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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng.

@rtmlepage.bsky.social
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Building Science Engineer + Climate Resilience Geek. Of the 347ppm generation. He/him.

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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 4h
Parenting accomplishment unlocked: 6 yo felt confident enough he borrowed my Park Tool Allen keys to undo his training wheels by himself. And off he goes!
A boy in a blue shirt and bright yellow helmet rides a red bike on the side of a suburban street.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 5h
In honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Dorothy Ratch shared a picture of a young grass dancer performing at the local high school in honour of residential school survivors.
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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 11h
"The Carney Heatwave of 2044 has killed between 12,000 and 14,000 Canadians. But that's OK, because Shell is up 9 basis points"
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Alexander J. Stein @ajstein.bsky.social · 18h
If animal food products in #Canada were replaced with high-protein plant food products, agriculture's #landuse could decrease by 80%, as crop production is much more efficient than animal production. The land could be put to better uses. Such a switch of #protein sources… doi.org/10.1088/2976... +
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Reduction in land area devoted to agriculture from a hypothetical universal vegan diet in Canada
Reduction in land area devoted to agriculture from a hypothetical universal vegan diet in Canada, Harvey, L D Danny
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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
in the development of autoimmune conditions like lupus & multiple sclerosis, and chronic ME/CFS, as well as cancers. Folks wanting to know about EBV vax research can look here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... and: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The case for an Epstein–Barr virus vaccine: Lessons from its link to systemic lupus erythematosus
Growing evidence has strengthened the longstanding hypothesis that Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) contributes directly to the development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). While earlier work establishe...
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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A new study "linked 2.3 million new cancer cases to an infection. Most were caused by just five pathogens: Helicobacter pylori (4%), human papillomavirus, or HPV (4%), hepatitis B (2%), Epstein-Barr virus (1%) and hepatitis C (under 1%). These infections can... theconversation.com/one-in-eight...
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One in eight cancers are likely caused by an infection worldwide – new study
Four viruses and one bacteria were responsible for 12% of the world’s cancer cases in 2024. Does this mean they’re preventable?
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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Get in loser. We're going for Bond Villain ROIs.
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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For Profit: Profits>>0 Profits = Revenue - Costs Either: ↑ Revenue (higher fees) ↓ Costs (decreased services) or both. Non-Profit: Profits =0 Revenue=Costs It's pretty simple math why non-profits cost less.
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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Show all the other chuds with wankpanzers that you are King-Chud because you have the biggest wankpanzer. Now all the chuds will respect you.
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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
1988 cartoon show about the SmoggiesSpeed the sun tot with blue hair stands with his arms crossed.
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Jonathan Douglas PhD CPsych @jonathanconp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.thestar.com/news/gta/ont...
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Ontario is launching free flu and COVID-19 shots next week as vaccination rates decline
Starting Sept. 28, high-risk individuals, including hospital patients and workers, long-term care residents and staff, and people aged 65 and older will be able to get flu and COVID-19 shots.
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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The real cost will only be known after all the lawsuits for injured or killed cyclists.
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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If I may... if I may... what if, instead of a running the country as a democracy based on shared goals and values, we re-examine our realities and let me run this country as a bank, where I am the CEO and the ultimate authority on everything.
Stephen Harper's essence poured into the suit currently playing as Mark Carney.
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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I do not use AI to write papers. All the mistakes are 100% natural.
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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
For those who are curious for the name but are disappointed with it missing in the headlines: The name is Keres
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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's only called union busting when it comes from the Conservative terroir. When the Liberals do it, it is sparkling improved labour relations.
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Carney is truly the Reagan of Canada. A calming, paternalistic figure in a period of apocalyptic uncertainty who galvanizes the economy with short-sighted right wing fiscal policies. And like Reagan, every disaster that Canada encounters in the future will be traceable to his administration.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 23/09/2026
There's lots of reasons for despair, but here's a small bit of light: it's not hard to make change when you work together. 175 climate researchers volunteered time to ensure communities are informed about climate risks. Led by Melissa Kenney, @bobkopp.net, & me, free to read: doi.org/10.1029/2025...
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Research Priorities for Robust Climate Assessments in the United States
A network of climate assessments plays a critical role in synthesizing the state of science to support evidence-based decision-making To support future U.S. and sub-national climate assessments, ...
