Max Liboiron
@maxliboiron.bsky.social
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Author: Pollution is Colonialism (2020), Discard Studies (2021) CLEAR lab at
@clear-lab.bsky.social
Very excited for Homesick by Nick Shapiro. It tells a story of formaldehyde exposure from prefab trailers, which does some heavy, complex lifting itself. But what I love most is how it chronicles multiple approaches to activist research & how to let the research lead you.
@dukepress.bsky.social
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If you're in London in February and want to get your geek on with me: "This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of 2 Indigenous researchers to collaborate through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics."
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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Counting across worlds (or, how to love a zero)
This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of two Indigenous researchers to collaborate across incommensurability through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/events/2026/feb/counting-across-worlds-or-how-love-zero
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CLEAR lab
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I (Max) highly recommend this book. The ethnography is beautiful. The methods of an activist/researcher are exceptional. The theories of change are poetic and grounded. The case study is holy shit.
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CLEAR lab
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Weâre waking up our social media presence!đąEvery week, a different CLEAR member will share what life looks like in the lab, from wet lab work to community authorship. Each perspective is unique, showing the diff ways we think about what we do and *how* we do it. Stay tuned! 1/8
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NiCHE Canada
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Our editor
@historiamagoria.bsky.social
chose "Catching an Authentic Lake Trout: Knowledge Legitimization in Academia" by Alex Flynn, with Rui Lui,
@maxliboiron.bsky.social
, Kaitlyn Hawkins, and Molly Lahn Rivers as our latest Editor's Pick!
niche-canada.org/2025/06/12/c...
#indigenous
#academia
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Catching an Authentic Lake Trout: Knowledge Legitimization in Academia
Drawing from my lived experience with Lake Trout as a member of NunatuKavut who grew up in southern Labrador and a student at a colonial university, I discuss how citation practices are used to influe...
https://niche-canada.org/2025/06/12/catching-an-authentic-lake-trout-knowledge-legitimization-in-academia/
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UBC IRES
3 months ago
đď¸ This snippet offers a glimpse into Verena's comprehensive Seminar in our Series, which is full of strategies, tactics and tools related to the science of policy making and changing. And there's even more to exploreâ join our Seminar Series in September!
ires.ubc.ca/news-and-events/
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Today there's a public briefing on the collection, "Act boldly or fail: academic perspectives at a pivotal moment in global plastics treaty negotiations," where 60+ experts outline the consequences of delayed or diluted action 1/
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Call for bold action at upcoming Global Plastics Treaty Talks (INC-5.2)
As the world prepares for the final round of negotiations on a legally binding global plastics treaty (INC-5.2), from 5-14 August 2025, over 60 academic experts have stepped forward to outline exactly...
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1092049
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You can still register for tomorrow & Wednesday's workshops on promotion & tenure files for community-based research. Day 1 is CVs & Day 2 are dossiers. The team includes
@arnkeeling.bsky.social
@rosiealegado.bsky.social
& Letitia Henville 1/3
cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...
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Encrypted Form
CryptPad: end-to-end encrypted collaboration suite
https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/Hkv19w6JP0LdXI+f57dOaYAbaeThOA938FxIHnShpek/
4 months ago
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Venus Bivar
4 months ago
Teen Vogue really does have some of the best reporting. This collection is great and includes a piece from
@maxliboiron.bsky.social
. Will definitely be using this entire list for teaching.
www.teenvogue.com/tag/plastic-...
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plastic planet
Get the latest on Plastic Planet from Teen Vogue. Find articles, slideshows and more.
https://www.teenvogue.com/tag/plastic-planet
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Dr Alex Bond
4 months ago
Last day in Nunatsiavut with this fantastic crew - Jacquelyn Winters,
@maxliboiron.bsky.social
, Katrina Anthony,
@paulmccarney.bsky.social
(and Liz Pijogge, who was back in Nain). đ¸: Dillon Shiwak
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Dr Alex Bond
4 months ago
A short blog post with
@maxliboiron.bsky.social
for
@clear-lab.bsky.social
on the ethics of summary stats and why choice matters. It might seem obvious, but these problems still appear in papers when summarizing plastics data
civiclaboratory.nl/2025/06/30/t...
#PlasticPollution
#ornithology
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The Problem With Averages: What Plastic in Birds Teaches Us About Statistical Ethics - CLEAR - Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research
By Max Liboiron and Alex Bond
https://civiclaboratory.nl/2025/06/30/the-problem-with-averages-what-plastic-in-birds-teaches-us-about-statistical-ethics/
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Squeeeee! Outlining a paper with
@thelabandfield.bsky.social
&
@paulmccarney.bsky.social
about community-based metrics & measure for contaminants research. Spoiler: they arenât the usual Western science metrics.
