"Creative scars," "anchoring effects," "model collapse," and "cognitive imperialism." I'm seeing a staggering number of submission to CMAJ Humanities these days that rely heavily on AI. Please, for the love of original thought, stop. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Bland new world: is AI making us all think the same?

Researchers worry that generative AI is homogenizing culture and cognition.

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Hey, I wanted to tell you about this deep listening / acoustic ecology passion project I've had on the go for many years, but have just revived after a long post-COVID hiatus. #deeplistening #acousticecology #soundart #wildsound www.curiaudio.com

I've been dreaming of being selected as faculty for the Banff Centre's Literary Journalism program since attending as a participant way back in 2009. To share the role with such incredible writers as @monicakidd.bsky.social and Kamal makes this even sweeter. www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...

Literary Journalism 2027

This 19-day self-directed journalism and non-fiction residency offers writers dedicated time, space, and momentum to advance a writing project.

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It will be my privilege to be faculty for the Banff Centre's Literary Journalism residency next June. Come write with us! www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...

Literary Journalism 2027

This 19-day self-directed journalism and non-fiction residency offers writers dedicated time, space, and momentum to advance a writing project.

banffcentre.ca

Of course erosion is a natural process for many coastlines, but things we're doing are making it so much more acute. science.nasa.gov/blogs/scienc...

NASA-Supported Study Tracks Carbon Cost of Coastal Erosion - NASA Science

From Texas to Maine, coastal wetlands and marshes are releasing more than 1.45 billion pounds (660,000 metric tons) of carbon into the ocean each year,

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Thoughts on 20 years after I broke my back. open.substack.com/pub/monicaki...

The day the tree fell

If love were the louder call

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First time looking closely at these little metal bits embedded in cement in a downtown Calgary plaza. They each have a little something to say. Rewards of sitting to eat a sandwich in the sun.

That time I wrote all across the Pacific Ocean and finished 13K words of a 5K chapter…

Things are getting real now! Countdown for my second last research trip (I think!) for my coastal erosion book - this one to explore coastal dynamics, human settlements, inequity, and vulnerability in megacities.

I spent the day tromping around Gitanyow territory in northwest BC for with fire practitioners Kira Hoffman and Isabel Bodnar as they prepare for a burn. This is done in partnership with the nation to help nudge make their forests more productive of foods and medicine. For Canadian Geographic.

Here in northwestern BC working on a story about Indigenous-led burning and have come across this gorgeous library of just a few of Canada's Indigenous language. Words, phrases, songs, recordings... www.firstvoices.com/languages

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Check this out on FirstVoices: Indigenous Language Revitalization Platform

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I'm so excited to see this new Lancet Commission on sea-level rise, health, and justice - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Life at the water's edge: a Lancet Commission on sea-level rise, health, and justice

As seas rise in a warming world, the advancing waterline is reshaping daily life for hundreds of millions of people, presenting an escalating and uneven threat to health and wellbeing.1 Sea-level rise...

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Eeep! (Happily this was announced AFTER noon on April 1.) My novel The Crane made it to the shortlist for the W.O. Mitchell Prize along with these two superstars. @breakwaterbooks.bsky.social

To have THE CRANE (Breakwater Books, 2025) listed as one of Newfoundland and Labrador’s top 10 must read books - alongside authors I reported with and about when I worked for CBC in St. John’s - is such a deep, deep honour. @breakwaterbooks.bsky.social

I hate that this is true, but it is. When my third kid was still in diapers, I decided to resign a tenure-track position. Instead of asking what professional supports I might need, I was asked if I was depressed. I don't want my daughters to have the same experience. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Motherhood derails women’s academic careers — these data reveal how and why

Mothers in academia take on considerably more childcare-related responsibilities than do fathers.

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My thanks to The Walrus for the opportunity to cover a Canadian story about sea level rise, climate change and coastal survival. On newsstands now.

The leavings of cleaning staff who still have fun at work. Stay gold!

I'm trying to compile a list of rivers that have caught on fire. Here are the ones I've found. Any others? Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China Rouge River, Detroit, US Buffalo River, Buffalo, US Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, US Cuyohoga River, Cleveland, US Bellandur Lake, Bangalore, India

My latest at @thewalrus.ca, this one about one BC First Nation trying to balance its opportunity to benefit from fossil fuels with its very real need to protect its critical shoreline from erosion. There's a lot of nuance here. thewalrus.ca/lng-pipeline...

A BC Coastal Village Embraced Natural Gas. Can It Outrace the Consequences? | The Walrus

Kitimat is on track to house one of the world’s largest export facilities. But ocean waters are rising

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We had such a warm crowd tonight at cSPACE for the opening reception for my photo exhibit withe Eveline Kolijn. Supportive viewers, real conversation, good cheese. HOLDING GROUND, photos of coastal erosion, will be up until the end of March in the second floor hallway.

Erasing the city.

Measles is costing the U.S. millions of dollars. The true losses can't be counted. www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-...

Measles outbreaks are costing the U.S. millions of dollars. The true losses can't be counted.

As vaccination rates decline, the economic consequences will increase, research suggests.

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Last March I visited Vanuatu for my coastal erosion research. I met a group of extraordinary women and made a short doc about the realities they face with climate change. Yesterday I submitted to some film festivals — fingers crossed!

“Carceral settings function as epidemic amplifiersopens in a new tab or window. Overcrowding, rapid population turnover, and inadequate infection control intensify transmission inside these facilities.”

Liz Szabo@lizszabo.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Measles Hit an ICE Facility. I've Seen What Happens Next. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

In this follow to my original piece about the 2025 measles outbreak in Alberta, I report on my access to information request to get numbers on perinatal outcomes related to measles. There were too many redactions to form any real picture except that bad outcomes were bring tracked and not shared.

The Walrus@thewalrus.ca · 8mo ago

Alberta tracked miscarriages, stillbirths, and infant deaths from measles—but heavily censored the records. Why hide preventable tragedy from the clinicians and families who needed to know? https://thewalrus.ca/alberta-knew-measles-was-harming-pregnant-patients/

Please join Eveline and me for our photographic exploration of coastal erosion and its impacts on places and people. At cSPACE in Calgary. Opening reception Thurs March 5 6-8 pm.

Huge news for me today! My book about coastal erosion will by published by Harper Collins Canada in 2027. This project started 2+ years ago when I found a human skull on a beach that had rolled down from an eroding graveyard and has evolved into a global exploration of risk and loss and resilience.

I love this. A beautiful elegy for ice in a warming world. @erikhoffner.bsky.social www.loe.org/shows/segmen...

Living on Earth: Ice Visions

As winter settles in over the northern hemisphere people find creative ways to get outside and enjoy nature. For environmental journalist and photographer Erik Hoffner, winter is a time for ice skatin...

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Just going to leave this right here.

Thank you @mongabay.com. Thank you Santo Sunset.

Erik Hoffner@erikhoffner.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Published an interesting new analysis by author @monicakidd.bsky.social to Mongabay: Vanuatu communities are reinvigorating taro as it’s more resilient to #climate shocks Recent big storms have cut the islands off from food shipments but ones w/ healthy taro crops could feed themselves & others: