Brendan O’Neill
@permafrostee.bsky.social
Permafrost Research Scientist - PhD. Ground ice and effects of climate change. Also like bikes, EVs, and making cities better🌳 🚲. UVic and Carleton U Alum. Long Covid - almost rebuilt 🤖👁️🧠🦾🦿. слава україні ! 🇺🇦
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Brendan O’Neill
@permafrostee.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Ice rich permafrost cores thawing in the lab. Imagine this happening slowly as permafrost thaws with climate change or disturbance and what this means for insfrastructure built above! (This was my most popular post on the bad place, let’s make it so here too!) #cdnsci #geoscience #cryosphere
The US administration is a total joke and Ukraine should not accept this “plan” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The US administration is a total joke and Ukraine should not accept this “plan” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Cost per hr:
Gripen - $5,800
F35 - $35,000.
Lets say 1000hrs per year per plane.
Gripen - $5,800,000
F35 - $35,000,000
72 planes
Gripen - $417,600,000
F35 - $2,520,000,000
Gripen savings - $2,102,400,000 per year.
That's $2.1 billion per year saved.
Gripen - $5,800
F35 - $35,000.
Lets say 1000hrs per year per plane.
Gripen - $5,800,000
F35 - $35,000,000
72 planes
Gripen - $417,600,000
F35 - $2,520,000,000
Gripen savings - $2,102,400,000 per year.
That's $2.1 billion per year saved.
There is far more to this than jobs.
Saab is offering the intellectual property and full control of the Gripens we buy.
That alone should be enough to seal the deal.
The Canadian companies that make parts for the F35 could easily make parts for the Gripen.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Saab is offering the intellectual property and full control of the Gripens we buy.
That alone should be enough to seal the deal.
The Canadian companies that make parts for the F35 could easily make parts for the Gripen.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Saab offering 10,000 jobs, Joly says, as Canada's F-35 review drags on | CBC News
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly pitted two giant defence companies against one another on Tuesday for the future of Canada's fighter fleet, saying the $27-billion contract to buy 88 U.S.-made F-35 jets...
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Cost per hr:
Gripen - $5,800
F35 - $35,000.
Lets say 1000hrs per year per plane.
Gripen - $5,800,000
F35 - $35,000,000
72 planes
Gripen - $417,600,000
F35 - $2,520,000,000
Gripen savings - $2,102,400,000 per year.
That's $2.1 billion per year saved.
Gripen - $5,800
F35 - $35,000.
Lets say 1000hrs per year per plane.
Gripen - $5,800,000
F35 - $35,000,000
72 planes
Gripen - $417,600,000
F35 - $2,520,000,000
Gripen savings - $2,102,400,000 per year.
That's $2.1 billion per year saved.
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~100,000 years of rainfall… 💦
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
~100,000 years of rainfall… 💦
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The Beaufort Sea (north of Alaska, northwest Canada) has iced over, with less than five percent of the basin remaining as open water as of November 11. Compare that to the 1980s and 90s, when it wasn't uncommon for "ice over" to happen in September. Data courtesy NSIDC. #akwx #Arctic #SeaIce
November 14, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Found this very nice vintage Norco frame (3-butted) in condo garbage. Too big for me so built for my dad. First time building from a frame up (though it did have cranks already). Drilled out frame to put lugged brakes, and 1x10 drivetrain w 11x42 cassette. What do ya think? #cycling
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Found this very nice vintage Norco frame (3-butted) in condo garbage. Too big for me so built for my dad. First time building from a frame up (though it did have cranks already). Drilled out frame to put lugged brakes, and 1x10 drivetrain w 11x42 cassette. What do ya think? #cycling
A little zoom, enhance on some cool Permafrost landforms (nets) on Devon Island from Mavic 3E imagery. The borders of the polygons are wetter and so stuff grows there making them pop in the photos.
November 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A little zoom, enhance on some cool Permafrost landforms (nets) on Devon Island from Mavic 3E imagery. The borders of the polygons are wetter and so stuff grows there making them pop in the photos.
If the suburban councillors continue down the Landsdowne path, we know they are completely compromised in terms of representing interests of taxpayers of this city. We need to de-amalgamate yesterday. thehttps://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/lansdowne-2-0-changed-my-vote
I used to be in favour of Lansdowne 2.0. I've changed my mind
I used to be in favour of the Lansdowne 2.0 development. I changed my mind because I don’t trust this deal. | Opinion
ottawacitizen.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
If the suburban councillors continue down the Landsdowne path, we know they are completely compromised in terms of representing interests of taxpayers of this city. We need to de-amalgamate yesterday. thehttps://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/lansdowne-2-0-changed-my-vote
The disturbance from wild 🔥🔥 changes the surface energy balance and leads to permafrost thaw. Here is some real data visualised of one year of thawing and subsidence from a peatland site near Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, burned in the 2023 fires. Lateral thaw > top down
November 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The disturbance from wild 🔥🔥 changes the surface energy balance and leads to permafrost thaw. Here is some real data visualised of one year of thawing and subsidence from a peatland site near Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, burned in the 2023 fires. Lateral thaw > top down
All legal and above board, just don’t talk about it!!
