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Mark Miodownik @markmiodownik.bsky.social · Jun 3

Love materials? Love materials science but dont want to be an academic? How about working for us and being the science lead for the best Materials Library in the world?
www.instituteofmaking.org.uk/blog/we-are-...

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Chris Bataille @chrisbataille.bsky.social · May 14

New report by @jonasalgers.bsky.social and myself on how Canada is well positioned to be a #greeniron&steel superpower, increasing Canadian value added, exports, and jobs, while helping the Canadian and global steel industries decarbonize robustly & cheaply.🧵

SteelWatch @steelwatch.bsky.social · May 14

💡New @lunduniversity.bsky.social research reveals Canada’s huge potential to become a leading #GreenIron producer.

By producing near-zero emissions iron with #GreenHydrogen, Canadian iron production could eliminate up to 105 Mt of CO2 from domestic & foreign steelmaking annually.
🔗 bit.ly/4j7QbM7

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Chris Bataille @chrisbataille.bsky.social · May 14

Friends don’t let friends ship #greenhydrogen, and help them ship #greeniron instead (or green ammonia/fertilizers, green menthol, etc 😉)

Chris Bataille @chrisbataille.bsky.social · May 14

New report by @jonasalgers.bsky.social and myself on how Canada is well positioned to be a #greeniron&steel superpower, increasing Canadian value added, exports, and jobs, while helping the Canadian and global steel industries decarbonize robustly & cheaply.🧵

SteelWatch @steelwatch.bsky.social · May 14

💡New @lunduniversity.bsky.social research reveals Canada’s huge potential to become a leading #GreenIron producer.

By producing near-zero emissions iron with #GreenHydrogen, Canadian iron production could eliminate up to 105 Mt of CO2 from domestic & foreign steelmaking annually.
🔗 bit.ly/4j7QbM7

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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · May 14

Haha - you are cribbing the essence of my midterm exam question from this past term!

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Mark Miodownik @markmiodownik.bsky.social · May 12

We are looking to hire an economist/finance professional to crunch the numbers on the repair economy.

Mark Miodownik @markmiodownik.bsky.social · May 12

Happily we got some industry funding to continue our Big Repair Project. We are going to work out how to grow the repair economy for electrical appliances. We will be recruiting staff soon. Watch this space www.frontiersin.org/journals/sus...

Frontiers | Big Repair Project: using citizen science to better understand the factors affecting household maintenance and repair of home appliances and electronics across the UK

The world is facing an increasing challenge with the accumulation of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment leading to a wide range of negative environmen...

www.frontiersin.org

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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · May 12

Timbits = unimaginable riches, yes

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Prof Ben Britton @bmatb.expmicromech.com · May 12

For some time - it is amazing that the University/Post Secondary sectors have struggled to articulate their value to the economy, meanwhile the sector is being 'quietly' shaped by immigration policy.

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · May 12

Graduate visas cut to 18 months. @timeshighered.bsky.social

A new levy on international students.

The immigration white paper is a direct attack on education and economic growth.

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/graduat...

Graduate visa should be reduced to 18 months, says White Paper

New levy on income from international students proposed as government outlines wide-ranging changes to immigration system

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · May 12

Bat - I have a bag of magical FCC Ti worth unimaginable riches. It was bequeathed to me by a Canadian prince for safe keeping but,alas, he died in a tragic beaver incident but he left in his will that it should go to you, his long lost great great nephew. If you can just sent me $10,000…

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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · May 2

Unexpected bug things happening at scienceworld in Vancouver…

Christine O. she/her @cloreally.bsky.social · May 1

Soooo.... our parthenogenic female phasmid colony just produced a male by cloning. An #Extasoma tiaratum.
Like dude, you are supposed to be IMPOSSIBLE!
Deletion of a sex chromosome maybe 🤷🏼‍♀️
Any ideas #entomology folks?

