Our recent Perspectives paper in Nature Nanotechnology: Diverse Origins and Chemical Complexity of Nanoplastics

The politics of hate in action: attack the vulnerable to advance your politics of division, leaving not only the immediately-impacted 27,000 people behind, but many many more who rely on these educational programs. The CAQ must be thrown out.

This is one of my favourite flowers in my garden: a Crown Imperial (Fritillaria imperialis), a striking alien-like bulbous perennial.

To all my engineering colleagues and, frankly, everyone else, this is worth your time. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

Congratulations to Mikisiw Awashish (McGill Civil Engineering) on receiving the Changemaker Prize in this year’s President’s Prize for Public Engagement Through Media! This recognizes his leadership in organizing last year’s Metuetau — the Truth and Reconciliation Hockey Game.

Montreal in spring bloom. I visit this tree daily during my morning commute. Beautiful.

Go, Habs, go!

Perhaps, as a matter of principle, countries should refuse to recongize these commemorative passports. Discuss.

Should be part of his next test.

Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the Unites States.

A fun still-life photoshoot featuring #uraniumglass from my personal collection.

A wonderful photo of a 1920's toast rack from my #uraniumglass collection: Photography : Virginie Gosselin Art Direction : Rachel Lecompte Food Styling : Tommy Matteau Photo assistants : Tommy Matteau & Adèle L’heureux-Hubert Photo Retouching : Le Visual Box Website: virginiegosselin.com

As a professor for many years, I particularly enjoyed reading this thoughtful article in the Chronicle of Higher Education today. #academia

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Would someone please contact Exo, the public train company in Montreal, and let them know that they have a train full of people stuck for the last 2.5 hours without movement? Exo hasn’t made a single announcement yet to explain what’s happening!!! 🤬 #Exo

Let’s just monetize everything so someone can make a lot of money off the suffering of others. Typical National Post. nationalpost.com/opinion/chri...

Happy Pi second: 3:14:15:9:27; i.e., March 14 at 3 pm (15), 9 minutes, and 27 seconds (rounded off). 🤓

Read the article and the incredibly simplistic 16 suggestions/questions raised by the Deputy Minister. They look like they were asked by an amateur with no familiarity with universities or the specific needs of New Brunswick, and they ask for a rapid response. This is the NB government in action?!?

Self-attack ads are a nice for a change. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yXs...

There is still much beauty in the world! www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

A masterclass in how to speak volumes while saying nothing. OpenAI has become a weapons manufacturer.

What a wonderful tribute to our cherished colleague at McGill University, Prof. David Harpp, who passed away earlier this week. A true "gentleman and scholar" if there ever was one. #McGill

In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court overturns Trump's illegal (and uncontested by congress) tariffs. Great. But why are there 3 dissenters who seem to always be willing to allow Trump to do almost anything he wants? Who does the everyday citizen sue to get their hard-earned money back? #news

Forgive me for asking what may be a naive question: If Trump can't be found criminally responsible for his corruption, can he and his family be later sued by the public and states in civil courts for the these ill-gotten gains, which have come at the public expense?

A very insightful article for those who are worried (as I am) about the decline in book reading: "The choice isn’t between books and screens. The choice is between intentional design and profitable chaos" #books aeon.co/essays/what-...

A vacuous article, to say the least. Its the same old argument: capitalism and competition fix everything. Every institution should compete for student dollars. Those that can't compete, should fail. Lau cares nothing for equitable access to education or the broader good. Its all about efficiency.

As usual, Doug Ford shows a profound disrespect for higher education and for students as he trots out the old "basket weaving" trope and "some peope say..." arguments. Classic populist rhetoric by a politician who struggles to create value. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

In order to pay for new $ to unis & colleges, the Ford government is hitting OSAP for nearly $3B over four years. Students on aid will see a $3500 increase in net costs as a result. Restoring tuition to 2018 levels would have raised about the same amount of money and been distrbutionally fairer.

I think that all professors should read this article to better understand the nature of universities.

Sounds like a sequel is in order: “1st Lady 2nd Time Around” www.cnn.com/2026/02/01/b...

No. No. No. And, again, no. He said what needed to be said. Appeasement is not the answer . www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

WTF!?! Do we really have this many right wing ideologues in Canada? Even so, are they that short of leadership options ? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

More on “Melania”.

This about sums it up: “ the vulgar, gilded lifestyle of the Trumps makes them look like Marie Antoinette skulking in her cake-filled chateau, or Hermann Göring’s staring up at his looted Monet.”

Hmmm. I wonder. (Checks notes) Nope. He can’t . nationalpost.com/news/politic...

I’m proud of our Prime Minister. He said what’s needed to be said. Will the international community of middle powers build a coalition in response to his call?

Trump’s tariff deals are meaningless if he can unilaterally impose new sets of tariffs on a whim. It’s time for broad economic sanctions and consumer boycotts against the USA. Short term pain for long term gain.

Why in an age of AI, doe’s autocorrect (it just did it again) foul up my writing constantly, embarrassing me in the process (it tried to make this “Professor“)? AI is injecting itself everywhere except where it’s needed most.

Good for you.

Perhaps I'm late with this, but I find this metaphor quite striking. The contamination of information sources by AI has profound implications that may leave a residue through history that we will deeply regret. rajiv.com/blog/2025/03...

My family helped with a local food drive on the West Island of Montreal yesterday. We were overwhelmed with the generosity we experienced this year. Times are tough and many are rising to the occasion. Thanks to all who gave!

Lots of die hards still bike to McGill University every day, despite the snow.

Hanes: Handwritten copies of In Flanders Fields are artifacts of remembrance montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...

The words of Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin as they appear in the 1971 biography by Stephen F. Cohen. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?

Tim Cook has passed away at such a young age. He was an incredible historian and author; a Canadian treasure. His loss will be deeply felt by many . www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The headline should have ended at “Trump says he does not think.”

I never knew this, but I’m glad I know now.

Congratulations to McGill grad Peter Howitt, the co-recipient of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (aka the Nobel Prize in Economics)! www.cbc.ca/news/world/n...

Yes. Yes, they are.