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Jehannine (J9) Austin @j9austin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Well, this is ...something: universityaffairs.ca/news/remove-... I am tired. So very tired. This is really hard work. #AcademicSky 🧪
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Remove EDI from research funding decisions, parliamentary committee says - University Affairs
The Standing Committee on Science and Research says ‘discriminatory’ EDI policies are ‘weakening the quality of Canadian research’.
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Hisham Zerriffi @hishamzerriffi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Alert to Canadian Academics: The parliamentary committee report on criteria for grants (i.e. EDI) is out. It’s not good. So not a time to get too comfortable with how things are going here compared to elsewhere. Need to push back on this. EDI makes for better science. It’s not a tradeoff
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The changes to the Canada Labour Code in this new bill are “without precedent in Canadian law and they’re without precedent even amongst our trading partners in the G7.” “It provides the complete and unlimited discretion to the federal minister to decide who gets to go on strike and who does not.”
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Jordan Carlson @jordantcarlson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hello Mount Polley x100. www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/...
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Mount Polley Mine Tailings Dam Breach
Information about the loss of 17 million cubic meters of water and 8 million cubic meters of tailings/materials at Polley Lake, Hazeltine Creek and Quesnel Lake.
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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Mark Carney doit faire attention; se rapprocher avec l'U-E pour des raisons économiques, mais mis à côté de l'affaiblissement des droits du travailleur et l'environnement, pourrais donner les clés aux séparatistes de joindre le Québec avec l'Europe.
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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
10 minutes before leaving to catch a train, the 18mo somehow manages to make my laptop charger disappear off the fave of the planet. Aaaaah!!!
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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The CBC was also all in this morning with scary stories of Polish or Romanian workers stealing our jobs...
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"The Integrated Assessment Models informing policy-makers assume the large-scale use of negative-emission technologies. If we rely on these and they are not deployed or are unsuccessful at removing CO2 from the atmosphere at the levels assumed, society will be locked into a high-temperature pathway"
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The trouble with negative emissions
Reliance on negative-emission concepts locks in humankind's carbon addiction
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Julia M. Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Great piece here, with info from @mark-ungrin.bsky.social and @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social .
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‘Outdated’ health policies surrounding Covid still pose a danger today, says U of C researcher
University of Calgary professor Mark Ungrin has dedicated years of research highlighting what he believes is of significant concern to all Canadians’ health.
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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hurray, Thatcherism 2.0!
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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Clarification: "Preventative medicine" is not medicine to prevent illness, it is a task force to "prevent" medicine.
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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
ASHRAE: "We are leaders in decarbonizing buildings!" Also ASHRAE: "Have you considered adding a fossil fuel system to your all electric building?"
A screenshot of ASHRAE Journal on Decarbonizing with Hybrid Geothermal, with a section highlighted how adding fossil fuel to an all electric system has "benefits".
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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is a new level of corruption in Canada. Our Prime Minister is likely invested in Brookfield,* and has created a joint fund with Brookfield and the Canadian Pension Plan (CPP) to invest in major projects which he has power to approve and exempt from laws.
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CPP Investments and Brookfield launch $50B fund to invest in big Canadian projects
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. have announced a new $50-billion fund for large-scale investments in Canada.
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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Making the point in a different way, Coyne here is reduced to guessing the purpose and effect of what is a cemtrepiece of Carney’s plan. This matters, because “Invest in Canada” is a slogan that can mean wildly different things. Carney isn’t bothering to tell us what he means by it.
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Opinion: Canada’s investment problem won’t be solved in a hotel ballroom
The summit’s main achievement may have been to serve as a platform for investors to explain to government officials why they won’t invest in Canada
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
As Prime Minister Mark Carney wraps up the first investment summit with investors from around the world, the Anishinabek Nation has a warning for the government | Story by Keelan Jacobs.
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Grand chief tells Carney summit resources 'are not theirs to give'
The grand council chief of the Anishinabek Nation tells investment summit that Canada can't give away resources that 'aren't theirs to give.'
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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"We are taking matters into our own hands"... then selling it to the highest bidder.
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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Maybe Carney will claim the cratering airline traffic from horrific travel conditions as part of his 6D chess to reduce GHG emissions?
