Rooney’s old account @girls_can@qoto.org

Fortunately I snuck this awesome plaid shirt in before I put my wardrobe on a sustainability diet! #bestof2023 I’ll just wear this all year 😜

I don’t want to #toot my own horn 📯, BUT #Ecologist #achievementunlocked! I just waterproofed my #blundstoneboots #ecology

We’re hosting a session on #greatlakes #wetlands #conservation and #restoration at #IAGLR24 in #Windsor. Please consider submitting an abstract to Session 6!

Look, just because I understand how #plants interact with their #environment and one another, doesn’t mean I can keep them alive in a pot. Plants belong #outdoors! #botany #houseplants #fail

Taking concrete #action to solve a local problem can really be empowering when the large #environmental challenges have you feeling overwhelmed and powerless. So can connecting with like minded folks and enjoying fresh air in a #greenspace. So, come out and join our annual #wetland clean-up. Or if you’re not in #waterloo , consider organizing your own! I promise you’ll feel good

For heaven’s sake, SOMEone remind me not to apply for another grant for at least 5 years 😭

I have GOT to stop doing this to myself

#academicchatter #academia #academicwoes @academicchatter #OwnWorstEnemy

#integrity Act violated by #Housing minister #clark rules Ontario’s Integrity Commissioner J David Wake - our #ethics watchdog. Steve Clark must #resign! #greenbelt #onpoli #integirtycommissioner #Recommendation14 #greenbeltscandal #affordablehousing

I finally cut my one son’s hair and instead of the surfer look we were aiming for, he turned out very Princess Diana circa 1997. #parenting #homehaircuts #styleguide

#More #breakingnews on the #greenbelt #scandal in #Ontario ! The #OPP Ontario Provincial #police are referring the case to the #RCMP to avoid a #conflictofinterest Story covered in @torontostar

Thinking about #forestfires in #canada today. 10 y ago, Rick Schneider put out a report predicting what would happen to the #ecoregions of #Alberta because of 🌡️ #climatechange.
It shocked me 🤯 to see how much more #grassland there would be and how much less 🌲#BorealForest by 2050.
In 2023, I think we’re seeing how this massive #ecological transition plays out. Those trees don’t just disappear- they 🔥 #burn.
And as they burn, they release massive amounts of #carbon.

Follow up: I cut my thumb trying to saw into a bottle of colour change #Elmers glue! Must revise the #slime job hazard analysis. It’s my texting thumb too 😣 #parenting #InjuryPrevention #safety

Have reached the non-Newtonian fluids stage of #parenting. I appreciate you concern for our counter tops and other surfaces! #slime #kids #mess

#academics who put a #vacation notice on their #email auto reply and then do not respond to you until they are back from vacation are my #heroes. #worklifebalance #academia #academicchatter

#today feels like #summer and I like it. #watermelon #backyard #joy

When #invasivespecies have just arrived, we know rapid response can succeed in #eradicating the #invader, but once established eradication can become unrealistic. How should land managers determine whether to tackle an established #invasive #species or not? It can become a big drain on #resources and even erode support.
Our #openaccess #paper just out https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10.1139/facets-2022-0200 provides 3 decision support tools for #naturalResourceManagement

This sums up my #ecological despair #today. The #wildlife and pets and vulnerable folks with no access to #cleanair are in my thoughts. What are the long term consequences of this new #fire regime going to be? 😩 #wildfires #airquality

#today I waved a bubble wand casting iridescent bubbles in the late afternoon sun while the #kids ran around shriek-laughing and popping them. Savour these precious #moments.

#wildfire #smoke discoloured my kid’s #flomask filter in just an hour and a half outside yesterday. Today is meant to be worse. Thinking about the #wildlife and #pets that don’t have the protection of an #n95. Thinking about how her childhood will be marked by these events: COVID and climate chaos. @CBC talking about #soulstalgia - the distress that is produced by environmental change impacting on people while they are directly connected to their home #environment.

#academic #junkmail is relentless 😡
I’m not attending your fake #conference or paying to #publish in your predatory #journal or commissioning you to #animate my last paper or to write a book summarizing my contributions or buying a #wikipedia entry or agreeing to be an unpaid editor on a special issue for you
In the immortal words of Mazières and Kohle (2005) - “Get Me Off Your F*cking Mailing List”
https://www.scs.stanford.edu/~dm/home/papers/remove.pdf @academicchatter

#Climatechange is a #sociopolitical problem, not a scientific one now. We know everything we need to know👩‍🎓. We have all the #technology and tools necessary 👩‍🔧. We will never have more #resources available than we do now and it will only get more expensive 📈💰.
But Alberta just elected Danielle Smith #abpoli.
#society doesn’t want to confront its problems: we want leaders who tell comforting lies.