Reposted by Kyle OlsenTommy Siegel @tommysiegel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026how AI can reduce your email workload: a helpful guide 214943
Reposted by Kyle OlsenKevin Milligan @kevinmilligan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Well, I guess they chose the 'do tighter co-operation and tag that as Associate Membership' route. As I said a few days ago, that's likely fine. Closer co-operation with likeminded countries is great. My objections were to full EU membership, which is a beast of a different colour. 4379
Kyle Olsen @kyleolsen.com · 21/08/2026Been playing with YYC-Banff new rail corridors. I started with a Kananaskis and a Stoney station near the hotel to see what happens. Then progressively removed stations to see which paths emerged. Then greatly weighted to a YYC north route to see what happened. 010
Reposted by Kyle OlsenCity Duo @city-duo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Following #Vancouver council’s stinging rebuke, the controversial 2030 Barclay proposal has returned with substantial revisions that largely address past public feedback. Yet, not even free food from Mr. Tube Steak could calm its opponents who dominated its open house. #VanRe 121
Kyle Olsen @kyleolsen.com · 09/08/2026Playing with GTFS and AI — building some great maps that would have been really hard to do no that long ago. Here is Vancouver and lower mainland, transit by frequency in the am peak. 1120
Reposted by Kyle OlsenTechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 30/07/2026LinkedIn is introducing new ways to reduce low-quality AI-generated posts, including a “seems like AI slop” reporting option. It's also replacing its own AI writing feature with a proofreading tool.techcrunch.comLinkedIn adds a button to report AI-generated 'slop' | TechCrunchLinkedIn is introducing new ways to reduce low-quality AI-generated posts, including a “seems like AI slop” reporting option. It's also replacing its own AI writing feature with a proofreading tool. 6237
Reposted by Kyle OlsenMike Flannigan @mikeflannigan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Canada has passed the 1 million ha area burned mark. Still below the 10 year normal for area burned for this time of year. However, 2026 just passed 2024 that turned out to be a very active year. Expect an active summer fire season and possibly an extended fire season going well into Autumn. 1138
Reposted by Kyle OlsenAaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Every time the United States blows up another campaign finance law, I think of the Supreme Court of Canada's ruling in Harper v. Canada. decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-... 611257
Reposted by Kyle OlsenThe Voyageurs @thevoyageurs.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Icky, ucky, stinky, stupid Switzerland #allezlesrouges #canmnt 1159
Reposted by Kyle OlsenMarco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Unpopular opinion: I think we should go back to build subsurface metros whenever feasible. With 10% of what we save in civils compared to a deep tunnel, we can put in fancy architecture Pictured : Debourg, line B, Lyon, a few steps below surface, no mezzanine. 2224214
Reposted by Kyle OlsenCharles Breton @cbreton.bsky.social · 11/06/2026In which we document how one part of Alberta has warmed up to the Federation in recent years while the other part hasn’t moved one bit. 267
Reposted by Kyle OlsenMike Flannigan @mikeflannigan.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Fire weather outlook for Canada - June 13-18 is out. Potential for fire activity in the north during the June 13-18 period. www.tru.ca/wildfire/res...tru.caCanada fire weather outlookStay informed with the latest fire weather conditions and what they mean for British Columbia, Canada and beyond. 0103
Reposted by Kyle OlsenMike Flannigan @mikeflannigan.bsky.social · 23/05/2026First big fire of the season in Canada and it is in the Northwest Territories (fires 2026WB3 and WB4 though guessing they have merged). Over 5 k ha via the NASA Firms measure feature - see below (check ALT as well). 0102
Reposted by Kyle OlsenKristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 19/05/2026In honour of the opening of the new Anse-à-l'Orme (A3) branch, here is the REM overlaid other Canadian cities. I tried to roughly centre Gare Centrale with the centre of the city to convey just how much high-quality, automated rail has been built in such a relatively short period of time!! 1115037
Reposted by Kyle OlsenAdam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Okay, I’ll be the (possibly rare) person who cares a lot about climate change and doesn’t think the industrial carbon pricing agreement is necessarily terrible. 3289
Reposted by Kyle OlsenLisa Young 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @jlisayoung.bsky.social · 13/05/2026We’re on the highway to hell open.substack.com/pub/lisayoun...open.substack.comOn the Highway to HellIgnoring all the off-ramps 35525
Reposted by Kyle OlsenMike Flannigan @mikeflannigan.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Check out the weekly fire weather outlook (5-10 days) for Canada. This outlook will be posted every Tuesday during the fire season. Nationally, off to a slow start due to snow cover over much of the boreal forest. www.tru.ca/wildfire/res...tru.caCanada fire weather outlook | Thompson Rivers University 184
