Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar
@ryankbrook.bsky.social
🍁• #ElbowsUpCanada • Community Engaged Wildlife Research • Professor • University of Saskatchewan • farmkid • dadof2 • Rebel Scum • born@330ppm CO2 now 428 • 7x covid vax • caribou • invasive pigs • wolves • peatlands in the Hudson Bay Lowlands Manitoba
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Let me introduce myself. I'm a professor @usask.bsky.social at the University of Saskatchewan. My group works on invasive wild pigs, caribou, wolves, and other beasties. I take the responsibility of my academic freedom very seriously and use it and good science to hopefully have some influence.
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Fun fact: Gordon Lightfoot wrote the song first, and then sank the Edmund Fitzgerald himself in what has come to be recognized as one of the first viral marketing stunts
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Fun fact: Gordon Lightfoot wrote the song first, and then sank the Edmund Fitzgerald himself in what has come to be recognized as one of the first viral marketing stunts
Subway should really be offering an anti-ice 'throwing sandwich' at this point, made of nothing but onions and mustard.
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Subway should really be offering an anti-ice 'throwing sandwich' at this point, made of nothing but onions and mustard.
Measles outbreaks are indications of stupidity clusters.
Stupid stupid stupid people are the cause of measles in 2025.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Stupid stupid stupid people are the cause of measles in 2025.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Canada loses measles elimination status, with US on track to follow
The country hasn't been able to curb an outbreak of more than 5,000 cases over the last year, while US cases are at a 33-year high.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Measles outbreaks are indications of stupidity clusters.
Stupid stupid stupid people are the cause of measles in 2025.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Stupid stupid stupid people are the cause of measles in 2025.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
That time again.
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
That time again.
If liberals are so fucking smart, how come they lose so goddamn always?
Will McAvoy
Will McAvoy
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
If liberals are so fucking smart, how come they lose so goddamn always?
Will McAvoy
Will McAvoy
U.S. dems able to walk upright despite having no detectable spines.
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
U.S. dems able to walk upright despite having no detectable spines.
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De Adder hits the nail on the head again.
November 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
De Adder hits the nail on the head again.
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[8 Nov 2025] Another roundup of #ConservationJobs, mostly in 🇨🇦.
All postings include salary. I am not involved in these positions.
Please share to help others — working to conserve nature is rewarding and needed!
www.linkedin.com/posts/aerinj...
All postings include salary. I am not involved in these positions.
Please share to help others — working to conserve nature is rewarding and needed!
www.linkedin.com/posts/aerinj...
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
[8 Nov 2025] Another roundup of #ConservationJobs, mostly in 🇨🇦.
All postings include salary. I am not involved in these positions.
Please share to help others — working to conserve nature is rewarding and needed!
www.linkedin.com/posts/aerinj...
All postings include salary. I am not involved in these positions.
Please share to help others — working to conserve nature is rewarding and needed!
www.linkedin.com/posts/aerinj...
December 1 is the correct date to set up the Christmas tree.
November 8, 2025 at 3:42 AM
December 1 is the correct date to set up the Christmas tree.
People of Saskatchewan are even now having a hard time understanding just how bad the SaskParty has failed us all on health care. This is a legitimate crisis.
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
People of Saskatchewan are even now having a hard time understanding just how bad the SaskParty has failed us all on health care. This is a legitimate crisis.
Its weird how little my life involves nunchucks, quick sand, and stopping/dropping/rolling despite what I thought were big deals in 1984.
November 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Its weird how little my life involves nunchucks, quick sand, and stopping/dropping/rolling despite what I thought were big deals in 1984.
Remember nine years ago today when life was simple and I thought things were bad in the United States?
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Remember nine years ago today when life was simple and I thought things were bad in the United States?
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A Saskatchewan firefighter who was on the front lines before half his community burned down in the summer says the province provided little reinforcements. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/sas... #skpoli
Saskatchewan firefighter of village burnt by wildfire says province lacked resources
REGINA - A Saskatchewan firefighter who was on the front lines before his half his community burned down earlier this summer says the province provided little reinforcements.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 6, 2025 at 2:19 AM
A Saskatchewan firefighter who was on the front lines before half his community burned down in the summer says the province provided little reinforcements. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/sas... #skpoli
Budget drop confirms $180 million over the next five years to continue strengthening the Hudson Bay Railway and diversifying operations at the Port of Churchill.
