Chris Neill 🐧
@chrisneill.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Economics (education, labour, public econ, policy) at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, 🇨🇦.
Originally from 🇦🇺, I tend to prefer rivers that I can swim away in, rather than skate away on.
Originally from 🇦🇺, I tend to prefer rivers that I can swim away in, rather than skate away on.
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The stats are insane in Victoria. By current predictions, the amount of solar & battery uptake in Vic is so massive that we should be be in "Grid energy decline". 🤔
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Rooftop solar and storage biannual report | Clean Energy Council
More than 300,000 rooftop solar systems were installed across Australia last year, bringing the total number to more than 4 million.
cleanenergycouncil.org.au
November 25, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The stats are insane in Victoria. By current predictions, the amount of solar & battery uptake in Vic is so massive that we should be be in "Grid energy decline". 🤔
cleanenergycouncil.org.au/news-resourc...
cleanenergycouncil.org.au/news-resourc...
Really this is very impressive but also why.
British explorer Felicity Aston is the first woman to ski solo across Antarctica 😮 --from coast to coast, relying only on her own strength. ⛷️
#OTD in 2011, her 1,084-mile (1,744-km), 59-day journey began. #adventure #trek #firsts #skiing
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#OTD in 2011, her 1,084-mile (1,744-km), 59-day journey began. #adventure #trek #firsts #skiing
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November 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Really this is very impressive but also why.
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my guy really was tweeting tips at Shane Warne on how to spin a cricket ball and we all got to watch, we were blessed and we didnt even know it
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
my guy really was tweeting tips at Shane Warne on how to spin a cricket ball and we all got to watch, we were blessed and we didnt even know it
Any opportunity to transfer surplus to parents should be seized. Only issue I see here is how binding the contract is, but having the loser to point to is helpful.
Just got to the airport with the kids and was pleasantly surprised to have gotten one kiddo upgrade. Problem: I have two kids.
So I'm holding an auction and they're each bidding on how many times they will unload the dishwasher over Thanksgiving. Highest bid gets the upgrade.
So I'm holding an auction and they're each bidding on how many times they will unload the dishwasher over Thanksgiving. Highest bid gets the upgrade.
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Any opportunity to transfer surplus to parents should be seized. Only issue I see here is how binding the contract is, but having the loser to point to is helpful.
How on earth is this a question someone could ask and be permitted to keep their licence?
This "driving concern" is actually a very rarely acknowledged major pedestrian safety concern. Drivers whipping around from behind you as you start crossing turning right on green is lethal
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www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/cultur...
Is it illegal to stop before turning right at a green light?
When you’re turning right at a green light, it’s right to slow down or even stop to make sure it’s safe, expert says
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM
How on earth is this a question someone could ask and be permitted to keep their licence?
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Our @ubcvse.bsky.social application deadline is coming up soon for next year's MA and PhD entrance cohorts. Full details in the QT below!
The Vancouver School of Economics is still accepting applications to its MA and PhD programs. We would encourage anyone who is interested in the techniques used for addressing important economic questions.
Learn more at: economics.ubc.ca/graduate/
Learn more at: economics.ubc.ca/graduate/
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Our @ubcvse.bsky.social application deadline is coming up soon for next year's MA and PhD entrance cohorts. Full details in the QT below!
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I helped with @envirocentre.bsky.social's "extend your cycling season" #OttBike Tour this afternoon. We welcomed cyclists looking to try #WinterBiking for the first time and some new to Ottawa residents with hands-on tips and tricks about year-round cycling and the winter maintained network. 1/2
November 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I helped with @envirocentre.bsky.social's "extend your cycling season" #OttBike Tour this afternoon. We welcomed cyclists looking to try #WinterBiking for the first time and some new to Ottawa residents with hands-on tips and tricks about year-round cycling and the winter maintained network. 1/2
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our labor gov here is drastically capping the number of intl students instead (at a much lower cap than current numbers), which may be even stupider since it doesnt raise them any revenue
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
our labor gov here is drastically capping the number of intl students instead (at a much lower cap than current numbers), which may be even stupider since it doesnt raise them any revenue
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I've never read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and I think it's about time. So, it will likely be the March 2026 #BannedBookSkyClub book, for Women's History Month. And I'm thinking of something by Toni Morrison for February. #BookSky
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I've never read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and I think it's about time. So, it will likely be the March 2026 #BannedBookSkyClub book, for Women's History Month. And I'm thinking of something by Toni Morrison for February. #BookSky
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My grandfather had to walk with like a bunch of children to the hospital in a blizzard to sign the paperwork for a needed C-section because obviously my grandmother didnt have the right to
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
November 24, 2025 at 1:27 AM
My grandfather had to walk with like a bunch of children to the hospital in a blizzard to sign the paperwork for a needed C-section because obviously my grandmother didnt have the right to
Of the many people I have seen in the past couple of days at airports who have been holding conversations while holding their phones at arms length, exactly one should have been.
