Looks like the Ellisons will pick up another news agency.

For decades, biology treated males as the default — shaping what scientists studied and what they overlooked. Evolutionary biologist Malin Ah-King asks: if who does science affects what we see, what blind spots remain? 🔗www.prosocial.world/posts/why-does-diversity-matter-in-science

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen as big of a disconnect between the scale of a crisis and the scale of media coverage in my life. ... The scale of the suffering in Sudan is so high and because the [media] coverage is abominably low.” niemanreports.org/sudan-civil-...

“How were we supposed to know that this clown car in Washington was going to basically use the same book that we used? So I don’t think it’s prescience so much as the sad familiarity of fascism.”

My latest miniature terrain creation for @blackwaterdnd.bsky.social Our heroes travelled into the sinister Castle Voraz to rescue a lich and escape the Famished Lands. Watch it in action here: youtu.be/xXSmILAyyhc?... #BlackwaterDnD #miniatures #terrain #dungeonsanddragons #wargaming #DnD5e #TTRPG

Happy Darwin Day!

Archaeologist Francisco Estrada-Belli estimates the population of the classic-era Maya lowlands to have been 16 million people — higher than on the Italian peninsula during the peak of the Roman Empire.

It's the Black #TTRPG Talent starter pack by @ssambrose.bsky.social! Check it out!

Yup. This is also why I get annoyed when people start suggesting "golden age" science fiction titles to people who are new the genre and are asking for suggestions. You want to turn a modern 15-year-old off science fiction forever, recommend stories that were old when her grandparents were her age.

Well now, this is exciting news. But who will they get to play Astarion? @neilnewbon.bsky.social would be perfect for the role. 😉

February is Saskatchewan Indigenous Storytelling Month. In Indigenous culture stories are told in many different ways and our video journalist Rachel May talks with storytellers about how these stories can continue to be preserved for future generations.

A couple CBC News job openings for full time, permanent staff reporters are up for our new Richmond, B.C., bureau: cbcrc.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/CBC_Radio-Ca... If you or someone you know might be a into something like that, take a look!

This makes me happy.

Quote with 5 jobs you’ve had: 1. Janitor 2. Exterminator 3. Stage Manager 4. 7-11 Cashier 5. University Professor

News essay out @tvolmag.bsky.social co-authored with @alyssemolds.bsky.social and Kirsty Graham, revisiting the impact of Donna Haraway's 'Primate Visions' on primatology, and applying lessons from feminist primatology toward queer and decolonial primatology 🧪🏺 www.prosocial.world/posts/harawa...

New job! I’m thrilled to be starting as a Senior Writer and Editor at CBC News. Today’s my first day in the Vancouver office.

This is not surprising. Nearly everyone I met while I was there had a VPN and downloaded pirated material. Most Russians openly mocked attempts at government censorship.

JUST IN: Lawyers file declaration in federal court from first-hand witness to immigration agents' shooting of a US citizen onlookers today. Minneapolis Mayor Frey said details would be used to bolster case for ousting ICE from city. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Essential reporting here from @startribune.com journalists who are posting live updates from the scene of the shooting. Law enforcement are trying to subdue protesters with tear gas (no paywall!) www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

“I think we should be standing firm especially with institutions like Comic-Con which are quite literally built off the backs of artists and the creative community,” said comic and concept artist @teastainss.bsky.social

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says the so-called rules-based international order has always been a myth and has now collapsed entirely. He argues it’s time to stop pretending otherwise and start building something new. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoDQ...

“If we really want to raise Darwin’s consciousness we need to expand evolutionary perspectives to include the Darwinian selection pressures on mothers and on infants.” Sarah Blaffer Hrdy in an interview with me for @tvolmag.bsky.social as part of our series on Sex, Gender Diversity, and Evolution.

"The challenge is not to stay in business; it is to stay in journalism.” Me, last year. www.cjr.org/feature/thir...

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is a lot of fun. These two are thoroughly enjoying themselves chewing up the scenery.

You meet in a convention centre, and a hooded figure in the corner beckons you come closer. They pull out set of dice, a map, and a couple of minis - what do you do? (You buy a TCTC 2026 ticket, that's what!)

Finished Heated Rivalry. A beautiful love story, simply and elegantly told. Had me weeping by the end. It’s every period drama of contested love between star-crossed lovers but updated to the strict social norms of competitive masculinity. The actors really sell what could have been a sappy romance.

“The official said the pool of funding is $248.6 million — which will let the government pay for about 136,000 outlawed firearms from individual Canadians.”

The top 10% now account for nearly half of all consumer spending.

The Coast First Nations in B.C. reiterated their opposition to a pipeline and lifting the northern oil tanker ban to Prime Minister Mark Carney. Hear more on APTN News Brief:

incredible book and i will also recommend elaine parson's work as well. uncpress.org/978146965213...

We spoke with seven outdoor guides in B.C. and Alberta about how they are navigating taking people to the places they love as the climate changes. "It’s hard not to get depressed," one guide told us. thenarwhal.ca/outdoor-guid...

For The Guardian's round-up of protagonists we love to hate, I wrote about one of the blueprints. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...

The countries and jurisdictions that have opened inquiries, demanded takedowns, or threatened legal action over Grok’s generation of sexualized images of women and minors include: The European Commission, France, Ireland, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brazil, Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada.

This is going to be a busy week for the financial press.

These two just deadlifting American society right now

I am loving all of the attention on One Battle After Another and Sinners tonight. By far the best films of the year. #GoldenGlobes

I taught about Kaiser Wilhelm II and his cruel colonial takeover of Congo in my World History course. He was everything described in this article and more. I also recommend “King Leopold's Ghost” by Adam Hochschild.

For a decade, home prices, rent prices, assaults and overdose deaths generally went up in Vancouver, at a fairly rapid rate. But that's no longer the case, and it's an overall trendline that's really worth monitoring. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

New analysis: 0.25% of 2025 Bluesky posts contained citations to research...while only 0.000006% of X/Twitter posts did. In raw numbers, X still has 2x the research-based posts that Bluesky does (though they are harder to find): but it took Twitter 10 years to get there vs just 2 years for Bluesky

If you haven’t seen #Andor yet, I highly recommend it. Make it your nerdy escapism while also paying attention to themes that remain relevant today.

Civil rights lawyer Nekima Levy Armstrong says Wednesday’s deadly shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis proves that immigration officers are terrorizing communities, not making them safer. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

“She painted a very clear picture about survival.”

“Butt Phrenology” was not on my 2025 Bingo card.

Unreliable. Creating more problems than solving them. A negative force on the world stage. This is how large shares of America’s closest allies view the U.S., according to our new poll.

Full of redactions, the thousands of newly released Epstein files seem unlikely to end any Epstein conspiracy theorizing. Likely, they will do the opposite, @cwarzel.bsky.social argues.

I just hope they release a version for sale. The Special Edition has aged far worse than the original.

B.C. Court of Appeal rules First Nations must be consulted on mineral claims vancouversun.com/news/b-c-cou...

Can modular housing reduce landfill waste? This Indigenous and female-led North Vancouver company says yes vancouversun.com/news/modular...

The new @tvolmag.bsky.social series “Sex, Gender Diversity, and Evolution” is well underway with entries from Joan Roughgarden, Agustín Fuentes, Nathan Lents, and Anne Fausto-Sterling. Read it here: www.prosocial.world/posts/sex-ge... #sex #gender #evolution #scicomm