Dr. Steven Vamosi 🇨🇦

As made famous by Bob and Doug

I didn’t follow them but have now preemptively blocked

That made me smile! 😁

No lies detected 😁

Must be start of term next week!

🎶 “Bring on the mee-ting inv -i-ites” 🎶

(to the tune of Bring on the Dancing Horses by Echo & the Bunnymen)

Interesting how those two tend to go together

Apropos of nothing, has anyone pointed out to a certain someone that Greenland is smaller than Algeria and only 7% the size of Africa?

I realize the bigger issue is the violation of sovereignty, but one wonders if the perceived size of that landmass underlies the odd obsession

Underrated response 😅

Awesome!

Definitely enjoyed this season of Stranger Things! As I wrapped up the final episode, it hit me that I’m really going to miss the characters and the nostalgic trip back to the 80s (the main crew is portrayed as graduating a year after I did)

A world map meme with large red text at the top reading "WE ARE HIRING PHD STUDENTS". The map shows two paths between North America and Europe: a red curved line following a great-circle route labeled "Current Stupid Route," and a straight black line cutting across the Atlantic labeled "AI Optimized Route". Large red text at the bottom reads "DUTIES MAY INCLUDE TEACHING AI THAT GEOGRAPHY IS REAL." The GATOR Lab logo (Geospatial Analytics, Technology and Open Research) is in the bottom right corner.

AI is powerful, but it still lacks basic spatial logic.

​We're recruiting 2 fully funded #PhD students for Fall 2026.
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​📍 Miami/Ft. Lauderdale
​💻 HiPerGator AI supercomputer access

​Apply: gatorlab.io/join

​#GIScience #GeoAI #SpatialDataScience #AcademicSky #geospatial

Love the graphic! 😁

Paging @jmtheodor.bsky.social ☺️

Is it Time to Revisit RSS? | Stephanie Vee Given that people are increasingly fed up with the internet's decline, I argue that RSS still has potential and is worth a second look.

Here's a post I wrote last year on the benefits of #RSS that I feel is worth sharing again -- especially at a time when more people out there might be making resolutions to leave social media or reduce the amount of time they spend scrolling on algorithmic platforms: stephvee.ca/blog/tools/i...

To be clear, it is (and has always been) a good idea to read enough of someone’s research to communicate potential overlap in interests. I’m talking about very specific “overall, your study did X, which shows Y” kind of stuff, which (in my experience) is new but rapidly growing

Is someone recommending to undergrads that they include a paragraph-long summary of a recent paper when they reach out to professors about summer research, or is it becoming common simply because it’s really easy with AI?

Because, like, we know… we wrote it 🤷‍♂️ 🌎 🧪

ABlawg Year in Review 2025 By: Admin PDF Version: ABlawg Year in Review 2025 As is tradition, ABlawg closes 2025 with a summary of highlights over the past 12 months, including some statistics, examples of ABlawg impact, and…

Here's ABLawg’s 2025 year in review. I retired several yrs ago but am still an active contributor to the Faculty’s blog on developments on law and policy in Alberta.
ABlawg is an imp bridge betwn the academic and legal practice communities & an important source for media.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

We are recruiting several PhD students. If you are interested in conservation conflicts, population ecology, quantitative ecology, or biodiversity, check these projects out (links in the thread, feel free to reach out):

Workshops, garages, vehicles, etc., places with a lot of vibrations

Assistant Professor of Landscape Ecology

In what could plausibly represent a Christmas miracle* SFU Geography has two (2) new tenure track hires. One is urban/climate, which I will repost below. The other is a Landscape Ecologist. Please share ... #academicsky

*actually just the good decisions of our new Dean
www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...

Hi Eryn, I have been following this feed since I joined but I believe I forgot to ask to be added to it. Thanks in advance! ☺️

scholar.google.ca/citations?us...

I’m calling it a Holiday miracle:

After getting only one reviewer of my first 10 invites to agree, 10 days ago I pitched two more invites. One declined two days later, the other was mum to the point I figured I would have to revisit in the new year. This morning, they accepted!! #publishing 🌎

AI summaries crack me up:

“The song [Power of Love, by Frankie Goes to Hollywood], featuring lyrics about vampires and divine energy, perfectly fits the festive season’s marketing, making it a seasonal favorite…”

Yeah, that longstanding tradition of candy canes, gifts, and vampires at Christmas 🙄

Foramen would suggest boss, not colleague 😁

Which one are you in your relationship/family/housemate/friend group?

Keep the container until you’ve scraped or poured out the last few atoms, or

Get frustrated by containers with a few nanoparticles clinging to the sides?

I’m the former 🤭

PhD project entitled "Are we underestimating the effects of climate change on animal populations?" Supervised by Dr Natalie Pilakouta and Dr David Shuker Deadline: 6 January 2026

📣 PhD opportunity in my lab 📣

We're looking for a motivated student interested in the effects of thermal stress on animal survival and reproduction: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Project is open-ended to allow student to define its direction depending on their interests

Please share widely!

Screenshot of mobile game ad. At the top is a “scale” of your, uh, ability in playing the game, including D*mb, Normal, Smart, Genius. I obviously have a problem with the first word

Are we really still doing this? 😡

You might have to expand the image to see the “scale” at the top

News to me, and I hate it too

Soon after I became AD EDI, my answer to “what is science?” rapidly changed from “questions, hypotheses, experiments, statistics, etc.” to “people” and that’s stayed with me since

Anyone else feel slightly uneasy when using (free) LinkedIn?

I assume their intention is to withhold features to entice people to fork over cash, but something about the “1 person viewed your profile: Stay anonymous and see who’s viewed your profile with Premium” gives creepy vibes