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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Its one of 30 shortlisted preprints in Social Sciences (!!) for the Popular Preprints of the Decade Award 2016–2026. View the shortlist and vote: www.preprints.org/activity/awa... It's under social sciences. You have to sign in to vote. Voting is Sept 1-Nov 30.

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

In 2016, we couldn't get anyone to publish our weird paper on Community Peer Review (a method for community to adjudicate research that impacted them). So we stashed it as a pre-print. 10 years later, it's short listed as one of the top 30 preprints.org. There's a voting award thing if you want:

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Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

What can plastic fragments found in an animal’s digestive tract tell us about the geographies it has traversed? For Places, @maxliboiron.bsky.social wrote about the different world animals reveal through their appetites. “The heart of gut forensics is not classification, but learning how to see.”

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Through the Guts

What can plastic fragments found in an animal’s digestive tract tell us about the waters it has traversed?

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Re-reading @maxliboiron.bsky.social’s Pollution Is Colonialism & this sentence from the introduction really leapt out at me in this technofascist neocolonial moment: “You can’t make & hoard capital without stealing Land first.”

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

We’re in Nunatsiavut this week to share results in the final year of a nine year plastic monitoring project! And it’s good news: we’re not concerned about plastics as a contaminant in the region. If you’d like a copy of the final report, let us know!

Over 250 people were involved (inside page with names and photos)

Page from report: most of the time when we look for plastics, we find nothing (English and inuttitit)

Data viz showing plastics are very small, comparing size of plastics to common items like a grain of rice, Tylenol pill

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

The first one at LSE is along the main themes from Pollution is Colonialism, ie, how to do research when our disciplines, institutions, and methods are based in colonialism. The second talk at UCL is a deeper dive into one example of that-- contaminant statistics. For non-statisticians . :)

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I'm giving two talks in London-- one today, one tomorrow! Research is a Land Relation 3 February 2026, 5-6.30pm, LSE, OLD 3.24 www.lse.ac.uk/geography-an... Counting across worlds IAS Common Ground, G11, South Wing UCL Wednesday, Feb 4 from 5 pm to 7 pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/counting-a...

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Social Life of Climate Change

Attend research seminars in Social Life of Climate Change in the Department of Geography and Environment at LSE.

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Day after tomorrow in Oxford, UK. A workshop on theories of change for folks who try to move the mountain with their research, writing, teaching, etc.

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CLEAR lab @clear-lab.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

New paper! "Struggling with Citational Politics as a Pathway to Unlearning and Relearning for Collective Action" on the material challenges of trying to cite ethically. We did a citation experiment. We found there were specific stages, and they didn't advance linearly. kula.uvic.ca/index.php/ku...

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

If you're in London in February and want to get your geek on with me: "This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of 2 Indigenous researchers to collaborate through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics." www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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Counting across worlds (or, how to love a zero)

This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of two Indigenous researchers to collaborate across incommensurability through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics.

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Hello London-ish people! I will be there doing a book talk on Pollution is Colonialism week after next! Feb 3. Free and open to all!

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Thanks for posting the OA link!

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Full disclosure: I blurbed this book and I blurbed it hard. I think it’s methodologically brilliant, especially coming out of a PhD project originally. And that’s my fav kind of brilliance.

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Very excited for Homesick by Nick Shapiro. It tells a story of formaldehyde exposure from prefab trailers, which does some heavy, complex lifting itself. But what I love most is how it chronicles multiple approaches to activist research & how to let the research lead you. @dukepress.bsky.social

Holding up a book, whose cover shows a White House with ‘homesick’ written underneath.

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

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Counting across worlds (or, how to love a zero)

This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of two Indigenous researchers to collaborate across incommensurability through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics.

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CLEAR lab @clear-lab.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I (Max) highly recommend this book. The ethnography is beautiful. The methods of an activist/researcher are exceptional. The theories of change are poetic and grounded. The case study is holy shit.

