Doris Audet
@chrotopterus.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Scientist, mother, friend to all animals. Re-tired academic.
🦇 behavioural ecology and conservation
🦇 behavioural ecology and conservation
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Educators!
Here's one idea to disrupt the narrative and recognize contribution over attribution.
Try telling the stories of discovery in a different order
eg. instead of starting with Watson and Crick, start with Franklin
#HigherEd #AdaLovelace #WomenInSTEM 🧪
Here's one idea to disrupt the narrative and recognize contribution over attribution.
Try telling the stories of discovery in a different order
eg. instead of starting with Watson and Crick, start with Franklin
#HigherEd #AdaLovelace #WomenInSTEM 🧪
October 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Educators!
Here's one idea to disrupt the narrative and recognize contribution over attribution.
Try telling the stories of discovery in a different order
eg. instead of starting with Watson and Crick, start with Franklin
#HigherEd #AdaLovelace #WomenInSTEM 🧪
Here's one idea to disrupt the narrative and recognize contribution over attribution.
Try telling the stories of discovery in a different order
eg. instead of starting with Watson and Crick, start with Franklin
#HigherEd #AdaLovelace #WomenInSTEM 🧪
Winning post today 🤣🤣🤣
Remember in the Barbie movie when the Kens create their fantasy patriarchy world, where patriarchy and horses are kind of synonymous? Well. I defy you to watch this campy separatist anthem without imagining it sung by Ryan Gosling.
Modry introduces the same music video about Alberta that I posted when covering Whitecourt's townhall: bsky.app/profile/lily...
August 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Winning post today 🤣🤣🤣
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“This wishy-washy stance when it comes to jaw-dropping cruelty tied to the U.S. is yet another stroke in an increasingly clear portrait: one of PM Mark Carney with his elbows firmly planted to his sides when it comes to big business.”
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social’s first column with The Tyee.
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social’s first column with The Tyee.
The Canadian Company Staffing ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ | The Tyee
Carney’s government awarded GardaWorld millions in contracts and isn’t ruling out more.
thetyee.ca
August 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“This wishy-washy stance when it comes to jaw-dropping cruelty tied to the U.S. is yet another stroke in an increasingly clear portrait: one of PM Mark Carney with his elbows firmly planted to his sides when it comes to big business.”
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social’s first column with The Tyee.
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social’s first column with The Tyee.
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July 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Those mosquitoes are sure getting annoying 🦟
You ask where Alberta Prosperity Project separatists get their money from? Danielle Smith’s close friends, Dennis Modry and Jeff Rath, negotiated funding from Trump for their cessation effort.
#ForeverCanadian needs your full support.
#ableg #cdnpoli
www.desmog.com/2025/07/22/t...
#ForeverCanadian needs your full support.
#ableg #cdnpoli
www.desmog.com/2025/07/22/t...
Trump Officials Discussed $500M Alberta Independence Loan, Separatist Claims
Private details from a Washington D.C., meeting about Alberta becoming the 51st state was revealed at a separatism event attended by DeSmog.
www.desmog.com
July 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Those mosquitoes are sure getting annoying 🦟
Those mosquitoes are getting annoying 🦟
July 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Those mosquitoes are getting annoying 🦟
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Entitled neighbour living up to the expectations!
Entitled neighbour living up to the expectations!
July 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Entitled neighbour living up to the expectations!
Entitled neighbour living up to the expectations!
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pub-lick health
This is really cool! A rabies vaccine, applied as a gel to fur, spreads quickly among bats as they lick and groom each other. That prevents rabies outbreaks in other animals. www.science.org/content/arti...
Vampire bats' mutual grooming helps spread innovative rabies vaccine
A gel that bats lick off one another’s fur could help prevent rabies outbreaks in cattle, a growing problem in Latin America
www.science.org
July 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
pub-lick health
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It isn’t customary to give Canada Day gifts, but today I received one.
Elections Alberta approved my Citizen Initiative application!
Stay tuned for further announcements from our Forever Canadian team.
Happy United Canada, everyone!!!
#ableg #cdnpoli
www.elections.ab.ca/citizen-init...
Elections Alberta approved my Citizen Initiative application!
Stay tuned for further announcements from our Forever Canadian team.
Happy United Canada, everyone!!!
#ableg #cdnpoli
www.elections.ab.ca/citizen-init...
Citizen Initiative Application Approved, Notice of Initiative Petition Issued - Elections Alberta
EDMONTON – Today, Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Gordon McClure, issued a Notice of Initiative Petition. This confirms a Citizen Initiative application has been received and the Chief Electoral Of...
www.elections.ab.ca
June 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It isn’t customary to give Canada Day gifts, but today I received one.
Elections Alberta approved my Citizen Initiative application!
Stay tuned for further announcements from our Forever Canadian team.
Happy United Canada, everyone!!!
#ableg #cdnpoli
www.elections.ab.ca/citizen-init...
Elections Alberta approved my Citizen Initiative application!
