Carney cuts $192m from CBC at time when Canadian news, culture probably not important
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Carney cuts $192m from CBC at time when Canadian news, culture probably not important
News In Photo:
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Introduction ร la statistique bayรฉsienne avec le logiciel R
Dรฉcouvrez pas ร pas la statistique bayรฉsienne et sa mise en ลuvre dans R : thรฉorรจme de Bayes, MCMC, priors, rรฉgression, GLM/GLMM et comparaison/validation de modรจles.
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A triumph of genetic engineering - three Minions stand together, with one holding a guitar, smiling and posing for the camera.
In light of the latest news from Colossal Biosciences, now is the perfect time to announce my laboratory's groundbreaking Minion de-extinction project, which depends on state-of-the-art gene editing at 20 key sites in the genome of the common banana.
Why would an RCMP boat have an American flag?
The Canuck translation of
ยกPobre Mรฉxico! ยกTan lejos de Dios y tan cerca de los Estados Unidos!
Is this the biggest ever single species count on eBird? Gobsmacking photos of an estimated 2.75M Snow Geese in North Dakota (HT @evornithology.bsky.social)
ebird.org/checklist/S2...
๐ฃ Call for Applications: The University of Vienna invites applications for more than 40 fully funded doctoral positions across a broad range of disciplines in Life Sciences and Natural Sciences. ๐จโ๐ฌ๐ฉโ๐ฌ #PhDSky #PhD #univie
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Congratulations to the 2026-28 cohort of Liber Ero Fellows: Mirjam Barrueto, Madison Earhart, Rosemary Hohnen, Sage Raymond, and Hannah Watkins!
liberero.ca/meet-the-fel...
#LiberEroFellows #CdnSci
Some interesting points here. My main concern has always been for those who will risk their lives to rescue people who've done something stupid www.bbc.com/news/article...
A serene forest stream flowing over moss-covered rocks with text inviting applications for Co-Editor-in-Chief at FACETS.
FACETS Journal is seeking a Co-Editor-in-Chief! If your research spans evolutionary ecology, conservation, biodiversity, or environmental sciences, apply today.
More info โถ๏ธ https://ow.ly/6yBN50Y7QzQ
#CallForApplications #EditorInChief
Eichenberger: young male humpback whales have higher relative mating success at low population density, suggesting lower sexual selection. Older males increase their relative share of matings as population age structure and density recover from whaling ๐งช www.cell.com/current-biol...
Friday Bonus Cartoon!
It's been a long time coming. Canadian independent bookstores have banded together to create an online book buying source so you can avoid the behemoth in the room. (Here are the titles published by CMU Press, which I run.)
Spread the word #booksky!
www.booksellers.ca/publisher/cmu-press-18021
Your occasional reminder that Malala could not work as a teacher in Quรฉbec, because bigotry
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/223...
Yup, get people to do for free what was previously a paid position.
Iโve done this remote type parks work, it requires training and experience.
Marie-Philip Poulin releases a statement to all the fans following the conclusion of the #MilanoCortina2026 Olympics, where the womenโs Team Canada took home the silver ๐
I am old enough to remember a time when AEs made decisions based on first reviews. Have done several re-reviews recently where I only had minor style comments, the paper should have been accepted and the AE made those minor comments. Waste of my time and delay in publication.
A mathematical exploration of some increasingly worrying trends in peer review. Some sensible recommendations, including encouraging AEs to STOP sending out just about everything for re-review after the first round. It's become systematic and annoying. Editors should make decisions.
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2 postes de prof ร l'UQAR!
Biologie รฉvolutive www.uqar.ca/emploi/profe...
Chaire de recherche en Rรฉsilience et adaptation des organismes et รฉcosystรจmes nordiques www.uqar.ca/emploi/appel...
How did they not call a penalty when the entire USA team was on the ice?!!!?
The ad by Bombardier equating skidoos and quads to athletes is just sick. #GoCanada๐จ๐ฆ
The disconnect between a Canadian fed gov that is trying to absorb hundreds of international (American) researchers while the provinces underfund universities is wild.
Image of a Soay sheep lamb. See source, CC BY 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons.
This research demonstrates how feral Soay #sheep translocated from the rugged landscapes of the remote Scottish Island of St Kilda to be managed in flat pastures in England exhibit significant changes in bone morphology: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
Was pretty loud on my plane to Vancouver as well.
Thank you to all for posting real evidence of our Premier's hypocrisy while she seeks to vilify immigrants and place the blame for the province's budgetary challenges on anybody but her own administration and her decision-making.
#abpoli
Shorthand!
Because cutting social programs, science, education, public transportation and environmental programs is so much right in principle?
Actually an ibex, but close enough.