Andrew Iwaniuk

‘It feels like we’re all alone’: Strike aftermath leaves many teachers isolated, looking for new work | CBC News CBC News heard from 6,000 teachers and other educators across the province with a nuanced view of life in Alberta classrooms. Many worry a staffing crisis is on the horizon and express little hope for...

Teachers feel Albertans don't care about the failing education system. They're looking to leave the province #yyc #yeg #yql #abpoli #abed #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Very excited that our dept invited @stephenbheard.bsky.social for a seminar talk next week. Our lab is looking forward to learning some new tips to improve our writing!
#academicsky

Americans demand to know who they have to bomb to lower gas prices HOUSTON, TX - American consumers shocked by sharply rising gas prices demonstrated their keen understanding of global geopolitics by demanding that the Department of War bomb some foreign country into...

Americans demand to know who they have to bomb to lower gas prices

‘The Fox, the Shrew, and You: How Brains Evolved,’ an excerpt In his new book, Rogier Mars provides a detailed account of animal and human brain evolution. In this excerpt from Chapter 1, he starts with the sea squirt—and why it needs the brain it eats after its...

Why would sea squirts eat their own brains? In his new book, “The Fox, The Shrew, and You: How Brains Evolved,” Rogier Mars provides a detailed account of this and other quirks in animal and human brain evolution.

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/evolution/th...

This has been discussed over and over again at ULethbridge, yet we continue to prioritize GPA for grad student funding above all else, leading to a bias for our own students thanks to self inflicted grade inflation.

I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.

a bald man in a red sweater is covering his face with his hand . ALT: a bald man in a red sweater is covering his face with his hand .

Using a Star Trek GIF, post where you’re at right now

My #CanGeoPolarPlunge was a success, with my fundraising goals for @cangeo.bsky.social and @rcgssgrc.bsky.social surpassed! On #InternationalWomensDay, don’t ever believe there’s something you can’t do! Thank you all for your support! #BeBoldGoCold ❄️🥶🐻‍❄️☃️

Alberta Court of Appeal upholds four-month jail term for organizer of Coutts blockade CALGARY — Alberta's top court has dismissed the appeal of one of the organizers of the 2022 border blockade at Coutts, Alta., arguing his four-month jail term was fair.

“Alberta's top court has dismissed the appeal of one of the organizers of the 2022 border blockade at Coutts, Alta., (Marco Van Huigenbos) arguing his four-month jail term was fair.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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And this is just the beginning. Because the UCP’s mandate is to make life worse, every f-ing week I am stuck living here.

Just read the abstract 🫠 via Alexander Magazinov. I don't believe he is on Bluesky.

It’s international women’s day and there are so many women in wildlife, photographers, videographers, scientists, biologists, writers, artists, poets, birders, naturalists, - so many wonderful women out there - all busy doing their thing and inspiring me with their work and passion every day! 🥰❤️🥰

Broad-billed Motmot on a vine perch

#BirdOfTheDay is #photogenic. But what bird isn’t??? 😜😝 here’s a Broad-billed Motmot we saw in Costa Rica last year. Cheers!

Meanwhile in Lethbridge…

FFS. Thank you for letting us know so that I can avoid them. Then again, maybe I should do a slow roll and give them the finger as I am sure that's what some of them did to me and my kid at one of the teachers rallies.

That sucks. Every time I see them it’s a day that’s ruined.

#birds #ornithology

I hate them. They prevent me from enjoying anything outside. And the dogs still need to head out to the off leash park or a walk so I can’t avoid being in it. All I can do is try to pick times when it isn’t quite as bad (eg around dawn)

People who don’t get headaches, migraines or otherwise, with these high winds have lived here for too long or there is something wrong with them.

These days it’s the fault of the Laurentian elites in Ottawa. Because the Liberals invented chemtrails…

An extreme wind warning indicating that 100 km/h winds that cause utility outages and property damage will be occurring from early Saturday morning until Sunday night

We consistently have the worst weather in Canada. So much for birding this weekend…
#yql

I’m not so sure. There are a large number of people in Lethbridge (where I live) and Clearwater and Wetaskiwin counties (where I sometimes work) that I inherently do not trust. And that number is increasing as I see more Alberta flags flying.

The only North American record of the extinct Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris Alexander L. Bond, Paige R. Langle Abstract An historical record of the extinct Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris from Ontario, Canada, is quite exceptional, being the only North American record. Its inclusion in North American, Canadian, or Ontarian avifaunal lists is patchy, and the specimen has not been assessed against current identification criteria. We show that the specimen is extant, in the collection of the Buffalo Museum of Science, and is indeed a Slender-billed Curlew. Here, we compile the history of the specimen and its collector in the wider context of the ornithology of the Niagara Region.

New paper in @britornitholclub.bsky.social - Paige Langle and I highlight (and confirm the identity!) of the only North American record of the now-extinct Slender-billed Curlew (1/4) bioone.org/journals/bul... #ornithology

Six all white swans with prominent black beaks (and some with a little triangle of yellow at the base of their beaks) are sitting on the frozen ice of a lake. In the background is a field of tall dried grasses.

Tundra swans have arrived so spring is definitely on its way.
#Alberta #birding #birds 🪶🇨🇦

On the plus side your Dean sounds infinitely more interesting than any of our administrators

I only know of this happening for NSERC so far but it was across multiple program officers

So Picard does NOT recommend working at a post secondary institution

Pine Bunting standing on snow with its feathers fluffed up. The bird faces slightly to the right, with brown streaked upperparts, a pale belly, and small bits of snow on its bill. 雪の上に立つシラガホオジロ。羽毛を膨らませており、体はやや右向き。褐色の縞のある上面と淡い腹部が見え、嘴の周りに小さな雪が付いている。

Fluffed up in the sea breeze 😊🪶
#モフ曜日 蔵出しのシラガホオジロです
#nature #photography #animals #wildlife #PineBunting #シラガホオジロ #birds #野鳥

Among academics it is not helped by:
- so many people not understanding the many issues of using AI
- tricouncil staff advising PIs to use AI to help with their grants, which then becomes interpreted as “use AI as much as you want wherever you want”