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@arielgrostern.bsky.social
Ottawan. Science Policy. Bicyclist. Frisbee. Etc.
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#ottbike conditions report:
-Trillum- light snow
-Albert MUP- clear
-Scott MUP- inconsistent.
Bike lane clear but not sidewalk, varying widths and levels of clear, passable
-MUP ext Churchill to Roosevelt- not plowed
-Trillum- light snow
-Albert MUP- clear
-Scott MUP- inconsistent.
Bike lane clear but not sidewalk, varying widths and levels of clear, passable
-MUP ext Churchill to Roosevelt- not plowed
January 7, 2026 at 3:53 PM
#ottbike conditions report:
-Trillum- light snow
-Albert MUP- clear
-Scott MUP- inconsistent.
Bike lane clear but not sidewalk, varying widths and levels of clear, passable
-MUP ext Churchill to Roosevelt- not plowed
-Trillum- light snow
-Albert MUP- clear
-Scott MUP- inconsistent.
Bike lane clear but not sidewalk, varying widths and levels of clear, passable
-MUP ext Churchill to Roosevelt- not plowed
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After reviewing nearly 200 applications from prospective grad students and postdocs over the past few months for a couple different 🧪⚒️ postings, here are some tips, at least as they apply to North American positions. I hope they help future applicants. Share with your networks. 🧵
January 4, 2026 at 2:17 PM
After reviewing nearly 200 applications from prospective grad students and postdocs over the past few months for a couple different 🧪⚒️ postings, here are some tips, at least as they apply to North American positions. I hope they help future applicants. Share with your networks. 🧵
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I started over in mid 2025. It has been quite the adventure, and I learned some stuff along the way, as I hadn't dated since, yes, forty years ago. A big difference? I am a trained social scientist!
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January 2, 2026 at 2:09 PM
I started over in mid 2025. It has been quite the adventure, and I learned some stuff along the way, as I hadn't dated since, yes, forty years ago. A big difference? I am a trained social scientist!
saideman.blogspot.com/2026/01/dati...
saideman.blogspot.com/2026/01/dati...
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We’re starting this season with a BANG! 💥
The Rideau Canal Skateway opens tomorrow, Wednesday December 31, at 8 am!
We’re in the home stretch of preparations to open a 3.4 km section between Somerset West and the Bank Street bridge. The Bank Street stairs will not be open for now.
The Rideau Canal Skateway opens tomorrow, Wednesday December 31, at 8 am!
We’re in the home stretch of preparations to open a 3.4 km section between Somerset West and the Bank Street bridge. The Bank Street stairs will not be open for now.
December 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
We’re starting this season with a BANG! 💥
The Rideau Canal Skateway opens tomorrow, Wednesday December 31, at 8 am!
We’re in the home stretch of preparations to open a 3.4 km section between Somerset West and the Bank Street bridge. The Bank Street stairs will not be open for now.
The Rideau Canal Skateway opens tomorrow, Wednesday December 31, at 8 am!
We’re in the home stretch of preparations to open a 3.4 km section between Somerset West and the Bank Street bridge. The Bank Street stairs will not be open for now.
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice in Chains.
Sooooo goooood!
Sooooo goooood!
December 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice in Chains.
Sooooo goooood!
Sooooo goooood!
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#Ottawa cobbler on 25 years of fixes — and the sidewalk staple 'that will kill your shoes'
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ottawa cobbler on 25 years of fixes — and the sidewalk staple 'that will kill your shoes' | CBC News
Muhamad Merhi has operated a shoe repair stand inside the federal government's C.D. Howe Building for a quarter-century. 'I don't think I would have survived outside,' he says.
www.cbc.ca
December 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
#Ottawa cobbler on 25 years of fixes — and the sidewalk staple 'that will kill your shoes'
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Some Ottawa #cycling updates for December. #OttBike theft numbers from 2024 and the low recovery rate, a presentation in Almonte, a locally designed #bike mirror and a surprising YouTuber take on #Ottawa:
hansonthebike.com/2025/12/17/o...
hansonthebike.com/2025/12/17/o...
Ottawa Cycling Updates December 2025 - Hans on the Bike - Cycling in Ottawa and beyond
The december issue has lots of cycling information from a presentation in Almonte to a new bike mirror and bike theft data
hansonthebike.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Some Ottawa #cycling updates for December. #OttBike theft numbers from 2024 and the low recovery rate, a presentation in Almonte, a locally designed #bike mirror and a surprising YouTuber take on #Ottawa:
hansonthebike.com/2025/12/17/o...
hansonthebike.com/2025/12/17/o...
