Stephen Murphy (smurph)
@smurph.bsky.social
Professor at U Waterloo - Sch Environment, Resources & Sustainability. Ecologist, EIC Restoration Ecology, Botanist, Protected Areas. Grasslands. https://uwaterloo.ca/environment-resources-and-sustainability/blog/you-break-it-we-fix-it
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If you're not Native, don't engage in the Pretendian Discussion that's being had among Natives. You are not equipped to have this conversation. You will cause more harm.
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
If you're not Native, don't engage in the Pretendian Discussion that's being had among Natives. You are not equipped to have this conversation. You will cause more harm.
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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Reacting to the presence of chatbots with assignment that ask students to look for mistakes in something they got a chatbot to spit out is not a sound approach to teaching your course material.
"GenAI allows seemingly limitless possibilities for assignments that
cultivate crucial literacies. For example, here’s the same old assignment caper that everyone and their AI dog has been suggesting for the past three years.”
#genai+writing
cultivate crucial literacies. For example, here’s the same old assignment caper that everyone and their AI dog has been suggesting for the past three years.”
#genai+writing
November 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Reacting to the presence of chatbots with assignment that ask students to look for mistakes in something they got a chatbot to spit out is not a sound approach to teaching your course material.
That's awesome, Phil!
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
That's awesome, Phil!
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Funded by Canada and philanthropic partners, the SINAA agreement will protect almost 800,000 square kilometres of land and water in the ecologically critical Qikiqtani region while building a strong, Inuit-led conservation economy. thenarwhal.ca/qikiqtani-in...
$270-million SINAA agreement funds Nunavut conservation | The Narwhal
The SINAA agreement aims to protect nearly 800,000 square kilometres and build a conservation economy in the Qikiqtani region
thenarwhal.ca
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Funded by Canada and philanthropic partners, the SINAA agreement will protect almost 800,000 square kilometres of land and water in the ecologically critical Qikiqtani region while building a strong, Inuit-led conservation economy. thenarwhal.ca/qikiqtani-in...
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It is a sobering thought to realize that we're watching the leaders of American universities determine whether critical thinking-- and by extension, the #humanities --are still worthwhile investments.
Who invests in critical thinking and who invests in an AI chatbot to help you think will be really telling.
November 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
It is a sobering thought to realize that we're watching the leaders of American universities determine whether critical thinking-- and by extension, the #humanities --are still worthwhile investments.
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Every regional public university should be blasting this message in every possible medium.
Trying to get us to advertise as: "No AI, small classes, people-first." Or something similar.
Who invests in critical thinking and who invests in an AI chatbot to help you think will be really telling.
November 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Every regional public university should be blasting this message in every possible medium.
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Our systematic overview of how rewilding is practiced in Europe has been published in @consletters.bsky.social. We found five distinct strategies differing in goals, interventions, and people's role as part of the rewilding process.
Read more here👇
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Read more here👇
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Our systematic overview of how rewilding is practiced in Europe has been published in @consletters.bsky.social. We found five distinct strategies differing in goals, interventions, and people's role as part of the rewilding process.
Read more here👇
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Read more here👇
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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I love Northern Australia, and it breaks my heart what's happening and is planned for this region. More people need to know why this place is so special and what's at risk, so I wrote about it. My first article for @australiainstitute.org.au's The Point. thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Northern Australia is extraordinary, and it’s under severe threat
Right now, this region, is under siege, in large part due to insatiable corporate and government desires to ‘develop’ the North.
thepoint.com.au
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I love Northern Australia, and it breaks my heart what's happening and is planned for this region. More people need to know why this place is so special and what's at risk, so I wrote about it. My first article for @australiainstitute.org.au's The Point. thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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"Right now, this region, is under siege, in large part due to insatiable corporate and government desires to ‘develop’ the North," writes @euanritchie.bsky.social in The Point.
Northern Australia is extraordinary, and it’s under severe threat
Right now, this region, is under siege, in large part due to insatiable corporate and government desires to ‘develop’ the North.
thepoint.com.au
November 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"Right now, this region, is under siege, in large part due to insatiable corporate and government desires to ‘develop’ the North," writes @euanritchie.bsky.social in The Point.
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We invite all freshwater scientists to consider submitting an abstract to the upcoming @iaglr.bsky.social and @scas-scsa.bsky.social joint conference and hosted by @experimentallakes.bsky.social - Call is open until December 19, with over 75 sessions to choose from ! iaglr.org/iaglr-scas26...
