Brendan O’Neill
@permafrostee.bsky.social
Permafrost Research Scientist - PhD. Ground ice and effects of climate change. Also like bikes, EVs, and making cities better🌳 🚲. UVic and Carleton U Alum. Long Covid - almost rebuilt 🤖👁️🧠🦾🦿. слава україні ! 🇺🇦
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Brendan O’Neill
@permafrostee.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Ice rich permafrost cores thawing in the lab. Imagine this happening slowly as permafrost thaws with climate change or disturbance and what this means for insfrastructure built above! (This was my most popular post on the bad place, let’s make it so here too!) #cdnsci #geoscience #cryosphere
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If you're looking for diversions, here's a tour of the moraines around Boulder Lake on the west side of the Wind River Range in Wyoming. Should have made this before I taught geomorphology for probably the last time this spring. Data from @opentopography.org, visualized with #Rayshader as usual.
February 19, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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A timeline:
Trump stops U.S. humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, including power generators
Russia attacks energy infrastructure in Ukraine in the coldest winter months
Marco Rubio visits Orbán and Fico
Hungary and Slovakia stop diesel fuel shipments to Ukraine
Trump stops U.S. humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, including power generators
Russia attacks energy infrastructure in Ukraine in the coldest winter months
Marco Rubio visits Orbán and Fico
Hungary and Slovakia stop diesel fuel shipments to Ukraine
February 19, 2026 at 3:45 AM
A timeline:
Trump stops U.S. humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, including power generators
Russia attacks energy infrastructure in Ukraine in the coldest winter months
Marco Rubio visits Orbán and Fico
Hungary and Slovakia stop diesel fuel shipments to Ukraine
Trump stops U.S. humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, including power generators
Russia attacks energy infrastructure in Ukraine in the coldest winter months
Marco Rubio visits Orbán and Fico
Hungary and Slovakia stop diesel fuel shipments to Ukraine
Suzuki with a “just the tip” to tie it up
February 18, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Suzuki with a “just the tip” to tie it up
Monday brain
Who else?
Who else?
February 16, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Monday brain
Who else?
Who else?
Here’s some nice “brain terrain” on Devon Island, Nunavut (ArcGIS Earth)
February 16, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Here’s some nice “brain terrain” on Devon Island, Nunavut (ArcGIS Earth)
Here’s a nice photo of a revegetated thaw slump that developed in a lithalsa (ice-rich clay/silt mound) on the Yellowknife River. Photo June 2025. Can you spot our canoe? 👀👀
February 13, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Here’s a nice photo of a revegetated thaw slump that developed in a lithalsa (ice-rich clay/silt mound) on the Yellowknife River. Photo June 2025. Can you spot our canoe? 👀👀
Cool research from the CRREL Permafrost Tunnel, which I have been lucky enough to visit. Not sure how such a skin cream would work but hey ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Discovery in ancient Alaskan 40,000-year-old permafrost could help US military survive in extreme cold
Research biologists with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers discovered 26 new microbes species that could aid in developing new technologies that help the U.S. military survive and thrive in extreme col...
www.yahoo.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Cool research from the CRREL Permafrost Tunnel, which I have been lucky enough to visit. Not sure how such a skin cream would work but hey ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Cars are a bad investment cuz you buy high and sell low. Follow me for more financial insights 📈
February 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Cars are a bad investment cuz you buy high and sell low. Follow me for more financial insights 📈
I love my new flower brick made by Malory Tate, my friend’s sister who is an *amazing* ceramics artist.
February 5, 2026 at 5:20 PM
I love my new flower brick made by Malory Tate, my friend’s sister who is an *amazing* ceramics artist.
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COMMENTARY: We should believe President Trump
February 5, 2026 at 2:31 AM
COMMENTARY: We should believe President Trump
In Canada we have an expression, and it goes something like “he’s a real beauty, eh?”
RIP Alex Pretti
November 9, 1988 - January 24, 2026
A nurse who exhibited bravery and kindness. Murdered by U.S. government thugs.
November 9, 1988 - January 24, 2026
A nurse who exhibited bravery and kindness. Murdered by U.S. government thugs.
January 26, 2026 at 3:31 AM
In Canada we have an expression, and it goes something like “he’s a real beauty, eh?”
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In Grenoble/France where I work, a steep rise in bicycle commutes (green) happened, mainly because of strong support from the local municipality through infrastructure changes - bike lanes! This coincides with a drop in car usage (red), while walking (yellow) and public transp. (black) stayed flat.
