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Dawn Bazely

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Impatient collaborative #YorkU University Professor. Ecologist 🌾🌳🦌🐑 #Sustainability #DigitalDivide 🟠 #OA #ClimateChange #SciComm ⏳Mihi cura futuri. She/Her On sabbatical with Tessie the Torosaurus: a reminder of the eventual fate of all species 🦕 .. more

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William (Bill) Sutherland @billsutherland.bsky.social · Mar 24

Latest video is for students studying conservation and ecology describing how to use the YouTube playlist of concepts undergraduates should know, how to get better marks and 8 tips for getting a job in conservation. Good luck! youtu.be/3wZwkzTSwFA?...

Advice for students studying conservation and ecology

YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · Mar 24

🧪 Meet Lise Meitner: The nuclear physicist who explained atomic fission in 1939, revolutionizing science. Despite her groundbreaking work, her male colleague Otto Hahn received the 1944 Nobel Prize while she was excluded. #womenshistorymonth #STEM

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Mar 24

BREAKING & BIG: Today in PARIS, citizens voted in a referendum to PEDESTRIANIZE 500 MORE of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by city leaders to create people-places, curb car usage, and improve air quality. 66% of Parisians voted in favour of the measure, official results showed!

Paris residents vote in favour of making 500 more streets pedestrian

Parisians voted in a referendum on Sunday to pedestrianise a further 500 of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality.

www.reuters.com

Dawn Bazely @dawnbazely.bsky.social · Jan 26

So glad you’re here.

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Tallgirl6234 @tallgirl6234.bsky.social · Jan 26

If you see someone sleeping in their car, no you didn’t. People just trying to find a safe place for the night aren’t your problem. What kind of person reports that? Mind your business and let folks rest. The world’s hard enough without you making it harder.

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Tallgirl6234 @tallgirl6234.bsky.social · Jan 26

Trump supporters are already spinning excuses for why he can’t lower egg prices. Their mental gymnastics to defend his broken promises are wild. It’ll be fascinating—and tragic—to see how far they’ll go, even justifying starving to death for him. Cult loyalty knows no bounds.

Eggs may be expensive forever

It's not just bird flu that's causing egg prices to soar. Here's why they've gotten so expensive — and are likely to stay sky-high.

www.businessinsider.com

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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · Jan 26

The Ron DeSantis approach to managing climate change.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jan 26

Third of young adults in UK ‘unable to name Auschwitz or any Nazi death camps’

Third of young adults in UK ‘unable to name Auschwitz or any Nazi death camps’

Lack of knowledge about Holocaust identified as well as level of denial and disinformation seen on social media A third of young adults in the UK are unable to name Auschwitz or any of the other concentration camps and ghettoes where the crimes of the…

www.theguardian.com

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Rage Against the Miocene @organiccarbon.bsky.social · Jan 25

Thoughtful article on peat and whisky by two of my colleagues.

theconversation.com/why-peat-is-...

Why peat is a key ingredient in whisky and the climate crisis

Whisky production involves the burning of peat, but damaging peatlands releases stored carbon back into the atmosphere where it adds to climate problems.

theconversation.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jan 25

I answered a reporter's question: "The long-term well-being of our climate system is incompatible with the short-term gains of shareholders." I stand by that statement.

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Meg Tirrell @megtirrell.bsky.social · Jan 24

The communications pause at health agencies has extended to external procurement orders for supplies for internal research @ NIH, sources tell @reportergoodman.bsky.social & me. Some researchers worry they won't be able to buy test tubes to draw blood or food for animals: www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/h...

Scientists at NIH can’t purchase supplies for their studies after Trump administration pauses outside communications | CNN

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have been told the communications pause announced by the Trump Administration earlier this week includes a pause on all purchasing, including supplies f...

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whitrb.bsky.social @whitrb.bsky.social · Jan 24

A fantastic interview with Canadian Scientist Katharine Hayhoe about solution aversion manifesting as science denial. A logically and emotionally intelligent perspective.

www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...

Prominent climate scientist argues it's time to ditch the 'myth of neutrality' | CBC Radio

Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe talks to Bob McDonald about the polarization of science and why she thinks scientists should stop pretending to be neutral when it's our planet at risk.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Jan 23

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**

* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...

Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect

Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.