Carry on, signing guy!
The rest of you suck.
Carry on, signing guy!
The rest of you suck.
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Of the many people I have seen in the past couple of days at airports who have been holding conversations while holding their phones at arms length, exactly one should have been.
Carry on, signing guy!
The rest of you suck.
Carry on, signing guy!
The rest of you suck.
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This is the 2nd time a major government report from Deloitte has been found to contain errors likely generated by AI.
First in Australia and now, as The Independent has confirmed, in a major healthcare policy paper for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli #AI #deloitte
First in Australia and now, as The Independent has confirmed, in a major healthcare policy paper for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli #AI #deloitte
A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Literally the only biy of climate optimism i have is capitalism's ability to lower marginal cost
Today on Volts: the subset of cleantech known as "electrotech" -- solar, batteries, heat pumps, etc. -- is marching toward inevitable victory, not because it's low-emissions (though it is), but because it's more efficient & cheaper. I discuss the good news with @kingsmillbond.bsky.social.
Clean electrification is inevitable
Kingsmill Bond explains why the global march of "electrotech" has moved beyond the reach of US political interference.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Literally the only biy of climate optimism i have is capitalism's ability to lower marginal cost
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Suppose you wanted to persuade politicians that universities were just a bunch of money-hungry lobbyists, concerned more about profits than educating our young people. What would you do? The Group of 8 (lobby for "sandstone" unis) decided to join "an alliance of industry groups". #universities
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Suppose you wanted to persuade politicians that universities were just a bunch of money-hungry lobbyists, concerned more about profits than educating our young people. What would you do? The Group of 8 (lobby for "sandstone" unis) decided to join "an alliance of industry groups". #universities
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Scientists have found a unique deep-sea vent field off Papua New Guinea where hot hydrothermal fluids and methane-rich gases emerge in tandem, creating an unexpected mix of chemistry and life.
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“It Was a Real Surprise”: Geologists Stumble Upon Ocean Anomaly 4250 Feet Beneath the Surface
Scientists have found a unique deep-sea vent field off Papua New Guinea where hot hydrothermal fluids and methane-rich gases emerge in tandem, creating an unexpected mix of chemistry and life. Off the...
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November 23, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Scientists have found a unique deep-sea vent field off Papua New Guinea where hot hydrothermal fluids and methane-rich gases emerge in tandem, creating an unexpected mix of chemistry and life.
scitechdaily.com/it-was-a-rea...
scitechdaily.com/it-was-a-rea...
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Australia’s March Toward 100 Percent Clean Energy
The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries. www.wired.com/story/as-coa...
The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries. www.wired.com/story/as-coa...
Australia’s March Toward 100 Percent Clean Energy
The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.
www.wired.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Australia’s March Toward 100 Percent Clean Energy
The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries. www.wired.com/story/as-coa...
The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries. www.wired.com/story/as-coa...
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Without 11 Pacific Islander ministers serving parishes in north Queensland, the region's Anglican church would collapse, according to bishop Keith Joseph.
How migrant and overseas Christians are helping keep Australian churches alive
Without 11 Pacific Islander ministers serving parishes in north Queensland, the region's Anglican church would collapse, according to bishop Keith Joseph.
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Without 11 Pacific Islander ministers serving parishes in north Queensland, the region's Anglican church would collapse, according to bishop Keith Joseph.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
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The Gravity Model
by James E. Anderson (2010)
by James E. Anderson (2010)
IDEAS/RePEc link
to RePEc:nbr:nberwo:16576
ideas.repec.org
November 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The Gravity Model
by James E. Anderson (2010)
by James E. Anderson (2010)
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How much of a deficit is maintaining streets and roads?
Ottawa's budget has nothing to solve OC Transpo’s crippling deficits | Opinion ottawacitizen.com/opinion/oc-t...
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
How much of a deficit is maintaining streets and roads?
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come on we already went through the replication crisis
When pregnant woman boarded a subway car, 38% of the time someone offered her a seat. If someone dressed as Batman was also in the car it rose to 68%.
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The Batman effect: The mere sight of the 'superhero' can make us more altruistic
If "Batman" appears on the scene, we immediately become more altruistic: in fact, research conducted by psychologists from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, shows that the sudden appear...
phys.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
come on we already went through the replication crisis