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Chad Sinclair

@chadsinclair.bsky.social
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Professor of Materials Engineering, Director of the Net Zero for Materials and Manufacturing CREATE Graduate Training Program (netzeromm.ubc.ca) Most importantly, I have cute cats.

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Mark Miodownik @markmiodownik.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Love materials? Love materials science but dont want to be an academic? How about working for us and being the science lead for the best Materials Library in the world? www.instituteofmaking.org.uk/blog/we-are-...
Materials library
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Chris Bataille @chrisbataille.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
New report by @jonasalgers.bsky.social and myself on how Canada is well positioned to be a #greeniron&steel superpower, increasing Canadian value added, exports, and jobs, while helping the Canadian and global steel industries decarbonize robustly & cheaply.🧵
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Chris Bataille @chrisbataille.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Friends don’t let friends ship #greenhydrogen, and help them ship #greeniron instead (or green ammonia/fertilizers, green menthol, etc 😉)
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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Haha - you are cribbing the essence of my midterm exam question from this past term!
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Mark Miodownik @markmiodownik.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
We are looking to hire an economist/finance professional to crunch the numbers on the repair economy.
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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Timbits = unimaginable riches, yes
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Prof Ben Britton @bmatb.expmicromech.com · 12/05/2025
For some time - it is amazing that the University/Post Secondary sectors have struggled to articulate their value to the economy, meanwhile the sector is being 'quietly' shaped by immigration policy. 1/
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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Bat - I have a bag of magical FCC Ti worth unimaginable riches. It was bequeathed to me by a Canadian prince for safe keeping but,alas, he died in a tragic beaver incident but he left in his will that it should go to you, his long lost great great nephew. If you can just sent me $10,000…
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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Unexpected bug things happening at scienceworld in Vancouver…
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Christine O. she/her @cloreally.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Update on "Larry the Leaf insect". Our local Uni which shares a similar species colony has never seen a spontaneous male from a parthenogenic colony in a least a decade of rearing. Larry is an icon! 🤣
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Christine O. she/her @cloreally.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Soooo.... our parthenogenic female phasmid colony just produced a male by cloning. An #Extasoma tiaratum. Like dude, you are supposed to be IMPOSSIBLE! Deletion of a sex chromosome maybe 🤷🏼‍♀️ Any ideas #entomology folks?
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Prof Ben Britton @bmatb.expmicromech.com · 16/04/2025
Academic Freedom at #UBC has been on my mind quite a bit recently - in light of the proposed new Senate Policy - also recently due to very helpful discussions with colleagues, and the open letter that's been circulating. Here are some of my thoughts: bmatb.medium.com/academic-fre... #AcademicSky
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Academic Freedom @ UBC
As a tenured professor and active participant in UBC governance, I have been closely following ongoing discussions about academic freedom…
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Doug Aoki 青木定夫 @nantanreikan.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Some people are asking why Poilievre and the Conservatives are so much less popular among women. This is one reason: actual messages sent to female Canadian MPs. Misogyny pervades right-wing populism.
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Mark Miodownik @markmiodownik.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
If you are thinking of toilet training your kid this spring, please consider taking part in our global citizen science project to understand obstacles you face: www.bigtoiletproject.org
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Home - Big Toilet Project
Are you a parent or adult responsible for toilet training a child? We need your help to understand toilet training better! Get involved with the Big Toilet Project to be part of the world’s biggest...
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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Wow. California State University, UC-Berkeley, UC-Davis, UC-San Diego and U of SF are ALL urging foreign-born students, faculty and staff to reconsider international travel because there's no telling whether the Trump administration will allow them to re-enter. www.desertsun.com/story/news/n...
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Trump travel ban: California colleges urge international students to rethink travel plans
At least one university said it doesn't recommend international travel as a possible travel ban that could impact more than 40 countries looms.
