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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The US is now responsible for the governance of Venezuela. Toppling the regime of a smaller country is always the easy part. The hard part is what comes after. Neo-cons always expect a pro-US nirvana. It rarely works out. But I suppose the oil companies can seize some assets.
January 3, 2026 at 10:15 AM
The US is now responsible for the governance of Venezuela. Toppling the regime of a smaller country is always the easy part. The hard part is what comes after. Neo-cons always expect a pro-US nirvana. It rarely works out. But I suppose the oil companies can seize some assets.
Cool dataviz of GDP from 1980-2025
January 3, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Cool dataviz of GDP from 1980-2025
Happy New Year. Hope 2026 brings lots of improvements in the world, like flushable wipes actually being flushable.
January 2, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Happy New Year. Hope 2026 brings lots of improvements in the world, like flushable wipes actually being flushable.
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Today's pigeon is here to party.
January 1, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Today's pigeon is here to party.
December 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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It is not possible to negotiate with Russians. The concepts of mutual understanding, give-and-take or win-win are not a part of the Russian imperialist way of thinking.
The only possibilities are defeating the Moscow empire like free people or submitting to it like slaves.
The only possibilities are defeating the Moscow empire like free people or submitting to it like slaves.
December 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It is not possible to negotiate with Russians. The concepts of mutual understanding, give-and-take or win-win are not a part of the Russian imperialist way of thinking.
The only possibilities are defeating the Moscow empire like free people or submitting to it like slaves.
The only possibilities are defeating the Moscow empire like free people or submitting to it like slaves.
Here’s a nice beaver I saw today
December 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Here’s a nice beaver I saw today
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If you are interested in studying participatory cryosphere science or permafrost science feel free to reach out about these opportunities. Will be recirculating in early January. Also for international scholars there's a new funding opportunity for postdocs where these projects could apply as well!
December 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
If you are interested in studying participatory cryosphere science or permafrost science feel free to reach out about these opportunities. Will be recirculating in early January. Also for international scholars there's a new funding opportunity for postdocs where these projects could apply as well!
Looking forward to see the USS Cankles on sea trials www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump news at a glance: president breaks with convention to name new battleships after himself
Donald Trump is on a naming spree; Schumer asks Senate to back legal action over partial Epstein files release – key US politics stories from Monday 22 December at a glance
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Looking forward to see the USS Cankles on sea trials www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Epstein Memorial House”
December 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“Epstein Memorial House”
When your phone background reminds you of cool stuff: Kenn Borek Air Twin Otter landing on Devon Island in August.
December 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
When your phone background reminds you of cool stuff: Kenn Borek Air Twin Otter landing on Devon Island in August.
Hanging allies out to dry, so hot right now.
Russian FM Lavrov claims that Washington has accepted limits on Ukraine’s NATO aspirations and implicitly agreed to territorial concessions, saying the U.S. told Russia there can be “no NATO” for Ukraine and that lands long inhabited by Russians must become Russian, according to pro‑Kremlin reports.
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Hanging allies out to dry, so hot right now.
Hey, the Canadian Permafrost Association is now on BlueSky! Give them a follow if you like “cool” stuff 😎 @cdn-permafrost.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Hey, the Canadian Permafrost Association is now on BlueSky! Give them a follow if you like “cool” stuff 😎 @cdn-permafrost.bsky.social
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The German government has committed half a billion euros for research on long COVID and other post-infection syndromes
go.nature.com/48qFiTA
go.nature.com/48qFiTA
Long-COVID research just got a big funding boost: will it find new treatments?
The German government has committed half a billion euros for research on long COVID and other post-infection syndromes.
go.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The German government has committed half a billion euros for research on long COVID and other post-infection syndromes
go.nature.com/48qFiTA
go.nature.com/48qFiTA
It’s kinda crazy how we indiscriminately spray poison all over our environment every time we drive isn’t it?
December 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It’s kinda crazy how we indiscriminately spray poison all over our environment every time we drive isn’t it?
I’d like to think if our government tried something like this, we’d not accept it. www.bbc.com/news/article...
