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Kai Muir

@kaimuir.bsky.social
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UVic Masters student, Pacific herring historical ecology | cat dad | trans & often happy

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15/05/2026
Inea’s story is one of home, tradition, and memory over generations.
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 15/05/2026
A three-clause claim, and two are Orwellian falsehoods. Doubling down on a single export is not diversifying. Adding emissions is not reducing them.
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FACETS Journal @facetsjournal.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
New 📰| Assessing cumulative effects to support Indigenous-led ecosystem-based management in salmon watersheds 🐟 ow.ly/KHgB50YbSHm 🖼️ The “Salmon Forest” within a watershed—illustrated by Briony Penn. UBC Science, University of Victoria #IndigenousScience #Ecosystem #Salmon #Conservation
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karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
If I were trying to sell AI to the public I would be saying “it’s a useful way to write code faster and automate some tedious tasks that couldn’t be automated well before” and instead they’re running with “get on board or get left behind” and “we WILL eliminate your job.”
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Dr Thomas Clements @taphonomist.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
One contestant irk of palaeoart is that marine reptiles are always devouring my beloved cephalopods... Well no longer! Calling palaeoartists to realise my dream of a giant octopus get vengeance for all cephalopod kind!!! My thoughts on the new paper here! 🐙 www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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‘Kraken-like’ giant octopuses 100m years ago crunched bones of prey
Study of fossilised beaks shows patterns of wear and suggests some ancient species were up to 19 metres long
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Torrance Coste @torrancecoste.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
“We cannot continue to expand fossil fuel infrastructure and hit our climate goals.” - @davidebybc.bsky.social, 2022 This man’s descent from progressive to corporate conservative underscores the profound toxicity of power.
A post from David Eby celebrating the expansion of fracked gas in BC.
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Sean Hollister @seanhollister.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
It needed to be said, and nobody says it like @reckless.bsky.social. www.theverge.com/podcast/9170...
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BEWARE SOFTWARE BRAIN
Software brain is changing the world, but most people still aren’t buying.
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Kai Muir @kaimuir.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Feeling really proud of how Rio is developing these days. He’ll be 5 soon and he’s come a long way from the wobbly baby that he was back in September.
Rio, a young Friesian gelding, in trotRio in canter. He is huge (17.2 hands)!
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Kai Muir @kaimuir.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
My little shrimps 🦐
My black cats Sesame and Scallion entwined on a chair. They are both curled up like shrimp. A close up of their perfect toes!
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Kai Muir @kaimuir.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Deeply unimpressed by the CBC reporting on concerns that the child would receive gender reassignment surgery without clarifying that gender affirming surgeries are not available to minors in Cuba
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Kai Muir @kaimuir.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I fear my friends and family are tired of listening to me talk about the (excellent) cod pod
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 27/03/2026
Alberta electricity company Capital Power has successfully lobbied the Mark Carney government to drop clean-energy regulations, clearing the path forward for the development of their gas-powered AI data centre. Journalist Taylor C. Noakes explores: ow.ly/XM7b50Yzsyb
On the left: a close up photograph of Prime Minister Mark Carney. On the right: text that reads “After intense lobbying, Carney allows gas-powered data centres in Alberta. Energy firm pushed federal officials to scale back clean-electricity rules tied to AI sector.”
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I’ve been a journalist for 27 years. I’ve reported major stories about mass surveillance, torture, war, the military-industrial complex, police black sites, etc. But this is the most important story I’ve ever had the horror/honor to work on. For it is a story about the current phase of a genocide.
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The Ghosts of Al-Shifa Hospital
Months into a supposed ceasefire in Gaza, doctors still have to smuggle in basic medical supplies—and treat new casualties of war.
