Aerin Jacob, PhD
@aerinj.bsky.social
(she/her) Ecologist and conservationist. I like big trees, canoes, & looking under rocks. Still #SaltingTheVibes. https://www.aerinjacob.ca
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[8 Nov 2025] Another roundup of #ConservationJobs, mostly in 🇨🇦.
All postings include salary. I am not involved in these positions.
Please share to help others — working to conserve nature is rewarding and needed!
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All postings include salary. I am not involved in these positions.
Please share to help others — working to conserve nature is rewarding and needed!
www.linkedin.com/posts/aerinj...
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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
If you’re able to donate, pledging a monthly donation is better than a one-time bigger donation ➡️ helps NGOs etc to budget and plan.
Use your memberships and money.
Join organizations that defend democratic norms.
Cancel business with those that openly attack them.
Even small donations to local media, NGOs, and community groups matter.
Subscribe to news organizations that are investigating the backsliding.
Join organizations that defend democratic norms.
Cancel business with those that openly attack them.
Even small donations to local media, NGOs, and community groups matter.
Subscribe to news organizations that are investigating the backsliding.
December 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
If you’re able to donate, pledging a monthly donation is better than a one-time bigger donation ➡️ helps NGOs etc to budget and plan.
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Challenge.
When someone says, “Well, that’s what the typical Albertan thinks" or "that's just politics," try:
“Some do, but a lot of us are worried about how this hurts democracy.”
You’re reminding everyone listening that unchecked power is not "normal."
When someone says, “Well, that’s what the typical Albertan thinks" or "that's just politics," try:
“Some do, but a lot of us are worried about how this hurts democracy.”
You’re reminding everyone listening that unchecked power is not "normal."
December 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Challenge.
When someone says, “Well, that’s what the typical Albertan thinks" or "that's just politics," try:
“Some do, but a lot of us are worried about how this hurts democracy.”
You’re reminding everyone listening that unchecked power is not "normal."
When someone says, “Well, that’s what the typical Albertan thinks" or "that's just politics," try:
“Some do, but a lot of us are worried about how this hurts democracy.”
You’re reminding everyone listening that unchecked power is not "normal."
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People often ask: what can ordinary people do to stop populists like Trump and Smith from running roughshod over democratic norms?
Populists rely on the widespread perception that their actions are supported by "the majority" and "common people."
Anything that punctures that myth helps. +
Populists rely on the widespread perception that their actions are supported by "the majority" and "common people."
Anything that punctures that myth helps. +
December 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
People often ask: what can ordinary people do to stop populists like Trump and Smith from running roughshod over democratic norms?
Populists rely on the widespread perception that their actions are supported by "the majority" and "common people."
Anything that punctures that myth helps. +
Populists rely on the widespread perception that their actions are supported by "the majority" and "common people."
Anything that punctures that myth helps. +
Filtration + ventilation!
Air filters: I prefer “modified CR box with PC fan” type. Quiet, effective, inexpensive & easy to build and to replace filters.
* In Canada: aidankepo.wixsite.com/northboxsyst...
* Similar in the US is “Luggable” housefresh.com/best-air-pur...
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Air filters: I prefer “modified CR box with PC fan” type. Quiet, effective, inexpensive & easy to build and to replace filters.
* In Canada: aidankepo.wixsite.com/northboxsyst...
* Similar in the US is “Luggable” housefresh.com/best-air-pur...
1/
December 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Filtration + ventilation!
Air filters: I prefer “modified CR box with PC fan” type. Quiet, effective, inexpensive & easy to build and to replace filters.
* In Canada: aidankepo.wixsite.com/northboxsyst...
* Similar in the US is “Luggable” housefresh.com/best-air-pur...
1/
Air filters: I prefer “modified CR box with PC fan” type. Quiet, effective, inexpensive & easy to build and to replace filters.
* In Canada: aidankepo.wixsite.com/northboxsyst...
* Similar in the US is “Luggable” housefresh.com/best-air-pur...
1/
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* The immune system is not like a muscle and immunity debt is bullshit.
* There are various ways that repeated COVID infections could be causing short- and/or longer-term immunity theft, making people more vulnerable to other infections.
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* There are various ways that repeated COVID infections could be causing short- and/or longer-term immunity theft, making people more vulnerable to other infections.
2/
December 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
* The immune system is not like a muscle and immunity debt is bullshit.
* There are various ways that repeated COVID infections could be causing short- and/or longer-term immunity theft, making people more vulnerable to other infections.
