Spent today organising my screenshots from last years ROV dives. Mostly from Schmidt Ocean Institute and E/V Nautilus but also a few from MBARI, WHOI and NOAA.
I’m part of a Discord that discusses the dives as they’re happening, sharing screenshots and IDs of organisms and just generally being excited about the deep sea. We started as a small group of enthusiasts but now have a lot of the scientists from the various research institutes joining in and helping with IDs.
You know technology literacy is dying because I saw this meme with 76k likes
F11 the full screen button? You’re scared of the full screen button? F10?? It opens the menu bar???
Computers are so scary what if I accidentally hit F12 in a steam game and it takes a screenshot. What if I press shift + F12 while in word and accidentally save my document 😖
If you had to learn what the F keys on your computer do through me reblogging this post, then I’m glad you did. Computer literacy is not a skill that gets taught anymore, and it is absolutely one that needs to be taught in order to be learned. Don’t ever feel bad for not knowing something, but ☝️ don’t ever stop learning learning about your environment, the tools you use, and especially the people around you
In a great tumblr tradition, I have decided to rank the “woman scientist” emojis by various companies.
Apple:
I am concerned by the fact that the green liquid in the ehrlenmeyer flask is clearly producing some sort of gas, but she is only wearing splash glasses. This looks like safety goggle work. Her hair is definitely long enough to be pulled back. The chemical here is “generic green” colored, which is a solid choice, if rare in real life. Please increase your degree of lab safety! 4/10
Google:
she’s wearing proper goggles! Unfortunately, her hair is much longer, and definitely needs to be tied back. Also, she should not hold her weird purple liquid in such an unnatural way; she might drop it. I can’t tell if her labcoat is buttoned.
We see here the liquid is “generic purple,” and it is in a very confusing piece of glassware. The bottom is shaped like an ehrlenmeyer flask but it has a very long neck and the ticks go all the way up the next like it’s a graduated cylinder. I have never seen a piece of glassware like this. Why is it this shape why is her hand like that 2/10.
Samsung:
This woman definitely looks more like a scientist. She is older, wiser. She is not wearing any eye protection at all. Blue is an odd choice for a generic chemical color (although it does match her tshirt), but the ehrlenmeyer flask looks normal again. I think her labcoat is too big – I suspect she is facing the structural sexism towards people with larger hips and busts in labcoat sizing. I hope she puts eye protection on soon. I hope her lab increases her salary. 6/10.
Microsoft:
This woman might have hair that is short enough and structured enough that she doesn’t really need to pull it back, and she is wearing safety goggles! However, her lab coat is open. Her generic green liquid appears to be in a graduated cylinder and is over the top measurement mark, which means she doesn’t know how much she has. She seems enthusiastic, but I think she is not as educated as she thinks. This woman is performing science without understanding it 3/10.
Twitter:
Her hair is short, her labcoat is buttoned, her purple chemical is giving off purple gas in a test tube, and she’s wearing goggles. This is a quality assurance professional chemist, I think. She is about to put that test tube in a fume hood. I do not fear for her safety. This is a professional. 9/10.
Facebook:
the splash glasses are back! Now with purple test tube like the previous woman. This is the previous person’s coworker who insists it’s fine to not be as safe. Her expression shows me she is considering throwing that test tube. I fear for her. At least her lab coat is buttoned 1/10.
this crab has better table manners than some of the people I served when I was a waitress at the pub.
Joy and whimsy detected! This post is joyful and whimsical!
This distinguished gentlebeast appears to be a Smooth-handed Ghost Crab (Ocypode cordimana)!
They are members of the Ghost and Fiddler crab family Ocypodidae, and have a highly varied diet of plant/algal matter, other invertebrates, vertebrates, eggs, and carrion. They’re opportunistic and will try to get anything they can eat!
This species is also widely distributed across the Pacific and Indian oceans, where they can be found most active at night on beaches. Like other ghost and fiddler crabs, they typically stay hidden in their burrows during the day to avoid predators.
Grapes, as shown here, make for a delightful treat for captive Ocypodes; however, it should only be a treat and part of a balanced and varied diet including fish pellets, shellfish (such as clams), and veggies.
[ImageID: A small tan-and-beige ghost crab of the species Ocypode cordimana sitting on a sandy beach during evening hours. It has two large white claws with its right claw being slightly larger than the left. It has two black-colored eyes on eyestalks and a slightly pale pink-colored mouthparts called mandibles, maxillae, and maxilipeds. /. end ID]