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Aubrey Gordon @yrfatfriend.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Hey, you should read this @parkermolloy.com piece on the collapsing of what is largely an intersex/DSD story into an anti-trans culture war frame. open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
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The IOC's New Policy Isn't Really a Trans Story
Every headline says the IOC banned trans women from the Olympics. The athletes who’ll actually be barred are cis women who’ve never heard of the SRY gene.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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5m tonnes of CO2 emitted in just 14 days of US war on Iran, analysis finds
Exclusive: War in the Middle East is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
My sons, Aryann and Grokulus, love to visit local establishments and shoot at the feet of service employees, causing them to "dance." Do you like this. Is this relatable
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tj mahr 🤘 @tjmahr.com · 20/03/2026
amazing slide here
Slide from the lecture about using an HMM to model whether the president is dead
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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 19/03/2026
out now in Science: @loganjames.bsky.social collected pairs of sounds in 16 species where we *know* which sound is more attractive (to that species) he played them to ppl on themusiclab.org, asking, in each pair, which was nicer. humans agreed w other animals doi.org/10.1126/science.aea1202
cOMPaRatiVe cOGNitiONHumans share acousticpreferences with other animalsLogan S. James1,2,3,4* Sarah C. Woolley 1,2, Jon T. Sakata1,2,Courtney B. Hilton5,6, Michael J. Ryan3,4, Samuel A. Mehr5,7,8Many animals produce courtship sounds, and receivers prefersome sounds over others. Shared ancestry and convergentevolution may generate similarities in preference across speciesand underlie Darwin’s conjecture that some animals “havenearly the same taste for the beautiful as we have.” In this study,we show that humans share acoustic preferences with a rangeof animals, that the strength of human preferences correlateswith that in other animals, and that humans respond fasterwhen in agreement with animals. Furthermore, we foundgreatest agreement in preference for adorned, ancestral, andlower-frequency sounds. humans’ music listening experiencewas associated with preferences. These results are consistentwith theories arguing that biases in processing sculpt acousticpreferences, and they confirm Darwin’s century-old hunchabout the conservation of aesthetics in nature
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 19/03/2026
fossil fascism is so much better than climate policy, you get the same skyrocketing oil and gas prices but you also turn everything into a hellscape
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
New signed prints available for the talking Glyptodon in your life
Signed art print of my recent Glyptodon comic
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Kai Muir @kaimuir.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Sometimes historical sport fishing accounts contain passages that might as well be from a @kjcharleswriter.com novel
Excerpt from fishing accounts: “With a friendly feeling born of much whisky, he placed his arm on my shoulder, and assured me that although if he had his rights he would be a Lord, he did not disdain the acquaintanceship of a commoner like my-self; in fact, that he had seldom seen a man to whom he had taken such a fancy, or with whom he would more willingly tramp the woods, if I would only give him the pleasure of my company in his trapper's hut some few miles inland.”
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the hype @thehyyyype.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The Strait of Hormuz is open for transit
Scene of Mario jumping around to avoid all the spinning fire sticks in the original Super Mario Bros game
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Kai Muir @kaimuir.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Me showing my boyfriend a weird bug
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Kai Muir @kaimuir.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
From last weekend - Sea lions congregating at Shingle Spit on Hornby Island for the herring spawn
A concrete pier covered in resting sea lions. Most are California sea lions but a few Steller sea lions also joined the crowd. The water behind them is turquoise from the herring milt.
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David Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Outrageously corrupt, prejudiced "science" from the NHS: - Enforce one particular treatment pathway for years - Rig your literature survey to exclude that pathway - Declare that, amazingly, there is "no evidence" for any treatment pathway - Ban the treatment - Shrug as people suffer untreated
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Alec BM Moore @alecbmmoore.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
New evidence in @science.org that herring🐟 spawn where they were spawned (natal homing) adds urgency to the work @projectfishistory.bsky.social is doing @sosbangor.bsky.social - identifying unmapped spawning areas using historical sources 📜 & living knowledge 🎣🗣️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Direct evidence of natal homing in an Atlantic herring metapopulation
Herring return annually to their natal spawning sites, highlighting the need for sensitive coastal management.
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andrea bennett (they/them) @akkabah.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Wrote a piece for @thetyee.ca about this, including a short Q&A with Tla'amin Hegus John Hackett. thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...
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First Nations Tell Aaron Gunn: ‘Chillax, Bud’ | The Tyee
The MP denounced land acknowledgements Tuesday. By Wednesday, the response had gone viral. A Tyee Q&A with Hegus John Hackett.
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Jules Soupault @julessoupault.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
@wgreaves.bsky.social, after bravely speaking out against Carney’s endorsement of the US-Israeli war, why did you not vote to make Canada’s military exports more transparent?
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 10/03/2026
The Singularity is upon us: Apple's AI summarized a text message that read "I'm still down to clown if you are" to.... "clown event still possible."
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 28/02/2026
There is so much discourse about how Trump lied and Kamala wouldn’t have done this and all these people need to shut up and start shutting down the US war machine before it destroys literally everything. Shut it down. Canadian government is complicit. First thing: armsembargonow.ca/phonepledge/...
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DAILY PHONE PLEDGE - Arms Embargo Now
We are quickly approaching the crucial vote on Bill C-233, No More Loopholes Act. The vote is currently slated for March 11th – which means we have a final chance to push our MPs to VOTE YES. With MPs...
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Frankly, I expected better from a FIFA Peace prize winner
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 28/02/2026
What do we call what Israel has been doing in the region? It is clearly terror against its neighbours. Do the human rights of Palestinians not count to Mark Carney? Does it not matter to him that Israel is a rogue state, holding nuclear weapons without signing the Non-Proliferation Treaty?
