A yellow crocus surrounded by purple crocuses. Flowers are covered in raindrops

#bloomscrolling 💜💛

A mossy tree which is engulfing a street sign. Someone has put in white eye-like circles to make it look like the tree is swallowing the sign. Moss growing on the sign has covered the wording "No Parking during those times for Street Cleaning" to only show "Tree Cleaning"

Going through old photos. I just realized that this tree may be dropping a hint about the need for "tree cleaning"....

Seen near Quinpool (Halifax)

Sesame Street - Tubi screenshot of Big Bird in Hooper’s Store with live human Alan and a flying red bird. The AI-generated subtitles read: "Time for the birth of terror. Me"

Sesame Street - Tubi screenshot of Bert in his house. Bernie's hair is just visible in the screenshot. AI-generated subtitles say: "You did it, Bernice. You're dead"

Craptions.

Saving those excellent Tubi AI-generated captions for advocacy. Thank you @pigslaundry.bsky.social for sharing!

Craptions.com - Where AI Captions Go to Die A hilarious collection of poorly AI generated closed captions and subtitle fails

😅 Good captures. Why not submit those to www.craptions.com?

Excellent. Let me know, I'd like to put in a request for a few copies. :D

Yayy! Checking it out -- is it also possible to get hard copies?

Found your website - sent the paper to your email listed on the website. 👍

Email via Sierra-Sequoia Resource Stewards?

Love those types of resources. Labour of love, very useful and rich with knowledge. Saving for our taxonomy key training modules. 💙🦂🧐

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Checking- has someone sent you a pdf yet? (The authors might be happy to send.)

If not yet, I can check my access and send to you.

Will continue to experiment with the map. It'd be a great data project for a class... any thoughts, feedback, I'll send those.... your work is awesome!

😞

Screen capture from a map of urban trees in Halifax. It shows mostly a mix of maples, oaks, elms and lindens along the streets. But Downtown Halifax has almost no trees except along the waterfront.

Screen capture from urban trees of Halifax. It shows Spryfield and regions, and it is clear that the trees are different, with mostly callery pears, pines and birches (compared to oaks, elms and maples in across the Northwest Arm.)

Urban trees maintained by @hfxgov.bsky.social, mapped by @justbartek.ca. While it doesn't document ALL trees, patterns can be seen. Downtown HFX & Woodside appear to be relatively tree-less. Tree species planted each side of Northwest Arm are different. 🧐🌳🌲💚🌎 justbartek.ca/hfxtrees/ #Halisky

Taxonomist Appreciation Day post

I am in freakin' AWE of people doing primary taxonomic work.

To do it well, you need deep scholarship to track past naming (and misnaming) efforts.

You may need to hunt down specimens only to discover they are damaged, misindentified, or lost.

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Disabled chemists face avoidable barriers in labs, turning routine tasks into major challenges #DisabledInSTEM

The @rsc.org Disability-Inclusive Laboratories Report shares experiences of disabled scientists & practical ways to make labs more accessible & inclusive #InclusiveLabsRSC
🔗 rsc.li/4saDTrC

A giant green-eyed human head in a mural peeks through snow-trimmed saplings emerging from a snow bank.

A little alley with a very colourful mural on the left building contrasting with a plain brown shingled brown building on right. Big fat snowflakes can be seen coming down with snowy trees and cars in the distance.

Not a mural. Some kind of a food wrapping that got dissolved in snow on pavement and smudged around. Colours are very bright and contrasting, similar to the graffiti-style mural in the previous photo. #plasticpollution

Big fat snowflakes fall in front of a very colourful graffiti style mural with a quote "Believe in Yourself!" It is by One_Off_Dsign

Last Saturday, I found myself near Quinpool (Halifax) in the snowstorm and enjoyed how the snow interacted with the murals and sights.

I appreciate the artistry shown in the murals along (and off) the Quinpool. More details: quinpoolroad.ca/business-on-...

A row of tall pines and spruces along a snow-covered path. In the distance a figure wearing a bright blue jacket can be seen taking photos.

Oakfield's trees are always good for restorative and reflective moments (shinrin-yoku) -- no matter the season.

Here's @robthacker.bsky.social in the distance!

A little stream flowing over a tree root forming a waterfall. The left side of the root is covered in snow with a row of thick frozen icicles underneath. The right side of the root has water flowing over it.

Half and half. We are definitely between seasons, moving from winter to spring. Seen at Oakfield.

Important Transport Canada survey - do fill out if you ever have been affected by (unnecessarily) high-powered vehicle headlights in Canada. 😵‍💫🔦🚙 Thank you.

Brilliant yellow crocuses emerging from brown leaf litter cover in garden.

Now I believe spring is really coming. 💛💚

The Pokémon Company Is Actively Recruiting PhD Holders With Backgrounds in Ecology to Work in Tokyo - IGN The Pokémon Company is actively recruiting PhD holders with backgrounds in ecology to work in Tokyo. This is perhaps the closest chance Pokémon fans have to channel their inner Professor Oak in real l...

Alternative career for PhD ecologists. www.ign.com/articles/the... 🧪🌎🌳🤗

Online Courses | Atomic Ecology Online training in the application of stable isotopes to ecological and environmental research

If stable isotopes are part of your research, they should be one of your strengths — not something you “sort of” understand.

That’s why I built this course.

A map of the Halifax peninsula with different coloured lines representing street priority for winter clearing.

Nice to see all the #hfxws data on a single map for Halifax, Dartmouth and HRM! Many thanks to
@danp.net for developing this tool. Bookmarking. snowhfx.danp.net

Thank you! It's always wonderful working with students to investigate environmental questions.

Project Thin Ice: Researchers explore our changing freshwater lakes A researcher says winter used to bring with it the expectation of major solid ice — but now, conditions are changing.

The Project Thin Ice is led by @rebeccanorth.bsky.social. Here's a nice article about this global project! www.columbiamissourian.com/news/state_n...

Mallory Jarvis wearing a bright orange ice safety suit kneeling on a lake ice surface, holding up a small zooplankton net over a hole in the ice.

View of the zooplankton net going through a hole drilled in a lake ice surface.

Microscopy photos of a tiny copepod with bright orange lipid droplets and a cute round Bosmina which has obviously been eating algae.

A close up of the water surface seen through a hole in the ice. White specks can be seen -- those are zooplankton thriving under the ice!

Last week, Dr. Jess Younker and Mallory Jarvis headed out for winter lake sampling when the ice was nice and thick. Our team were sampling for the "Project Thin Ice", a global phytoplankton research program & added our own zooplankton biomonitoring. @smuscience.bsky.social

✨ March Public Lecture - Free & Open to All! ✨

Join the Nova Scotian Institute of Science on Monday, March 2nd for another exciting public lecture!

Taking place online via Zoom and in-person at Dalhousie University.

@dalhousie.bsky.social

A puddle on a path. It's freezing along the edges. A conifer tree can be seen reflected in the puddle.

Puddles, ice and snow. Halifax in late February. 🌲❄️💧💚

Oooh. As an aquatic ecologist, that's perfect! When will this be in your shop?

Consultation on draft recommendations for accessibility standards The Nova Scotia Accessibility Advisory Board has drafted recommendations on the following accessibility standards: Information and communication Public transportation Accessibility standards, once app...

✨Those who live in Nova Scotia, your feedback is needed!✨

Public consultations on the draft accessibility standards for
📝Information & Communication
🚌Public Transportation.

Info & registration (with dates): accessibility-engagement.ca/consultation

#halisky