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Amanda Buckiewicz

@amandabux.bsky.social
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Science journalist at CBC's Quirks & Quarks and urban ecology enthusiast. If you need me I'll be in the garden.

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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 14/05/2026
HOLY CRAP! More than 12,000 people have completed my "Tod's Long-form #Census" (and counting)! That's way more more than most public opinion polls. There were 70+ questions. Here are four so far. ✅ Take it: census.todmaffin.com 📊 Full results coming in my newsletter: newsletter.todmaffin.com
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
In honor of Mr. Rogers’ birthday, here’s your regularly scheduled reminder that the quote of his you keep sharing, that in times of crisis we should look for the helpers, was for his audience of children. We’re adults now. We’re supposed to *be* the helpers.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 28/12/2025
The world is far off track for “30×30,” but 2025 brought progress. Here are some wins from this year.
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Conservation wins in 2025 that pushed us closer to the 30×30 goal
The “30 by 30” biodiversity target to protect 30% of the Earth’s land and ocean by 2030 is fast approaching — and the world is far off the pace needed for success: Less than 10% of oceans and just…
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 20/11/2025
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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Nick Hune-Brown @nickhunebrown.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Oh my god. Having a team in an epic World Series is probably the worst thing that's ever happened to me
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 26/10/2025
Hurricane Melissa which is en route to decimate Haiti and Jamaica rapidly intensified to category 4 storm. Rapid intensification is a hallmark of climate change, but that category is only a measure of its wind speed. It is also expected to bring up to 40 inches of rain
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Mindy Weisberger @laminda.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Big thanks to the folks at the CBC's Quirks and Quarks for having me on as a guest to talk about Rise of the Zombie Bugs! It was great fun chatting with host Bob McDonald about my favorite zombifiers and what we can learn from them about parasitism, neuroscience and evolution 🧪
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Oct 25: Rise of the zombie bugs, and more... | CBC Radio
On today's extra spooky episode: Wolves are afraid of the big bad human, tracking the invisible monster methane in Montreal, screaming babies make us hot to get our attention and baby pterosaurs died ...
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Amanda Buckiewicz @amandabux.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Hi Sam! I'm a producer at Quirks. Not sure why we've never responded to your pitches but DM me, let's set up a time to chat.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 16/10/2025
Long Covid Is Real — And It’s Changing an Entire Generation Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e Feature: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
This is a REALLY good video that gets into the *specifics* of how AI is degrading our information environment and putting truth further out of reach for the average person / the population as a whole
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Covid vaccines protect children from severe disease. Here is the evidence www.statnews.com/2025/09/19/c... via @statnews.com "Over & over again, Covid-19 has shown it can cause severe disease in children, disease that is preventable by a safe and effective vaccine." #VaccinesWork
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Covid-19 vaccines protect children from severe disease. Here is the evidence
“Over and over again, Covid-19 has shown it can cause severe disease in children, disease that is preventable by a safe and effective vaccine,” writes former CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.
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Rachael Sirianni, PhD @docsirianni.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
I am not a political pawn. I am a living, breathing human being who has dedicated her life to a scientific problem that I believe matters for human health. The article below tells our story; I hope you will read it and share it www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
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Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer
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Dr. Emily S Choy (she/her), FRCGS @emilyschoy.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Here’s a video of @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social grad students Abby & Flynn removing an adult rhinoceros auklet for a body mass measurement after a respirometry trial. All birds were handled with proper training and permits. Listen to their amazing experience here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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Amanda Buckiewicz @amandabux.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
This is one of my favourite themed episodes that we do, where we get to really lean into the stories of scientists as explorers and adventurers. Season 50 of Quirks & Quarks kicks off today! www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
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Sep 6: Summer Science Spectacular | CBC Radio
Scientists spent their summer in some interesting ways, from eavesdropping on turtles, peering inside ancient mummies, dodging bird poop, scanning for WWII explosives, and even spying on wild dogs in ...
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Caitlin Gilbert @caitlingilbert.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
NEW: in recent weeks, right wing media and influencers have seized on new research suggesting a connection between Tylenol use during pregnancy and autism Ariana Cha, @laurenweberhp.bsky.social and I broke down the science and what MAHA influencers are claiming wapo.st/4gdFIPt
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Some suggest Tylenol is linked to autism. Here’s what to know.
Conservative media and influencers are amplifying research suggesting a link between Tylenol use during pregnancy and autism.
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Amanda Buckiewicz @amandabux.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
You can hitch a ride on it for a cool $4300 (or just go see it for like 20 bucks at the Canadian Warplane Heritage museum in Hamilton)
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
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Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
The state’s elimination of vaccine mandates is a courageous first step toward decluttering itself of any excess kids.
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Sophie E. Hill @sophieehill.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
"Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds" Or does it? Let's take a look at this "study"... www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...
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Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds
Researchers say low- and no-calorie sweeteners appear to affect thinking and memory in middle age
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
I get annoyed at the narrative that all the awareness and work on climate change hasn't done anything. Yes, global CO₂ emissions indeed continue to climb, but we don't know the counterfactual. When I was in grad school, we were on track for 5°C of warming. Now it's below 3°C. That's progress.
A line chart titled “Annual CO₂ emissions” shows the global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and industry from 1950 to 2023. The y-axis represents emissions in billions of tonnes (t), ranging from 0 to 40 billion t. The x-axis covers the years from 1950 to 2023.

