Former Liberal cabinet minister Kirsty Duncan dead at 59 | CBC News Former Liberal cabinet minister Kirsty Duncan has died at the age of 59 following a years-long battle with cancer.

I was sad to learn that Dr. Kirsty Duncan has died at only 59 yrs.
Before entering politics where she was brilliant at supporting science research and evidence-based policy, Dr. Duncan was an academic, as well as a role model and advocate for #WomenInSTEM.
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poster for 2025 Women in STEM wikipedia editathon at York University Scott Library

photo of the roof of Scott Library on the York University Keele campus

Paging folk on #YorkU Keele campus.
If you're free until 4 pm today, please join @dupuisj.bsky.social and I in room 530 of the Beautiful Brutalist Behemoth also known as Scott Library, for the annual #WomenInSTEM Wikipedia Editathon.
We have timbits, coffee & tea
#EDI #DEI cc @drsmith.bsky.social

Author list A Call for Bio-Inspired Technologies: Promises and Challenges for Ecosystem Service Replacement by Kristina Wanieck 1,M. Alex Smith 2,Elizabeth Porter 2,Jindong Zhang 1,3,Dave Dowhaniuk 4,Andria Jones 5,Dan Gillis 6,Mark Lipton 4,Marsha Hinds Myrie 7,Dawn Bazely 8,Marjan Eggermont 9,Mindi Summers 10,Christina Smylitopoulos 11,Claudia I. Rivera Cárdenas 12,Emily Wolf 1,Peggy Karpouzou 13,Nikoleta Zampaki 13,Heather Clitheroe 14,Adam Davies 15,Anibal H. Castillo 2,Michael Helms 16,Karina Benessaiah 17 and Shoshanah Jacobs 2

So many and diverse collaborators in www.manufacturedecosystems.com #ManufacturedEcosystems - some on @bsky.app some not

@shoshanahjacobs.bsky.social
@dawnbazely.bsky.social
@danielgillis.ca
@nikzam.bsky.social
@marklipton.bsky.social
@anibalhcastillo.bsky.social
@lectio.bsky.social

Advice for students studying conservation and ecology YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts

Latest video is for students studying conservation and ecology describing how to use the YouTube playlist of concepts undergraduates should know, how to get better marks and 8 tips for getting a job in conservation. Good luck! youtu.be/3wZwkzTSwFA?...

Paris residents vote in favour of making 500 more streets pedestrian Parisians voted in a referendum on Sunday to pedestrianise a further 500 of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality.

BREAKING & BIG: Today in PARIS, citizens voted in a referendum to PEDESTRIANIZE 500 MORE of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by city leaders to create people-places, curb car usage, and improve air quality. 66% of Parisians voted in favour of the measure, official results showed!

🧪 Meet Lise Meitner: The nuclear physicist who explained atomic fission in 1939, revolutionizing science. Despite her groundbreaking work, her male colleague Otto Hahn received the 1944 Nobel Prize while she was excluded. #womenshistorymonth #STEM

So glad you’re here.

You can ban DEI, erase the Tuskegee Airmen, gut Medicare, and ignore climate change—but you can’t erase our memories or silence our truths. Dumb down your MAGAs all you want. Our communities will keep learning, teaching, and fighting. We will never dumb down. #FactsMatter #TruthMatter

Similar surveys have been done in the US in Canada. It seems like dumbing down the generations is really working to the advantage of the Nazis.

The number of people who think that the Nazis only put the Jews into concentration camps is alarming.

Eggs may be expensive forever It's not just bird flu that's causing egg prices to soar. Here's why they've gotten so expensive — and are likely to stay sky-high.

Trump supporters are already spinning excuses for why he can’t lower egg prices. Their mental gymnastics to defend his broken promises are wild. It’ll be fascinating—and tragic—to see how far they’ll go, even justifying starving to death for him. Cult loyalty knows no bounds.

If you see someone sleeping in their car, no you didn’t. People just trying to find a safe place for the night aren’t your problem. What kind of person reports that? Mind your business and let folks rest. The world’s hard enough without you making it harder.

Scientists at NIH can’t purchase supplies for their studies after Trump administration pauses outside communications | CNN Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have been told the communications pause announced by the Trump Administration earlier this week includes a pause on all purchasing, including supplies f...

The communications pause at health agencies has extended to external procurement orders for supplies for internal research @ NIH, sources tell @reportergoodman.bsky.social & me. Some researchers worry they won't be able to buy test tubes to draw blood or food for animals: www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/h...

I answered a reporter's question: "The long-term well-being of our climate system is incompatible with the short-term gains of shareholders." I stand by that statement.

Why peat is a key ingredient in whisky and the climate crisis Whisky production involves the burning of peat, but damaging peatlands releases stored carbon back into the atmosphere where it adds to climate problems.

Thoughtful article on peat and whisky by two of my colleagues.

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Prominent climate scientist argues it's time to ditch the 'myth of neutrality' | CBC Radio Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe talks to Bob McDonald about the polarization of science and why she thinks scientists should stop pretending to be neutral when it's our planet at risk.

A fantastic interview with Canadian Scientist Katharine Hayhoe about solution aversion manifesting as science denial. A logically and emotionally intelligent perspective.

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Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**

* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
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😮 talk soon

Amazon to close Quebec facilities, insists it’s not because of new union | RCI Company employs nearly 1,800 full and part-time workers in Quebec

Amazon to close Quebec facilities, insists it’s not because of new union ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/...

Promoting healthy aging in women. Prolonging ovarian life. Slowing the onset of menopause. A feature @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41... open-access @lynnpeebles.bsky.social

As Trudeau leaves, Canada’s scientists gird for a leadership change Conservative Party, out of power since 2015, expected to win elections later this year

Nice article in Science from Brian Owens in Science on the Trudeau's science legacy. I like my quote :) www.science.org/content/arti...

Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died Richards died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer. She was 67.

Cecile Richards was a champion in the fight for reproductive freedom. She devoted her life to the betterment of our country and her legacy will be felt for years to come.

Gwen and I are sending our love to her family.

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If you need help spotting a toxic, gaslighting relationship, TikTok has you covered: lies, silence, behavior shifts, and crap communication. 180M Americans: don’t take back that looser boyfriend who stormed out last night. You deserve way better.

Truth in words and picture

ICE is planning immigration raids starting Tuesday. Please amplify.

To creators rushing back to TikTok: Did you ask about the creator fund? Are you getting paid? They cut you off yesterday with no promises for last month’s content, and today you assume they’ll pay? That app’s been silent—get answers before diving back in.

On the last day of a Democratic presidency, you can’t help but wonder: how many decades before we see another? Will Trump cement his hold on the GOP, or will someone like Vance challenge him? The future feels uncertain, but history shows nothing stays static for long.

One man had a dream of unity, justice & equality. Another dreams of being seen as something he’s not. On this day, let’s honor the legacy of MLK Jr.—a leader who built bridges, not walls. Choose light over noise, hope over chaos. They can’t stop the dream when we stand together.

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🚨🚨 Out TODAY in Psych Bulletin!! 🚨🚨

After 5 long years, the NSF meta-analysis I led on children's gender stereotypes about STEM and verbal abilities just came out today in Psych Bulletin!!

In the words of great cultural critic Stefon, it has everything...

doi.org/10.1037/bul0...

How great! I’ll be using them this summer in my online course.

Conservation Concepts - British Ecological Society Learn a new conservation concept in just 2 minutes.

Thanks to the British Ecological Society for creating these great webpages leading to the YouTube videos "Learn a new conservation concept in just 2 minutes". Part of the educational resources designed and curated by their in-house teachers.
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/cons...