Chris MacQuarrie
@cmacquar.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, Entomologist, Ecologist, Researcher with NRCan Canadian Forest Service , and a (lapsed) Curler. Occasional climate scientist.
My MS student just defended their MS thesis and is current looking for jobs. Their thesis included population genomics of an invasive forest pest and habitat suitability modeling. Skills included molecular techniques, some bioinformatics, & ArcGIS. If you know of any positions, please let me know!
It's publication day! The 3rd edition of "The Scientist's Guide to Writing" is available TODAY. It's expanded and it's as up-to-date as I can make it. If you've been using this book - thank you. If you haven't: today is a great time to start! scientistseessquirre... 🧪🌍
It’s publication day! “The Scientist’s Guide to Writing”, 3rd edition
Some things don’t ever get old, and I can tell you that publication day for one of your books is one of those things. Today is that day: the new 3rd edition of The Scientist’s Guide to Writing is o…
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Clearly tongue-in-cheek, but I am in favour of anything that increases jobs for entomologists...
Scott Forbes🇨🇦@theecologyprof.bsky.social · 2d agoFor those facing a paywall, here's the piece. FYI, it dropped a word at the end. It is supposed to read: "He hates ticks."
If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky
Corner Gas Fred Ewanuik
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️@napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 2d agoif you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky
Day 34 of Stories Across Canada: Kakabeka Falls Located near Thunder Bay, the Niagara of the North is spectacular to see. If you get a chance, stop by and check out this beautiful waterfall. youtube.com/shorts/KZmv1...
Day 34 of Stories Across Canada: Kakabeka Falls
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Used to go to Soo, MI pretty regular. Not so much anymore
ProPublica@propublica.org · 4d agoAs U.S.-Canada relations worsen, Michigan’s Sault area has lost an estimated $62.7M due to decreased crossings. It’s bewildering, a state senator says. He recalls Canadians helping locals fix the grid after a storm: “This is our best friend in the entire world.”
In the millions of years before fungus evolved to consume cellulose, all the trees that died and fell in the forest were backlog.
Last month of operations for ww.simplemappr.net. There are now a few solutions to replace most of the functionality. See the bottom of docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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David Shorthouse@dshorthouse.bsky.social · 5mo agoRegrettably, I have decided to decommission SimpleMappr, www.simplemappr.net on September 1, 2026. You may read about its origins, what others have accomplished in its 18 year run, and the reasons why I must turn it off in a document I wrote last night bit.ly/simplemappr.
Liber Ero postdoc deadline Nov 1. Exceptional opportunity for research in conservation in Canada - highly competitive, best to have gov't and Indigenous partners liberero.ca
🌲 A new FISC Working Group led by Michael Wingfield will explore the risks of using non-native trees in plantation forestry. We’re delighted to welcome the group and look forward to working together! 👉 www.forestinvasion.cz/working-grou...
Invasion risks associated with the use of non-native trees in plantation forestry
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I looked at the census data for PhDs in Canada ~10 years ago. I discovered that your odds of being a full-time academic if you hold a PhD were worse than your odds of playing in the NHL if you played in the OHL. (<20%) www.signal49.ca/product/insi...
Inside and Outside the Academy: Valuing and Preparing PhDs for Careers - Signal49 Research
A PhD is a prerequisite for an academic career, but fewer than 20 per cent of Canada’s PhDs are employed as full-time university professors. The majority of PhDs are employed in a wide range of reward...
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Seva@seva.bsky.social · last wk.at this point if an undergrad asks about jobs in academia I nudge them toward something more practical like shark assassin
"Is this jargon?" 🤔 We put together a simple decision tree to help think through when specialized language makes communication clearer, and when it gets in the way. Less about finding the "right" answer and more about thinking differently. Think we missed a branch? Comment below 👇 #SciComm
Does this mean he's not the Trivago guy anymore?
