Frank 🇨🇦

He’s got a Bachelor’s in economics from 1968. A bachelor’s is required for many entry level jobs in Canada.
His educational background qualifies him for lower level management.

That reminds me of share ware.
For younger readers. The software was intended to be shared so you would get a box of floppy disk, install the software, then mail it off to the next person on the list.

Who will supply me with coasters now?

I’m going home and I’m taking my toys with me

#ferrets

Female Red Crossbill. She is a type of Finch. Yellow with grey patches.

Image reads: Stocky large-headed finch with unique crossed bill used to pry seeds out of conifer cones. Makes are dull red or orange overall with grey or brown highlights. Females are dull olive-yellow. Immatures are streakier than adults. Looke for brownish wings with no wing bars. Different populations feed on different types of conifer seeds; jipping calls vary subtly throughout populations. Nomadic; breeds at any time of the year, whenever there is enough food available. Often in small flocks. Rarely visits feeders.

I saw a female Red Crossbill this morning. Apparently their sightings are rare. Unfortunately she was only in the open for a brief period so I wasn’t able to snap a photo. These images are from Merlin Bird ID. Excellent app BTW.

#birds

The other thing we do differently is we tend to think education makes one suitable for office. Even Joe WHO? had a Masters degree. Most Canadians do not believe that staring in a TV show is a suitable qualification.
But getting people to show up at the polls I think is a problem we both share.

I have published so yes i do understand what one is and how the journal process works.
You are now resorting to personal attacks so the conversation ends here.

The shortest term for a Prime Minister was Joe Clark. Or Joe Who? As he became known. He served only 6 months. He had a minority government and in the subsequent election lost to the hugely popular Trudeau Sr.
Instead of punishing Trudeau, voters felt the no confidence vote was justified.

Yes, and that does happen in Canada. The no confidence vote would trigger a new election.
But that can backfire as voters get angry if they have to return to the poles too soon for an unjustified reason, and for the money wasted, and will punish the party that triggered the no confidence vote.

If you feel i have incorrectly presented any information i would be happy to expand on those points further. But merely saying i am wrong because i am contradicting your existing beliefs does not leave grounds for further discussion.

I am not at all trying to discredit the scientific method. That is a flawless system. I am merely shedding light on the incorrect assumption that the advancement of science is free of bias and beliefs.
Even who gets grant money to advance that science is a field of political games.

Explain your position. Which part do you disagree with.

Certain beliefs become ingrained in a field. So multiple editors will share the same beliefs on a topic. The older the field of study, the more ingrained those beliefs become. So fields like anthropology, linguistics and archaeology would contain more ingrained beliefs than say quantum physics.

Initial assessment of a paper is based simply on the subject line and a brief synopsis. There is no consideration of the research material within that paper. Material is filtered based on the beliefs of the editor. Something as simple as the popularity of the author can affect acceptance.

No that is not what i am saying.
Many people believe that science is bias free and that is simply not true.
For publication in any journal a paper must first pass the existing beliefs of the editor of that journal.

But that is my point. Papers are rejected because of the existing beliefs of the editor. So to a certain extent science does very much care what you believe.
If the editor simply believes the findings of a paper are not possible, the paper is rejected before it is even read.

But imagine for a second that someone is able to accurately demonstrate that the earth is flat. Their methodology is flawless. They provide evidence using the standard tools of astrophysics. It would never even get read because it would get rejected simply because of the title of the paper.

Rejection Blues: Why Do Research Papers Get Rejected? It is really disheartening when your paper gets rejected by a journal. Authors work very hard to conduct research. They present their work in the form of platform presentation in a conference and/or a...

“When it is not of much interest to the readership, the paper can be directly rejected at the level of editorial discussion.”
That rejection has nothing to do with the accuracy of the research.

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

It is absolutely true. Try publishing a paper in linguistics that doesn’t confirm the existing belief that the Uralic languages are not related to any other language family and it is rejected simply on those grounds.
I have no doubt that similar biases exist in other fields.

That is not exactly true. Only around 15% of academic papers actually make it to peer review. Many are rejected because they contradict accepted views or beliefs.

In Canada the party that wins the most votes presents their nomination to the Governor General
representing the King who then appoints the Prime Minister.
If at any time the House of Commons looses confidence they can have that person removed
We have numerous checks to ensure dumbf$cks don’t rule

Latte: It’s my dirt.
Espresso: No it’s my dirt.

#ferrets

It was this and the surrounding space race that ushered in a whole new era of entertainment. Without it Star Trek and Star Wars probably never would have been made. A young audience dreaming of going to space. Unaware that when it really became possible all they would find up there are billionaires

Common Eastern Bumblebee sitting on a leaf. Yellow markings on its front half with a black back half.

A map showing distribution of the Common Eastern Bumblebee on the West Coast of Canada and Washington State

Map showing full distribution of the Common Eastern Bumblebee

Looks like a new invasive bumble bee has a foothold in Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, BC.
The Common Eastern Bumblebee is native to Eastern North America.
Time will tell its impact on native West Coast bees.

#Bumblebees
#bees

You don’t want to kill them, just teaching them a lesson. 😁

Ghost pepper doughnuts anyone?

If there is a mat, it must be wrestled on.
#ferrets

I plant for #hummingbirds but bees and butterflies are also welcome. Removing the Eastern Grey Squirrel from my property has also helped.I had two breeding pairs this year and now their babies are also buzzing around. The local population was almost wiped out due to extreme winter 2 years ago
#birds

Thank you for taking the time to fact check.

All the things they stole that day