Le REM augmente (anecdote pour l'instant) l'achalandage de centre-ville Montréal. Dépenses en transport collectif public pas seulement pour déplacer des travailleurs urbains. C'est aussi:
* Des dépenses en développement économique
* Réduction de trafic et congestion

www.lapresse.ca/affaires/202...

English to science translation: episode ... 3?

"We explore the feasibility of ..."
"We explore the possibility of ..."

Replace with

"We explore the conditions under which ... can be achieved."

Ahh... Much scientific-er.

Whenever I'm writing proposal, reference letter, CV, etc, I giggle if I invert the i and o in the -tion ending of a word.

combustino: the fundamental particle of a flame. syn: ember.

Concordia students are launching the first student built bi-propellant rocket aimed at reaching space. Also, the first Canadian rocket launch since the 1990s.

Livestream going up soon here SCRD-Launch.short.gy/livestream

#space

Students in the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science have been working for 7 years, in the Space Concordia Rocketry Division, to build and launch the 1st student built bi-propellant rocket to reach space. Looks like launch should be in the next 6 hours www.youtube.com/live/610YciE...

Just a breathtaking shot from NASA’s recently launched satellite to monitor the planet’s life-support system as we derange it in ways we don’t fully understand, double down on carbon emissions, and abandon scientific research www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/c...

Though the deadline passed: Concordia University is still looking for a tenure-track hire for aerospace, specifically #spsace #academicskye #academic #tenure #engineering

www.concordia.ca/ginacody/abo...

1) I can't decipher: "[T]ests showed it was live with a very small amount of charge, the BBC reported." They used a small charge or it contained a small charge?
2) explosives can become initially less and then more unstable over time...
.hat tip to non bsky-friend
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023...

Next time I inadvertently blow something up in the lab, I'm describing it as a "research oopsy" to facilities management.