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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
😢
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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
All hail pizza cat (RIP)
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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I’ve gotten some weird submission requests before but…
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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Bah - at ubc we are perfectly positioned to contribute to this new direction…
Map showing clothing optional wreck beach at UBC’s campus
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Joel Wood 🇨🇦 @joelwwood.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
First, a bilateral trade surplus is not a subsidy. Second, it is more than offset by financial outflows to the US. I love this graphic by Janice Nelson in this @trevortombe.bsky.social article thehub.ca/2025/01/22/t...
Shows cAnada's $100m trade surplus, but then also the Financial inflows to Canada, and then the offsetting financial outflows to the US.
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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
So for CAN academics travelling to some countries there have already been strong restrictions on devices - will we see that travel to the US requires us to carry clean devices?
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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry. If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
"I learned with concern that a French researcher" on assignment for the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) "who was traveling to a conference near Houston was denied entry to the United States before being expelled ," said the Minister of Higher Education and Research, Philippe Baptiste, in a statement sent to Agence France-Presse (AFP). "This measure was apparently taken by the American authorities because the researcher's phone contained exchanges with colleagues and friends in which he expressed a personal opinion on the Trump administration's research policy ," he added
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Prof Ben Britton @bmatb.expmicromech.com · 17/03/2025
At the #UBC "Provost's All-Faculty Forum" a conversation between Dr Gaga Avril (Provost) and Dr. Kamal Al-Solaylee, Director of the School of Journalism, Writing, and Media
A photo of Gage, Kamil and Dr Janice Stewart
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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I hope you provided, in addition, a break down of your % in terms of: fraction blood normalized sweat and absolute tears.
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Alex Panetta @alexpanetta.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
This is new: “A source with direct knowledge of the discussions told NBC News that Trump is heavily focused on Canada in conversations with aides, who believe he is completely serious about making the country the 51st state—even with Trudeau out of power” www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Trump's quest to conquer Canada is confusing everyone
Canadians and Republicans alike are confounded as President Donald Trump increasingly links a trade war to his push to annex America's northern neighbor.
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Richard Zussman @richardzussman.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
NEW - BC is preparing legislation to repeal the consumer carbon tax in B.C. The province is also readying legislation to eliminate the scheduled increase to the carbon tax that would otherwise have occurred on April 1, 2025. #bcpoli
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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
😔 I hope polisci schools will teach how bad comms can unnecessarily kill good policies using this as an example
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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The “our research ecosystem is going to collapse it’s so underfunded” to “let’s poach all the top US academics and bring them here” arc makes my brain hurt
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Chris Bataille @chrisbataille.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
If you need some good news, the pace of innovation in energy storage, of heat and electricity, from home to industrial to regional long duration storage scale, is absolutely incredible.
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Izzy Jayasinghe @ijayas.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Your weekly reminder that it is not ok to out or misgender trans or nonbinary individuals whether it is in a public forum, workplace, or anywhere else. It’s harassment, and a real distraction from everything else.
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Prof Ben Britton @bmatb.expmicromech.com · 12/03/2025
Voting has opened - check your inbox
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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
…and make money (of course…)
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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
So frustrating. The aim seems to be to simply mislead consumers.
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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Cu is the wrong colour (again)
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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 11/03/2025
Looks like someone took it upon themselves to update the product descriptions in at least one Toronto location. (Via Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/ontario/co... )
Bottles of Wayne Gretzky Cabarnet Merlot wine with a label saying: "USA, Cabarnet Merlot, Sad & Two Faced." Description: "This Merlot is as weak as its namesake's moral fibre. Leaves the aftertaste of anything from a modern day Tim Horton's. Pair with boiled raccoon." $8.95Bottles of Wayne Gretzky Pinot Grigio labelled "USA. Pinot Grigio. Weak & Backstabbery." Product description: "This Pinot delights with notes of elitism and effluent. Terry Fox would not have used this swill to put out a fire. Pair with broasted raccoon." $16.95Bottles of Wayne Gretzky Baco Noir labelled "USA. Baco Noir. Depressing & Turncoating." Product description: "This Baco's rancid berry flavour offers the hint of a garbage bag used to hold the empties of after game brews. Pair with roast raccoon." $16.95Bottles of Wayne Gretzky Chardonnay labelled "USA. Chardonnay. Acrid & treasony." Product description: "This mediocre Ontario Chardonnay reeks of betrayal. Expect hints of moral rot, fermentedin the casks of vast wealth. Pair with barbecued raccoon." $16.95.
