hi, medical toxicologist that knows a lot about Tylenol here👋 Claiming that tylenol use in pregnancy causes autism is fearmongering here's what you need to know 🧵

⭐EDITOR'S CHOICE⭐ Herbicide application improves plethodontid salamander habitat conditions in regenerating clear-cut forests 🖋️Leslie et al. 🔗https://buff.ly/3l9vWWS #OpenAccess Find the research group on Instagram buff.ly/mTrXfEo

⭐ EDITOR'S CHOICE⭐ McCaffrey et al.: Testing the effects of drought, parasite infection, and their interaction on freshwater snails Read the full article, now free access: buff.ly/4r3UGIt

Children will die because of this

I'm pretty excited about this! Looking forward to some thought-provoking zoology pieces

Be the first to know about the launch of Contaminants, Environment, and Society, a new journal from @cdnsciencepub.com share.hsforms.com/1VlJPlam7Q0y... Share your questions and feedback with this form, or stop by our booth at #CEW2025 @ecotoxcan.ca next month to talk to us in person!

Do you live in Canada & own a dog? Do you give them dog treats or feed them? You will want to keep your eyes on the CFIA Recalls website (here: recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en) for an upcoming recall or public alert for dog food and/or treats sold across Canada. What brand/type(s)? Unknown at this time

Strange trend for researchers to be aware of: participants are using Chat GPT to respond to open-ended questions at the end of surveys. Be sure to look for common indicators of GenAI before coding qualitative data (e.g., numbered lists, double asterisks, etc.)

Salmon don't need any more problems, but African Clawed Frogs might be a new one. Our newly-published experiment shows that these frogs easily chow down on eggs, alevin, and fry from multiple salmon species cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...

Question to scientists & readers: Have you ever felt pressured to follow a trend or funding priority over your own curiosity? How does this affect the quality of research? #ScientificDiscussion #ResearchEthics

It was great to work with @fluskow.bsky.social to share his research story for the latest CSP blog entry! Make sure you check out his recent review on ctenophores published earlier this year in @canjzoology.bsky.social 🌍🦑 #inverts

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Had a dream last night that I was one credit short for my visual arts history minor….for a degree I received 15 years ago. September, why are you like this?

I don't know how many #neurosci folks follow me but sharing that JPN is now part of the portfolio at @cdnsciencepub.com (Canadian-based not-for-profit publisher)

Once found a snoozing silver-haired bat doing just this in a patio umbrella! So cute and my first time seeing one up close

Opinion: Without specific classes, students may leave college still unable to separate science from nonsense, says Natalia Pasternak #AcademicSky #EduSky

Many of you have never accidentally downloaded the entire mouse genome build mm9 to the local drive on your crappy dual-boot laptop circa 2010 and it shows

Updated thread with US/Canada job postings in Public Health that might be relevant for folks with research backgrounds First, an actively updated spreadsheet from the folks at Public Health Hiring Help: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... 150+ additions in September #medsky #publichealth #AcademicSky

Lots of different ways to assess forest degradation, from biodiversity loss to changes in forest soils. Submission deadline is 14 November! #forest 🧪🌍🪴

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Less than a month until I'll be in beautiful Victoria for #CEW2025 representing @contaminantsenvsoc.bsky.social at the @cdnsciencepub.com booth. Please make sure to stop by, or let me know if you're giving a talk you want me to see!

I am opposed to AI products and services because of the extra power they require... IN A CLIMATE CRISIS. I am opposed to AI results - texts and illustrations - because they've been created unethically, via theft and non-consensual use of the work of others. Share if you agree.

I just saw a red squirrel on my street for the first time ever 😍😍😍 #yxe

@supportourscience.bsky.social is going strong standing up for early career researchers in 🇨🇦. Reach out if you'd like to get involved!

Confused writing is usually a symptom of confused thinking. As we struggle to clarify writing, we clarify our thoughts. AI writing aids rob us of that struggle, leaving clean-looking text and thoughts still confused for lack of inspection. Writing is not just a product; it is a diagnostic tool.

National Stipend ✅ Create a national minimum net stipend and increase research grants to sustain it. Graduate students & postdocs deserve fair, stable support. Investing in researchers = investing in Canada’s future

Embedding support in research grants: ✅ Embed trainee support as an evaluation criterion in Tri-Council research grants. Because research excellence depends on supporting the people who do the work.