The chart presents a steady increase in emissions from approximately 5 billion tonnes in 1950 to over 36 billion tonnes in 2023. Key features include:

A consistent upward trend from 1950 through the early 1970s.

A brief plateau and dip around 1980–1983.

A strong growth trend resuming in the late 1980s.

A sharp increase during the 2000s.

A slight drop around 2008–2009, likely due to the global financial crisis.

A major dip in 2020, attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A rapid rebound in emissions after 2020, continuing the upward trend to a new high in 2023.

A blue line labeled “World” traces these changes over time.

Below the chart, the data source is listed as the Global Carbon Budget (2024), and the graphic is credited to OurWorldInData.org with a Creative Commons license (CC BY). A footnote explains that the data includes emissions from coal, oil, gas, flaring, cement, and steel, but excludes land-use changes such as deforestation.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
can ppl stop screaming about WW3 the thing about world wars is to start one you need countries to go to war that have friends who also want to go to war for their buddy, not 2 countries led by guys whose own wives refuse to talk to them
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Good review of evidence.👇 The internet is full of misinformation. That's by design, experts say www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks... Me: "Our information environment is completely manipulated, and often people don't realize the degree to which that is the case." We're living through a knowledge crisis!
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The internet is full of misinformation. That's by design, experts say | CBC Radio
We are surrounded by information, and yet, 43 per cent of Canadians feel it's harder to decipher the truth from fiction. Several recent studies look at why the information age is so confusing.
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Amanda Buckiewicz @amandabux.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Woo hoo! I'm super chuffed to be nominated for our Overheated special, especially in a category stacked with some really heavy hitters. Congrats to everyone!
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Canadian Journalism Foundation @cjf-fjc.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
CJF announces Climate Solutions Reporting Award finalists Read: www.newswire.ca/news-release... #CJFAwards #JournalismMatters #ClimateSolutions
A graphic with a multi-coloured background and the logos of Canada’s National Observer, The Globe and Mail, CBC Radio Quirks & Quarks, Québec Science and The NarwhalA quote from Vice President Communications at Intact Financial Corporation Mel Wright on top of a multi-coloured backgroundA quote from jury chair and CJF Board Member Bob Ezrin on top of a multi-coloured background
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Amanda Buckiewicz @amandabux.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
A+++ work!!
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Historica Canada @historicacanada.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Today is the International Transgender Day of Visibility! Watch our Heritage Minute about legendary trans soul singer Jackie Shane.
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Heritage Minutes: Jackie Shane
Enjoy these Heritage Minutes brought to you by Historica Canada! While free to view and share, these productions remain under copyright. Re-uploads or modifi...
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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
CBC science show Quirks and Quarks just had another great episode talking about the long term damage caused by each COVID infection. If you're starting to wonder why so many hard-core scientists are so contemptuous of our public health institutions, listen to this. www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
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Mar 15: The silent, long-term effects of COVID, and more... | CBC Radio
On this week's episode: polar bear dens, modern sleep woes, climate change is bad for satellites, and an ancient Australian crater
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
It is genuinely your moral duty, if you’re in the sciences, to violate the terms of your contact and take as much of the research home with you as you can. Today, tomorrow, every day your lab’s still open.
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Daniel Cressey @dpcressey.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
“I love what I do. That is what I want to pass on to my children. We must protect the ocean so that they can have the same healthy lives as us.” The South African fishers fighting fossil fuels - by @barrychristianson.com on @dialogueearth.bsky.social dialogue.earth/en/ocean/the...
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The South African fishers fighting fossil fuels
On the west coast, local people have gone to court to try and force a rethink of the impacts of oil and gas exploration
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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Stop dismissing Trump and his team’s *repeatedly stated plan to annex Canada* by, at the very least, bringing us to our financial knees, as a “negotiating tactic.” Sending people their relative’s fingers in the mail is also a “negotiating tactic. One practiced by criminals, not good neighbours.
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Amanda Buckiewicz @amandabux.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Fun fact: five years later, we still have our show lineup on the whiteboard of our last show before COVID lockdowns hit. It never felt right to erase it, so we just left it.
A photo of a whiteboard with Mar 14 at the top and listing different segments, including one on Coronavirus.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
If you want to know how concerned to be about climate change, talk to a climate scientist. Very. If you want to know how concerned to be about the rise of fascism, talk to a historian. The ones I’ve spoken to are as concerned about our time as any other time in the last 100 years.
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Amanda Buckiewicz @amandabux.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
In the obvious-but-it-needs-to-be-said category of science: blocking internet on your cellphone can drastically improve your mental health and attention span. news.mccombs.utexas.edu/research/to-...
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To Be Happier, Take a Vacation … From Your Smartphone - McCombs News and Magazine
Blocking mobile internet for two weeks can improve mental health, feelings of well-being, and attention spans
