Julie Talbot
@julietalbot.bsky.social
Prof, directrice du département de géographie @UMontreal
| Wetland science, biogeochemistry, Anthropocene, environmental impact of research | En français and in English
| Wetland science, biogeochemistry, Anthropocene, environmental impact of research | En français and in English
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Excited to report that every answer to "I know the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into" is giving me an existential crisis
Are the astrophysicists all right
Are you guys all right out there
Is this normal for you
Are the astrophysicists all right
Are you guys all right out there
Is this normal for you
February 7, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Excited to report that every answer to "I know the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into" is giving me an existential crisis
Are the astrophysicists all right
Are you guys all right out there
Is this normal for you
Are the astrophysicists all right
Are you guys all right out there
Is this normal for you
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📢Feb 2 is #WorldWetlandsDay! A day to celebrate the world's wetlands, including bogs, fens, and swamps.
Many Ramsar sites are #peatlands but there are large gaps in global cover. For more on this issue, and on peatlands and @ramsar.org, see my new Peatpedia post: open.substack.com/pub/peatpedi...
Many Ramsar sites are #peatlands but there are large gaps in global cover. For more on this issue, and on peatlands and @ramsar.org, see my new Peatpedia post: open.substack.com/pub/peatpedi...
World Wetlands Day 2026
A call for greater protection and stewardship of the world’s peatlands
open.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:37 AM
📢Feb 2 is #WorldWetlandsDay! A day to celebrate the world's wetlands, including bogs, fens, and swamps.
Many Ramsar sites are #peatlands but there are large gaps in global cover. For more on this issue, and on peatlands and @ramsar.org, see my new Peatpedia post: open.substack.com/pub/peatpedi...
Many Ramsar sites are #peatlands but there are large gaps in global cover. For more on this issue, and on peatlands and @ramsar.org, see my new Peatpedia post: open.substack.com/pub/peatpedi...
"Imagine how they lie when there is no evidence to contradict them"
January 27, 2026 at 10:07 PM
"Imagine how they lie when there is no evidence to contradict them"
I wish the NHL players would do the same (not gonna hold my breath)
The National Basketball Players Association releases a statement following the Trump regime’s murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, saying that NBA players “can no longer remain silent.”
The NBPA is standing up for free speech, civil liberties, and the people of Minnesota demanding justice.
The NBPA is standing up for free speech, civil liberties, and the people of Minnesota demanding justice.
January 25, 2026 at 10:09 PM
I wish the NHL players would do the same (not gonna hold my breath)
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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Drop the names of any Canadian companies you’ve seen working with ICE in the comments.
I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite.
Would love to gather any and all other names.
I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite.
Would love to gather any and all other names.
January 24, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Drop the names of any Canadian companies you’ve seen working with ICE in the comments.
I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite.
Would love to gather any and all other names.
I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite.
Would love to gather any and all other names.
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Welcome to the Scientific Instrument Society on BlueSky. We promote the study, collection, and preservation of scientific instruments and publish the Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society.
For membership, visit us here: scientificinstrumentsociety.org/join/
For membership, visit us here: scientificinstrumentsociety.org/join/
Join – Scientific Instrument Society
scientificinstrumentsociety.org
January 23, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Welcome to the Scientific Instrument Society on BlueSky. We promote the study, collection, and preservation of scientific instruments and publish the Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society.
For membership, visit us here: scientificinstrumentsociety.org/join/
For membership, visit us here: scientificinstrumentsociety.org/join/
Je fais partie des signataires de cet appel: "Nous exhortons (...) le gouvernement à prendre ses responsabilités et à maintenir, voire à revoir à la hausse, ses cibles de réduction de GES, dans l’intérêt des Québécois et des générations futures, qui porteront le fardeau de notre dette climatique. "
Révision des cibles de réduction des émissions du Québec | Il faut des cibles à la hauteur de l’urgence climatique
Depuis 2009, le gouvernement du Québec s’est muni d’un cadre légal le contraignant à se doter de cibles de réduction des gaz à effet de serre (GES). Les émissions du Québec sont en baisse, ayant attei...
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January 23, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Je fais partie des signataires de cet appel: "Nous exhortons (...) le gouvernement à prendre ses responsabilités et à maintenir, voire à revoir à la hausse, ses cibles de réduction de GES, dans l’intérêt des Québécois et des générations futures, qui porteront le fardeau de notre dette climatique. "
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Je regarde tjs les discours avec l'oeil du métier. Le discours est super bien construit, le niveau de vocabulaire est celui des grands moments, il rattache plusieurs fois ses idées les unes aux autres. Il a un télprompteur qqpart à gauche? mais s'en sert bien. Il a une solide équipe de rédacteurs.
