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Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁 @shoshanahjacobs.bsky.social · Sep 2

📣A Call for Bio-Inspired Technologies

Climate crises will require partnership with new technologies

We cannot use the tools that we used to create the crisis

Check out this team of #Transdisciplinary scholars
Join #ManufacturedEcosystems 🧪

www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/10...

Screenshot of the article: A Call for Bio-Inspired Technologies: Promises and Challenges for Ecosystem Service Replacement

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Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁 @shoshanahjacobs.bsky.social · 14h

Yup. It was challenging to mark the importance of this cease fire in the context of <everything>

And… if children sleep these next few nights, that’s something 😢

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁 @shoshanahjacobs.bsky.social · 15h

bbc.com/news/article...

Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term

A French court increases by a year the jail term of the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot.

bbc.com

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Katherine Drotos @spiritofcavalia.bsky.social · 21h

We can't forget that even if the ceasefire holds, even if the war were to actually end and the Palestinian people actually were able to rebuild their lives, the place they're rebuilding from is horrendously hard.

Give if you can, share, and remind those around you.

Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 1d

WE CONTINUE. It would be so easy to slow down, but we’re needed more than ever 🚨

These six families will remain in emergency—in need a LOT of extra help in the coming weeks for food, supplies, transport, more.

So we stay bold, RIGHT? 24 hours left ⚠️ 0/640: chuffed.org/project/hope...

A square white graphic. On the left is a stylized ink illustration of a kestrel falcon in black on white, without outline just the black marks on its wings and face, drawn from behind. His wings are partly open and his head is turned to the right. In his beak is an anemone poppy in red ink with a green stem. On the right is the title "Keep hope alive: a gaza giving circle" in ink-effect font. The text says "We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We distribute your contributions equally every week for sustainable support." In the bottom right corner in green text is the link https://tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCircle.

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Dan Gillis 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @danielgillis.ca · 17h

Just received the first of two vaccinations to prevent shingles.

Given what I read in the media about vaccines, I think this means I should believe my Bill Gates microchip has been successfully installed.

Beep boop.

Seriously though - vaccines work. Get 'em.

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🍁 Alex Smith 🍁 @alexsmithants.bsky.social · 20h

🤦

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 21h

Agnes Macphail broke many barriers in her life.
She was the first woman elected to Parliament, and the first woman sworn into the Ontario Legislature. She brought major change to Canada's penal system, and championed the rights of immigrants and women.
This is her story.

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Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁 @shoshanahjacobs.bsky.social · 2d

USA gov: the borders in Chicago are located on the shoreline of Lake, Michigan.

Canada: sweet!

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Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁 @shoshanahjacobs.bsky.social · 2d

We did the #HigherEd math:

35 hr/w x 40% = 168 teaching hrs/semester
- 36 hrs in class
- 24 hrs prep
- 12 hrs student hrs
- 15 hrs TA meetings
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= 81 hrs for individual student support
/400 students per semester = 12 min/student/semester

Last year: 280 students = 17 min

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Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁 @shoshanahjacobs.bsky.social · 2d

That's it. I'm calling it.
Any emails with the word 'unsubscribe' is going straight to junk.
#HigherEd

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Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁 @shoshanahjacobs.bsky.social · 3d

It's T-25 mins to class time and I've got our welcome song all cued up: Ukiuq by The Jerry Cans.

Take a break: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nef...

TURN IT UP AND DANCE WITH US!! 🕺

#HigherEd

screenshot of the welcome slide for today's class that highlights that we are listening to the The Jerry Cans. Ther is also a fun search puzzle and a short announcement about a mental health break next week.

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Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁 @shoshanahjacobs.bsky.social · 3d

I just received an email from my employer recommending that we 'participate with purpose' for our well-being.

You mean, work more?
Really?

I don't need to work more. I need more Teaching Assistants, smaller class sizes, and more administrative support.

#HigherEd #Wellbeing

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Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁 @shoshanahjacobs.bsky.social · 3d

A country’s citizens should not be aware of their Supreme Court justices’ politics

All I know about these scholars is that they are snazzy dressers

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4d

i had no idea this is how canada's supreme court dresses

Nine members of the Canadian Supreme Court sitting for a photo. They are dressed in red robes trimmed in white.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 9d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

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Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁 @shoshanahjacobs.bsky.social · 10d

The slowest of claps is no claps at all

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10d

And after 40 minutes of cringe-Thunderous applause from the generals!

Just kidding. Total silence. 👀 🦗 🦗

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social · 10d

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 10d

Oh hey interview is live! Thank you so so much to @armedwithabook.bsky.social for letting me talk excitedly about THE FIRST THOUSAND TREES -- out tomorrow from @ecwpress.bsky.social !

"Nothing stays a wasteland forever. People hit and roll, and then they get up again."

Premee Mohamed, author of The Annual Migration of Clouds - Interview - Armed with A Book

Come chat with Premee Mohamed about The Annual Migration of Clouds series, its finale, and what it means to bring this story to a close

armedwithabook.com

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🍁 Alex Smith 🍁 @alexsmithants.bsky.social · 11d

#NuanceIsLife

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🍁 Alex Smith 🍁 @alexsmithants.bsky.social · 11d

#NuanceIsLife

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Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁 @shoshanahjacobs.bsky.social · 11d

To be clear, 'nuance' is not a 'trick' on the exam.
Nuance is life!
#HigherEd

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Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁 @shoshanahjacobs.bsky.social · 11d

I do not have the resources necessary to prevent the inequitable use of AI in my course

#HigherEd #Ontario

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🍁 Alex Smith 🍁 @alexsmithants.bsky.social · 12d

Sunny beautiful day in #Guelph - celebrate with a crossorb weaver #spider

#Araneusdiadematus

Photo through the front door with blue sky, in the background, of a cross orb Weaver on its web. Yellow and red banding patterns on its legs.

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Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁 @shoshanahjacobs.bsky.social · 15d

Public services should not have to be profitable.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Liberal government frees Canada Post to end home delivery, close some post offices | CBC News

With Canada Post on track to lose $1.5 billion in 2025 and contract discussions between the union and the corporation stalled, the federal government is embarking on a modernization plan it says will ...

www.cbc.ca

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 15d

oh this is fucked

The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 15d

Ottawa directs Canada Post to end door-to-door delivery of mail across the country

Directive includes shutting down post offices in areas that were considered rural, but are now suburban

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁 @shoshanahjacobs.bsky.social · 15d

🤝 The climate crisis demands transdisciplinary teamwork—scientists, artists, communities, and engineers.

#Bio-inspired design could be a key 🪲

Learn more: doi.org/10.3390/biom...

doi.org

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 15d

I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service.

Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.

Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 15d

The government is reducing service standards and Canada Post’s biggest advantage: its nationwide network.

This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.

Liberal government frees Canada Post to end home delivery, close some post offices | CBC News

www.cbc.ca

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