Brad
@613brad.bsky.social
📍Ottawa, Canada
🔗 bradarsenault.com
🏳️🌈🇨🇦 (he/him)
Tech / Urbanism
Views are my own.
🔗 bradarsenault.com
🏳️🌈🇨🇦 (he/him)
Tech / Urbanism
Views are my own.
Lots of discourse about municipal speed cameras.
To those opposing speed cameras: is it okay to go faster than the posted limit? If yes, what should the limit be? What would stop us from raising the limit to that number?
To those opposing speed cameras: is it okay to go faster than the posted limit? If yes, what should the limit be? What would stop us from raising the limit to that number?
September 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Lots of discourse about municipal speed cameras.
To those opposing speed cameras: is it okay to go faster than the posted limit? If yes, what should the limit be? What would stop us from raising the limit to that number?
To those opposing speed cameras: is it okay to go faster than the posted limit? If yes, what should the limit be? What would stop us from raising the limit to that number?
We don’t just need nation-building projects, we need to build excitement for new projects! Bring back the culture of hosting banquets in the new projects.
Make new projects an ✨experience✨ for influencers and the public. The victorians had the right idea on this.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_...
Make new projects an ✨experience✨ for influencers and the public. The victorians had the right idea on this.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_...
September 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
We don’t just need nation-building projects, we need to build excitement for new projects! Bring back the culture of hosting banquets in the new projects.
Make new projects an ✨experience✨ for influencers and the public. The victorians had the right idea on this.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_...
Make new projects an ✨experience✨ for influencers and the public. The victorians had the right idea on this.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_...
I'm sure I'm not alone in having workplace opportunity to problem-solve using LLMs - I wrote about my method here:
bradarsenault.com/2025/09/11/l...
bradarsenault.com/2025/09/11/l...
LLM Coding (Part 1)
Given discourse I’ve seen on BNN, on Bsky, and in my professional and social circles, 2025 is the year that LLMs made their way into many peoples’ lives and workplaces. I’ve heard…
bradarsenault.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I'm sure I'm not alone in having workplace opportunity to problem-solve using LLMs - I wrote about my method here:
bradarsenault.com/2025/09/11/l...
bradarsenault.com/2025/09/11/l...
It makes sense my MP is still advertising that she’s on Elon’s app
July 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
It makes sense my MP is still advertising that she’s on Elon’s app
Toronto, the biggest city in the province where the BlackBerry was invented 30+ years ago, just got ubiquitous cell service on its subway in the past 12 months.
June 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Toronto, the biggest city in the province where the BlackBerry was invented 30+ years ago, just got ubiquitous cell service on its subway in the past 12 months.
Farm Boy now stocks *bleached* paper muffin liners.
THIS is a 🇨🇦 (Ottawa) recession indicator
THIS is a 🇨🇦 (Ottawa) recession indicator
June 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Farm Boy now stocks *bleached* paper muffin liners.
THIS is a 🇨🇦 (Ottawa) recession indicator
THIS is a 🇨🇦 (Ottawa) recession indicator
To call a spade a spade: Ottawa City Hall parking is inconvenient (“more secure”) on days when there are progressive protests
June 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
To call a spade a spade: Ottawa City Hall parking is inconvenient (“more secure”) on days when there are progressive protests
Yup summer commuter traffic is back 🙃
May 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Yup summer commuter traffic is back 🙃
My workplace beige flag is I’m always going to miss the 1st call because I switch my headset on before clicking answer
May 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
My workplace beige flag is I’m always going to miss the 1st call because I switch my headset on before clicking answer
If one didn't know better you'd think Ottawa was a company town supplied almost exclusively by Costco.
I see Costco socks (you know the Puma ones) just about everywhere I go in this city.
I see Costco socks (you know the Puma ones) just about everywhere I go in this city.
May 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
If one didn't know better you'd think Ottawa was a company town supplied almost exclusively by Costco.
I see Costco socks (you know the Puma ones) just about everywhere I go in this city.
I see Costco socks (you know the Puma ones) just about everywhere I go in this city.
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Still thinking about how Ottawa airport’s O-Train station has airport seats (left in the below pic)
That’s a good touch.
One more opportunity to sit in the airport benches.
That’s a good touch.
One more opportunity to sit in the airport benches.
May 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Still thinking about how Ottawa airport’s O-Train station has airport seats (left in the below pic)
That’s a good touch.
One more opportunity to sit in the airport benches.
That’s a good touch.
One more opportunity to sit in the airport benches.
This is a free transit weekend for Ottawa.
It also coincides with major road closures downtown for a cycling race (today) and substantial east-end highway construction this weekend (long red traffic lines on Google Maps).
It also coincides with major road closures downtown for a cycling race (today) and substantial east-end highway construction this weekend (long red traffic lines on Google Maps).
