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Jack Lawson

@captjacques

Marine mammal & sea turtle research - but interested in many things! Usually my own opinions; telljack@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

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I just did that as “Reviewer 3”!

28.02.2026 00:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Giving “The Abyss” vibes!

20.02.2026 01:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Looks like it has a good grip on a protective “lid” as well!

19.02.2026 02:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I went to North Rona in 1989 with researchers from the Sea Mammal Research Unit. They brought along a batch of sledding biscuits made for BAS. AMAZING! Years later I was reminded of them when I heard of the “lembas” bread in Lord of The Rings

14.02.2026 01:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I enjoy your choice of images - they really carry my imagination to these distant places and times

08.02.2026 12:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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You’ve seen my real-time video last night from Beaver.. well here is what Maia saw on her tour! Beautiful from Fairbanks as well.

Maia just got a Sony FX3 to capture real-time video during her tours. Here’s one of the first videos!

08.02.2026 03:22 👍 611 🔁 90 💬 12 📌 5

Watched the whole interview this morning. Got to this monologue as I was bumbling around making coffee.

He gets about five lines in in before I burst into tears over the stove.

Incredible performance. Such a well crafted lead up and impeccable timeliness. A pair of bloody wizards.

05.02.2026 15:05 👍 83 🔁 20 💬 1 📌 0
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This SpaceX Situation: Not Good! Elon Musk's political projects are combining into a highly concerning megacompany.

Elon Musk's political projects are combining into a highly concerning megacompany.

05.02.2026 17:15 👍 117 🔁 39 💬 5 📌 4

And I remember that PhD thesis well! 😎

16.01.2026 22:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Now that is an amazingly chill and happy cat!

16.01.2026 22:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Evergreen.

03.01.2026 17:18 👍 2346 🔁 607 💬 2 📌 3

"Sodium is nearly 50 times cheaper than lithium and can even be harvested from seawater, making it a much more sustainable option for large-scale energy storage”

26.12.2025 18:02 👍 1469 🔁 391 💬 34 📌 22

But their control of media and social media software means they can gloss over concerns or dissent. At this point I would not even call it a “soft” war given the number of people dying in custody or around the world due to reduction of “world order”

23.12.2025 00:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Can I let you in on a little secret?

Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.

It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.

03.12.2025 17:11 👍 5212 🔁 1507 💬 177 📌 77

Almost two years in for mine. Need to make 16.7 to reach the median survival for this type. I’ll be 83!

25.11.2025 01:18 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That is AMAZING! Thanks for posting.

22.11.2025 17:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The future of knowledge is yours to protect. #Wikipedia25

Donate now ➡️ donate.wikipedia25.org

10.11.2025 15:10 👍 1219 🔁 598 💬 14 📌 31

Since 0.05 is an arbitrary threshold for “significance” I fear it not

01.11.2025 00:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Grim gravestones spotted in a neighbor's front yard.

29.10.2025 03:20 👍 82 🔁 28 💬 2 📌 1
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The eye of Hurricane Melissa.

Image taken today by Sentinel-2.

28.10.2025 19:22 👍 200 🔁 73 💬 3 📌 9
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ChatGPT's Impact On Our Brains According to an MIT Study The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.

MIT basically confirmed it rots your brain

time.com/7295195/ai-c...

28.10.2025 19:30 👍 275 🔁 95 💬 3 📌 9

None of the problems of vaccines, disease, poverty or anything else, are unaffected by climate change. We do not live in a vacuum. It is all connected. We have reached the end of the leeway that we had for making these horrid, cruel, profit driven decisions.

28.10.2025 20:33 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

GREAT image! Composed like a fantastic painting!

25.10.2025 17:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

They are called “sow bugs” or “carpenters” in Newfoundland.

25.10.2025 17:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Or punctured by a large shark. Or battered by playful killer whales. Or entangled in one of the thousands of ghost nets. Or….

25.10.2025 01:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Now THAT’S a talk poster!

25.10.2025 01:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Arctic seals edge closer to extinction as sea ice vanishes Three Arctic seal species have moved closer to extinction, as rapid sea ice loss continues to erode their breeding and feeding grounds, according to the latest update of the IUCN Red List of…

Arctic seals edge closer to extinction as sea ice vanishes

24.10.2025 19:05 👍 54 🔁 28 💬 4 📌 1
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Ew^200

19.10.2025 21:08 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Welcome to the House of Commons of Canada - House of Commons of Canada Welcome to the House of Commons of Canada - House of Commons of Canada

A reminder that change.org petitions have zero impact on politicians in Canada (or anywhere really). It's basically performative engagement.

Only www.ourcommons.ca petitions have any weight whatsoever.

17.10.2025 21:12 👍 49 🔁 21 💬 2 📌 0
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In the midst of some science writing, my headphones were filled with the evocative voice of @kdlang.bsky.social singing her way through "Absolute Torch and Twang". I was swept back to my youth in southern Alberta - so far away in place, time, & life experiences! Thanks KD!

(photographer unknown)

17.10.2025 19:17 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0