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Dion Durnford

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Biologist studying the life and death of microalgae. Professor at UNB. Haiku writer. River rower. Shitty guitar player.

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Seems to be.

26.01.2026 11:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Common opinion of people who won’t be around long enough to feel much of the impact. And who are wealthy enough to adapt.

29.10.2025 09:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We need to play that Regan tariff ad every day in the US market.

29.10.2025 09:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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America Is Living in a Climate-Denial Fantasy On climate, the U.S. and the rest of the planet are now in β€œcompletely separate worlds.”

By attempting to abdicate any legal responsibility to provide for a healthy environment, the U.S. is running in the opposite direction as the global legal community, @zoeschlanger.bsky.social reports:

09.08.2025 22:15 πŸ‘ 139 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1

Phenotypic heterogeneity in a batch culture of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii with different light tolerances. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.30.667606v1

31.07.2025 05:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ha ha, that’s what I always think. Rumble in the jungle.

26.07.2025 09:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Merlin picked up a humming bird?! Don’t think I’ve heard a hummingbird call. Mostly Goldfinches and blue jays this morning around me.

26.07.2025 09:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Decarbonized oil and gas is a pipe dream that is being used to defer any real carbon emission reductions to our children’s children. Business as usual is much easier.

21.06.2025 10:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ha ha. I do the same thing! Morning ritual.

21.06.2025 09:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That is sooo cool! Congratulations!

14.06.2025 16:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Disappointed to hear an emphasis on β€œdecarbonized oil and gas” from the first minister’s meeting. What a failure in leadership. We are about to surpass a 1.5oC global temperature increase and it’s business as usual. We are committed to a 40% decrease in CO2 by 2030, yet we dance around the issue.

06.06.2025 10:47 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Decarbonized oil and gas?

03.06.2025 00:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

COβ‚‚ at Mauna Loa just reached a monthly average of >430 ppm for the first time.

That's possibly higher than in over 3.3 million years.

The global RATE of increase is off the chart.

It's hard to exaggerate how unprecedented this is!

01.06.2025 19:59 πŸ‘ 200 πŸ” 143 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 17
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Tree and Sky
Shannon Craig Morphew
2024

30.05.2025 09:10 πŸ‘ 144 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I would bet that the emissions from harvesting, preparing, transporting and spreading would be greater than the CO2 sequestered. Or we could transition away from fossil fuels, which is really the only viable solution.

30.05.2025 09:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Another reason to not use AI. The thing none of us needs or asked for.

22.05.2025 23:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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He's the key person behind the most notorious deepfake porn site in the world. And he's Canadian | CBC News A joint international investigation by CBC News, Bellingcat and Danish outlets Politiken and Tjekdet has linked a Canadian pharmacist to one of the biggest website in the world for non-consensual, AI-...

David Do owns a house just outside Toronto, drives a Tesla and is paid $121,000 a year as a hospital pharmacist. But he leads a double life behind the world's most notorious website for non-consensual, AI-generated porn of real people: MrDeepFakes.com.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

07.05.2025 07:24 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Enjoyed that. 23 is a good one as well.

29.04.2025 18:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think there has to be a balance so that these things change over time. The language is by necessity aspirational because you can’t just upend industries overnight.

28.04.2025 10:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Masters or PHD student – nectar evolutionary ecology
Amy Parachnowitsch’s Floral Evolutionary Ecology Lab
University of New Brunswick
I am seeking a motivated student(s) to examine the role of anthropomorphic change in nectar evolutionary ecology.  Potential projects include: 1) assessing how anthropogenic change affects nectar evolution, 2) quantifying phenotypic selection on nectar traits and assessing the ecological contexts where it is a target of selection, and 3) determining the ecological and genetic contributions to nectar variation to allow a predictive framework for evolutionary change. Project details will be determined with the student. Likely systems will be fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium) or white clover (Trifolium repens). More about the Biology program at UNB:  https://www.unb.ca/fredericton/science/depts/biology/graduate/index.html
Requirements:  4-year undergraduate degree in Biology or similar / research Masters degree for PhD position. Undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 or higher. English language proficiency. Research experience an asset (e.g. honours thesis). 
Deadline: recruitment will continue until filled, however applications before May 5, 2025 can apply for recruitment scholarships to top up salary. Sept 2025 or Jan 2026 start date
Salary: UNB Biology base stipend $13500 plus tuition and fees (includes teaching assistant position for 2 semesters/year). 
Apply: send a cover letter of research interests, CV, and transcripts (can be unofficial) to aparachn@unb.ca (application to UNB will follow recruitment)
Note: Qualified international applicants are welcome to apply but may face additional requirements (e.g. proof of language proficiency, etc).

Masters or PHD student – nectar evolutionary ecology Amy Parachnowitsch’s Floral Evolutionary Ecology Lab University of New Brunswick I am seeking a motivated student(s) to examine the role of anthropomorphic change in nectar evolutionary ecology. Potential projects include: 1) assessing how anthropogenic change affects nectar evolution, 2) quantifying phenotypic selection on nectar traits and assessing the ecological contexts where it is a target of selection, and 3) determining the ecological and genetic contributions to nectar variation to allow a predictive framework for evolutionary change. Project details will be determined with the student. Likely systems will be fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium) or white clover (Trifolium repens). More about the Biology program at UNB: https://www.unb.ca/fredericton/science/depts/biology/graduate/index.html Requirements: 4-year undergraduate degree in Biology or similar / research Masters degree for PhD position. Undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 or higher. English language proficiency. Research experience an asset (e.g. honours thesis). Deadline: recruitment will continue until filled, however applications before May 5, 2025 can apply for recruitment scholarships to top up salary. Sept 2025 or Jan 2026 start date Salary: UNB Biology base stipend $13500 plus tuition and fees (includes teaching assistant position for 2 semesters/year). Apply: send a cover letter of research interests, CV, and transcripts (can be unofficial) to aparachn@unb.ca (application to UNB will follow recruitment) Note: Qualified international applicants are welcome to apply but may face additional requirements (e.g. proof of language proficiency, etc).

I'm seeking graduate students interested in studying nectar evolutionary ecology. Masters or PhD. Sep 2025 or Jan 2026 start. Interested students encouraged to apply by May 5 to be eligible for additional scholarships. #gradschool #flower #evolution #nectar #pollination

17.04.2025 10:01 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Artist quits post after P.E.I. vet college tells him to remove painting based on U.S. politics | CBC News Christopher Griffin, the now former artist-in-residence at the Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown, says administrators were trying to censor one of his paintings after complaints from Americ...

It’s funny that we are at a stage of censoring art in Canada. Art reflects the time it is made, and this piece does it perfectly. Grow up UPEI. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

10.04.2025 11:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One of JVL’s darkest columns yet

03.04.2025 23:17 πŸ‘ 927 πŸ” 202 πŸ’¬ 80 πŸ“Œ 5

So no peace in 24 hrs?

01.04.2025 17:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ChrΓ©tien always had a connection to the average Canadian, and his speech tonight hit the right notes. Vive le Canada!

09.03.2025 22:45 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Another coward. Good at pandering but a lack of leadership who would be useless in an international emergency.

08.03.2025 11:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Come on up, we love the company!

07.03.2025 16:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Skipping a conference I love so I don’t have to travel to the US. Maybe in 4 years.

06.03.2025 22:14 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Who is this Baghdad Bob and what possible role in life will she have when this idiocy ends?

05.03.2025 19:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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05.03.2025 11:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Gretzky has always been an awkward, self-serving ass who couldn’t stand up for Canada if his comfortable life depended on it. Yes, good at hockey but a coward.

01.03.2025 13:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0