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Amanda Buckiewicz @amandabux.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I've just been carrying my daughter the few blocks to daycare because the sidewalks are impassable and she hates the sled. As if my shoulders weren't sore enough from all the shoveling!
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 18/02/2025
#Medieval records reveal that transgender people existed long before modern medicine or assumptions about gender. An English literature scholar has been diving into 14th-century archives: By Sarah Barringer, University of Iowa 🩺 🗃️ #histsci buff.ly/3EGttMl
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Amanda Buckiewicz @amandabux.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Hi! We don't usually have transcripts but for this segment I can get one made up for you. Email us at quirks@cbc.ca we can get it done early next week, if that's ok.
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Amanda Buckiewicz @amandabux.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
The recent AI explosion is transforming how we create, how we write, and even how we do science. For this week's show I decided to dive into how AI is seeping into every aspect of the scientific method, and what that means for the scientists of the future. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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Amanda Buckiewicz @amandabux.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
I've also noticed that most people who are still on Twitter as their main social media site aren't looking to be persuaded at all, they're looking to argue. Plus it's hard to parse who's an actual person and who's a bot at this point.
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Jackie Flynn Mogensen @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
We just published an especially relevant warning from Craig McLean, the acting chief scientist and head of NOAA Research during "Sharpiegate." He defended scientific integrity—and was removed as chief scientist. Scientists can't be silent now either, he says. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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I paid the price for speaking out about “Sharpiegate.” Scientists can’t be silent now, either.
"In elections, you elect policy. You don't elect science."
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Jeremy Konyndyk @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Mind-boggling wreckage. Among the lifesaving programs now disrupted by Elon’s attack on @USAID: phase 1 trials for a possible HIV vaccine.
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Kat La Ronde @katlaronde.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Everyone in LA is sharing this story on insta, and I just want to make sure non-Angelenos know about this bear that crawled under a house during the fires. He had to be lured out with rotisserie chickens. Read it. You deserve a little treat.
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525-Lb. Bear Discovered Under Evacuated Altadena Home Too Fat to Tranquilize: 'Not an Option'
An Altadena, Calif., man was shocked to discover he couldn't return to his home — which he evacuated due to the Eaton fire — because a 525-lb. bear had nested in the crawl space under his house. It to...
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Journalist friends, I do not work for NOAA, but as a DC-based ocean conservation scientist and policy specialist, I know a great deal about the important work they do. I’m happy to chat about that if useful. DMs open or whysharksmatter at gmail.
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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
NASA did a feature on me last year. It was up this weekend but now when you click on the link you get a 404 message.
Link to an article on Wendy Bohon on the NASA website. 404 message
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Amanda Buckiewicz @amandabux.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
He says things impulsively, and the more reaction they get, the more he wants to do them. Not that we shouldn't react or take him at his word, but we do need to remember that we're dealing with a narcissist who will do anything for attention.
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
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Amanda Buckiewicz @amandabux.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Public broadcasting is vital to a free democracy. So this comes as no surprise. www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...
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Trump's FCC chief opens investigation into NPR and PBS
Brendan Carr, the new head of the Federal Communications Commission under President Trump, says the public broadcasters are being investigated for allegedly running commercials.
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 30/01/2025
Around 10 years ago I almost died because a road not built with climate change in mind was so wrecked it damaged the bus I was on. I knew that I would eventually write a story about how climate change is wrecking roads, and endangering lives. This is me trying to explain that. Gift lift.
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These Roads Aren’t Built for Wilder Weather Driven by Climate Change
Important motorways across the world weren’t designed to withstand more extreme temperatures and rainfall.
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Amanda Buckiewicz @amandabux.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Looking at photos of the ‘Alalā (or Hawaiian crow) and I can absolutely see how these guys are considered important spiritual guardians who guide souls to the afterlife.
A black bird looks up at the sky. Photo by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Just making sure that everyone is aware of this crab that NOAA scientists found
Photo of a small crab from NOAA’s social media. It’s covered in spikes
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Amanda Buckiewicz @amandabux.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
I thought I had one because I have never paid with a cheque at a store but then I realized that paying rent by cheque probably also counts.
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Søren Have @sorenhave.dk · 17/01/2025
Agree with @katharinehayhoe.com. Much too often when people are calling for ‘neutrality’, it is a sign of status quo bias. But status quo is not neutral. It is just what we have gotten used to. Example: Cars fill our cities. Changing that seems not to be neutral. But is maintaining it neutral?
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