Heather Bruce

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some Zen to the feed.

Holy molé that's an amazing orchid! 🤩

I tried, UBC doesn’t have access, sorry ☹️

Wow is that bonsai?

Birds with white bellies, burnt orange on the chin, tan on the brow, and a blue cap. They are standing next to a muddy puddle gather mud in their beaks to make nests.

Cliff Swallows gathering mud to make nests! #BirdOfTheDay #FourOrMore

Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, OR

The Speculum Is Getting a Much-Needed Upgrade Two women have developed a female-friendly alternative.

Finally!
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Not sure what that acronym is haha 😄

'The old order is not coming back,' Carney says in provocative speech at Davos | CBC News Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a frank assessment of how he views the world in a provocative speech in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, where he said the longstanding U.S.-led, rules-based intern...

#CanadaSky

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Read the full transcript of Carney’s speech to World Economic Forum - National | Globalnews.ca Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a forceful speech in Davos, Switzerland, on the 'new world order' and how middle powers like Canada can benefit by working together.

Sobering but inspiring speech from 🇨🇦 PM Mark Carney at the World Economic Forum

"Middle powers must act together because if you are not at the table, you are on the menu"

I joke that I prefer to use the GCMS that nature gave me (my nose) when determining if a fridge item has gone bad.

But what scientific equipment would our sense of smell and taste be closest to?

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)?

Gas chromatography mass spec (GCMS?)

Something else?

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Good ole gas chromatography-mass spectrometer hardware that comes standard on us animals, aka a nose and taste buds 👍

Close-up of a terracotta horse on four wheels, a rider is sitting on its back.

Kids loved playing with toys in #Roman times too!

Some 1,800 years ago, a child in Cologne was buried with a terracotta horse with a rider on for wheels. It was definitely a beloved toy that the kid was also meant to play with in the afterlife.

📷 Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln

🏺 #archaeology

Postmedia is a problem! Please sign this petition to ask the House of Commons to require that Canadian news outlets be majority owned by actual Canadians, not American hedge funds with foreign enemy interests. #CanadaSky

Petition closes soon! Feb 18, 2026

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I guess they are really loud. 🤔

Weird little pale grubby looking creature with 2 branches antennae and like 12 legs, roaming the Wet Wood World

Cannot believe I forgot about my single sighting of a Pauropod, in North Carolina a few years ago 🥹

Pauropods are minuscule Myriapods (eg, millipedes, centipedes, etc), silly little soil guys. This one is long, others are really short and stubby. I love them, I need more

#StarTrek #Muppets

Another good video of the protests in Iran

From the NewIran community on Reddit: Despite complete internet/phone blackout and despite brutal crackdown, Iranians are persevering and controlling the streets: Heravi Square, Tehran January 10th 20... Explore this post and more from the NewIran community

From here
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Billy with his latest art project. #Caturday

Massive protests continue in Iran! Keep it up, take back your country! 💚🤍♥️🦁🌞

More advice for #cats concerning #birdflu outbreaks in your area ⬇️

Photo of several grey Cladonia podetia growing from green thallus. The lichens are growing among Polytrichum moss plants which are green.

Cladonia lichens among moss. NWT, Canada. #lichen #moss #fungi #fungifriends

Well, more cute is needed I see. How about a teeny Wood Froglet peeking?

#herps 🌿

See a fox 🦊
Post a fox 🧡 (or two!)

@crustaceansociety.bsky.social
Can anyone ID these terrestrial wigglies? Maybe harpacticoid copepod?

From here

www.reddit.com/r/Entomology...

Charity for Shrimps? Ronny Chieng Explores the Limits of Effective Altruism | The Daily Show YouTube video by The Daily Show

Shrimp welfare ♥️🦐

youtu.be/VNbIKtGMoaA

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Alt text: "the secret scientists don't want you to know!!" Dude have you ever met a single scientist? My scientist friends are desperate for me to know about the changing mating habits of Brown marmorated stink bugs. They're screaming at the top of their lungs to tell you EVERYTHING.

“The secret that scientists don’t want you to know about!”
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