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Doug Wallace @dougieocean.bsky.social · 17h

In #CapeBreton this week for #CelticColours? Don't miss Waters Flowing Together in Iona with music, theatre, #oceantech and Western and Indigenous perspectives on the #ocean and #coasts, especially the Bras d'Or Lake Biosphere Region. Open to all, symposium registration at tinyurl.com/4yv28dat

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Doug Wallace @dougieocean.bsky.social · 2d

"if the government subsidises something it means it is not working". Examples: electric vehicles and health care. What about $31 billion in US government subsidies to the oil and gas industry? Hhhmmm. Hypocrite.

Doug Wallace @dougieocean.bsky.social · 11d

The US Commander in Chief should be dismissed immediately because he is really, really fat. USA: get your act together. #Hegseth #idiocy

Doug Wallace @dougieocean.bsky.social · Sep 1

Also great way for Canada to increase defense spending: send our mosquitos to Finland.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Sep 1

They should do it anyway for the environmental benefits.

To defend against Russian tanks, Finland and Poland consider restoring wetlands

Finland and Poland are both considering rewetting dried-out peatbogs to form defence barriers against a potential Russian ground invasion. Restoring these natural carbon sinks could also bring signifi...

www.france24.com

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Doug Wallace @dougieocean.bsky.social · Sep 1

@dalfaculty.bsky.social @timbousquet.bsky.social

Can we find out: a) who at Dalhousie hired these consultants? b) how much Dalhousie is paying them? c) what have been their recommendations to senior management and Dal board?

Just to clear the air a little.

Andrew Roger @andrewjroger.bsky.social · Aug 29

Ever heard of the Nous Group? A consulting firm that desperate universities hire to help with cost-saving and restructuring? Turns out they are actually vampires who parasitize tertiary education: drive.google.com/file/d/1_1Fk...

Nousferatu Are corporate consultants extracting the lifeblood from universities .pdf

drive.google.com

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Doug Wallace @dougieocean.bsky.social · Aug 29

Move the UN General Assembly to a small island state.

Doug Wallace @dougieocean.bsky.social · Aug 23

Check out the recent data buoy coverage and how poor it is over the Scotian Shelf.

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Doug Wallace @dougieocean.bsky.social · Aug 23

Yes. Correct analysis. The lack of data, and the lack of plans to invest in data collection is quite astonishing given the level of political discussion. Don't trust consultant reports that are based on little to no data.

Doug Wallace @dougieocean.bsky.social · Aug 21

I've always wanted one. Now's the perfect time 😂

Doug Wallace @dougieocean.bsky.social · Aug 21

So destructive. Can't write proposals, can't bring in funds to the University. Can't prepare classes. Can't advise students. What happens when you have a Board of Governors full of Corporate CEOs, CFO, COOs, VPs, CPAs and managers: none with any expertise in the core business of a University.

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Doug Wallace @dougieocean.bsky.social · Aug 20

The reputational risk to #Dalhousie University from its misguided and ill-considered lockout of Faculty is massive. A glance at the Board makeup, mainly corporate types, makes me worry they may have no idea what makes a successful University, what Faculty do, and why.

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Doug Wallace @dougieocean.bsky.social · Jul 8

Who would want to start working for #NOAA under the current regime? How do you replace 32 years of experience overnight?

Doug Wallace @dougieocean.bsky.social · Jul 8

Convenient for Republicans to say "don't politicise tragedy". But this article from April about experienced #NWS early warning manager from San Antonio, #Texas forced into early retirement by #chainsaw cuts to #NOAA demands accountability in the face of the #flood tragedy. tinyurl.com/yyhxveef

Head of local weather warnings takes early retirement as NOAA cuts continue

Yura has over 32 years experience, spending more than half of his career at the NWS Austin/San Antonio office.

tinyurl.com

Doug Wallace @dougieocean.bsky.social · May 30

Good luck USA: see you on the other side.

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Doug Wallace @dougieocean.bsky.social · May 5

Donald Two Dolls.

McSpocky™ @mcspocky.bsky.social · May 3

Let Them Play With Two Dolls

Doug Wallace @dougieocean.bsky.social · May 3

Any person with a smidgeon spiritual sense should condemn this arrogant, ignorant man.

Doug Wallace @dougieocean.bsky.social · May 1

Sounds like a plan made up by a bunch of retired guys at the golf club.

Doug Wallace @dougieocean.bsky.social · Apr 12

A recording that will put a smile on the face of all #Canadians and maybe make Maritimers shed a nostalgic tear or two. So excellent from start to finish

Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · Apr 12

What's wild about this whole album is how many singers can sound like Joel Plaskett

Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · Apr 12

Crazy good. This is my go to if someone puts a guitar in my hands and I can't think of my own name.

joelplaskett.bandcamp.com/track/nowher...

Doug Wallace @dougieocean.bsky.social · Apr 6

This makes sense. #corruption and #racketeering, pure and simple.

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · Apr 3

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.

No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.

1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

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Doug Wallace @dougieocean.bsky.social · Apr 6

He is totally humiliated but does not resign? Unbelievable.

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Doug Wallace @dougieocean.bsky.social · Mar 28

In these days of doom and gloom why not resurrect some classic Atlantic Canadian political humour:
youtu.be/XsQhSF3t_E8?...

Wayne Easter`s description of Pierre Poilievre

YouTube video by Ralph Goodale

youtu.be

Reposted by Doug Wallace

Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · Mar 27

We polled Nature readers to ask if they were thinking of leaving the US for jobs abroad. Three-quarters of them (who said they were US-based scientists) said yes. 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving

More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.

www.nature.com

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Doug Wallace @dougieocean.bsky.social · Mar 25

Agreed these mechanisms are addressed. But the big one, metabolism/ respiration, is usually not mentioned. Simply put: whales eat a lot of "ocean carbon": they have to, it's their function. But most of this carbon goes straight into the atmosphere. It seems to be a blind spot. Don't understand why.

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Doug Wallace @dougieocean.bsky.social · Mar 25

"a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who has made a profession of peddling hoaxes"

SO WHY WERE YOU SHARING SECRETS WITH HIM?

(And why could the TV reporter not ask that?)

Doug Wallace @dougieocean.bsky.social · Mar 25

Has everyone forgotten their basic biology? Whales, contrary to sharks and fish, eat carbon in the ocean, metabolise it to move and stay warm, and then pump it into the atmosphere. The carbon goes the wrong way!!
Whales are really great but not for reducing atmospheric CO2😂🧪

Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · Mar 24

A great analysis by @hannahritchie.bsky.social showing that restoring whales -- while a great idea for biodiversity and ocean ecosystems -- is *not* a climate solution.

www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/whale-carb...

Could whales be a solution to climate change? Probably only a very small one.

The numbers don’t live up to some of the hype.

www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com

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