Donna Giberson (Elbows UP!) 🇨🇦🇺🇦
@donnag.bsky.social
Aquatic entomologist, kayaker, naturalist
Ed: Newsletter of the Biol. Surv. Canada & Mayfly Newsletter
born at 314 ppm
Professor Emerita at UPEI, Fellow of the ESC
Retired home to BC's spectacular Sunshine Coast
Ed: Newsletter of the Biol. Surv. Canada & Mayfly Newsletter
born at 314 ppm
Professor Emerita at UPEI, Fellow of the ESC
Retired home to BC's spectacular Sunshine Coast
Pinned
This is a map of northern Canadian localities my group has studied mayflies from - I've had the great fortune to visit most of these and collect them myself, though some are from a study of archived specimens from various studies.
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Got out to Shenandoah Universoty’s Cool Spring Campus. It’s a 200 acre forest that has been recovering since the 00s next to Rolling Ridge Conservancy, a forest recovering since the 50s.
Really pretty streams and cool bugs.
Really pretty streams and cool bugs.
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Got out to Shenandoah Universoty’s Cool Spring Campus. It’s a 200 acre forest that has been recovering since the 00s next to Rolling Ridge Conservancy, a forest recovering since the 50s.
Really pretty streams and cool bugs.
Really pretty streams and cool bugs.
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Looking for a PhD opportunity? I'm hoping to recruit someone to my group at Durham University to work on a project combining fieldwork and labwork to study speciation in rubyspot damselflies: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Get in touch if you want to chat!
Get in touch if you want to chat!
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Looking for a PhD opportunity? I'm hoping to recruit someone to my group at Durham University to work on a project combining fieldwork and labwork to study speciation in rubyspot damselflies: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Get in touch if you want to chat!
Get in touch if you want to chat!
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Pseudostigmatidae are back! Great talk on #damselflies from Laura Sutherland! #GEODE #SysEB #Entsoc25
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Pseudostigmatidae are back! Great talk on #damselflies from Laura Sutherland! #GEODE #SysEB #Entsoc25
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November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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My Family’s 240-Year Journey Shows Why Canada Will Never Bow to Trump
thewalrus.ca/my-familys-2...
thewalrus.ca/my-familys-2...
My Family’s 240-Year Journey Shows Why Canada Will Never Bow to Trump | The Walrus
I turned to history—and my ancestors—to understand the country’s resistance to American domination
thewalrus.ca
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My Family’s 240-Year Journey Shows Why Canada Will Never Bow to Trump
thewalrus.ca/my-familys-2...
thewalrus.ca/my-familys-2...
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Once again I'm begging people not to compare politicians to invertebrates. Inverts are cool and diverse and play an important ecological role. Politicians are the lower order.
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Once again I'm begging people not to compare politicians to invertebrates. Inverts are cool and diverse and play an important ecological role. Politicians are the lower order.
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No proof will ever be enough for the denialists but here’s yet another example of the thing they say isn’t happening - children’s remains being returned to their families. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
After 8 decades, Alma Beaulieu, who died at an N.W.T. residential school, is home | CBC News
For generations, the family of five-year-old Alma Beaulieu didn’t know what happened when she died at St. Joseph’s Residential School in Fort Resolution, N.W.T. More than 80 years later, Alma's sister...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
No proof will ever be enough for the denialists but here’s yet another example of the thing they say isn’t happening - children’s remains being returned to their families. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The BC Ale Trail (#bcaletrail) just announced their winners for BC's top 10 coziest Breweries. One of our favs made the cut - the Wheelhouse Brewery in Prince Rupert!
bcaletrail.ca/2025-top-10-...
bcaletrail.ca/2025-top-10-...
Warmth & Welcome: BC's Top 10 Coziest Breweries (as Voted by You!) · The BC Ale Trail
From covered, heated patios to comfortable nooks with cushy seating, get comfortable at one of BC's Top 10 Cozy Breweries this fall.
bcaletrail.ca
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The BC Ale Trail (#bcaletrail) just announced their winners for BC's top 10 coziest Breweries. One of our favs made the cut - the Wheelhouse Brewery in Prince Rupert!
bcaletrail.ca/2025-top-10-...
bcaletrail.ca/2025-top-10-...
