Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerMineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 15h#MinCup26 Semifinal 2 It’s a match sure to break hearts between industrial powerhouses piezoelectric #quartz and lubricating #graphite! (With the correct links this time!) VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... 810642
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21hA man charged with rape and sexual assault casually joking about consent at an official event with Trump White House officials. 75938338
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerMineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026#MinCup26 Quarterfinal 4 Linked by archaic translations and mineralogical misunderstandings, the quarterfinals are ending in hexagons with vivid pyromorphite vs writeable graphite. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... 138938
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerMichelle @michelle-colleen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Impressive turnout at #criticalmass #bikeTO to show our opposition to Doug Ford's plan to rip out bike lanes & endanger our lives. Bike lanes save lives! Doug Ford is a corrupt animal. Shame on him! #cycling #visionzero #toronto #ONpoli #TOpoli 216125
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerMineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 27/09/2026#MinCup26 Quarterfinals 3 It's a pair of dissolvable beauties as rare and complicated #Julienite is against ubiquitous and straightforward #Halite. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... 159437
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 26/09/2026California company accused of shipping pesticide laden berries to Canada. We can't trust American product we should be able to trust that our government has adequate numbers of inspectors in place to protect us. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caWhistleblower alleges millions of Driscoll’s berries sent to Canada with excess chemical levels | CBC NewsA whistleblower lawsuit in California is alleging millions of pounds of Driscoll's fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals crossed the border into Canada, and the company tri... 75913390
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 3023971486
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerMineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 25/09/2026#MinCup26 Quarterfinal 1 It’s a rich red start to the quarterfinals as two components of brass face off with zinc ore #Sphalerite is up against copper-rich #Cuprite. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... 1811451
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerDr. Drew Brayshaw 🌊🪨 @drewbrayshaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026as a kid, I put posters up on the walls of my bedroom: Three NatGeo ones. Two Marie Tharps (Pacific Ocean & Arctic Ocean) And the gorgeous near & far sides of the Moon poster. 2244
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter. (Published Jan. 2025)propublica.orgA Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends.... 4927671128
Reposted by Daniel A. Walker🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Hey all, i don't know if we shoudl be trusting this guy with the entire province. Just wondering out loudglobalnews.ca$11.5M from Sturgeon Lake trust helped fund Rath firm’s Tallcree payment: receiver | Globalnews.caAlberta separatist leader Jeffrey Rath’s firm took $11.5 million from one First Nation trust to help him make a court-ordered refund to another First Nation, court documents show. 118126
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerEos @eos.org · 24/09/2026After a wildfire, burned areas are much less likely to burn again, at least for a while. New #AGUPubs research from @uafairbanks.bsky.social quantifies that negative feedback loop in Alaska—and shows how it’s likely to change as the climate warms. eos.org/research-spo...eos.orgIn Alaska, Wildfires Help Prevent Future Burns. Will That Feedback Loop Hold? - EosWithout the suppressive effects of younger vegetation, Alaskan fire activity would be 5 times higher. 087
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre. 271467745
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive. One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy. Another collapsed and had seizures during labor. (Published Dec. 2025)propublica.orgWhat I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign AidPhotographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again. 361020550
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerTyson Graber @rnaguru.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Sep 20. LEFT IMAGE: 7d trendline of SARS-CoV-2 signal since spring 2020 (A); Past year (B), and 2 months (C), inferred case incidence (D), and Reff (E) determined with ern (PMID: 38905266). RIGHT IMAGE: other viral traces 071
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerRetraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 23/09/2026The ecologist couldn’t find a record of the 2020 paper, purportedly published in Ambio by “Knijn et al.” She decided to check the other references. She told Retraction Watch she found at least eight that didn’t exist.retractionwatch.comWiley investigating book chapter on biodiversity for fake referencesWhile reading a chapter from a 2024 book on restoring biodiversity in post-industrial land earlier this month, an ecologist came across a reference to a study on rewilding she wanted to look up.&nb… 1177
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerEos @eos.org · 21/09/2026Researchers examined Medicare data for 25 million patients across 11 years to arrive at their findings. eos.org/articles/wil... Read more in our September issue: eos.org/themes/climate-and-personal-health eos.orgWildfire Smoke Linked to 17,000 Strokes Annually in the United States - EosA study of 25 million Medicare participants adds to a body of evidence suggesting that prolonged exposure to wildfire smoke is more harmful to human health than other forms of air pollution. 2127
