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Wildlife disease, growing things I can eat, seeing things that make me feel.
Trick or treat?
about 2 months ago
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Two fighter jets just flew over!!!! 💘 🛩️
2 months ago
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When my Dad eats an apple, he eats the whole apple, core and all.
2 months ago
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Is it Caturday yet…
3 months ago
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3 months ago
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Out picking peppers by flashlight because of frost warnings 😭
3 months ago
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This one hurts…
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Jane Goodall, conservationist and chimpanzee researcher, dead at 91 | CBC News
Jane Goodall, the British conservationist and researcher renowned for her work with chimpanzees, has died at age 91.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/jane-goodall-dead-obituary-1.7648336
3 months ago
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Red pepper jelly!
3 months ago
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The smell of dehydrating hot peppers is one of my favorite smells. 🌶️
4 months ago
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Richard Branson
8 months ago
Inspiring celebration of David Attenborough from Kate Winslet and many others - and a much-needed reminder to stand with science
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Happy birthday, David Attenborough! 99 ways he has inspired us, by Barack Obama, Billie Eilish, Morgan Freeman – and many more
This week the presenter turns 99. To celebrate, we asked 99 nature lovers – including Margaret Atwood, Jane Fonda, Bono, Kate Winslet and Michael Palin – how he has helped us see the world with fresh ...
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/may/03/david-attenborough-birthday-99-by-barack-obama-billie-eilish-morgan-freeman
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9 months ago
Paper accepted klaxon! A small one, but a fun one, led by
@mannamacdonald.bsky.social
: "First detection of the mosquito Uranotaenia sapphirina (Diptera: Culicidae) in New Brunswick, Canada."
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Last day 💔
9 months ago
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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli
10 months ago
All Cormorants Are Beautiful
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Jolien van Hooff
10 months ago
Exciting news! I'm looking for a computational biologist to join my lab at Wageningen University & Research! It's a 3-year postdoc position on Holomycota genome architecture and evolution. Spread the word!
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
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Postdoc Comparative genomics and genome architecture in early-diverging fungi and their protist relatives (3-year position)
https://www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/postdoc-comparative-genomics-and-genome-architecture-in-early-diverging-fungi-and-their-protist-relatives-3-year-position.htm
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Any QGIS fluent people here?
10 months ago
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Proud of Zelensky
10 months ago
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Canada geese found dead in eastern P.E.I. had avian flu, preliminary results show | CBC News
A large number of dying and dead Canada geese in Vernon Bridge, P.E.I., were likely sick with avian flu, says a veterinarian with the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-canada-geese-avian-flu-sick-bird-1.7470615
10 months ago
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Stephen Heard
10 months ago
I can teach Scientific Writing at your institution! I can offer a one-week intensive course for grad students and other early-career scientists. I'm (more than) fully booked for 2025, but have open slots in 2026. Contact me to discuss; more info here:
scientistseessquirre...
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Writing Course
I can help your students write! I can offer a one-week, in-person writing course for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at your institution. Class sizes of 8-25 work well; we can discuss la…
https://scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/writing-course/
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It's been over a year, but today SHE came back ❤️ 🦊
10 months ago
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Pepper starting
10 months ago
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Ten minutes into my QGIS For Beginners and I want to cry.
10 months ago
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Dennis King steps down as Prince Edward Island's premier after nearly 6 years in the job | CBC News
Dennis King says he is stepping down as the premier of Prince Edward Island effective at noon AT on Friday.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-premier-dennis-king-announcement-1.7463994
10 months ago
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Finally deleted the old twitter.
10 months ago
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Joanna Masel
11 months ago
Now seems a good time to mention that I haven't yet filled a postdoc position in phylogenetic methods. If you just lost your job, need something temporary, and know something about bioinformatics/statistics/evolution, talk to me.
add a skeleton here at some point
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Paige Vega
11 months ago
Friday SCOOP:
@vox.com
has learned that USFWS has frozen its vast portfolio of international conservation grants. This is far beyond the scope of USAID-funded work and will inevitably harm wildlife internationally and in the US.
@benjij.bsky.social
has the story:
www.vox.com/down-to-eart...
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Leaked emails show the nation’s leading wildlife agency has halted critical funding for conservation
Exclusive: The US Fish and Wildlife Service has frozen millions of dollars, imperiling animals abroad.
https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/399957/fish-wildlife-service-trump-funding-freeze
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There’s quiet, then there is the power is out quiet.
11 months ago
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C.D.C. Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Spread Between Cats and People
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
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CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People
The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/health/cdc-bird-flu-cats-people.html?smid=bs-share
11 months ago
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Canadian farmers on alert as 2nd bird flu strain found in U.S. cattle
Canadian dairy farmers are ramping up surveillance after a second strain of avian flu was found in cattle in the United States, where the virus has prompted a reduction in milk production. No cases ha...
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6639483
11 months ago
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Bird flu suspected in death of 20 wild turkeys on Martha’s Vineyard
Twenty wild turkeys were found dead in Edgartown over the weekend and officials aren't ruling out bird flu as the cause.
https://www.masslive.com/capecod/2025/02/bird-flu-suspected-in-death-of-20-wild-turkeys-on-marthas-vineyard.html
11 months ago
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Jon Cooper
11 months ago
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First tent cuke!
11 months ago
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Free and easy simple map making tool?
11 months ago
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Tf Animal Crossing?
11 months ago
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Why does Harv get birds on his island I don’t :(
11 months ago
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Sweet, round partridge visitors
12 months ago
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19)
12 months ago
⚠️ BREAKING: WHO Declares Marburg Outbreak in Tanzania 🇹🇿 with Suspected 9 Cases and 8 Deaths, Healthcare Workers Among Victims. The risk of this outbreak is considered "high" due to "several concerning factors," including evidence of geographic spread.
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Sometimes there are snow buntings on the confederation bridge and they make me swoon 🐦
12 months ago
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Writing about mosquitoes kinda bites…
12 months ago
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I can’t help but feel guilty cutting trees down in Animal Crossing and abusing resources of deserted islands.
12 months ago
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I don’t want to share the kids switch with them 😭
12 months ago
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19)
12 months ago
⚠️ BREAKING: Seven cats in Los Angeles County have tested positive for the H5 bird flu, according to L.A. County Public Health. Up to five of these house cats were infected after consuming raw pet food contaminated with the virus.
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Winter grow
about 1 year ago
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Biscuits
about 1 year ago
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www.cdc.gov/media/releas...
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CDC Confirms First Severe Case of H5N1 Bird Flu in the United States
December 18, 2024-- A patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of avian influenza A(H5N1)
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2024/m1218-h5n1-flu.html
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5 Animals, Including Cheetah and Mountain Lion, Die from Avian Flu at Popular Zoo
The Wildlife World Zoo in Litchfield, Ariz., had six animals test positive for avian flu, with five dying of the infection. A white tiger was also infected at the Arizona zoo and is currently recoveri...
https://people.com/5-animals-die-from-avian-flu-at-arizona-zoo-8760910
about 1 year ago
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Air show is coming to PEI this year!
about 1 year ago
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Tent planting. Tomatoes 🍅
about 1 year ago
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Sauce and soup time
about 1 year ago
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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦
about 1 year ago
Submit your proposal for a symposium or workshop for the 2025 Can Soc Ecol Evol meeting next July in Sherbrooke! Deadline Jan 31.
event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/pag...
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2025 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution
Fourwaves - 2025 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution
https://event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/pages/6ba90353-d44a-4202-ab93-60d0eb09f35f
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