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* There are various ways that repeated COVID infections could be causing short- and/or longer-term immunity theft, making people more vulnerable to other infections.
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Reminders, as public health officials warn of a very bad flu season:
🧵
* Washing hands is not a strategy for a respiratory virus. N95s, ventilation, air filtration -- especially in hospitals.
* We should have been cleaning indoor air with the same effort we put into cleaning drinking water.
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* Washing hands is not a strategy for a respiratory virus. N95s, ventilation, air filtration -- especially in hospitals.
* We should have been cleaning indoor air with the same effort we put into cleaning drinking water.
1/
December 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Reminders, as public health officials warn of a very bad flu season:
🧵
* Washing hands is not a strategy for a respiratory virus. N95s, ventilation, air filtration -- especially in hospitals.
* We should have been cleaning indoor air with the same effort we put into cleaning drinking water.
1/
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* Washing hands is not a strategy for a respiratory virus. N95s, ventilation, air filtration -- especially in hospitals.
* We should have been cleaning indoor air with the same effort we put into cleaning drinking water.
1/
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1/ More than 35 years ago, 14 women lost their lives in École Polytechnique in Montreal as a result of anti-feminist violence. Today, across the country, we honour their memories, say their names, and re-commit to the collective work of changing the conditions that enabled their deaths.
December 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
1/ More than 35 years ago, 14 women lost their lives in École Polytechnique in Montreal as a result of anti-feminist violence. Today, across the country, we honour their memories, say their names, and re-commit to the collective work of changing the conditions that enabled their deaths.
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One more piece of evidence, on a growing pile, that insects are in decline.
"...the general species turnover and biomass trends emphasize ongoing arthropod community simplification, and that even common species may be increasingly under threat."
🪲🪳🧪🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"...the general species turnover and biomass trends emphasize ongoing arthropod community simplification, and that even common species may be increasingly under threat."
🪲🪳🧪🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Arthropod species loss underpins biomass declines - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Insects are declining in many regions. Here the authors show that arthropod biomass losses in Jena Experiment and Biodiversity Exploratories time series are driven more by species loss than by species...
www.nature.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
One more piece of evidence, on a growing pile, that insects are in decline.
"...the general species turnover and biomass trends emphasize ongoing arthropod community simplification, and that even common species may be increasingly under threat."
🪲🪳🧪🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"...the general species turnover and biomass trends emphasize ongoing arthropod community simplification, and that even common species may be increasingly under threat."
🪲🪳🧪🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
December 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
If you missed the four tenure track positions' deadline (today) in my department, there's another position in Geography @ucalgary.bsky.social as Assistant Professor in Climate Change and the Critical Zone. Come be my office neighbour! careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1710469... 🧪⚒️
December 6, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Not one fucking word from any quoted health expert on cleaning classroom air.
Yes, talk about vaccines, ofc that's important.
But there's something else we could talk about here: a measure that protects everyone but doesn't trigger endless debates on the choice to vaccinate.
Clean classroom air!
Yes, talk about vaccines, ofc that's important.
But there's something else we could talk about here: a measure that protects everyone but doesn't trigger endless debates on the choice to vaccinate.
Clean classroom air!
Children’s hospitals face flood of flu visits as physicians urge Canadian families to get vaccinated | CBC News
An early start to Canada’s flu season is hitting children hard, sending a flood of young patients into multiple pediatric hospitals as medical teams warn that emergency visits and admissions could kee...
www.cbc.ca
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Not one fucking word from any quoted health expert on cleaning classroom air.
Yes, talk about vaccines, ofc that's important.
But there's something else we could talk about here: a measure that protects everyone but doesn't trigger endless debates on the choice to vaccinate.
Clean classroom air!
Yes, talk about vaccines, ofc that's important.
But there's something else we could talk about here: a measure that protects everyone but doesn't trigger endless debates on the choice to vaccinate.
Clean classroom air!
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The National Academies is inviting nominations for experts to review the draft United by Nature assessment. Ecology, climate, conservation, social science, sci-comm + more. If someone comes to mind—maybe you—please nominate & please the word!
www.nationalacademies.org/projects/DEL...
www.nationalacademies.org/projects/DEL...
Review of the draft United by Nature assessment
The United by Nature Assessment is designed to be “a holistic assessment of U.S. lands, waters, and wildlife, and the benefits they provide.
www.nationalacademies.org
December 2, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The National Academies is inviting nominations for experts to review the draft United by Nature assessment. Ecology, climate, conservation, social science, sci-comm + more. If someone comes to mind—maybe you—please nominate & please the word!
www.nationalacademies.org/projects/DEL...
www.nationalacademies.org/projects/DEL...
