Thank you!

This is such a ghoulish thing for her to say. Is there a source?

a man in a grey sweater says " okay " ALT: a man in a grey sweater says " okay "

Banning algorithmic pricing ought to be a no-brainer call for any government: people don’t like to be ripped off, surveilled, or treated differently from their peers.

Algorithm pricing does all three of those things.

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This needs to be taken seriously. Along with underfunding, Doug Ford is destroying the university system. And yes, this latest move is 100% in line with what we've seen happening by state-level MAGA-hats in the US.

Is that hydrodictyon? I’ve only seen it a few times in my travels.

This!!! Danya is correct in the things AND I will say

I am a former user both of Substack and of generative AI (I thought it would be a fun visual thing to supplement a fiction project) and I have abandoned both.

You can abandon shit after learning it sucks. Take the L and take all the W's after.

As a scientist, as a woman, as a human that cares about humanity, this got me in the feels. Worth a read. lizplank.substack.com/p/artemis-ii...

As a Canadian researcher, I always admired (even envied) the LTER program. In my courses, when I wax poetic about the value of long-term monitoring in ecology, the LTER is always my shining example. This is gut wrenching.

You need to make AI guidelines for your lab Here's why you should, and how to start

"The struggle of figuring out the right analysis approach, wrestling with an unexpected result, or trying to turn a messy set of findings into a coherent story is not an obstacle to learning. It _is_ the learning".

Required reading for AI in the lab:

blekhman.substack.com/p/you-need-t...

Diagram of shoulder anatomy, but both the anatomy and the labels are wrong and very obviously AI-generated.

There are so many no-good, terribly bad, wrong, AI-generated anatomical diagrams out there. Here's one I found on the website of an actual clinic in Minnesota. Yikes. Be careful out there.

Predatory impact of freshwater drum on dreissenid populations in western Lake Erie Impacts of dreissenid mussels (Dreissena spp.) on Great Lakes ecosystems are well documented, but the mechanisms driving variation in their abundance …

Predatory impact of freshwater drum on dreissenid populations in western Lake Erie

#GreatLakes 🧪

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Annual consumption estimates by freshwater averaged 23.79 kg/ha shell-free mass, generally exceeded dreissenid consumption estimates for round goby.

Great Lakes Freshwater Ecosystem Initiative Restoring Coastal Ecosystems. Empowering Communities. Protecting Our Lakes.

‪CWA produced a story map (arcg.is/e8u8S1) highlighting many of the projects funded through the Great Lakes Freshwater Ecosystem Initiative. My lab is a co-investigator in 3 projects, inc. "Leveraging Big Data to Connect Watershed Plans to Nearshore Lake Health: Rouge River Case Study" Check it out!

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Ontario Tech has been growing year over year since 2021 in STEM programs, which is surprising given the growth of the big 5 universities in similar programs.

After 30 years in the classroom I know grade inflation is out of control. The race to the top has to end The first year I taught high school in Ontario, the 2001-02 school year, I had only a handful of students who achieved final grades in the 90s. During my last

Why? It's never been easier to get into Toronto or Waterloo. Grade inflation is one. (See the two recent op-eds in the Toronto star). Second, each 0.5% drop in admission averages scoops up 50~100 more students.

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Hi all. I am very excited that after 6 years I finally got my phylogenetic comparative methods book and online exercises online. Feel free to use and share. The book is here: nhcooper123.github.io/pcm-primer/. Note that it is not finished, we had to abandon it before the sunk costs fallacy broke us

A note from Anna Maria Tremonti | The Narwhal As someone who has spent a career dedicated to the public’s right to know, I am cautious where I place my trust. The Narwhal has earned it

“In disorienting times like these, it matters where we turn for understanding. It matters what we build.”

— Anna Maria Tremonti, founding host of CBC Radio’s The Current and member of The Narwhal’s board of directors

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Wow I have to watch that!

Neat! Thanks for sharing. Early episodes of Star Trek SNW also filmed there.

Interesting choice - brutalist architecture over a bucolic college town setting. When I was there during grad school they filmed sci-fi tv shows and movies there.

MSc Opportunity: The Bimiizii Project — Indigenous Relationships with Sea Lamprey in the Great Lakes
Hosted within the Ndaakendaaswen Gamig (Lab) at the University of Guelph and supervised by Dr. Susan Chiblow

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There was a paper from over a decade or more ago that showed exactly this. That there is peak productivity per PI at mid funding levels than the highest funding levels. Also more diversity in types of research.

If they want the best of the best, why not make it an open competition? It’s a head scratcher why Canadian residents are excluded from applying.

A door opens to reveal a wall of snow as tall as the door. There is just a small hole to the outside at the top middle of the door.

Good morning! There was more snow last night than I expected.

This will be the last side door picture of the storm...it's a good thing we don't actually use this door, lol

International Women’s Day website owners urged to stop ‘exploiting’ day Hundreds sign open letter calling for owner of website, from which UN has distanced itself, to ‘contribute meaningfully’

No wonder that “Give to Gain” slogan was so strange and problematic. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Dear #Ontario,
The Ford Government is trying to push a bill through that would exclude the Premier and Cabinet Members from Freedom of Information Requests.

Please call to express your disagreement👇

Too many contract faculty are hired term-to-term, paid less than their peers for the same teaching, & denied benefits. That instability affects faculty and students.

Read the op-ed and join the call for #Fairness4CF ➡️ www.tinyurl.com/cfsmdoa

@ocufa.bsky.social

Invasive silver carp jumping out of the water

Just to be clear, invasive carp do pose a significant threat to the #GreatLakes and we need to continue taking action to prevent their introduction, but they're not yet "rapidly taking over Lake Michigan" as the president claimed in a social media post yesterday www.woodtv.com/news/michiga...

Throw in second season of Man on the Inside for good measure (very arts and humanities centric). The provost was a theatre major.