Andrew Irwin

Based on the experience of countries that have tried this, there’s overwhelming evidence that it is utterly unnecessary.

Fire extinguisher next to a statue of Joan of Arc

Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)

Sometimes I think about how from 1935-1975ish, Bell Labs produced an insane amount of revolutionary science and technology, including 11 Nobel Prizes, the transistor, UNIX, C, the laser, the solar cell, information theory, etc. The secret? Provide scientists with ample, steady, no-strings funding.

The student-as-customer model is an expensive lie that burdens Canadian universities Postsecondary institutions shouldn’t be vendors, but instead vehicles for national productivity

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Seven years ago today, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was tortured, murdered and then dismembered. And any so-called comedian who can't stand up tonight in Riyadh and do ten minutes on that kind of hijinx and horseplay just isn't worth the Saudi blood money he's being paid.

Got a nature climate change paper accepted. Have you seen the page charges? Yikes. “The APC to publish Gold Open Access in Nature Climate Change is £9190.00/$12690.00/€10690.00. “. Didn’t do that!

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

From a poster called “just shower thoughts“ reading: when people talk about traveling to the past, they worry about radically, changing the present by doing something small, barely anyone in the present to really thinks that they can radically change the future by doing something small.

I may have found my defining quote.

Pair this with my pinned post and you will see what I mean!

Interesting to note that the coal industry in the U.S. employs just a tad over 40,000 people, according to the BLS. The same source tells us that 64,000 people work at wineries.

Computer Science is in many ways applied philosophy of language and thus—like Mathematics—not a Science at all, but more properly a practically useful branch of the Humanities.

So exhausting..

House of William Smith Jr., beside the Don River near Queen Street, Toronto, circa 1912.

Artist: Frederick Victor Poole
Medium: Watercolour painting
Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, TPL

#1910s #watercolour #watercolor #torontoartist #art #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

Direct carbon capture falters as developers’ costs fail to budge Some experts say the technology is crucial for climate change goals but scaling up is proving hard

Direct air capture is too expensive and that’s unlikely to change anytime soon.

Mass shootings aren’t random tragedies anymore, they’re policy choices.

RRS James Cook leaving Halifax.

The way people get mocked for not knowing something is part of the reason folks pretend to be experts on every topic.

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.

If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!

Donate at blinkingguy.com

Routine for every class now:
- sign out previous person who used the system
- sign in to AV system computer
- verify sign-in with authenticator on phone
- wait for phone face ID to recognize
- wait for AV system computer to load
- kill Microsoft Teams auto-launch
- sign in to course system web page

Happy Stanislov Petrov Day to all that remember and celebrate

Tree climbing lessons.

Trump’s Cuts May Spell the End for America’s Only Antarctic Research Ship

“Among the many [proposed] deep cuts to scientific research…is the abrupt termination of the Nathaniel B. Palmer, the sole U.S. icebreaker dedicated to Antarctic research. The budget also pauses development of a new vessel that was supposed to succeed the Palmer in the 2030s.”

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NSF plans abrupt end to lone U.S. Antarctic research icebreaker Imminent termination of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer shocks polar scientists

US to end funding for our only ship monitoring the Thwaites Glacier, the so-called “doomsday” glacier located in a remote region of West Antarctica.
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"Last year, NSF ended support for its other Antarctic research ship, the ARSV Laurence M. Gould, citing escalating costs and budget constraints. That left the Palmer on its own."

RV Laurence M. Gould (WCX7445) icebreaker operated by the National Science Foundation at Palmer Station, Antarctica - January 25, 2024 #rvlaurencemgould #wcx7445

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Farewell Maru

Airport service vehicle

YYZ terminal 3 in 2016

Senator Murray: -and attack our credibility, gives new meaning to the old Gaelic word "chutzpah." I say seriously that they have no right- Hon. Sidney L. Buckwold: Honourable senators, on a point of order, "chutzpah" is not a Gaelic word. For the record, I merely wanted to correct the honourable senator.

As we head into Rosh Hashanah, a very important point of order from Canadian Senate Hansard (1984) :p

Beautiful #Ediacaran fossil light on the E surface at Mistaken Point 🤩

I just say no.