I just finished Oak Origins by @andrewlhipp.bsky.social. If you like oaks, plants, or some great natural history, I highly recommend it. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Oak Origins
From ancient acorns to future forests, the story of how oaks evolved and the many ways they shape our world. An oak begins its life with the precarious journey of a pollen grain, then an acorn, then a...
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February 19, 2026 at 4:54 AM
I just finished Oak Origins by @andrewlhipp.bsky.social. If you like oaks, plants, or some great natural history, I highly recommend it. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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The second season of Heated Rivalry sucks.
The US Department of Health and Human Services just released this video.
February 18, 2026 at 1:32 AM
The second season of Heated Rivalry sucks.
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Ken Sim won’t be defeated by posts, polls, or prayers. He’ll be defeated in a vote.
That takes conviction in a single progressive candidate who can unify this city. (1/3)
That takes conviction in a single progressive candidate who can unify this city. (1/3)
February 17, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Ken Sim won’t be defeated by posts, polls, or prayers. He’ll be defeated in a vote.
That takes conviction in a single progressive candidate who can unify this city. (1/3)
That takes conviction in a single progressive candidate who can unify this city. (1/3)
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Man killed in collision with bullet
Nose broken in collision with fist
Hiker burnt in collision with lightning
Sounds weird, doesn’t it?
Nose broken in collision with fist
Hiker burnt in collision with lightning
Sounds weird, doesn’t it?
Drivers weren’t finished killing people in Calgary this weekend… this time a 70 y/o 😔
#Calgary
globalnews.ca/news/1166974...
#Calgary
globalnews.ca/news/1166974...
Calgary pedestrian, 70, killed in collision with semi in Panorama Hills - Calgary | Globalnews.ca
A semi-tractor-trailer is believed to have hit a 70-year-old man in a crosswalk at the Save On Foods in The Gates of Panorama Hills shopping complex just before noon Monday.
globalnews.ca
February 17, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Man killed in collision with bullet
Nose broken in collision with fist
Hiker burnt in collision with lightning
Sounds weird, doesn’t it?
Nose broken in collision with fist
Hiker burnt in collision with lightning
Sounds weird, doesn’t it?
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Update in Vancouver Progressive Parties Drama: OneCity is holding an announcement tomorrow morning to “provide a statement and take questions on the next steps in the ongoing negotiation process between OneCity, COPE & the Greens”.
COPE and Greens were unaware of this, so we’ll see what they say!
COPE and Greens were unaware of this, so we’ll see what they say!
February 17, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Update in Vancouver Progressive Parties Drama: OneCity is holding an announcement tomorrow morning to “provide a statement and take questions on the next steps in the ongoing negotiation process between OneCity, COPE & the Greens”.
COPE and Greens were unaware of this, so we’ll see what they say!
COPE and Greens were unaware of this, so we’ll see what they say!
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At last we have a better name for it: The Two Big Beautiful Bidets Bill.
The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
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Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem’s DHS Luxury Jet Scandal
Inside Noem's flying palace. Plus: Pentagon demands obedient, deadly AI. The race to deploy untested nuclear reactors. Lawmakers move to rein in presidential pardons. And remembering Robert Duvall.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:03 AM
At last we have a better name for it: The Two Big Beautiful Bidets Bill.
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The superbloom is just getting started. I'm seeing flowers sprouting in places I've never seen or noticed before in Death Valley in my 35 years of travels here. And Lake Manly still persists! #deathvalley
February 15, 2026 at 7:20 AM
The superbloom is just getting started. I'm seeing flowers sprouting in places I've never seen or noticed before in Death Valley in my 35 years of travels here. And Lake Manly still persists! #deathvalley
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Amazing work by this kid!
February 17, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Amazing work by this kid!
