Reposted by Iain McKechnieCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 05/09/2026The current NIH director is a grievance-driven weasel, a sycophant so desperately out of his league that he lacks even the most basic of bureaucratic reflex arcs: the impulse to protect if not expand his own domain. 639066
Reposted by Iain McKechnieThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/09/2026In @nytopinion.nytimes.com It's not just you. In many parts of the country, extreme heat affects much more of the year than it once did. See how your county stacks up.nyti.msOpinion | Summer Has Gotten Much Hotter. See How Bad It Is Where You Live.The notion of enduring the summer rather than embracing it has spread far beyond the Sun Belt. 98025
Reposted by Iain McKechnieDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Thomas Rose, a 37-year-old assistant professor at MIT and an expert in the archaeometallurgy of copper, has died after being hit by a driver while riding his bike at the intersection of Memorial Drive and Massachusetts Ave.bostonglobe.comMIT professor hit while riding his bicycle in Cambridge last month has died, university officials say - The Boston GlobeThomas Rose, 37, joined MIT in January and was set to begin teaching courses this fall. 23953186
Reposted by Iain McKechnieThe Onion @theonion.com · 04/09/2026Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions theonion.com/historians-politely-re… 212163448
Reposted by Iain McKechnieAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 05/05/2026“The dismantling of USAID, according to models from Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols, “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children,” Gawande wrote.” hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...hsph.harvard.eduUSAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthThe Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord... 6222011448
Iain McKechnie @iainmckechnie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Henceforth the ‘Super Bowl’ will be called the ‘Grey Cup Consolation Match’ Wall Street will be referred to as ‘Bay Street South’ Cape Canaveral is now Cape Canadarm The Pentagon is now The Decagon (properly Metric) 000
Reposted by Iain McKechnieChris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @chris.mstdn.chrisalemany.ca.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026Literally have not heard the names “Fannie Mae” and “Freddie Mac” since 2008. I’m sure it’s fine. Original link: www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/fann… Apple News link […]mstdn.chrisalemany.caOriginal post on mstdn.chrisalemany.ca 103
Reposted by Iain McKechnieKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Thread. 1277
Reposted by Iain McKechnieGlendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 03/08/2026Don’t know how I missed this story last month. US oil company shows up in Greenland to start drilling. Invasion by dubious permits. Important story for Canadians. #ElbowsUptheguardian.comLicensed to drill? How a Trump-linked Texas oil company is elbowing its way into GreenlandGreenland Energy says billions of barrels of crude could lie beneath territory and claims it has permission to bring drilling kit ashore – a claim denied by Nuuk 17361
Reposted by Iain McKechnieDaniel Rück @danrueck.bsky.social · 29/07/2026"with the stranded ships remaining motionless, their hulls were becoming encrusted with marine life – from microbes and algae to barnacles and other invertebrates – that could hitchhike to ports around the world when trade resumed." www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comShips stuck in strait of Hormuz pose ‘super-spreader’ biodiversity threat, scientists warnBiologists say cargo ships stranded in Gulf may carry highly potent invasive species around the world as trade resumes 043
Reposted by Iain McKechnieICAZ @icaz-news.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Issue 26:2 of the ICAZ Newsletter is now available to download: alexandriaarchive.org/icaz/publica... Let us know about your events, activities, publications and achievements for the next issue in Jan 2027 by emailing icaznewsletter@gmail.com and icaznewsletterassistant@gmail.com. #ICAZ #Zooarch 042
Reposted by Iain McKechnieICAZ @icaz-news.bsky.social · 17/07/2026The call for abstracts for the 15th ICAZ Conference in Vancouver 2027 are now open until the 25th of August! There are 32 great sessions to choose from. Head to the website for more details - sway.cloud.microsoft/BFTVh4FAbfX6... #ICAZ #Zooarch #Vancouver2027sway.cloud.microsoftICAZ 2027 VancouverFrançais 078
Reposted by Iain McKechnieKatie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 12/07/2026You know who's homegrown South Carolina and recently looking for a job????static.klipy.comStephen Colbert Waves EnthusiasticallyAlt: Stephen Colbert Waves Enthusiastically 316136