Tri-Council & Inflation ✅ Advance Budget 2024 Tri-Council grant increases by 1 year to attract top talent. ✅ Index grad scholarships & postdoc fellowships to inflation. Canada risks losing researchers if support doesn’t keep pace

Funding Protection: ✅ Protect research grants, scholarships, and fellowships from government-wide spending reviews. Cuts to research are cuts to Canada’s future.

Our primary ask: The Government of Canada must exempt Tri-Agency base research grants, CRTAS scholarships and fellowships, and trainee funding from the current spending-review reductions, and recommit to fully implementing Budget 2024 research investments.

📢 Support Our Science has submitted recommendations to the federal pre-budget consultations. Canada must invest in the next generation of researchers to secure our future in innovation, health, and economic resilience. #SupportOurScience 📄 Full recs: drive.google.com/file/d/1rV7I...

ICYMI, this month's EDITOR'S CHOICE is free access for a limited time Movement behavior and activity budgets of female Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) during the denning season, by Martinez-Dragomir and Kielland 🔗 buff.ly/WEH2Zml 📷 Donna DiFolco/National Park Service

JUST-IN Contextualizing recent increases in Canadian boreal wildfire activity: decadal burn rates still within historical variability of the two past centuries 🔥 doi.org/10.1139/cjfr...

This year’s production of Macbeth in Stratford was sooo cool! It’s been extended well into the fall, highly recommend snagging tickets @stratfest.bsky.social. Tomorrow: My Chemical Romance 🤘

First weekday morning of vacation feeling very not relaxed and like I should be Doing Tasks. So I think I am going to set vacation goals to focus. Goal 1: Grab the biggest handful of fresh Ontario strawberries I can and eat them with yogurt. And just like that, goal achieved ✅

This tattoo, by InkedMongoose on IG, is perfect. No notes.

I first encountered @johnvaillant.bsky.social’s work via a copy of The Golden Spruce that resided at our beloved “Squirrel Camp”. Currently listening to The Tiger. But Fire Weather really struck a chord, especially listening to it while working on a special wildfire colllection at Can J Forest Res

Rising tuition and cost of living is making it so that bright, promising students are faced with leaving their studies. If you can please consider helping a hopeful veterinarian continue her training 🧪 #WomenInSTEM

Manuscript draft sent to a coauthor. Time for tea and a leg stretch after 14 hours of computer work today. I seriously don't know how I pulled this off day after day while writing up and working full time!

SWEET VICTORY. Just solved an annoying plot axis label problem I've been wrestling with for two years. One line of simple code but it was ELUSIVE (mostly because this is the only time I've really wrangled time of day data)

“Canada’s 2025 fire season is already the second-worst on record, as scientists report climate change is prolonging and exacerbating the burning, leading to more destruction, evacuations and smoke-filled skies.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Hate to say it, but sandhill cranes are flying high in a V today. Enough leaves are starting to turn and squirrels are busy enough caching that this really feels like the first taste of autumn #sk

It's been obvious for a while that they were headed in this direction, & this attempt almost certainly won't go unchallenged, but you need to understand that this is & has been America's Lysenkoism moment knocking on the door, & it has to be resisted every way it can. arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Flossie Wong-Staal, née Wong Yee Ching, 黄以静, was a virologist and molecular biologist who was the first to molecularly clone HIV. She also created a map of its genes, which was crucial to proving that HIV causes AIDS. Read more and subscribe: adalovelaceday.subst...

Is there anything nicer than a coffee and a treat in a cafe? Trying to trick myself into writing @ City Perks #yxe

@supportourscience.bsky.social's letter of concern covered in @science.org's News today #cdnpoli #cdnsci

@supportourscience.bsky.social's letter of concern covered in @science.org's News today #cdnpoli #cdnsci

I made the grave mistake of letting friends leave my house yesterday WITHOUT a zucchini.

Forest governance is another area of research I never really thought about until working with @canjforestres.bsky.social, but now I think about it a lot. Especially with recent 🇨🇦 wildfire & federal investment news

Forest degradation is affecting biodiversity, climate, and well-being. But it's still hard to measure. CJFR welcomes papers on how to track and respond to degradation in temperate and boreal systems. ▶️ buff.ly/1aULXb4 #EnvironmentalScience #CallForPapers #ForestResearch