Nicely played, Sun

Oh my - this is a huge loss for Alberta.

The greatest part about doing science is working with great people. If you’re in this skeet, you’ll know it. 🧪⚒️

this is the solution to the male loneliness epidemic I am 100% serious

The greatest part about doing science is working with great people. If you’re in this skeet, you’ll know it. 🧪⚒️

"Why do queen bumblebees emerge from hibernation during weekends?" I love this framing about bias in hobbyist-collected data.

A new study got a detailed look at the process of glacial calving, including what happens below the surface, where it’s difficult to observe. eos.org/articles/a-f...

While most of the article rings true, I have a real problem with this statement and how we're setting up students to *expect* success: "We were told growing up that if you work hard, and you work as hard as you can to achieve something, that you'll get it, right?" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Someone at work sure likes hot dogs

TFW the expense report you started last week didn't save and you need to start from scratch

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Scandalous if true

Doomscrolling antidote right here ⤵️

But it would be a boon for tiny violin makers

That sounds like an issue, not an issme

But it would be a boon for tiny violin makers

Who has two thumbs and just learned long division?

Hey companies - your newfangled AI support agent fucking sucks. Just put me through to a real person. -signed, everyone

You’d think that after 5 years the dog would know that I’m not going to Hoover her up. #ScaredyCat

And on Talk Like a Pirate Day no less! #ShiverMeTimbers

NEW AND NOTEWORTHY: The Trump administration unveiled a new crackdown Friday on journalists at the Pentagon, saying it will require them to pledge in writing they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release. Gift link here: wapo.st/4nCO854

Would now be a good time to mention that my Department (Earth, Energy, and Environment) at the @ucalgary.bsky.social will soon be posting 3 or 4 tenure track positions in various fields? We’re in Canada. 🧪⚒️

🧪⚒️ Please give a big science and geology welcome to Janine Krippner!

This may seem cute but if you do this too much the cyclists may become reliant on cars feeding them, disrupting the delicate roadway ecosystem

We obtained Canada's security planning documents for the G7. High among their concerns was wildfire and how to respond should a fire bear down on Kananaskis while world leaders gathered there, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports.

Highlighting the use case for a humanitarian satellite, and the utility of more than just optical data (i.e. a high-res DEM would be extremely helpful for the analysis) cc @billfgreer.bsky.social

Satellite imagery from @planet.com has started to reveal the events that killed 70 people at Dharal and Harshil in India on 5 August 2025. Heavy rainfall triggered landslides that transitioned into channelised debris flows. eos.org/thelandslide...

The strange case of the 31 August 2025 landslides at Tarasin in Darfur, Sudan - >1,000 people were widely reported to have died in this event. Examination of @planet.com satellite imagery casts significant doubt on this interpretation, suggesting a much lower loss of life. eos.org/thelandslide...

Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day, y'all

President Donald Trump on Thursday floated the possibility that TV broadcasters could lose their federal licenses over what he perceives as negative coverage of him, a day after Disney’s ABC yanked “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air.

Good morning Calgary

That's a Labour government minister berating university students and staff by saying that 'too often people go to university to "explore research and knowledge"'. I'm very glad of our students who study history to explore research and knowledge.

Friday fun: Meet the winners of the 2025 Ig Nobel Prizes 🧪 cen.acs.org/education/sc...

I need to out in a ticket and first have 6 people sign off before I can download and read the report

Another really really big earthquake in Kamchatka, Russia, a few minutes ago. Tsunami advisories in effect on North American west coast. 🧪⚒️ earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

News got you down? Tired of doomscrolling? Here’s a nice little pick-me-up about how your home may not be insurance any longer. (Spoiler: it’s because of climate change)

Alberta to maintain industrial carbon price freeze for 2026, leaving Ottawa to act

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

lolnope

I just opened one of those exploding wine bottles from Costco. Except it was a can of beer. And not from Costco. Also, I might have shaken it a bit beforehand.

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose??? This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

Ummmm

In academia, excellence appears to come with a price tag. Stresses often normalise certain behaviours such as workaholism. In this week's blog, Katherine Villavicencio writes about the effects of workaholism in academic life, and suggests us: forget the price tag! blogs.egu.eu/divisions/gd...

I know this isn’t a new idea, but maybe one we should think about. The peer review system is, if not broken, at least malfunctioning. What if there were 2 routes for paper submission: 1. direct submission to journal of your choice; 2. Online marketplace where journals would effectively bid on them 🧪

Without question, and unapologetically, the answer is D

This is the best sentence I have read all day.

I made sure to click and read the whole skeet before sharing this

At the stage in manuscript editing where one coauthor adds a word and another coauthor removes the same word, and repeat. 🧪

On the list of best Out Of Office messages, "Sorry, I'm out getting my moose" is a good one and works best for Alaskans.