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microbiocarly.bsky.social @microbiocarly.bsky.social · 8h

Amazing to be profiled by @lfdecentralized.bsky.social for my work at Trust over IP. I'm not a coder, but there are many opportunities to contribute more than code like standards, human experience, governance and more. www.lfdecentralizedtrust.org/blog/develop...

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 9h

'tis at least on keeping w the season (Flying Monkey ale)

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 18h

Since overhiring of Tech workers during COVID, RTO is a downsizing strategy to avoid layoff or other contractual required terminations. If people quit, no payout is required. That the Office people return to is chaotic and a substantial down grade from pre WFH is the tell.

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I have only hiked that trail. Was a nice hike. Mind you it was with a yet undiagnosed hip that was replaced 2 years later

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I have a photo I took up the hill behind where your bike is parked from the Fall 4 years ago.

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Attempting to channel Diefenbaker? Exactly who in the US does he believe would pay attention?

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A related question is how much is built during the same period. The major push for City building in Canada, financed by the Feds, was early 1950s to late 1980s

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

So right on time. I recall reading that NorAm city infrastructure lifetime is between 40 and 60 years. 1967 is 59 years old.

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Work started 3 years ago and proceeded at the North end of the community and proceeded for 2 years on a street/cluster basis, and then suddenly stopped with no announcement as to why. There has no further communication when it will resume /e

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Beaverbrook in Kanata has underground distribution installed in the 1960s. We were informed 5 years ago that the cable needed replacing, plus infrastructure upgrade to twice the voltage /1

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

No surprise I see few cyclists in my travels /3

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I regularly use the Cycling Guide App, which provides safe cycling routes/google maps features, and for many routes for food and other shopping it:s all interior streets and pathways, with major roads only when inavoidable./2

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

From Kanata. Suburban roads, aside from interior streets, and traffic lights (with the exception of those equipped w cyclist/pedestrian bug buttons and specific indicator lights) are not safe./1

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Realistically, it will take a decade to build purely Canadian suppliers/chains after decades of playing safe by buying US /E

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And how many of the awarded contracts have a) Been in the pipeline for some time (e. g. years), worh the announcement only occurring now. b) where there was not a qualified Canadian bidder? /1

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

With the isolated location and pure bedroom (no committed employment) aspects, drop in birth rate and immigration, plus effective downsizing of the Federal workforce, where is the housing demand going to come from?

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Haven't seen the fine print, but I suspect this about clearing obstacles to additional oil/gas capacity being built, but that without customers signed, profits assured and private money committed, this goes nowhere.

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ooh, just like my favorite TV shows (pre historic time I won't speak to...) as a kid... Smoke and mirrors involved? I also recall having to subscribe to my favourite shows... ;-)

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I hate to break it to you, it is exactly the same type of materials science, physics & chemistry as semiconductors, but with potentially different and new materials and previously unknown or ignored physics and chemistry.

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You don't understand. I'm a BSc in Physics. You could have said that about most of the technology of the last 50 years, and here we are.

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I hand them my weekly twice daily recordings.

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Weight reduction is part of that equation. Solid state vs existing lithium batteries promises dramatic reductions in size and weight. You are also underestimating how much money is on the table for solving these issues. Think trillions.

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I've been in tech since 1978. Battery tech has too much money chasing it not to double in charging capacity & speed and range very 18 months. This is classic hi tech rate of change when the $$$$ is clear. By 2030 we won't be having this discussion.

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There's also the prospect that potential Asian customers accelerate the alternatives; wind/solar/battery and nuclear, to avoid dependencies on foreign energy supply. If climate change driven weather, which jumped in 2026, continues or accelerates, voter tolerance for O&G may collapse.

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National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 01/10/2026

Who does Mark Carney really listen to? I asked the insiders, @justinling.ca writes www.thestar.com/opinion/star... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

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Justin Ling: Who does Mark Carney really listen to? I asked the insiders

It’s become clear that the prime minister would much rather circumvent problems than fix them.

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

That's what you get from Jacques Greber's road vehicle centric plan and lack of funding at the national level for transportation, such as planning for transportation corridors. Also true for the lack of long term planning related to high speed rail from Windsor to QC.

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time line for them being operational in Canada? 5 years too late. Solar/Battery solutions are cheap and fast to build and hook into the existing grod, being installed world-wide, but not in Ontario or Manitoba in any meaningful way.

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In parallel I sense a rush to ship oil & has before electrification, disruptions like the Iran and Ukraine wars, plus push back on climate, etc. has seen public opposition jump. Case in point: A dramatic change in opposition to Data Centers, also in 2026 /E

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Things change slowly, then all-at-once. Weather in 2026 has seen some dramatic changes, which will likely continue. /1

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And de nada for aging infrastructure, recreation and community services, plus naive investment in cheap and ineffective transit. /e

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The answer is an overwhelming focus on additional housing, for up-market owners and renters and supporting roads, sewers, etc. for greenfield development. /2

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I've been directly involved in the Official Plan at times in the last 20 years from Kanata North and a long time follower of what gets attention/built. /1

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So someone cheaped-out on shipping and sent it by a discount outfit with a shipping hub in Hongkong... LOL

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Having recently been awake during having a stent inserted in a heart artery, I'll take being awake during surgery vs the alternative. PS: much of the banter amongst the surgeons and medical staff was on the merits of vacationing in Hawaii.

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A long overdue change. Schedule meetings or phone calls in 2 or more locations using UTC time

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

And outright refusal of coverage, both rapidly emerging in community discussions across Ottawa, including in Beaverbrook, one of the hardest hit, twice this summer /E

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Leaving all levels of government to play "chicken", waiting for the other levels to be forced to increase taxes first. Which leaves a unavoidable crisis as likely trigger, for which the acceleration of Climate Change impacts is the emerging candidate, especially with major insurance increases /4

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's not that the federal, provincial and municipal governments don't know this. The problems are voters who have been spoiled with low taxes for decades and will only vote for minimal or no tax increases.../3

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The bills are coming due in any areas as Cities have expanded well past their original plans, or into services like public transit for a massive amalgamated city, aging out Hydro One and City electrical (Kanata Beaverbrook underground electrical is years past replacement and upgrade) /2

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Are outside of City taxation rights and capabilities. Cities were built in the latter half of the 20th Century with Federal money, which all but disappeared with the downloading of costs in steps, finalized in the mid 1990's by Chretien to the Provinces, which did the same to Cities./2

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The overwhelming tendency in Politics, including Canadians, is to attribute all ills to a single person. Federally, it was DJT, in Ottawa it's the Mayor and Councillor(s). The reality check on major issues such as flooding/climate change, infrastructure (new/renewal), public transit, etc./1

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

With the poor connections proposed for HSR between Ottawa and Montreal, driving is faster unless you live near the HSR station at one end and your destination at the other end is also close to a HSR station.

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Neil Thomson @neiljt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Observation, the need for parking has increased due to transit to downtown job degradation compared with pre-LRT BRT. Time from Kanata has degraded from a reliable 35 minute commute to an unreliable 90 minute commute in either direction.

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