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In 2018, we were lucky enough to have Rob Reiner join us on NNF. It was an honor and a joy. We’re rereleasing the episode to share the light and laughs he brought to us. Our thoughts and condolences go out to the Reiner family. He was a true legend and a great human. Rest in peace, friend.
December 16, 2025 at 3:41 AM
In 2018, we were lucky enough to have Rob Reiner join us on NNF. It was an honor and a joy. We’re rereleasing the episode to share the light and laughs he brought to us. Our thoughts and condolences go out to the Reiner family. He was a true legend and a great human. Rest in peace, friend.
🇨🇦 Government of Canada's new programs to attract international researchers to Canada.
✅ Canada Impact+ Research Chairs
✅ Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders
www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
✅ Canada Impact+ Research Chairs
✅ Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders
www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
The Government of Canada introduces two new programs for international researchers - Canada.ca
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December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🇨🇦 Government of Canada's new programs to attract international researchers to Canada.
✅ Canada Impact+ Research Chairs
✅ Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders
www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
✅ Canada Impact+ Research Chairs
✅ Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders
www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
Some thoughts on "How to get science back into policymaking" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How to get science back into policymaking
Misunderstanding and hubris have broken public trust in governments’ use of science, but it can be restored.
www.nature.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Some thoughts on "How to get science back into policymaking" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Thinking about this a lot as I watch my neighbours who use mobility aids navigate the icy ramps that are our sidewalks. They're plowed, sure, but it's the slope that gets you. Sloped for what?? Treacherous for the hundreds who walk here so a single car can comfortably cross once or twice per day.
Winter is one of the best times to educate people about car-centric policies because when it's snowy you can clearly see how little our cities care about anyone not traveling in a car. Even if you're not some activist, someone walking in winter can appreciate how much an unplowed sidewalk sucks.
This was a choice, not by the person walking but by the decision makers who refuse to prioritize them.
Photo Credit: D_S_J_
Photo Credit: D_S_J_
December 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Thinking about this a lot as I watch my neighbours who use mobility aids navigate the icy ramps that are our sidewalks. They're plowed, sure, but it's the slope that gets you. Sloped for what?? Treacherous for the hundreds who walk here so a single car can comfortably cross once or twice per day.
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Thanks to Front Burner and @jaymepoisson.bsky.social for having @maxfawcett.bsky.social and myself on to sort through what to make of Carney’s climate retreats. Crucial topic right now.
Mark Carney: climate friend or foe? | Front Burner | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen
In 2015, as governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney’s ‘Tragedy of the Horizons’ speech made waves in the global climate community. It was seen as a landmark call for the financial sector to recog...
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December 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Thanks to Front Burner and @jaymepoisson.bsky.social for having @maxfawcett.bsky.social and myself on to sort through what to make of Carney’s climate retreats. Crucial topic right now.
Good discussion between Usher and @robannan.bsky.social . Interesting was the concept of basic research funding as trickle-down economics.
Now, just wish Usher would finally get his facts correct on the proposed capstone organization (and what is this reference to "David Naylor's 2023 report"?)
Now, just wish Usher would finally get his facts correct on the proposed capstone organization (and what is this reference to "David Naylor's 2023 report"?)
On the podcast today: my chat with Genome Canada CEO Rob Annan on Science and Science funding (both in Canada and globally). I really enjoyed this one, hope you will too.
The World of Higher Education | Funding, Free Riding, and the Future of Canadian Science
Join Alex Usher in the latest episode of the World of Higher Education Podcast as he talks with Rob Annan, President and CEO of Genome Canada. They explore the intertwined relationship of science a...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Good discussion between Usher and @robannan.bsky.social . Interesting was the concept of basic research funding as trickle-down economics.
Now, just wish Usher would finally get his facts correct on the proposed capstone organization (and what is this reference to "David Naylor's 2023 report"?)
Now, just wish Usher would finally get his facts correct on the proposed capstone organization (and what is this reference to "David Naylor's 2023 report"?)
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Not my regular Friday. But a memorable one.
Thanks to my wonderful friend @karlykehoe.bsky.social for the front row picture (also induction day for her!).
Thanks to my wonderful friend @karlykehoe.bsky.social for the front row picture (also induction day for her!).
November 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Not my regular Friday. But a memorable one.
Thanks to my wonderful friend @karlykehoe.bsky.social for the front row picture (also induction day for her!).
Thanks to my wonderful friend @karlykehoe.bsky.social for the front row picture (also induction day for her!).