New species of Labiobaetis Novikova & Kluge from Thailand (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae)
by Thomas Kaltenbach, Jean-Luc Gattolliat, Boonsatien Boonsoong, Chanaporn Suttinun
by Thomas Kaltenbach, Jean-Luc Gattolliat, Boonsatien Boonsoong, Chanaporn Suttinun
Nine mayfly species are described as new to science. Learn more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#taxonomy #mayflies #newspecies
#taxonomy #mayflies #newspecies
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
New species of Labiobaetis Novikova & Kluge from Thailand (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae)
by Thomas Kaltenbach, Jean-Luc Gattolliat, Boonsatien Boonsoong, Chanaporn Suttinun
by Thomas Kaltenbach, Jean-Luc Gattolliat, Boonsatien Boonsoong, Chanaporn Suttinun
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After much behind-the-scenes work on this new journal and learning so, so much about contaminants in the process, I'm excited to share that submissions open at @contaminantsenvsoc.bsky.social on Nov. 18! Please get in touch with me if you're considering CES as a home for your research 🧪
We believe in the value of bringing all voices together, including scientists and community members working in partnership to address the challenges of chemical contaminants on the wellbeing of society and nature.
We begin accepting submissions next week!Find out more: https://ow.ly/h22c50Xfa30
We begin accepting submissions next week!Find out more: https://ow.ly/h22c50Xfa30
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
After much behind-the-scenes work on this new journal and learning so, so much about contaminants in the process, I'm excited to share that submissions open at @contaminantsenvsoc.bsky.social on Nov. 18! Please get in touch with me if you're considering CES as a home for your research 🧪
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Thank you so much to @entsocamerica.bsky.social for this honour of being a #fellow! We celebrated with Voodoo donuts!
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Thank you so much to @entsocamerica.bsky.social for this honour of being a #fellow! We celebrated with Voodoo donuts!
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Did you know that in Canada, if a budget doesn’t pass the government doesn’t shut down?
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Did you know that in Canada, if a budget doesn’t pass the government doesn’t shut down?
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
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Live your life in such a way that when you die people don't literally rise from the dead to shit on your grave.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Live your life in such a way that when you die people don't literally rise from the dead to shit on your grave.
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📍Welcome to the Women In STEM feed! 📍
Anyone can post to this feed using #WomenInSTEM
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November 13, 2024 at 4:33 PM
📍Welcome to the Women In STEM feed! 📍
Anyone can post to this feed using #WomenInSTEM
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It is generally frowned upon to mount multiple insects on the same pin. It makes databaseing difficult + the chance that multiple species could be mounted together - a nightmare!
Even so, you have to admire the creativity and precision of this example from the UK Latridiidae collection at the NHM
Even so, you have to admire the creativity and precision of this example from the UK Latridiidae collection at the NHM
November 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
It is generally frowned upon to mount multiple insects on the same pin. It makes databaseing difficult + the chance that multiple species could be mounted together - a nightmare!
Even so, you have to admire the creativity and precision of this example from the UK Latridiidae collection at the NHM
Even so, you have to admire the creativity and precision of this example from the UK Latridiidae collection at the NHM
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Reposting this for no particular reason at all. ⚒️
Alberta Premier demands @mark-carney.bsky.social build a pipeline to Prince Rupert. Besides the childish demanding, there are important marine geohazards reasons why that could be a spectacularly foolish idea ⚒️🇨🇦
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
Bell: Smith to Carney — Wanted Now, a pipeline to Prince Rupert, B.C.
Premier Danielle Smith wants Prime Minister Mark Carney to fast-track a pipeline project to Prince Rupert, along with nixing tanker ban.
calgaryherald.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Reposting this for no particular reason at all. ⚒️
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We are looking for teachers willing to test Jasper, a CO2 monitor in their classrooms. Jasper is a prototype and we would like to receive user feedback as soon as possible from several countries. If you are interested, please fill out the form: letsair.org/jasper
November 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We are looking for teachers willing to test Jasper, a CO2 monitor in their classrooms. Jasper is a prototype and we would like to receive user feedback as soon as possible from several countries. If you are interested, please fill out the form: letsair.org/jasper
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Remembering Indigenous Veterans
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
n.d.
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
n.d.
November 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Remembering Indigenous Veterans
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
n.d.
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
n.d.
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THINGS ARE PRETTY GOOD HERE 🇨🇦
PeaceLoveCanada.ca
PeaceLoveCanada.ca
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
THINGS ARE PRETTY GOOD HERE 🇨🇦
PeaceLoveCanada.ca
PeaceLoveCanada.ca
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On the event of James Watson's death, I highly recommend this 2023 commentary from @matthewcobb.bsky.social and Nathaniel Comfort with crucial new insights into the discovery of the double helix. (And also check out Cobb's brand new biography of Francis Crick) www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
On the event of James Watson's death, I highly recommend this 2023 commentary from @matthewcobb.bsky.social and Nathaniel Comfort with crucial new insights into the discovery of the double helix. (And also check out Cobb's brand new biography of Francis Crick) www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
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