On a beaucoup parlé du discours prononcé par Mark Carney au Forum économique de Davos. Si vous ne l’avez pas vu ou entendu, en voici le texte. Un discours sur le rôle des puissances moyennes en ces temps troubles, qui résonnera sûrement dans d’autres pays. www.policymagazine.ca/the-old-orde...
'The Old Order is Not Coming Back': Mark Carney's Speech to the World Economic Forum - Policy Magazine
The following is the text of Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on January 20, 2026.
www.policymagazine.ca
January 21, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Je regarde tjs les discours avec l'oeil du métier. Le discours est super bien construit, le niveau de vocabulaire est celui des grands moments, il rattache plusieurs fois ses idées les unes aux autres. Il a un télprompteur qqpart à gauche? mais s'en sert bien. Il a une solide équipe de rédacteurs.
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Quebec’s Lake Rouge vanished – but was it a freak natural event or caused by human actions?
Quebec’s Lake Rouge vanished – but was it a freak natural event or caused by human actions?
Experts and community trying to untangle mystery of outburst that saw water travel almost 10km overland into a bigger lake
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Quebec’s Lake Rouge vanished – but was it a freak natural event or caused by human actions?
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The US stands alone in dismissing the problem of climate change.
January 8, 2026 at 11:24 PM
The US stands alone in dismissing the problem of climate change.
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per my point about the mercator projection being the root of this whole thing
Why is Trump fixated on Greenland? @sbg1.bsky.social recalls what he told us in 2021: "I said, 'Why don’t we have that?' You take a look at a map...I love maps. And I always said 'Look at the size of this, it’s massive and that should be part of the United States.'" www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Why Donald Trump Wants Greenland (and Everything Else)
There’s no Trump Doctrine, just a map of the world that the President wants to write his name on in big gold letters.
www.newyorker.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:48 AM
per my point about the mercator projection being the root of this whole thing
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In Dec 2025, I published a short comment on whether the emergence of AI has been as revolutionary as other moments of innovation in our species' history (e.g., emergence of technology or agriculture). On balance, current evidence suggests to me that it isn't.
www.isita-org.com/jass/Content...
www.isita-org.com/jass/Content...
January 6, 2026 at 7:46 PM
In Dec 2025, I published a short comment on whether the emergence of AI has been as revolutionary as other moments of innovation in our species' history (e.g., emergence of technology or agriculture). On balance, current evidence suggests to me that it isn't.
www.isita-org.com/jass/Content...
www.isita-org.com/jass/Content...
Her "activism" was also deeply rooted in colonialism's legacy and was extremely detrimental culturally and economically to Canada's inuit communities - weird to see so many vegans trying to defend her views
Sex object, animal rights activist, racist: the paradox that was Brigitte Bardot
Sex object, animal rights activist, racist: the paradox that was Brigitte Bardot
A fantasy figure for men and women, a victim of press intrusion, a defender of animals … the French actor was also a mouthpiece for racial hatred whose views grew uglier over time
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Her "activism" was also deeply rooted in colonialism's legacy and was extremely detrimental culturally and economically to Canada's inuit communities - weird to see so many vegans trying to defend her views
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Over and over the US inflicts obscene violence against the global South, in flagrant violation of international law, to maintain the conditions for capital accumulation for its decadent billionaire class. It's disgusting and intolerable. We cannot continue to accept this.
January 3, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Over and over the US inflicts obscene violence against the global South, in flagrant violation of international law, to maintain the conditions for capital accumulation for its decadent billionaire class. It's disgusting and intolerable. We cannot continue to accept this.
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There’s an epidemic of people using Grok to do sexual violence to women on Twitter.
Yet Canadian politicians, media etc have failed to adopt another platform en masse, making it near-impossible to fully disengage and be tapped in to vital conversations and information.
What are we doing.
Yet Canadian politicians, media etc have failed to adopt another platform en masse, making it near-impossible to fully disengage and be tapped in to vital conversations and information.
What are we doing.
January 2, 2026 at 7:11 PM
There’s an epidemic of people using Grok to do sexual violence to women on Twitter.
Yet Canadian politicians, media etc have failed to adopt another platform en masse, making it near-impossible to fully disengage and be tapped in to vital conversations and information.
What are we doing.
Yet Canadian politicians, media etc have failed to adopt another platform en masse, making it near-impossible to fully disengage and be tapped in to vital conversations and information.
What are we doing.
"L’université, censée éclairer la société, se contente trop souvent d’en reproduire les aveuglements." 💯
www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi...
www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi...
Université | La tour d’ivoire qui devrait nous éclairer
Le professeur Christophe Chowanietz estime que l’enseignement supérieur forme les élites dans un monde imaginaire où le profit fait encore foi de tout, ce qui explique notre incapacité à affronter la ...
