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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦
@marcofesta.bsky.social
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🇨🇦🇨🇦 Retired ecology prof in Sherbrooke, Canada. Evidence-based wildlife conservation, mountain ungulates, kangaroos, ice-free fishing. 🇨🇦🇨🇦 elbows up!

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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 15h
Painted turtles at sunset, Île du Marais. Not too many days left for them to go on logs to warm up in the sun
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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 2d
My naive wish is that even one Canadian journalist, one politician, one security analyst, would address the implications of Canada choosing military integration with an authoritarian power that no longer respects the rule of law or international law.
Looks like that’s not going to happen today.
Golden Dome signals change to Canada’s long-time opposition to joining U.S. missile defence
Canada opted to stay on the sidelines in 2005 as the U.S. developed defences against ballistic missiles
www.theglobeandmail.com
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Tim Frasier @tfrasierdna.bsky.social · 2d
Leaf blowers are one of the most effective tools I've seen for turning your problem into someone else's problem.
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Dominique Berteaux @dominiqueberteaux.bsky.social · 3d
We publish in Ecology 30 years of Arctic wildlife monitoring on Bylot Island (Nunavut, Canada)! Our long-term dataset tracks 35 species across 400 km² of tundra, providing rare insights into community dynamics, food webs, and climate responses. Open data for all at bitly.cx/OnOI2 🌍🦊🦉🦑 🧪🌿🌐
Arctic fox on Bylot Island (Nunavut, Canada). Picture by Louis-Pierre Ouellet.
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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 3d
Fascinating, while at the same time somewhat nightmarish:

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Greater noctule bats prey on and consume passerines in flight
Despite billions of passerines seasonally migrating during the night at high altitudes, only three bat species have been found to consistently tap into this rich prey resource. However, it remains unk...
www.science.org
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Nathan Lujan @potamophile.bsky.social · 3d
The Royal Ontario Museum @romtoronto.bsky.social is delighted to seek a new Curator of Birds. With more than 200,000 specimens, including the world’s largest collection of bird skeletons, ROM's bird collection is the largest in Canada and one of the world's largest.
Curator of Birds - Royal Ontario Museum - Career Page
Apply to Curator of Birds at Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, ON, Canada.
royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com
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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 4d
Lest we forget. Forced relocation 2000 km north, dumped on a beach. www.cbc.ca/documentarie...
'Our parents were taken to a place where there was nothing': Elisapie Nutuara was forced to move 2,000 km | CBC Documentaries
Elisapie Nutuara recalls what it was like to be relocated north to Grise Fiord in the High Arctic with her family
www.cbc.ca
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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 5d
Methinks sentence would have been harder had they been Natives or visible minorities. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Canada Freedom Convoy leaders spared more jail time at sentencing
Tamara Lich and Chris Barber led a trucker protest that gridlocked Canada's capital for weeks in 2022.
www.bbc.com
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Halbeerz @halz.bsky.social · 5d
'Canada will love us again,' T...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
'Canada will love us again,' Trump says as he meets with Carney to hash out tariff deal | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he's working on a trade deal with Prime Minister Mark Carney that he believes will be well-received by Canadians, telling reporters assembled for their bilater...
www.cbc.ca
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 6d
Nous avons un beau poste régulier (pouvant mener à la permanence) en biologie marine, très largement défini 🎣🦐🦠🌊

emplois.careerbeacon.com/details/prof...
PROFESSEURE OU PROFESSEUR EN BIOLOGIE MARINE
https://emplois.careerbeacon.com/details/professeure-ou-professeur-en-biologie-marine/2179975
emplois.careerbeacon.com
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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 7d
Kind of a weird day to be switching to winter tires. Normal high in Sherbrooke in early October is +12.
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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 7d
Looks great but it's a freshwater otter.
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libererofellows.bsky.social @libererofellows.bsky.social · 9d
La bourse Liber Ero offre 2 ans de soutien et d'incroyables opportunités d'apprentissage et de réseautage. Le dépôt de candidatures est ouvert jusqu'au 1er novembre. Consultez liberero.ca/fr pour plus de détails.
Accueil - Liber Ero Fellowship Program
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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 9d
Some good points here: downlisting of wolves in Europe is a sign of success, not impending doom. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Now What? The Conundrum of Successful Recovery of Wolves and Other Species for European Conservation
The recent decision to downlist the wolf from a “strictly protected” to “protected” status in the Bern Convention and Habitats Directive marks a turning point for European conservation. While reflect...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 10d
Sad event just in front of my driveway, porcupine got hit.