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BREAKING: Abreu Departs Net-Zero Advisory Body as Carney Government Hemhorrages Climate Expertise www.theenergymix.com/breaking-abr...
BREAKING: Abreu Departs Net-Zero Advisory Body as Carney Government Hemhorrages Climate Expertise
Another member of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body (NZAB) resigned today, bringing to three the number of world-class climate policy advisors the Carney government has lost in the space of a week.
www.theenergymix.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
BREAKING: Abreu Departs Net-Zero Advisory Body as Carney Government Hemhorrages Climate Expertise www.theenergymix.com/breaking-abr...
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Six-week study of 67 students in four classes, 1047 saliva samples ->
"Prolonged exposure in shared, poorly ventilated spaces, which potentially includes several infectious sources, drives respiratory virus transmission more than close contact."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
HT: Emily Martin
"Prolonged exposure in shared, poorly ventilated spaces, which potentially includes several infectious sources, drives respiratory virus transmission more than close contact."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
HT: Emily Martin
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Six-week study of 67 students in four classes, 1047 saliva samples ->
"Prolonged exposure in shared, poorly ventilated spaces, which potentially includes several infectious sources, drives respiratory virus transmission more than close contact."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
HT: Emily Martin
"Prolonged exposure in shared, poorly ventilated spaces, which potentially includes several infectious sources, drives respiratory virus transmission more than close contact."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
HT: Emily Martin
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If you're an ECR who has done great work to promote open research, please consider applying for this excellent award! I recieved this earlier this year and my minifig sits proudly in my office 😊 A great way to recognise ECR contributions!
Nominations for the UKRN Dorothy Bishop Prize 2026 have opened!
Named after @deevybee.bsky.social, the prize, first awarded in 2022, celebrates the contributions of early career researchers to research improvement.
Nominations close 18 January 2026.
#AcademicSky #Research
Named after @deevybee.bsky.social, the prize, first awarded in 2022, celebrates the contributions of early career researchers to research improvement.
Nominations close 18 January 2026.
#AcademicSky #Research
Dorothy Bishop Prize 2026
www.ukrn.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
If you're an ECR who has done great work to promote open research, please consider applying for this excellent award! I recieved this earlier this year and my minifig sits proudly in my office 😊 A great way to recognise ECR contributions!
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Went to a local screening of “Animal Pride” documentary last night.
🌈 Nature is, and always has been, queer. It’s normal & beneficial — yet the scientific info has been suppressed. Celebrate & learn. 🌈
Watch it free on CBC or YouTube (45 min): animalpride.ca.
#AnimalPrideDoc #NatureIsQueer
🌈 Nature is, and always has been, queer. It’s normal & beneficial — yet the scientific info has been suppressed. Celebrate & learn. 🌈
Watch it free on CBC or YouTube (45 min): animalpride.ca.
#AnimalPrideDoc #NatureIsQueer
November 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Went to a local screening of “Animal Pride” documentary last night.
🌈 Nature is, and always has been, queer. It’s normal & beneficial — yet the scientific info has been suppressed. Celebrate & learn. 🌈
Watch it free on CBC or YouTube (45 min): animalpride.ca.
#AnimalPrideDoc #NatureIsQueer
🌈 Nature is, and always has been, queer. It’s normal & beneficial — yet the scientific info has been suppressed. Celebrate & learn. 🌈
Watch it free on CBC or YouTube (45 min): animalpride.ca.
#AnimalPrideDoc #NatureIsQueer
Went to a local screening of “Animal Pride” documentary last night.
🌈 Nature is, and always has been, queer. It’s normal & beneficial — yet the scientific info has been suppressed. Celebrate & learn. 🌈
Watch it free on CBC or YouTube (45 min): animalpride.ca.
#AnimalPrideDoc #NatureIsQueer
🌈 Nature is, and always has been, queer. It’s normal & beneficial — yet the scientific info has been suppressed. Celebrate & learn. 🌈
Watch it free on CBC or YouTube (45 min): animalpride.ca.
#AnimalPrideDoc #NatureIsQueer
November 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Went to a local screening of “Animal Pride” documentary last night.
🌈 Nature is, and always has been, queer. It’s normal & beneficial — yet the scientific info has been suppressed. Celebrate & learn. 🌈
Watch it free on CBC or YouTube (45 min): animalpride.ca.