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tine @tine5.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Theme: The #Weirdness of Cambrian life #pixelart #pixel_dailies #paleoart @pixeldailies.bsky.social
Pixel art of a scene under the Cambrian sea showing strange alien-like creatures of the Cambrian Period including Vauxia in the foreground, a pinkish-purple Anomalocaris, deep blue Opabinia, violet Nectocaris, bright green Pectocaris, blue-grey Banffia, and Wiwaxia on the rocks in the background.
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Kai Muir @kaimuir.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I love the Narwhal for their consistently rigorous journalism, and for informing me that the perfect mustachioed cat I met on ‘Na̱mg̱is territory this summer is named Uno
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
This entire 'debate' is so maddening. We have been promised that a groundswell of rushed, dissatisfied detransitioners was about to emerge for nearly a decade. Not only have they never materialized, but academic research continues to show small numbers, long assessments and miniscule regret rates.
Numerous accusations from critical media outlets claimed the clinic was a “transing factory” that ignored “holistic” approaches to care and was recklessly prescribing puberty suppressant hormones, known as puberty blockers, to children.

One article from The Times, published in 2022, claimed that at least 1,000 families were planning mass legal action against the Tavistock gender clinic for rushing youngsters into taking puberty blockers.

However, a freedom of information (FOI) request to the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, shared by Yorkshire Bylines, revealed that, between 2012 and 2022, only eight complaints over healthcare provisions had been lodged.
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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Every year, Pacific #salmon return from the ocean to the rivers and streams where they were born. These migrations nourish ecosystems, sustain Indigenous cultures and support fisheries that people across Western Canada rely on. theconversation.com/canada-is-lo...
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Canada is losing track of its wild salmon — just when we need that knowledge most
Expediency with industrial development carries real environmental risks for salmon unless matched by corresponding investment in mitigation and monitoring.
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Loren McClenachan @lmcclenachan.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Excited to get a copy of "Shifting seas: understanding deep-time human impacts on marine ecosystems" in the mail! Lots of great historical marine ecology research from around the world, including 3 papers from our research group: Check it out here: royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1930
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
"Canadian values" thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
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Fighting Cancer, Facing Deportation and Denied Health Care | The Tyee
Francisco Barahona is one of many people denied treatment when they can’t get MSP coverage.
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Canadian Drug Policy Coalition @candrugpolicy.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
“The only people, frankly, benefiting from the current model are organized crime and some of these private residential treatment centres who are charging exorbitant amounts to families... without any evidence that those are effective," Read @thetyee.ca full article here: thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
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BC’s Drug Response Isn’t Following the Evidence: Former Coroner | The Tyee
The province is neglecting safer supply and housing, which are proven to reduce harms, says Lisa Lapointe.
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Kai Muir @kaimuir.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
They contain multitudes
Sesame and Scallion curled up together like perfect angel kitties A mid-air cat on cat collision
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 04/02/2026
The federal government is closing seven of its farm research centres, where scientists develop resilient crop varieties and test new agricultural practices. Farmers worry the cutbacks could threaten their competitiveness, as drought and other climate pressures mount. thenarwhal.ca/canada-agric...
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Farmers oppose agricultural science cuts in Canada | The Narwhal
The federal government is closing farm research centres and cutting back on agriculture science, leaving farmers scratching their heads
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Ben Werdmuller @werd.io · 02/02/2026
Secure your own squid first before helping others. (I'm disproportionately proud of this drawing.)
An airline security card but instead of oxygen masks, it's squid. Just roll with it.
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Brandy Jensen @brandyjensen.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Catherine O’Hara didn’t steal scenes she just showed up and ownership automatically defaulted to her
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 30/01/2026
NEW: Meet the private-equity firm -- and its billionaire immigrant CEO -- making millions off some of ICE's cruelest deportation flights. After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Longer and Crueler
A private equity-owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.
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Kai Muir @kaimuir.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Latest home improvement project: a catio for Sesame and Scallion
Two black cats in a window box style catio, watching a nearby hummingbird in flight
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Kai Muir @kaimuir.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Pacific surf smelt (Hypomesus pretiosus) eggs under the microscope tonight, from samples taken for the @peninsulastreams.bsky.social Forage Fish monitoring program
An eyed embryo approximately a week into development, with coiling around the yolk visibleTwo eggs in the gastrula stage of development, showing adhesion to surrounding sediment
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Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Hiding behind “it’s just business” is the new “I was just following orders” defence #boycottpattison #bcpoli #iceraids
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 26/01/2026
B.C. is promoting the North Coast transmission line as a boon for companies such as Ksi Lisims LNG. But providing "cost certainty" for industrial electricity users could mean BC Hydro has to forego millions in revenue — and shift costs to residential customers. thenarwhal.ca/bc-public-to...
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British Columbians will pay to electrify North Coast mining, LNG projects | The Narwhal
Energy minister’s order could exempt North Coast transmission line customers from paying millions
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