Tomorrow BLISS at 10 am, BRC 224 & online bit.ly/3XPS9qJ:

Exit seminar 'Nutrient effects on metabolism in a changing world: a multi-scale approach',

Kaleigh Davis PhD Candidate, OConnorLab

Host: Fernando Hernández

UBCBiodiversity

No OnE nO kNoWs WhY

- Bureaucrats killing science
- incentives to be productive and not creative
- selection of toxic and/or mediocre individuals for permanent positions
- research councils throwing away tons of ideas
- environment leading to high rates of depression and anxiety

Phalaropes, like Zoolander, are 'ambiturners' - aka they have one direction that they prefer to spin in. Some go clockwise, some anticlockwise, but they're generally consistent. They're also very, very good-looking! #PhalaropePhriday #BirdTwitter #FunFactFriday

Ah yes. Iron and manganese. Two of the 118 possible genders

This is Neekas, Heiltsuk Territory. All of these salmon went into the creek, the creek dried up b/c of no rain so far this fall, and just died, and this is just one reach! Global warming is killing everything. This is such a sad scene. Video credit, Sarah Mund

Hey @MendeleySupport Team Mendeley could you please implement the watch folder function ASAP on the reference manager? And recognizing doubles? I’m really missing it! Adding everything in the whole folder is just creating doubles and thus more work #AcademicTwitter

“Why do people leave #academia ?
Aren’t you all having fun? And besides, we are *paying* you, aren’t we?”

“Oh, and you can’t have any other job(s). But also when it’s convenient for us we will decide the job you have is not a real job. Sign here, initial here, your soul is mine.”

The plot thickens!!

TWICE the scarlet! TWICE the tanager! TWICE the fun!

Love seeing home birds out in Vancouver ❤️

Vancouver birders:

Rare bird alert: Scarlet Tanager at Queen Elizabeth Park!

Seen by multiple observers, just one hour ago (7:25am June 4, 2022)

bcbirdalert.blogspot.com

So you're going to do a PhD! Yay! Here's my best advice:

1) Don't work nights/weekends unless you have a hard deadline. Work 40hrs, no more. My most cherished grad school experiences were hanging out with my friends. Do not waste your youth providing unpaid labor. Don't do it!!

This Critical Race Theory halftime show is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

50 cent was posted up like this just waiting for his part 😭 #HalfTimeShow

Joint statement from the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committees of the University of British Columbia Departments of Botany and Zoology:

Part of me feels guilty about writing these, but I feel strongly about equitable access to scientific publishing and ethical use of research funds. I call on others to boycott reviewing for Nature journals, as well.

Later, they're going to deny disability claims for long COVID bc people didn't get PCR tests they didn't have access to.

Public health guidelines tell institutions what they are legally required to do or legally not allowed to do. They don't indicate the limit of responsibilities to the community, the vulnerable, or the healthcare system.

We’ll stop paying less than a living wage when you stop working for less than a living wage. Until then…

This email from @ Sauder is unbelievable

Telling students to cancel flights home to see family *b/c of the health risk* — while also warning them they MUST be here in person in Jan & that travel complications or hybrid learning won't be accommodated ... *despite the health risk*

These are getting good