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Chad Skelton

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Instructor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Vancouver, Canada. Data journalist. Nerd for hire: charts, maps, Tableau training. Past: Vancouver Sun he/him [email protected] http://www.chadskelton.com/

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Chad Skelton @chadskelton.bsky.social · Sep 3

Curious about ChatGPT but don't know where to start? I'm running a two-hour workshop on how you can use AI tools in your day-to-day work on Sept. 25. www.eventbrite.ca/e/ai-worksho...

AI Workshop: Boost Your Productivity with ChatGPT

Practical advice on how you can use Artificial Intelligence tools like ChatGPT in your day-to-day work safely and effectively.

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Chad Skelton @chadskelton.bsky.social · 29d

So sorry. That sucks.

Chad Skelton @chadskelton.bsky.social · Sep 3

Curious about ChatGPT but don't know where to start? I'm running a two-hour workshop on how you can use AI tools in your day-to-day work on Sept. 25. www.eventbrite.ca/e/ai-worksho...

AI Workshop: Boost Your Productivity with ChatGPT

Practical advice on how you can use Artificial Intelligence tools like ChatGPT in your day-to-day work safely and effectively.

www.eventbrite.ca

Chad Skelton @chadskelton.bsky.social · Jul 16

Huge loss for FVC/Overstory but congrats on the new Tyee gig Tyler! Thanks for all your hard work over the years mentoring KPU's students! 😀

Chad Skelton @chadskelton.bsky.social · May 1

My latest AI video: How to Create a ChatGPT Tutor Bot (and Quiz Bot!) for your students using Custom GPTs.

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How to Create a ChatGPT Tutor Bot: A Step-by-Step Guide (No Coding Required!)

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · Apr 29

One way to make AI do good things in education is to actively experiment in creating good things and share the results (whether they work or not) so others can build on those.

Mitigating bad outcomes are important, but good outcomes are not automatic either, and will take collective work.

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · Apr 29

Road for a majority for the Liberals is there, but it's slim.

There need to pick up 5 seats, and they're down by less than 400 votes in the following places:

- Vancouver Kingsway
- New West-Burnaby-Maillardville
- Nunavut
- Terrebonne
- Milton East-Halton Hills South
- Miramichi-Grand Lake

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Chad Skelton @chadskelton.bsky.social · Apr 29

As I explored exhaustively this past Fall, late counted votes in B.C. provincial elections historically favour the left-leaning party and did so again in 2024. www.chadskelton.com/2024/10/how-...

How did the BC NDP do overall in Monday's vote count?

Well it looks like almost all of the ballots have been counted now and the BC NDP has squeaked out a narrow 27-vote win in Surrey-Guildford ...

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Chad Skelton @chadskelton.bsky.social · Apr 29

I'm calling it a night but I see (at least) two possible scenarios in the final count:

1. The closest races are mainly ones where the Libs are leading. That means their seat count is more vulnerable.

2. If they count advance polls last and those tilt left, Libs could strengthen their position.

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Chad Skelton @chadskelton.bsky.social · Apr 29

Now, having said all that, CBC's David Cochrane is saying on TV right now that they're pretty sure that straggling polls are mainly advance polls and special ballots which seem to tilt Liberal. And Lib (167) + NDP (7) margin has been inching up. So who knows...

Chad Skelton @chadskelton.bsky.social · Apr 29

@kevinmilligan.bsky.social has a nice spreadsheet of the closest races, and it shows how some of the tightest ones are Lib-Con where the Libs are leading. That's a fragile place to be. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Chad Skelton @chadskelton.bsky.social · Apr 29

Pro tip to a fellow nerd: If you have all results updating on a single webpage, =IMPORTHTML is your friend. (Though doesn't seem like Elections Canada has all ridings on a single page?) support.google.com/docs/answer/...

IMPORTHTML - Google Docs Editors Help

Imports data from a table or list within an HTML page. Sample Usage IMPORTHTML("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_India","table",4) IMPORTHTML(A2,B2,C2) Syntax IMPORTHTML(url, query, i

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Kevin Milligan @kevinmilligan.bsky.social · Apr 29

For the late-nighters, I made a google doc with the close outstanding races.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Just hand updating it so it's already like 30 mins out of date...

...but a lot of ridings could still flip.

docs.google.com

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Chad Skelton @chadskelton.bsky.social · Apr 29

In fairness, Liberals still have a few shots at turning a few blue seats red.

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Chad Skelton @chadskelton.bsky.social · Apr 29

And a couple of other razor-thin Liberal margins in Metro Vancouver with a few polls left to count.

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Chad Skelton @chadskelton.bsky.social · Apr 29

Wouldn't take much for the Liberals to lose their (razor thin) lead in Kelowna. Though only a handful of polls left to report.

Chad Skelton @chadskelton.bsky.social · Apr 29

And there seem to be at least a few B.C. seats where the tide is shifting against the Liberals in late vote count. bsky.app/profile/chad...

Chad Skelton @chadskelton.bsky.social · Apr 29

Been keeping an eye on Skeena-Bulkley Valley (BC). Amazing how much the NDP's margin of victory has narrowed from earlier in the night. Shows how poorly early results can predict final count.

Chad Skelton @chadskelton.bsky.social · Apr 29

Lib (165) + NDP (7) has a razor thin 172-seat majority at the moment. I'd guess there's a good chance that won't hold. Significantly more of the Liberal seat count is 'leading' rather than elected compared to Conservatives. A decent risk Liberal count will go down before the night is over.

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Chad Skelton @chadskelton.bsky.social · Apr 29

And just 7 minutes later, Conservative Ellis Ross has a strong lead. Early votes and late-counted votes must have come from very different areas.

Chad Skelton @chadskelton.bsky.social · Apr 29

Overall, Liberals did worse than expected based on the polls. But this post of mine from earlier today on my own riding aged pretty well. 😀

Chad Skelton @chadskelton.bsky.social · Apr 29

CBC site now saying Liberal Ernie Klassen is elected in South Surrey-White Rock. A flip from Conservative to Liberal.

Chad Skelton @chadskelton.bsky.social · Apr 29

Been keeping an eye on Skeena-Bulkley Valley (BC). Amazing how much the NDP's margin of victory has narrowed from earlier in the night. Shows how poorly early results can predict final count.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Apr 29

1. Can you figure out where I was standing when I took this picture?

ChatGPT could. Given the photograph (scrubbed of all header information), the new chain of thought model, ChatGPT o.3, was able to pinpoint the location with a few meters.

A cityscape at twilight, from the middle of a street.

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · Apr 29

"We denied the Liberals and NDP the chance to form a coalition government."

That's fundamentally untrue. They're literally at a combined 172 seats right now, which is enough for a majority.

(even though such an arrangement is unlikely)

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · Apr 29

Liberals + NDP + Green = 170 seats leading and elected

Conservatives + Bloc = 173 seats

Mark Carney looks set to be Prime Minister for a good while.

But at this moment, the unique math of this election could give the Bloc with a lot of leverage in the next parliament.

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