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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 12d
Northrup: polar bears are hard to count cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....
Estimating the abundance of a polar bear subpopulation at their southern global extent
Climate warming is causing global biodiversity loss, with impacts to ecosystem function. Warming in the Arctic outpaces global averages, and projected declines in Arctic sea ice have led to prediction...
cdnsciencepub.com
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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 12d
Anybody else fed up with desk rejections citing 'the species-specific nature of the findings' by journals that publish about 50% of their articles on single species? And wax lyrically about the importance of long-term studies on marked individuals? Geeeez....
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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 13d
The American Society of Naturalists is looking for a new Editor-In-Chief to begin Jan 2027. Info here:
www.amnat.org/announcement...
Call for new Editor-in-Chief (2027–2030)
<p>The ASN is seeking applicants for Editor-in-Chief, to begin in January 2027</p><br/>
www.amnat.org
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The Driven @thedriven.io · 14d
BYD cuts prices on one of its most affordable electric models - dubbed the Corolla-killer - as it launches new electric versions.
BYD cuts prices on its low cost "Corolla killer" EV to as low as $A19,200
BYD cuts prices on one of its most affordable electric models - dubbed the Corolla-killer - as it launches new electric versions.
thedriven.io
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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · 16d
Enjoy this live feed of the supplemental feeding station for the Kennedy Siding caribou herd in British Columbia, Canada: mlibwildlife.ca/live-cam/

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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 16d
Nice group of toms seen during my bike ride today.
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Don Davies @donvdavies.bsky.social · 16d
Remember this?
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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 17d
Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
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Sally Aitken 🇨🇦 @sallyaitken.bsky.social · 17d
We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs
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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 17d
MAGA types wrong to blame Canada for forest fires caused by carbon emissions and resulting climate change www.bbc.com/news/article...
America's blame game over Canada's wildfire smoke misses the point, experts say
US officials have blamed Canada for not doing enough to stop its wildfire smoke from wafting south. Climate experts say it’s not so simple.
www.bbc.com
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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 17d
After a 1-year absence, a grey fox makes another appearance at the backyard camera trap. Grey foxes now appear to have established a population in southern Québec. Possibly a consequence of climate change? Or land use change? Or, who knows? Great to have them around.
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Alexandre Shields @alexandreshields.bsky.social · 17d
Réforme forestière abandonnée: Le projet caquiste risquait de fragiliser nos forêts face aux impacts de la crise climatique, avaient déploré plusieurs experts. www.ledevoir.com/environnemen...
La réforme du régime forestier fragilisera la forêt, préviennent des experts
Aucun scientifique indépendant n’a été invité aux «consultations particulières» en cours à Québec.
www.ledevoir.com
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Katherine Drotos @spiritofcavalia.bsky.social · 18d
Google: here's an AI summary!
Adobe: want an AI assistant?
Zoom: get more done with an AI companion!
Outlook: don't you want to turn on copilot??

Me: I trained for 10 years to think. I like thinking. Please just let me think.
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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 19d
Probably not, because it involves innovation and support to universities. We'd rather pour taxpayer money into the sinkhole of carbon capture, yet another subsidy to fossil fuels. www.bbc.com/news/article...
H-1B visa changes may give Canada an opportunity. Will it seize it?
The US visa shake-up could push talent north — but experts caution that Canada’s immigration system has its own challenges.
www.bbc.com
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John Woodside @woodsideful.bsky.social · 19d
Just as adding a filter to a cigarette doesn’t promise cancer-free smoking, pairing oil production with carbon capture doesn’t actually decarbonize the fuel. Here's Catherine McKenna on the grand bargains being discussed and why she sees CCUS as a dead end.
Catherine McKenna isn’t buying Carney’s carbon capture grand bargain
In a wide-ranging interview ahead of the launch of her memoir, former climate minister Catherine McKenna warns consequences are coming for the fossil fuel industry, even as the federal government purs...
www.nationalobserver.com
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