Kyle Olsen @kyleolsen.com · 30/04/2026Great to see heat pumps being installed @thompsonriversu.bsky.social which will soon be replacing at least 95% of natural gas heating in over 600,000 square feet of buildings via a new district energy system powered by hydro-electricity. Heat pumps at work @techconnectify.bsky.social ! 042
Reposted by Kyle OlsenDr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 02/04/2026New at the Star! The Fed-Ontario development charge deal will make new homes more affordable and help build more of them. We need other provinces to follow suit (looking your way, B.C.), along with permanent, transformative change to DCs. Read here:thestar.comDoug Ford and Mark Carney have bought Ontario some time. But the hard choices lie aheadHousing may well get cheaper, but city finances still need to be fixed. 3214
Reposted by Kyle OlsenBrandi @brandita.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Barbenheimer DC Metro Edition @wmata.com @wmatagm.bsky.social 25315
Reposted by Kyle OlsenJohn Lorinc @johnlorinc.bsky.social · 26/03/2026#topoli Walking thru Seaton Village this am: older people out for a stroll, kids going to school, birds chirping - and all this despite the presence of a sky-is-falling small apartment, going up on Barton. (Sky: still overhead.) 0192
Kyle Olsen @kyleolsen.com · 22/03/2026Super fun today at Park Theatre. Hadn’t had Lucky Charms in close to 30 years! 000
Reposted by Kyle OlsenJustine Underhill @justineunderhill.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Which arguments ACTUALLY change people’s minds about housing? Last year I worked with researchers testing different messages, and the results were... surprising! New video on it: youtube.com/watch?v=aCKr... Enjoyed working with @cselmendorf.bsky.social @jkalla.bsky.social @dbroockman.bsky.socialyoutube.comWhat Makes People ACTUALLY Change Their Minds About Housing (real experiment)YouTube video by Justine Underhill 12510
Reposted by Kyle OlsenWilliam Azaroff @wazaroff.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Now, we have to demonstrate why it is so critically important to get it right. Public land is finite. Let’s protect it. Demand transparency by sharing this thread, let's make sure we get things done and get it done right. 061
Reposted by Kyle OlsenWilliam Azaroff @wazaroff.bsky.social · 13/03/2026It’s good to see real movement on the stalled "Bring Back Britannia" project. Pro-growth means getting things built, and I want to see shovels in the ground. But wait, what is the actual benefit for the neighbourhood? Will they share this facility with the public? 1103
Reposted by Kyle OlsenFrances Bula @fabulavancouver.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Dear my delightful tweeps, some news! So after 30 years of City Hall and urban-issues stories that you all know, I'm doing something completely different — I’ve decided to run for a City Council nomination with @onecityvan.bsky.social and hopefully run on their slate this October. 920339
Reposted by Kyle OlsenIglika Ivanova @iglikaivanova.bsky.social · 16/02/2026The BC government says the budget has to be "tough" to tackle large deficits. But we can’t talk about deficits without talking about revenues. And BC’s revenue as a share of our economy is much lower than it was before the deep tax cuts of the early 2000s. #bcpoli #BCBudget2026 14116
Reposted by Kyle OlsenMike Flannigan @mikeflannigan.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Do you have ideas/comments on the federal role/leadership in emergency management in Canada? If so, check out this public engagement site. www.canada.ca/en/public-sa...canada.caPublic engagement on how to strengthen federal leadership in emergency management - Canada.caThe Government of Canada is seeking input from Canadians and emergency management partners on priorities, gaps, and opportunities to strengthen federal emergency management in partnership with other j... 075
Reposted by Kyle OlsenAbundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · 10/01/2026OneCity is holding a contested mayoral nomination, and their two candidates, William Azaroff and Amanda Burrows, were on the Cambie Report. Link to the full episode below. Here's what they had to say about housing (see follow up posts for alt text): 12310
Reposted by Kyle OlsenBC Wildfire Weekly - Wildfires + More @bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social · 08/01/2026BRITISH COLUMBIA: “Northeastern B.C. still has some overwintering fires burning, some of which were sparked years ago.” globalnews.ca/news/1160516... - Global News #BCWildfire #Chetwynd #DawsonCreek #FortNelson #FortStJohn #TumblerRidge #Wildfires #ZombieFiresglobalnews.ca‘Zombie fires’ burning in northeastern B.C., some sparked years ago | Globalnews.caAn overwintering fire, which is also known as a zombie fire, burns deep into the ground in the different soil levels and sparks back up in the next fire season. 086
Reposted by Kyle OlsenMike Flannigan @mikeflannigan.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Thompson Rivers University is seeking three senior researchers to nominate through the federal government’s recently announced Canada Impact+ Research Chairs program, an effort designed to bring world-leading research talent to Canada. www.tru.ca/research/res... www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...tru.caCanada Impact+ Research Chairs | Thompson Rivers University 032