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Good morning! Itâs a mild and foggy start to the day here.
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The draft Plastics Treaty has 3 sets of âPrinciples & Approaches, only 1 of which includes âknowledge of Indigenous Peoples. Even then, it includes Indigenous *knowledge* to the marked exclusion of Indigenous *Peoples*. A better way starts with Indigenous rights.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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How to incorporate the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in the Global Plastics Treaty | Cambridge Prisms: Plastics | Cambridge Core
How to incorporate the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in the Global Plastics Treaty - Volume 3
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-prisms-plastics/article/how-to-incorporate-the-un-declaration-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples-undrip-in-the-global-plastics-treaty/74CD39685F60A4DC9CD6AAC3F615361D
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Good morning!
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Good morning! Itâs really cold today but nice and damp for the plants.
6 months ago
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Suresh Venkatasubramanian
6 months ago
There's a lot of chatter around the proposal being inserted into a budget bill that would put a moratorium on any AI legislation being passed by the states for the next 10 years. I thought I'd say a bit about why this is an absolutely disastrous move.
www.404media.co/republicans-...
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Republicans Try to Cram Ban on AI Regulation Into Budget Reconciliation Bill
Republicans try to use the Budget Reconciliation bill to stop states from regulating AI entirely for 10 years.
https://www.404media.co/republicans-try-to-cram-ban-on-ai-regulation-into-budget-reconciliation-bill/
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Great coverage of our mutual aid network across the US-Canadian border moving Indigenous data so it's safer.
www.theverge.com/features/664...
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Indigenous scientists are fighting to protect their data â and their culture
Theyâre worried about the loss of their research.
https://www.theverge.com/features/664282/indigenous-data-sovereignty-native-trump-musk-dei
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Good morning! Frosty but bright.
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Good morning! Itâs a chilly, foggy start to the day.
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Adrift Lab (Marine Science)
6 months ago
THIS was inside the stomach of a baby
#shearwater
- can you help us identify the brand/source?
#CitizenScience
#SeabirdSaturday
#IngestedPlastic
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This is the funnest piece I've ever written. It's a choose-your-own-lab-adventure w/ multiple endings based on contamination training in our lab- based on true stories. There's also some theory about purity and fragility. ;) Thanks to editors
@jrmdns.bsky.social
Fernando Rubio & David Pontille
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Fernando DomĂnguez Rubio
6 months ago
Today is publication date for our Fragilities volume! "At a time when it may be easy to fall into a defeatist melancholia, if not outright pessimism, the book is an invitation to think from fragility to build life-affirming politics and ethics" It's got an amazing line-up & it is open-access! đ¤
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Fragilities: Essays on the Politics, Ethics, and Aesthetics of Maintenance and Repair
An original essay collection that explores the generative dimensions of fragility, which can help reveal new life-affirming politics and ethics.At a time w
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Join us for a two-day workshop on preparing your promotion and tenure file for community-based research! July 16 & 17 2025, free, and probably a little bit fun. Sponsored by CLEAR and the IndigeLab Network
www.indigelabnetwork.com/test-worksho...
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IN Workshop: Promotion and Tenure packages for community-based research
July 16-17, 2025
https://www.indigelabnetwork.com/test-workshop-1/
7 months ago
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Good morning. Weâve had a weather hiccup.
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APTN News
7 months ago
As the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues continues this week, discussions focused on financing Indigenous Peoples' work. But delegates say before that can happen, states must hold up to their commitments to implement UNDRIP.
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Delegates at UN forum say states must hold up commitment to implement UNDRIP | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
https://youtu.be/Hq4hIRt4oOw
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Good morning on this cost and frosty start to the day.
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Good morning. So far so good.
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Good morning! Itâs a frosty start to a beautiful day
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Join us for a two-day workshop on preparing your promotion and tenure file for community-based research! July 16 & 17 2025, free, and probably a little bit fun. Sponsored by CLEAR and the IndigeLab Network
www.indigelabnetwork.com/test-worksho...
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IN Workshop: Promotion and Tenure packages for community-based research
July 16-17, 2025
https://www.indigelabnetwork.com/test-workshop-1/
7 months ago
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Amanda Wyatt! Visconti
7 months ago
#ICYMI
folks w/deep experience re:crisis web archiving (
@sucho-org.bsky.social
)+building tools for it (
@webrecorder.net
) made a free zine teaching how anyone can archive the things you love on the web before they go away:
zinebakery.com/homemade-zin...
& why you shouldn't expect others will do so
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Tay (Antonio J. Osuna MascarĂł)
7 months ago
NO, they did not "resurrect" the dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus). They have only edited 14 genes of the gray wolf to resemble it. Apparently, all the changes are focused on its appearance (color, size and shape of the ears) It is pure propaganda. (blog)
www.newscientist.com/article/2475...
