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Ce projet est tellement dégueu. Voir que ça ressurgit. C'est le jour de la marmotte!

Hahahahaha

About French from France and Québec French , no difference from a written POV, except for some novels or books written in Quebec's slang, e.g. Michel Tremblay's work is famous for that (joual), or new authors sometines do it too. But it is mostly spoken.

Top 20 des meilleures séries québecoises Découvrez quelles sont les meilleures séries québecoises.

- Gaz bar blues; for the generational clash, music
- Le coeur à ses raisons (very funny tv show, short episodes, absurd, sometimes hilarious).
- Some good stuff in that list too, for tv shows: www.senscritique.com/top/resultat...

- C.R.A.Z.Y. ; by Jean-Marc Vallée.
- C'est comme ça que je t'aime ; quite funny fiction and absurd tv show about parents becoming absolute criminals only while their child are in summer camp.
- Cruising bar; one actor plays 4 roles, quite funny, absurd comedy

Well, I'd say that Québécois are quite friendly with someone who is learning French. I for one tend to speak a bit slower with less regionalisms, coming from a rural area. If you are used to Québec French, I think that French of France will be easy to understand.

Some great Québec footage :

The "this is fine" cartoon dog sitting in a room filled with flames with a coffee cup at the table. In the second frame he asks "Would you like to buy a mug?"

Trying to sell pottery this week. littleedenpottery.etsy.com

Need good tv shows/films in French?
Do you mind the Quebec Accent or actually want to learn with it?

An advertisement that describes a summer fieldwork position offer in a research project on mountain goats and hoary marmots. We are looking for a candidate to carry out fieldwork as part of research project on the behavioral ecology of the hoary marmot and mountain goat mountain goats in the summer of 2025. The successful candidate will be called upon to work on both species. Field work will take place in a remote area near Grande Cache, Alberta. The successful candidate will live with the research team in a small isolated camp with no basic services. The project is supervised by Steeve Côté and Sandra Hamel (Université Laval). *Tasks to be carried out: - Participation in the capture, measurement and behavioral observation of mountain goats. - Capture and tagging of hoary marmots; - Logistics associated with remote camp life and equipment maintenance. * Requirements: - Training in biology, ecology or related disciplines; - Good team spirit and enjoy life in a small, isolated group; - Willingness to spend extended periods in remote areas; - Be in good physical condition and tolerant of physical effort; - Be motivated by long days in the field, under various weather conditions; - Valid driver's license; - Experience in field work; - Available from early May to late August 2025 *Assets: - Experience driving off-road vehicles and manual transmission trucks; - Have an eligible file justifying an application for an NSERC undergraduate scholarship; * Conditions : The exact period of the contract may vary according to the availability of the person selected. Salary conditions are those in effect at Université Laval for 1st cycle assistants. Travel expenses are covered. Possibility of having the position recognized as an internship (Sigma+, Coop or other)

Aerial photo from the west-end of study area

A painting attempt I made of mountain goat billy with fauvism inspired bright colors.

The wired to the ground cabin in a harsh summer snowstorm, with frightening icicles at a 45 degrees angle due to strong winds.

Wanted: #fieldwork technicians for Caw Ridge long term #research project on mountain goats + hoary marmots #ecology! Ad in french but see alt text for ENG translation. A great occasion to experience your version of Fromm's book "Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter in the Wilderness". plz share! 🧪🐐🐻🌎

When I found out polar bears had been spotted not far from where I live, I couldn’t help but dig deeper. 🐻‍❄️

Who are these wandering bears? Why do they leave the Arctic? My research uncovers fascinating answers and important challenges. 🤔

Check out our latest paper: Status assessment and conservation priorities for a circumpolar raptor: the Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus. Amazing work by lead author Becca McCabe and a fun collaboration! doi.org/10.1017/S095....

Extinction of experience among ecologists Fieldwork-based research and education in ecology are under multiple threats and are progressively declining. We call for greater attention to this ongoing loss of direct field experience within the ecology community, as it could have widespread consequences for science and education, ultimately hindering efforts to address the ongoing biodiversity crisis.

Where are all the field studies?

This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer.

A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

Would you be more likely to review a paper if the journal asked for which of the following timescales?

1️⃣ 14 days
2️⃣ 21 days
3️⃣ 28 days
4️⃣ 35 days

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Super cool conference in beautiful Sherbrooke, organized by people for whom I have great esteem !

Kangaroo study area at Wilson Promontory National Park, Victoria. Inset: marked roos

Field sites and some of their logistics. 4: Wilson Promontory, Victoria, Australia. Eastern grey kangaroo research since 2008.

What are the common causes of death? Are they known ? Is it mostly from old age, accidents, predation (dingos? if not, what else?) ?

calvaire. Pas un autre ajout sur ton babillard de "surnoms".

I remember talking this in my BSc and afterwards in lab meetings + journal clubs. It sparked interesting (heated) discussions. Some grad students gained their 1st fieldwork experience by volunteering... I'm glad that I rarely witness volunteering nowadays, although it still happens :/

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That one time, once over 3-4 summers of fieldwork , that single day, I stayed at the cabin 30-45 min later to eat pancakes, since I had came back very late the day before. I missed that. Grr.

Definitely a set up that would make a lot of people jealous!

Indeed spectacular! I was lucky enough to visit Valsavarenche with a friend from Aosta, she used to work at GPNP. We got to see Ibexes already from the parking lot! Definitely seems like a different way to do fieldwork than Caw Ridge (quads). I bet wildlife techs. have iron calves !

Extreme longevity may be the rule not the exception in Balaenid whales Whale life spans have likely been greatly underestimated.

New paper alert
Extreme longevity may be the rule not the exception in Balaenid whales
by @alaskaraven.bsky.social , Els Vermeulen, and me.

2 messages:
♀Southern rights could live much longer than we thought (10% >130);
♀North Atlantic rights' lives are truncated (10%>47)
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In other words: no, you can't "easily tell when someone has used an LLM"; and if you think you can enforce a ban with detectors, you're doing damage.

This repo should be mandatory reading for undergraduates and graduate students Biology!

Thanks Alexej!

And here's our project webpage, if you wanna read more on it :