Heidi
@heidi2o.bsky.social
data, policy, and feelings
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The biggest thing we’ve learned from this module of French class is that my responses for how to treat basic maladies are insane.
February 11, 2026 at 5:11 AM
The biggest thing we’ve learned from this module of French class is that my responses for how to treat basic maladies are insane.
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Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"No, you don't need a dashboard"
"No, you don't need a dashboard"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"We'll give that a go and if it works great, if it doesn't we'll do something else. Sure I've run it past the boss"
"We'll give that a go and if it works great, if it doesn't we'll do something else. Sure I've run it past the boss"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Where are your citations?"
"Where are your citations?"
February 8, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"No, you don't need a dashboard"
"No, you don't need a dashboard"
#Weeknote 4 is posted. This week: a perfect month, making friends internationally, and sharing a tool for generating a stakeholder map.
Read here: heidi2o.cc/weeknote_4
Read here: heidi2o.cc/weeknote_4
Weeknote 4 (Feb 2 - 8)
This is going to be a short one1 because I’m a bit under the weather and I should be studying for my French class test on Wednesday.
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February 8, 2026 at 7:09 PM
#Weeknote 4 is posted. This week: a perfect month, making friends internationally, and sharing a tool for generating a stakeholder map.
Read here: heidi2o.cc/weeknote_4
Read here: heidi2o.cc/weeknote_4
How dare the internet upset me this early in the morning by showing me the minions routine that can’t be performed at the Olympics because of a copyright claim
February 3, 2026 at 1:03 PM
How dare the internet upset me this early in the morning by showing me the minions routine that can’t be performed at the Olympics because of a copyright claim
#Weeknote 3 now up a bit late because it needed a bit more time to write. This week: Heated Rivalry, brain stuff, and what do we owe to each other? heidi2o.cc/weeknote_3
Weeknote 3 (Jan 26-Feb 1)
It’s been a fever dream of a week where Hudson William gave Mark Carney his Team Canada fleece1, it was declared Shane Hollander Day2 in Ottawa, and I was stranded downtown for 2 hours because the tra...
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February 3, 2026 at 3:34 AM
#Weeknote 3 now up a bit late because it needed a bit more time to write. This week: Heated Rivalry, brain stuff, and what do we owe to each other? heidi2o.cc/weeknote_3
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Do you think Shane Hollander's dad got a letter last week to let him know that his position at Treasury Board of Canada is being eliminated? #heatedrivalry #Ottawa
January 30, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Do you think Shane Hollander's dad got a letter last week to let him know that his position at Treasury Board of Canada is being eliminated? #heatedrivalry #Ottawa
Do you think Shane Hollander's dad is celebrating Shane Hollander day by participating in transit hell to buy overpriced tiny sandwiches to help "save downtown" for businesses that close before 5pm who keep going on the news to say how much they hate him and his coworkers? #heatedrivalry #Ottawa
January 30, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Do you think Shane Hollander's dad is celebrating Shane Hollander day by participating in transit hell to buy overpriced tiny sandwiches to help "save downtown" for businesses that close before 5pm who keep going on the news to say how much they hate him and his coworkers? #heatedrivalry #Ottawa
That's right I am Shane Hollander's dad
January 30, 2026 at 5:34 AM
That's right I am Shane Hollander's dad
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having to argue about this shit when your job is on the line is incredibly fucking stressful if you actually do know what you’re doing, and one of the biggest unexamined risks of AI is how many legit experts and pros will just decide that the fight isn’t worth having
January 29, 2026 at 8:24 AM
having to argue about this shit when your job is on the line is incredibly fucking stressful if you actually do know what you’re doing, and one of the biggest unexamined risks of AI is how many legit experts and pros will just decide that the fight isn’t worth having
Just a small bean contemplating RTO5 and the meaninglessness of our existence while sitting at Queen St fare for an hour and counting as the Line 1 is running with only 1 train car and 14 have been alternatingly cancelled or delayed 30-60 minutes or too full to get on and Uber is X3 surging
January 27, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Just a small bean contemplating RTO5 and the meaninglessness of our existence while sitting at Queen St fare for an hour and counting as the Line 1 is running with only 1 train car and 14 have been alternatingly cancelled or delayed 30-60 minutes or too full to get on and Uber is X3 surging
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📣 Our introduction to structural causal models in science studies is now published:
doi.org/10.1162/QSS....
@tklebel.bsky.social and I tried to make our introduction as accessible as possible. We illustrate the theory by three case studies based on a simulated model of Open Science. 🧵(1/6)
doi.org/10.1162/QSS....
@tklebel.bsky.social and I tried to make our introduction as accessible as possible. We illustrate the theory by three case studies based on a simulated model of Open Science. 🧵(1/6)
January 27, 2026 at 10:24 AM
📣 Our introduction to structural causal models in science studies is now published:
doi.org/10.1162/QSS....