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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, 91, with some words for Donald Trump
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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
I was going to say it’s getting worse but I’m not sure that’s accurate. www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/g...
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German tourists detained at Otay Mesa Detention Center for weeks
Two German citizens have been held for weeks at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego after trying to enter the U.S. from Mexico on tourist visas, according to their friends and family, who say ...
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Mark Miodownik @markmiodownik.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
For repair to be a substantial part of what replaces consumerism the wealth it creates at community level needs to be given a cash value. Here is how such calculations can be done: www.instituteofmaking.org.uk/blog/social-...
Social value pic
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Adriana Guatame-García @adriguatame.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.” Absurd we still need to go through this 🧪👩‍🔬
There have been people less than helpful in my journey here. I wanted to acknowledge those too, bc I know I am not unique in this experience.
No thank you to the physics study assoc that made me sing songs about how women couldn't study physics without sleeping with the professor, the day I stepped into university life. No thank you to the 5th year physics student that decided to assign me a stripper name within the first minute of meeting me in the physics coffee corner in my first year. No thank you to the technician that was responsible for onboarding me on the use of the cluster in my third year who raised his eyebrows and asked me if that meant I was some sort of computer girl. No thank you to the senior researcher that sent me utterly inappropriate texts after a conference, then proceeded to apologise months later by telling me they had not been meant for me anyway so no hard feelings remain hopefully And no thank you to him for attending every conference I've been to since. No thank you to the people who told me that it was surprising that I was doing a PhD since I was a girl. No thank you to the man who mistook me for a coffee lady at a conference, and after having to correct him two times that I did not work there, responded with you should consider it. No thank you to the researcher that asked me what I was wearing underneath my outfit during a conference. No thank you to the physicist who declared to a room full of other physicists that biologists don't know how to design an experiment. No thank you to the people who have called me scary instead of strong and intimidating instead of intelligent.
And finally, no thank you to the exec board of the TU Delft, whose knee-jerk reaction to being held up a mirror about the social safety at the university, was to sue the party holding up the mirror instead of looking at the problems they highlighted.
... You have made me feel like I do not belong in science & I cannot forgive you for that.
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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Is it a new coffee machine? Please tell me it’s a new coffee machine…
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Mark Miodownik @markmiodownik.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
We think that earlier toilet training could halve diaper waste which at the moment is 300,000 diapers per minute. If you are about to toilet train a child please send them this invite to our global citizen science project: www.bigtoiletproject.org
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Home - Big Toilet Project
Are you a parent or adult responsible for toilet training a child? We need your help to understand toilet training better! Get involved with the Big Toilet Project to be part of the world’s biggest...
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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Our food would be better
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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
We should have the option of a crying emoji button beside the heart
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Prof Ben Britton @bmatb.expmicromech.com · 05/03/2025
And so it continues 😭
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Chris Bataille @chrisbataille.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Seriously - trust and empathy is what allows sophisticated economies to work, because we cannot put an enforced contract or price on everything - the transactions costs would slow everything to a crawl.
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Chad Sinclair @chadsinclair.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I worry though- 2023 we purchased approx 2x the previous high level and it seems that reservoir levels may be low this year… new supply will help but… vancouversun.com/news/local-n....
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As energy use grows in B.C., electricity production falls
B.C.’s decline in electricity production drove a national decline that pushed electricity generation below any year since 2016.
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Prof Ben Britton @bmatb.expmicromech.com · 03/03/2025
A blog post on "The divisiveness of fairness, representation and belonging" in STEM/Academia 🧪 bmatb.medium.com/the-divisive...
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The divisiveness of fairness, representation and belonging
A recent conversation has occupied my mind regarding whether equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) initiatives are inherently divisive.
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