Hisham Zerriffi
Energy Resources, Development and Environment Lab (ERDELab) PI, @UBCforestry Assc Dean EDI. Energy, equity, justice, climate change, bioenergy. But also TTRPGs and photography (https://pixelfed.social/i/web/profile/499807930552574625). he/him.
- Reposted by Hisham ZerriffiHere is a rundown of exactly how the GOP proposal would change every clean energy tax credit. While it looks like a bunch of nips and tucks, it's probably more akin to a full repeal. More analysis from us to come. heatmap.news/politics/way...
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- Reposted by Hisham ZerriffiExclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
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- Obviously this is wrong and lots of people throwing out examples. But Canada is not one of them!!! CANDU reactors use natural (i.e. unenriched) uranium. Yes, India did extract plutonium from CANDU spent fuel. But that’s different process (reprocessing of spent fuel vs enrichment of Uranium)
- Reposted by Hisham ZerriffiAs Chair of the Department of Global and Public Health @healthsciences.mcgill.ca, I am pleased to share two open junior faculty positions! mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill... mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill...
- Reposted by Hisham Zerriffi1/ The US government has ordered the Swedish city of Stockholm to end its diversity, inclusivity and equality (DEI) programmes within 10 days. The city authorities say the demand is "bizarre" and they won't be complying. ⬇️
- Reposted by Hisham Zerriffi🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨 WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people. 4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic. Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
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- There will be some high profile moves and maybe a few others. But universities globally are facing a bunch of pressures that mean they can’t just go on hiring sprees. Plus, the US science infrastructure is outsized. It’s not like there is a capacity to absorb all that.
- L: our old washer/dryer and stove. So excited to get new appliances as part of apt refresh by landlords. R: the spot where our new stove is supposed to go except there are “shipping delays”
- “As a country, we tend to suffer from what I think of as regulatory memory failure. We don't have a sense of what things were like before regulations went into play.” This is a great interview about food safety. But the statement above is true for lots of fields.
- "You know, as an example, red lead was used to make cheddar... A can of coffee could be coffee, but it could be ground bone, or charred shells, or dirt." Deborah Blum on our bad food past -- and how to avoid it being our future: buttondown.com/theswordandt...
- Reposted by Hisham ZerriffiI just got word that this federal transportation grant was terminated today, despite us removing the word "climate" from the title. The moral of the story? Obeying orders doesn't keep you safe with this administration.
- I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
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- Reposted by Hisham ZerriffiI am very pleased to announce that Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction, my editorial debut, is now a Locus Award finalist!
- OK Parents, what is *that* book you read your kids that is burned into your brain? The one you end up quoting because you read it 5x per day for a year. For us, We're Going on a Bear Hunt and The Cow Loves Cookies have lines we still recite years later. #KidsReading #KidsLit #Parenting
- There are definitely those early books that I read and re-read and re-read that are now burned into my brain. But still loved it. It was a cherished part of the nightly routine and one we continued well past when they needed any help reading.
- This is a great graphic. I use a graph similar to this that relates private vehicle miles travelled to population density in my energy class but might have to pair it with this one to break down the different modes.
- This is interesting — a recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- I voted today. Urging all Canadians to get out and vote if you haven’t done so already. Lots at stake every time we vote. Research is on the line 👇🏼 but so are a lot of things. The future of equity, reconciliation, our place in the world, Palestine, and more. Not the time to sit back. #Elxn2025
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- Reposted by Hisham ZerriffiPhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
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- Reposted by Hisham ZerriffiTo stay below 1.5°C, global emissions must drop fast 📉 But how much should each country cut? We break down what ambition means under 5 different pathways — from least-cost, to fair-share, and beyond. Read the full story: bit.ly/4jMU6yK
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- Reposted by Hisham Zerriffithere really is no alternative to tearing up CBP and ICE root and branch
- A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...
- Reposted by Hisham ZerriffiThis made my stomach drop. How can anyone support a system that includes this?