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CLEAR lab @clear-lab.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

We’re waking up our social media presence!🌱Every week, a different CLEAR member will share what life looks like in the lab, from wet lab work to community authorship. Each perspective is unique, showing the diff ways we think about what we do and *how* we do it. Stay tuned! 1/8

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UBC IRES @ires.ubc.ca · 07/08/2025

🎙️ This snippet offers a glimpse into Verena's comprehensive Seminar in our Series, which is full of strategies, tactics and tools related to the science of policy making and changing. And there's even more to explore— join our Seminar Series in September! ires.ubc.ca/news-and-events/

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

It's a really great collection, and to my knowledge is was created through invitation and commission by editors at @universitypress.cambridge.org Prisms: Plastics. Thank you and kudos to that group, and to all the authors.

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

"The petrochemical historical bloc: Exposing the extent and depth of opposition to a high-ambition plastics treaty" identifies a bloc of petrostates, industry & their allies to ferret out disingenuous rhetoric and identify potential counter-alliances. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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The petrochemical historical bloc: Exposing the extent and depth of opposition to a high-ambition plastics treaty | Cambridge Prisms: Plastics | Cambridge Core

The petrochemical historical bloc: Exposing the extent and depth of opposition to a high-ambition plastics treaty - Volume 3

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

My piece echos Lynn Jacobs', but focuses on how even the best version of the Treaty includes Indigenous knowledge, but not Indigenous Peoples. Meaning, it's not a rights-based model like the one outlined by the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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How to incorporate the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in the Global Plastics Treaty | Cambridge Prisms: Plastics | Cambridge Core

How to incorporate the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in the Global Plastics Treaty - Volume 3

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

.@konwaiatanonwes.bsky.social (Lynn Jacobs) has a great piece on "Indigenous rights, knowledge, and participation in the global plastics treaty" that details how Indigenous Peoples have been systematically blocked in the creation process www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Indigenous rights, knowledge, and participation in the global plastics treaty | Cambridge Prisms: Plastics | Cambridge Core

Indigenous rights, knowledge, and participation in the global plastics treaty - Volume 3

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

While there are a lot of articles in the collection, the briefing today covers: A shift in focus to human health A rights-based approach to the Treaty Safeguarding scientific integrity High ambition vs delay (and my new favourite term: "low-ambition nations") The urgency for binding action

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Act boldly or fail

Act boldly or fail: academic perspectives at a pivotal moment in global plastics treaty negotiations

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Today there's a public briefing on the collection, "Act boldly or fail: academic perspectives at a pivotal moment in global plastics treaty negotiations," where 60+ experts outline the consequences of delayed or diluted action 1/ www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

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Call for bold action at upcoming Global Plastics Treaty Talks (INC-5.2)

As the world prepares for the final round of negotiations on a legally binding global plastics treaty (INC-5.2), from 5-14 August 2025, over 60 academic experts have stepped forward to outline exactly...

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

We're using the workshop to fine-tune these resources, after which they'll be available on the IndigeLab Network website. Videos of the orientation portion of the workshops will also be available there. Everyone is welcome, even if you're not going up for promotion & don't do community work. 3/3

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

We'll cover "8 Maxims for a promotion and tenure file", "Strategies for representing community-based research in tenure files," "Measures and metrics for demonstrating impact in promotion and tenure files," and provide a P&T file checklist. 2/3

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

You can still register for tomorrow & Wednesday's workshops on promotion & tenure files for community-based research. Day 1 is CVs & Day 2 are dossiers. The team includes @arnkeeling.bsky.social @rosiealegado.bsky.social & Letitia Henville 1/3 cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...

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Encrypted Form

CryptPad: end-to-end encrypted collaboration suite

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Venus Bivar @vbivar.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Teen Vogue really does have some of the best reporting. This collection is great and includes a piece from @maxliboiron.bsky.social . Will definitely be using this entire list for teaching. www.teenvogue.com/tag/plastic-...

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plastic planet

Get the latest on Plastic Planet from Teen Vogue. Find articles, slideshows and more.

