Chris MacQuarrie
@cmacquar.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, Entomologist, Ecologist, Researcher with NRCan Canadian Forest Service , and a (lapsed) Curler. Occasional climate scientist.
Having been in a few #EntSoc planning meetings I would have loved to have been in the one where the Llama was discussed...
Entomologists love insects. Do they also love llamas?
Yes, yes they do.
You never know what you might see at the ESA Annual Meeting. #EntSoc25
Yes, yes they do.
You never know what you might see at the ESA Annual Meeting. #EntSoc25
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Having been in a few #EntSoc planning meetings I would have loved to have been in the one where the Llama was discussed...
You'd have to be at the bottom of @lakesuperior.bsky.social to not have noticed today's the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Gordon Lightfoot's original is the GOAT, the best cover of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is by The Headstones: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8LB...
Headstones - The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
YouTube video by Headstones
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
You'd have to be at the bottom of @lakesuperior.bsky.social to not have noticed today's the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Gordon Lightfoot's original is the GOAT, the best cover of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is by The Headstones: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8LB...
The only reason I understand this map is because I read @nkjemisin.bsky.social's The City We Became & The World We Make....
November 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The only reason I understand this map is because I read @nkjemisin.bsky.social's The City We Became & The World We Make....
Odo should have to pay property taxes on his bucket.
what star trek political opinion would you have if you lived in universe? would you still be weird about the xindi? would you be one of the people who protests the Klingon embassy in Paris? Me, i'd be a borg truther
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Odo should have to pay property taxes on his bucket.
Reposted by Chris MacQuarrie
When you decline an invitation to review a manuscript but suggest colleagues you’d like to keep occupied as “suitable alternative reviewers”
November 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
When you decline an invitation to review a manuscript but suggest colleagues you’d like to keep occupied as “suitable alternative reviewers”
Reposted by Chris MacQuarrie
Here @picardonhealth.bsky.social rightfully takes on Parliament’s attacks on academic research in Canada.
November 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Here @picardonhealth.bsky.social rightfully takes on Parliament’s attacks on academic research in Canada.
Every parent in my neighborhood this evening at 745: Alright let's wrap it up.
a man wearing a blue jays jersey stands on the field
ALT: a man wearing a blue jays jersey stands on the field
media.tenor.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Every parent in my neighborhood this evening at 745: Alright let's wrap it up.
C'mon guys the game is at 8. My neighborhood is a ghost town by 9 because the candy is all gone. The keeners are out by 6 and counting Reese's pieces by 830.
Ride or die Blue Jays fans eschew Halloween, as parents of trick-or-treaters look for middle ground
Ride or die Blue Jays fans eschew Halloween, as parents of trick-or-treaters look for middle ground
While the convergence of Halloween festivities and Jays watch parties could just as easily devolve into the stuff of nightmares, the fear of a Shohei Ohtani swing, for many, is
www.thestar.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
C'mon guys the game is at 8. My neighborhood is a ghost town by 9 because the candy is all gone. The keeners are out by 6 and counting Reese's pieces by 830.
You have no idea how hard it is to get a tag on this wall...
October 31, 2025 at 12:24 PM
You have no idea how hard it is to get a tag on this wall...
Reposted by Chris MacQuarrie
It's great to see the kids so excited and R and coding.
October 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
It's great to see the kids so excited and R and coding.
Can one of my Ameri-friends explain the purple category in today's @nytimes.com Connections? 'Cause I thought I was pretty good at US geography but I don't get it:
Connections
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October 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Can one of my Ameri-friends explain the purple category in today's @nytimes.com Connections? 'Cause I thought I was pretty good at US geography but I don't get it:
Connections
Puzzle #872
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If you see this quote with a vampire that isn't Dracula.
October 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If you see this quote with a vampire that isn't Dracula.
Reposted by Chris MacQuarrie
An invasive species of slithering, blood-sucking parasites in the Great Lakes has long been curbed by a small government program—one that may not survive the Trump Administration.
The Feds Who Kill Blood-Sucking Parasites
Sea lampreys—invasive, leechlike creatures that once nearly destroyed the Great Lakes’ fishing economy—are kept in check by a small U.S.-Canadian program. Will it survive Trump’s slash-and-burn campai...
www.newyorker.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
An invasive species of slithering, blood-sucking parasites in the Great Lakes has long been curbed by a small government program—one that may not survive the Trump Administration.