AFP News Agency@en.afp.com · 2w ago⚽ Jurgen Klopp is widely expected to formally take over as the new head coach of the German men's national football team, with the German Football Association (DFB) calling a press conference for Friday. ➡️ u.afp.com/SrmV
Agreed. I think the wordle 'A' team took the month of July off...
Kevin Milligan@kevinmilligan.bsky.social · 2w ago"Lorry" was a sucky word, New York Times. Still not as bad as "PSHAW" which ruined my streak because that's a really dumb "word".
Media call today and the reporter was asking if emerald ash borer-killed trees were linked to fires in Ontario's boreal.(no b/c not much ash in the boreal and EAB hasn't invaded there anyway) Apparently this is being asked online which is news to me so I dipped back over to X and sure enough.
It's so great to see growth instead of dismantling in journalism, and this is a great outfit full of smart, nice humans. Also, their newsroom in the Sault is the most appealing newsroom I have ever seen in my entire life. They have a speakeasy hidden in a bank vault in the basement!
The Globe and Mail@theglobeandmail.com · 2w ago
🍁 The agriculture.canada.ca Canadian Drought Monitor and Outlook shows current conditions and whether Canadian drought will emerge, stay the same or improve. 🧪 ➡️ Current drought conditions: 🔗 tinyurl.com/NAIS-Current ➡️ Drought Outlook for April - June, 2026: 🔗 tinyurl.com/NAIS-CDO
Lisa Simpson: I Know Those Words But That Sign Makes No Sense
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Techmeme@techmeme.com · 2w agoBlock launches Buzz, an open source collaboration workspace on Nostr protocol for humans and AI agents to share messages, code repositories, workflows, and more (Block) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
When the Californians assure Canadians that we’re all friends and they are on our side, won’t we please buy their wine and come back to visit.
Was recently at an intl conference where I ran into some Americans I hadn’t seen in 2 yrs. When asked why I hadn’t been down and I told them I’m boycotting the states, they chuckled, made gentle remarks about how Trump’s Canada stance was silly. Americans have no idea how pissed off Canadians are.
Emerald ash borer confirmed in Hungary, suspected in Slovakia It is expected to cause widespread and rapid death of ash trees (Fraxinus spp.) in both natural and urban European forests. 👉 Read more: www.forestinvasion.cz/news/emerald...
Emerald ash borer confirmed in Hungary, suspected in Slovakia
The emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis, is the most destructive forest pest to have invaded North America this century and now has been discovered for the first time in the European Union.
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There is clearly a link between climate and tick/lyme prevalence. It is important, however, to consider the rate of testing when interpreting this figure. The medical community until very recently did not consider lyme to be as prevelant in Canada so testing rates were lower. Test more, find more.
Canada's National Observer@nationalobserver.com · 2w agoSince 2009, the per capita rate of Lyme disease has increased approximately 32-fold in Canada, according to calculations by Canada’s National Observer — making it one of Canada's clearest examples of a climate-related health problem. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/20/n...
Any other Canadians totally worn out from standing outside blowing all the wildfire smoke southward? Feels like I’ve been inflating the world’s biggest inner tube. But this is what we’ve been ordered to do by the RCMP and Celine Dion, so we have to keep showing up for our shifts. 🫡🇨🇦
Hot off the press! Status update for the #invasivespecies Asian longhorned beetle in the U.S. Note the new double spot in SC... #wompwomp More information at www.aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-...
Article doesn't say if he's ECCC or NRCan...
The Beaverton@thebeaverton.com · 3w agoMeet the Canadian civil servant responsible for sending our wildfire smoke to the U.S.
Meet the Canadian civil servant responsible for sending our wildfire smoke to the U.S.
Meet the Canadian civil servant responsible for sending our wildfire smoke to the U.S.
With wildfire smoke drifting down from Canada into Michigan, New York and other states, numerous Americans have once again taken to social media to complain about Canada ruining their summers and “sen...
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