Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeEmerence 🍁 @damemyniah.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“The single most predictive factor in determining support for Alberta independence is not working in the energy industry, but the salience of religion in a person’s life” - pollster Janet Brown 74425
Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde @albrechts-h.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Is anyone surprised? Evolution is the next frontier in the culture wars. 020
Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde @albrechts-h.bsky.social · 02/10/2026the only possible solution is invoking CCAA 010
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeCSEE_SCEE @csee-scee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026📣New webinar alert! Our Oct. #ECO.EVO.EDU "Is there a case for more research funding in Canada?" Webinar takes place on Oct. 14th! CSEE Members: check your emails for more information + webinar link. (Please note: English event) #webinar #ecoevo #Canada 034
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Classic study: male beetles that have big weapons for fighting with other males have small genitals.pnas.orgEvolutionary trade-off between weapons and testes | PNASIt has long been recognized that male mating competition is responsible for the evolution of weaponry for mate acquisition. However, when females m... 26516
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeWestern University @westernu.ca · 01/10/2026The Guardian featured Margaret Atwood’s $1M gift to establish the Graeme Gibson Chair in Avian Biology at #WesternU as a full-page story in this weekend’s edition. The gift is in honour of her late partner, who was an avid bird watcher. @theguardian.comtheguardian.com‘Birdwatching is close to rapture’: Margaret Atwood on why she has given C$1m to avian researchAward-winning novelist celebrates late partner’s love of birds with gift to establish the Graeme Gibson chair in avian biology 073
Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde @albrechts-h.bsky.social · 01/10/2026don't tell me that Trump didn't ask his donor to put pressure on Carney and Canada with these layoffs. So much corruption. 130
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeCSEE_SCEE @csee-scee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026On this Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we recognize the contributions of our Indigenous members, collaborators and partners. As we continue to learn and work towards reconciliation, we are committed to fostering an inclusive community and building respectful partnerships with Indigenous peoples. 062
Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde @albrechts-h.bsky.social · 30/09/2026you can kiss any goodwill toward the US by Canada/Canadians goodbye for a very long time. 020
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeScience Magazine @science.org · 29/09/2026On 28 September, a jet-powered drone slammed into the headquarters of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv, killing at least two people and destroying a section of the historic building. scim.ag/3TsMg5Mscim.agRussian drone kills at least two in Ukraine science academy attackNew underground labs are being built as war rages on 13315
Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde @albrechts-h.bsky.social · 30/09/2026watching the woman pump gas in this video makes me think how happy I am that we bought a PHEV recently. Sure, I need to gas up to go on long trips between Sudbury and Ottawa/Toronto/London, but in-city driving is gas-free and cheap - and it is glorious. 011
Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde @albrechts-h.bsky.social · 30/09/2026‘Watch them die’: Bird flu is ravaging a Utah mink farm, killing 80% of the herd. State agriculture officials have no clear plan. www.sltrib.com/news/2026/09...sltrib.com‘Watch them die’: Bird flu is ravaging a Utah mink farm, killing 80% of the herd. State agriculture officials have no clear plan.It’s the first documented outbreak of bird flu in captive mink in the U.S., and an advocacy group is raising concerns about Utah’s response. 000
Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde @albrechts-h.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Using this for my evolution class next semester 183
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 28/09/2026“It’s not just about attacking warehouses so that we won’t have food. They also want to intimidate us — to make it so that we can’t work, study, do scientific research or really do anything at all.” nyti.ms/4dKfh3Fnyti.msRussian Drone Strikes Ukraine’s Science Academy, Causing Fire in City Center (Gift Article)A Russian jet-powered drone hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, the source of almost all of the country’s major scientific discoveries. 14618
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Russia struck the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv. In broad daylight! People are climbing out of windows to avoid burning alive. Freaking barbarians! 12306147
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWaycnyti.msDid Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work. 882123874
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se... 3234061270
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 26/09/2026bsky.app/profile/jwma... 0144
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeThe Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 25/09/2026theglobeandmail.comMargaret Atwood donates $1-million to establish research chair for bird scienceDonation will allow Western University to add a new hire to its biology faculty with the goal of advancing scientific knowledge about birds and bird migration 1487
Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde @albrechts-h.bsky.social · 25/09/2026this is amazing - Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson were participants in our Thinking Extinction symposium back in 2013 here at Laurentian University. The symposium was led by Brett Buchanan, who is now Dean of Arts and Humanities at Western! 052
Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde @albrechts-h.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Wow. Academic freedom is dead in the USA 030
Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde @albrechts-h.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Americans voted for this - incredible 000
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeCharlotte Walker @charlottewalker.bsky.social · 28/10/2023Someone sent me this meme about peer reviewer comments and it is 👌🏻 #PhDSky #AcademicSky 3596183
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Why do white men become white nationalists? Interesting new empirical results in Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 6387154
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeU15 Canada @u15ca.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“Canada’s participation in Horizon Europe, the world's largest research funding programme, has been a big success. Ensuring swift re-association to the next research programme, will be vital to maintain this momentum.” – Robert Asselin, U15 Canada CEO sciencebusiness.net/news/interna...sciencebusiness.netCanada looks to deepen research and education links with the EUCanada is looking for deeper research and education links with the EU, according to its prime minister, Mark Carney. His comments followed hard on the heels of an offer from European Commission… 022