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Good morning! Bit of freezing rain and ice fog this morning but pleasantly fresh.
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Good morning from the start of a new day.
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ACLU has a very helpful summary of rights (very few) and set of strategies around data on devices when youâre crossing in2 the US
www.aclu.org/news/privacy...
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Can Border Agents Search Your Electronic Devices? Itâs Complicated. | ACLU
Weâve been getting a lot of questions about when border agents can legally conduct searches of travelersâ electronic devices at international airports and other ports of entry. Unfortunately, the answ...
https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/can-border-agents-search-your-electronic?initms_aff=nat&initms_chan=soc&utm_medium=soc&initms=awr-na-fb-na-nat-na-privacytechnology-kyr-na&utm_source=fb&utm_campaign=na&utm_content=awr-na-fb-na-nat-na-privacytechnology-kyr-na&ms_aff=nat&ms_chan=soc&ms=awr-na-fb-na-nat-na-privacytechnology-kyr-na&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3COuK3y6NrPWWu2WeHusL9gDy2iUiH6SrX5NCRXeZzIChyqCz-6JZs7GA_aem_MtHt0TVkccr1__zWv13ZOA
7 months ago
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IPEN: toxics-free
7 months ago
April 9 â The Hidden Plastic Waste Exports, the Case for Basel Convention Controls on RDF and Textiles
www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/events/the-h...
April 10 â Establishing a Global Alliance on Highly Hazardous Pesticides
fao.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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The Hidden Plastic Waste Exports, the Case for Basel Convention Controls on RDF and Textiles | Road to 2025 BRS COPs
This event, co-organized by the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) and the Geneva Environment Network takes place within the framework of the Road to 2025 BRS COPs organized in the ru...
https://www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/events/the-hidden-plastic-waste-exports-the-case-for-basel-convention-controls-on-rdf-and-textiles/
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CLEAR lab
7 months ago
Join Taryn on a tour of CLEAR! Why are our lab coats pink (spoiler: it's for scientific)? What senses do we use to identify plastics (hint: more than our eyes!)? What kind of people work at CLEAR (awesome people, obv)!
@munlgeog.bsky.social
#WomenInSTEM
#QueerScience
youtube.com/shorts/CVKwx...
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CLEAR Lab Tour
YouTube video by Drmaxlib
https://youtube.com/shorts/CVKwx0UXutg?feature=share
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Pride in STEM
7 months ago
Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility. Thereâs much to do everywhere so that trans and non-binary people can live without fear. Our single point of reflection is this: whatâs your organisation doing to support trans+ people?
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Altmetric
8 months ago
Here are two pie charts that show the baseline differences in sharing behaviour for research items on the two platforms. There seems to be a higher proportion of original posts on Bluesky than X. 7/11
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Christopher Smith
7 months ago
"We are likely to find ourselves as intellectuals or political philosophers facing a situation in which our chief task is not to imagine better worlds but rather to think how to prevent worse ones." Tony Judt
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Lindsay Naylor
8 months ago
Quite possibly the best starting slide of a plenary ever.
#AAG2025
Stanley Brunn Award lecture with Katherine McKittrick!!
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Good evening from Detroit!
8 months ago
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Teen Vogue is consistently amazing.
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8 months ago
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UAW
8 months ago
In the latest assault on First Amendment rights, Columbia University has expelled and fired Grant Miner, President of UAW Local 2710, which represents thousands of Columbia student workers. The firing comes one day before contract negotiations were set to open with the University.
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8 months ago
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IPEN: toxics-free
8 months ago
In many urban areas across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, households are increasingly resorting to burning plastic waste for cooking and heating due to the scarcity and high cost of traditional fuels.
theconversation.com/households-a...
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Households are burning plastic waste as fuel for cooking and heating in slums the world over
Burning plastic as fuel for cooking and heating releases toxic chemicals into the air and contaminates food. Yet this is common in many parts of the world.
https://theconversation.com/households-are-burning-plastic-waste-as-fuel-for-cooking-and-heating-in-slums-the-world-over-250265
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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD
8 months ago
One of the top news stories in Canada right now đ
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Edmonds Scanner
8 months ago
What are your plans for tonight? 1. tv & ennui 2. soft pants & hard liquor 3. dark arts & crafts 4. books & ignoring bedtime
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Grist
8 months ago
Farmers depend on climate data. Theyâre suing the USDA for deleting it. Growing food is a precarious business, and losing access to key information makes it worse.
grist.org/food-and-agr...
#Farmers
#Farms
#Food
#Agriculture
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Farmers depend on climate data. They're suing the USDA for deleting it.
Growing food is a precarious business, and losing access to key information makes it worse.
https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/farmers-usda-climate-data-lawsuit-website-purge/
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