compelling others to write about science and the environment for 15 years.
San Francisco/Stanford U
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I wrote a book with Malcolm Potts once. Very interesting guy. He would have (quietly, wryly) enjoyed this excellent obituary.
nytimes.com/2025/05/15/scien… via @NYTimes
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We are in the middle of the biggest art heist in history.
And, despite widespread protests from creators, huge numbers of people are cheering it on.
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Weekend plea to Canadians: please consume domestic press/media/TV/radio/online/newspapers: I can’t vouch for every story and certain outlets have their vested interests, but people need to stay alert and informed.
PS: if an entity is rage-farming or fundraising, based on its angry reporting, it is not, in my opinion, a legitimate voice for factual information.
William Shatner living up to his responsibilities as an Officer of the Order of Canada gloriously here, battling know-nothing Trumpers with Spocked Laurier $5s. Well done, Captain! 🇨🇦
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Two type of people in #Canada during a #snowstorm the ones who ski in town and the ones who run in shorts. #ONStorm #CANUSA
AI overuses em dashes—love ‘em!—because AI is a plagiarism machine—really—trained on my writing—and the writing of my writerly peers.
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For what it’s worth, when I spent years in Afghanistan and Iraq, the most powerful thing I ever saw was USAID digging wells & repairing schools. The most effective power we will ever have.
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Republican voters when they see literally any research grant they don’t understand
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While the President is doing an impressive job riling up Canadians, I have some advice.
I've never seen Canadians more upset than when you insinuate that they didn't win the War of 1812. Suggest things like British troops were more important.
Cheaper than tariffs same result
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Give a man a book, and he'll read for a week. Teach a man to write a book, and he'll never fully enjoy anything ever again.
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Watching video after video of invasive plants exploding like fireworks in what was once a resilient, fire-adapted landscape and thinking about all the apologists who are like “what does ‘invasive’ even really mean, man? That’s just, like, a construct”
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Yap at me Muse, about this guy who was lowkey built different,
who literally couldn't stay in his lane after he absolutely demolished Troy fr fr:
He was out here vibing in everybody's cities, living in their heads rent-free,
ngl he was catching major L's on the ocean, straight up in his feels,
trying to keep himself and his squad alive and heading back to base.
But no cap, he couldn't save his boys even though he was trying so hard:
they were out here acting real smooth-brained and did themselves dirty,
absolute NPCs who had the audacity to feast on Helios's cattle—
and he said "bet" and canceled their whole return journey.
Spill the tea about all this, divine bestie, Zeus's daughter, we're all ears.
All the other mains who didn't get rekt
were chilling at home, having dipped from the war and ocean situation:
but my guy was stuck in his villain era, no wifey, no home,
'cause this baddie Calypso (she's literally a goddess btw) had him on lock
in her cave, down bad trying to get him to put a ring on it.
But when the time finally came around in this whole seasonal rotation,
when the gods were like "aight, let him head back to his crib
in Ithaca"—but he was still catching hands even there,
even with his day ones. All the gods were like "free my man,"
except Poseidon was big mad, no chill,
beefing with god-tier Odysseus before he could pull up to his ends.
But rn he was posted up with the Ethiopians in their faraway spot,
(they're like split in two groups btw, absolute edge of the map type energy),
some where the sun dips, others where it does its little morning slay,
collecting his W in the form of mad bulls and sheep.
Man's was living his best life at the function, meanwhile all the other gods
were having a whole vibe check up in Zeus's crib on Olympus.
That's when the GOAT of gods and humans started spitting facts:
'cause he was thinking about that guy Aegisthus (absolute W person btw),
who got unalived by Orestes (Agamemnon's son, kind of a big deal):
thinking about all that, he started throwing shade to the immortal squad:
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i think there should be only three grades for undergrads and they should be “come on” “yea that’s fine” and “hell yea”
20 years ago a national TV poll declared Tommy Douglas to be the greatest Canadian in history. I didn’t disagree with that, and I doubt old Tommy D would disagree that Murray Sinclair has claimed the top spot.
Murray Sinclair. A great man. This is so rare - a truly great man. He changed our society. He made all of us think about others and about ourselves in a new and better way. theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
Re: the “No Dress Rehearsal” Tragically Hip documentary on Prime … I thought it was really nicely done, authentic, affectionate, and apt. I just wish they’d shown at least a sliver of the moment in Canadian music that The Hip arose from and contributed too. 1/2
Hey @Uenochris, look what I found cleaning out a very old junk drawer! As Ricky suggests, I guess I should have a professional cleaner years ago.
His son, possibly. It’s not so very far from the Dorintosh Hotel to the Kootenays, after all … rickydiamonds.com
