticClimateConnections
#SchmidtOcean
#PureOceanFund
#Te_Papa

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January 26, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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A stampede of #seals while we're relaxing in the mess.

#Antarctica
#AntarcticClimateConnections
January 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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#bioluminescent #fireworks

#ProjectESCA is very light-sensitive, even detecting flashes from tiny organisms!

Something crashes, letting out a bio-firework in surprise!

#AntarcticClimateConnections
#Challenger150
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#PureOceanFund
January 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Control room vibes.

#ROV
#divestream
#AntarcticClimateConnections
January 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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I am already writing a sitcom about these two. Heartwarming unlikely friendship kinda thing.

#Antarctica #EmperorPenguin #penguin

#AntarcticaClimateConnections
January 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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A frenzy of activity as immaculate specimens arrive. The #crinoid is a filter feeding starfish relative.

#AntarcticClimateConnections is sampling seabed previously covered in ice that has no associated data; biological, geological, oceanographic, mapping... nada!

#Challenger150 #projectESCA
Scientists peer into clear containers filled with deep sea animals A clear container housing a crinoid. A feathery relative of starfish
January 21, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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#seals chilling on #icebergs in #Antarctica. I don't think I'm going to tyre of these views.

Extremely lucky to be here. Tomorrow the work starts...

#Challenger150
#AntarcticClimateConnections
January 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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We entered the #Antarctic #PolarCircle and stuff just started happening all at once!
#Icebergs and #whales out the window.
#AntarcticClimateConnections
January 16, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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We have just crossed the 60° parallel and entered #Antarctic waters. It was still dusk at midnight last night.
#AntarcticClimateConnections
January 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM