Courtney Robichaud
@cdrobich.bsky.social
ecologist, Liber Ero postdoc fellow/former academic/Support Our Science co-founder. sometimes here, mostly not. unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe land/ottawa CA
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Masks are under serious threat at being banned widely due to politicization. This would be a public health disaster. If you are only wearing a mask at protests, please consider also wearing them elsewhere. The more people mask, the more we normalize masks and protect them against bans.
June 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Masks are under serious threat at being banned widely due to politicization. This would be a public health disaster. If you are only wearing a mask at protests, please consider also wearing them elsewhere. The more people mask, the more we normalize masks and protect them against bans.
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This is bunker logic.
Let the floods come—as long as the wealthy are sealed in.
Naomi Klein calls it End Times Fascism:
Governance by abandonment.
Collapse as strategy.
Relief dismantled, suffering privatized.
#EndTimesFascism #DisasterCapitalism #NaomiKlein
Let the floods come—as long as the wealthy are sealed in.
Naomi Klein calls it End Times Fascism:
Governance by abandonment.
Collapse as strategy.
Relief dismantled, suffering privatized.
#EndTimesFascism #DisasterCapitalism #NaomiKlein
The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
This is bunker logic.
Let the floods come—as long as the wealthy are sealed in.
Naomi Klein calls it End Times Fascism:
Governance by abandonment.
Collapse as strategy.
Relief dismantled, suffering privatized.
#EndTimesFascism #DisasterCapitalism #NaomiKlein
Let the floods come—as long as the wealthy are sealed in.
Naomi Klein calls it End Times Fascism:
Governance by abandonment.
Collapse as strategy.
Relief dismantled, suffering privatized.
#EndTimesFascism #DisasterCapitalism #NaomiKlein
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happy for Khalil of course but i must say, "lawful permanent resident not charged with any crimes, imprisoned by president's stormtroopers for having forbidden opinions about US-abetted genocide, briefly allowed to touch his child" is a hell of a thing to find oneself feeling joy and relief about
A HAPPY UPDATE! Mahmoud Khalil was allowed a "contact" visit—without plexiglass divider—with his wife and newborn son this morning before his immigration hearing, ACLU tells me, so I think we can safely assume that he was finally able to hold his child for the first time.
NEW: Mahmoud Khalil's attorneys urgently ask Judge Farbiarz to order ICE to permit Khalil to hold his newborn son today "for the most elementary human reasons." ICE has so far denied the request, despite his wife and child having made the 1,500-mile trip. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
May 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
happy for Khalil of course but i must say, "lawful permanent resident not charged with any crimes, imprisoned by president's stormtroopers for having forbidden opinions about US-abetted genocide, briefly allowed to touch his child" is a hell of a thing to find oneself feeling joy and relief about
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🚨 New Paper 🚨
Coauthors and I just published our work in PLOS One on Canadian graduate funding. We found that Canadian graduate funding falls _well_ below cost of living.
On average, $10kCAD below cost of living.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Coauthors and I just published our work in PLOS One on Canadian graduate funding. We found that Canadian graduate funding falls _well_ below cost of living.
On average, $10kCAD below cost of living.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
May 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
🚨 New Paper 🚨
Coauthors and I just published our work in PLOS One on Canadian graduate funding. We found that Canadian graduate funding falls _well_ below cost of living.
On average, $10kCAD below cost of living.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Coauthors and I just published our work in PLOS One on Canadian graduate funding. We found that Canadian graduate funding falls _well_ below cost of living.
On average, $10kCAD below cost of living.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
An excellent reflection on our societal response to climate change mirroring our response to COVID.
"We can “follow the science” even when it scares us, instead of insisting that “we have to live our lives” until those lives go up in flames.”
yaleglobalhealthreview.com/2025/05/18/a...
"We can “follow the science” even when it scares us, instead of insisting that “we have to live our lives” until those lives go up in flames.”
yaleglobalhealthreview.com/2025/05/18/a...
A Chronically Ill Earth: COVID Organizing as a Model Climate Response in Los Angeles
BY VIOLET AFFLECK I spent the January fires in Los Angeles arguing with my mother in a hotel room. She was shell-shocked, astonished at the scale of destruction in the neighborhood where she raised…
yaleglobalhealthreview.com
May 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
An excellent reflection on our societal response to climate change mirroring our response to COVID.
"We can “follow the science” even when it scares us, instead of insisting that “we have to live our lives” until those lives go up in flames.”
yaleglobalhealthreview.com/2025/05/18/a...
"We can “follow the science” even when it scares us, instead of insisting that “we have to live our lives” until those lives go up in flames.”
yaleglobalhealthreview.com/2025/05/18/a...
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When someone dies of a disease like Covid or measles, the first question is often “did they have any pre-existing conditions?”
People want to blame the victim. They want to believe they were vulnerable & therefore expendable.
No one is expendable. Demand better from governments & public health.
People want to blame the victim. They want to believe they were vulnerable & therefore expendable.
No one is expendable. Demand better from governments & public health.
May 13, 2025 at 5:15 AM
When someone dies of a disease like Covid or measles, the first question is often “did they have any pre-existing conditions?”
People want to blame the victim. They want to believe they were vulnerable & therefore expendable.
No one is expendable. Demand better from governments & public health.
People want to blame the victim. They want to believe they were vulnerable & therefore expendable.
No one is expendable. Demand better from governments & public health.
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Impossible to communicate to people that once you decide that a group more vulnerable than you can be sacrificed in the name of your own safety or interests that you have already entered into an tacit agreement that you can also be sacrificed in the interests of a group less vulnerable than you.
May 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Impossible to communicate to people that once you decide that a group more vulnerable than you can be sacrificed in the name of your own safety or interests that you have already entered into an tacit agreement that you can also be sacrificed in the interests of a group less vulnerable than you.
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Gonna be real with you, this feels like an advertisement for spiritual death
April 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Gonna be real with you, this feels like an advertisement for spiritual death
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1. Absolutely outstanding article on the increasing prevalence of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) diagnoses amongst patients with Long Covid.
This possibility is the primary reason I avoid infection with SARS-CoV-2.
www.wsj.com/health/welln...
This possibility is the primary reason I avoid infection with SARS-CoV-2.
www.wsj.com/health/welln...
Is Covid Rewriting the Rules of Aging? Brain Decline Alarms Doctors
Millions of long-Covid patients continue to struggle with cognitive difficulties.
www.wsj.com
April 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
1. Absolutely outstanding article on the increasing prevalence of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) diagnoses amongst patients with Long Covid.
This possibility is the primary reason I avoid infection with SARS-CoV-2.
www.wsj.com/health/welln...
This possibility is the primary reason I avoid infection with SARS-CoV-2.
www.wsj.com/health/welln...
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March 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.
March 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.
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All anti-mask laws—even those with so called “medical exceptions”—stigmatize mask-wearing.
Fewer people wearing masks increases the spread of infectious diseases.
No matter how lawmakers try to spin it, any law that criminalizes wearing a mask endangers public health. Period.
Fewer people wearing masks increases the spread of infectious diseases.
No matter how lawmakers try to spin it, any law that criminalizes wearing a mask endangers public health. Period.
March 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
All anti-mask laws—even those with so called “medical exceptions”—stigmatize mask-wearing.
Fewer people wearing masks increases the spread of infectious diseases.
No matter how lawmakers try to spin it, any law that criminalizes wearing a mask endangers public health. Period.
Fewer people wearing masks increases the spread of infectious diseases.
No matter how lawmakers try to spin it, any law that criminalizes wearing a mask endangers public health. Period.
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Grateful to everyone who helped coordinate our Long COVID awareness event at #UWaterloo today and to the Faculty of Health Dean's Advisory Committee on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism for supporting us! It was so nice gathering with everyone on campus.
www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/vi...
www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/vi...
Long COVID Awareness Silent Walk
A group is taking steps to make the community aware of a condition called Long COVID. CTV’s Jeff Pickel explains.
www.ctvnews.ca
March 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Grateful to everyone who helped coordinate our Long COVID awareness event at #UWaterloo today and to the Faculty of Health Dean's Advisory Committee on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism for supporting us! It was so nice gathering with everyone on campus.
www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/vi...
www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/vi...
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The River Has Roots by @amalelmohtar.com was everything I’d hoped for. Brimming with love, it felt like a story that’d been passed down for generations before landing in my lap.
And the acknowledgments - “…I am here to tell you they made a difference to me” - that call us to act with that love
And the acknowledgments - “…I am here to tell you they made a difference to me” - that call us to act with that love
March 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The River Has Roots by @amalelmohtar.com was everything I’d hoped for. Brimming with love, it felt like a story that’d been passed down for generations before landing in my lap.
And the acknowledgments - “…I am here to tell you they made a difference to me” - that call us to act with that love
And the acknowledgments - “…I am here to tell you they made a difference to me” - that call us to act with that love
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I feel like a huge majority of academics are waiting for some magical time when their career is settled and they can afford to make statements and stand up for their students. But that time will never come.
Tbh i don’t know how you walk onto that campus and teach on Monday
March 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I feel like a huge majority of academics are waiting for some magical time when their career is settled and they can afford to make statements and stand up for their students. But that time will never come.
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Instead of using ChatGPT, why not just get a family member to lie to you while they set fire to a tree?
March 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Instead of using ChatGPT, why not just get a family member to lie to you while they set fire to a tree?
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Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality
![[“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don’t we consider it his duty to escape? The moneylenders, the know-nothings, the authoritarians have us all in prison; if we value the freedom of the mind and soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can.”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreihuubdwcftfkvvlnepoaf6pfxqulryfp7ydrydi5fe2pflwz63wgm@jpeg)
February 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality
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I appreciate this response from Ed Yong on why he requests that people mask at his events. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
February 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I appreciate this response from Ed Yong on why he requests that people mask at his events. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
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Haymarket Books for Fighting Fascism
Haymarket Books for Fighting Fascism
Haymarket stands in solidarity with all those organizing to fight against fascism and for a world free of oppression and exploitation. We’ve put together a list of Haymarket Books on the history and p...
www.haymarketbooks.org
February 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Haymarket Books for Fighting Fascism
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no the fuck we are NOT making “LGBQ+” a thing and if I see any of you motherfuckers using that acronym it’s on sight
Marsha P. Johnson did not smash in the windshield of a police car for this
Marsha P. Johnson did not smash in the windshield of a police car for this
‼️ The National Park Service has REMOVED mentions of transgender people being involved with Stonewall. Not only did the remove the world "Transgender" but changed "LGBTQ+" to "LGBQ+".
The federal government is attempting to erase us and take away our history.
This pride, we riot.
The federal government is attempting to erase us and take away our history.
This pride, we riot.
February 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
no the fuck we are NOT making “LGBQ+” a thing and if I see any of you motherfuckers using that acronym it’s on sight
Marsha P. Johnson did not smash in the windshield of a police car for this
Marsha P. Johnson did not smash in the windshield of a police car for this
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February 12, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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American Eco-Evo types! Looking for a conference where Equality Diversity and Inclusion are celebrated, not hidden? Interested in opportunities for collaborations, grad studies, postdocs, faculty jobs in Canada, a functioning democracy? THIS IS IT: event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/pages
2025 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution
Fourwaves - 2025 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution
event.fourwaves.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
American Eco-Evo types! Looking for a conference where Equality Diversity and Inclusion are celebrated, not hidden? Interested in opportunities for collaborations, grad studies, postdocs, faculty jobs in Canada, a functioning democracy? THIS IS IT: event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/pages
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Every single stupid conversation I’ve had with a scientist about anticipatory obedience and historical comparisons over the last week has had me thinking about how scientists’ political incompetence is one of the major arguments for a liberal arts education
Like you’re literally a tool without it
Like you’re literally a tool without it
A bunch of needs in labcoats:
"If we comply with the fascists demands they'll surely let us keep up our research"
Those same scientists months or years before:
"Eh, I'll skip history class. I wanna be a scientists. Not a historian lol"
"If we comply with the fascists demands they'll surely let us keep up our research"
Those same scientists months or years before:
"Eh, I'll skip history class. I wanna be a scientists. Not a historian lol"
Besides being cruel, anticipatory obedience doesn’t work www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
February 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Every single stupid conversation I’ve had with a scientist about anticipatory obedience and historical comparisons over the last week has had me thinking about how scientists’ political incompetence is one of the major arguments for a liberal arts education
Like you’re literally a tool without it
Like you’re literally a tool without it