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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The vulture capitalists circle over the still warm corpse of Canada's Public Infrastructure, ready to peck apart its taxpayer subsidized entrails to transform it into enormous shareholders returns.
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Michael Nabert @sustainablesong.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Today, expect our banker-in-chief to put Canadian public goods on the auction block for privatization by foreign capital behind closed doors away from public view. shrlnk.ca/s/2nA0eXco
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Mark Carney’s investment summit could pave the way to a corporate carve-up of Canada ⋆ The Breach
Bay Street has been on a full court press for the government to privatize Canada’s public infrastructure. The Prime Minister might be ready to do it
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The world’s richest have descended on Canada — and they’re hungry. The menu of Canadian projects and assets up for sale (and those not disclosed) have some onlookers worried about privatization. What Canada will be left when the dust of the Trump threat settles? This summit raises that question:
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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Sounds like a skill issue.
Dutch bicycle carrying 5 kids.
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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Have they tried "using your unfathomable wealth to help others"?
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 11/09/2026
Scientists hired to protect Ontario’s endangered species say they became no more than rubber stamps for development after the province killed its Endangered Species Act. Our latest newsletter:
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Ontario’s at-risk species experts speak out
Scientists hired to give expert advice say they became no more than rubber stamps for development after the province killed its Endangered Species Act
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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Obligatory tadpole bakfiets bike ride to school shot.
A picture of a tadpole cargo bike merrily rolling along a gravel path. Two kids sit in the front, one with bright green helmet with stickers on it, the other on the smaller child is red.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"We show that high tempreature extremes & temp-linked measures of water deficit are both changing at a much faster rate than central trends... Crucially, over 700,000 square km in central-north Amazonia have experienced increases in extreme dry season temps ≥ 0.75 °C dec-1 ( ≥ 3.22 °C over 43yrs)"
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Rapid increase of climate extremes reveals new areas of concern in Amazonia - Communications Earth & Environment
Climate change impacts in the Amazon, particularly heat and drought extremes, are increasing faster than average climate trends, with especially rapid changes in the central-northern region that has s...
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Doug Aoki 青木定夫 @nantanreikan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Study of 134 countries finds that governments greatly underreported deaths from COVID in 2020-2021. They officially reported 5.08 million deaths, when there were actually 12.47 million. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Manipulation of information in times of crisis: evidence from Covid excess mortality - Journal of Economic Growth
Governmental information manipulation has been hard to measure and study systematically. This paper provides comparable country-level estimates of the extent of misinformation in official data, in a l...
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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I swear this is a repeat of a James Bond villain's evil master plan. I know the techbroligarch have no imagination, but couldn't they at least use some of their immeasurable wealth to hire someone with some evil genius creativity?
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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Sunlight through moving water (and it's reflection in the leaves above) and its babbling sound are some of my favourite things.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A network of deceptive, AI-generated websites has been promoting Albertan separatism. Their goal? To influence the answers chatbots give out!! @nationalobserver.com's intrepid @rorywh.bsky.social uncovered this huge story. Today, I’m teaming up with these pals to share it:
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 09/09/2026
Canadians have to be able to recognize when we’re being played by outside forces. But we can’t expect Canadians to take this seriously if our own governments seem to be asleep at the switch, @supriya.bsky.social writes.
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Alberta's referendum is exposing Canada's vulnerability to disinformation attacks
Both the Alberta and federal governments seem much more interested in how we’re going to build out data centres than they are in figuring out how to keep Canadians safe from some of the more nefarious...
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Alexander J. Stein @ajstein.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Anthropogenic methane contributes over 0.6°C to global warming; its mitigation is a powerful option to limit near-term warming. Without methane mitigation, peak warming exceeds 1.7°C: doi.org/10.1038/s432... #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #GHG #Methane #Emissions #Mitigation #Agriculture #Livestock
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Limiting warming by CO2 and methane mitigation in an expanded scenario space - Communications Earth & Environment
Systematically mapping peak warming across two main choices for climate policy – when carbon dioxide reaches net zero emissions and how fast methane emissions are cut – shows that near-term methane mi...
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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I had this with the Koodo phone company in Canada. No info anywhere on their website on how to cancel. Called customer service and they tried to convince me out of it. Then said I needed to speak to :customer retention:. A 30 min wait later...
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