Joseph Shea
@josephshea.bsky.social
Professor, researcher, musician: mountain glaciers, snow, water, weather, climate change, remote sensing, community adaptation, and EDI in science.
www.moshlab.org
Living in Lheidlih T’enneh territory
(he/him/il/anti-fascist)
www.moshlab.org
Living in Lheidlih T’enneh territory
(he/him/il/anti-fascist)
Pinned
I knew the Mercator projection was bad, but I didn’t know it was “starting a third world war” bad
Thank you @thebeaverton.com
Man who wouldn’t wear mask to protect people fine wearing mask to shoot them
Man who wouldn't wear mask to protect people fine wearing mask to shoot them
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – A man who refused to wear a mask to protect other people in 2020 has declared he has no problem wearing one while shooting them.
www.thebeaverton.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Thank you @thebeaverton.com
🚨🚨Endowed Research Chair in Watershed and/or Aquatic Sciences at UNBC 🚨🚨
We are hiring a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor for an Endowed Research Chair position.
Application deadline: 1 March 2026
Link: tinyurl.com/yherum4h
#aquatic #science #freshwater #rivers #lakes #highered
We are hiring a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor for an Endowed Research Chair position.
Application deadline: 1 March 2026
Link: tinyurl.com/yherum4h
#aquatic #science #freshwater #rivers #lakes #highered
January 27, 2026 at 9:56 PM
🚨🚨Endowed Research Chair in Watershed and/or Aquatic Sciences at UNBC 🚨🚨
We are hiring a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor for an Endowed Research Chair position.
Application deadline: 1 March 2026
Link: tinyurl.com/yherum4h
#aquatic #science #freshwater #rivers #lakes #highered
We are hiring a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor for an Endowed Research Chair position.
Application deadline: 1 March 2026
Link: tinyurl.com/yherum4h
#aquatic #science #freshwater #rivers #lakes #highered
❄️❄️❄️ Forecast B.C. snow accumulations over the next 4 days:
- 30 to 60+ cm in coastal mountains
- 2 to 10 cm in interior mountains (20 cm+ in northern Rockies)
- negligible in Central Interior and Northeast BC
(data: ECWMF; dataviz: weathernerds.org)
- 30 to 60+ cm in coastal mountains
- 2 to 10 cm in interior mountains (20 cm+ in northern Rockies)
- negligible in Central Interior and Northeast BC
(data: ECWMF; dataviz: weathernerds.org)
January 26, 2026 at 8:26 PM
❄️❄️❄️ Forecast B.C. snow accumulations over the next 4 days:
- 30 to 60+ cm in coastal mountains
- 2 to 10 cm in interior mountains (20 cm+ in northern Rockies)
- negligible in Central Interior and Northeast BC
(data: ECWMF; dataviz: weathernerds.org)
- 30 to 60+ cm in coastal mountains
- 2 to 10 cm in interior mountains (20 cm+ in northern Rockies)
- negligible in Central Interior and Northeast BC
(data: ECWMF; dataviz: weathernerds.org)
Recent interviews I've given on the snow/drought situation in northeast B.C.
www.moshlab.org/news/mosh-lab-media-interviews-snow-situation-in-northeast-bc
www.moshlab.org/news/mosh-lab-media-interviews-snow-situation-in-northeast-bc
MOSH Lab Media Interviews: Snow Situation in Northeast B.C. — Mountain Snow Hydrology Lab
Joe was interviewed about the current snow situation in northeast B.C. by Alyssa Currie from Moose Media on Friday January 23rd: https://energeticcity.ca/2026/01/23/this-week-in-the-peace-unbc-tsekwa-...
www.moshlab.org
January 26, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Recent interviews I've given on the snow/drought situation in northeast B.C.
www.moshlab.org/news/mosh-lab-media-interviews-snow-situation-in-northeast-bc
www.moshlab.org/news/mosh-lab-media-interviews-snow-situation-in-northeast-bc
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Short of getting caught orchestrating a coup or assassination, this is absolutely the core case of what you expel an ambassador for.
Bessent pushes Albertan independence from Canada: "Albertans are very independent people. There's a rumor they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not. People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the US has got."
January 23, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Short of getting caught orchestrating a coup or assassination, this is absolutely the core case of what you expel an ambassador for.
This is so fucking obscene.
Jared Kushner presented a 'master plan' for Gaza at the Board of Peace event this morning. Slides included 'New Gaza' and 'New Rafah'.
January 23, 2026 at 4:53 AM
This is so fucking obscene.
Two tenure-track positions at Simon Fraser University!
Landscape Ecologist - www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...
Urban Geography/Climate Crisis - www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...
#highered #britishcolumbia #canada
Landscape Ecologist - www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...
Urban Geography/Climate Crisis - www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...
#highered #britishcolumbia #canada
Assistant Professor of Landscape Ecology
www.sfu.ca
January 21, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Two tenure-track positions at Simon Fraser University!