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says - BBC News
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I’d like to think if our government tried something like this, we’d not accept it. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Spoiler alert: the hidden source is the Earth.
Zanskar uses AI to identify hidden geothermal systems—and claims it has found one that could fuel a power plant, the first such discovery by industry in decades. www.wired.com/story/startu...
A Startup Says It Has Found a Hidden Source of Geothermal Energy
Zanskar uses AI to identify hidden geothermal systems—and claims it has found one that could fuel a power plant, the first such discovery by industry in decades.
www.wired.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Spoiler alert: the hidden source is the Earth.
The Vampire Alberta Blues by John K Samson is worth a re-listen these days youtu.be/x0BVLUW6JJw?...
John K. Samson - "Vampire Alberta Blues" (Full Album Stream)
YouTube video by ANTI- Records
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November 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The Vampire Alberta Blues by John K Samson is worth a re-listen these days youtu.be/x0BVLUW6JJw?...
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Cost per hr:
Gripen - $5,800
F35 - $35,000.
Lets say 1000hrs per year per plane.
Gripen - $5,800,000
F35 - $35,000,000
72 planes
Gripen - $417,600,000
F35 - $2,520,000,000
Gripen savings - $2,102,400,000 per year.
That's $2.1 billion per year saved.
Gripen - $5,800
F35 - $35,000.
Lets say 1000hrs per year per plane.
Gripen - $5,800,000
F35 - $35,000,000
72 planes
Gripen - $417,600,000
F35 - $2,520,000,000
Gripen savings - $2,102,400,000 per year.
That's $2.1 billion per year saved.
There is far more to this than jobs.
Saab is offering the intellectual property and full control of the Gripens we buy.
That alone should be enough to seal the deal.
The Canadian companies that make parts for the F35 could easily make parts for the Gripen.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Saab is offering the intellectual property and full control of the Gripens we buy.
That alone should be enough to seal the deal.
The Canadian companies that make parts for the F35 could easily make parts for the Gripen.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Saab offering 10,000 jobs, Joly says, as Canada's F-35 review drags on | CBC News
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly pitted two giant defence companies against one another on Tuesday for the future of Canada's fighter fleet, saying the $27-billion contract to buy 88 U.S.-made F-35 jets...
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Cost per hr:
Gripen - $5,800
F35 - $35,000.
Lets say 1000hrs per year per plane.
Gripen - $5,800,000
F35 - $35,000,000
72 planes
Gripen - $417,600,000
F35 - $2,520,000,000
Gripen savings - $2,102,400,000 per year.
That's $2.1 billion per year saved.
Gripen - $5,800
F35 - $35,000.
Lets say 1000hrs per year per plane.
Gripen - $5,800,000
F35 - $35,000,000
72 planes
Gripen - $417,600,000
F35 - $2,520,000,000
Gripen savings - $2,102,400,000 per year.
That's $2.1 billion per year saved.
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~100,000 years of rainfall… 💦
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
~100,000 years of rainfall… 💦
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The Beaufort Sea (north of Alaska, northwest Canada) has iced over, with less than five percent of the basin remaining as open water as of November 11. Compare that to the 1980s and 90s, when it wasn't uncommon for "ice over" to happen in September. Data courtesy NSIDC. #akwx #Arctic #SeaIce
November 14, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Found this very nice vintage Norco frame (3-butted) in condo garbage. Too big for me so built for my dad. First time building from a frame up (though it did have cranks already). Drilled out frame to put lugged brakes, and 1x10 drivetrain w 11x42 cassette. What do ya think? #cycling
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Found this very nice vintage Norco frame (3-butted) in condo garbage. Too big for me so built for my dad. First time building from a frame up (though it did have cranks already). Drilled out frame to put lugged brakes, and 1x10 drivetrain w 11x42 cassette. What do ya think? #cycling
A little zoom, enhance on some cool Permafrost landforms (nets) on Devon Island from Mavic 3E imagery. The borders of the polygons are wetter and so stuff grows there making them pop in the photos.
November 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A little zoom, enhance on some cool Permafrost landforms (nets) on Devon Island from Mavic 3E imagery. The borders of the polygons are wetter and so stuff grows there making them pop in the photos.