Abstracts - IAGLR-SCAS 2026
iaglr.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
We invite all freshwater scientists to consider submitting an abstract to the upcoming @iaglr.bsky.social and @scas-scsa.bsky.social joint conference and hosted by @experimentallakes.bsky.social - Call is open until December 19, with over 75 sessions to choose from ! iaglr.org/iaglr-scas26...
This is scarily accurate for me and my wife
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 AM
This is scarily accurate for me and my wife
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Early this year, bird flu ripped through 80 farms in Ohio and Indiana.
Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite imagery, property records and more, we found that the virus could’ve been airborne.
By @natlash.bsky.social
Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite imagery, property records and more, we found that the virus could’ve been airborne.
By @natlash.bsky.social
How ProPublica Investigated a Bird Flu Outbreak in America’s Heartland
Early this year, bird flu ripped through 80 farms in Ohio and Indiana. Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite imagery, property records and more, we found that the virus could’ve been airb...
www.propublica.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Early this year, bird flu ripped through 80 farms in Ohio and Indiana.
Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite imagery, property records and more, we found that the virus could’ve been airborne.
By @natlash.bsky.social
Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite imagery, property records and more, we found that the virus could’ve been airborne.
By @natlash.bsky.social
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We got published in Ecology&Evolution! We propose an equation from which we derive the fundamental equations of population ecology and evolutionary biology (the Price equation). #evobio #philbio onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
November 23, 2025 at 8:09 AM
We got published in Ecology&Evolution! We propose an equation from which we derive the fundamental equations of population ecology and evolutionary biology (the Price equation). #evobio #philbio onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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New preprint out! Using combined paleo-ecological and modeling methods, we uncover regional Holocene #wildfire dynamics in eastern #Siberia. Notably, our findings suggest potential human impacts as early as 5000 years ago - contrasting a common view of historically unmanaged forests 🔥
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March 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Applications due by Dec. 1st.
Our department at UBC is hiring for a professor of forest ecophysiology, including "tree ecophysiology; plant abiotic or biotic stress physiology; forest mortality and climate change responses; forest carbon balance; tree water relations; or nutrient use." Learn more at: tinyurl.com/5da56f5c
November 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Applications due by Dec. 1st.
Damn right. I always say a good restoration ecologist aims to put ourselves out of that business by prevention.
Sadly, that won't be anytime soon.
Sadly, that won't be anytime soon.
November 23, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Damn right. I always say a good restoration ecologist aims to put ourselves out of that business by prevention.
Sadly, that won't be anytime soon.
Sadly, that won't be anytime soon.
"the now-completed COP30 conference was an abject failure, despite whatever other progress might be claimed"
this is exactly the story the hopium people should be writing too. You'll probably get falsely accused of being a doomer by the usual suspects - but big thanks for your usual clarity.
this is exactly the story the hopium people should be writing too. You'll probably get falsely accused of being a doomer by the usual suspects - but big thanks for your usual clarity.
November 23, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"the now-completed COP30 conference was an abject failure, despite whatever other progress might be claimed"
this is exactly the story the hopium people should be writing too. You'll probably get falsely accused of being a doomer by the usual suspects - but big thanks for your usual clarity.
this is exactly the story the hopium people should be writing too. You'll probably get falsely accused of being a doomer by the usual suspects - but big thanks for your usual clarity.
I am not surprised Dan. You understand the gravity of the whole situation.
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I am not surprised Dan. You understand the gravity of the whole situation.
AGU, Ecol Soc America, Soc Ecol Restoration - most of the non US colleagues I know are avoiding these.
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 AM
AGU, Ecol Soc America, Soc Ecol Restoration - most of the non US colleagues I know are avoiding these.
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Economic burden of long COVID: macroeconomic, cost-of-illness and microeconomic impacts
Published: 21 November 2025
Long COVID affects an estimated 36% globally, creating a huge economic burden: about $1 trillion a year worldwide, roughly $9,000 per US patient and $170 billion in lost US earnings.
Published: 21 November 2025
Long COVID affects an estimated 36% globally, creating a huge economic burden: about $1 trillion a year worldwide, roughly $9,000 per US patient and $170 billion in lost US earnings.
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Economic burden of long COVID: macroeconomic, cost-of-illness and microeconomic impacts
Published: 21 November 2025
Long COVID affects an estimated 36% globally, creating a huge economic burden: about $1 trillion a year worldwide, roughly $9,000 per US patient and $170 billion in lost US earnings.
Published: 21 November 2025
Long COVID affects an estimated 36% globally, creating a huge economic burden: about $1 trillion a year worldwide, roughly $9,000 per US patient and $170 billion in lost US earnings.
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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