Uniting ocean enthusiasts over a pint! Ocean Hoptimism is a monthly gathering of ocean conservation, science, exploration, art, recreation, policy, & beer enthusiasts in SF Bay Area. Pint-sized hope for a brighter ocean future! www.oceanhoptimism.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3mzbmz3tt7c2w https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfM7E6fxFmM/?exln=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==01 Nov 2026 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzbmz3tt7c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3mzbko3z4k22tVote like the ocean is on the ballot. Because it is. Clean water, thriving wildlife, protected areas, coastal communities, sustainable fisheries, and the science that guides their protection and our wonder all depend on public decisions. Bring your love for the ocean to the voting booth.01 Nov 2026 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzbko3z4k22thttps://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3mzbi5v4rdc2tAntarctic krill feed whales, penguins and seals. Yet governments ended negotiations with no new marine protected areas and no stronger krill-fishing safeguards, conservation observers report. They agreed to keep talking. The food web sustaining Antarctica’s wildlife got no additional protection. https://www.asoc.org/news/ccamlr-2026-closing-press-release/01 Nov 2026 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzbi5v4rdc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3mzbhqsv2z22tGovernments agreed to strengthen ocean coordination at COP17, then weakened language recognizing Indigenous peoples and local communities. That leaves an urgent question: how can we protect the ocean while sidelining those whose knowledge and livelihoods are inseparable from it? https://www.carbonbrief.org/cop17-key-outcomes-agreed-at-the-un-biodiversity-conference-in-yerevan01 Nov 2026 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzbhqsv2z22thttps://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3mz76swigp226Happy Halloween! 🎃 The ocean has plenty of treats, though the decor is questionable: skeleton shrimp, goblin sharks, vampire squid. Someone clearly let the goths name things. Here’s to more awe than fright, more treat than trick, and leaving the haunting to the deep sea. 🌊👻31 Oct 2026 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz76swigp226https://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3mz754o3gmk26California’s commercial Dungeness crab season is delayed until at least Jan 1 to reduce whale entanglements. A tough wait for fishers, but a vital nod to whale safety—& a reminder that the future of seafood must make room for the giants sharing these waters. Recreational crabbing still opens Nov 7. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Oct 2026 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz754o3gmk26https://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3mz6wcsx2bs2aNothing particularly spooky here in this @therevelator.org piece. No costume, either. But the real scare? A fish that could be facing an uncertain future as its reef home unravels. This Halloween, meet the mandarinfish—and an ocean story that might just haunt you. https://therevelator.org/mandarinfish/31 Oct 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz6wcsx2bs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3mz6qxbultc2tYou know those “Gone Fishing” signs? That’s us for the next two weeks—only with more sleeping in, wave watching, seaweed foraging, and much-needed North Coast R&R. We’ll still be here to get you ready for the November 19 Ocean Hoptimism. Just possibly in pajamas.31 Oct 2026 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz6qxbultc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3mz45ozv5u22d“More than a quarter-century later, I can still picture that mandarinfish moving through the labyrinth — a living brushstroke against the broken bones of a reef. I once saw in it a simple promise: Life finds a way. Scientists gave me something more useful than a promise. They gave me uncertainty.” https://therevelator.org/mandarinfish/30 Oct 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz45ozv5u22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3mz44d46ik22dSince 2016, life has increasingly felt like Hogwarts after Dumbledore’s fall. Dementors roam freely. Truth is the enemy. Cruelty earns promotion. The place is familiar, but every day it becomes harder to remember what feeling safe there was like.30 Oct 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz44d46ik22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3mz23lmg2mk2oPatrick Stewart wore greatness lightly. Fearless in his choices, glorious in his absurdity, he could command a starship or demolish his own dignity for a laugh. His turn in Extras is a masterclass in the latter. What a gift: immense talent, with no obligation to be solemn. Farewell, Sir Patrick. https://youtu.be/Fg_cwI1Xj4M?is=sKmzemJ6_1wLawEd29 Oct 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz23lmg2mk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3mz232sinjc2oOnly one of these entanglements will be discussed at Ocean Hoptimism on Nov 19. The others require a king-size bed, considerable patience, or a physics degree. Join us. It’s complicated. 🍻 Speaker reveal on Monday, Nov 2!29 Oct 2026 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz232sinjc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3myy4kktbxc2c“Lunges” 🙄 [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Oct 2026 01:30 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3myy4kktbxc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3myxbdzfxss2cYes, this plush mandarinfish is ridiculously cute. Tragically, it has no thoughts. Only stuffing. YOU, however, have a perfectly good brain. Head to @therevelator.org & give your curiosity a workout. The fish will still be here spectacularly unqualified to discuss it. therevelator.org/mandarinfish/28 Oct 2026 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3myxbdzfxss2chttps://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3myx3xjmchs26A tiny fish. A broken reef. A moment of beauty that lingered for 26 years. Even this rubble-dweller needs living coral. The mandarinfish’s story asks a tender, urgent question: how much can life endure before the hope it gives us becomes the care we give back? [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Oct 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3myx3xjmchs26https://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3myursx2wus2wAll these things pop. But only one is popping up at Ocean Hoptimism on November 19. Curious? Good. We’ll leave you guessing a little longer. 