Wendy Mortimer🇨🇦 PhD Engineering

I am going to Paris, France to cheer on Team Canada (my son's team) Apr 26 to May 5. Any recommendations on pla es to stay?
Men's Roller Derby World Cup 2026

Packaged lettuce may have taken over America, but it is still stupid Lettuce is essentially refrigerated water, and putting it in “Modified Atmosphere Packaging” just makes it even more wasteful.

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Lettuce is Stupid

I left them on the table and went out to help feed the pigs...and Lucy (the black collie) ate them. She doesn't eat things off the table, so I can only assume that our table-hopping cat, Freya, knocked them on the floor (at Lucy's request?).

A picture of PEW poll on global attitude survey, saying the % who rate the morality and ethics of people in their country as good vs bad, where the US has the worst rankings and Canada the best

Americans: we live in a fallen state—embroiled by sin, cheating, lying, and evil. You cannot trust anyone, not even those who claim to know you best

Canadians: I love my neighbors and my friends!

Ham and cheese in puff pastry

Ham and cheese in puff pastry

Ham and cheese in puff pastry

These came out of the oven with the goofiest expressions

Canada will come to a standstill at 1:10PM ET tomorrow. Hockey time. Don’t interrupt as Canadian and American women slap that puck around for gold. #Olympics

Red tape steals a month of doctors’ time every year Reducing the physician administrative burden would help doctors improve care and work-life balance  Eliminating the 20 million hours of unnecessary paperwork and administrative tasks doctors face annu...

Collectively, Canadian physicians are spending about 20 million hours on unnecessary paperwork. Eliminating those tasks would free up the equivalent of 9,000 full time physicians.

With a growing shortage of family doctors, this is the moment to act.

Cut the tariff on electric cars!!

Most people didn't write long screeds anywhere.

I remember. I'm 68. But i only knew the opinions of my dad, my uncles, my friends' dads, etc. Generally opposed because trapped in fire, river, etc.

I found this discussion really interesting (and validating of some of the thoughts I’ve been having about certain aspects of politics for a while).

Idea: national "take your Uber driver on an adventure" day

My doctor told me that a study found that masks were not effective. (From what i recall, this meta analysis combined "occassional use" with strict adherence. )

Thank you. I've mostly worked in blues and some greens the last coyple of years, but the early onset of cold weather brought on a yearning for warmth!

A picture of a quilt top in pink and gold batik fabrics

Quilt top almost done now on Christmas eve. I'm making a warm blanket for a cold patio door, that faces directly west into the wintery wind. It should glow with the sunset behind it.

Global Launch of Earth Rover Program and Report Soilsmology: Transforming Our Understanding of Soil YouTube video by Earth Rover Program

Here's the recording of the Earth Rover Program's inaugural webinar, which was held on Friday. Sorry it took a few days to post up.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfrE...

a white hand is holding a copy of the book MAUVE by simon garfield next to a latte on a table.

When checking the citations of the book you're writing, do you ever accidentally reread an entire book in one sitting?

Or are you normal?

MAUVE is a lovely mix of chemistry history and fashion history.

I think both the #romancelandia crowd and the #chemsky / #chemchat crowd would love it!

Great work, the creation of open source technology is vital to roll out globally. It would be fascinating to use this in regions that have used biochar historically to see what differences it makes to soil structure. So much to innovate in soil carbon fixation.

9. Lastly, we need some research on how the price of beer inhibits the advance of science.
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The Earth Rover Program Access the Earth Rover Program report, detailing our interdisciplinary approach to understanding soils and advancing solutions for climate, biodiversity, and food security.

4. For a general summary, please read our launch report: www.earthroverprogram.org/about/report

The Earth Rover Program The Earth Rover Program unites scientists, farmers, and innovators to monitor, understand, and restore soils worldwide. Advancing food security, climate resilience, and biodiversity through open scien...

3. For explanations of the work and the science behind it, plus papers and data, please see our website: www.earthroverprogram.org

Welcome! You are invited to join the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, which explores how a new scientific concept, ‘soilsmology’, is shaking up our und... We are delighted to invite you to the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, ‘Soilsmology: Transforming our Understanding of Soil’, which explores how an eme...

2. To hear more, please join our launch webinar at 1400 GMT today. It's free, but you'll need to register to get the link. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall

A big white dog sits by a gate in the golden light of sunrise

It's great to get away for a while to visit family and friends, but after 10 days, I'm ready to go home. Josie is waiting for me at the gate, just like in this photo from a year ago.

Long Covid Is Real -- And It's Changing an Entire Generation Long Covid is affecting hundreds of thousands of kids in America, and many doctors and schools refuse to recognize their illness.

“When you have a disability people can’t see, you don’t get the same level of empathy,” Joy says. “It feels like the world has moved on.”

Long Covid is setting back a generation of kids--likely against their federal rights

Our @rollingstone.com investigation

www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Infographic titled “The Chemistry of Apple Flavours” explaining what makes apples sweet or tart and key flavour compounds. Sweetness comes from sugars like fructose, tartness from acids like malic acid. A higher sugar/acid ratio means a sweeter apple. Apple types are grouped as sweet (e.g., Fuji, Gala), balanced (e.g., Jazz, Braeburn), or tart (e.g., Granny Smith, Bramley). As apples ripen, aldehydes convert to alcohols and then to esters, which dominate aroma in ripe apples. Key esters shown include butyl acetate, hexyl acetate, 2-methylbutyl acetate, and ethyl 2-methylbutanoate.

Why are some apples as sweet as honey while others make your face pucker? 🍎

Dive into the chemistry behind apple sweetness, tartness, and aroma in this graphic!

👉 Read more: www.compoundchem.com/2025/10/16/a...

#ChemSky 🧪

Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.

The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

The US president trafficked & raped underage girls, the evidence is overwhelming, everyone knows it, and this country's elites & institutions are so broken, so insular, so decadent that we can't even bring ourselves to state it clearly, much less do anything about it.

Contemptible & pathetic.

A white dog crosses a grassy field to chase reddish brown cattle out

Our Akbash chases the neighbour's cattle out of our field on command. She knows not to chase our own cattle.