@tklebel.bsky.social and I tried to make our introduction as accessible as possible. We illustrate the theory by three case studies based on a simulated model of Open Science. 🧵(1/6)
doi.org/10.1162/QSS....
@tklebel.bsky.social and I tried to make our introduction as accessible as possible. We illustrate the theory by three case studies based on a simulated model of Open Science. 🧵(1/6)
Weeknote 2: planning for #GovActionCafe2026, the state of conferences, and being creative again heidi2o.cc/weeknote_2
Weeknote 2 (Jan. 18-25, 2026)
My brain has been fairly creatively fulfilled and challenged lately. The team I get to work with is really coming together.
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January 26, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Weeknote 2: planning for #GovActionCafe2026, the state of conferences, and being creative again heidi2o.cc/weeknote_2
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"Can you imagine a Socratic dialogue with 50,000 likes?"
This is excellent. We've driven out epistemology and driven ourselves mad.
This is excellent. We've driven out epistemology and driven ourselves mad.
The Discourse is a Distributed Denial-of-Service Attack
In September 2016, the security journalist Brian Krebs had his website knocked offline by a botnet called Mirai. Hundreds of thousands of compromised devices, mostly cheap webcams and DVRs manufacture...
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January 18, 2026 at 7:59 AM
"Can you imagine a Socratic dialogue with 50,000 likes?"
This is excellent. We've driven out epistemology and driven ourselves mad.
This is excellent. We've driven out epistemology and driven ourselves mad.
Zan and I watched The Great Wall (2016) today.
It is a movie.
It is a movie.
January 18, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Zan and I watched The Great Wall (2016) today.
It is a movie.
It is a movie.
Will I keep up with writing #Weeknotes this year? No idea, but here's one. Reflecting on my first week back after vacation (great team, bummer times), progress in French training, and participating as a mentor in the FYN's Career Bootcamp Speed Mentoring sessions: heidi2o.cc/weeknote_1
Weeknote 1 (Jan 12-17)
Is it too early to say “what a year” yet? It’s felt like a heckuva year these first few weeks of January.
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January 17, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Will I keep up with writing #Weeknotes this year? No idea, but here's one. Reflecting on my first week back after vacation (great team, bummer times), progress in French training, and participating as a mentor in the FYN's Career Bootcamp Speed Mentoring sessions: heidi2o.cc/weeknote_1
As usual @ukgovcamp.com looked like so much fun and I wish I could fly over one of these year or finally get around to starting a GC version.
January 17, 2026 at 6:08 PM
As usual @ukgovcamp.com looked like so much fun and I wish I could fly over one of these year or finally get around to starting a GC version.
School of Athens cats are happening today 😸
January 15, 2026 at 10:08 PM
School of Athens cats are happening today 😸
I finally bound off on the skirt and joining it to the top 😭 still have finishing to do but it’s the first thing I’ve finished #knitting in months
January 15, 2026 at 7:22 AM
I finally bound off on the skirt and joining it to the top 😭 still have finishing to do but it’s the first thing I’ve finished #knitting in months
Finally had time to replace my Substack! Just uploaded the 2025 year in review: heidi2o.cc/review_2025 It took so long because I've been writing this post for weeks, it got a bit more dark and vulnerable than I expected.
2025 In Review
For me, 2025 was a year in transition.
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January 10, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Finally had time to replace my Substack! Just uploaded the 2025 year in review: heidi2o.cc/review_2025 It took so long because I've been writing this post for weeks, it got a bit more dark and vulnerable than I expected.
It's very exciting to finally know enough French to be able to watch interesting things instead of only doing homework. This was a pretty wonderful watch, I loved getting to know everyone in this class 😭 www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKHK...
Six mois pour apprendre le français | Documentaire | Rad
YouTube video by Rad
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January 4, 2026 at 11:39 PM
It's very exciting to finally know enough French to be able to watch interesting things instead of only doing homework. This was a pretty wonderful watch, I loved getting to know everyone in this class 😭 www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKHK...
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I think a big chunk of the "linux is hard" sentiment stems from the fact that most linux users do weird things with their computers. basically this:
January 3, 2026 at 2:22 PM
I think a big chunk of the "linux is hard" sentiment stems from the fact that most linux users do weird things with their computers. basically this:
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captain's log: day one of the bit and I wonder how much longer I can continue
January 1, 2026 at 9:41 PM
captain's log: day one of the bit and I wonder how much longer I can continue
Mishka had her first senior appointment at the vet even though she’s a teeny tiny baby, but she’s a certified very pretty girl 💅🏻
January 2, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Mishka had her first senior appointment at the vet even though she’s a teeny tiny baby, but she’s a certified very pretty girl 💅🏻