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Christine O. she/her @cloreally.bsky.social · May 2

Update on "Larry the Leaf insect". Our local Uni which shares a similar species colony has never seen a spontaneous male from a parthenogenic colony in a least a decade of rearing.
Larry is an icon! 🤣

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Christine O. she/her @cloreally.bsky.social · May 1

Soooo.... our parthenogenic female phasmid colony just produced a male by cloning. An #Extasoma tiaratum.
Like dude, you are supposed to be IMPOSSIBLE!
Deletion of a sex chromosome maybe 🤷🏼‍♀️
Any ideas #entomology folks?

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Prof Ben Britton @bmatb.expmicromech.com · Apr 16

Academic Freedom at #UBC has been on my mind quite a bit recently - in light of the proposed new Senate Policy - also recently due to very helpful discussions with colleagues, and the open letter that's been circulating.

Here are some of my thoughts:
bmatb.medium.com/academic-fre...

#AcademicSky

Academic Freedom @ UBC

As a tenured professor and active participant in UBC governance, I have been closely following ongoing discussions about academic freedom…

bmatb.medium.com

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Doug Aoki @nantanreikan.bsky.social · Apr 1

Some people are asking why Poilievre and the Conservatives are so much less popular among women. This is one reason: actual messages sent to female Canadian MPs.

Misogyny pervades right-wing populism.

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Mark Miodownik @markmiodownik.bsky.social · Apr 5

If you are thinking of toilet training your kid this spring, please consider taking part in our global citizen science project to understand obstacles you face: www.bigtoiletproject.org

Home - Big Toilet Project

Are you a parent or adult responsible for toilet training a child? We need your help to understand toilet training better! Get involved with the Big Toilet Project to be part of the world’s biggest...

www.bigtoiletproject.org

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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · Mar 29

Wow. California State University, UC-Berkeley, UC-Davis, UC-San Diego and U of SF are ALL urging foreign-born students, faculty and staff to reconsider international travel because there's no telling whether the Trump administration will allow them to re-enter.
www.desertsun.com/story/news/n...

Trump travel ban: California colleges urge international students to rethink travel plans

At least one university said it doesn't recommend international travel as a possible travel ban that could impact more than 40 countries looms.

www.desertsun.com

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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · Mar 27

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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · Mar 26

All hail pizza cat (RIP)

Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · Mar 26

I’ve gotten some weird submission requests before but…

Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · Mar 26

Bah - at ubc we are perfectly positioned to contribute to this new direction…

Map showing clothing optional wreck beach at UBC’s campus

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Joel Wood 🇨🇦 @joelwwood.bsky.social · Mar 21

First, a bilateral trade surplus is not a subsidy.

Second, it is more than offset by financial outflows to the US.

I love this graphic by Janice Nelson in this @trevortombe.bsky.social article
thehub.ca/2025/01/22/t...

Shows cAnada's $100m trade surplus, but then also the Financial inflows to Canada, and then the offsetting financial outflows to the US.

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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · Mar 19

So for CAN academics travelling to some countries there have already been strong restrictions on devices - will we see that travel to the US requires us to carry clean devices?

Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · Mar 19

Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated

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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · Mar 19

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · Mar 19

Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Mar 19

If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.

"I learned with concern that a French researcher" on assignment for the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) "who was traveling to a conference near Houston was denied entry to the United States before being expelled ," said the Minister of Higher Education and Research, Philippe Baptiste, in a statement sent to Agence France-Presse (AFP). "This measure was apparently taken by the American authorities because the researcher's phone contained exchanges with colleagues and friends in which he expressed a personal opinion on the Trump administration's research policy ," he added

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Prof Ben Britton @bmatb.expmicromech.com · Mar 17

At the #UBC "Provost's All-Faculty Forum" a conversation between Dr Gaga Avril (Provost) and Dr. Kamal Al-Solaylee, Director of the School of Journalism, Writing, and Media

A photo of Gage, Kamil and Dr Janice Stewart

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