T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦
@tryangregory.bsky.social
Back off man, I'm a scientist. Professor. Evolutionary biologist. Genome size, junk DNA, applied evolution, sci comm, philosophy of science. Also political stuff. Plus jokes. Onions have 5x more DNA than you do (not a joke). He/him.
Carney fans, you're on the wrong side of every issue you purport to care about. thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...
Scientists Warn Carney’s Changes Will Bring ‘Wilful Extinction’ | The Tyee
Proposed amendments to make building ports and pipelines easier could destroy entire species.
thetyee.ca
Even the dumbest stories are depressingly plausible these days.
Erin Biba@erinbiba.bsky.social · 9h agoICYMI, the Dobby grave story was completely fake. Like, just, totally not true in any way.
Every day Canada looks a little more like the USA.
The Tyee@thetyee.ca · 13h agoAfter a nerve-racking evacuation, workers who had come to B.C.’s Okanagan to help bring in the fruit harvest were told they couldn’t stay more than two nights and three days in emergency shelters for wildfire evacuees — because they’re not B.C. residents. thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...
@adampolsen.bsky.social: The presentation was bureaucratic and rigid. We were reminded multiple times by the administrators that the question — whether or not the West Coast Oil Pipeline is in the national interest — is narrow, and we were cautioned to not get ahead of ourselves. #abpoli
For Canada’s ‘Major Projects,’ Consultation Is Theatre | The Tyee
A summer info session on Alberta’s pipeline left a chill in the room for First Nations.
thetyee.ca
Israel deliberately starting wildfires in southern Lebanon, firefighters say
Israel deliberately starting wildfires in southern Lebanon, firefighters say
First responders, residents and environmental groups say military dropping flares to destroy forests and crops Firefighters and residents of south Lebanon have accused the Israeli military of lighting wildfires in the region, as forested areas burned down in blazes sparked by Israeli bombing. Environmental groups said the fires in recent weeks were part of a longstanding Israeli practice of targeting Lebanon’s natural environment. Continue reading...
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Wow, that's... not very much. Canada's added 181,000 jobs since April. So it's like a few months of no new job growth. Doesn't seem like a high price to pay to cut one connection to a country who keeps electing a mad king.
BIV News@bivnews.bsky.social · yesterdaywww.hilltimes.com/2026/08/10/c...
Carney’s elbows-in approach puts Indigenous nations at risk - The Hill Times
Nations face difficult decisions with this government: partner on a project, but be left with financial debt and stranded assets if it fails; deny fast-tracked projects and tie up scarce community res...
hilltimes.com
Profiles in Cowardice: National Academy of Sciences pulls climate chapter from judges’ manual www.scientificamerican.com/article/nati...
Top U.S. science advisory body removes climate chapter from judge’s manual
President Donald Trump and other Republican officials had criticized this chapter as biased against fossil fuel companies
scientificamerican.com
Rick Hillier? Uh, talk to anyone who worked with him on the vaccine task force and they were not impressed, even before his general loon turn
The Globe and Mail@theglobeandmail.com · yesterday
A texas oil giant is preparing a ship for an illegal incursion into Greenland waters. The ship is out of Quebec City and is flying the Canadian flag. Call Desgagné Transport and let them know that Canadian companies must respect the sovereignty of allied nations. (418) 692-1000
Petition signed by thousands calls for U.S. ambassador to be removed from Canada nationalnewswatch.com/2026/08/11/p...
Petition signed by thousands calls for U.S. ambassador to be removed…
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
Saw this add yesterday from Environment and Climate Change Canada... selling gas fired power plants. You're supposed to *prevent* climate change, you absolute donuts. I swear, Trump only wishes he could enshittify the world as fast as Carney, and be praised for it.
NEW: David McGuinty met with a secret list of arms industry leaders last month. The Department of National Defence says the talks were held under Chatham House Rules and won't reveal the names of those McGuinty spoke with. www.readthemaple.com/david-mcguin...
David McGuinty Met With Secret List Of War Industry Leaders
A spokesperson said the meeting was held under Chatham House Rules.
readthemaple.com
One day, everyone will always have been opposed to what Carney is doing.
Polling Canada@canadianpolling.bsky.social · 2d agoMark Carney's honeymoon is showing no signs of slowing down as Carney continues to hold decisive advantages over Poilievre on the biggest issues Read it free here: www.canadianpolling.com/p/carneys-ho...
This is precisely it. Anyone who is a) paying attention, b) not a blinkered partisan, and c) actually committed to the issues they claim to care about sees Carney as the most regressive PM in decades.
AxeDame@axedame.bsky.social · 2d agoI think a lot of ppl heaved a sigh of relief when a 'smart/qualified' person showed up and beat Poilievre... And once that was done, I think a lot of ppl tuned out/are still tuned out ~ perhaps feeling 'I did my bit, and we avoided electing a dummy! so now I don't have to think about for awhile'🤷🏼
Once again: Whether much American booze actually gets sold is not the issue. Trump will consider this yet another victory vs. Canada and it will embolden him to bully us even more, including with more tariffs.
Dr Elisabeth Kosters@elisabethkosters.bsky.social · 3d agoOnce again for those in the back: most Canadians will not buy American booze if/when it comes back in our stores. Hell no!
I'm very close to declining any review requests if the authors used AI at all.
Emily M. Bender@emilymbender.bsky.social · 3d agoRecently agreed to review a paper for a journal, based on its promising-looking abstract. Only after agreeing was I shown the author's "AI" disclosure statement. >>