November 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
All legal and above board, just don’t talk about it!!
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Just a cold, right?
Covid and Flu Can Triple Your Risk of Heart Attack
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Just a cold, right?
America voted for this - “His replacement is highly unusual given that the office — created by Congress in 1946 to fund Navy and Marine Corps research — is typically run by a two-star admiral with extensive experience in technology, science, and engineering.” thehill.com/policy/defen...
October 31, 2025 at 2:45 AM
America voted for this - “His replacement is highly unusual given that the office — created by Congress in 1946 to fund Navy and Marine Corps research — is typically run by a two-star admiral with extensive experience in technology, science, and engineering.” thehill.com/policy/defen...
Re: Yesavage
a man and a woman are standing next to each other with their hands in the air and the words we 're not worthy
Alt: Wayne and Garth not being worthy
media.tenor.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Re: Yesavage
Breaking news! A very good boy 🤣 (my brother’s Halloween doggo)
October 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Breaking news! A very good boy 🤣 (my brother’s Halloween doggo)
We removed retaliatory tariffs. It didn’t help at all. Time to get the elbows back up.
October 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
We removed retaliatory tariffs. It didn’t help at all. Time to get the elbows back up.
And yet Trump’s approval rating is above 40%, tons of Americans are fine with it 🤡
Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
October 25, 2025 at 4:10 AM
And yet Trump’s approval rating is above 40%, tons of Americans are fine with it 🤡
There’s a high of 25 and *humidex* of 28 today in Ottawa. This is pretty wild for late October.
October 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
There’s a high of 25 and *humidex* of 28 today in Ottawa. This is pretty wild for late October.
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An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Chicago
October 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Chicago
I walked 50k steps in the past two days in Bologna, which is good because I also gorged on lasagna, risotto, pizza, and pistacchio croissant 😅
October 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I walked 50k steps in the past two days in Bologna, which is good because I also gorged on lasagna, risotto, pizza, and pistacchio croissant 😅
Goodnight from the Amalfi coast 😍🤯
October 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Goodnight from the Amalfi coast 😍🤯
Biking is Tuscany, and eating and drinking wine and coffee, is very good.
October 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Biking is Tuscany, and eating and drinking wine and coffee, is very good.
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Un glossaire pour mieux comprendre le #pergélisol dans un Nord en changement
Faculté de foresterie, de géographie et de géomatique
Pascale Roy-Léveillée
Brendan O’Neill
Faculté de foresterie, de géographie et de géomatique
Pascale Roy-Léveillée
Brendan O’Neill
Un glossaire pour mieux comprendre le pergélisol dans un Nord en changement
Une équipe canadienne multidisciplinaire a publié un ouvrage de référence accessible gratuitement regroupant 355 définitions, auquel des membres professeurs et étudiants de l'Université Laval et du Centre d'études nordiques ont contribué
nouvelles.ulaval.ca
October 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Un glossaire pour mieux comprendre le #pergélisol dans un Nord en changement
Faculté de foresterie, de géographie et de géomatique
Pascale Roy-Léveillée
Brendan O’Neill
Faculté de foresterie, de géographie et de géomatique
Pascale Roy-Léveillée
Brendan O’Neill
Canada getting HIMARS 👀👀 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
U.S. State Department greenlights potential sale of $2.4B mobile rocket system to Canada | CBC News
The U.S. State Department has given Canada the green light to potentially purchase 26 M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and related equipment for an estimated cost of $2.4 billion, ...
www.cbc.ca
October 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Canada getting HIMARS 👀👀 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
He can’t even quote Jesus correctly 😂😂
Hegseth’s urgent meeting with the generals and admirals is a multimillion-dollar taxpayer-funded anti-DEI call to action stunt.
My wife and I were watching it live in bed, jaws dropped. I knew this was coming, but it’s quite something else to see and hear it live.
We’re a deeply unserious nation…
My wife and I were watching it live in bed, jaws dropped. I knew this was coming, but it’s quite something else to see and hear it live.
We’re a deeply unserious nation…
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
He can’t even quote Jesus correctly 😂😂
A fox family was hanging out outside our hotel in Yellowknife. I resisted the urge to pet them (barely). 🦊💛
September 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A fox family was hanging out outside our hotel in Yellowknife. I resisted the urge to pet them (barely). 🦊💛
Remember when Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet in 2015 and Russia did absolutely nothing even though they claimed it was not in Turkish airspace? When armed MiGs violate NATO airspace, I think of this.
September 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Remember when Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet in 2015 and Russia did absolutely nothing even though they claimed it was not in Turkish airspace? When armed MiGs violate NATO airspace, I think of this.