Blair McClinton
@bmcclinton.bsky.social
Professional Agrologist. Distinguished Agrologist. Interested in science, agriculture and environmental issues. Tweets are my own.
Saskatchewan, Canada
Saskatchewan, Canada
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Woah! Such an important study published in Nature today! Quick thread with some of their key figures!
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June 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Woah! Such an important study published in Nature today! Quick thread with some of their key figures!
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In case you're wondering why anyone thinks we can get gut the budget of the National Weather Service, this is how those morons think we forecast weather.
April 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
In case you're wondering why anyone thinks we can get gut the budget of the National Weather Service, this is how those morons think we forecast weather.
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I taught when I was in Samoa. One of my older students came up to me and handed me a note from a doctor. He had missed a couple weeks of school. He said he had typhoid and he _looked_ like he had typhoid. I told him to keep the note and filter or boil his water. We take clean water for granted.
April 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I taught when I was in Samoa. One of my older students came up to me and handed me a note from a doctor. He had missed a couple weeks of school. He said he had typhoid and he _looked_ like he had typhoid. I told him to keep the note and filter or boil his water. We take clean water for granted.
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What if…
I bought the rights to the name Zellers and then created a Canadian-based global social media platform called… Zellers.
I bought the rights to the name Zellers and then created a Canadian-based global social media platform called… Zellers.
March 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
What if…
I bought the rights to the name Zellers and then created a Canadian-based global social media platform called… Zellers.
I bought the rights to the name Zellers and then created a Canadian-based global social media platform called… Zellers.
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Excited this piece I wrote is reaching an audience that cares about climate change!
www.airforcetimes.com/opinion/comm...
❄️🧪💙📚
#scicomm
#climate
#UVMresearch
#science
🧪 🌎 🔬 ⚒️
#geosky
#ClimateHealth
#ClimateAction
www.airforcetimes.com/opinion/comm...
❄️🧪💙📚
#scicomm
#climate
#UVMresearch
#science
🧪 🌎 🔬 ⚒️
#geosky
#ClimateHealth
#ClimateAction
Why the US military has cared about climate change since the Cold War
In this commentary, the author examines how the U.S. military sees climate change as a threat in itself and a threat multiplier for national security.
www.airforcetimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Excited this piece I wrote is reaching an audience that cares about climate change!
www.airforcetimes.com/opinion/comm...
❄️🧪💙📚
#scicomm
#climate
#UVMresearch
#science
🧪 🌎 🔬 ⚒️
#geosky
#ClimateHealth
#ClimateAction
www.airforcetimes.com/opinion/comm...
❄️🧪💙📚
#scicomm
#climate
#UVMresearch
#science
🧪 🌎 🔬 ⚒️
#geosky
#ClimateHealth
#ClimateAction
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Useful phrase from an entomologist “farmed bees are the cattle of the insect world” in that they are a commercial species and if anything they compete with native wild bees
March 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Useful phrase from an entomologist “farmed bees are the cattle of the insect world” in that they are a commercial species and if anything they compete with native wild bees
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All Elon Musk and his Silicon Valley bros ever talk about, our columnist @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social writes, is "how much they cut — never how their actions are part of an overall plan that will strengthen our society and better serve Americans."
Opinion | America Became Great Because of the Things Trump Hates
“Shock and awe” didn’t end well in Iraq and it won’t end well in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
All Elon Musk and his Silicon Valley bros ever talk about, our columnist @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social writes, is "how much they cut — never how their actions are part of an overall plan that will strengthen our society and better serve Americans."
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March 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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There’s been so much interest in from US 🇺🇸health workers and jobs in Canada that I’m posting recruitment links for all 10 provinces and 3 territories: 🧵 #healthcarejobs🇨🇦
February 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
There’s been so much interest in from US 🇺🇸health workers and jobs in Canada that I’m posting recruitment links for all 10 provinces and 3 territories: 🧵 #healthcarejobs🇨🇦
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My latest on The Climate Brink: No, renewables don't need expensive backup.
In fact, renewables push the most expensive fossil fuel producers out of the market, saving money for the economy.
www.theclimatebrink....
In fact, renewables push the most expensive fossil fuel producers out of the market, saving money for the economy.
www.theclimatebrink....
February 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My latest on The Climate Brink: No, renewables don't need expensive backup.
In fact, renewables push the most expensive fossil fuel producers out of the market, saving money for the economy.
www.theclimatebrink....
In fact, renewables push the most expensive fossil fuel producers out of the market, saving money for the economy.
www.theclimatebrink....
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As a Canadian, I heard about how America's 'checks and balances' protect them from tyranny since I was a child.
We learned from US TV that Americans would fight tooth and nail to preserve their democracy and their constitution.
So it's weird to watch them just roll over to a pair of con-men.
We learned from US TV that Americans would fight tooth and nail to preserve their democracy and their constitution.
So it's weird to watch them just roll over to a pair of con-men.
February 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
As a Canadian, I heard about how America's 'checks and balances' protect them from tyranny since I was a child.
We learned from US TV that Americans would fight tooth and nail to preserve their democracy and their constitution.
So it's weird to watch them just roll over to a pair of con-men.
We learned from US TV that Americans would fight tooth and nail to preserve their democracy and their constitution.
So it's weird to watch them just roll over to a pair of con-men.
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@muellershewrote.bsky.social
My relative works for USAID. Was called to a meeting with DOGE (45 min warning). In the meeting they asked “we hear stories of food rotting on docks?”
OMFG. They had to explain that when they stopped all payments, truckers weren’t going to continue to move the food.
My relative works for USAID. Was called to a meeting with DOGE (45 min warning). In the meeting they asked “we hear stories of food rotting on docks?”
OMFG. They had to explain that when they stopped all payments, truckers weren’t going to continue to move the food.
February 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
@muellershewrote.bsky.social
My relative works for USAID. Was called to a meeting with DOGE (45 min warning). In the meeting they asked “we hear stories of food rotting on docks?”
OMFG. They had to explain that when they stopped all payments, truckers weren’t going to continue to move the food.
My relative works for USAID. Was called to a meeting with DOGE (45 min warning). In the meeting they asked “we hear stories of food rotting on docks?”
OMFG. They had to explain that when they stopped all payments, truckers weren’t going to continue to move the food.
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Editing scientific content for political purity is turning MMWR into a compromised propaganda organ.
And why are the propaganda squads at CDC replacing specifically H5N1 bird flu studies?
I’ve got some pretty serious fascism- and flu-related concerns about this.
And why are the propaganda squads at CDC replacing specifically H5N1 bird flu studies?
I’ve got some pretty serious fascism- and flu-related concerns about this.
What happened to CDC's bird flu studies and why did they publish about wildfires instead?
Sources tell us Trump officials are now wielding unprecedented control over agency's flagship scientific journal
"The MMWR has lost its autonomy"
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-o...
Sources tell us Trump officials are now wielding unprecedented control over agency's flagship scientific journal
"The MMWR has lost its autonomy"
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-o...
Trump officials exerting unprecedented control over CDC scientific journal
"The MMWR has lost its autonomy," one health official told CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Editing scientific content for political purity is turning MMWR into a compromised propaganda organ.
And why are the propaganda squads at CDC replacing specifically H5N1 bird flu studies?
I’ve got some pretty serious fascism- and flu-related concerns about this.
And why are the propaganda squads at CDC replacing specifically H5N1 bird flu studies?
I’ve got some pretty serious fascism- and flu-related concerns about this.
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The H5N1 risk continues to increase. New spillovers, more infections. The agencies running response are being dismantled & it seems like maybe some info about bird flu is in order.
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social asked me to write an explainer piece for @zeteo.com, so I did.
zeteo.com/p/how-to-pre...
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social asked me to write an explainer piece for @zeteo.com, so I did.
zeteo.com/p/how-to-pre...
How to Prevent a Bird Flu Pandemic
Leading virologist Angela Rasmussen breaks down everything you should know about the latest bird flu outbreak, including how worried Americans should be.
zeteo.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The H5N1 risk continues to increase. New spillovers, more infections. The agencies running response are being dismantled & it seems like maybe some info about bird flu is in order.
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social asked me to write an explainer piece for @zeteo.com, so I did.
zeteo.com/p/how-to-pre...
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social asked me to write an explainer piece for @zeteo.com, so I did.
zeteo.com/p/how-to-pre...
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Am I the only one noting that after demonizing China for years, Trump seems to be letting them off lightly, while going full tilt against Canada? Is it Musk's business interests? Have Chinese players been buying Trumpcoin?
February 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Am I the only one noting that after demonizing China for years, Trump seems to be letting them off lightly, while going full tilt against Canada? Is it Musk's business interests? Have Chinese players been buying Trumpcoin?
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January 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Out today in @foreignpolicy.com: I wrote about what will happen if there is an H5N1 pandemic with Robert F Kennedy, Jr. in charge of safeguarding the health of Americans.
If H5N1 begins spreading human to human, the deaths will be counted in millions.🧵👇
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/30/r...
If H5N1 begins spreading human to human, the deaths will be counted in millions.🧵👇
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/30/r...
Make America Highly Pathogenic Again
If RFK Jr. gets to helm HHS, global health is at risk.
foreignpolicy.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Out today in @foreignpolicy.com: I wrote about what will happen if there is an H5N1 pandemic with Robert F Kennedy, Jr. in charge of safeguarding the health of Americans.
If H5N1 begins spreading human to human, the deaths will be counted in millions.🧵👇
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/30/r...
If H5N1 begins spreading human to human, the deaths will be counted in millions.🧵👇
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/30/r...
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The Orange Menace is making grocery prices go up immediately by scaring migrant farm workers with deportation. Rotten crops that won't make it to shelves, will make grocery prices go up even more. Fascists cost dollars, not just lives.
just found this
www.nbcbayarea.com/news/califor...
www.nbcbayarea.com/news/califor...
January 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The Orange Menace is making grocery prices go up immediately by scaring migrant farm workers with deportation. Rotten crops that won't make it to shelves, will make grocery prices go up even more. Fascists cost dollars, not just lives.
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Having trouble managing the flood of messages from biologist pals chortling that Trump's anti-trans executive order legally defines every American as female, because defines people by their gender *at conception,* and all embryos are phenotypically female (they differentiate after 6-7 weeks).
January 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Having trouble managing the flood of messages from biologist pals chortling that Trump's anti-trans executive order legally defines every American as female, because defines people by their gender *at conception,* and all embryos are phenotypically female (they differentiate after 6-7 weeks).
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This gull has a GPS tracker that is still working! Thanks to Mark Hipfner and Anneka Vanderpas of the ECCC-Salish Sea Gull Project, here is the map of all its wanderings... Breeds in S Saskatchewan, winters in the Okanagan and then SF Bay, then spends the spring in the Salish Sea. #birds 🪶
January 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This gull has a GPS tracker that is still working! Thanks to Mark Hipfner and Anneka Vanderpas of the ECCC-Salish Sea Gull Project, here is the map of all its wanderings... Breeds in S Saskatchewan, winters in the Okanagan and then SF Bay, then spends the spring in the Salish Sea. #birds 🪶
Or Canada
January 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Or Canada