Stephen Urquhart
@urk.bsky.social
Chem prof & synchrotron maven.
Associate Editor J. El. Spectrosc. Rel. Phen.
Staff to 3 🐈
I chase wild protein and forage tasty 🍄🟫 & 🫐 in Saskatchewan.
Board member, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Canada
VE5URQ
Associate Editor J. El. Spectrosc. Rel. Phen.
Staff to 3 🐈
I chase wild protein and forage tasty 🍄🟫 & 🫐 in Saskatchewan.
Board member, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Canada
VE5URQ
Our sweet cat Aziriphale has been professionally deemed on his way to recovery, without the need for surgery.
I managed to hold myself back from asking the vetmed resident about the number of angles used and the voxel size in the 3D reconstruction.
I managed to hold myself back from asking the vetmed resident about the number of angles used and the voxel size in the 3D reconstruction.
February 12, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Our sweet cat Aziriphale has been professionally deemed on his way to recovery, without the need for surgery.
I managed to hold myself back from asking the vetmed resident about the number of angles used and the voxel size in the 3D reconstruction.
I managed to hold myself back from asking the vetmed resident about the number of angles used and the voxel size in the 3D reconstruction.
Gimped cat has a buddy, for therapeutic snuggles.
February 8, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Gimped cat has a buddy, for therapeutic snuggles.
When I told @varnam.bsky.social that I wanted pancakes today, I was specific. Not pancakes with a bit of maple syrup, but ‘pancakes as dumplings’, with maple syrup as a soup.
I’m just gonna shut off my CGM alarms for a while
I’m just gonna shut off my CGM alarms for a while
February 8, 2026 at 3:46 PM
When I told @varnam.bsky.social that I wanted pancakes today, I was specific. Not pancakes with a bit of maple syrup, but ‘pancakes as dumplings’, with maple syrup as a soup.
I’m just gonna shut off my CGM alarms for a while
I’m just gonna shut off my CGM alarms for a while
Well, it’s a good fucking thing that we’re adding more irrigation out of Lake Diefenbaker - and silting up the downstream in the process - and expanding coal mining in the rockies. Such good things to do when the amount of water flow declines.
“The watersheds most affected by declining snow water were the Okanagan in B.C., the Assiniboine-Red River basin in Manitoba and the Saskatchewan River basin.”
This will intensify.
#ClimateChange #Snowpack #Canada #Watersheds #WaterSupply
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
This will intensify.
#ClimateChange #Snowpack #Canada #Watersheds #WaterSupply
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Winter snow is declining in key watersheds across Canada, raising concerns about future water supply | CBC News
Declining snowpack can affect everything from municipal water systems and agriculture to lake levels, shipping and wildfire risk in Canada’s forests.
www.cbc.ca
February 8, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Well, it’s a good fucking thing that we’re adding more irrigation out of Lake Diefenbaker - and silting up the downstream in the process - and expanding coal mining in the rockies. Such good things to do when the amount of water flow declines.
You might think that an institution applying for a repeat award would try to remove inaccuracies from the vendor's copy: reviews.canadastop100.com/top-employer...
You would think wrong.
Be the institution 'more concerned with external validation than internal reality' the world needs.
You would think wrong.
Be the institution 'more concerned with external validation than internal reality' the world needs.
Top Employer: University of Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan has been chosen as one of: Saskatchewan's Top Employers, The Career Directory.
reviews.canadastop100.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM
You might think that an institution applying for a repeat award would try to remove inaccuracies from the vendor's copy: reviews.canadastop100.com/top-employer...
You would think wrong.
Be the institution 'more concerned with external validation than internal reality' the world needs.
You would think wrong.
Be the institution 'more concerned with external validation than internal reality' the world needs.
Go home, employer-supplied garbage pail. You’re drunk
January 29, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Go home, employer-supplied garbage pail. You’re drunk
Be the trash can the world needs.
January 28, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Be the trash can the world needs.
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Here's how my sister is advertising my niece's Girl Scout cookie sales on Instagram (yes, she's proud of herself)
January 18, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Here's how my sister is advertising my niece's Girl Scout cookie sales on Instagram (yes, she's proud of herself)
Are the straight people ok?
January 16, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Are the straight people ok?
Checking in with my class.
January 12, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Checking in with my class.
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I rarely get fired up enough to write to government, but...
January 11, 2026 at 11:40 PM
I rarely get fired up enough to write to government, but...
Gibbled cat gets snuggles.
January 11, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Gibbled cat gets snuggles.
Gibbled Ariziphale cat has lurched to the home office, and is disappointed that the cat tree (nicely in the window) is absent.
The cat tree that he probably fell out of, precipitating his engibbledness.
The cat tree that he probably fell out of, precipitating his engibbledness.
January 10, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Gibbled Ariziphale cat has lurched to the home office, and is disappointed that the cat tree (nicely in the window) is absent.
The cat tree that he probably fell out of, precipitating his engibbledness.
The cat tree that he probably fell out of, precipitating his engibbledness.
Some news - my sweet Aziriphale decided to tear some ligaments and chip a bone in his hock. He’s in a splint and VERY displeased with the situation.
He decided that it was time for snuggles today and awkwardly lumbered onto the couch.
He decided that it was time for snuggles today and awkwardly lumbered onto the couch.
January 9, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Some news - my sweet Aziriphale decided to tear some ligaments and chip a bone in his hock. He’s in a splint and VERY displeased with the situation.
He decided that it was time for snuggles today and awkwardly lumbered onto the couch.
He decided that it was time for snuggles today and awkwardly lumbered onto the couch.
I’m using ‘hamburgers’ to illustrate the limiting reagent problem in tomorrow’s GenChem class.
So this means that I will make the first - but definitely not my last - Heated Rivalry pop-culture reference in my teaching. IYKYK.
So this means that I will make the first - but definitely not my last - Heated Rivalry pop-culture reference in my teaching. IYKYK.
January 8, 2026 at 10:41 PM
I’m using ‘hamburgers’ to illustrate the limiting reagent problem in tomorrow’s GenChem class.
So this means that I will make the first - but definitely not my last - Heated Rivalry pop-culture reference in my teaching. IYKYK.
So this means that I will make the first - but definitely not my last - Heated Rivalry pop-culture reference in my teaching. IYKYK.
Is lie.
Liar told you that.
Liar told you that.
January 6, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Is lie.
Liar told you that.
Liar told you that.
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
The perch are not cooperating.
December 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The perch are not cooperating.
How I filled my tag this year!
December 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
How I filled my tag this year!
Vacation auto response engaged.
December 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Vacation auto response engaged.
Elk bourguignon is a perfect meal for a cold winter day.
December 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Elk bourguignon is a perfect meal for a cold winter day.
We’re now at that most challenging part of the holiday season: eating through the end layers of the Stollen before we get to the marzipan core.
December 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
We’re now at that most challenging part of the holiday season: eating through the end layers of the Stollen before we get to the marzipan core.
Why am I stuck on the couch? 30 pounds of cat.
December 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Why am I stuck on the couch? 30 pounds of cat.