Will Niver
@willniver.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Simon Fraser University, pictured right
Whirlwind southern Vancouver Island bike trip: Swartz Bay > Duncan > Victoria > Swartz Bay.
48 hours, 110 miles, almost 6k feet of climbing.
Excited to spend more time in the saddle in 2026 and maybe even properly train so that these trips aren't such a bear! 😂
48 hours, 110 miles, almost 6k feet of climbing.
Excited to spend more time in the saddle in 2026 and maybe even properly train so that these trips aren't such a bear! 😂
December 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Whirlwind southern Vancouver Island bike trip: Swartz Bay > Duncan > Victoria > Swartz Bay.
48 hours, 110 miles, almost 6k feet of climbing.
Excited to spend more time in the saddle in 2026 and maybe even properly train so that these trips aren't such a bear! 😂
48 hours, 110 miles, almost 6k feet of climbing.
Excited to spend more time in the saddle in 2026 and maybe even properly train so that these trips aren't such a bear! 😂
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Oil and gas production increased by record amounts under Biden, even though the US was already the world's biggest producer when he took office.
So what does "move to the center on domestic oil and gas production" even mean? Stop supporting clean energy entirely? Forego all climate policy? What?
So what does "move to the center on domestic oil and gas production" even mean? Stop supporting clean energy entirely? Forego all climate policy? What?
December 21, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Oil and gas production increased by record amounts under Biden, even though the US was already the world's biggest producer when he took office.
So what does "move to the center on domestic oil and gas production" even mean? Stop supporting clean energy entirely? Forego all climate policy? What?
So what does "move to the center on domestic oil and gas production" even mean? Stop supporting clean energy entirely? Forego all climate policy? What?
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Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Call for Applications: Early Career Rescue Fellowship – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
uni-freiburg.de
December 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
to catch the flu, you gotta think like the flu
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
to catch the flu, you gotta think like the flu
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Their advice is also dangerously wrong! When one group of people must carry papers on them to avoid government kidnapping and disappearing, that means *all* people must carry such papers on them. How else can you show the government you're not someone they should kidnap and disappear?
Email just went out on my campus that the Immigration Goons ("federal immigration agents") will be in town (Raleigh).
Inter alia, it says,"International students, faculty and staff should carry evidence of their immigration status with them at all times."
The fuck kind of country are we living in?
Inter alia, it says,"International students, faculty and staff should carry evidence of their immigration status with them at all times."
The fuck kind of country are we living in?
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Their advice is also dangerously wrong! When one group of people must carry papers on them to avoid government kidnapping and disappearing, that means *all* people must carry such papers on them. How else can you show the government you're not someone they should kidnap and disappear?
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it absolutely rules that the N&O is running, and promoting, this story. newspapers in any city ICE threatens should consider doing the same.
La Patrulla Fronteriza fue captada en video interrogando a dos paisajistas que estaban decorando una casa para Navidad en el este de Charlotte.
Lo que hacer si Border Patrol llega a su casa o lugar de trabajo en Charlotte
La Patrulla Fronteriza fue captada en video interrogando a dos paisajistas que estaban decorando una casa para Navidad en el este de Charlotte.
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 4:02 AM
it absolutely rules that the N&O is running, and promoting, this story. newspapers in any city ICE threatens should consider doing the same.
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I am really excited to announce the call for the PhD Course in Energy Humanities!
Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.
Applications are welcome until 24 October.
#envhum #envhist #energyhistory
Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.
Applications are welcome until 24 October.
#envhum #envhist #energyhistory
September 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I am really excited to announce the call for the PhD Course in Energy Humanities!
Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.
Applications are welcome until 24 October.
#envhum #envhist #energyhistory
Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.
Applications are welcome until 24 October.
#envhum #envhist #energyhistory
Didn't watch, but I see that UNC won the second half, which we all know is the more important one
October 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Didn't watch, but I see that UNC won the second half, which we all know is the more important one
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In North Carolina right now the Democrat running for Senate - in a state Trump won *three times* (I hate it too) - is leading by 6-8 points.