Dawn Bazely @dawnbazely.bsky.social · Jan 22

😮 talk soon

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John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social · Jan 22

Amazon to close Quebec facilities, insists it’s not because of new union ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/...

Amazon to close Quebec facilities, insists it’s not because of new union | RCI

Company employs nearly 1,800 full and part-time workers in Quebec

ici.radio-canada.ca

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Jan 22

Promoting healthy aging in women. Prolonging ovarian life. Slowing the onset of menopause. A feature @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41... open-access @lynnpeebles.bsky.social

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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · Jan 21

Nice article in Science from Brian Owens in Science on the Trudeau's science legacy. I like my quote :) www.science.org/content/arti...

As Trudeau leaves, Canada’s scientists gird for a leadership change

Conservative Party, out of power since 2015, expected to win elections later this year

www.science.org

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · Jan 20

Cecile Richards was a champion in the fight for reproductive freedom. She devoted her life to the betterment of our country and her legacy will be felt for years to come.

Gwen and I are sending our love to her family.

19thnews.org/2025/01/ceci...

Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died

Richards died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer. She was 67.

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Tallgirl6234 @tallgirl6234.bsky.social · Jan 20

One man had a dream of unity, justice & equality. Another dreams of being seen as something he’s not. On this day, let’s honor the legacy of MLK Jr.—a leader who built bridges, not walls. Choose light over noise, hope over chaos. They can’t stop the dream when we stand together.

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Tallgirl6234 @tallgirl6234.bsky.social · Jan 20

On the last day of a Democratic presidency, you can’t help but wonder: how many decades before we see another? Will Trump cement his hold on the GOP, or will someone like Vance challenge him? The future feels uncertain, but history shows nothing stays static for long.

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Tallgirl6234 @tallgirl6234.bsky.social · Jan 19

To creators rushing back to TikTok: Did you ask about the creator fund? Are you getting paid? They cut you off yesterday with no promises for last month’s content, and today you assume they’ll pay? That app’s been silent—get answers before diving back in.

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Tallgirl6234 @tallgirl6234.bsky.social · Jan 19

Truth in words and picture

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Tallgirl6234 @tallgirl6234.bsky.social · Jan 19

If you need help spotting a toxic, gaslighting relationship, TikTok has you covered: lies, silence, behavior shifts, and crap communication. 180M Americans: don’t take back that looser boyfriend who stormed out last night. You deserve way better.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Jan 19

ICE is planning immigration raids starting Tuesday. Please amplify.

Dawn Bazely @dawnbazely.bsky.social · Jan 19

How great! I’ll be using them this summer in my online course.

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William (Bill) Sutherland @billsutherland.bsky.social · Jan 19

Thanks to the British Ecological Society for creating these great webpages leading to the YouTube videos "Learn a new conservation concept in just 2 minutes". Part of the educational resources designed and curated by their in-house teachers.
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/cons...

Conservation Concepts - British Ecological Society

Learn a new conservation concept in just 2 minutes.

www.britishecologicalsociety.org

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Jan 18

It's a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history. Please share it as much as you can. #InducedDemand

Slide by @toderianUW.bsky.social saying “Adding car lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity.“ – Lewis Mumford, 1955

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · Jan 18

Forgive my shameless advertising in posting this review. I'm proud of the annotated edition that Dan Simberloff & I produced. We spent many months exploring notes from Elton's archives at Oxford, which provided the research material for the book. #invasivepecies
neobiota.pensoft.net/article/77920/

Foundational text gets a second edition

neobiota.pensoft.net

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · Jan 17

There is a reason that Elon Musk is stumping for Pierre Poilievre.
A reason he chose to be interviewed with Mar-a-Lago loser Jordan Peterson.
Watch this investigative look into Trump's guy in Canada.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl9b...

Who is he really? | The Poilievre Investigations: Episode 1

YouTube video by Protecting Canada

www.youtube.com

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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · Jan 17

The taxpayer-supported University of Arizona is paying nearly $12,000 *per student* to Google and Facebook to recruit customers for the scandal-ridden for-profit online college it bought for $1 and rebranded. Read more from my colleague @jbeowulf.bsky.social :

www.newamerica.org/education-po...

How University of Arizona Global Campus' Online Recruitment Ads Drain Its Finances

It can cost UAGC more than $11,500 just to enroll one student.

www.newamerica.org