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Dalhousie Director and co-creator of OpenThink
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Meet our 2025 #DalOpenThink cohort — 9 ambitious Dal PhD students ready to share their research through public engagement and monthly articles! www.dal.ca/news/2025/04...
Picky roommates? And genes? What?
Lateral gene transfer allows microbes to acquire foreign genes, but this process is selective. Some genes transfer readily, while others rarely do. We can think of them as picky roommates; they won’t move in unless the vibe’s right! Learn more with @somabarawi.bsky.social :
Understanding the limits of lateral gene transfer
Empowering PhD students to engage the world
blogs.dal.ca
July 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Picky roommates? And genes? What?
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#AYACSM will be back on July 15th!! As I transition roles and navigate holidays, this looks like the best time for us to come together again! I hope that you will join us!!
June 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
#AYACSM will be back on July 15th!! As I transition roles and navigate holidays, this looks like the best time for us to come together again! I hope that you will join us!!
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Please share with those that may be interested in participating in this study. #DrStephens can be reached at the email address embedded in the post below ⬇️ @advocatecollab.bsky.social @ekdrake.bsky.social @pallonccop.bsky.social #oncsky #oncologynursing
June 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Please share with those that may be interested in participating in this study. #DrStephens can be reached at the email address embedded in the post below ⬇️ @advocatecollab.bsky.social @ekdrake.bsky.social @pallonccop.bsky.social #oncsky #oncologynursing
I love eating salmon but I always wonder if I should just buy wild salmon. Luckily, I have Angelisa Osmond's @dalopenthink.bsky.social post to help me. From @dalhousie.bsky.social Faculty of Agriculture, she knows her fish!
Whether it’s wild or farmed, both options are packed with nutrients that support your brain, heart, and overall health. Learn more about wild vs farmed fish in OpenThinker Angelisa Osmond's April blog post:
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June 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I love eating salmon but I always wonder if I should just buy wild salmon. Luckily, I have Angelisa Osmond's @dalopenthink.bsky.social post to help me. From @dalhousie.bsky.social Faculty of Agriculture, she knows her fish!
Meet our 2025 #DalOpenThink cohort — 9 ambitious Dal PhD students ready to share their research through public engagement and monthly articles! www.dal.ca/news/2025/04...
June 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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I wish I knew more about AI. That's why I love reading the posts from @dalopenthink.bsky.social and @domenicrosati.bsky.social I like the idea of preventing AI from being trained to do harm. I like it very much.
Like DVD’s, iPhone’s and Netflix streams, artificial intelligence can be locked. Not so that the AI can’t be copied and distributed but so that it cannot be trained for harmful and high-risk tasks. Learn more with OpenThinker @domenicrosati.bsky.social : buff.ly/7zr9dMd
May 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I wish I knew more about AI. That's why I love reading the posts from @dalopenthink.bsky.social and @domenicrosati.bsky.social I like the idea of preventing AI from being trained to do harm. I like it very much.
Immigration has become a hot topic now. Its hard to understand the complexities but Patricia from @dalopenthink.bsky.social @dalhousie.bsky.social breaks it down for us.
Human migration isn’t just about choosing a destination—it’s driven by complex reasons that go far beyond simple labels. While many view it as either voluntary or forced, the reality often lies somewhere in between. Explore these nuanced differences with Patricia PDBA:
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June 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Immigration has become a hot topic now. Its hard to understand the complexities but Patricia from @dalopenthink.bsky.social @dalhousie.bsky.social breaks it down for us.
I wish I knew more about AI. That's why I love reading the posts from @dalopenthink.bsky.social and @domenicrosati.bsky.social I like the idea of preventing AI from being trained to do harm. I like it very much.
Like DVD’s, iPhone’s and Netflix streams, artificial intelligence can be locked. Not so that the AI can’t be copied and distributed but so that it cannot be trained for harmful and high-risk tasks. Learn more with OpenThinker @domenicrosati.bsky.social : buff.ly/7zr9dMd
May 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I wish I knew more about AI. That's why I love reading the posts from @dalopenthink.bsky.social and @domenicrosati.bsky.social I like the idea of preventing AI from being trained to do harm. I like it very much.
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As Trump celebrates all things Saudi, someone not to forget about. She is held at an unknown prison with no contact with outside world for social media posts about her right to dress as she pleases. www.bbc.com/news/world-m...
May 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
As Trump celebrates all things Saudi, someone not to forget about. She is held at an unknown prison with no contact with outside world for social media posts about her right to dress as she pleases. www.bbc.com/news/world-m...
What IS the Paris Agreement? And why should we care? Loveth Ovedje, from @dalhousieu.bsky.social and @schulichlaw.bsky.social unpacks whether or not it can help with #climateAction She offers a #LegalPerspective on #climatelaw. From @dalopenthink.bsky.social
Ten years on, is the Paris Agreement just a “gentlemen’s agreement,” or does it have legal teeth? Learn more in OpenThinker Loveth Ovedje’s latest blog post:
blogs.dal.ca/openthink/th...
