Sarah Boon

@ualbertapress.bsky.social

Sarah Boon - on Meltdown The book Meltdown: The Making and Breaking of a Field Scientist is author Sarah Boon‘s personal story about adventure and the challenges of being a woman in the field of science. She chats with CKUA’s

I was on CKUA radio in Alberta last week talking about my book and mental health. Listen here: soundcloud.com/ckuaradio/sa...

The squirrel is busy harvesting walnuts from the tree and caching them in various trees on the property. In the Doug fir tree he encountered a cranky bird who shooed him away. Not sure he'll keep that as a cache...

Trump And Miller Compel Colleges Not To Enroll International Students Trump officials are using rules, policies and agreements to compel and discourage U.S. universities from enrolling international students.

Wow. Had not realized that Columbia’s settlement with Trump admin included a commitment to decrease international student enrollment. In what way does this help “combat antisemitism,” which is supposedly the administration’s objective?
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Ha that's probably true?

You can't make this shit up.

Looking for a way to do something? read the EPA reversal of the endangerment finding, and then file a public comment explaining why it is false, wrong, misguided. Your comment can be scientific, legal, or just about what the American people want..
Reversal: www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...

Why Did National Geographic Disappear Its Own Documentary About A Queer Climate Scientist? | Defector If you’re not a particular kind of mountain sports nerd, you might not be familiar with the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour. But for people who live their lives in the overlapping circl...

It's not enough that Tr*mp required unis to dump DEI policies, but corporations are doing the same. Why?? by @evaholland.bsky.social defector.com/why-did-nati...

Summer Garden Delights Lately we've been spending some time on the front porch enjoying our gardens. They have been a haven for bees this year, and hummingbirds who come for the monar

Need a timeline cleanse? Check out these photos of flowers, bees, and hummingbirds from our garden this summer. watershednotes.ca/2025/07/30/s...

I thought it was great. Can see why it won the award!

Summer Garden Delights Lately we've been spending some time on the front porch enjoying our gardens. They have been a haven for bees this year, and hummingbirds who come for the monar

This week's blog post shares some photos of our garden and its wildlife including a hummingbird, flowers, and lots of bees. watershednotes.ca/2025/07/30/s...

Did my philanthropic duty for the day - rescued a bee that had made it's way into the house and set it free outside.

“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.

The craziest discovery about our global water crisis -- besides the fact that the continents are drying -- is that groundwater pumping is now driving sea level rise. @hrishikeshac.bsky.social @jayfamiglietti.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/wate...

Citizen Scientists Are Accelerating Ecology Research, Study Suggests

Cool article about how iNaturalist is helping ecological research. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/s...

Job opportunities at Retraction Watch Here are our current open positions: Editor, Medical Evidence Project Staff reporter, Retraction Watch Assistant researcher, Retraction Watch Database Learn more about the Center for Scientific Int…

The Center For Scientific Integrity, our parent nonprofit, is hiring! Two new positions:

-- Editor, Medical Evidence Project
-- Staff reporter, Retraction Watch

and we're still recruiting for:

-- Assistant researcher, Retraction Watch Database

Hello. I am a musician in an art movie. I am a violinist but when the music plays my fingers don't match it and if you really heard me I'd just be screeching aimlessly on my instrument.

Only 0.5% of 90,000 oil slicks reported over five-year period, analysis finds Pollution incidents reported between 2014 and 2019 were compared against scientific study that used satellite imagery to count slicks

"All visible slicks should be considered harmful to the marine environment, especially given that trace quantities of oil are damaging to planktonic organisms, which form the base of the marine food web"

Imagine the harm to sea creatures from 90,000 oil slicks 😧

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Ebooks are on the line as Congress considers future of library funding Like checking out library ebooks? Congress, Trump could make it harder by cutting federal funding for libraries.

Millions of Americans could lose ebook access from their local library under the budget bill the House is currently considering.

At Trump's request, it eliminates federal funding for libraries and museums, which is often used to fund ebook services.

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The Gifts of a Father’s Schizophrenia: A Conversation with Natasha Williams - The Rumpus I wish mental health care practices acknowledged the heroic effort of living between worlds and could be more curious about psychosis as a psychic call for help.

Natasha Williams talks about her latest book, The Parts of Him I Kept: The Gifts of My Father’s Madness about her father's schizophrenia and how she lived through it. therumpus.net/2025/05/05/n...

A family doctor reflects on how physicians no longer have the weight of the medical establishment behind them, due to the cuts at NIH and CDC. A perspective I hadn't considered but is sadly and awfully true.

Victoria readers, join the queue! This memoir is an intriguing glimpse into the scientific life and the inner life that goes with it.

Opinion: In an era when the natural world collides with the human, we must get to a truer vision of what life means on this planet We need to do the hard work of altering how we see the world, and wrench our policies and decisions into a new framework that acknowledges both the value of the nonhuman and of even seemingly degraded...

"...dams are a thing of the past...but we still impose them in horrendously apocalyptic ways,what are we doing but acting out yet another ritual or affliction that has contributed to compromising the future?" @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social in @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Shout out to the Greater Victoria Public Library: they have two copies of my book, with 3 holds on them! Great way to support local authors.

Grasshopper season is here. Heard my first one yesterday. It's dry out there...

Your salty language was warranted.

Shout out to Vancouver Island Regional Library for buying 3 copies of my book! There are already 7 holds on those copies, which is very exciting.

Well that seals it for me. Never going to the US with my "mental health disability."

Trump's AI Action Plan is a blueprint for dystopia The president is trying to give Silicon Valley nearly everything it wants — at a price.

"...worker power withers, citizens become subservient to AI; to its corporate masters & federal overseers...fossil fuels are ushered again into prominence at the height of the climate crisis, & democracy is sidelined in favor of automation technologies." www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/trumps-ai-...

@doctorzedd.bsky.social

Read this thread. It's time for all US universities to band together and stand against these tyrannical edicts.