Leslie Anthony
@docleslie.bsky.social
Biologist and science/environment/adventure travel writer for Canadian Geographic and others, tracking the intersecting climate and biodiversity crises; my books stray into fields like herpetology, invasive species and... skiing (weird, eh?).
😊 Wisdom.
“I asked ChatGPT” “I asked Claude” I asked this horseshoe crab and he said your ass wouldn’t have lasted two seconds in the Triassic
November 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM
😊 Wisdom.
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„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
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US to sever ties with civilization.
Marco Rubio 🤮
adjective
1. So weak, cruel, or pitiful that it provokes a sharp mix of disappointment and contempt.
adjective
1. So weak, cruel, or pitiful that it provokes a sharp mix of disappointment and contempt.
November 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
US to sever ties with civilization.
"Alberta’s grand crisis is that it’s a petrostate masquerading as a Canadian province."
Is Danielle Smith Trying To Elect Mark Carney? open.substack.com/pub/scrimsha...
Is Danielle Smith Trying To Elect Mark Carney? open.substack.com/pub/scrimsha...
Is Danielle Smith Trying To Elect Mark Carney?
What Is Smith Doing?
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
"Alberta’s grand crisis is that it’s a petrostate masquerading as a Canadian province."
Is Danielle Smith Trying To Elect Mark Carney? open.substack.com/pub/scrimsha...
Is Danielle Smith Trying To Elect Mark Carney? open.substack.com/pub/scrimsha...
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🦇White-nose syndrome moves fast &hits hard.
We don’t have the luxury of ignoring it.
Protecting bat habitat, supporting our probiotic project with community involvement, and supporting bat conservation actually matters.
If you care about ecosystems, bats aren’t optional players - they’re core staff.
We don’t have the luxury of ignoring it.
Protecting bat habitat, supporting our probiotic project with community involvement, and supporting bat conservation actually matters.
If you care about ecosystems, bats aren’t optional players - they’re core staff.
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
🦇White-nose syndrome moves fast &hits hard.
We don’t have the luxury of ignoring it.
Protecting bat habitat, supporting our probiotic project with community involvement, and supporting bat conservation actually matters.
If you care about ecosystems, bats aren’t optional players - they’re core staff.
We don’t have the luxury of ignoring it.
Protecting bat habitat, supporting our probiotic project with community involvement, and supporting bat conservation actually matters.
If you care about ecosystems, bats aren’t optional players - they’re core staff.
I have no idea how they can defend this. 🤷
Forests minister defends B.C. logging. Experts say clearcuts are still a problem: thenarwhal.ca/bc-forests-m...
#clearcutting #logging #flooding #drought #landslides #biodiversity #forests #bcpoli #cdnpoli
#clearcutting #logging #flooding #drought #landslides #biodiversity #forests #bcpoli #cdnpoli
Is clear-cutting a thing of the past in B.C. forests? | The Narwhal
Research shows clear-cutting increases the risk of floods and wildfires. B.C.’s Forests ministry says it’s ‘a viable and appropriate’ way to log
thenarwhal.ca
November 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I have no idea how they can defend this. 🤷
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BREAKING: Green Party Leader Elizabeth has confirmed that, due to the assurances she received from the prime minister regarding Canada's climate targets during QP today, she WILL support the budget.
The Liberals only need one more "yes" vote to avoid an election.
The Liberals only need one more "yes" vote to avoid an election.
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
BREAKING: Green Party Leader Elizabeth has confirmed that, due to the assurances she received from the prime minister regarding Canada's climate targets during QP today, she WILL support the budget.
The Liberals only need one more "yes" vote to avoid an election.
The Liberals only need one more "yes" vote to avoid an election.
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Oh my gosh. This is... A thing. Please allow a microbiologist who has played with the microbe that makes this to waffle on for a bit in a short thread. (1)
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Oh my gosh. This is... A thing. Please allow a microbiologist who has played with the microbe that makes this to waffle on for a bit in a short thread. (1)
I’m a grateful recipient of one of these biodiversity grants, a wonderful program to enhance storytelling about the natural world and our place in it.
November 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I’m a grateful recipient of one of these biodiversity grants, a wonderful program to enhance storytelling about the natural world and our place in it.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
How did the U.S., in eight short months, go from the global paragon of democracy (however flawed) to the most corrupt, kleptocratic, neo-fascist state in the entire western world?
November 17, 2025 at 4:52 AM
How did the U.S., in eight short months, go from the global paragon of democracy (however flawed) to the most corrupt, kleptocratic, neo-fascist state in the entire western world?
The new science of ancient DNA and the story behind the epic Greenland paper about a 2+ mya ecosystem.
One of the best science documentaries I have ever seen.
www.knowledge.ca/program/hunt...
