Kai Muir

Such a fascinating project, congrats Dylan!!

The Strait of Hormuz is open for transit

Me showing my boyfriend a weird bug

A concrete pier covered in resting sea lions. Most are California sea lions but a few Steller sea lions also joined the crowd. The water behind them is turquoise from the herring milt.

From last weekend - Sea lions congregating at Shingle Spit on Hornby Island for the herring spawn

Outrageously corrupt, prejudiced "science" from the NHS:

- Enforce one particular treatment pathway for years
- Rig your literature survey to exclude that pathway
- Declare that, amazingly, there is "no evidence" for any treatment pathway
- Ban the treatment
- Shrug as people suffer untreated

Direct evidence of natal homing in an Atlantic herring metapopulation Herring return annually to their natal spawning sites, highlighting the need for sensitive coastal management.

New evidence in @science.org that herring🐟 spawn where they were spawned (natal homing) adds urgency to the work @projectfishistory.bsky.social is doing @sosbangor.bsky.social - identifying unmapped spawning areas using historical sources 📜 & living knowledge 🎣🗣️

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Trump Administration Opens the Door for ICE to Target Anyone Suspected of Being Trans Under a new rule, the State Department will be able to revoke trans people's visas over "misrepresentation." It'll give ICE grounds to suspect all trans people of being in the US illegally.

ICE agents have now been given the authority to detain trans people and deport permanent residents, international students, H-1B workers, and tourists over their gender markers.

Wrote a piece for @thetyee.ca about this, including a short Q&A with Tla'amin Hegus John Hackett.

thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

@wgreaves.bsky.social, after bravely speaking out against Carney’s endorsement of the US-Israeli war, why did you not vote to make Canada’s military exports more transparent?

The Singularity is upon us: Apple's AI summarized a text message that read "I'm still down to clown if you are" to.... "clown event still possible."

Will be calling @wgreaves.bsky.social until the vote, or until he confirms that he plans to vote yes.

DAILY PHONE PLEDGE - Arms Embargo Now We are quickly approaching the crucial vote on Bill C-233, No More Loopholes Act. The vote is currently slated for March 11th – which means we have a final chance to push our MPs to VOTE YES. With MPs...

There is so much discourse about how Trump lied and Kamala wouldn’t have done this and all these people need to shut up and start shutting down the US war machine before it destroys literally everything. Shut it down.

Canadian government is complicit. First thing:
armsembargonow.ca/phonepledge/...

Frankly, I expected better from a FIFA Peace prize winner

What do we call what Israel has been doing in the region? It is clearly terror against its neighbours.

Do the human rights of Palestinians not count to Mark Carney? Does it not matter to him that Israel is a rogue state, holding nuclear weapons without signing the Non-Proliferation Treaty?

Pixel art of a scene under the Cambrian sea showing strange alien-like creatures of the Cambrian Period including Vauxia in the foreground, a pinkish-purple Anomalocaris, deep blue Opabinia, violet Nectocaris, bright green Pectocaris, blue-grey Banffia, and Wiwaxia on the rocks in the background.

Theme: The #Weirdness of Cambrian life
#pixelart #pixel_dailies #paleoart
@pixeldailies.bsky.social

@mark-carney.bsky.social Canadians DO NOT support American and Israeli war crimes.

How many bombed children will it take for this government to condemn American and Israeli war crimes? It seems that the limit does not exist. Complete moral failure of this government.

I love the Narwhal for their consistently rigorous journalism, and for informing me that the perfect mustachioed cat I met on ‘Na̱mg̱is territory this summer is named Uno

Numerous accusations from critical media outlets claimed the clinic was a “transing factory” that ignored “holistic” approaches to care and was recklessly prescribing puberty suppressant hormones, known as puberty blockers, to children. One article from The Times, published in 2022, claimed that at least 1,000 families were planning mass legal action against the Tavistock gender clinic for rushing youngsters into taking puberty blockers. However, a freedom of information (FOI) request to the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, shared by Yorkshire Bylines, revealed that, between 2012 and 2022, only eight complaints over healthcare provisions had been lodged.

This entire 'debate' is so maddening. We have been promised that a groundswell of rushed, dissatisfied detransitioners was about to emerge for nearly a decade.

Not only have they never materialized, but academic research continues to show small numbers, long assessments and miniscule regret rates.

Canada is losing track of its wild salmon — just when we need that knowledge most Expediency with industrial development carries real environmental risks for salmon unless matched by corresponding investment in mitigation and monitoring.

Every year, Pacific #salmon return from the ocean to the rivers and streams where they were born. These migrations nourish ecosystems, sustain Indigenous cultures and support fisheries that people across Western Canada rely on. theconversation.com/canada-is-lo...

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1930

Excited to get a copy of "Shifting seas: understanding deep-time human impacts on marine ecosystems" in the mail! Lots of great historical marine ecology research from around the world, including 3 papers from our research group: Check it out here: royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...

Fighting Cancer, Facing Deportation and Denied Health Care | The Tyee Francisco Barahona is one of many people denied treatment when they can’t get MSP coverage.

"Canadian values"

thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

BC’s Drug Response Isn’t Following the Evidence: Former Coroner | The Tyee The province is neglecting safer supply and housing, which are proven to reduce harms, says Lisa Lapointe.

“The only people, frankly, benefiting from the current model are organized crime and some of these private residential treatment centres who are charging exorbitant amounts to families... without any evidence that those are effective,"

Read @thetyee.ca full article here: thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

Sesame and Scallion curled up together like perfect angel kitties

A mid-air cat on cat collision

They contain multitudes

Farmers oppose agricultural science cuts in Canada | The Narwhal The federal government is closing farm research centres and cutting back on agriculture science, leaving farmers scratching their heads

The federal government is closing seven of its farm research centres, where scientists develop resilient crop varieties and test new agricultural practices. Farmers worry the cutbacks could threaten their competitiveness, as drought and other climate pressures mount. thenarwhal.ca/canada-agric...

An airline security card but instead of oxygen masks, it's squid. Just roll with it.

Secure your own squid first before helping others.

(I'm disproportionately proud of this drawing.)

Catherine O’Hara didn’t steal scenes she just showed up and ownership automatically defaulted to her

ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Longer and Crueler A private equity-owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.

NEW: Meet the private-equity firm -- and its billionaire immigrant CEO -- making millions off some of ICE's cruelest deportation flights.

After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I listened to this while doing sediment sample analysis for a local citizen science project and it made for a very comforting chill science evening. Thanks for bringing us such an interesting equid-welfare centred ep!