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Okay I rode along this River this morning, cuz why not?
Absolute stunner of a frosty morning! I left for work early cuz I knew I'd be stopping multiple times.
#ottbike #FrostBike
Absolute stunner of a frosty morning! I left for work early cuz I knew I'd be stopping multiple times.
#ottbike #FrostBike
November 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Okay I rode along this River this morning, cuz why not?
Absolute stunner of a frosty morning! I left for work early cuz I knew I'd be stopping multiple times.
#ottbike #FrostBike
Absolute stunner of a frosty morning! I left for work early cuz I knew I'd be stopping multiple times.
#ottbike #FrostBike
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All 2026 tour dates and ticket info up RIGHT NOW at
www.weirdal.com/tour
www.weirdal.com/tour
November 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
All 2026 tour dates and ticket info up RIGHT NOW at
www.weirdal.com/tour
www.weirdal.com/tour
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Cette semaine a marqué la fin du mandat de mon cher ami Bob Rae aux Nations Unies. Ce fut un honneur de travailler à tes côtés. Merci pour ton travail acharné, ton leadership et tout ce que tu as accompli pour le Canada et les Canadiens.
November 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Cette semaine a marqué la fin du mandat de mon cher ami Bob Rae aux Nations Unies. Ce fut un honneur de travailler à tes côtés. Merci pour ton travail acharné, ton leadership et tout ce que tu as accompli pour le Canada et les Canadiens.
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This week marked the end of my dear friend Bob Rae’s tenure at the United Nations. It has been an honour to work alongside you. Thank you for your hard work, your leadership, and all that you have done for Canada and Canadians.
November 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This week marked the end of my dear friend Bob Rae’s tenure at the United Nations. It has been an honour to work alongside you. Thank you for your hard work, your leadership, and all that you have done for Canada and Canadians.
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Happy Birthday Neil Young!
@michaelstipe.bsky.social is among the 80 artists who have picked & submitted a favorite Neil Young song in Stereogum's tribute to Neil on his 80th birthday, today. Scroll through and read Michael’s pick and the story that accompanies it...
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@michaelstipe.bsky.social is among the 80 artists who have picked & submitted a favorite Neil Young song in Stereogum's tribute to Neil on his 80th birthday, today. Scroll through and read Michael’s pick and the story that accompanies it...
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80 Artists Pick Their Favorite Neil Young Song
Happy 80th birthday, Neil Young!
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November 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Happy Birthday Neil Young!
@michaelstipe.bsky.social is among the 80 artists who have picked & submitted a favorite Neil Young song in Stereogum's tribute to Neil on his 80th birthday, today. Scroll through and read Michael’s pick and the story that accompanies it...
stereogum.com/2476602/80-a...
@michaelstipe.bsky.social is among the 80 artists who have picked & submitted a favorite Neil Young song in Stereogum's tribute to Neil on his 80th birthday, today. Scroll through and read Michael’s pick and the story that accompanies it...
stereogum.com/2476602/80-a...
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"A city's priorities become as clear as the spaces they choose to maintain in the winter."
Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"A city's priorities become as clear as the spaces they choose to maintain in the winter."
Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
Big updates to intake and processing of international graduate students to Canada, including no cap on grad students and faster processing for doctoral students www.canada.ca/en/immigrati... @alexusherhesa.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Big updates to intake and processing of international graduate students to Canada, including no cap on grad students and faster processing for doctoral students www.canada.ca/en/immigrati... @alexusherhesa.bsky.social
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Hey @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social Scott Street's cycle tracks are a) in the winter cycling network, and b) in the "ploughed within four hours of accumulation stopping" bracket of your organization's snow clearing timelines. Get on it, pal.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Hey @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social Scott Street's cycle tracks are a) in the winter cycling network, and b) in the "ploughed within four hours of accumulation stopping" bracket of your organization's snow clearing timelines. Get on it, pal.
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Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for @science.org 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Canada’s new budget aims to lure U.S. researchers to relocate
Spending plan also calls for smaller research spending cut than feared
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November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for @science.org 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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The red pigments in some fall leaves have proven to be a puzzle for researchers who debate why leaves bother to go red. n.pr/3JyNgjS
Why do only some leaves turn red in the fall? Scientists can't agree on an answer
The red pigments in some fall leaves have proven to be a puzzle for researchers who debate why leaves bother to go red.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The red pigments in some fall leaves have proven to be a puzzle for researchers who debate why leaves bother to go red. n.pr/3JyNgjS