Iain McKechnie @iainmckechnie.bsky.social · 09/07/2026restoring herring spawning habitat in the middle of Vancouver is good news.mongabay.com/2026/07/coul...news.mongabay.comCould a blighted urban inlet become a global beacon of waterway renewal?VANCOUVER — Two hundred years ago, Talaysay Campo’s ancestors harvested clams and cockles along the shore of Vancouver’s False Creek. “It was a huge aquaculture site,” Campo, a member of the Squamish ... 020
Reposted by Iain McKechnieJo VanEvery @jovanevery.bsky.social · 03/06/2026I was saddened to learn of the death of Raul Pacheco-Vega earlier this week. I’ve known Raul for a very long time. I’ve written something for my website. Read here: jovanevery.co.uk/in-memoriam-...jovanevery.co.ukIn memoriam: Raul Pacheco-Vega 1515666
Reposted by Iain McKechnieCoast Funds @coastfunds.bsky.social · 26/05/2026A historic milestone for First Nations’ stewardship, conservation & the future of Canada’s oceans! 🐋 The new Mia-yaltwa Ha’lidzogm hoon National Marine Conservation Area Reserve will protect 6,700 square km of marine habitat – an area larger than Prince Edward Island. ow.ly/HFXO50Z4mf2 093
Iain McKechnie @iainmckechnie.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Perhaps this scheme has been a thing imported from Canada ? 000
Reposted by Iain McKechnieICAZ @icaz-news.bsky.social · 15/04/2026The 15th ICAZ International Conference will be held next year in Vancouver. Call for Sessions closes 31st of May 2026. For more details check out our website sway.cloud.microsoft/BFTVh4FAbfX6... or email icaz2027vancouver@gmail.com. #ICAZ #zooarch #Vancouver2027 058
Iain McKechnie @iainmckechnie.bsky.social · 16/04/2026gosh its like some companies are well placed to be cashing in on future profits 000
Reposted by Iain McKechnieqmackie @qmackie.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Cool shot of an eagle snatching up fistfuls of herring in Haida Gwaii. From @jagsbean on instagram. #herring #eagles #haidagwaii www.instagram.com/p/DWFVvDeARPm/ @iainmckechnie.bsky.social 065
Iain McKechnie @iainmckechnie.bsky.social · 27/03/2026"researchers found that nearly a dozen leading models were highly sycophantic, taking the users’ side in interpersonal conflicts 49% more often ..... Even a single interaction with a sycophantic chatbot made participants less willing to take responsibility" www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/w...nytimes.comSeeking a Sounding Board? Beware the Eager-to-Please Chatbot. 100
Iain McKechnie @iainmckechnie.bsky.social · 23/03/2026randomly remembered when pelicans aggressively interrupted the Pepperdine graduation www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGBj... 🪶youtube.comPelicans crash Pepperdine University graduationYouTube video by Grant Dillion 000
Iain McKechnie @iainmckechnie.bsky.social · 17/03/2026hey @watershedlab.bsky.social - perhaps you might inquire if this guy needs additional geomorphology advice www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/w...nytimes.comIceland’s Chief ‘Lava Cooler’ Is Bracing for the Next Eruption 011
Iain McKechnie @iainmckechnie.bsky.social · 15/03/2026lovely timing happy new year investing www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/u... 044
Reposted by Iain McKechnieTheresa Lalonde @theresalalonde.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Assholes among us. Public shame needed. Hate is a crime. #supportRachel 041
Iain McKechnie @iainmckechnie.bsky.social · 12/03/2026frat boy being epically furious starts to realize he is an idiot 000
Iain McKechnie @iainmckechnie.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Great to see international attention on Fort Chipewyan & the Athabasca www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/h...nytimes.comCancer Haunts Neighbors of Canada’s Oil Sands Wastelands 0226
Reposted by Iain McKechnieKatie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Happy #2026MMM Wild Card Eve to all who celebrate! 58114
Reposted by Iain McKechnieICAZ @icaz-news.bsky.social · 06/03/2026On behalf of the ICAZ Worked Bone Research Group we would like to share the March Bone Tool of the Month - a cassowary bone dagger from New Guinea. See the link to find out more! #ICAZ #zooarch #workedbone www.wbrg.net/bonetool-of-... 0409
Reposted by Iain McKechnie@bcferrys @bcferrys.bsky.social · 14/02/2026The perfect Valentine’s gift: assorted chocolate-dipped clams! 6261
Reposted by Iain McKechnieKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Racism Racism Racism Racism Racism Racism Racism Racism Racism The new kickoff rule sucks Racism 51077
Iain McKechnie @iainmckechnie.bsky.social · 25/01/2026“The toolbox isn’t particularly varied…the paramilitary thugs; random violence; postmortem vilification of victims. It’s only natural that our brains struggle to find logic in what we are seeing. There is a logic, & this logic has a name. It’s called state terror.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...nytimes.comOpinion | State Terror Has Arrived 032