Daniel A. Walker @danwalker9999.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Trust the science. But verify. In this case, as investigated by the indefatigable @sholtodavid.bsky.social and described in this video youtu.be/4g_1_AWOVpI, multiple apparently solid papers in reputable journals share the same fatal flaw: reliance on faked images from a shady private enterprise.youtu.beFaked Images of Neurons in Major JournalsYouTube video by Sholto David 310
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerMineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 20/09/2026#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 4 Both colourful yet opposite in almost every other way, it’s abundant and hard #Quartz against rare and very soft #Stichtite. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... 179843
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerHeather Vogell @heathervogell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026What do Papa Johns, Putin & a Dutch ship company have in common? One man: Tom Dans, chair of the US Arctic Research Commission. The role is typically held by science/public policy experts. That’s not Dans. We dug into how he could be leveraging the role for his own interests 🧵 17486256
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerProPublica @propublica.org · 19/09/2026NEW: On social media and in tabloids, photos from Don Jr. and Bettina Trump’s Bahamas wedding were tightly curated. But sometimes, what — or, who — isn’t pictured is just as important as what is. Let’s go on an investigative, visual tour.propublica.org“Our Dear Friend Umar”: How We Uncovered That a Russian Oligarch Bankrolled Donald Trump Jr.’s WeddingOn social media and in tabloids, photos from Don Jr. and Bettina Trump’s Bahamas wedding were tightly curated. But sometimes, what — or, who — isn’t pictured is just as important as what is. Let’s go ... 371581663
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerProPublica @propublica.org · 18/09/2026The Trump administration granted more than 180 polluting facilities nationwide a two-year pause on compliance with Clean Air Act rules. All they had to do was send an email. (Published May)propublica.orgTrump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email.In an unprecedented move, the administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from federal rules under the Clean Air Act. The president is considering... 25548305
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerMark Boslough @boslough.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Can the media please stop using the word “skeptic” to describe cult members and science deniers? 13614
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerBarney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Local man to stay on as leader after head of lettuce declines leadership nomination.cbc.caAs Carney's popularity soars, Conservatives weigh what to do about their own leader | CBC NewsA number of Conservative MPs have soured on Pierre Poilievre as leader, but despite this growing angst, his position is relatively secure because there is no strong appetite to oust him and choose som... 2725735
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerMineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 17/09/2026#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 1: It’s a visually-striking start to Round 2 as deep blue pigment #Azurite is against lead- and zinc-rich #Sphalerite. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... 1413959
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerMomentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to massive investment and it’s not stopping. momentummag.com/paris-cyclin... 328973
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerCheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026‘Nobody goes hungry’: First Nation grows 1,000 pounds of food to reduce grocery costs #Saskatchewan #Canada www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...ctvnews.ca‘Nobody goes hungry’: First Nation grows 1,000 pounds of food to reduce grocery costsOnion Lake Cree Nation grew more than 1,000 pounds of vegetables, including cauliflower, tomatoes, potatoes and cabbage, in a small, no-till garden plot that the community decided to trial this year. 422794779
Daniel A. Walker @danwalker9999.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Sometimes the headlines just fall together www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/w... 201
Daniel A. Walker @danwalker9999.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I'm nominating "The Mary Ellen Carter" as the new national anthem 🇨🇦 Rise again youtu.be/FJQkKof3opgyoutu.beThe Mary Ellen CarterYouTube video by Stan Rogers - Topic 000
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerTyson Graber @rnaguru.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Sep 13. LEFT IMAGE: 7d trendline of SARS-CoV-2 signal since spring 2020 (A); Past year (B), and 2 months (C), inferred case incidence (D), and Reff (E) determined with ern (PMID: 38905266). RIGHT IMAGE: other viral traces 0111
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerRetraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 15/09/2026A legal challenge by authors over three retracted articles about mifepristone is set for an arbitration conference this month as nationwide debate over the abortion pill heats up at the appellate level.retractionwatch.comLawsuit over retraction of abortion pill papers heads toward arbitration decisioncredit: Robin Marty/Flickr A legal challenge by authors over three retracted articles about mifepristone is set for an arbitration conference this month as nationwide debate over the abortion pill … 083
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerPop Base @popbase.tv · 15/09/2026All of Ed Sheeran’s opening acts and his touring band have dropped out of the remaining dates of his ‘Loop’ tour in solidarity with Palestine and Macklemore. 847158743364
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/09/2026NEWS: The Trump administration is preparing a $2.8 billion sale of 40,000 2,000-pound bombs and 20,000 penetrator warheads to Israel, with the weapons to be purchased using U.S. taxpayer dollars through the Foreign Military Financing program 52620741246