👀27 Oct 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3myursx2wus2whttps://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3mysjuidqa22f73°F water near Catalina is drawing tropical mubula rays north. Spectacular visitors, but warmer water can also shred kelp forests and suppress the nutrient supply that feeds marine life. This is more than a change in scenery: it’s a shift in the food web that sustains wildlife and fisheries. https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/devil-rays-california-coast-22465044.php26 Oct 2026 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mysjuidqa22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3myshvu76zc2fSuddenly struck by the similarities: restoring urchins in the Caribbean helps coral reefs recover. Removing urchins by restoring sunflower stars on North America’s Pacific coast could help kelp forests recover. Opposite approaches, shared goal: restoring ecological balance. Echinoderms FTW!26 Oct 2026 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3myshvu76zc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3mys4uwvm5k2iWear hope on your sleeve. Literally. 🌊 Grab a premium shirt or hoodie while they last in our "Wear Hope. Make Waves." campaign! Every purchase helps Ocean Hoptimism grow, bringing more people together to find community, discover what’s possible, and turn love for the ocean into action. https://www.bonfire.com/wear-hope-make-waves-ocean-hoptimism-shirts/?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=post_campaign_launch&utm_campaign=wear-hope-make-waves-ocean-hoptimism-shirts&utm_content=default26 Oct 2026 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mys4uwvm5k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3mypo2ihlic2lKelp forest loss leaves red urchins hungry, with little marketable uni—and harvesters without income. California’s red urchin fishery will share in NOAA’s disaster relief funding. Supporting livelihoods matters, and restoring the kelp forests that sustain them remains essential. https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/commerce-department-allocates-15-point-8-million-in-fishery-disaster-funding-to-fl-ca-and-makah-tribe25 Oct 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mypo2ihlic2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3mypnmdkxss2lSamoan chiefs & community groups are suing to stop the Nov. 19 seabed-mining lease sale, challenging U.S. authority to auction their ancestral waters. Food security, cultural stewardship and deep-sea life are at stake. Amplify Pacific-led resistance. The lawsuit has not yet stopped the sale. https://earthjustice.org/press/2026/lawsuit-seeks-to-block-american-samoa-deep-sea-mining-lease-sale25 Oct 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mypnmdkxss2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3mynpwbamok2kWhat’s it worth to feel less alone in caring for the ocean? To find hope, your people, and a way to make a difference? Help someone else find that, too. Support Ocean Hoptimism’s Ocean Voices Fund. Scan the QR code or click the link below to donate. https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/create-ocean-optimists24 Oct 2026 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mynpwbamok2khttps://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3myngeql2a22gThe ocean still contains astonishing, ridiculous beauty. Cuttlefish change costumes. Parrotfish sleep in mucus cocoons. Nudibranchs look wildly overdressed for every occasion. There is joy available in their existence, without requiring them to be a conservation success story first.24 Oct 2026 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3myngeql2a22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3mynejv5ztc2gBefore that buttery, delicious black cod arrives on your plate, there’s a bigger story beneath the surface. On November 19, Ocean Hoptimism welcomes someone working to change how that story ends. We’re keeping the details submerged for now. Save the date. Something BIG is brewing. 🍺24 Oct 2026 18:54 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mynejv5ztc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3mymzjf3e6224A coastal Kelvin wave. Record ocean heat. Extreme tides. Wetter atmospheric rivers. Intense downpours. If peak storms meet peak tides, California could face extraordinary coastal flooding. The ocean is coming with climate-intensified receipts this winter. https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/ocean-sea-temperature-california-22485809.php24 Oct 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mymzjf3e6224https://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3myl77f655c2sSome images make you want to look away. Let’s give each other a reason to lean in. This November’s Ocean Hoptimism explores a wild ocean bearing the weight of our presence—and the choices that can lighten it. Come learn what’s possible, and where you fit. www.oceanhoptimism.org23 Oct 2026 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3myl77f655c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3mykvz47cgs2rArt is intrinsic to science communication: it helps us see, understand, and care. As Sunflower Star Lab’s Andrew Kim unpacks the star’s complex life history and development, artist Cody Lee’s gorgeous diagram makes that story visible. Biology becomes art, and wonder becomes a way into the science.23 Oct 2026 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mykvz47cgs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3mykozb3vwk2rWhat a night with Sunflower Star Lab! The first rain of the season couldn’t dampen our Ocean Hoptimism community’s spirit. Thanks for turning out on a wet October evening and filling the room with warmth, curiosity, and ocean hope. We’ll let the photos do the talking. 🍺🌊📸23 Oct 2026 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mykozb3vwk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/oceanhoptimism.org/post/3myklucvhek2rLast night, Ashley Kidd & Andrew Kim of Sunflower Star Laboratory unpacked the many moving parts (arms?) of sea star recovery! 🍺⭐ Thanks for bringing science, passion, hope, and determination to Ocean Hoptimism—and inspiring us to find our place in the comeback. www.sunflowerstarlab.org https://youtube.com/shorts/xK7EdBOQuyQ?is=BSJ0-YCmLKrqVkb923 Oct 2026 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:dlxtgefigsdyd4gluph6udwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3myklucvhek2r