#AnimalPrideDoc #NatureIsQueer
🌈 Nature is, and always has been, queer. It’s normal & beneficial — yet the scientific info has been suppressed. Celebrate & learn. 🌈
Watch it free on CBC or YouTube (45 min): animalpride.ca.
#AnimalPrideDoc #NatureIsQueer
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1/ Today on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people, I want to share my solidarity and support for Palestinians here at home and around the world.
November 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
1/ Today on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people, I want to share my solidarity and support for Palestinians here at home and around the world.
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Many people work in the formal environment sector, pushing for change through existing structures, processes and institutions
It's vital work, but I think we often neglect the role of the informal sector - activists and social movements - in creating the conditions that facilitate it
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It's vital work, but I think we often neglect the role of the informal sector - activists and social movements - in creating the conditions that facilitate it
5/
October 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Many people work in the formal environment sector, pushing for change through existing structures, processes and institutions
It's vital work, but I think we often neglect the role of the informal sector - activists and social movements - in creating the conditions that facilitate it
5/
It's vital work, but I think we often neglect the role of the informal sector - activists and social movements - in creating the conditions that facilitate it
5/
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Slow news day.
To catch you up, here's our universe of stories published and still to come on today's political tsunami.
To catch you up, here's our universe of stories published and still to come on today's political tsunami.
November 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Slow news day.
To catch you up, here's our universe of stories published and still to come on today's political tsunami.
To catch you up, here's our universe of stories published and still to come on today's political tsunami.
Reposted by Aerin Jacob, PhD
Once more for the people in the back —
“The argument for reopening grizzly hunts is not about conservation or public safety.”
University of Manitoba researchers write an excellent, readable summary of human-bear conflict & coexistence.
theconversation.com/calls-for-gr...
“The argument for reopening grizzly hunts is not about conservation or public safety.”
University of Manitoba researchers write an excellent, readable summary of human-bear conflict & coexistence.
theconversation.com/calls-for-gr...
Calls for grizzly hunts to return to Western Canada oversimplify a complex ecological issue
Hunting advocacy organizations and politicians are inciting a moral panic about grizzly bears, oversimplifying an inherently complex ecological problem.
theconversation.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Once more for the people in the back —
“The argument for reopening grizzly hunts is not about conservation or public safety.”
University of Manitoba researchers write an excellent, readable summary of human-bear conflict & coexistence.
theconversation.com/calls-for-gr...
“The argument for reopening grizzly hunts is not about conservation or public safety.”
University of Manitoba researchers write an excellent, readable summary of human-bear conflict & coexistence.
theconversation.com/calls-for-gr...
Once more for the people in the back —
“The argument for reopening grizzly hunts is not about conservation or public safety.”
University of Manitoba researchers write an excellent, readable summary of human-bear conflict & coexistence.
theconversation.com/calls-for-gr...
“The argument for reopening grizzly hunts is not about conservation or public safety.”
University of Manitoba researchers write an excellent, readable summary of human-bear conflict & coexistence.
theconversation.com/calls-for-gr...
Calls for grizzly hunts to return to Western Canada oversimplify a complex ecological issue
Hunting advocacy organizations and politicians are inciting a moral panic about grizzly bears, oversimplifying an inherently complex ecological problem.
theconversation.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Once more for the people in the back —
“The argument for reopening grizzly hunts is not about conservation or public safety.”
University of Manitoba researchers write an excellent, readable summary of human-bear conflict & coexistence.
theconversation.com/calls-for-gr...
“The argument for reopening grizzly hunts is not about conservation or public safety.”
University of Manitoba researchers write an excellent, readable summary of human-bear conflict & coexistence.
theconversation.com/calls-for-gr...
This ⬇️ is off the charts bonkers.
Those are hallmarks of caring, just societies that support people. I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
Those are hallmarks of caring, just societies that support people. I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
The Trump administration is ordering the State Department to label countries with abortion access, LGBTQ+ protections, DEI policies, and even hate-speech safeguards as human rights violators.
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
This ⬇️ is off the charts bonkers.
Those are hallmarks of caring, just societies that support people. I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
Those are hallmarks of caring, just societies that support people. I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
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About 2.5% of people in Canada are infected and/or experiencing life activity-limiting long COVID this week.
The estimated cost of hospitalizations from this week's infections in Canada is $92.7M.
The estimated cost of hospitalizations from this week's infections in Canada is $92.7M.
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
About 2.5% of people in Canada are infected and/or experiencing life activity-limiting long COVID this week.
The estimated cost of hospitalizations from this week's infections in Canada is $92.7M.
The estimated cost of hospitalizations from this week's infections in Canada is $92.7M.