'Oh, but they'll cancel elections' - then force them to cancel elections and radicalize the normies and then march with the radicalized normies.
'Oh, but they'll cancel elections' - then force them to cancel elections and radicalize the normies and then march with the radicalized normies.
September 18, 2025 at 3:52 AM
In North Carolina right now the Democrat running for Senate - in a state Trump won *three times* (I hate it too) - is leading by 6-8 points.
'Oh, but they'll cancel elections' - then force them to cancel elections and radicalize the normies and then march with the radicalized normies.
'Oh, but they'll cancel elections' - then force them to cancel elections and radicalize the normies and then march with the radicalized normies.
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"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
August 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
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my new ai device will sit in a beer garden that backs onto a small river and drink three to five pints on a sunny late summer afternoon for you, leaving you free for more meetings and business calls
July 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
my new ai device will sit in a beer garden that backs onto a small river and drink three to five pints on a sunny late summer afternoon for you, leaving you free for more meetings and business calls
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I keep seeing people say things like, “Well we’re not going to HAVE elections,” and with all due respect, I think this is both wildly pessimistic and also wildly naive.
We are not going to have free and fair elections. We also have not had them in the past.
We are not going to have free and fair elections. We also have not had them in the past.
July 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I keep seeing people say things like, “Well we’re not going to HAVE elections,” and with all due respect, I think this is both wildly pessimistic and also wildly naive.
We are not going to have free and fair elections. We also have not had them in the past.
We are not going to have free and fair elections. We also have not had them in the past.
ACC Tournament, but the game would stay on mute until everyone turned in their test
July 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
ACC Tournament, but the game would stay on mute until everyone turned in their test
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cynicism is fucking boring as shit
July 8, 2025 at 4:02 AM
cynicism is fucking boring as shit
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People have no idea, not really, how this budget is about to wreck their very foundations.
July 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
People have no idea, not really, how this budget is about to wreck their very foundations.
Sliding into influencers' DMs to insist – politely but firmly – that in their unboxing videos, the knife or scissors should be wielded away from the body.
June 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Sliding into influencers' DMs to insist – politely but firmly – that in their unboxing videos, the knife or scissors should be wielded away from the body.
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Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.
June 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.
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new youtube video! will the l.a. protests help or hurt trump politically? i say hurt! youtu.be/mOP_5IigrzE
Will the L.A. protests help Trump?
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtu.be
June 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
new youtube video! will the l.a. protests help or hurt trump politically? i say hurt! youtu.be/mOP_5IigrzE
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Cops shooting a woman at point-blank range for trying to get to her apartment
Very protect. Much serve.
Cops are great
Very protect. Much serve.
Cops are great
June 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Cops shooting a woman at point-blank range for trying to get to her apartment
Very protect. Much serve.
Cops are great
Very protect. Much serve.
Cops are great
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If this post gets 50 likes, i will go ahead and make a long thread about it all, but otherwise won't bother, bc it is kind of a lit of work and i am p busy, so i want to do stuff that is actually useful to people
Feel like i should explain what's happening with California's cap and trade, since I am one of like four people who both understands what is happening but is not actively participating in the negotiations.
May 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
If this post gets 50 likes, i will go ahead and make a long thread about it all, but otherwise won't bother, bc it is kind of a lit of work and i am p busy, so i want to do stuff that is actually useful to people
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"a U.S. citizen child suffering from a rare form of metastatic cancer was deported without medication or the ability to consult with their treating physicians–despite ICE being notified in advance of the child’s urgent medical needs."
This morning ICE deported 3 more US citizen children held incommunicado.
The families were disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well www.aclu.org/press-releas...
The families were disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well www.aclu.org/press-releas...
ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation | American Civil Liberties Union
Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well
www.aclu.org
April 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"a U.S. citizen child suffering from a rare form of metastatic cancer was deported without medication or the ability to consult with their treating physicians–despite ICE being notified in advance of the child’s urgent medical needs."
@alliemullin.bsky.social would be fun to audit, wish this had been offered back in the day!
April 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
@alliemullin.bsky.social would be fun to audit, wish this had been offered back in the day!