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I'm not a big brained political strategist like Jamil Jivani, which is probably why I don't understand why he'd go on Breitbart's podcast and criticize Canadian attitudes towards the US
February 16, 2026 at 10:04 PM
I'm not a big brained political strategist like Jamil Jivani, which is probably why I don't understand why he'd go on Breitbart's podcast and criticize Canadian attitudes towards the US
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in northern Minnesota with my co-conspirator and our @theonion.com shirts
February 15, 2026 at 10:31 PM
in northern Minnesota with my co-conspirator and our @theonion.com shirts
This harpsichord key, marked in blue tape, keeps sticking to its neighbor
February 15, 2026 at 10:41 PM
This harpsichord key, marked in blue tape, keeps sticking to its neighbor
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New from the #NearLab, Chase Brownstein chasedbrownstein.bsky.social takes the lead on Phylogenomics and the origins of sharks.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
February 15, 2026 at 2:55 PM
New from the #NearLab, Chase Brownstein chasedbrownstein.bsky.social takes the lead on Phylogenomics and the origins of sharks.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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It was an honour to stand before the membership to accept the nomination.
Vancouver is ready for change. Let’s build a city where we can all belong.
Vancouver is ready for change. Let’s build a city where we can all belong.
Catch up on this week's @onecityvan.bsky.social AGM here. Reports by Co-chairs 30.00, OneCity School Board Trustee @reddyforchange.bsky.social 47.30, mine at 56.30 & announcement of @wazaroff.bsky.social as our Mayoral candidate from 1.34: https://www.youtube.com/live/LP60fOcua1w?si=MtnmhVG6pyxZawpM
February 15, 2026 at 5:15 PM
It was an honour to stand before the membership to accept the nomination.
Vancouver is ready for change. Let’s build a city where we can all belong.
Vancouver is ready for change. Let’s build a city where we can all belong.
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Summer courses at Friday Harbor Labs have launched many scientific careers. Including mine. I was more reluctant to leave at the end of the course than other students.
I promise you will have fun and learn more than you can imagine.
fhl.uw.edu/courses/cour...
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I promise you will have fun and learn more than you can imagine.
fhl.uw.edu/courses/cour...
🧪
January 29, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Summer courses at Friday Harbor Labs have launched many scientific careers. Including mine. I was more reluctant to leave at the end of the course than other students.
I promise you will have fun and learn more than you can imagine.
fhl.uw.edu/courses/cour...
🧪
I promise you will have fun and learn more than you can imagine.
fhl.uw.edu/courses/cour...
🧪
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Up at Silverwood Park in St Anthony, MN, they built an ice carousel. Drill a hole in the ice, put in an outboard motor, cut the ice in a big circle, fire up the outboard, ice carousel.
People do fun weird shit outside in Minnesota all winter long. Park was packed. It’s delightful here.
People do fun weird shit outside in Minnesota all winter long. Park was packed. It’s delightful here.
February 3, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Up at Silverwood Park in St Anthony, MN, they built an ice carousel. Drill a hole in the ice, put in an outboard motor, cut the ice in a big circle, fire up the outboard, ice carousel.
People do fun weird shit outside in Minnesota all winter long. Park was packed. It’s delightful here.
People do fun weird shit outside in Minnesota all winter long. Park was packed. It’s delightful here.
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Want to do a postdoc at Friday Harbor Labs? We have two positions open. Apply by March 1st. I am happy to discuss potential projects with fish people.
apply.interfolio.com/180092
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apply.interfolio.com/180092
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January 28, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Want to do a postdoc at Friday Harbor Labs? We have two positions open. Apply by March 1st. I am happy to discuss potential projects with fish people.
apply.interfolio.com/180092
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apply.interfolio.com/180092
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My first PhD dissertation chapter has been published! Let me know if you need a copy.
Complete species-level phylogeny of Madagascar’s tufted-tailed rats, Eliurus (Rodentia: Nesomyidae) reveals hidden diversity
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
And please enjoy this sonnet I wrote to summarize it:
Complete species-level phylogeny of Madagascar’s tufted-tailed rats, Eliurus (Rodentia: Nesomyidae) reveals hidden diversity
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
And please enjoy this sonnet I wrote to summarize it:
January 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM
My first PhD dissertation chapter has been published! Let me know if you need a copy.
