The hits just keep coming, hey? 🙃

Bill 29, introduced today, is another attempt by Danielle Smith and the UCP to further privatize health care in Alberta and create a two-tier system, where some people can skip the line for diagnostic services while others are left waiting as the public system continues to struggle.

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Day Two: Better Browsing According to statcounter.com, Google's Chrome browser currently enjoys over 68% marketshare, with Apple's Safari not even a close second at…

Follow along as we do the 21-day #cybercleanse week-by-week! This weekend, ditch #Chrome, #Safari, or #Edge and move to a privacy-centric alternative. Already on #Firefox? There is a long list of easy, free, and freeing new ones to try!
#optout #bigtech
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That’s really close to campus! 👀

Mid single digits Celsius seems nice for early April. ☺️ It’s 6 °C here, although admittedly the full sun isn’t hurting any

Yikes! Yeah, 29 Celsius seems high for early April, unless you’re in south Florida ☀️

I mean… at least it had a third wheel 😁

Super fast

Considering buying a lottery ticket: yesterday I sent out four manuscript review invitations. After the first two responses were declines, I started gearing up for my usual marathon. But no, the next two responses were accepts! 🥳

#AcademicPublishing #AElife
🌎 🧬

As made famous by Bob and Doug

I didn’t follow them but have now preemptively blocked

That made me smile! 😁

No lies detected 😁

Must be start of term next week!

🎶 “Bring on the mee-ting inv -i-ites” 🎶

(to the tune of Bring on the Dancing Horses by Echo & the Bunnymen)

Interesting how those two tend to go together

Apropos of nothing, has anyone pointed out to a certain someone that Greenland is smaller than Algeria and only 7% the size of Africa?

I realize the bigger issue is the violation of sovereignty, but one wonders if the perceived size of that landmass underlies the odd obsession

Underrated response 😅

Awesome!

Definitely enjoyed this season of Stranger Things! As I wrapped up the final episode, it hit me that I’m really going to miss the characters and the nostalgic trip back to the 80s (the main crew is portrayed as graduating a year after I did)

A world map meme with large red text at the top reading "WE ARE HIRING PHD STUDENTS". The map shows two paths between North America and Europe: a red curved line following a great-circle route labeled "Current Stupid Route," and a straight black line cutting across the Atlantic labeled "AI Optimized Route". Large red text at the bottom reads "DUTIES MAY INCLUDE TEACHING AI THAT GEOGRAPHY IS REAL." The GATOR Lab logo (Geospatial Analytics, Technology and Open Research) is in the bottom right corner.

AI is powerful, but it still lacks basic spatial logic.

​We're recruiting 2 fully funded #PhD students for Fall 2026.
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​📍 Miami/Ft. Lauderdale
​💻 HiPerGator AI supercomputer access

​Apply: gatorlab.io/join

​#GIScience #GeoAI #SpatialDataScience #AcademicSky #geospatial

Love the graphic! 😁

Paging @jmtheodor.bsky.social ☺️

To be clear, it is (and has always been) a good idea to read enough of someone’s research to communicate potential overlap in interests. I’m talking about very specific “overall, your study did X, which shows Y” kind of stuff, which (in my experience) is new but rapidly growing

Is someone recommending to undergrads that they include a paragraph-long summary of a recent paper when they reach out to professors about summer research, or is it becoming common simply because it’s really easy with AI?

Because, like, we know… we wrote it 🤷‍♂️ 🌎 🧪

ABlawg Year in Review 2025 By: Admin PDF Version: ABlawg Year in Review 2025 As is tradition, ABlawg closes 2025 with a summary of highlights over the past 12 months, including some statistics, examples of ABlawg impact, and…

Here's ABLawg’s 2025 year in review. I retired several yrs ago but am still an active contributor to the Faculty’s blog on developments on law and policy in Alberta.
ABlawg is an imp bridge betwn the academic and legal practice communities & an important source for media.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

We are recruiting several PhD students. If you are interested in conservation conflicts, population ecology, quantitative ecology, or biodiversity, check these projects out (links in the thread, feel free to reach out):

Workshops, garages, vehicles, etc., places with a lot of vibrations

Assistant Professor of Landscape Ecology

In what could plausibly represent a Christmas miracle* SFU Geography has two (2) new tenure track hires. One is urban/climate, which I will repost below. The other is a Landscape Ecologist. Please share ... #academicsky

*actually just the good decisions of our new Dean
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