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December 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"L’université, censée éclairer la société, se contente trop souvent d’en reproduire les aveuglements." 💯
www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi...
www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi...
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Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
December 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
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Le gouvernement Legault autorise des travaux forestiers dans une «forêt ancienne» ciblée pour une aire protégée. Ce milieu naturel plusieurs fois centenaires est considéré comme un écosystème unique dans la région de la Mauricie. www.ledevoir.com/actualites/e...
Québec autorise des travaux forestiers dans une forêt ciblée pour une aire protégée
Ce milieu naturel plusieurs fois centenaires est considéré comme un écosystème unique dans la région de la Mauricie.
www.ledevoir.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Le gouvernement Legault autorise des travaux forestiers dans une «forêt ancienne» ciblée pour une aire protégée. Ce milieu naturel plusieurs fois centenaires est considéré comme un écosystème unique dans la région de la Mauricie. www.ledevoir.com/actualites/e...
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Hype.
No form of CO₂ removal is a climate solution as long as we’re still releasing >40 billion tonnes of CO₂ every year from fossil fuel burning.
No form of CO₂ removal is a climate solution as long as we’re still releasing >40 billion tonnes of CO₂ every year from fossil fuel burning.
Hope or hype? Deep Sky says unique carbon-capture facility eyed for southwestern Manitoba will help ‘save our planet’; critics call technology high-risk and under-researched
Since early October, the rural municipalities of Pipestone and Two Borders — agriculture and oil-dominant communities about three hours southwest of Winnipeg — have found themselves at the heart of a ...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Hype.
No form of CO₂ removal is a climate solution as long as we’re still releasing >40 billion tonnes of CO₂ every year from fossil fuel burning.
No form of CO₂ removal is a climate solution as long as we’re still releasing >40 billion tonnes of CO₂ every year from fossil fuel burning.
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I don't usually do this but if you love nature & quality journalism please donate to The Narwhal. Their work is more important than ever, and are currently trying to raise $200,000 to keep the lights on. You get a charitable receipt, and a donor is matching funds. Please share 🧪⚒️
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Alberta officials stalled coal mine pollution study | The Narwhal
An Alberta government scientist was prevented from speaking publicly about his coal mine pollution research, emails show
thenarwhal.ca
December 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I don't usually do this but if you love nature & quality journalism please donate to The Narwhal. Their work is more important than ever, and are currently trying to raise $200,000 to keep the lights on. You get a charitable receipt, and a donor is matching funds. Please share 🧪⚒️
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Santas and elves rob Montreal grocery store to ‘give food to the needy’
Santas and elves rob Montreal grocery store to ‘give food to the needy’
Group called Robins des Ruelles later said in statement stunt was intended to highlight cost of living crisis
Dressed in red suits and backed by masked elves, a group of Santas marched into a Montreal supermarket, loaded their bags with thousands of dollars worth of groceries and disappeared into the night.
The bandit Santas later released a statement saying the food would be distributed to the needy, and saying the Robin Hood-style stunt was intended to highlight the spiralling cost of living crisis that has pushed basic necessities increasingly out of reach for ordinary Canadians. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Santas and elves rob Montreal grocery store to ‘give food to the needy’
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Another problem with CO2? It messes with plants. Some grow faster; others don’t.
But for our food crops, it makes them have lower nutrient levels — and just more empty calories.
Elevated CO2 is plant *junk food*.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
But for our food crops, it makes them have lower nutrient levels — and just more empty calories.
Elevated CO2 is plant *junk food*.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
CO2 Rise Directly Impairs Crop Nutritional Quality
This analysis studies the direct effect of CO2 rise on nutrient quality by synthesizing pre-existing data on ~59,000 samples across 43 different food crops, where half of the plants were grown under ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Another problem with CO2? It messes with plants. Some grow faster; others don’t.
But for our food crops, it makes them have lower nutrient levels — and just more empty calories.
Elevated CO2 is plant *junk food*.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
But for our food crops, it makes them have lower nutrient levels — and just more empty calories.
Elevated CO2 is plant *junk food*.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The dismantling of NCAR should be the trending story on Bluesky, not the fucking Oscars leaving ABC for YouTube.
Trump moves to shut down Boulder climate research lab NCAR, drawing rebukes from Colorado officials
Federal lawmakers called the planned NCAR closure “deeply dangerous” and “blatantly retaliatory.” Gov. Jared Polis said: “If true, public safety is at risk and science…
www.denverpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The dismantling of NCAR should be the trending story on Bluesky, not the fucking Oscars leaving ABC for YouTube.