Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦
@watershedlab.bsky.social
I make ice cream and do science and suck at fly fishing. YYC
glaciers - geohazards - climate - geomorphology - geomatics - gelato
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glaciers - geohazards - climate - geomorphology - geomatics - gelato
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TEMPLE OF THE DOG!
February 3, 2026 at 2:38 AM
TEMPLE OF THE DOG!
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Repeat of what I posted on LinkedIn on Thursday, but worth putting out there for BlueSky too. A thread.. 🧵
February is Black History Month in Canada. It started yesterday, February 1. This shouldn't be your reminder that we have #BHM, but it might be and I'm going to help you out. 1/
February is Black History Month in Canada. It started yesterday, February 1. This shouldn't be your reminder that we have #BHM, but it might be and I'm going to help you out. 1/
February 3, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Repeat of what I posted on LinkedIn on Thursday, but worth putting out there for BlueSky too. A thread.. 🧵
February is Black History Month in Canada. It started yesterday, February 1. This shouldn't be your reminder that we have #BHM, but it might be and I'm going to help you out. 1/
February is Black History Month in Canada. It started yesterday, February 1. This shouldn't be your reminder that we have #BHM, but it might be and I'm going to help you out. 1/
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For >10 years I’ve been on an admissions committee for a prominent science journalism fellowship.
We always have around 150 applications from around the world to review for 6 spots.
This year we only had 32 applications. And several we can’t review because they’re visa restricted now.
We always have around 150 applications from around the world to review for 6 spots.
This year we only had 32 applications. And several we can’t review because they’re visa restricted now.
February 2, 2026 at 10:43 PM
For >10 years I’ve been on an admissions committee for a prominent science journalism fellowship.
We always have around 150 applications from around the world to review for 6 spots.
This year we only had 32 applications. And several we can’t review because they’re visa restricted now.
We always have around 150 applications from around the world to review for 6 spots.
This year we only had 32 applications. And several we can’t review because they’re visa restricted now.
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I wonder if faculty mental health would be boosted if we were all given the option to load up all our teaching in one crazy busy semester per year, leaving the other as essentially a mini-sabbatical (i know i know, service commitments would still be there). #AcademicChat 🧪
February 2, 2026 at 5:20 PM
I wonder if faculty mental health would be boosted if we were all given the option to load up all our teaching in one crazy busy semester per year, leaving the other as essentially a mini-sabbatical (i know i know, service commitments would still be there). #AcademicChat 🧪
Excellent! Maybe they could explain why tickets purchased on the app only have a week shelf life but paper tickets last forever.
February 2, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Excellent! Maybe they could explain why tickets purchased on the app only have a week shelf life but paper tickets last forever.
Maybe something to bring up in the next FoS council meeting
February 2, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Maybe something to bring up in the next FoS council meeting
Actual classes. Here at UofC, 4 is the standard although most would teach 3.
February 2, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Actual classes. Here at UofC, 4 is the standard although most would teach 3.
that's an excellent point
February 2, 2026 at 5:46 PM
that's an excellent point
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This is a really good map.
February 2, 2026 at 5:28 PM
This is a really good map.
Yeah that probably adds up to about the same as here, assuming 3hrs/week for ~13 weeks for most courses and most (research track) faculty teach something like 3-4 courses per year.
February 2, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Yeah that probably adds up to about the same as here, assuming 3hrs/week for ~13 weeks for most courses and most (research track) faculty teach something like 3-4 courses per year.
Yeah I know some people who get to do that, but I just don't understand why it's not the same for everyone, assuming teaching schedules could be accommodated.
February 2, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Yeah I know some people who get to do that, but I just don't understand why it's not the same for everyone, assuming teaching schedules could be accommodated.
Is 5-6 weeks considered a lot? Is that 9-5 every day?
February 2, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Is 5-6 weeks considered a lot? Is that 9-5 every day?
I've always thought of myself as someone who could squeeze in a little writing or analyses here and there when I had a 30 minute block, but being on sabbatical the past month has made me realize how uninterrupted days can make a monumental difference in productivity and happiness.
February 2, 2026 at 5:28 PM
I've always thought of myself as someone who could squeeze in a little writing or analyses here and there when I had a 30 minute block, but being on sabbatical the past month has made me realize how uninterrupted days can make a monumental difference in productivity and happiness.
I don't understand why this isn't more standard (maybe it is in UK?). Maybe teaching loads are higher here?
February 2, 2026 at 5:25 PM
I don't understand why this isn't more standard (maybe it is in UK?). Maybe teaching loads are higher here?
I wonder if faculty mental health would be boosted if we were all given the option to load up all our teaching in one crazy busy semester per year, leaving the other as essentially a mini-sabbatical (i know i know, service commitments would still be there). #AcademicChat 🧪
February 2, 2026 at 5:20 PM
I wonder if faculty mental health would be boosted if we were all given the option to load up all our teaching in one crazy busy semester per year, leaving the other as essentially a mini-sabbatical (i know i know, service commitments would still be there). #AcademicChat 🧪
I really wish journals would publish more of this sort of thing. Not everything needs to be earth shattering/novel/whatever. Maybe someone should start a Journal of Earth Non-Shattering Stuff.
February 2, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I really wish journals would publish more of this sort of thing. Not everything needs to be earth shattering/novel/whatever. Maybe someone should start a Journal of Earth Non-Shattering Stuff.
But as others have pointed out, if the alternative is a preprint server, perhaps it's not an unreasonable option
February 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
But as others have pointed out, if the alternative is a preprint server, perhaps it's not an unreasonable option
I will not submit a paper there if I am first author and will work to convince the lead author if I am not. Same with Frontiers.
February 2, 2026 at 4:59 PM
I will not submit a paper there if I am first author and will work to convince the lead author if I am not. Same with Frontiers.
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Applications are open for the 2026 #BertonHouse Writers’ Residency. Canadian authors with at least one published book are invited to apply before March 30, 2026. Travel costs are covered by WT & residents receive a $4K stipend. Find full details at writerstrust.com/BertonHouse
February 2, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Applications are open for the 2026 #BertonHouse Writers’ Residency. Canadian authors with at least one published book are invited to apply before March 30, 2026. Travel costs are covered by WT & residents receive a $4K stipend. Find full details at writerstrust.com/BertonHouse
TeePublic is a great company to order from if you want endless texts that always come from different numbers and that you can’t seem to block
February 2, 2026 at 1:57 PM
TeePublic is a great company to order from if you want endless texts that always come from different numbers and that you can’t seem to block
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Our Valentine’s Day ice cream is Heated Rivalry! Red raspberry ice cream swirled with black raspberry ice cream with a whole Little Debbie’s strawberry Valentine’s heart and tasty hockey puck you can eat out of the bottom of the pint.
February 2, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Our Valentine’s Day ice cream is Heated Rivalry! Red raspberry ice cream swirled with black raspberry ice cream with a whole Little Debbie’s strawberry Valentine’s heart and tasty hockey puck you can eat out of the bottom of the pint.
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Very much enjoying this skit from John Bull, 18 December 1825, on the appointment of professors at UCL
I'd go to a lecture on Things in General
I'd go to a lecture on Things in General
February 2, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Very much enjoying this skit from John Bull, 18 December 1825, on the appointment of professors at UCL
I'd go to a lecture on Things in General
I'd go to a lecture on Things in General
Punxsutawney Phil. Shubenacadie Sam.
Wiarton Willie. Balzac Bill.
Wait, what? Yes. Alberta’s groundhog is named Balzac Bill. And hi isn’t a groundhog at all but a guy in a suit. #GroundhogDay
highriveronline.com/articles/all...
Wiarton Willie. Balzac Bill.
Wait, what? Yes. Alberta’s groundhog is named Balzac Bill. And hi isn’t a groundhog at all but a guy in a suit. #GroundhogDay
highriveronline.com/articles/all...
All eyes on Balzac Billy as Groundhog Day approaches
For the Foothills, the closest season predicting groundhog is Balzac Billy. A man-sized gopher mascot in Balzac. Monday will mark the 23rd time Alberta’s Prairie Prognosticator makes his winter predi...
highriveronline.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Punxsutawney Phil. Shubenacadie Sam.
Wiarton Willie. Balzac Bill.
Wait, what? Yes. Alberta’s groundhog is named Balzac Bill. And hi isn’t a groundhog at all but a guy in a suit. #GroundhogDay
highriveronline.com/articles/all...
Wiarton Willie. Balzac Bill.
Wait, what? Yes. Alberta’s groundhog is named Balzac Bill. And hi isn’t a groundhog at all but a guy in a suit. #GroundhogDay
highriveronline.com/articles/all...
wow
February 2, 2026 at 4:20 AM
wow
And sorely lacking in almost every Canadian city. Neighbourhood bars were something that I really liked about living in the US.
These kinds of human scale, mixed-use Midwest dive bars are illegal to open and operate in most American neighborhoods.
February 2, 2026 at 12:39 AM
And sorely lacking in almost every Canadian city. Neighbourhood bars were something that I really liked about living in the US.