Returning very briefly to exTwitter to ask Genetics Society of America - it's been a very very long semester, but I can not for the life of me figure out how to register for Fungal Genetics and indicate that I want to stay on site (where is 'On-site attendee'). Help? Can't wait to be there!!

Microbes are vital to ecosystems but often overlooked in ecology & evolution discussions. Let's change that! Share your research on microbial #ecology & #evolution in our upcoming collection. 📅 DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 30, 2023. To submit: ow.ly/42ll50PLI5P Aleeza Gerstein Dr. LeaGrie

Heck yes Centennial Concert Hall in Winnipeg. Thank you for a brilliant evening. CO2 at the end of the show. #cleanAir is the future and the future in now at the end of the show in this crowded theatre. Terrific show and terrific air. 10/10 highly recommend.

Today I am tabling the Improving Air Quality for Our Children Act, 2023.

If adopted, this bill will help improve air quality in our classrooms and licensed childcare facilities.

I hope that folks from all sides can stand behind this important issue for our kids

#onted

'October 18th is Persons Day, a day which recognizes the 1929 court of appeals decision that first recognized select groups of Canadian women as “persons” under the law.'

More info:

gov.mb.ca/msw/persons-da….

Having fallen for several fake news stories over the past few days designed to maximize outrage and negative emotion (as if real events were not sufficient to do so), I would advocate being very skeptical about what you see on any social media site for the time being.

Piss off

Three postdoc positions available in my lab at University of California Riverside immediately. Two are on RNA trafficking between plant hosts and microbes and one is on developing innovative tools to control citrus greening. iigb.ucr.edu/jobs#academic-…. Please RT, thanks.

I lived in Tel Aviv in 2013 and saw a documentary interviewing past IDF generals. I can't remember the doc name, but can recall with clarity one of them saying ~ 'We are in danger of winning every battle but losing the war.' That is what now feels like, and I have only grief.

The difference between 7 year old boys and girls on grade two picture day is unbelievable.

'Israelis abroad are flying home to fight. In just a few days, Israel has already mobilized 360,000 reservists — a feat that few other nations could pull off.' Israel doesn’t need an inquiry to decide: Netanyahu must go wapo.st/3Qecy7d

We don't need another study, UBI has worked in previous studies, but yes yes yes please please please. Can we just have *one* nice thing to hold onto right now, that tangibly shows the world can improve? LBI + proportional rep would change the hardware of society. Fair Vote Canada 🗳