Landscape Ecologist - www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...
Urban Geography/Climate Crisis - www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...
#highered #britishcolumbia #canada
Landscape Ecologist - www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...
Urban Geography/Climate Crisis - www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...
#highered #britishcolumbia #canada
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After the World Trade Center was attacked (just four miles from Trump Tower), more than 40,000 Canadians in uniform fought alongside their U.S. allies in Afghanistan.
More than 2,000 Canadians were wounded.
These 158 didn't make it home.
And now this guy is giving lectures on gratitude.
More than 2,000 Canadians were wounded.
These 158 didn't make it home.
And now this guy is giving lectures on gratitude.
January 21, 2026 at 4:13 PM
After the World Trade Center was attacked (just four miles from Trump Tower), more than 40,000 Canadians in uniform fought alongside their U.S. allies in Afghanistan.
More than 2,000 Canadians were wounded.
These 158 didn't make it home.
And now this guy is giving lectures on gratitude.
More than 2,000 Canadians were wounded.
These 158 didn't make it home.
And now this guy is giving lectures on gratitude.
Reposted by Joseph Shea
Let tonight be a lesson to all of us: Make sure you have established your own, and are aware of your loved ones', advance directives.
Do you want to be awakened from your slumber when It Happens? Or do you want to find out when you awake naturally and unlock your phone? Let your loved ones know.
Do you want to be awakened from your slumber when It Happens? Or do you want to find out when you awake naturally and unlock your phone? Let your loved ones know.
January 21, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Let tonight be a lesson to all of us: Make sure you have established your own, and are aware of your loved ones', advance directives.
Do you want to be awakened from your slumber when It Happens? Or do you want to find out when you awake naturally and unlock your phone? Let your loved ones know.
Do you want to be awakened from your slumber when It Happens? Or do you want to find out when you awake naturally and unlock your phone? Let your loved ones know.
this guy has the nuclear codes 🫠
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 5:31 AM
this guy has the nuclear codes 🫠
OH SO NOW CLIMATE CHANGE ISN'T A HOAX
The Arctic is warming around four times faster than the rest of the globe.
The changing landscape created a region ripe for opportunity factors that may play a role in President Trump’s sudden quest to obtain Greenland.
The changing landscape created a region ripe for opportunity factors that may play a role in President Trump’s sudden quest to obtain Greenland.
Melting ice may raise Greenland’s value. Trump’s fight may be just the start.
Trump has said he wants the territory because of its strategic location. Maps show how a melting Arctic is affecting geopolitics.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 18, 2026 at 11:51 PM
OH SO NOW CLIMATE CHANGE ISN'T A HOAX
Fuck these racist shitbirds
“Old stock white Canadians, and that’s us, and we don’t have to apologize for this room being filled with white people,” said Sylvestre. “This used to be what Alberta was. We’re not apologizing for being ourselves.”
Out loud now.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Out loud now.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Anti-racism watchdog fields complaint arising from immigration comments made at separatist town hall
he complainant said Alberta Prosperity Project CEO Mitch Sylvestre made several inflammatory comments about immigrants during the town hall.
edmontonjournal.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Fuck these racist shitbirds
💯
Again it is something that people in previous eras have commented on but I still find it just astonishing to witness in my own: fascism is somehow the natural ideology of loser men, just all of our most pathetic and contemptible instincts rendered into a worldview.
imagine letting these people run anything more consequential than a lemonade stand
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
January 16, 2026 at 2:41 PM
💯
The USDA Forest Service website appears to be blocked? (I'm in Canada). Anyone else getting this?
www.fs.usda.gov
www.fs.usda.gov
Home | US Forest Service
Caring for the Land and Serving People
www.fs.usda.gov
January 14, 2026 at 10:39 PM
The USDA Forest Service website appears to be blocked? (I'm in Canada). Anyone else getting this?
www.fs.usda.gov
www.fs.usda.gov
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over the course of 1871, congress held seven months of hearings on ku klux klan and other white vigilante violence in the south, they took detailed testimony from hundreds of black men and women attesting to klan terror. (1/?)
January 14, 2026 at 2:06 AM
over the course of 1871, congress held seven months of hearings on ku klux klan and other white vigilante violence in the south, they took detailed testimony from hundreds of black men and women attesting to klan terror. (1/?)
Et tu, @unbc.bsky.social ?
SFU completes fossil fuel divestment, reinforcing commitment to climate action
www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
Bravo! Over to you, @news.ubc.ca!
#ClimateCrisis
www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
Bravo! Over to you, @news.ubc.ca!
#ClimateCrisis
SFU completes fossil fuel divestment, reinforcing commitment to climate action
Simon Fraser University has achieved a major sustainability milestone by fully divesting its public equity and fixed income portfolios from fossil fuel investments as of June 30, 2025, delivering on i...
www.sfu.ca
January 13, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Et tu, @unbc.bsky.social ?
