DAVE MATTHEWS: “I don’t want my taxes to pay for masked thugs to roam our streets & terrorize our communities... She was trying to get away. He shot her 3x in the head. Murdered in cold blood. They’re trying to tell us not to believe what we see. FUCK ICE.” (H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )

Satire

this is terrifying, but unsurprising. You don't think Republican operatives are behind the scenes supporting the Alberta separatist circus?

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I am reading a history of the gulag by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social, and the parallels between 1930s Russia and contemporary America are striking. Arbitrary arrest and detention, vague allusions to "enemies of the state" and a political leader who is focussed on paranoid retribution.

Laurentian faculty association sets strike deadline of Jan. 19 www.sudbury.com/local-news/l...

REVIEW: Bridging reproductive management and ecosystem function: behavioural pathways linking contraception to zoogeochemistry ✒️ Funk, Ferraro, Schulte-Hostedde, and Vander Wal 🔗 https://ow.ly/YPUb50XS95o

when the American president was a person, not a caricature of a Bond villain www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM-Q...

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Happy Holidays from OE3C! Our logo is ready and the topic for this upcoming year will be Coexisting with Nature. Just as a reminder to save the date, the Ontario Ecology, Ethology, and Evolution Colloquium (OE3C) will be happening April 30th to May 2nd, 2026 at Brock University.

This pulls the U.S. out of IUCN, among other things.

would love to attend but my boycott of the US may prevent me from doing so...

after firing 100+ colleagues, forcing us into a punitive contract that has left our salaries behind our colleagues at other universities, and undermining our pension, our employer is is forcing us into strike action. Please sign and support us @ocufa.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/letters/act-...

Laurentian University faculty are working towards a new Collective Agreement (after our last one was imposed under a hostile insolvency action). We could use your support. @ocufa.bsky.social

New documents show while the University of Alberta was under mass budget cuts that resulted in layoffs and a 100% cut to child care funding, the president was spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on travel Expenses have doubled since he took office

this is exactly the kind of scenario that I envisioned would require an ethics framework for conservation biologists to navigate.

Béla Fleck just announced he’s cancelling his performance at the Kennedy Center with the National Symphony Orchestra 💪

He's stealing the oil. What the actual F.

lol - Canadian universities have been doing this for the last two decades.

do the Republicans in Congress not see the madness in this???

my theory is that Trump knows that his mortal coil is unwinding. He needs to put his stamp on the US and the world before he runs out of time. I predict that we will see an acceleration of the outrageousness until his end.

it me

interesting

CFNY was the soundtrack to my adolescence.

is this a joke?

Fieldwork carries real risk in rural Mexico. That context matters in the disappearance of biologist Miguel Ángel de la Torre Loranca, kidnapped in Veracruz in Nov 2025 after a “request for dialogue.” His family says he was taken alive and is calling for visibility.

📣Don’t miss out! 🐦 Early bird registration for the 2026 CSEE Conference in Toronto ends January 30, 2026. 📝Abstract submissions close January 19, 2026. 🔗 Register here: event.fourwaves.com/csee2026/reg...

would anyone be surprised if Trumpists/MAGAts were materially supporting Alberta separation?

President Miller makes the case for taking Greenland using military force

surely a plurality of House members and Senators see Trump for what he is - a declining and senile old man desperate to make his mark on the world before he expires. He's dragging the US down with him. They should impeach him before its too late.

#Smammal! Exploration and docility in coexisting rodents! academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a... @albrechts-h.bsky.social

This is a horrible story. wtf is wrong with American science

This report in Nature on the costs of competing for & administering scientific grants is shocking: "In other words, European taxpayers will have spent more on the funding process than on the funding itself, and the scientific ecosystem has been drained." www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪

The Canada Government will offer 400 postdoctoral fellowships to international researchers in early 2026. If you have a background in wildlife microbiome or quantitative genetics and are interested to apply to work on microbiome variation in Sable Island horses or caribou, feel free to get in touch

What fresh hell is this???

Deeply flawed opinion piece - like an accountant, the only possible value for university education is financial. 1/2 www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Shades of PM Harper and his war on science - thetyee.ca/News/2014/01...

Recently read We Breed Lions by @rickwesthead.bsky.social. There is a deep rot at the core of competitive hockey - grateful my son showed no interest in hockey and was not subjected to the locker room "code".

supporting grads & postdocs nationwide These investments recognize the essential role trainees play in Canada’s research ecosystem. #SupportOurScience (2/2)

Looking ahead to 2026–27, we’re encouraged by new investments in Canadian research: 🔬 $82M for grants, scholarships & fellowships 🌍 $226M to attract global talent, incl. intl. student funding & research chairs—supporting (1/2)

This ⬇️ Now former American allies will no longer come to the aid when the US is need. It’s over.

Dr. No Funding

Not sure I understand why the Trump administration cares about Christians in Nigeria and not Christians in Ukraine

isn't his wife Hindu? How does she feel about this statement?

this is disgusting

it is honestly shocking that American society has reached this level of naked racism.

Fake references should lead to academic sanctions for the researchers involved, from both industry as well as from institutions. It needs to happen now, before every norm of academic integrity ends up sacrificed on the altar of production.

"I worried no one would believe me." Our latest Working Life essay is a deeply personal story that explores how a scientist felt—and continues to feel, decades later—after a mentor made unwanted sexual advances. @science.org @sciencecareers.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

This is indistinguishable from a post by The Onion.