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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 10h

For researchers in Canada and the USA 👇

Online info session about ERC research grants, on Wednesday, October 15th, 2025 at 12:00 noon ET (9:00 AM PT, 6:00 PM CEST).

The meeting is free but advance registration is required.

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ERC Grants: Q&A and testimonials

EURAXESS North America will host an online meeting with officials from the European Research Council Executive Agency, which administers ERC grants, as well as current ERC grantees, who will share the...

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 21h

doomscroll break

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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 1d

For some reason the link seems to take me to a job board after the first instance. Adding the job link for others to find 🤞🏽 universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...

Search Jobs - University Affairs

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Jibran Khokhar @drjkhokhar.bsky.social · 1d

Coolest position I’ve seen in some time: Cinema and Audiovisual Media - Assistant Professor (cross-disciplinary specialization in neuroscience) universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...

Search Jobs - University Affairs

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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 2d

No jokes - this is how I got a kidney stone, two years ago, in the middle of winter.

Drink water, kids - at least for your brain, if not for your kidneys 😬

Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 2d

@shrewshrew.bsky.social, Don't forget to hydrate this winter:

www.cell.com/current-biol...

Programmed seasonal brain shrinkage in the common shrew via water loss without cell death

Baldoni et al. reveal that common shrews naturally shrink their brains in winter by reducing cell size and water content rather than through cell loss, maintaining brain function through reversible, e...

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Monica Morrill @mmorrillart.bsky.social · 4d

This new mini painting is available in my etsy store. Please visit the link in my profile. Thanks for looking!
Heron at Sunset II
8x8 acrylic on canvas

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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 5d

Doing some research, I just came across this image of shad fishermen checking their nets in the Bay of Fundy. I'm sharing because it's cool. Have a good day.

Three fishermen are checking nets strung high above the ground. The tide has gone out. One is on a mule-pulled cart, one is climbing a pole, and a third watches from the ground. Credit: Library and Archives Canada/National Film Board fonds/e011176116.

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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 5d

Today, I called an everything bagel an 'all dressed bagel' 🥯 Can I get my Canadian citizenship already? 🍁

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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 6d

Carcinization be like

franz @franzanth.bsky.social · Aug 12

just make it exist first
you can make it crab later

a comic in two parts.
part one. text says, just make it exist first. image is a drawing of a circle.
part two. text says, you can make it crab later, but the word crab is scribbled as if it replaced something. image is a drawing of a crab.

footer says: by joabaldwin, based on the comic by growthbyvisuals, then carcinized by franzanth.

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Mariam Aly @mariamaly.bsky.social · 6d

Are you an early career scholar interested in learning more about peer review?

Join us for our virtual @reviewerzero.bsky.social workshop! We will help you understand how peer review works and give advice on responding to reviewer comments.

9-10:30am PT / 12-1:30pm ET on October 30th. Register👇🏼

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Peer Review 101. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

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Krittika @krittikaa.bsky.social · 8d

Had to explain to a non-Indian friend once that the rainy seasons - and rains in general - mean romance and generally magic in India (and Pakistan, and the rest of South Asia I think)

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Garaj Baras

YouTube video by Rohail Hyatt - Topic

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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 8d

Had to Google to understand what "d'un bond" meant - and I've lived in Lausanne for 6 years!

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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 8d

A triplex in 1913!

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Dave @davescrivener.bsky.social · 9d

Views over Toronto on a warm September Friday evening.

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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 9d

Not endorsing them and I've never been on it before, but this looks super tempting to me! www.cghearth.com/for-food-lov...

CGH Earth

CGH Earth - Packages

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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 10d

A true flavour of my neighbourhood

A sticker on a car that says - This car brakes to take pictures of lighthouses because we are huge nerds

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 11d

🚨Survey on the boat excursion zone. Please fill it out. Some boaters have been upset & threatened to disrupt Hanlans beach (speed camera vigilantes but on water). We need more fortified & larger swim zones like in the EU w ropes/floats to keep boats & jet skis away from swimmers. 🚨

Hanlan's Point Motorized Watercraft Exclusion Zone Pilot Survey

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 12d

If I controlled an animation studio- any animation studio- I would jump both feet forth. Alas- for good or bd- I do not.

Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 12d

Genndy Tartakovsky shared test footage from his film ‘The Black Knight’. It follows a knight who controls a 20ft suit of armor. Sony isn't sure there's an audience for the film and haven’t greenlit it yet.

After Kpop demon hunters success I don't understand why Sony are dragging their feet on this!

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 12d

An uncanny moment yesterday in Toronto. 1/8

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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 12d

I would reserve a ticket in a heartbeat 💓

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 13d

For 150 years, Africville, sitting right next to Halifax, was a thriving Black Canadian community.
Halifax refused to provide city services, and eventually forced residents to move as they bulldozed their homes.
This is the story of that community.

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A black-and-white photograph depicting a rural village with a row of modest houses on a hillside. In the foreground, there is a dirt road bordered by rocks and sparse vegetation. A tall utility pole stands on the left side, with power lines stretching across the scene. The houses appear weathered, and the landscape is dotted with small sheds and overgrown grass, suggesting a remote or older settlement.

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Andrew Young 🇨🇦 @young.me · 14d

#ONTARIO #covid19 vaccines:
- SDM - most avail: shoppersdrugmart.medmeapp.com/schedule/act...
- Rexall - more stores appearing: rexall.medmeapp.com/booking/avai...
- Costco - call to book: costcopharmacy.ca/appointment
- Independent pharmacies - starting to get stock: www.ontario.ca/vaccine-loca...

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 15d

This is a supreme example of mutual aid among academics. Faculty First Responders monitors the media of the anti-intellectual far right to notice when fellow scholars are being targeted, and offers practical support and guidance.

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Faculty First Responders

Mutual Aid for Academic Freedom

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Natalia Jagielska @nataliajagielska.bsky.social · 16d

Science is dominated by male native-English-speakers with elevated affluence. It's a demographic that makes up less than 3% of the total global population. If someone wants to keep politics out of science, they are comfortable enforcing the status quo that benefits them (a small privileged group).

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