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Emmett Turkington

@redmett

Grad student. Interested in: Whales, Multi-Species Studies, Continental/Environmental Philosophy, Animal Consciousness, Ecocritism, the Outdoors, Beards.

 Toronto, Ontario
Joined February 2012
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How many articles do we have to write about our experience of work before (a) we are believed and (b) real solutions are forthcoming? teapaw.org/PasiAhonen/status/9138…
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When your supervisor’s strike leads to poetic musings. #LUFAstrike teapaw.org/brettbuch/status/91380…
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Replying to @BrettBuch @LaurentianU @lufappul
Detail: striations, lines etched, in my caffeine for the coming shift. Better when the parts meet, blend, become whole. Like negotiations.
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Sending my support to all my friends and colleagues taking part in the #lufastrike at LU. Be strong and stay positive. #makechange
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When your bus driver passes a man driving in the middle of street on a power wheelchair and all you can think is "Stay Woke".
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Mrinalini Greedharry@MGreedharry3 Aug 2017
'I’m glad I eschewed a career in academia' timeshighereducation.com/blo… via @timeshighered
I’m glad I eschewed a career in academia – there are plenty of alternatives for PhDs

I’m glad I eschewed a career in academia – there are plenty of alternatives for PhDs

Nazima Kadir’s social circle reveals a range of alternative careers for would-be scholars, and often with better rewards than academia

timeshighereducation.com
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Environmentalism used to be about defending the wild – not any more | Mark Boyle theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Environmentalism used to be about defending the wild – not any more | Mark Boyle

We’re domesticating areas instead of protecting them. Living without technology I’ve found my place in the natural world – and this path could be our salvation

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Animals have their own "dialects" and behaviors that help them maintain kinship on.natgeo.com/2mpHkOj
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HUMA@HUMALaurentian6 Feb 2017
Coming up in our speakers series is @PasiAhonen on the ethico-political challenges of doing diversity management. Please join us Feb 28! – at Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury, Ontario
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Every young man needs a good bible to get them through #mobydick
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AUTHOR In Your MFA@GuyInYourMFA17 Jan 2017
How can you possibly say I'm racist? Don't you remember how I had my protagonist sleep with a black girl on page 11?
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@Craig_Jarrett if you understand elephants (at all) they're exceptionally strong swimmers. Also, this is satire. Are you seriously mad?
NB @redmett MT @NatureNews: Commercial hunting wiped out almost 3 million whales last century ow.ly/KbSX8

World’s whaling slaughter tallied

Nature - Commercial hunting wiped out almost three million animals last century.

nature.com
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@inklingq She's not.
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Nil Köksal@nilkoksalcbc23 Oct 2014
"He was lost and did not fit in..." -Statement from Michael Zehaf-Bibeau's parents to @AP #OttawaShooting #cbcto
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AUTHOR In Your MFA@GuyInYourMFA19 Sep 2014
"The sex was fast and unsatisfying. She fell asleep immediately but he stayed awake, staring at the ceiling, thinking about Kafka."
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AUTHOR In Your MFA@GuyInYourMFA19 Sep 2014
A disgruntled housewife plans to kill her husband. The story is narrated from the perspective of the arsenic she puts in his whiskey.
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AUTHOR In Your MFA@GuyInYourMFA19 Sep 2014
Does the word "vagina" make you uncomfortable? Because I use it 814 times in my next piece.
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AUTHOR In Your MFA@GuyInYourMFA21 Sep 2014
you think my "plot" is lacking? I'm writing real literature. About people. I don't concern myself with inauthentic "story."
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SEIYES@SEIYES10 Sep 2014
RT@TheHelenOfJoy 😭 http://t.co/m27u0p6nrl lololol @BrassVixens
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