Reposted by Kyle OlsenMike Flannigan @mikeflannigan.bsky.social · 10/12/2025New accepted paper in Environmental Research Letters on the extent of drought determines daily area burned (DAB) in Canadian forests. This study found a strong relationship between DAB and the spatial extent of fire-conducive weather conditions. Open access link iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... 0206
Kyle Olsen @kyleolsen.com · 27/11/2025Fascinating about the fireworks. Seemed to skirt on this important part though, that they had plenty of warning and for whatever reason just couldn’t restructure to be eligible for more funding: 020
Reposted by Kyle OlsenDavid Coletto @davidcoletto.bsky.social · 24/11/2025What does the rise of the precarity mindset mean for universities and the future of the arts and social sciences? I break it down in my latest edition of Signals & Trends: abacusdata.ca/the-future-... 021
Reposted by Kyle OlsenMike Flannigan @mikeflannigan.bsky.social · 28/10/2025New Perspective - Canada’s landscape fires spreading into uncharted territory Canada clearly needs to do more. More to prevent & mitigate wildfires, more to increase our initial response capacity and capability to protect communities & critical infrastructure. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... 0197
Reposted by Kyle OlsenHeather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 26/10/2025www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comWillpower doesn’t exist. Why so much of your health isn't your faultDr Xand and Dr Chris van Tulleken share four small but powerful tips they've learnt over the course of 30 episodes. 021
Reposted by Kyle OlsenAdam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Seems a good day to re-emphasize this point. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...theglobeandmail.comCanada needs to start thinking about an auto sector without U.S. automakersStellantis’s decision to shift Jeep production south of the border highlights the challenge of keeping a thriving domestic industry 1209
Reposted by Kyle OlsenMike Flannigan @mikeflannigan.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Jasper 2024 Wildfire Complex: Documentation, Reconstruction and Analysis Following a highly destructive 2024 wildfire in Jasper, Alberta, a study was completed to describe the behaviour and contributing environmental factors associated with this event. ostrnrcan-dostrncan.canada.ca/entities/pub...ostrnrcan-dostrncan.canada.caNRCan Open S&T Repository (OSTR) / Dépôt ouvert des sciences et technologie (DOST) de RNCanThe NRCan Open S&T Repository (OSTR) provides free and open access to science publication and research funded by the Canadian government. 1106
Kyle Olsen @kyleolsen.com · 15/10/2025Thank you Consul General Jongho Kyun of the Republic of Korea for travelling to @thompsonriversu.bsky.social to speak with faculty and students. Many thanks to @robertjhanlon.bsky.social and the Canada and the Asia-Pacific Policy Project for hosting. 020
Kyle Olsen @kyleolsen.com · 14/10/2025This is a fascinating look at the challenge of the next decade and beyond for manufacturing and in turn defence. apple.news/ADloeSFYbSUG...apple.newsWhy Western executives who visit China are coming back terrified — The TelegraphRobotics has catapulted Beijing into a dominant position in many industries 000
Reposted by Kyle OlsenMicroplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 12/10/2025today in "predicted by 30 Rock" 1837311013
Reposted by Kyle OlsenMike Flannigan @mikeflannigan.bsky.social · 09/10/2025🔥 New fire paper out - Fire regime changes in Canada: an update. Overall, the big-picture trends remain consistent: annual area burned, the annual number and size of large fires are still increasing, but the total number of fires for all sizes continue to decline. cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...cdnsciencepub.comFire regime changes in Canada: an updateGiven the recent rise in extreme fires, we present an update to a previous Canadian wildfire trend analysis (1959-2015) with nine additional years of data (2016-2024), an improved area burned dataset,... 02415
Kyle Olsen @kyleolsen.com · 06/10/2025Hey @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social - your new Green rep seems to be making the opposite case on LNG than they think they are. Prices went negative in Alberta for pipeline gas. Prices are fine for LNG. The gap between the two is how LNG facilities make money. fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1MP1Sfred.stlouisfed.orgFRED GraphFRED Graph 000
Reposted by Kyle OlsenMike Flannigan @mikeflannigan.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Canadian fire season for 2023 & 2024(May-Aug) and 2025 (May-Jul) = 338 days with 218 days (65%) at National Preparedness Level (NPL) 5. NPL5 means firefighters and equipment in every jurisdiction in Canada is put to use, and international help has been requested. Is this sustainable? www.ciffc.ca 02614
Kyle Olsen @kyleolsen.com · 14/05/2025Canada's Cabinet Committees. Overlap between Priorities , Ops and Building Canada are interesting. 121
Reposted by Kyle OlsenAaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Feels like we should make a concerted effort to not lose sight of the fact that the president's answer here was not "no" or "never" or "that is a preposterous question" or "that is an abhorrent idea." 912542