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddePolling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Canadians strongly believe they have more in common with European nations than with America 1527881
Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde @albrechts-h.bsky.social · 16/09/2026this would be great - and would continue the integration that was started with Canadian participation in Horizons Europe. 021
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeJonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jmgilligan.org · 15/09/2026Also: In real dollars, NSERC funding is down about 25% in the last five years. 0169
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeCanadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Wood Duck Pair in Willow Robert Bateman 2006 010824
Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde @albrechts-h.bsky.social · 14/09/2026as the one that usually verbalizes dissent in most meetings, I feel this. I hate committees that rubber stamp decisions. 120
Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde @albrechts-h.bsky.social · 14/09/2026No mention, of course, of the truncated nature of academic careers given the training requirements (PhD, one and usually more post-docs etc). Most profs don’t land their first properly paying gig until their mid-30s. 192
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Schools are not a business and a student is not a customer and this is the framing that encapsulates everything wrong with higher education. The “solution” of running universities like businesses rather than a public good was always the problem. 11386112
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeThe Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 11/09/2026Multiple staff and consultants spoke about scientific expertise being sidelined, with developers largely responsible for assessing their own environmental impact. By our count, at least 12 people have left the ministry since the law changed. thenarwhal.ca/bill-5-endan...thenarwhal.caInside Ontario’s endangered species office after Bill 5 | The Narwhal‘We were essentially silenced’: current and former Ministry of Environment officials say they were powerless after Doug Ford killed the Endangered Species Act 12517
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeBruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Meanwhile: again, Canada should massively invest in education and become a brainiac superpower 812328
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeFatima Syed @fatimabsyed.bsky.social · 10/09/2026After Ontario replaced the Endangered Species Act, ministry biologists were told they couldn't review developers' plans. We found that over 12 have since left, feeling their jobs "stopped feeling meaningful." Here's our latest investigation: thenarwhal.ca/bill-5-endan... #onpolithenarwhal.caInside Ontario’s endangered species office after Bill 5 | The Narwhal‘We were essentially silenced’: current and former Ministry of Environment officials say they were powerless after Doug Ford killed the Endangered Species Act 610577
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeJustin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"School students’ reading scores have plunged across the developed world, as widespread access to AI and social media has harmed teenagers’ ability to concentrate, said a newly published international survey."giftarticle.ft.comReading scores plummet as ‘digital distraction’ harms studentsWidespread access to AI and social media has set back educational attainment across the world, study shows 39049
Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde @albrechts-h.bsky.social · 04/09/2026the private sector needs to put its money where its mouth is. Quit depending on, and blaming, universities and start investing in research and development to improve your business. 010
Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde @albrechts-h.bsky.social · 03/09/2026let's be clear - H indices are fun to compare at parties, but really have little to say about how impactful one's research is. I mean, citations are equivalent regardless of author position/contribution makes it all pretty meaningless. An oldie but a goodie. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comThe h index and career assessment by numbersGrowing demand to quantify the research output from public funding has tempted funding agencies, promotion committees and employers to treat numerical… 352
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeAlex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026For furter clarity: Eric Kaufmaun is a shitbag who has no idea how bibliometrics work, but doesn't mind using them to spread racist crap everywhere. Anyone associated with MLI needs to disavow this stuff right now.macdonaldlaurier.caIt costs Canada millions to discriminate against white male academics: Eric Kaufmann in the National Post | Macdonald-Laurier InstituteThe groups who benefit from diversity-based recruitment in the Canada Research Chairs program have the lowest research impact. 88021
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeAlex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Still looking forward to the day when Carney announces historic investments in knowledge-based industries. You know, the ones where Canada is among the worst-placed in the OECD. 24810
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeAlex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Here is my letter to the MacDonald Laurier Institute on the subject of their appalling research. Use as you will. I recommend sending something of your own, though. And if you know anyone associated with MLI - and Board directors, say - send it to them, too.docs.google.comAlex Usher email to Brian Lee Crowley(text of an email sent to Brian Lee Crowley of the MacDonald Laurier Institute on September 2, 2026) Dear Brian, I am writing to you and your board with respect to the publication “The equity excelle... 32311120
Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde @albrechts-h.bsky.social · 01/09/2026is this for real??? Just reading @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social 's book Ghosts Behind The Glass, where she documents her visit here, among many many other museums. How is this allowed to happen??? 100
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeMarco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Alberta's new 'conservation' licence plates are a reminder of how large the horns of bighorn rams could grow if we did not systematically remove rams with fast-growing horns at a young age through a phenotype-based trophy hunt, leading to evolution of smaller horns www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... 1116
Reposted by Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeThomas Lenormand @thomaslenormand.bsky.social · 01/09/2026🚨Interested in #evolutionary #genomics and #popgen #theory? My lab just opened a 1+ year #postdoc position to work on sex chromosome dosage compensation. At #CEFE in beautiful Montpellier. Deadline soon, don't be shy, apply, theory is exciting! 👉 bit.ly/4eMWDIh 01121