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Brendan O’Neill

@permafrostee.bsky.social

Permafrost Research Scientist - PhD. Ground ice and effects of climate change. Also like bikes, EVs, and making cities better🌳 🚲. UVic and Carleton U Alum. Long Covid - almost rebuilt πŸ€–πŸ‘οΈπŸ§ πŸ¦ΎπŸ¦Ώ. слава ΡƒΠΊΡ€Π°Ρ—Π½Ρ– ! πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

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Nice πŸ‘€

02.03.2026 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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1 dead, 4 injured after SUV crashes into Rideau Street drop-in | CBC News One person was killed and four others injured when a vehicle crashed into a drop-in centre at the corner of Rideau and Cobourg streets in downtown Ottawa on Wednesday morning.

Damn cyclists www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

26.02.2026 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today’s coffee was also quite good if I do say so myself.

Consistency improving.

Operation Barista backup plan continues.

25.02.2026 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The US Men’s Olympic hockey team just came in during the State of the Union. Stooges, the lot of them.

25.02.2026 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Toronto fans should demand a new captain. What a chump!

24.02.2026 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome!! πŸŽƒ

24.02.2026 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A latte with a flower ish pattern

A latte with a flower ish pattern

Who does their own latte art?

Let’s see a fave

Here’s mine from today

#barista

24.02.2026 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
A synthetic aperture radar image of a highly dissected landscape, with some partly intact tablelands mixed with completely dissected terrain. A river valley crosses the right side of the image from north to south.

A synthetic aperture radar image of a highly dissected landscape, with some partly intact tablelands mixed with completely dissected terrain. A river valley crosses the right side of the image from north to south.

You might think landscape evolution in thick, relatively uniform loess would be simple and predictable. If so, look closely at this. Southwestern Chinese Loess Plateau, Sentinel 1 GRD image.

23.02.2026 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

Got dominated, still won

22.02.2026 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Olympic refs

Can only count

To five?

22.02.2026 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Makar is playing like a legend.

22.02.2026 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Learning to design an RC plane in Autodesk Fusion 360, because I don’t already have enough hobbies πŸ˜‚ πŸ’€

21.02.2026 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Their WiFi is probably not as fun

20.02.2026 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Someone around me has a WiFi network called boopCorner πŸ±πŸ‘ˆ

20.02.2026 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My sister with the moves. Jk she’s not my sister.

19.02.2026 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome

19.02.2026 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A bit further south.

18.02.2026 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

A timeline:

Trump stops U.S. humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, including power generators

Russia attacks energy infrastructure in Ukraine in the coldest winter months

Marco Rubio visits OrbΓ‘n and Fico

Hungary and Slovakia stop diesel fuel shipments to Ukraine

19.02.2026 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

I’m talking about all these things collectively πŸ˜‚ but foremost perhaps in terms of the what Elon said vs reality is the specs/price and the anticipated demand numbers

18.02.2026 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When he hits it’s revolutionary, and he had a good streak of pulling off miracles. The Cybertruck flop really shattered my confidence in future promises

18.02.2026 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oo lala

18.02.2026 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Suzuki with a β€œjust the tip” to tie it up

18.02.2026 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Vermicular Ridge Features on Dundas Harbour, Devon Island, Nunavut Conspicuous ridges with a circular, sinuous and anastomosing morphology, termed Vermicular Ridge Features (VRFs), have been observed along the coast o…

The current thinking, on similar features about 43km from the image I posted, is para- and periglacial processes working on moraine that include buried glacial ice :) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

17.02.2026 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A black and white photo showing a mafk with a blank expression through a looking glass

A black and white photo showing a mafk with a blank expression through a looking glass

Monday brain

Who else?

16.02.2026 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A satellite image of barren terrain that kinda looks like brain

A satellite image of barren terrain that kinda looks like brain

Here’s some nice β€œbrain terrain” on Devon Island, Nunavut (ArcGIS Earth)

16.02.2026 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m guessing they’ll run out of gas as the game progresses

15.02.2026 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A Canadian heritage minutes meme showing a Canadian curling allegedly fingering a rock as the leading edge is over the hog line

A Canadian heritage minutes meme showing a Canadian curling allegedly fingering a rock as the leading edge is over the hog line

πŸ₯ŒπŸ‘ˆ 😰😰 #curling

14.02.2026 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Aerial image showing trees and two river branches.

Aerial image showing trees and two river branches.

Here’s a nice photo of a revegetated thaw slump that developed in a lithalsa (ice-rich clay/silt mound) on the Yellowknife River. Photo June 2025. Can you spot our canoe? πŸ‘€πŸ‘€

13.02.2026 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Same for me but as a second in skeleton

13.02.2026 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0