Complete species-level phylogeny of Madagascar’s tufted-tailed rats, Eliurus (Rodentia: Nesomyidae) reveals hidden diversity
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
And please enjoy this sonnet I wrote to summarize it:
Complete species-level phylogeny of Madagascar’s tufted-tailed rats, Eliurus (Rodentia: Nesomyidae) reveals hidden diversity
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
And please enjoy this sonnet I wrote to summarize it:
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Here's the full 40-minute debate between OneCity mayoral candidates William Azaroff and Amanda Burrows that @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social and I hosted on The Early Edition and This Is Vancouver this morning.
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OneCity debate: Which candidate should challenge Ken Sim? | This is Vancouver | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen
With Vancouver’s 2026 municipal election approaching, two candidates are competing to become OneCity Vancouver’s mayoral nominee. Stephen Quinn and Justin McElroy host a debate between Amanda Burrows ...
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January 15, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Here's the full 40-minute debate between OneCity mayoral candidates William Azaroff and Amanda Burrows that @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social and I hosted on The Early Edition and This Is Vancouver this morning.
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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
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January 7, 2026 at 5:41 AM
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We wrote this post in September. With 5 pedestrians killed in the same area, we explained how the road design almost guaranteed it'd happen again.
Today, we learn that another pedestrian has been killed at Lougheed and Laity St, the exact same spot where a pedestrian was killed in 2023 (1/5)
Today, we learn that another pedestrian has been killed at Lougheed and Laity St, the exact same spot where a pedestrian was killed in 2023 (1/5)
January 6, 2026 at 3:51 AM
We wrote this post in September. With 5 pedestrians killed in the same area, we explained how the road design almost guaranteed it'd happen again.
Today, we learn that another pedestrian has been killed at Lougheed and Laity St, the exact same spot where a pedestrian was killed in 2023 (1/5)
Today, we learn that another pedestrian has been killed at Lougheed and Laity St, the exact same spot where a pedestrian was killed in 2023 (1/5)
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It is utterly unfathomable how often our justice system doesn't even try to hold motorists responsible for their actions. www.nsnews.com/local-news/n...
No charges for driver in North Vancouver crash that killed teen
The RCMP recommended a charge but the Crown said the evidence did not meet its standards for a prosectuion
www.nsnews.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It is utterly unfathomable how often our justice system doesn't even try to hold motorists responsible for their actions. www.nsnews.com/local-news/n...
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Drivers are never asked to justify their infrastructure, but bicyclists (and pedestrians) are constantly forced to defend why their infrastructure is "necessary"
Bike lane with low traffic is often considered unnecessary and underutilized.
Car lane with low traffic is considered luxurious.
Car lane with low traffic is considered luxurious.
December 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Drivers are never asked to justify their infrastructure, but bicyclists (and pedestrians) are constantly forced to defend why their infrastructure is "necessary"
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Add yours to voice your objection to using the notwithstanding clause as a weapon to deny people their fundamental human rights.
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Trans rights are human rights. Please sign, if you’re Canadian.
Trans rights are human rights. Please sign, if you’re Canadian.
Canadians, sign this petition to stop the use of the Notwithstanding clause against trans Canadians.
This is about provinces denying human rights, because trans rights are human rights.
SIGN.
This is about provinces denying human rights, because trans rights are human rights.
SIGN.
December 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
11,283 signatures so far.
Add yours to voice your objection to using the notwithstanding clause as a weapon to deny people their fundamental human rights.
Add yours to voice your objection to using the notwithstanding clause as a weapon to deny people their fundamental human rights.
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Feeling grateful this holiday season for starting a new postdoc at NMNH using phenomics to study drivers of #freshwatermussel #plasticity
December 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Feeling grateful this holiday season for starting a new postdoc at NMNH using phenomics to study drivers of #freshwatermussel #plasticity