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Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social · May 5

“Many Americans don’t take Trump’s threats to Canada seriously — or seriously enough — and dismiss them with the same exhausted shrug that too many of Trump’s words inspire…. In Canada, he doesn’t sound like a troll. He sounds like a threat.”

What Canadians Heard—and Americans Didn’t

The Canadian federal election, on Monday, which culminated in Mark Carney’s retention of the Prime Ministership, was won by defying Trumpism.

www.newyorker.com

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Beatrix Beisner @trixiebb.bsky.social · Apr 23

You do eventually pass a threshold when it stops happening. And you won’t even notice - until you do.

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Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · Mar 17

Madeleine L'Engle; this is why they want you illiterate

[“The first people a dictator puts in jail are the writers, the teachers, the librarians—because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it. Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.”]

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Beatrix Beisner @trixiebb.bsky.social · Mar 16

Please read even if you are not from Canada or the USA.

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Beatrix Beisner @trixiebb.bsky.social · Mar 12

Great work Charles!! So glad to see this out.

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CORE•COEUR #ResearchersVote #VotonsRecherche 🗳️ @core-coeur.bsky.social · Mar 12

On grandit le réseau de chercheur.e.s qui votent au Canada. 🍁 We’re growing the network of voting researchers in Canada. 🍁

Rejoignez-nous. 🗳️ Join us.

Partagez le message. 🚀 Share the message.

🎯Information: core-coeur.ca

#VotonsRecherche #ResearchersVote
#polcan #cdnpoli #Elections2025Canada

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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · Mar 12

In case you were wondering how Americans feel about annexing Canada.

Source: Angus Reid

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CORE•COEUR #ResearchersVote #VotonsRecherche 🗳️ @core-coeur.bsky.social · Mar 6

We’re growing the network of voting researchers in Canada. 🍁
Join us.
Follow us.
Share the message.

On grandit le réseau de chercheur.e.s qui votent au Canada. 🗳️
Rejoignez-nous.
Suivez-nous.
Partagez le message.

core-coeur.ca

#VotonsRecherche #ResearchersVote

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Beatrix Beisner @trixiebb.bsky.social · Feb 27

I just love these ideas. Let's make this G-index work for academia!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Move beyond ‘publish or perish’ by measuring behaviours that benefit academia

A standardized system to measure contributions in mentorship, collaboration and more could bring about systemic change in science.

www.nature.com

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westobymark.bsky.social @westobymark.bsky.social · Feb 18

"John Raven, FRS, FRSE: a truly great innovator in plant physiology, photosynthesis and much more" link.springer.com/article/10.1...

John Raven, FRS, FRSE: a truly great innovator in plant physiology, photosynthesis and much more - Photosynthesis Research

This is a tribute to a truly inspirational plant biologist, Prof. John A. Raven, FRS, FRSE (25th June 1941– 23rd May 2024), who died at the age of 82. He was a leader in the field of evolution and phy...

link.springer.com

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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · Feb 7

I hereby create a community of people who love, respect, and admire boglands. They are mysterious, beautiful, and powerful to ecology, archaeology and climate. Yet these systems continue to be misunderstood and threatened. Who wants to join my bog fan club? Please share - bogs need friends right now

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · Feb 12

Let's have some fun with Google.

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Beatrix Beisner @trixiebb.bsky.social · Feb 12

Why annexing Canada would destroy the United States
theconversation.com/why-annexing...

Why annexing Canada would destroy the United States

Americans have already been defeated by insurgents all over the world. Invading Canada would be no exception.

theconversation.com

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Beatrix Beisner @trixiebb.bsky.social · Feb 4

Yes the Ecological Society of America has just sent and email to say they remain committed!

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Alex Cole @realalexcole.bsky.social · Feb 4

This is so good.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Feb 3

What you need to know about Trump’s tariffs and the rest of Trump’s madness robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-n...

What you need to know about Trump’s tariffs and the rest of Trump’s madness

The art of the deal, with him as dealer

robertreich.substack.com

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Bon Hanson @bonhanson.bsky.social · Feb 2

To all my American friends: We Canadians are well aware that there is only one person to blame for the trade war against our country - the Felon In Chief. We will fight because that is what we do, but our anger is not against you. Our bond will endure. 🇨🇦🫶🇺🇸

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Beatrix Beisner @trixiebb.bsky.social · Feb 2

Drinking to #fucktrump

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Beatrix Beisner @trixiebb.bsky.social · Jan 31

And guess who will be blamed when prices go up for Americans building hatred for Canadians. We’re so screwed and had no say in any of this!

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Beatrix Beisner @trixiebb.bsky.social · Jan 31

True! But then again many society journals are published by for profit behemoth companies.

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Beatrix Beisner @trixiebb.bsky.social · Jan 31

Please also consider university published journals. Not all great journals have a society behind them. But they are still not for profit.

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Beatrix Beisner @trixiebb.bsky.social · Jan 30

Please add @gril-limnologie.bsky.social. Mostly postings in French (based in Quebec) but an important aquatic group just the same!

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Beatrix Beisner @trixiebb.bsky.social · Jan 30

Nous sommes à la recherche d'un technicien ou technicienne de laboratoire analytique aquatique au GRIL @gril-limnologie.bsky.social à la @sciencesuqam.bsky.social Faculté des sciences de l'UQAM | We are looking for a new technician for our GRIL-UQAM aquatic lab

Infos ici/here : lnkd.in/en4D-urJ

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Michelle Wille @duckswabber.bsky.social · Jan 27

Between 2019 and 2023, researchers paid $8.968 billion to make papers open access. Imagine what else could be done with this money if it wasnt paid to for profit publishing companies...
👉 arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · Jan 23

Don't let Elon Musk interfere in our elections.
Here is my letter to Elections Canada to protect our electoral process from interference by the X algorithm.
www.charlieangus.ca/_files/ugd/5...
If you are worried about Musk's extremism
please send an email to:
[email protected]

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