Alison 🇨🇦

Thank you!

A section of ground near a fence covered with cardboard. There are bricks placed on the cardboard pieces holding them down.

An area between trees/shrubs and a chain link fence covered with two tarps. There are bricks holding the tarps down.

Used the warmish, sunny weather today to get a headstart on some of my landscaping plans this year. Killing off more lawn with cardboard and tackling periwinkle with tarps to make way for more native plant species. Last night I made my first plant order of the year!

VIDEO: Environmentalist Jean Jacobs shares an International Women's Day message 'I would say 99 per cent of the people I work with are women and they're helping other people...and I think that work is under-valued and under-recognized,' says native plant gardener and Hamilton Nat...

Local #HamOnt hero, Jean Jacobs 👏

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I've updated wwater.ca so that the next data refresh will generate graphs covering up to 30 months (2.5 years) of data, instead of the current 12 months (1 year).

Thank you all for your interest and for sharing wwater.ca with your communities and loved ones. Stay safe!

I regularly read books on climate change that are supposed to give me hope and also take meaningful actions as an individual, but like, *gestures*.

Murder, ecocide, war crimes. But tomorrow I'll go back to work like nothing terrible is happening.

ANALYSIS | SpaceX wants to launch a million satellites. Here's how that could impact us here on Earth | CBC News Scientists are deeply concerned about SpaceX's recent proposal to launch one million satellites into orbit around Earth. Their concerns range from a loss of the natural night sky and our access to spa...

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Scientists warn fake research is spreading faster than real science A sweeping new study from Northwestern University reveals that scientific fraud is no longer just the work of a few rogue researchers—it has evolved into a global, organized enterprise. By analyzing m...

“fraudulent studies are now appearing at a faster rate than legitimate scientific publications. The authors say the findings should serve as a warning to the scientific community to strengthen safeguards before public trust in science begins to erode”
🧪 #Scicomm
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Yes quite a few!

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This shop is amazing and I wish I could buy all the stickers!

kinsfolkshop.com

They've done a collab too, and their next one sounds very adventurous!

Annette Hamm, Janie Chang, and Kate Quinn seated in front of a packed audience at the First Unitarian Church in Hamilton, Ontario.

The title page of The Astral Library signed by Kate Quinn.

The title page of The Fourth Princess signed by Janie Chang.

It was so fun to attend the #HamOnt #gritlit event today with Janie Chang and Kate Quinn in conversation with Annette Hamm. I finished reading The Astral Library earlier this week and am excited to start The Fourth Princess.

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Hello Bluesky! 👋

This is the official Elections Canada account. Follow us to stay updated on Canada’s federal electoral process.

#CdnPoli

BYD launches "game-changing" new Blade battery with 5 minute charge time BYD announces game-changing charging tech with next generation Blade Battery allowing 10-70% charge in 5 minutes.

#BYD announces game-changing charging tech with next generation Blade Battery allowing 10-70% charge in 5 minutes.

Black-and-white portrait of Norman Bethune standing outdoors. He wears a light-colored turtleneck sweater under a textured jacket. His hair is receding, and he has a short mustache and goatee. He looks slightly upward and away from the camera. A brick wall and a wooden post are visible behind him.

Dr. Norman Bethune was one of the most influential physicians of his era.
He pioneered the use of a mobile blood transfusion unit in war zones, and introduced modern medicine to rural China.
Revered in China, it took decades for Canada to honour him.
This is his story.

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This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Feb 28 - Mar 13, 2026, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Ontario's COVID Forecast outlook is HIGH [increasing] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 7.7 About 1 of every 82 people is infected. Estimated infections this week: 261,400-323,300 What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada? Waste water, infections: HIGH; 7.8X higher Long COVID: HIGH; 5.9X higher Hospitalizations: HIGH; 7.4X higher Deaths: HIGH; 8.0X higher HOW TO HELP: EVERYONE: UPDATE vaccines every 6 months WEAR N95-type masks Who is HIGH RISK? People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca

Canadian COVID Forecast Feb 28 - Mar 13, 2026

ONTARIO

HIGH [increasing]

About 1 of every 82 people is infected.

Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:

-Infections: 7.8 x higher
-Long COVID: 5.9 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 7.4 x higher
-Deaths: 8.0 x higher

That people today accept continued circulation and re-infection as normal is just ... 🫠

Queen's University group stranded in Middle East looking for a way home | CBC News Sixteen students and their professor from Queen's University are safe in Doha, Qatar, after their plan was turned around mid-air on Feb. 28.

Whoa. I hope they can come home safely, soon.

Isn't it fun to watch and count them? 😊

Oh yes, all these renewable energy companies making record profits out here.

A Pine Siskin hanging off of a small blue cage feeder, eating sunflower seeds

I finally FINALLY got a Pine Siskin visiting my feeder! 🥹 That's species #70 for my eBird yard list! 🪶

Enabling Fieldwork for All (EFFA) Framework: Supporting physical, social, financial, and psychological safety in the field Comprehensive review of fieldwork safety literature across disciplines yields synthesized recommendations.

Excited to share a new paper written by a AAAS Policy Fellow I mentor, Dr. Lisa Walsh.

“This review synthesizes literature on fieldwork safety across scientific disciplines, highlighting four facets of safety for leaders and researchers to address: physical, social, financial, and psychological.”

Alison taking a selfie on a curling rink, holding the handle of the broom and wearing a black N95 mask and a knitted toque with two puffins on it.

Curling is fun! @sonnec.bsky.social and I might find a league to join next winter 🥌

The Narwhal is asking for your thoughts on the use of AI tools — please take a few minutes to fill it out if you have strong feelings (or questions!)

This looks exciting! Monitoring ecosystem change and attributing the impacts to planned (like forest management) and unplanned disturbances (like fire & drought) has become the primary focus of our team at work.

Carbon dioxide overload, detected in human blood, suggests a potentially toxic atmosphere within 50 years - Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health - Anthropogenic activities are increasing the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. There is mounting experimental evidence that lifetime exposure...

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Well here's a new one. Rising atmospheric CO2 may be turning our blood more acidic, and if we stay on this path, we will start experiencing direct health effects from this in a few decades.

Migratory bird stopover patterns linked to urbanization and social landscapes - Nature Cities Urban ecology traditionally focuses on single cities, yet cities play key roles in ecological processes such as migration. Radar analysis across the continental USA reveals that nearly half of stopove...

A study I led came out in Nature Cities yesterday!

We used radar to study the role that urban landscapes play in migratory bird stopover. Spoiler: birds use cities a lot, and the patterns of their use reflect social processes and the inequities embedded in them.

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A screenshot of Rachel Dratch from SNL. She's a white woman with short dark hair and blue eyes, and she's making an awkward expression that implies, "Sorry I have to tell you this and ruin your good time. But also I'm kind of not sorry about it." I've added a subtitle that reads, "That's AI."

an updated debbie downer sketch but it's friends showing her funny videos and she has to respond like this to every single one like this:

Comic: Reasons to wear a mask in 2026 - The Sick Times Artist Gillian Levine recently wrote and illustrated a comic sharing reasons to continue masking in 2026.

"Ignoring the problem doesn't make it go away...if you truly care about other people, you'll put [a mask] on."

We republished illustrator Gillian Levine's comic, "Reasons to mask in 2026" in @thesicktimes.org. Check it out 👀😷

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