Hopefully this puts to rest the absolute nonsense around considering Port Nelson as another option, even though we know it is a scam.
Hopefully this puts to rest the absolute nonsense around considering Port Nelson as another option, even though we know it is a scam.
November 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Budget drop confirms $180 million over the next five years to continue strengthening the Hudson Bay Railway and diversifying operations at the Port of Churchill.
Hopefully this puts to rest the absolute nonsense around considering Port Nelson as another option, even though we know it is a scam.
Hopefully this puts to rest the absolute nonsense around considering Port Nelson as another option, even though we know it is a scam.
Having some buyer's remorse with respect to Carney. I mean obviously PeePee was/is a trainwreck and Carney was the only viable candidate worth even considering, but he is more conservative than I was hoping/expecting.
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Having some buyer's remorse with respect to Carney. I mean obviously PeePee was/is a trainwreck and Carney was the only viable candidate worth even considering, but he is more conservative than I was hoping/expecting.
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As a Canadian researcher/academic, it's beyond discouraging that the federal gov't is rolling out the welcome mat for foreign assistant professors, doctoral students and postdocs, while *cutting* domestic research funding and doing nothing to support those of us who are already here, doing the work.
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
As a Canadian researcher/academic, it's beyond discouraging that the federal gov't is rolling out the welcome mat for foreign assistant professors, doctoral students and postdocs, while *cutting* domestic research funding and doing nothing to support those of us who are already here, doing the work.
Budget dropped.
$150 million in new funding for CBC/Radio-Canada to modernize and "strengthen its mandate".
A concession to the Bloc Québécois but one I think it is an overall good move.
$150 million in new funding for CBC/Radio-Canada to modernize and "strengthen its mandate".
A concession to the Bloc Québécois but one I think it is an overall good move.
November 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Budget dropped.
$150 million in new funding for CBC/Radio-Canada to modernize and "strengthen its mandate".
A concession to the Bloc Québécois but one I think it is an overall good move.
$150 million in new funding for CBC/Radio-Canada to modernize and "strengthen its mandate".
A concession to the Bloc Québécois but one I think it is an overall good move.
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Universities that were counting on international students to balance their budgets after years of cuts to provincial funding are hooped. Big cuts are coming in temporary residents that include students.
Screen shot from Globe & Mail: www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Screen shot from Globe & Mail: www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
November 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Universities that were counting on international students to balance their budgets after years of cuts to provincial funding are hooped. Big cuts are coming in temporary residents that include students.
Screen shot from Globe & Mail: www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Screen shot from Globe & Mail: www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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New report ‘unearths’ environmental impact assessment trends of Canadian mine and quarry projects
reported by @dentremy.bsky.social
reported by @dentremy.bsky.social
New report 'unearths' environmental impact assessment trends of Canadian mine and quarry projects - Halifax Examiner
Researchers behind database tracking impact assessments of Canadian mine and quarry projects over a 50-year span have found significant gaps in transparency, consistency, and data availability.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
New report ‘unearths’ environmental impact assessment trends of Canadian mine and quarry projects
reported by @dentremy.bsky.social
reported by @dentremy.bsky.social
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Thief trying to break into the Louvre sever on his first try: guys you're never gonna believe this
November 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Thief trying to break into the Louvre sever on his first try: guys you're never gonna believe this
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The US funds the bulk of biomedical research globally by far. It's not like other countries can simply take up the slack. The more likely: people leave research, new people don't become researchers. There is no happy ending. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...
www.pbs.org
November 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The US funds the bulk of biomedical research globally by far. It's not like other countries can simply take up the slack. The more likely: people leave research, new people don't become researchers. There is no happy ending. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I know several friends in the federal government that are very much fearing they will lose their jobs with this new budget.
It may have some good parts but if it leaves hard working Canadians that have devoted their life to civil service unemployed then it isn't anything to brag about.
It may have some good parts but if it leaves hard working Canadians that have devoted their life to civil service unemployed then it isn't anything to brag about.
By building our strength at home and working with new trade partners around the world, we will create more prosperity for Canadian workers, families, and businesses.
November 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I know several friends in the federal government that are very much fearing they will lose their jobs with this new budget.
It may have some good parts but if it leaves hard working Canadians that have devoted their life to civil service unemployed then it isn't anything to brag about.
It may have some good parts but if it leaves hard working Canadians that have devoted their life to civil service unemployed then it isn't anything to brag about.