How would I apply for a research position with IISD?

You’re talking about PFAS and the host of per-fluorinatid acids that are being produced. Essentially, these are found in waterproof clothing (DWR textile), non-stick pans, fire extinguisher and a host of other household items (even food wax paper wrappers). These don’t break down and are now found everywhere. Human health outcomes are reduced as a result. Not sure if they accumulate in lakes, but we know they’re present throughout the world - even in the Arctic regions.

Canada has a lot of lakes that have algae / micro-organisms in it that make it unsafe for humans to drink the water or in many cases even swim in.

Is there a temperature that the lake could get to where the living things in the lake would be unable to hurt you?

I live near the shoreline of lake you wouldn't want to swim in, but was thinking in the winter if I cut a portion of the 8" thick ice, I could install a ladder and do polar dips.

Does everything gross just live under the ice for the most part during winter?

Do you find any evidence of heavy metals in any of your lakes? If so, are these metals naturally occurring, or suspected to be unwanted man made pollution?

does julian sleep with a drink in his hand?

poop with a drink in his hand??

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It's a beautiful area. I heard a few years back that funding might be ending, has that been sorted out, or is it still precarious? I think long-term studies like these are incredibly important.

That’s a very sexy question, Julien. Why don’t you come over here and have a drinkypoo?

These are great suggestions! We've created some fun assets in the past that are objects moreso than actual people, so we'll for sure take that into consideration. They're all hilarious that's for sure. Thanks Linda!

And Ray's sleeper. Although you might have to reword it to "the old man's sleeper", we are aware of the issues with licensing regarding Ray.

We may experiment with with that as we add/change rewards but we want those Top 2 Prizes to feel really special and exclusive. We still make sure to load up the Milestones with currency on the new Sl-eazy Minis though so that there's still a lot of other dope stuff to play for!

These are all great ideas. You've been kinda scraping the bottom of the barrel for characters lately anyways, use these. Hell, the spreadsheet one is great. Those pricks deserve it for all they have done for the users and the game over the years.

What about a lighter for a character? have it be some fucked up version from one of their trips they take when they are high.

Haha noted! Funny enough I was just thinking about the 9 cans of ravioli joke yesterday and trying to figure out something fun to do with it. Thanks for sharing the ideas! I'll discuss with all the dicks!

Can we have the main rewards be for more then just the top 2 players? I know the larger events have top20 getting it, why can't the smaller events.

Great. A speed boost or 3 would be perfect.

If you want some character ideas, as lame as they may be, how about 9 cans of ravioli, a piss jug, and actual pepperoni cock, chicken fingers, the good kind, or a spreadsheet (you know, for those dicks that make all those guides for the game and events)

I'll let the team know and we'll try and add some costume prizes that boost that business! On the topic of T, we have a pretty awesome event called Mad Stax coming up that'll feature several of our favourite costumes of his from throughout our events!

Very interesting but it just so happens that I can't think of anything important right now. A simple question would be what to do about the "forever" chemicals in freshwater lakes? I have read it in some science news article.

Can we get some costumes or characters for T's Axi? That business seems to have stalled since release

Good question!

We have monitored the ice thickness on our main reference lake (Lake 239) since 1969.

The maximum ice thickness we have found on this lake was 82 cm, found in March 15th, 1999 (we can easily check our PostgreSQL master database). Lake 239, like many boreal lakes is fairly small (approx. 50 hectares).

From 2016 to 2019 we also undertook a study in collaboration with Natural Resources Canada that used Ground Penetrating Radar to examine how lake ice thickness was influenced by lake size. In general, our results indicated that as lake size increases, so does the maximum thickness of the ice. The difference from the smallest lake (4 hectares) to the largest lake (2400 hectares) in our study was approximately 40 cm. The apparent cause of the difference was the amount of snow cover. Larger lakes have less accumulation of snow on them due to the higher windspeeds that pushed the snow to the lake edges. The lack of snow meant these lakes were less insulated from the cold air temperatures... and more ice developed.

What are the biggest threats/challenges you see in your research?

What will be the biggest areas/trends to watch out for in 2023 and coming next 5/10 years?

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Thank you so much! I'll keep making sure we bust out some great friggin' content.

I love that you're striving to keep them current. Keep up the great stories!

Hi! So a new business is something that comes up every now and then, but it's not something that's being worked on right now. That being said, that doesn't mean that we''re against the idea of one day adding a new one again down the road. I'd have a lot of fun coming up with things that Ricky would sell at his Used $#!T store!