Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix. Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!

Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).

When you haven’t given a general “state of the energy transition” talk in a year and you need to update all your slides because of how much things have changed

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According to an email obtained by The Narwhal, MAGA Energy’s revenues had dropped and the company was in “survival mode” when Alberta allowed it to acquire 170 oil wells. Now, the company isn’t paying its bills to landowners and owes taxes to at least one municipality. thenarwhal.ca/maga-energy-...

FIFA making Trump a peace prize has got to be one of the dumbest example of pandering corruption in a while (and thats a high bar)

I know I shouldn't have but I clicked on it - women in the workplace are bad because they care about people and make things woke - date rape shouldn't be considered rape if the men are just awkward (this is an insult to all awkward men out there who manage just fine to not rape women) then I stopped

Some comments from me on the geohazards that could impact an oil pipeline from AB to BC coast, following @davidebybc.bsky.social and First Nations' continued opposition. More thoughts in the below thread from ~6 months ago 🧪⚒️ @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

I don’t know if anyone will believe it but he came up with this idea all on his own (my help was just in how to look at existing laws to find examples of how different parts are written)

Claudia Sheinbaum says she's pressing charges against the man who groped her this week outside Mexico's presidential palace. “It is something that all women in our country experience,” she said. “If I do not report the crime ... what condition will all Mexican women be left in?” wapo.st/4852563

I sometimes get offended that my kids go to my husband and not me when they have questions on their math homework (I’m not a theoretical physicist but I’m pretty good at middle school math) but they have a homework assignment where they have to write a legislation and I’m feeling very valuable!

Thinking about this Mary Oliver poem this morning. Don't hesitate.

In Alberta, landowners can’t deny oil and gas wells on their properties, but they’re entitled to compensation. Some companies fail to pay those bills — and rural Albertans are tired of waiting. They're also tired of that repayment, eventually, coming from taxpayers. thenarwhal.ca/alberta-land...

Requiring cyclists to come to a full stop at stop signs just slows drivers down. I know because I, the canonical rule follower, come to a full stop, and then I have to slowly accelerate when it's my turn. Same with making cyclists dismount to cross the crosswalk - much slower than riding across.

Rather than a broad take on the budget I will put forward an offer - I will make a wager with anyone who believes that, as the budget states, in the absence of the oil and gas gap that roughly the same emissions reductions will be achieved through other measures (for 2030, especially oil sands)

In many places, these covenants banning multi-unit housing served to perpetuate exclusion and class segregation after racially discriminatory clauses became unenforcable. They continue to keep apartment dwellers out of some of Halifax's most walkable, centrally located neighbourhoods.

Canada needs to catch up! @energyvsclimate.bsky.social hosts @davidkeith.bsky.social, @shastingssimon.bsky.social, & Ed Whittingham lay out how we're lagging behind in matters of energy, environment, and the economy... 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/103125RTRT 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/103125pod #cdnpoli 🇨🇦 #RealTalkRJ

Research explainer for some of my #energydemocracy work @royalroads.ca, with researchers and practitioners from across #Canada. Features our new map of energy co-operatives and how grassroots #innovation, #diversity and #justice is essential for #climate action. #energysky youtu.be/9qy7EKgYTok

I have no idea how either of them might be problematic (or not!) but I love this and Denmark must have the coolest gifts to give other nations.

Yet another pedestrian death on Calgary's streets. This article doesn't include the context that last month, three pedestrians were killed in 24 hours and #yyc surpassed last year’s 10-year high for fatal traffic collisions. We need to talk about this more. #yyccc www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Not sure how to do this but dear councillors and new mayor the University is here to help you. We have an existing agreement to help you research anything you need evidence for. I mean not just me. Anyone. It’s called the Urban Alliance agreement

Repping one of my favourite energy technologies for my cancer workout class this morning.

Jeff Jones continuing to do yeoman’s work bringing the O&G closure liability fiasco to #ableg and #cdnpoli. Willful ignorance at the top — among the c-suite, auditors and investors — will keep pushing this bill down onto taxpayers’ lap. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

🔌💡 What does it take to build multi-megawatt charging stations to support #electric fleets? Our @sarabaldwin.bsky.social & Terawatt's Jason Berry discuss the challenges & approaches to building this infrastructure Listen to the Electrify This! #podcast energyinnovation.org/podcast/long...