May 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This is a free transit weekend for Ottawa.
It also coincides with major road closures downtown for a cycling race (today) and substantial east-end highway construction this weekend (long red traffic lines on Google Maps).
It also coincides with major road closures downtown for a cycling race (today) and substantial east-end highway construction this weekend (long red traffic lines on Google Maps).
Last weekend I rode the recently reopened/upgraded O-Train Line 2. It was awesome!
April 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Last weekend I rode the recently reopened/upgraded O-Train Line 2. It was awesome!
I have had at least 2 year’s worth of cold/flu in the past month.
I am so looking forward to the end of viral season.
I am so looking forward to the end of viral season.
April 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I have had at least 2 year’s worth of cold/flu in the past month.
I am so looking forward to the end of viral season.
I am so looking forward to the end of viral season.
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BREAKING: “We will build at a pace not seen since the 2nd World War.” Mark Carney announces he wants to double the pace of housing construction in Canada, half a million new homes/year. He wants the Federal Govt to get back into affordable home-building. Billions in housing loans/grants announced.
March 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
BREAKING: “We will build at a pace not seen since the 2nd World War.” Mark Carney announces he wants to double the pace of housing construction in Canada, half a million new homes/year. He wants the Federal Govt to get back into affordable home-building. Billions in housing loans/grants announced.
As someone getting settled into a new company I am so grateful they recorded virtual lunch-and-learns in the covid era that are still on Sharepoint. As a new on-board, these are a great way to learn not only material but also the lingo and turns of phrase.
March 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
As someone getting settled into a new company I am so grateful they recorded virtual lunch-and-learns in the covid era that are still on Sharepoint. As a new on-board, these are a great way to learn not only material but also the lingo and turns of phrase.
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Ready to stand up for Canada.
March 28, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Ready to stand up for Canada.
I always enjoy the thoughtful points made on The Missing Middle podcast (@mikepmoffatt.bsky.social and Sabrina Maddeaux) and this week’s was no exception. This week: the Canadian election.
“Scarcity vs precarity” sums up a lot of what I’ve been feeling and hearing.
overcast.fm/+ABD0ZYlRZew...
“Scarcity vs precarity” sums up a lot of what I’ve been feeling and hearing.
overcast.fm/+ABD0ZYlRZew...
March 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I always enjoy the thoughtful points made on The Missing Middle podcast (@mikepmoffatt.bsky.social and Sabrina Maddeaux) and this week’s was no exception. This week: the Canadian election.
“Scarcity vs precarity” sums up a lot of what I’ve been feeling and hearing.
overcast.fm/+ABD0ZYlRZew...
“Scarcity vs precarity” sums up a lot of what I’ve been feeling and hearing.
overcast.fm/+ABD0ZYlRZew...
I hope the pre-approved housing catalogue offered in Canada (by CMHC) gets some aesthetic and quality housing built. www.housingcatalogue.cmhc-schl.gc.ca
March 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I hope the pre-approved housing catalogue offered in Canada (by CMHC) gets some aesthetic and quality housing built. www.housingcatalogue.cmhc-schl.gc.ca
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“Mark Carney is one of the most respected voices on the economy worldwide and far more qualified than Pierre Poilievre to steer Canada through the second Trump presidency.”
Via @cultmtl.bsky.social
Poilievre has never even held a private sector job.
Via @cultmtl.bsky.social
Poilievre has never even held a private sector job.
Traditional Conservatives should support Mark Carney in Canada’s next election
Traditional Conservatives should support Mark Carney in Canada’s next election.
cultmtl.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
“Mark Carney is one of the most respected voices on the economy worldwide and far more qualified than Pierre Poilievre to steer Canada through the second Trump presidency.”
Via @cultmtl.bsky.social
Poilievre has never even held a private sector job.
Via @cultmtl.bsky.social
Poilievre has never even held a private sector job.
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It’s sad to see good policy undone but it’s not the hill to die on. There’s a limited public capacity for negative vibes from policies, and there’s more room to act without those from the carbon tax.
Also: RIP to Poilievre’s slogans
Also: RIP to Poilievre’s slogans
The consumer carbon tax is not working. It’s become too divisive — at a time when Canada needs to be united.
As my government’s first order of business, I have cancelled it.
As my government’s first order of business, I have cancelled it.
March 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
It’s sad to see good policy undone but it’s not the hill to die on. There’s a limited public capacity for negative vibes from policies, and there’s more room to act without those from the carbon tax.
Also: RIP to Poilievre’s slogans
Also: RIP to Poilievre’s slogans
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Presently battling a cold and I am desperately hoping Mary Brown’s will heal me
March 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Presently battling a cold and I am desperately hoping Mary Brown’s will heal me