Ron Miksha
@ronmiky.bsky.social
Bees are the spark plug. R Stats for ecology. Canadian and curious.
Disabled (shouting from a chair).
Director, Alberta Native Bee Council.
#bees #RStats #Canada #YYC
Disabled (shouting from a chair).
Director, Alberta Native Bee Council.
#bees #RStats #Canada #YYC
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July 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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July 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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July 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Looks like undocumented workers might get jobs building detention pens for undocumented workers.
NEW: Nathan Albers once co-owned a company that schemed to hire and conceal undocumented workers.
Now his company could make hundreds of millions from work on the nation's largest detention camp.
“The irony is thick,” said a former DHS official.
Now his company could make hundreds of millions from work on the nation's largest detention camp.
“The irony is thick,” said a former DHS official.
His Former Company Got Caught Employing Undocumented Workers. Now He’s Profiting Off an Immigrant Detention Camp.
Disaster Management Group is one contractor behind the nation’s largest detention camp, to be built at Fort Bliss. It’s run by Nathan Albers, who previously co-owned a company that pleaded guilty to a...
www.propublica.org
July 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Looks like undocumented workers might get jobs building detention pens for undocumented workers.
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July 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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July 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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July 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Just setting this out here for everyone to look at.
Alberta is forcing the disabled to apply for benefits so they can seize them if applicants are successful. This involves paying doctors for evaluations & complex application processes that are beyond the abilities of many, but if unable, $ will be deducted anyway #abpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
AISH recipients panicked over looming provincial deadline: health providers | CBC News
Health provides say people who receive Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) are calling them in a panic over a letter from the province that threatens to cut their benefits if they don't...
www.cbc.ca
July 22, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Hillary helped run the family honey farm, over a thousand colonies of honey #bees, before and even after he and Tenzing Norgay climbed Everest.
Edmund Hillary mountaineer and beekeeper, born this day 20th July 1919
nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/edmu...
nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/edmu...
July 21, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Hillary helped run the family honey farm, over a thousand colonies of honey #bees, before and even after he and Tenzing Norgay climbed Everest.
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July 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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He obviously did his own research before taking his family on this little adventure and before volunteering for the Russian army.
www.thedailybeast.com/texan-moved-...
www.thedailybeast.com/texan-moved-...
Anti-Woke Dad Who Moved Family to Russia Sent to War Zone
Derek Huffman, 46, joined the military with hopes of becoming a Russian citizen. His wife said he was duped into a combat role.
www.thedailybeast.com
July 19, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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July 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Reposted by Ron Miksha
Medical debt or bankruptcy isn’t a sign of personal irresponsibility, it’s a sign of a country’s irresponsibility.
July 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Medical debt or bankruptcy isn’t a sign of personal irresponsibility, it’s a sign of a country’s irresponsibility.
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July 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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#bees and #pollinators
Bees' Needs Week is a great time to join in with the UK Pollinator Monitoring Schedule. Data will form an invaluable resource from which to measure trends in pollinator populations and target conservation efforts.
ukpoms.org.uk/home
ukpoms.org.uk/home
Welcome to the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (PoMS) | PoMS
ukpoms.org.uk
July 17, 2025 at 3:53 AM
#bees and #pollinators
Reposted by Ron Miksha
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July 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Reposted by Ron Miksha
Alberta has more measles cases than the entire United States, but you won't hear it from Alberta Health. UCP Premier, self-declared head of healthcare, is attempting to ignore public health disaster #yyc #yeg #yql #abpoli #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta's measles outbreaks surpass case counts reported for entire U.S. | CBC News
Alberta has now confirmed more measles cases than the entire United States has reported this year.
www.cbc.ca
July 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Reposted by Ron Miksha
The sunflower bee (Svastra oblique) looks similar to honey bees, but is a solitary species that prefers plants in the Asteraceae (sunflower) family.
They’re native to North and America and nest in the ground, often (but not always) in aggregations.
🌱 #bees #photography #entomology #bugnerd #nature
They’re native to North and America and nest in the ground, often (but not always) in aggregations.
🌱 #bees #photography #entomology #bugnerd #nature
July 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The sunflower bee (Svastra oblique) looks similar to honey bees, but is a solitary species that prefers plants in the Asteraceae (sunflower) family.
They’re native to North and America and nest in the ground, often (but not always) in aggregations.
🌱 #bees #photography #entomology #bugnerd #nature
They’re native to North and America and nest in the ground, often (but not always) in aggregations.
🌱 #bees #photography #entomology #bugnerd #nature
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July 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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July 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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July 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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