Iain McKechnie @iainmckechnie.bsky.social · 17/01/2026great new paleoanthropology 🧪 paper by @robingnelson.blacksky.app onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comAdjusting the Aperture: Decolonizing Time in Studies of Human Behavior and EvolutionBiological anthropology has long positioned foraging and often pastoralist populations as the most appropriate referent communities for the rigorous study of human behavior and evolution. With this, ... 010
Iain McKechnie @iainmckechnie.bsky.social · 15/12/2025top 10 worm species 🧪🌊 www.marinespecies.org/worms-top-te...marinespecies.orgWoRMS - Ten remarkable new marine species from 2024 000
Reposted by Iain McKechnieNPR @npr.org · 19/11/2025Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun. n.pr/48nQMqIn.pr3 massive changes you'll see as the climate careens toward tipping pointsScientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun. 22473224
Reposted by Iain McKechnieUVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Congratulations to all the students convocating this week. Thank you to those who chose #anthropology as their degree. Interview with Jennifer Preece, Anthropology major/Indigenous Studies minor grad who walked across the stage today. tinyurl.com/5xzxjb77 @uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.socialtinyurl.comUVic grad finds passion for archaeology - UVic NewsAnthropology major and Indigenous Studies minor grad, Jennifer Preece, never imagined her interest in fish trap research would ignite her passion for 0122
Iain McKechnie @iainmckechnie.bsky.social · 14/10/2025these social media places are often overflowing w flooded s#$! & yet are also places where its possible to strengthen channels, dikes, & riparian zones to eventually filter into cleaner, clearer, faster flowing water [aka. news?] 🗞️🧪 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/o... 020
Reposted by Iain McKechnieLora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 14/10/2025i had forgotten this moment 27023
Reposted by Iain McKechnieProf. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 12/10/2025High resolution images from satellite and from eddy-resolving ocean circulation models point to an ongoing decline of the Atlantic overturning circulation, a key ocean current for our climate. Read more about it in my new blog article. 🌊 www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...realclimate.orgRealClimate: High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC)The #AMOC is the reason for Europe’s mild climate. Evidence that it is slowing has been piling up over the years – it now is likely at its weakest in at least a millennium, and it may even be approach... 9405211
Reposted by Iain McKechnieMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Thanks, New Yorker 207215396665
Iain McKechnie @iainmckechnie.bsky.social · 07/10/2025How does one make tea - is it boiled ?media.tenor.coma glass mug with a wooden handle and a wooden lidALT: a glass mug with a wooden handle and a wooden lid 010
Reposted by Iain McKechnieJohn Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 03/10/2025“No self-respecting university could ever accept something like this,” said Lee Bollinger, a First Amendment scholar and former Columbia University president. “Trying to protect conservative ideas against being ‘belittled’ — that’s about as violative of the First Amendment interests as you can get.”washingtonpost.comColleges weigh whether to sign onto Trump plan or forgo federal benefitsA new proposal from the Trump administration would give colleges funding advantages if they adopt conservative priorities. 21817254
Iain McKechnie @iainmckechnie.bsky.social · 24/09/2025historical ecology of tuna (incl. giant bluefin) fisheries in Canada🧪🐟 022
Reposted by Iain McKechnieKras Mazov @pepperonidave.bsky.social · 20/09/2025This is so pathetic. we need to stop being afraid of this clown. 16421
Reposted by Iain McKechnieLaura Sell @laurasell.bsky.social · 19/09/2025"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...insidehighered.comCensorship Is the Authoritarian’s DreamThe right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things. 7240111873
Reposted by Iain McKechnieKevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Biggest story in the world, told in the mainstream press perfectly well: AP/PBS headline: TRUMP'S MOVES AGAINST MEDIA OUTLETS MIRROR AUTHORITARIAN APPROACHES TO SILENCING DISSENT www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...pbs.orgTrump's moves against media outlets mirror authoritarian approaches to silencing dissentSince taking office in January, President Donald Trump has waged an aggressive campaign against the media unlike any in modern U.S. history, making moves similar to those of authoritarian leaders that... 562812881