Stay tuned for further announcements from our Forever Canadian team.
Happy United Canada, everyone!!!
#ableg #cdnpoli
www.elections.ab.ca/citizen-init...
« Most Albertans (over 80 percent) feel attached to both country and province. Asking them to choose between these identities is a losing strategy. »
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
What not to do
3 things to avoid in the event of a separation referendum in Alberta
open.substack.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
« Most Albertans (over 80 percent) feel attached to both country and province. Asking them to choose between these identities is a losing strategy. »
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
« For a while I thought the danger was greed.
But it’s disconnection from reality. »
But it’s disconnection from reality. »
I firmly believe that at a certain point in wealth accumulation - over a billion dollars as the metric - human capacity for empathy is at serious risk.
When removed from the reality of humanity or the planet, a certain sociopathy develops.
Let’s call it Altitude Sickness or Empathy Collapse.
When removed from the reality of humanity or the planet, a certain sociopathy develops.
Let’s call it Altitude Sickness or Empathy Collapse.
June 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
« For a while I thought the danger was greed.
But it’s disconnection from reality. »
But it’s disconnection from reality. »
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Reposting for my American academics to share. Kingston is a beautiful town and Queen's is a solid institution. It is also handily near(ish) the Toronto area.
My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Queen’s Special U.S. Doctoral Recruitment Initiative | School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral AffairsDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown...
Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.
www.queensu.ca
June 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Reposting for my American academics to share. Kingston is a beautiful town and Queen's is a solid institution. It is also handily near(ish) the Toronto area.
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It’s genuinely hard to believe these articles aren’t satire at this point.
It’s not a puzzle. It’s not a mystery.
Disability rates are skyrocketing because we’re still in a global pandemic. It’s a mass disabling event that society is ignoring because they wanted to go “back to normal”
It’s not a puzzle. It’s not a mystery.
Disability rates are skyrocketing because we’re still in a global pandemic. It’s a mass disabling event that society is ignoring because they wanted to go “back to normal”
Disability claims skyrocket, raising new puzzle alongside 'excess mortality'
Along with a baffling rise in post-pandemic mortality rates, the number of Americans claiming disabilities has skyrocketed since 2020.
insurancenewsnet.com
June 2, 2025 at 4:43 AM
It’s genuinely hard to believe these articles aren’t satire at this point.
It’s not a puzzle. It’s not a mystery.
Disability rates are skyrocketing because we’re still in a global pandemic. It’s a mass disabling event that society is ignoring because they wanted to go “back to normal”
It’s not a puzzle. It’s not a mystery.
Disability rates are skyrocketing because we’re still in a global pandemic. It’s a mass disabling event that society is ignoring because they wanted to go “back to normal”
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“In a time of destruction, create something.
A poem. A parade. A community. A school. A vow. A moral principle. One peaceful moment.”
-Maxine Hong Kingston
(from the book she wrote from scratch after her home burnt down and she lost all her drafts in the Oakland forest fires of 1991)
A poem. A parade. A community. A school. A vow. A moral principle. One peaceful moment.”
-Maxine Hong Kingston
(from the book she wrote from scratch after her home burnt down and she lost all her drafts in the Oakland forest fires of 1991)
May 3, 2025 at 5:02 AM
“In a time of destruction, create something.
A poem. A parade. A community. A school. A vow. A moral principle. One peaceful moment.”
-Maxine Hong Kingston
(from the book she wrote from scratch after her home burnt down and she lost all her drafts in the Oakland forest fires of 1991)
A poem. A parade. A community. A school. A vow. A moral principle. One peaceful moment.”
-Maxine Hong Kingston
(from the book she wrote from scratch after her home burnt down and she lost all her drafts in the Oakland forest fires of 1991)
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In this piece, Violet Affleck has incisively captured the bind social progressives created for themselves with COVID: failing to live up to the actions their own ideals demand. yaleglobalhealthreview.com/2025/05/18/a... 🧵
A Chronically Ill Earth: COVID Organizing as a Model Climate Response in Los Angeles
BY VIOLET AFFLECK I spent the January fires in Los Angeles arguing with my mother in a hotel room. She was shell-shocked, astonished at the scale of destruction in the neighborhood where she raised…
yaleglobalhealthreview.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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This is the coolest thing you will see today: Flamingos use head retractions, beak chattering, and webbed foot movements to create underwater vortices that capture prey and funnel it directly into their mouths. 🧪🪶
See also the figures and movies in their PNAS paper: www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
See also the figures and movies in their PNAS paper: www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Flamingos Make Underwater Vortexes to Suck Up Prey
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This is the coolest thing you will see today: Flamingos use head retractions, beak chattering, and webbed foot movements to create underwater vortices that capture prey and funnel it directly into their mouths. 🧪🪶
See also the figures and movies in their PNAS paper: www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
See also the figures and movies in their PNAS paper: www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
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Alberta First Nations have issued a "cease and desist" order to Danielle Smith's attempt to break up our country.