One of the best science documentaries I have ever seen.
www.knowledge.ca/program/hunt...
Hunt for the Oldest DNA
www.knowledge.ca
November 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The new science of ancient DNA and the story behind the epic Greenland paper about a 2+ mya ecosystem.
One of the best science documentaries I have ever seen.
www.knowledge.ca/program/hunt...
One of the best science documentaries I have ever seen.
www.knowledge.ca/program/hunt...
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“It’s not the natural state of America that we are polarized about climate change. It’s artificial, created by the billions in spending by the fossil fuel industry “ defending its $700 billion in subsidies.
“An industry will undertake all kinds of wickedness to defend a $700 billion subsidy”.
“An industry will undertake all kinds of wickedness to defend a $700 billion subsidy”.
November 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“It’s not the natural state of America that we are polarized about climate change. It’s artificial, created by the billions in spending by the fossil fuel industry “ defending its $700 billion in subsidies.
“An industry will undertake all kinds of wickedness to defend a $700 billion subsidy”.
“An industry will undertake all kinds of wickedness to defend a $700 billion subsidy”.
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Trump accuses all 342 million Americans of also being in Epstein Files
Trump accuses all 342 million Americans of also being in Epstein Files
WASHINGTON D.C. - With the release of thousands of emails from notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein implicating President Donald Trump, the POTUS is deflecting by boldly alleging that every single...
www.thebeaverton.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Trump accuses all 342 million Americans of also being in Epstein Files
🫣
Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula retreated 25 kilometres in just 15 months. Its rapid melt could have implications for other glaciers and the rate of sea level rise
Antarctic glacier's alarming retreat is the fastest ever seen
Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula retreated 25 kilometres in just 15 months. Its rapid melt could have implications for other glaciers and the rate of sea level rise
www.newscientist.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
🫣
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A+ work, Alberta. Top notch. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says | CBC News
The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A+ work, Alberta. Top notch. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Jeezuz. Everything these idiots touch is like a Saturday Night Live skit...
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Jeezuz. Everything these idiots touch is like a Saturday Night Live skit...
The great wars of the 20th century were filled with tragedy and human suffering, but they also revealed a strength of character and sense of common purpose that's badly lacking today. On Remembrance Day, let's think about how we can rediscover them. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/10/o...
In the age of selfishness, let’s rediscover our sense of shared sacrifice
Remembrance Day is a reminder of what we were willing to fight for in the past — and how much it mattered that we fought together.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The great wars of the 20th century were filled with tragedy and human suffering, but they also revealed a strength of character and sense of common purpose that's badly lacking today. On Remembrance Day, let's think about how we can rediscover them. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/10/o...
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This is a crucial investigation. Dembicki brings the literal receipts for Exxon using the #AtlasNetwork to break climate action in the Global South. Lomberg’s presence is telling. He is present at the end of “Merchants of Doubt” as the latest of a few cooperative “scientists”.
#Auspol #NZpol
#Auspol #NZpol
Today a story I've spent months reporting and writing runs on @desmog.com and @theguardian.com.
It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South
With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.
www.desmog.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is a crucial investigation. Dembicki brings the literal receipts for Exxon using the #AtlasNetwork to break climate action in the Global South. Lomberg’s presence is telling. He is present at the end of “Merchants of Doubt” as the latest of a few cooperative “scientists”.
#Auspol #NZpol
#Auspol #NZpol
Just going to leave this rather frightening reference about the change in global mammalian biomass from 1860 to now here. 😳🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Just going to leave this rather frightening reference about the change in global mammalian biomass from 1860 to now here. 😳🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Be like Juli. Do it anyway.
Eight years ago today, while in the Trump motorcade, I saw a bicyclist give the bird to the president's vehicle. I tweeted an AFP photographer's picture of Juli Briskman. It went viral. She got fired. Then she got elected. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...
October 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Be like Juli. Do it anyway.
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"The practice of arbitrary imprisonments have been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny."
~ Alexander Hamilton, Founding Father
~ Alexander Hamilton, Founding Father
October 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"The practice of arbitrary imprisonments have been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny."
~ Alexander Hamilton, Founding Father
~ Alexander Hamilton, Founding Father
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Canadians, too . . .
Heatdome 2021 . . .
Heatdome 2021 . . .
One of the many things @ninalakhani.bsky.social does so well is show the very real, very now cost of climate change at the most human level. This story is devastatingly good: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Americans are dying from extreme heat. Autopsy reports don’t show the full story
Official reports are likely to overlook heat’s role in a death. As US temperatures rise, experts say the true toll needs to be counted
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Canadians, too . . .
Heatdome 2021 . . .
Heatdome 2021 . . .