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerMineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 15/09/2026#MinCup26 Round 1 Match 15 It's blue vs red for vibrant cyan-blue #Chrysocolla vs rich chocolatey red-brown #Xocolatlite. Are you with the hydrous copper silicate or the tellurate? VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... 811649
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026Look at this photo we found from Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish Bahamas wedding. Can you spot the Russian oligarch close to Putin who bankrolled the event? 🧵 22834391317
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026PRO PUBLICA: “Don JR’s wedding secretly bankrolled by Russian oligarch close to Putin” 🤔 So weird how this keeps happening 🤷🏼 www.propublica.org/article/dona... 34058252423
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/09/2026“.. With Saudi oil now blockaded, Americans are about to discover why maintaining stability in the Middle East and not handing it to a consortium of Russia and Iran was always important.” @jayinkyiv.bsky.social 57498453283
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026NEW: Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin Umar Kremlev footed the bill for hundreds of thousands of dollars of wedding expenses at Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish wedding, including renting out a private island and paying for the fireworks show.propublica.orgDonald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian OligarchThe oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large... 21926881393
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 12/09/2026BREAKING: Our banned interview with Kimmel generated 6 million views on YouTube. 896299497571
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerCheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 12/09/2026President Zelenskyy calls U.S. threats to annex Canada 'very dangerous' | Canadian exclusive www.cbc.ca/player/play/...cbc.caZelenskyy calls U.S. threats to annex Canada 'very dangerous' | Canadian exclusiveIn a Canadian exclusive interview, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urges Canada and the U.S. to work out their differences, calling threats to annex Canada 'very dangerous.' Zelenskyy also war... 14389154
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 11/09/2026Fault Taunting xkcd.com/3296/ 181498156
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerMichael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 11/09/2026September 11th now and then A slide show on September 11th by @deAdder Link to Substack: deadder.substack.com/p/september-...deadder.substack.comSeptember 11thToday and at the time 24690277
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerTyson Graber @rnaguru.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Sep 06. LEFT IMAGE: 7d trendline of SARS-CoV-2 signal since spring 2020 (A); Past year (B), and 2 months (C), inferred case incidence (D), and Reff (E) determined with ern (PMID: 38905266). RIGHT IMAGE: other viral traces 071
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerRetraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 08/09/2026Taylor & Francis is investigating an article in one of its journals after the editors published an editorial about academic freedom that contains multiple fake references and citation errors.retractionwatch.comEditors of higher education journal coauthor editorial with fake referencesTaylor & Francis is investigating an article in one of its journals after the editors published an editorial about academic freedom that contains multiple fake references and citation errors.&n… 21711
Daniel A. Walker @danwalker9999.bsky.social · 08/09/2026St. Lawrence River at Montreal. Downstream from Lake Ontario. 011
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 06/09/2026Transferring vast sums of money to a so-called "department of war" to do infectious-disease related work doesn't exactly assuage anyone's fears about bioweapons now does it? 1125055
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerRetraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 04/09/2026A psychology journal has retracted a seminal 2002 paper on deadlines and procrastination coauthored by behavioral scientist Dan Ariely of Duke University just days after a team of sleuths published analyses of the original study data, finding it had been tampered with.retractionwatch.comProcrastination study by Duke’s Dan Ariely retracted after sleuths find signs of data tamperingA psychology journal has retracted a seminal 2002 paper on deadlines and procrastination coauthored by behavioral scientist Dan Ariely of Duke University just days after a team of sleuths published… 18635
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerThe Onion @theonion.com · 03/09/2026Google Maps Introduces Crawling Directions For Cyclists Hit By Truck theonion.com/google-maps-introduces… 352774459
Reposted by Daniel A. WalkerReese Richardson @reeserichardson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026"'Caveat Blottor' does not seem like such a great way to run a business, but that seems to be the norm." @dereklowe.bsky.social weighs in on the antibody validation data scandal: www.science.org/content/blog...science.orgCrappy Antibodies, Made Superficially More Appealing 061
![4-panel comic. (1) [Giant fishing rod-like cat toy positioned above four tectonic plates. Two helicopters that appear tiny due to scale fly above. People next to device are so tiny they cannot be seen.] PERSON 1: The key to exposing new geologic layers is understanding the three forces driving plate movement: slab pull, ridge push, and taunting. (2) PERSON 2: Taunting? What do– PERSON 1: *Initiate thrust fault pattern!* [The dangly end of the toy wiggles.] (3) “Rumble” sound effect from tectonic plates. (4) “Lunge!” sound effect from tectonic plates. [Plates split at a diagonal angling toward toy.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreib4bgny4aloexmhcpuj3hprxwxludu6ix23qkcarfocnvdizaw7ia)