"If you or any Canadians are not happy living on treaty lands, they are free to seek citizenship elsewhere."
Let Danielle Smith know what you think about breaking up the country.
"If you or any Canadians are not happy living on treaty lands, they are free to seek citizenship elsewhere."
Let Danielle Smith know what you think about breaking up the country.
Here are the phone numbers for Premier Danielle Smith's offices:
Office of the Premier (Edmonton):
Edmonton area: 780-427-2251
Toll-Free (within Alberta): 310-0000
Phone (outside Alberta): 780-427-2711
Brooks-Med. Hat Offices:
Brooks Office: 587-270-5110
Medicine Hat Office: 403-527-5622
Office of the Premier (Edmonton):
Edmonton area: 780-427-2251
Toll-Free (within Alberta): 310-0000
Phone (outside Alberta): 780-427-2711
Brooks-Med. Hat Offices:
Brooks Office: 587-270-5110
Medicine Hat Office: 403-527-5622
May 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Alberta First Nations have issued a "cease and desist" order to Danielle Smith's attempt to break up our country.
"If you or any Canadians are not happy living on treaty lands, they are free to seek citizenship elsewhere."
Let Danielle Smith know what you think about breaking up the country.
"If you or any Canadians are not happy living on treaty lands, they are free to seek citizenship elsewhere."
Let Danielle Smith know what you think about breaking up the country.
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Message from Ukraine:
Thank you, Canada.
For being yourselves when so many others are trying to be worse.
You reminded us that we are not alone.
Because of you, this morning felt a little less like the end of the world.
And more like something worth staying alive for.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Thank you, Canada.
For being yourselves when so many others are trying to be worse.
You reminded us that we are not alone.
Because of you, this morning felt a little less like the end of the world.
And more like something worth staying alive for.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Nation That Trump Could Never Break
Canada didn’t just resist, they reminded the rest of us how to endure
substack.com
April 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Message from Ukraine:
Thank you, Canada.
For being yourselves when so many others are trying to be worse.
You reminded us that we are not alone.
Because of you, this morning felt a little less like the end of the world.
And more like something worth staying alive for.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Thank you, Canada.
For being yourselves when so many others are trying to be worse.
You reminded us that we are not alone.
Because of you, this morning felt a little less like the end of the world.
And more like something worth staying alive for.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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A government under seven (7) different investigations for corruption just introduced a bill that would bring more corporate money into politics.
This is not normal.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This is not normal.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta overhauls election laws to allow corporate donations, change referendum thresholds | CBC News
The Alberta government wants to bring back corporate and union political donations, eliminate vouching for a voter’s identity at election polling stations, and lower the threshold for recalls and refe...
www.cbc.ca
April 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
A government under seven (7) different investigations for corruption just introduced a bill that would bring more corporate money into politics.
This is not normal.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This is not normal.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - Rhett A Butler]
"Across universities & research institutions, field-based studies are in retreat, giving way to remote-sensing technologies, laboratory analysis, & large-scale data synthesis. The consequences of this shift, while not yet fully understood, could be far-reaching."
"Across universities & research institutions, field-based studies are in retreat, giving way to remote-sensing technologies, laboratory analysis, & large-scale data synthesis. The consequences of this shift, while not yet fully understood, could be far-reaching."
Ecologists are spending less time in the field. That could be a problem.
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. There was a time when an ecologist’s education was not complete…
news.mongabay.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - Rhett A Butler]
"Across universities & research institutions, field-based studies are in retreat, giving way to remote-sensing technologies, laboratory analysis, & large-scale data synthesis. The consequences of this shift, while not yet fully understood, could be far-reaching."
"Across universities & research institutions, field-based studies are in retreat, giving way to remote-sensing technologies, laboratory analysis, & large-scale data synthesis. The consequences of this shift, while not yet fully understood, could be far-reaching."
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All humans can contribute to society. It is much more than being able to do paid work. Many make the world a nicer place simply by existing.
All humans can contribute to society. It is much more than being able to do paid work. Many make the world a nicer place simply by existing.
Feeling like shit after RFK jr’s speech as someone who can’t work due to disability. Not because I value anything he says but so many ppl are rushing to the defense of autistic ppl who can work. Humans are valuable even when they don’t contribute to society. We shouldn’t have to earn our way to live
April 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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All humans can contribute to society. It is much more than being able to do paid work. Many make the world a nicer place simply by existing.
All humans can contribute to society. It is much more than being able to do paid work. Many make the world a nicer place simply by existing.
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I got to write something with the amazing @sethdklein.bsky.social on the need for questions on climate to be asked at the debates tonight and tomorrow.
Please read and share.
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Please read and share.
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Opinion: Deafening silence on climate this election
Climate has fallen off the electorate’s radar, now ranking sixth in a list of priority issues in a recent poll.
edmontonjournal.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I got to write something with the amazing @sethdklein.bsky.social on the need for questions on climate to be asked at the debates tonight and tomorrow.
Please read and share.
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Please read and share.
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
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THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...