#ClimateLaw #ParisAgreement #ClimateAction #OpenThink #LegalPerspective
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#ClimateLaw #ParisAgreement #ClimateAction #OpenThink #LegalPerspective
May 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
What IS the Paris Agreement? And why should we care? Loveth Ovedje, from @dalhousieu.bsky.social and @schulichlaw.bsky.social unpacks whether or not it can help with #climateAction She offers a #LegalPerspective on #climatelaw. From @dalopenthink.bsky.social
Wow!!! Thanks @dalopenthink.bsky.social I did not know about this. I love the comic too! #generativeAI #artificialintelligence #Energy #LLM
Did you know that training a single Large Language Model can use as much energy as over 70,000 homes in a day?! 🤯 Learn more from Mohammad as he breaks down the surprising energy demands of AI and why it matters: blogs.dal.ca/openthink/th...
#GenerativeAI #ArtificialIntelligence #Energy #LLM
#GenerativeAI #ArtificialIntelligence #Energy #LLM
May 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Wow!!! Thanks @dalopenthink.bsky.social I did not know about this. I love the comic too! #generativeAI #artificialintelligence #Energy #LLM
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The ongoing campaign appears to be heading toward a point where no researchers at Harvard will receive federal funding.
Federal agencies continue terminating all funding to Harvard
Agency by agency, Harvard is losing all of its federal research dollars.
arstechnica.com
May 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The ongoing campaign appears to be heading toward a point where no researchers at Harvard will receive federal funding.
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Breaking down trade barriers. Building one united Canadian economy.
May 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Breaking down trade barriers. Building one united Canadian economy.
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“Extinction is forever”
‘De-extinction’ isn’t just misleading — it’s dangerous,
ecologist Dieter Hochuli @dieterhochuli.bsky.social says 🧪
news.mongabay.com/podcast/2025...
A dangerous term that promotes false hope and perverse incentives at expense of existing conservation efforts proven to work
‘De-extinction’ isn’t just misleading — it’s dangerous,
ecologist Dieter Hochuli @dieterhochuli.bsky.social says 🧪
news.mongabay.com/podcast/2025...
A dangerous term that promotes false hope and perverse incentives at expense of existing conservation efforts proven to work
May 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“Extinction is forever”
‘De-extinction’ isn’t just misleading — it’s dangerous,
ecologist Dieter Hochuli @dieterhochuli.bsky.social says 🧪
news.mongabay.com/podcast/2025...
A dangerous term that promotes false hope and perverse incentives at expense of existing conservation efforts proven to work
‘De-extinction’ isn’t just misleading — it’s dangerous,
ecologist Dieter Hochuli @dieterhochuli.bsky.social says 🧪
news.mongabay.com/podcast/2025...
A dangerous term that promotes false hope and perverse incentives at expense of existing conservation efforts proven to work
"And yet a great many citizens not only overlooked this fact, but actually regarded the men of the new regime as austerely dedicated to moral probity. Deception was meshed with self-deception in a unique structure of social engineering." A Social History of the Third Reich - R. Grunberger
May 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"And yet a great many citizens not only overlooked this fact, but actually regarded the men of the new regime as austerely dedicated to moral probity. Deception was meshed with self-deception in a unique structure of social engineering." A Social History of the Third Reich - R. Grunberger
"the Nazis set about constructing a governmental system beside which the scandals of the Weimar regime seemed small blemishes. . . Corruption was in fact the central organizing principle of the Third Reich." A Social History of the Third Reich - R. Grunberger
May 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"the Nazis set about constructing a governmental system beside which the scandals of the Weimar regime seemed small blemishes. . . Corruption was in fact the central organizing principle of the Third Reich." A Social History of the Third Reich - R. Grunberger
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Eels! In! Writing!
Before 1700, eels in English literature mostly appeared as metaphors or aphorisms:
- proud as an eel
- can't hide an eel in a sack
- like men stomping after eels
But after 1700, they mostly show up in science & nature writing. "Eels are elusive fish." 1/2
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Before 1700, eels in English literature mostly appeared as metaphors or aphorisms:
- proud as an eel
- can't hide an eel in a sack
- like men stomping after eels
But after 1700, they mostly show up in science & nature writing. "Eels are elusive fish." 1/2
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May 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Eels! In! Writing!
Before 1700, eels in English literature mostly appeared as metaphors or aphorisms:
- proud as an eel
- can't hide an eel in a sack
- like men stomping after eels
But after 1700, they mostly show up in science & nature writing. "Eels are elusive fish." 1/2
🗃️🧪
Before 1700, eels in English literature mostly appeared as metaphors or aphorisms:
- proud as an eel
- can't hide an eel in a sack
- like men stomping after eels
But after 1700, they mostly show up in science & nature writing. "Eels are elusive fish." 1/2
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I have a soft spot for curiosity-based scientific investigations and the physics of understudied things. 🧪
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/s...
Flamingos Make Underwater Vortexes to Suck Up Prey
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I have a soft spot for curiosity-based scientific investigations and the physics of understudied things. 🧪
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/s...
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Today, we’re launching something new. The Quanta Podcast is your weekly dispatch from the frontiers of science and mathematics.
In each episode, editor in chief @pateljournalist.bsky.social will talk to the writers and editors behind our stories.
In each episode, editor in chief @pateljournalist.bsky.social will talk to the writers and editors behind our stories.
May 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Uniacke Estate Museum opens for the season on June 1, but trails and grounds remain open year-round. Gate opens daily 8:30am - closed by dusk.
May 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Uniacke Estate Museum opens for the season on June 1, but trails and grounds remain open year-round. Gate opens daily 8:30am - closed by dusk.
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IF YOU HAVEN’T READ IT
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!
May 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
IF YOU HAVEN’T READ IT
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!