Confluence of the Nechako and Fraser, central British Columbia
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 13, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Confluence of the Nechako and Fraser, central British Columbia
🚨Post-doc funding opportunity🚨
If you have a PhD and you want to bring your ideas to UNBC to study snow/ice/climate resilience/water security with the Mountain Snow Hydrology Lab (www.moshlab.org), get in touch!
Internal deadline: 26 Jan 2026 (!)
nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/canada-im...
#highered
If you have a PhD and you want to bring your ideas to UNBC to study snow/ice/climate resilience/water security with the Mountain Snow Hydrology Lab (www.moshlab.org), get in touch!
Internal deadline: 26 Jan 2026 (!)
nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/canada-im...
#highered
Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards : Q&A
As announced in Budget 2025 - Canada Strong, a resilient Canadian economy depends on a highly skilled workforce.
nserc-crsng.canada.ca
January 12, 2026 at 8:52 PM
🚨Post-doc funding opportunity🚨
If you have a PhD and you want to bring your ideas to UNBC to study snow/ice/climate resilience/water security with the Mountain Snow Hydrology Lab (www.moshlab.org), get in touch!
Internal deadline: 26 Jan 2026 (!)
nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/canada-im...
#highered
If you have a PhD and you want to bring your ideas to UNBC to study snow/ice/climate resilience/water security with the Mountain Snow Hydrology Lab (www.moshlab.org), get in touch!
Internal deadline: 26 Jan 2026 (!)
nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/canada-im...
#highered
The CSAM/Nazi thing is the reason to get off X (and uphold Canadian law by banning it). But surely the government has a comms office that tracks engagements and realizes they might as well be pissing into the wind.
Do Canadian MPs actually connect with the public on X?
I looked at RTs and views for every tweet* sent by Liberal MPs yesterday
Out of 46 tweets, 21 Liberal MPs racked up a combined 475 retweets
34% had zero RTs. Only 17% got more than 10 RTs
3 tweets accounted for over half of all engagement
I looked at RTs and views for every tweet* sent by Liberal MPs yesterday
Out of 46 tweets, 21 Liberal MPs racked up a combined 475 retweets
34% had zero RTs. Only 17% got more than 10 RTs
3 tweets accounted for over half of all engagement
January 12, 2026 at 6:26 PM
The CSAM/Nazi thing is the reason to get off X (and uphold Canadian law by banning it). But surely the government has a comms office that tracks engagements and realizes they might as well be pissing into the wind.
I knew the Mercator projection was bad, but I didn’t know it was “starting a third world war” bad
January 11, 2026 at 3:50 AM
I knew the Mercator projection was bad, but I didn’t know it was “starting a third world war” bad
Reposted by Joseph Shea
DO IT. This isn't about free expression or politics, it is about the rule of law.
The UK is in talks with Canada and Australia for a coordinated response to X, including a possible ban. #canpoli
Starmer rallies international support to take on Musk
Tech billionaire says threat to ban social media site over sexualised AI images is ‘censorship’
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 12:16 AM
DO IT. This isn't about free expression or politics, it is about the rule of law.
I honestly thought this was about the US at first glance
The reports of violence, arbitrary arrests, and intimidation tactics by the Iranian regime against its own people are profoundly concerning. Canada strongly condemns the killing of protesters, and urges Iran to allow for freedom of expression and peaceful assembly without fear of reprisal.
January 10, 2026 at 3:26 AM
I honestly thought this was about the US at first glance
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To paraphrase Margaret Atwood…”men are afraid that women will laugh at them, women are afraid that men will kill them”
January 10, 2026 at 12:01 AM
To paraphrase Margaret Atwood…”men are afraid that women will laugh at them, women are afraid that men will kill them”
Perfect headline, 10/10.
Canadian government still using X amid platform’s child sex abuse material scandal globalnews.ca/news/1160665...
Canadian government still using X amid platform’s child sex abuse material scandal - National | Globalnews.ca
Canada’s AI minister Evan Solomon responds to X.com child sexual abuse material scandal with a statement on X, says more action coming on digital privacy.
globalnews.ca
January 9, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Perfect headline, 10/10.
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In 2024, I rose in Senate QP to ask why the Govt of Canada was still using X for official communications. Today, they are still there. What exactly will it take to break the spell?
A proliferation of sexual deepfakes on X has prompted other countries to investigate Grok, the platform’s AI software, but, so far, Ottawa remains silent.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
‘Get the f**k off there’: MPs, Senators call on government to abandon X/Twitter following wave of ‘Grok porn’
A proliferation of sexual deepfakes on X (formerly Twitter) has prompted other countries to investigate Grok, the platform’s AI software, but, so far, Ottawa remains silent.
www.hilltimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM
In 2024, I rose in Senate QP to ask why the Govt of Canada was still using X for official communications. Today, they are still there. What exactly will it take to break the spell?