Julie Talbot
@julietalbot.bsky.social
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Prof, directrice du département de géographie @UMontreal | Wetland science, biogeochemistry, Anthropocene, environmental impact of research | En français and in English
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peatofmind.bsky.social
For over 15 years the McMaster Ecohydro Lab has awarded the #NobelPeatPrize to the authors of the best peatland or peat paper of the year.

It’s that time of year again where we review papers and finalize a list of nominees.

Do you have a fave paper for 2025 you would like us to consider?
julietalbot.bsky.social
Thanks to China and India:

"In the first six months of the year, China added more solar and wind than the rest of the world combined, and its fossil fuel generation fell by two per cent (...). India saw record solar and wind growth that outpaced the growth in demand."

www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Renewables become biggest source of electricity globally for 1st time, beating coal | CBC News
Worldwide solar and wind power generation has outpaced electricity demand this year, and for the first time on record, renewable energies combined generated more power than coal, according to a new an...
www.cbc.ca
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temporalecology.bsky.social
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
julietalbot.bsky.social
My department @geographieudem.bsky.social is looking for a professor in human geography specializing in the study of social-ecological transformations, political ecology, climate change, environmental justice and/or the geography of risks and infrastructures. Deadline November 10, share widely!
Glass buildings with a paved path in between (gray, with blue lines)
julietalbot.bsky.social
Le gouvernement du Québec s'enfonce de plus en plus
ledevoir.com
Ce projet de recherche mesurait les attitudes et les perceptions des Québécois face à la crise climatique.
Québec supprime le financement du Baromètre de l’action climatique
www.ledevoir.com
julietalbot.bsky.social
It's so nice to be able to teach outside on such a beautiful day! Here students are learning about the beauty of urban swamps, in the middle of Mont-Royal park (Montreal) 🌿
A group of students sitting and standing on a boardwalk in a middle of a swamp. Trees are in the background, they are stating to turn yellow and orange, most are still green. The sky is blue.
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alexusherhesa.bsky.social
I am starting a new service where I slash the tires of expensive cars in Silicon Valley unless their owners specifically opt-out.
wsj.com
Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.
OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out
Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.
on.wsj.com
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julietalbot.bsky.social
Same, et c'est à ce moment que j'ai appris qu'en France ils disent "chamallow"
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chrisdornan.bsky.social
The Canada Council for the Arts "lost" $304 million last year.
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council "lost" $1.4 billion last year.
Parks Canada "lost" $1.3 billion last year.
cataranea.bsky.social
Canada Post “lost” 1 billion dollars last year?

How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.
julieslalonde.bsky.social
"Canada Post is on track to lose money" Hum. Duh. It cost less than a toonie to send a letter across Canada.

"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
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handle.invalid
“We have been left with no choice but to stop our activities, as our clinics are encircled by Israeli forces... This is the last thing we wanted.”

We have been forced to suspend our activities and leave Gaza City.

MSF forced to suspend activities amid Israeli offensive in Gaza City | MSF
The intense Israeli forces' offensive in Gaza City, Palestine, is putting our staff and patients at an unacceptable level of risk to continue our lifesaving activities.
www.msf.org
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globalecoguy.bsky.social
A piece in the New York Times brings up a “zombie” proposal to combat climate change — basically using smoke & mirrors to cool the planet.

No matter how many times people kill the idea, it seems to come back to the headlines.

Don’t let it. It’s not a good idea.

globalecoguy.org/solar-geoeng...
Solar Geoengineering: Ineffective, Risky, and Unnecessary
Some people are proposing to counteract climate change by artificially dimming the Sun. But it’s ineffective. It’s risky. And it’s…
globalecoguy.org
julietalbot.bsky.social
De superbes projets avec un super collègue !
tlecorregeo.bsky.social
🚨 Job position offer ! Offre de maitrise (M.SC) et de doctorat (Ph.D) sur la multipropriété dans les villes québécoises, à réaliser à @geographieudem.bsky.social

Tous les détails (both French and English) sont disponibles via ce lien geographie.umontreal.ca/programmes-c...
Postes disponibles - Programmes d'études
Offre de poste à la maîtrise (M.Sc.) ou au doctorat (Ph.D.)Call for Applications – Master’s or PhD Position
geographie.umontreal.ca
julietalbot.bsky.social
"Trust us, AI is good for higher education" say the worst people in the world, and somehow, the universities abide.
mearcsteppende.bsky.social
It is 2035. My students work to craft a perfect prompt to generate an essay in their tone and submit it. I take it and am forced to carefully feed it to the same LLM that generated it, which spits out feedback. Nothing of value is made or learned.
ernestopriego.com
Simply astonishing. Maybe Lecturer A should not have to mark over 100 essays in a two-week window in the first place? Invest in qualified staff and reduce impossible workloads FFS www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strate...
julietalbot.bsky.social
As I'm preparing new lecture material, I'm reminded again of what a wonderful ressource the @biodivlibrary.bsky.social is! It's the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives and it is well worth a visit (the images and the thematic collections are amazing)💚
Drawings of an array of reptiles in black and white with a sepia background that screams "old scientific journal article".
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rachelgilmore.bsky.social
Jesus Christ.

A standing ovation — from Liberals too — for Charlie Kirk in the Canadian House of Commons.

You can (and should) oppose political violence without doing all this, you know.
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sanho.bsky.social
More than 100 of Donald Trump’s inaccurate statements are to be dissected by Channel 4 to coincide with his state visit, in what it described as “the longest uninterrupted reel of untruths, falsehoods and distortions ever broadcast on television”.
Channel 4 to mark Trump’s UK visit with ‘longest uninterrupted reel of untruths’
Broadcaster to dedicate Wednesday night schedule to unpicking US president’s false or misleading statements
www.theguardian.com
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peatlandecr.bsky.social
🚨📸 About 2 weeks left to send in your best #wildlife in a #peatland shot and publish in the 2026 edition of #PeatCalendar

Email to: [email protected]

Deadline: 30 September
Promotional poster for the “2026 PEAT Calendar” by the Peatland ECR Action Team. The calendar theme is “Wildlife.” The poster announces that photo submissions are open until September 30, 2025. The background features a scenic photo of a wooden boardwalk leading through a peatland toward snow-capped mountains under a colorful sunset sky. Photo credit: Justinas Sakas.
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lukelebrun.ca
”It’s puzzling why Carney keeps doing things that alienate his own supporters ... the reason Carney is sitting in the PMO is because progressive swing voters made a strategic choice to lend him their votes — they didn’t lend their vote to appease Trump, impose austerity or roll back workers’ rights“
We knew he was a blue Liberal. But Mark Carney is alienating progressive voters
The new PM's defiant tone doesn't always appear to match his actions.
www.thestar.com
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samtlevin.bsky.social
UC Berkeley gives the Trump admin the names of 160 faculty + students for a federal investigation into “alleged antisemitic incidents.”

Judith Butler, one of the targeted scholars, tells me: "It is an enormous breach of trust... It's shocking. Did you consider not complying with this request?”
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
www.theguardian.com
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olivia.science
"We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically." www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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alexusherhesa.bsky.social
Carney: Canadians deserve the best 1960s economy money can buy