- Reposted by Hisham ZerriffiI wrote something about how we're seeing the rise of the online "alpha male." This is someone who speaks in clipped imperatives, squeezes into tight suits, and performs for our feed. They present a vision of masculinity shaped by politics, tech, and 100 years of cultural history 🧵
- Reposted by Hisham ZerriffiLatest podcast is out: Get in everyone, we are going to Resistance Summer School! Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101. Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- Can't figure out if this person is an eel historian who is constantly surprised at eel history or a historian of surprised eels (what surprises an eel?). Anyway, they have fun eel stories (like this one) and some killer alt-text game. Have fun.
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- Reposted by Hisham ZerriffiBack on their bullshit I see www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/m...
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- Reposted by Hisham Zerriffi38 of the 43. "38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic. "The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..." www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
- Went to DMV to renew licence DMV Worker: Height still same? Me: Yup DMVW: Weight? Me: More or less DMVW: We still listing hair colour as brown? <<hard stare>> Me: DMVW: Me: No, it’s grey DMVW: Probably should have been changed last time but I guess it’s up to me to update it.
- Reposted by Hisham ZerriffiY'a pas de débat...la #recherche est au 💖de l' #innovation et du bien-être au Canada. There is no debate: #research is at the core of innovation and wellbeing in 🇨🇦. #DébatDesChefs #LeadersDebate #ResearchersVote #VotonsRecherche #VoteScience #Elxn45 #Elxn2025 #CdnPoli #PolCan #GoHabsGo
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- Reposted by Hisham ZerriffiToday, the government detained another student for their speech. Mohsen Mahdawi's attorneys have already filed a petition for his release and a Vermont judge ordered he not be moved out of state. As his fight continues, let us be clear: Dissent is not grounds for deportation.
- Reaching for the sun #BloomScrolling pixelfed.social/p/nomademode...
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- “Unlike the control group, those receiving a basic income were more likely to change jobs or enrol in further education” It’s not just that people with UBI continue to work. It looks like they actually try to improve their work situation through changing jobs or gaining more education.
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- Reposted by Hisham ZerriffiBREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency. Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
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- Human bodies having planned obsolescence but you don’t know what will start to go wrong and when is a major design flaw. Nothing serious. But sucks that stuff that worked starts to stop working right. Why? Just because you’ve taken a few more turns around the sun?
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- Reposted by Hisham ZerriffiNOAA just fired us, again 🤡 Retroactive to February 🤡
- Reposted by Hisham ZerriffiNEW: Rümeysa Öztürk says she's had 4 painful asthma attacks in ICE custody, and not only is her asthma going untreated but a nurse tore off her hijab, saying, "You need to take that thing off your head." www.aclum.org/sites/defaul...
- The stock market always seems to be just 2 parts vibes to 1 part grift. Nothing I’ve seen over the last couple of days has disabused me of this notion.
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- My 4th year Energy Policy and Governance course ended yesterday This last class is mostly an AMA where I promise to give them *my* opinion as an individual. Not a prof. The questions are amazing and interesting and (I think) the students appreciate my candor. Highly recommended #AcademicChatter
- Unpopular (?) opinion: Let’s stop using “clean energy” when what we mean is “low carbon” Every energy source has environmental impacts across its lifecycle. Some are *way* better than others. So, yes, more renewables are good and we need to move from fossil fuels. But… (1/2)
- Reposted by Hisham Zerriffi1. Major victory in Montana. 17 Republicans crossed party lines after a strong speech from Representative Howell to defeat a bill that would have charged parents, even those passing through the state, with felony child endangerment for their trans youth. Subscribe to support my journalism.
- Reposted by Hisham Zerriffiif you want to bring back the prosperity* and security of mid-century american life then you need high rates of unionization, a generous social insurance state, and widespread, freely available education. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
- Who says pandas are cuddly and cute?
- The album's third song is "I'm so bored with the U.S.A." with these lyrics: "Yankee dollar talk To the dictator of the world In fact it's giving orders And they can't afford to miss a word" Just saying.
- 48 years ago today Released on this day in 1977, the eponymous debut studio album by English punk rock band The Clash. It is widely celebrated as one of the greatest punk albums of all time #punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #punklegends #history #punkrockhistory #otd
