Stephanie Torrey

Oh, @ugdsb.bsky.social, is a 17 year old science textbook the best we can do for our high schoolers? When the book is older than the students, you can assume the info is out of date. Like info on pandemics!

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me 5 classes you took in college:

1. Toxicology
2. Small animal surgery
3. Botany
4. Calculus IV
5. Animal behaviour

Same when I eat beets. Moments of alarm followed by 'Oh, yeah'

Ryan, I can admit that, while I typically am much further left than Lib, I initially thought Carney would be a good leader. But, I see now that he's a Conservative in all but name. I will be reaching out to our MP about policies, etc but can you recommend other actions?

We've got ISSUES. Literally.

We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?

arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563

A 🧵 1/n

My healthy 29 year old nephew, vaccinated (boosted?) this fall, tested + the week before Xmas. Was coughing up blood. Down for the count for a week. Scary stuff

When I was at the university, govt funding assumed PhD could be completed in 3 years. With animal studies, it was next to impossible to finish in less than 4 years. That was my experience, in AnSci

Interesting that it's an extra half year for 2 vs 3 degrees! Any thoughts why?

5.6 years. Is that after a MSc? I did my grad degrees in different universities but it was 2+4 years for me

You made it far! Usually my luxury organ and luxury bone coverage is depleted by summer

Same with raccoons!

Happy Birthday to you!

That's my niece, Amanda Crawford! Very proud aunt, here!

Congratulations!!

We still have our snow tires on. Not my fault!

a sesame street cartoon shows an orange square in the middle of a field . Alt: A sesame street cartoon shows an orange square in the middle of a field, with 12 singing ladybugs

I was actually humming the Ladybug Picnic ditty today for some unknown reason. A Gen Y colleague had never heard it. I felt sad for them.

You get the day off as it's April 8.5!

I'm impressed that they're planning THAT far in advance!

I'll speak for myself, but I think most sane Canadians would welcome US tourism $ here as long as the Americans are clearly not supporting the current US gov. I've told my family that I won't be going to Worcester this year unless there's an emergency. They can all come here

CBC Books and @mattearoach.bsky.social's BookEnds show

He has no spine, which is quite clear here where he's melting into the couch

Monday, March 17: Presant Memorial Lecture: Scientific perspectives on the sustainable development of our relationship with farm animals.

Dr. Linda Keeling, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, will deliver the Presant Memorial Lecture, Mar. 17, 4:30 at the Arboretum.

She will discuss how farmers can incorporate sustainable animal welfare practices into their operations, while remaining profitable: uoguelph.ca/oac/event/pr...

Letter sent to CBC content and CBC Ombudsman today regarding the Cross Country Checkup Dear CBC Radio I am a university biology professor. In my field there are some topics that are so universally supported by evidence that it does no good to ‘debate’ them. Some examples? Evolution (it’s real), climate change (it’s here), vaccines (they’re amazing) and sex (it’s never been binary). To engage in a naïve “debate” with someone regarding the reality of any of these topics does (at best) a disservice to those whose work has demonstrated the role these topics play in our lives. At worst, it provides oxygen, screen-time/bandwidth to actors whose goal is not further learning or understanding – but to malevolently pull at the threads that the scientific process has provided and (still) underpin our society. The seemingly performative naivety in the CBC radio program Cross Country Checkup arranging an international call in show to promote a discussion regarding Trump’s comments about Canada becoming the 51st state falls into this latter category – it’s airtime/bandwidth for those who have malevolent wishes upon our Canadian society. The elected leader of the nation across our southern border has made statements regarding their intent to annex our sovereign nation. Unless you’re a Quisling, that is not a matter for a pro/con list. Platforming quislings is outside the CBC’s mandate and beyond the journalistic best-practices that CBC radio has been known for.

#CBC

#CrossCountryCheckup

US funding for basic science is very important, but this was done by *Canadian* researchers and the pharma company is *Danish* (you know, the two formerly close allies the US is now threatening).

Now more than ever.

It's okay to change your mind. It means you are growing.

👋 #job #permanentposition #research #INRAE

✅ Junior research scientist on the production of services by livestock systems

👉 jobs.inrae.fr/en/open-comp...

🕥 March 4, 2025, 17:00

Contact: frederic.joly@inrae.fr claire.mosnier@inrae.fr

#agroecology #grass #ecosystemservices #circularity

The Human Cost of Frozen Funds This is anything but “pro-life”

"This is anything but pro-life."

Trump’s unilateral freeze on federal grants & aid is an unprecedented violation of the separation of powers. Jen Rubin and Meghan Houser warn of consequences for early-career scientists, marginalized communities and long-term medical innovation.