Had a good time with my @energyvsclimate.bsky.social cohosts in this wide ranging convo on the Ryan Jespersen show, which led to the funny moment of the guy tiling my bathroom realizing he was listening to me while doing so. Show drops on our feed later this week m.youtube.com/watch?v=f4sG...

The one funny part is that this is the first time in his entire life my husband has ever watched baseball.

Please 2 more outs And soon

Dave’s Halloween costume for Calgary’s Critical Mass last night. #yycbike #criticalmass

À la @thatheatherc.bsky.social I don’t think my oncologist would be happy with me watching this game (and I’ve even really been a baseball fan for like 30 years)

Yep, and also, like why act like a billionaires thought-chyron when it does the rest of us no good? newrepublic.com/article/2024...

All right blue jays. Most of 🇨🇦 is relying on you. Let’s go!

My lukewarm take on this is I question why we continue to platform (mostly? Exclusively?) men who made a lot of money in one area for their views/advice in other totally unrelated areas.

By far the oddest thing my child got trick or treating Strangely enough it came in a little bag with some candy so it’s not like the people forgot to get candy and were handing out things around the house 🤷‍♀️

I wanted to share this picture of my almost finished renovated bathroom because I love how the cabinet turned out but I wasn’t expecting bathroom renovation to be a major social media topic today

@molszyns.bsky.social shares some scary numbers this Halloween. Clip from "Drill & Dash: The Oil & Gas Liability Crisis with Martin Olszynski" Full podcast with @shastingssimon.bsky.social & Ed Whittingham: www.energyvsclimate.com/oil-gas-liab...

I think I’ve got a solid handle on the #petiteknit #esthervest chart. Still a few repeats to go.

@molszyns.bsky.social chats with @shastingssimon.bsky.social and Ed about possible solutions to dealing with the oil & gas liability crisis in Canada. Full podcast www.energyvsclimate.com/oil-gas-liab... #environment #pollution #oilandgas #climatechange #canada #policy #law

This sucks in all ways possible other than its a perfect example for my policy class about unintended barriers/how things get made illegal without the intention to make them illegal (pretty clear, right or wrong, the goal was keeping kids from operating ebikes, or unsafely riding on a scooter)

I thought Wärmepumpe was a great German word but today I learned about the existence of a Flusswärmepumpe

Trump admin: there is no link between autism and Tylenol use, but you should stop taking Tylenol. Also Trump admin.: there is a link between autism and tiny particle pollution, so we are rolling back health standards for it and increasing particle pollution. www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...

Just waiting for all the headlines that interpret this peak and decline in EV sales that comes from sales being moved up before tax credits expire (ie if you were going to buy one in the next few months you bought it early) as overall EVs are done. www.eenews.net/articles/ev-...

Heads up #yycbike: 5 of my family’s bikes were stolen from our garage last night 😔. Please keep your eyes open for these bikes and please repost widely. 2019 Rocky Mountain Instinct 2006 Brodie Fury 2008 Trek 1500 2019 Trek Marlin 6 2022 Trek Marlin 5

I was told getting rid of the carbon tax would solve this problem. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Wonderful clip in the recent episode of @energyvsclimate.bsky.social podcast, where @shastingssimon.bsky.social describes how e-bikes are already displacing significant amounts of oil! With so many car trips being easy distances on an e-bike, much more oil *could* be replaced: pca.st/episode/7297...

I think there must be some more people who need to see this m.youtube.com/watch?v=LK9g...

Part of me wants to ignore this and forget that I read it and part of me feels compelled to write a letter to the editor about this whole piece because this is not just incorrect, it’s harmful. calgaryherald.com/opinion/opin...

Well @amitinoz.bsky.social told me we should be better about sharing @energyvsclimate.bsky.social and now my oncology nurse just pulled it up on her phone and I’m not sure if that was what he had in mind #alwaysbeclosing?

Quack quack happy infusion Friday