Reposted by Chris MacQuarrie
Record highs in October
October 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Record highs in October
Reposted by Chris MacQuarrie
@bryanbrunet.bsky.social @nphavill.bsky.social et al. present the genome of the hemlock woolly adelgid, one of eastern North America's most destructive and invasive forest pests. The 216 Mbp genome is highly complete (97.7% BUSCO).
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf170
#genome #evolution
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf170
#genome #evolution
October 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
@bryanbrunet.bsky.social @nphavill.bsky.social et al. present the genome of the hemlock woolly adelgid, one of eastern North America's most destructive and invasive forest pests. The 216 Mbp genome is highly complete (97.7% BUSCO).
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf170
#genome #evolution
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf170
#genome #evolution
Reposted by Chris MacQuarrie
Does your ecology journal even lift, bro?
October 23, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Does your ecology journal even lift, bro?
Wild boar exorcist job opportunity just opened up in Manitoba...
October 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Wild boar exorcist job opportunity just opened up in Manitoba...
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Our new paper from #EntoPOC led by Dr. Evangelista! Evaluating perceptions of STEM majors to explain diversity gaps in entomology and other sciences url: academic.oup.com/aesa/article...
Evaluating perceptions of STEM majors to explain diversity gaps in entomology and other sciences
Abstract. Communities working in entomology, ecology, and other natural sciences are known for having shortfalls in racial and gender diversity. We aim to
academic.oup.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Our new paper from #EntoPOC led by Dr. Evangelista! Evaluating perceptions of STEM majors to explain diversity gaps in entomology and other sciences url: academic.oup.com/aesa/article...
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only
October 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only
Reposted by Chris MacQuarrie
Department of Biology, Lakehead University is seeking a CERC in Freshwater Sustainability and Healthy Aquatic Ecosystems. On the shores of Lake Superior, Experimental Lakes Area and Large Lakes Observatory both just down the road... Deadline Dec 1. DM for questions! www.lakeheadu.ca/faculty-and-...
Associate Professor / Full Professor, CERC
Lakehead University is your place to live and learn. Dynamic, modern, and highly learner-centred, we acknowledge all of our students as valued leaders of tomorrow, whose education and success are most...
www.lakeheadu.ca
October 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Department of Biology, Lakehead University is seeking a CERC in Freshwater Sustainability and Healthy Aquatic Ecosystems. On the shores of Lake Superior, Experimental Lakes Area and Large Lakes Observatory both just down the road... Deadline Dec 1. DM for questions! www.lakeheadu.ca/faculty-and-...
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🆕🍁 #JOB ALERT: Associate Director at agriculture.canada.ca 🧪
🌐 Kentville, NS.
💲 $128,830 to $163,780
📆 Closing date: 24 October
🆔 25-AGR-ATL-EA-STB-62393
🫵 Persons residing in Canada, and Canadian citizens and Permanent residents abroad.
🔗 emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/ap...
🌐 Kentville, NS.
💲 $128,830 to $163,780
📆 Closing date: 24 October
🆔 25-AGR-ATL-EA-STB-62393
🫵 Persons residing in Canada, and Canadian citizens and Permanent residents abroad.
🔗 emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/ap...
Associate Director
emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca
October 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🆕🍁 #JOB ALERT: Associate Director at agriculture.canada.ca 🧪
🌐 Kentville, NS.
💲 $128,830 to $163,780
📆 Closing date: 24 October
🆔 25-AGR-ATL-EA-STB-62393
🫵 Persons residing in Canada, and Canadian citizens and Permanent residents abroad.
🔗 emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/ap...
🌐 Kentville, NS.
💲 $128,830 to $163,780
📆 Closing date: 24 October
🆔 25-AGR-ATL-EA-STB-62393
🫵 Persons residing in Canada, and Canadian citizens and Permanent residents abroad.
🔗 emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/ap...
The idea of being able to ask your computer to do stuff and it does it is pretty cool. But I can't imagine working in an office with dozens of people talking at their computers.
This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...
Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it
Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.
www.theverge.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The idea of being able to ask your computer to do stuff and it does it is pretty cool. But I can't imagine working in an office with dozens of people talking at their computers.
What's wrong with being over the age of 40? #askingForAFriend
October 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
What's wrong with being over the age of 40? #askingForAFriend
Guess it's back to behaving myself here. HQ folks have hit town.... :-)
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