J'ai signé cette lettre. On ne peut pas se permettre de baisser les bras face à la crise climatique. La posture politique actuelle est désespérante.

«La Terre ne peut plus supporter le modèle de développement basé sur l'utilisation intensive de combustibles fossiles qui a prévalu au cours des 200 dernières années», dit Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, président du Brésil, qui accueille la COP30. En octobre: www.ledevoir.com/economie/926...

This one is for the peatland nerds: We are organizing a session on 💧water in peatlands 🌿 at the ASLO conference in Montreal May 12-16 2026 - join us! Deadline for abstract submission Nov 25, more info here www.aslo.org/aslo-sil-202...

it’s funny seeing canadian media present zohran as a “democratic socialist” like it’s some shocking thing and not just the left flank of the ndp

This person took this when they called the race

Terrible scenes just minutes into the new socialist regime in New York as literally hundreds of billionaires discover mamdani already living rent free in their heads

Look folks gen AI videos are out in the wild so if you weren't already being careful about sharing rage bait videos then now is a great time to start If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street

As an alumni of Syracuse University, it's appalling that they are capitulating against a right-wing campaign against Professor Farhana Sultana for exercising her first amendment rights. Do consider signing this letter calling on Syracuse University to reinstate her docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...

Please help share and sign this letter with your colleagues before November 4th. If you have applied for Tri-Council funding in the last 25 years, all of your data is at risk of being included and sent to an unnamed researcher and MPs on the committee.

We're concerned about the SRSR motion requesting 25 years of disaggregated tri-council data. While we understand the data is intended to be anonymized, this wasn't explicitly stated in the motion – and the specific information requested could still enable re-identification when linked together.

The Hallowe'en Slimate Gnashboard: the most terrifying dashboard you will see tonight or any night. Enter at your peril. www.jkclimate.fr/Halloween/da...

Un long format extrêmement éclairant sur l'extractivisme des IA génératives du point de vue de la quantité phénoménale d'eau et d'énergie que ces dernières demandent aux États-Unis: pollution, GES, gaspillage d'eau et explosion des tarifs. Pour quels usages?

That's the most relevant question I've read in a while

I had 9 meetings about students using Chat GPT/LLMs on their papers today. If you want to know why professors burn out, ask anyone trying to teach critical thinking and writing skills to Freshmen....

NOAA hurricane hunters flying aboard a P-3 Orion aircraft ("Kermit") are monitoring Hurricane Melissa as most aircraft steer clear. The storm poses a catastrophic threat to Jamaica and Haiti. The crew are among the many federal workers working without pay during the US government shutdown.

Wrote a thing on the hot summer of uni AI adoption for @defector.com A huge thanks to @nathankhensley.bsky.social and @anniemcc.bsky.social. @brandyjensen.bsky.social is a legend. And anything smart in hear is thanks to hours of discussion, texting, and draft reading by @smosment.bsky.social

Toujours pas d'évolution en France sur l'utilisation du terme "amérindien" ?

Belgian AI scientists are advocating *against* the use of AI in academia. “If independent thinking is no longer encouraged at university, where would it?” apache.be/2025/10/24/b...

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

PhD opportunity: "Mapping, modelling and monitoring peatland pollution" Led by @em-shuttleworth.bsky.social and co-supervised by myself and Prof. Jonny Huck. Full details and how to apply can be found here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... If you are interested, please do get in touch!

Le magazine Time classe le Bixi dans les 25 inventions du 21e siècle ayant eu le plus d’influence. time.com/7323640/25-i...

“I’ll kill you in front of your students.” This is just one of the death threats that has driven @mark-bray.bsky.social to try and flee the US. But at the airport last night, after checking in and clearing security, his booking mysteriously disappeared www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

La violence physique sur un enfant par un dépositaire de l'autorité publique est apparemment moins grave que la désobéissance civile d'une militante écologiste contre une façade 🤯

Si vous voulez un formulaire simple à remplir pour écrire à M. Carney amnistie.ca/participer/2...

For over 15 years the McMaster Ecohydro Lab has awarded the #NobelPeatPrize to the authors of the best peatland or peat paper of the year. It’s that time of year again where we review papers and finalize a list of nominees. Do you have a fave paper for 2025 you would like us to consider?

Thanks to China and India: "In the first six months of the year, China added more solar and wind than the rest of the world combined, and its fossil fuel generation fell by two per cent (...). India saw record solar and wind growth that outpaced the growth in demand." www.cbc.ca/news/science...

Our department at UBC is hiring for a professor of forest ecophysiology, including "tree ecophysiology; plant abiotic or biotic stress physiology; forest mortality and climate change responses; forest carbon balance; tree water relations; or nutrient use." Learn more at: tinyurl.com/5da56f5c

My department @geographieudem.bsky.social is looking for a professor in human geography specializing in the study of social-ecological transformations, political ecology, climate change, environmental justice and/or the geography of risks and infrastructures. Deadline November 10, share widely!

Le gouvernement du Québec s'enfonce de plus en plus

It's so nice to be able to teach outside on such a beautiful day! Here students are learning about the beauty of urban swamps, in the middle of Mont-Royal park (Montreal) 🌿

I am starting a new service where I slash the tires of expensive cars in Silicon Valley unless their owners specifically opt-out.

So exhausting..

The Canada Council for the Arts "lost" $304 million last year. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council "lost" $1.4 billion last year. Parks Canada "lost" $1.3 billion last year.

“We have been left with no choice but to stop our activities, as our clinics are encircled by Israeli forces... This is the last thing we wanted.” We have been forced to suspend our activities and leave Gaza City.

Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’

A piece in the New York Times brings up a “zombie” proposal to combat climate change — basically using smoke & mirrors to cool the planet. No matter how many times people kill the idea, it seems to come back to the headlines. Don’t let it. It’s not a good idea. globalecoguy.org/solar-geoeng...

De superbes projets avec un super collègue !

"Trust us, AI is good for higher education" say the worst people in the world, and somehow, the universities abide.

As I'm preparing new lecture material, I'm reminded again of what a wonderful ressource the @biodivlibrary.bsky.social is! It's the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives and it is well worth a visit (the images and the thematic collections are amazing)💚

Jesus Christ. A standing ovation — from Liberals too — for Charlie Kirk in the Canadian House of Commons. You can (and should) oppose political violence without doing all this, you know.

More than 100 of Donald Trump’s inaccurate statements are to be dissected by Channel 4 to coincide with his state visit, in what it described as “the longest uninterrupted reel of untruths, falsehoods and distortions ever broadcast on television”.

🚨📸 About 2 weeks left to send in your best #wildlife in a #peatland shot and publish in the 2026 edition of #PeatCalendar Email to: [email protected] Deadline: 30 September

”It’s puzzling why Carney keeps doing things that alienate his own supporters ... the reason Carney is sitting in the PMO is because progressive swing voters made a strategic choice to lend him their votes — they didn’t lend their vote to appease Trump, impose austerity or roll back workers’ rights“

UC Berkeley gives the Trump admin the names of 160 faculty + students for a federal investigation into “alleged antisemitic incidents.” Judith Butler, one of the targeted scholars, tells me: "It is an enormous breach of trust... It's shocking. Did you consider not complying with this request?”

"We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically." www.ru.nl/en/research/...

Carney: Canadians deserve the best 1960s economy money can buy

Our 400+ page comment on the DOE climate working group report is now out. Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.

Les tourbières ne sont pas que des milieux essentiels pour la lutte contre les changements climatiques. Elles sont aussi des outils de défense militaire ! www.france24.com/fr/europe/20...

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