🚴♀️📉À Grenoble, il y a sans doute aujourd’hui plus de vélotafeurs que de voiture-tafeurs.
Analyse de Loïc Cedelle : la hausse du vélo correspond presque exactement à la baisse de la voiture, sans effet sur TC ni marche. 👉 vrai report modal.
Pendant que la France plafonne à 3–4 %, Grenoble dépasse 25%.
Analyse de Loïc Cedelle : la hausse du vélo correspond presque exactement à la baisse de la voiture, sans effet sur TC ni marche. 👉 vrai report modal.
Pendant que la France plafonne à 3–4 %, Grenoble dépasse 25%.
January 25, 2026 at 11:43 AM
In Grenoble/France where I work, a steep rise in bicycle commutes (green) happened, mainly because of strong support from the local municipality through infrastructure changes - bike lanes! This coincides with a drop in car usage (red), while walking (yellow) and public transp. (black) stayed flat.
And I'd trade my best pitcher
For a draft pick and a picture
Of the president writhing in pain youtu.be/E-z9djgthqE?...
For a draft pick and a picture
Of the president writhing in pain youtu.be/E-z9djgthqE?...
John K. Samson - "Fantasy Baseball At The End Of The World"
YouTube video by ANTI- Records
youtu.be
January 25, 2026 at 2:01 AM
And I'd trade my best pitcher
For a draft pick and a picture
Of the president writhing in pain youtu.be/E-z9djgthqE?...
For a draft pick and a picture
Of the president writhing in pain youtu.be/E-z9djgthqE?...
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“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”
-Edward R. Murrow
-Edward R. Murrow
January 23, 2026 at 8:01 PM
“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”
-Edward R. Murrow
-Edward R. Murrow
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For all of its great prime ministers, #Canada has never had one who was known for their ability to deliver stirring speeches, much less ones with global import and impact. In a remarkable 16-minute-long speech delivered
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Mark Carney just shook up the world
His speech in Davos might be the most important one ever delivered by a Canadian prime minister. Its consequences will determine his place in history — and ours.
www.nationalobserver.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:08 AM
For all of its great prime ministers, #Canada has never had one who was known for their ability to deliver stirring speeches, much less ones with global import and impact. In a remarkable 16-minute-long speech delivered
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www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/20/o...
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www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/20/o...
Crashing a Lancaster because of a supply drop parachute getting caught in the tail is a bummer. My granddad somehow survived flying Lancs in WWII.
January 18, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Crashing a Lancaster because of a supply drop parachute getting caught in the tail is a bummer. My granddad somehow survived flying Lancs in WWII.
Interestingly, Alert was originally set up as a Joint Arctic Weather Station (Canada-USA), staffed by both nations. It was established by caching gear by ship at Thule, Greenland, and airlifting it to Alert. Back when US was a firm ally. Here’s a great read: www.naadsn.ca/wp-content/u...
January 18, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Interestingly, Alert was originally set up as a Joint Arctic Weather Station (Canada-USA), staffed by both nations. It was established by caching gear by ship at Thule, Greenland, and airlifting it to Alert. Back when US was a firm ally. Here’s a great read: www.naadsn.ca/wp-content/u...
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There's a mod list too for all the regime accounts that got created all at once to agitate
bsky.app/profile/eva....
bsky.app/profile/eva....
January 13, 2026 at 4:29 AM
There's a mod list too for all the regime accounts that got created all at once to agitate
bsky.app/profile/eva....
bsky.app/profile/eva....
You know what to do. Make them the most blocked account on here.
January 13, 2026 at 4:27 AM
You know what to do. Make them the most blocked account on here.
Given events of the last couple weeks, does anyone else think we really shouldn’t choose F-35s?
January 13, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Given events of the last couple weeks, does anyone else think we really shouldn’t choose F-35s?
How are there not more Americans out in the streets? Venezuela, ICE, Greenland, selling out Ukraine. What’s it gonna take?
January 10, 2026 at 6:52 PM
How are there not more Americans out in the streets? Venezuela, ICE, Greenland, selling out Ukraine. What’s it gonna take?
I met Stanley at 24 Sussex one time, great cat.
January 8, 2026 at 3:27 AM
I met Stanley at 24 Sussex one time, great cat.
Divested from American stocks in favour of all-Canadian investments, and you can too!! 🎉 (not financial advice). 🇨🇦
January 7, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Divested from American stocks in favour of all-Canadian investments, and you can too!! 🎉 (not financial advice). 🇨🇦
