Jennifer Baumbusch

North America is losing birds fast. Experts blame agriculture, warming A new study finds North American bird populations keep dropping, and that decline is accelerating for many species.

Billions fewer birds are flying through North American skies than decades ago and their numbers are shrinking ever faster, mostly due to the combination of intensive agriculture and warming temperatures.
www.latimes.com/environment/...

Unfortunately someone was working late at the ORS and it’s been submitted to CIHR 🙁

Thank you! I will reach out to our grants facilitator to see if she can get them to do this.

For the first time in my career, I submitted a CIHR application without a key document (it isn't required). So I guess I just bought myself a ticket to resubmit in the Fall!

Updating my Common CV for the last time. I'm probably one of the only people who actually likes this format. Sigh. It will be gone forever in a month or so.

Thank you for attending my bluesky ted talk.

Looking at my annual arborist pruning bill, I think homes that have mature trees should get a climate tax break. New builds wipe all the old trees and leave barren landscapes of concrete. No obligation to replace trees.

Mature trees keep our homes cooler so we're not using as much electricity.

The Rapid Progress of Climate Change Requires Effective Concepts for Protecting People Indoors As climate change progresses, society is increasingly exposed to extreme weather events. It is therefore necessary to adapt our buildings, housing infrastructure, and logistics to protect people and ...

'As climate change accelerates, weak infrastructure and poor crisis planning will worsen deadly weather impacts. Protecting people indoors must become a priority, focusing on thermal comfort, ventilation, and reducing indoor air pollutants.' #AirQuality
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The irony of turning down speaking invitations because of the climate impacts of air travel as if we don't have virtual options available to us that we know work just fine. I mean, if you're not meeting in a wifi-less cave you could let me join. I know it's possible.

Four paintings featuring multicoloured and significant floral designs on black backgrounds

Christi Belcourt, contemporary Métis visual artist known for her paintings which depict floral patterns inspired by Métis and First Nations historical beadwork art #WomensArt

Close-up photo of an embroidered garment with complex patterns and flower motifs in multicolours on a white background

Huipil, traditional garment created by Ingenous Maya women from the small towns of the Guatemalan highlands, who formed their own union to stop large fashion corporations stealing their designs. #WomensArt

Reading responses to my post about summarizing grant applications has helped me realize expectations around normative information processing are still strongly embedded in the academy.

Based on this post I am truly shocked you did not break the top 3 for the most responsible in your household. If my summary is off it could be because the application is truly awful and not because my review is suspect.

I honestly posted this in the depths of a Vancouver evening not even expecting one person to like it. I am just here for the ride at this point.

Yes I’m aware. I’ve done these many times. While the person is reading their summary everyone else is busy reading the applicant’s summary. I would prefer five minutes of silent reading than listening to someone read a summary to me.

I had no idea the firestorm this would set off. People saying that writing the summary proves I read the application...clearly unaware of rumours about reviewers who get their grad students to do the reviews and show up not knowing anything about the application.

It drains my life force.

My pet peeve about doing CIHR reviews is that they want reviewers to write a summary. The applicants have already written TWO SUMMARIES. Why? Why do I need to write one too? It's an absolute waste of energy and time.

Ha! I am a former CIHR Chair in Sex and Gender Science and had a reviewer telling me that my gender-based analysis was flawed because it didn’t address the biological variable sex. Did they even read the application? So unhelpful.

Why isn’t the new episode of The Pitt posted yet?

You're posts are a reason to stay on social media in dark times. Thank you for sharing your ideas and experiences with patients, families and staff.

I hear there’s another big influx of new folks happening here on @bsky.app. If you’re interested in cities and how to make them better, there’s a BIG, ACTIVE community here, biggest in social media. STARTER PACKS are great for finding people. Here’s my 1st of several, each with different themes.

Ontario’s promise to people with disabilities left unfulfilled after more than 20 years Sweeping 2005 legislation, supposed to make the province accessible by 2025, is being called a failure

More than 20 years ago, MPPs across all parties pledged to make Ontario completely accessible to people with disabilities by 2025. With that date past, advocates say the process has been a failure, by @jeffreybgray.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

I left Trump’s America to teach in Canada. I didn’t expect this from Canadians During my short time here, I've encountered a shocking level of naïveté about what's happening south of the border.

"It seems many Canadians have simply not adjusted to the fact that they live next to a fascist state whose president has imperial designs on Canada."

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

PSA: It’s not too late to get your flu shot, as the record-breaking flu season will continue for several months.

While this year’s shot is not a perfect match for the current strain, it will still reduce your chances of getting infected and help protect you from getting seriously ill. Do it now!

I'm doing a survey with LTC home operators about climate change impacts and environmental sustainability practices and found out today that one of the operators who we asked to forward recruitment materials declined because they don't believe in climate change. Good luck w/ their next accreditation!

Took me 3 sittings to get through the new Knives Out movie.

1st movie: yeah, I guess some families are that eccentric
2nd movie: yeah, rich people are weird and have money to burn
3rd movie: every character is a caricature...and snore

3 stars...being generous

This thread has been saved from the wastes of Twitter!

Go on; have a read, it’s a lovely Christmas Eve tale.

It is interesting that for the #UBC Board of Governors elections, all five successful Faculty (3) and Staff (3) positions are filled by people who present as men.

I think that 6/23 of the candidates present as women, a higher fraction in the staff category list.

Can confirm this is the season I am in.