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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 14h

The Alberta government stopped tracking class sizes, and then the province's population growth really took off. @robsonfletcher.com set out to find out how the numbers of teachers compare to that growth, with the limited info available

Class size/composition is a strike issue.
#AbEd #AbLeg

ANALYSIS | Alberta stopped tracking class sizes. Then it changed its funding formula. Now, it's a teachers' strike issue | CBC News

Get a rough idea of how much Alberta’s teaching staff has grown compared to how much student enrolment has grown since the funding formula for school boards was changed.

www.cbc.ca

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 14h

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 1d

I was today years old when I learned that Picasso overlapped in time with both Charles Darwin and Eminem. True fact.

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 14h

The sweaty slices of cheese are the real chef's kiss

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 14h

Masterclass in decisions-based evidence making

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 14h

Random forest

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 1d

Yes I am sure I want to unsubscribe from your mailing list that I never signed up for in the first place.

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 16h

Or hamburgers

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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 1d

The @europarl.europa.eu just made a fool of itself with this ban. Is there evidence that consumers think a "veggie burger" contains meat? Utterly ridiculous, and just (further) undermines the credibility of the institution (at the behest of the EPP).
www.bbc.com/news/article...

EU parliament votes to ban meat names for plant-based foods

Pressure to ban meat labels for plant-based products comes from Europe's livestock farmers.

www.bbc.com

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 18h

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Kelly Hereid @kellyhereid.bsky.social · 18h

PS - did you know there's a science feed? This one is from the very early days of bsky, for interesting nuggets from across the world of science.

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 1d

🚨PhD opportunity w/ @venditti.bsky.social and @watershedlab.bsky.social on sediment supply and transport in mountain watersheds in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. 🧪⚒️ Full ad: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/jo09s...

The River Dynamics Laboratory at Simon Fraser University, in collaboration with WaterSHED lab at the University of Calgary (https://ucalgary.ca/labs/waterSHED), seeks a PhD student to work on sediment supply in mountain drainage basins in the Rocky Mountains. The candidate would develop and validate a morphodynamic model of changes in river channels caused by coarse sediment delivery by landslides. The candidate will join a large group of students and postdocs at Simon Fraser University and the University of Calgary with expertise in river geomorphology and natural hazards.
The PhD candidate will:
1) Build a one-dimensional numerical model to predict channel evolution that is based on the Parker family of morphodynamic models
2) Collect topographic and sediment texture information to parametrize model in the field
3) Validate the model using channel profiles and newly acquired lidar
4) Experiment with the model to explore sediment removal and augmentation strategies
Minimum qualifications include:
1) A Masters degree in Geology, Engineering, Environmental Science, or Physical Geography
2) Excellent organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills, and attention to detail
3) Experience with hydraulic and/or morphodynamic modelling.

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 1d

I was today years old when I learned that Picasso overlapped in time with both Charles Darwin and Eminem. True fact.

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 1d

Do you think they’ll come back?

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 1d

Watching #HouseOfGuiness on Netflix, so naturally….

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve had one of those inverted crocks that you put water in but didn’t find it actually made any difference. I now keep it in a similar earthenware crock but without water and stays on the counter year round. We go through about 1lb a week.

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 1d

New early view paper "Mapping glacierized regions with quad-pol dual frequency LS-ASAR: insights for the NISAR mission" in IEEE JSTARS journal by Das et al. 🧪⚒️❄️🛰️ ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp....

IEEE Xplore Full-Text PDF:

ieeexplore.ieee.org

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 1d

🚨PhD opportunity w/ @venditti.bsky.social and @watershedlab.bsky.social on sediment supply and transport in mountain watersheds in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. 🧪⚒️ Full ad: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/jo09s...

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds like a reality show just waiting to be made

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 1d

When waiting for a paper to go out for review, how many times per hour (waking hours only) do you refresh the page to check the status? 🧪

1. Once
2. How long is a piece of string?