Chad Skelton
@chadskelton.bsky.social
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
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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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...
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
September 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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...
My latest AI video: How to Create a ChatGPT Tutor Bot (and Quiz Bot!) for your students using Custom GPTs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nerO...
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How to Create a ChatGPT Tutor Bot: A Step-by-Step Guide (No Coding Required!)
YouTube video by Chad Skelton
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May 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
My latest AI video: How to Create a ChatGPT Tutor Bot (and Quiz Bot!) for your students using Custom GPTs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nerO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nerO...
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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.
Mitigating bad outcomes are important, but good outcomes are not automatic either, and will take collective work.
April 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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.
Mitigating bad outcomes are important, but good outcomes are not automatic either, and will take collective work.
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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
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
April 29, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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
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
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.
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.
April 29, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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.
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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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/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
April 29, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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/spreadsheets...
Just hand updating it so it's already like 30 mins out of date...
...but a lot of ridings could still flip.
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.
April 29, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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.
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. 😀
April 29, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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. 😀
CBC site now saying Liberal Ernie Klassen is elected in South Surrey-White Rock. A flip from Conservative to Liberal.
April 29, 2025 at 5:07 AM
CBC site now saying Liberal Ernie Klassen is elected in South Surrey-White Rock. A flip from Conservative to Liberal.
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.
April 29, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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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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.
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.
April 29, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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.
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.
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"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)
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)
April 29, 2025 at 4:59 AM
"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)
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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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.
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.
April 29, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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.
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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The path for the NDP to official party status is not looking great at the moment.
They need to pick up 4 more seats — but are only within 10% of the lead in 4 ridings total across the country.
And none of those are Jagmeet Singh, who is crashing.
They will need a lot of luck at this point.
They need to pick up 4 more seats — but are only within 10% of the lead in 4 ridings total across the country.
And none of those are Jagmeet Singh, who is crashing.
They will need a lot of luck at this point.
April 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The path for the NDP to official party status is not looking great at the moment.
They need to pick up 4 more seats — but are only within 10% of the lead in 4 ridings total across the country.
And none of those are Jagmeet Singh, who is crashing.
They will need a lot of luck at this point.
They need to pick up 4 more seats — but are only within 10% of the lead in 4 ridings total across the country.
And none of those are Jagmeet Singh, who is crashing.
They will need a lot of luck at this point.
Man, Kelowna really is a little red island in a sea of blue in the B.C. Interior.
April 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Man, Kelowna really is a little red island in a sea of blue in the B.C. Interior.
Pierre Polievre being behind in his own riding of Carleton seemed like a fluke with only a few polls reporting. But we're now at 50/266 polls and he's still in second. And the margin ain't all that close. Still hard to see him losing but this seems closer than people were expecting.
April 29, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Pierre Polievre being behind in his own riding of Carleton seemed like a fluke with only a few polls reporting. But we're now at 50/266 polls and he's still in second. And the margin ain't all that close. Still hard to see him losing but this seems closer than people were expecting.
Liberal Ernie Klassen has been consistently ahead in South Surrey-White Rock since counting began. But Conservative Kerry-Lynne Findlay just took the lead.
April 29, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Liberal Ernie Klassen has been consistently ahead in South Surrey-White Rock since counting began. But Conservative Kerry-Lynne Findlay just took the lead.
Interesting: Conservatives have pulled ahead in Fleetwood-Port Kells in Surrey, B.C. Liberal MP Ken Hardie, who stepped down, won the last three elections. In 2021 by a pretty big margin of 45%-30% (46%-28% redistributed) 70/187 polls reporting.
April 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Interesting: Conservatives have pulled ahead in Fleetwood-Port Kells in Surrey, B.C. Liberal MP Ken Hardie, who stepped down, won the last three elections. In 2021 by a pretty big margin of 45%-30% (46%-28% redistributed) 70/187 polls reporting.
Globe and Mail election results site is more reliable than the CBC's for sure. But it's map projection is driving me kind of bonkers. Not used to seeing Metro Vancouver on an angle like this. CBC's map 'feels' more right to me.
April 29, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Globe and Mail election results site is more reliable than the CBC's for sure. But it's map projection is driving me kind of bonkers. Not used to seeing Metro Vancouver on an angle like this. CBC's map 'feels' more right to me.
I'm giving up on the CBC election results site. Keeps stagnating on me, telling me it's updating when it's not. Over to The Globe and Mail instead. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/fed...
Live results and maps from the 2025 federal election
Results for the Canadian election are expected to start coming in 7:00 p.m. ET. Explore our riding-by-riding results and battlegrounds to watch as they are announced
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April 29, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I'm giving up on the CBC election results site. Keeps stagnating on me, telling me it's updating when it's not. Over to The Globe and Mail instead. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/fed...
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BREAKING: the new york times has decided that "Vancouver" is comprised of Metro Vancouver, "Toronto" is ONLY the city of toronto, not the 905 belt, and "Montreal" is ONLY the island
this is interesting only to like me and 87 other city boundary nerds
this is interesting only to like me and 87 other city boundary nerds
April 29, 2025 at 3:33 AM
BREAKING: the new york times has decided that "Vancouver" is comprised of Metro Vancouver, "Toronto" is ONLY the city of toronto, not the 905 belt, and "Montreal" is ONLY the island
this is interesting only to like me and 87 other city boundary nerds
this is interesting only to like me and 87 other city boundary nerds
Jagmeet Singh in 3rd place in his riding at the moment. Only 15/200 reporting.
April 29, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Jagmeet Singh in 3rd place in his riding at the moment. Only 15/200 reporting.
I don't know who decided to give the fourth seat beside CBC's At Issue panel to a rotating political hack spouting party lines, but it suuuuucks. We should hear from political parties on election night, obviously. But we get that enough from the riding-by-riding interviews.
April 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I don't know who decided to give the fourth seat beside CBC's At Issue panel to a rotating political hack spouting party lines, but it suuuuucks. We should hear from political parties on election night, obviously. But we get that enough from the riding-by-riding interviews.
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When the Conservatives under Stephen Harper won a majority in 2011, they got 39.6% of the vote.
Right now, they have 39.9% of the vote.
But the collapse of the NDP and Bloc vote to the Liberals create a completely different electoral math.
Right now, they have 39.9% of the vote.
But the collapse of the NDP and Bloc vote to the Liberals create a completely different electoral math.
April 29, 2025 at 2:41 AM
When the Conservatives under Stephen Harper won a majority in 2011, they got 39.6% of the vote.
Right now, they have 39.9% of the vote.
But the collapse of the NDP and Bloc vote to the Liberals create a completely different electoral math.
Right now, they have 39.9% of the vote.
But the collapse of the NDP and Bloc vote to the Liberals create a completely different electoral math.