Timothy Harvie

Incredible job opportunity at VST: vst.edu/about/job-op...

Jane Goodall, conservationist and chimpanzee researcher, dead at 91 | CBC News Jane Goodall, the British conservationist and researcher renowned for her work with chimpanzees, has died at age 91.

This one hits hard. A trailblazer and incredible human.

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Breathing with the Forest – by Marshmallow Laser Feast An immersive experience of shared breath with the Amazon rainforest.

Contemplative and peaceful.

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Strange Bird Spotted in a Texas Backyard Is the First Known Hybrid Between a Blue Jay and a Green Jay The ranges of the two parent bird species have expanded due to climate change and now overlap around San Antonio, researchers say

Climate is doing interesting things to jays.

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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to 5 years in prison in corruption case | CBC News A Paris court sentenced former French president Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison on Thursday after finding him guilty on a key charge in his trial for alleged illegal campaign financing by the ...

“In a major surprise, the court ruled that the 70-year-old will be incarcerated despite his intention to appeal.”

America could learn something re: its felon-in-chief.

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Oceans have crossed 'safe' acidic threshold, scientists warn | CBC News The latest Planetary Health Check report says ocean acidification has reached risky territory. Experts say it will reduce our oceans’ ability to absorb the carbon we emit and also weaken the shellfish...

Listen to climate scientists.
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...

I love watching these guys live.

Outgoing NYC Cardinal Dolan Faces Unprecedented Catholic Backlash After Comparing Kirk to St. Paul Pope Leo stays measured, while Dolan’s likely successor — Bishop Daniel Flores — prepares to bring a very different voice to New York.

Pope Leo is said to have accepted Cardinal Dolan's resignation and to have picked his successor as New York archbishop. Will Dolan serve in retirement as spiritual advisor to Turning Point USA? In any event, his adherence to the GOP is far stronger than his adherence to the Catholic Church.

It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers First published on October 9, 2009, this classic by Colin Nissan is our most-read article of all time. We’re celebrating the 16th anniversary of th...

Happy first day of autumn.

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Cartoon by @davewhamond.bsky.social.

Canada, other fossil fuel-producing nations, derailing world climate targets, report says | CBC News Production Gap Report suggests countries are planning to produce 120 per cent more fossil fuels in 2030 than is consistent with keeping global warming to 1.5 degrees, and 77 per cent more than what's ...

You don’t say.

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The Pope is exactly right.

No society can survive when one man becomes a trillionaire while the vast majority struggle to just survive — trying to put food on the table, pay rent and afford health care.

We can and must do better.

H/t @aleach.ca

Across all 23 countries surveyed, a median of 58% of adults are dissatisfied with how their democracy is working, while 42% are satisfied. Satisfaction with democracy varies widely in Europe, from 75% in Sweden to just 19% in Greece. There is a similarly broad range of views in the five Asia-Pacific nations polled (Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan and South Korea). In Israel, as well as the African and Latin American nations surveyed, assessments of how democracy is working tend to be more negative than positive. For example, 63% of adults in South Africa are dissatisfied with their democracy, while 36% are satisfied.

This spring @pewresearch.org asked people if they were happy with how democracy is working in their country.

In the US, just 37% were satisfied.

Countries with higher #s:
Sweden 75%
India 74%
Indonesia 66%
Australia 61%
Germany 61%
Canada 60%
Mexico 51%
UK 48%
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Long talks with chatbots left these men with 'AI psychosis' | CBC News Reports of delusions fuelled by conversations with AI chatbots have been growing, with some cases involving psychotic breaks, hospital stays and even violence. Two Canadians have launched an online su...

Well this is terrifying.
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This is what happens when Catholics don't learn/read Catholic Social thought.
Even the arch conservative usccb has a primer on it if Loyola Marymount management need a crash course : www.usccb.org/resources/Pr...

He’s an absolute narcissistic sociopath.

Cardinal Dolan is terrible. He’s little more than a far right culture warrior and always has been.

Professor of European Studies at Oxford says the clock is ticking.

www.kyivpost.com/opinion/60302

Seven Big Concerns about Premier Smith’s New Citizenship Markers | The Tyee Plans to alter what Alberta driver’s licences and ID cards tell authorities need a rethink.

My latest. "This plan looks less like streamlining and more like risk stacking: more data on more cards shown to more people, with unclear guardrails and unfunded administrative burdens.

"...The citizenship marker project will likely be scuttled on the shores of logic, logistics or law."

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.

I found this to be an excellent analysis from Ta-Nehisi Coates.

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

Line chart showing the price per watt of solar modules dropped from $128 in 1976 to $0.26 in 2024. Constant 2024 US dollars.

The remarkable decline of solar module prices
1975: $128.27
2024: $0.26
(Constant 2024 US $ per watt)
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Alberta to become 1st province with mandatory 'citizenship markers' on driver's licences | CBC News The government of Alberta announced Monday that driver's licences and identification cards will feature "Canadian citizenship markers." The mandatory change, which is the first of its kind in Canada, ...

The UCP: solving problems that don’t exist just to dog whistle to the far right one unnecessary piece of legislation at a time.

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Faculty Service Loads and Gender: Are Women Taking Care of the Academic Family? - Research in Higher Education This paper investigates the amount of academic service performed by female versus male faculty. We use 2014 data from a large national survey of faculty at more than 140 institutions as well as 2012 d...

In tenure letters the last few years I've been forcibly struck by how much service the women I'm reviewing are doing compared to the men. (Actual evidence backs this anecdote up - see below.) link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Timeline cleanse: My senior dog & buddy, Bones (12yrs), having the best time at the off leash today.

UC Berkeley shares information on dozens of students, staff with Trump administration The University of California, Berkeley said on Friday it has provided information on 160 faculty members and students to President Donald Trump's administration as part of a federal investigation into "alleged incidents of antisemitism", amid a broader government crackdown against educational institutions.

160 faculty, staff, and students have been violated by UC Berkley in a futile effort to appease Trump. It will never be enough.

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