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Last day in Nunatsiavut with this fantastic crew - Jacquelyn Winters, @maxliboiron.bsky.social, Katrina Anthony, @paulmccarney.bsky.social (and Liz Pijogge, who was back in Nain). 📸: Dillon Shiwak

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

A short blog post with @maxliboiron.bsky.social for @clear-lab.bsky.social on the ethics of summary stats and why choice matters. It might seem obvious, but these problems still appear in papers when summarizing plastics data civiclaboratory.nl/2025/06/30/t... #PlasticPollution #ornithology

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The Problem With Averages: What Plastic in Birds Teaches Us About Statistical Ethics - CLEAR - Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research

By Max Liboiron and Alex Bond

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Squeeeee! Outlining a paper with @thelabandfield.bsky.social & @paulmccarney.bsky.social about community-based metrics & measure for contaminants research. Spoiler: they aren’t the usual Western science metrics.

A bunch of yellow post it notes on a desk with two computers showing graphs in the background.

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Good morning! It’s a mild and foggy start to the day here.

Two black dogs look to the right in a foggy, slightly hilly landscape.

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Any of course, read the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Plastics' Key Messages from 2024, which includes specific ways to understand and regulate plastics in ways that align with UNDRIP and Indigenous ways of life. drive.google.com/file/d/1mHmV...

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[Public - English] IIPFP Key Messages.pdf

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

See the handy-dandy chart that converts articles in the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) to articles in the draft Global Plastics Treaty. This chart and the paper are open access.

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

The draft Plastics Treaty has 3 sets of “Principles & Approaches, only 1 of which includes “knowledge of Indigenous Peoples. Even then, it includes Indigenous *knowledge* to the marked exclusion of Indigenous *Peoples*. A better way starts with Indigenous rights. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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How to incorporate the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in the Global Plastics Treaty | Cambridge Prisms: Plastics | Cambridge Core

How to incorporate the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in the Global Plastics Treaty - Volume 3

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The Network loves that you’re part of it!

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Good morning! It’s really cold today but nice and damp for the plants.

Grey sky over grey water with darker grey islands in the middle ground

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Suresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

There's a lot of chatter around the proposal being inserted into a budget bill that would put a moratorium on any AI legislation being passed by the states for the next 10 years. I thought I'd say a bit about why this is an absolutely disastrous move. www.404media.co/republicans-... 1/n

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Republicans Try to Cram Ban on AI Regulation Into Budget Reconciliation Bill

Republicans try to use the Budget Reconciliation bill to stop states from regulating AI entirely for 10 years.

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Congratulations!!! Bug milestone! I hope you get cake.

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

""Through the IndigeLab Network ... members have already identified at least 3 locations in Canada where Indigenous data can be securely stored. ... they have [also] turned to ...providers like CryptPad, a France-based alternative to Google Docs, & Sync, a Canadian-based alternative to Dropbox."

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

"From Alaska to New England, Indigenous researchers — & the communities they serve — are losing access to dollars for critical science that could help them amid the planet’s changing temperatures. They’re worried that the loss, theft, seizure, or privatization of their research ... could be next."

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Great coverage of our mutual aid network across the US-Canadian border moving Indigenous data so it's safer. www.theverge.com/features/664...

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Indigenous scientists are fighting to protect their data — and their culture

They’re worried about the loss of their research.

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Good morning! It’s a chilly, foggy start to the day.

A dirt track path curves to the fog. A dark green pine on the left.

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Adrift Lab (Marine Science) @adriftlab.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

THIS was inside the stomach of a baby #shearwater - can you help us identify the brand/source? #CitizenScience #SeabirdSaturday #IngestedPlastic

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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

This is the funnest piece I've ever written. It's a choose-your-own-lab-adventure w/ multiple endings based on contamination training in our lab- based on true stories. There's also some theory about purity and fragility. ;) Thanks to editors @jrmdns.bsky.social Fernando Rubio & David Pontille

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Fernando Domínguez Rubio @fdrubio1977.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Today is publication date for our Fragilities volume! "At a time when it may be easy to fall into a defeatist melancholia, if not outright pessimism, the book is an invitation to think from fragility to build life-affirming politics and ethics" It's got an amazing line-up & it is open-access! 🤓

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Fragilities: Essays on the Politics, Ethics, and Aesthetics of Maintenance and Repair

An original essay collection that explores the generative dimensions of fragility, which can help reveal new life-affirming politics and ethics.At a time w

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