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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar

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🍁• #ElbowsUpCanada • Community Engaged Wildlife Research • Professor • University of Saskatchewan • farmkid • dadof2 • Rebel Scum • born@330ppm CO2 now 428 • 7x covid vax • caribou • invasive pigs • wolves • peatlands in the Hudson Bay Lowlands Manitoba .. more

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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · Nov 16

Let me introduce myself. I'm a professor @usask.bsky.social at the University of Saskatchewan. My group works on invasive wild pigs, caribou, wolves, and other beasties. I take the responsibility of my academic freedom very seriously and use it and good science to hopefully have some influence.

Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 10h

yes it is a nice relaxing spot..warm and smells like coffee. Definitely in Saskatchewan.

Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 10h

Wow that's super cool. We captured dozens of moose with a net gun from helicopter and never had any issues releasing them. We also did a one time spring calf count for all of the collared females which meant pushing them out of cover to count the babies--zero issues.

Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 11h

Like most things, I only learn from my moosetakes.

Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 13h

Pro tip: keep your ‘to do’ lists short and manageable.

Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 13h

Where am I?

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 13h

Habitat loss in Canada’s grasslands has threatened many species.
That includes the American badger, which Fisher described as “one of the most important, central and iconic species that remains of the North American grassland ecosystem.”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

An American Badger is seen heading into its burrow on the grasslands.

Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 13h

Yikes. That will get your heart rate up!

Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 14h

The best option to avoid a moose confrontation is to remember you are ALWAYS in moose country and keeping aware. Have a quick scan of the area before proceeding outside.

If you encounter a moose close up DO NOT start taking photos or try to get closer. Remain calm and back away. Get to shelter.

Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 14h

Moose are generally calm and just ignore us, but..

Obvious signs of a pissed off moose:

-ears back
-head low
-hair on neck up
-smacking lips
-snorting or grunting
-stomping feet

or..there may be little to no sign before a moose charges.

2/3

Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 14h

I did an interview today about an aggressive moose in Saskatchewan that caused some significant concern. There is no place in this province that I would be surprised to see a moose at this point, including my neighborhood in Saskatoon. 1/3

www.facebook.com/Saskatchewan...

@fisherspeaks.bsky.social

Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 18h

It is Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week here in Saskatchewan. I would start with thanking some teachers that fundamentally changed my life. So many great ones.

Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 1d

They have deep pockets after sucking at the Tom Cruise teat for decades.

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Philippe J. Fournier @338canada.bsky.social · 1d

338Canada🍁federal update | February 8, 2026

🔴LPC 175
--------------------majority: 172 seats
🔵CPC 134
⚜️BQ 26
🟠NDP 7
🟢GPC 1

Details here → www.338canada.ca/p/338-sunday...

All the numbers → 338canada.com/federal.htm

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Kevin Carter @wapimaskwa69.bsky.social · 1d

'Food is Too Expensive!' free webinar coming up: USask - Gardening at Usask hosting gardening.usask.ca/gardening-ad...

Food is too expensive! - Gardening at USask - College of Agriculture and Bioresources

Practical tips to keep dinner on the table

gardening.usask.ca

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d

Olympians are masking up with N95s because they know a covid infection can derail their chances of competing.

They know it could derail their careers.

They know it could disable them.

They’re practicing self care and community care.

Give them a gold medal in public health!

Photo of 4 olympians giving a press conference. They’re all wearing white respirator masks

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 4d

Get vaccinated with whatever and every vaccine offered.
When possible get them from a pharmacist or nurse :: Sorry docs :: physicians give the most painful shots.

Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 4d

Just heard Little Red Riding Hood has been found in critical condition. Paramedics have her stabilized but she's apparently not out of the woods yet.

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thewesternproducer.bsky.social @thewesternproducer.bsky.social · 4d

Canadian agriculture depends on research vist.ly/4qhsb #cdnag #westcdnag

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thewesternproducer.bsky.social @thewesternproducer.bsky.social · 4d

Alberta research centre closure called ‘catastrophe’ vist.ly/4qhck #cdnag #westcdnag #ABag

Alberta research centre closure called ‘catastrophe’ | The Western Producer

The cattle industry is mourning the loss of Ag Canada’s research centre in Lacombe, Alta., part of sweeping cuts to the department.

www.producer.com

Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 4d

The more you groan the more I'm posting! The ultimate goal of a good dad joke.

Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 4d

Very awesome!

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USask @usask.ca · 4d

Ryan Moccasin is the 2026 Indigenous Storyteller in Residence at USask Library.

“It's an incredible honour to be part of a program built on the shoulders of great artists before me, and I look forward to sharing this next chapter with all of you.”
news.usask.ca/articles/com...

Meet USask’s 2026 Indigenous Storyteller in Residence: Ryan Moccasin - News

The University of Saskatchewan (USask) has announced Ryan Moccasin as the 2026 Indigenous Storyteller in Residence in the USask Library.

news.usask.ca

Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 4d

As an aside, the worst polar bears I've encountered in my three decades of fieldwork along the Hudson Bay Coast are those with blood on their face like this guy below. You can see bugs all over the face and blood on the cheeks--mosquitos and black flies have been driving them crazy.

Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 5d

If you know any senior undergraduate students or graduate students interested in my Arctic field course this year please have them reach out.

ryan.brook@usask.ca

Course starts and ends in Churchill, August 11-25.

Hands on research. Connecting with Indigenous knowledge keepers. Walking the land.

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WomenRiseUp2026 @womenriseup2026.bsky.social · 4d

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 4d

Uh, I coughed up a rook, a knight, and two pawns. Think I have a chess infection.

Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 5d

It would be a lot easier if the small band of low IQ separatists just moved to the U.S. or North Korea. Done and done.

Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 5d

Begs the question --is there even any testing going on in Saskatchewan and Manitoba? My best guess is no.

Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 5d

The significance of this is that pigs act as "mixing vessels" for genetic exchange & re-assortment of viral genomes, which facilitates the potential emergence of novel flu strains that cause epidemics/pandemics among humans.
www.producer.com/livestock/av...

Avian flu outbreak reaches Alberta’s wild boar population | The Western Producer

A new study has discovered that the H5N1 avian influenza virus has reached wild pig (wild boar) populations in Alberta.

www.producer.com

Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 5d

Very powerful and important. The Alberta separatists are a low IQ collective living in a fantasy of their own creation. Alberta is not separating. It just isn't.

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 5d

Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation (undoubtedly to the frustration of certain KC’s and separatist leaders)…

Are making it clear that they can speak for themselves.

A new fact sheet blows absolute holes in a LOT of the separatist lies.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 5d

Avian flu outbreak reaches Alberta’s wild boar population | The Western Producer

A new study has discovered that the H5N1 avian influenza virus has reached wild pig (wild boar) populations in Alberta.

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