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Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · 6d

Had an opportunity of a lifetime to go to the House of Commons and advocate for ending DST in Canada. Thanks to MP Lalonde and the Canadian Sleep Consortium for the initiative. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Should Canada stop changing the clocks twice a year? MP says it's time | CBC News

An MP says all of Canada should end the practice of changing the clocks twice a year — and is planning on introducing legislation she hopes will ensure the custom is lost to time.

www.cbc.ca

Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · 7d

Thought I'd take a trip to my nation's capital.

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Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · 11d

Views from the Bow Valley Parkway during a fall bike ride in Banff. What an amazing country 🇨🇦

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Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · Sep 9

We're looking to hire a tenure-track Assistant Prof in I/O Psychology. This hire is under our Justice theme, and would focus on Equity-Seeking people in the workforce, with particular interest in those who study integrating Indigenous people into the workplace. careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1661564...

Assistant Professor, Industrial & Organizational Psychology in Calgary, AB, ...

careers.ucalgary.ca

Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · Sep 5

My copy of the new album from #Blackbraid arrived today. Wonderfully creative Indigenous black metal. I really loved the textures of Blackbraid II. So far, so good on Blackbraid III.

Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · Aug 30

A little #Fallujah to kick off the long weekend. Their new release Xenotaph is really strong. Got to see a couple of the band members guesting with Obscura and Born of Osiris earlier this year. Hopefully there will be a chance to see them preforming their own stuff soon.

Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · Aug 27

I'm excited to see the new book on #BiologicalRhytms from Danny Forger at UMich coming out in a couple weeks. Have you pre-ordered you copy yet? mitpress.mit.edu/978026255314...

Biological Rhythms

From the firing of neurons in a fraction of a second to the monthly cycle of ovulation to a seasonal shift in sleep patterns, the human body runs on rhythms&...

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Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · Aug 20

A fun and whimsical analysis of circadian and time aspects of songs and lives of #TheBeatles. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

A Hard Day’s Night: The Circadian Beatles - Diego A. Golombek, 2025

journals.sagepub.com

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Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · Jul 28

Finally getting a chance to spin the new album from #RiversOfNihil. This self-titled release gives a nice overview of all their styles from their previous releases. And yes, the saxophone is still there 🎷

Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · Jul 26

Finally found a vinyl copy of one of my all-time favorite albums, "In Absentia" from #PorcupineTree. Lots of great tracks, but Trains is a classic and the acoustic guitar section sounds so clear, as if Steven Wilson was right there in the room playing it just for you.

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Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · Jul 23

Celebrating the Prince of Darkness with his final album, the Grammy-winning Patient Number 9. The lead-off track "Immortal" is strangly prophetic, as while we're all only on this spinning rock for a while, it is our legacy that makes us immortal, and few have left a legacy quite like #Ozzy

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Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · Jul 15

In honor of #BastilleDay, spinning some classic Rush. The lead-off track of Caress of Steel is "Bastille Day". Good track, but "The Necromancer" that ends side 1 and "The Fountain of Lamneth" that takes up all of side 2 are standout tracks for me.

Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · Jul 14

As a sleep researcher, neuroscientist, and cat owner, how have I never noticed this? Fascinating! 😺

It's studies like this that help spark curiosity in the world around us.

Lateralized sleeping positions in domestic cats: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...

Lateralized sleeping positions in domestic cats

Isparta et al. find that two-thirds of cats prefer to sleep on their left side, indicating asymmetry at the population level. Because the right hemisphere is specialized for threat processing, this as...

www.cell.com

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Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · Jul 1

Happy Canada Day 🇨🇦 I thought I'd spin some classic Canadian rock in honour of the holiday. "Just a Game" by #Triumph

Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · Jun 17

Very cool study that was able to use in vivo 2 photon imagining with a calcium reporter to watch how individual cells in our circadian clock respond to time cues (light exposure)
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06...

Rewiring the body clock: Deep brain imaging reveals unexpected complexity in jet lag adjustment

Deep-brain imaging in awake mice reveals how light resets the circadian clock by activating complex SCN neuron networks.

medicalxpress.com

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Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · Jun 10

So hard to choose, but I love Kingship Elegiac. It is a prefect song to kick off that record, and it showcases so much of your stylistic and artistic range in a single song

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Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · Jun 8

Daily rhythms affect all life forms, and I guess this includes grass. Turns out later in the day is the best time to mow your lawn. #CircadianRhythms and landscaping unite! www.marthastewart.com/worst-time-t...

This Is the Worst Time of Day to Mow Your Lawn, According to Landscaping Pros

Avoid lawn damage and disease by never mowing your lawn during these times of day, landscaping experts say.

www.marthastewart.com

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Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · Jun 4

Time to give the new #Ghost album a spin. The first track is giving off lots of 80's guitar rock vibes. Catchy, albeit a bit lighter than my usual fare. Let's see how the rest goes! 👻

Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · Jun 2

A little Dutch Symphonic Metal to start June. Design Your Universe from #Epica. Very much a "Beauty and the Beast" style for the vocals, and Simone Simons is an amazing singer for the Beauty part of that equation .... what control and range!

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Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · May 24

Quote from Clarence Darrow, the lead defense lawyer during the Scope Monkey Trials (1925). Feels like something was lost over the last 100 years. 😔

America is founded on liberty and not on narrow, mean, intolerable and brainless prejudice of soulless religo-maniacs

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Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · May 20

Was lucky enough to see #Obscura last week on the Shredfest tour. Picked up this copy of their new album A Sonication. Special treat was a couple members from the Prog Metal band Fractal Universe who opened the show filled in. Guess there's some drama going on there, but the show still rocked!

Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · May 19

Isn't that gorgeous? I'm pretty m'eh about the trend for fancy vinyl ... but this one is really beautiful!

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Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · May 19

Tonight felt like a great night for some Opera, the new album from #FleshgodApocalypse. (Be warned, this isn't your grandmother's opera ... probably) And this has to be about the most beautiful vinyl I've seen. Well done!

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Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · May 19

Thanks for the recommendation. I hadn't come across them. After streaming a couple songs i immediately ordered the vinyl ... which I'm listening to right now. Sooo good!!

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Michael Antle PhD 🇨🇦 @drmikeantle.bsky.social · May 14

This is one of my absolute favorites! I just picked up the vinyl reissue last week. Love these guys. And their Winter's Gate album is an absolute masterpiece