Jeff Thompson
@thomjeff.bsky.social
Candidate for Fredericton City Council, Ward 10 – West Downtown, Town Plat & Sunshine Gardens.
🔗 Learn More: Ward10Together.ca
🔗 Learn More: Ward10Together.ca
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Openness isn’t a slogan — it’s a practice. And it’s time we brought it back. Read more: open.substack.com/pub/ward10to... #Fredericton #Ward10Together
Transparency Means More Than Talking About It
Governments talk openness — but too often, decisions are made behind closed doors. The Forest Hill project is the latest reminder that transparency must be practiced, not just promised.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Openness isn’t a slogan — it’s a practice. And it’s time we brought it back. Read more: open.substack.com/pub/ward10to... #Fredericton #Ward10Together
GNB didn’t receive formal objections to the expropriation by the city of the NBEx grounds, including the NBEx board that said wouldn’t contest the filing.
Without objections, the city is free to go ahead with expropriating, clearing the way to redevelop. #Fredericton
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Without objections, the city is free to go ahead with expropriating, clearing the way to redevelop. #Fredericton
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Deadline passes with no objectors to city's expropriation plans
Deadline passes with no objectors to city's expropriation plans
tj.news
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
GNB didn’t receive formal objections to the expropriation by the city of the NBEx grounds, including the NBEx board that said wouldn’t contest the filing.
Without objections, the city is free to go ahead with expropriating, clearing the way to redevelop. #Fredericton
tj.news/fredericton-...
Without objections, the city is free to go ahead with expropriating, clearing the way to redevelop. #Fredericton
tj.news/fredericton-...
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A young bagpiper stood here for several days, playing Amazing Grace to honour those who served and those who never came home.
No cameras, no ceremony—just quiet respect and a reminder of what remembrance truly means.
Take a moment today to reflect, thank, and remember.
#LestWeForget #Fredericton
No cameras, no ceremony—just quiet respect and a reminder of what remembrance truly means.
Take a moment today to reflect, thank, and remember.
#LestWeForget #Fredericton
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A young bagpiper stood here for several days, playing Amazing Grace to honour those who served and those who never came home.
No cameras, no ceremony—just quiet respect and a reminder of what remembrance truly means.
Take a moment today to reflect, thank, and remember.
#LestWeForget #Fredericton
No cameras, no ceremony—just quiet respect and a reminder of what remembrance truly means.
Take a moment today to reflect, thank, and remember.
#LestWeForget #Fredericton
What does your camera roll say about you?
Tinder wants #AI to look at your photos to learn more about you. Apps always wanted to find ways to know you to find better matches: AI might just do it with your 🎞️
Btw, this is applicable in much wider fields than dating. techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/t...
Tinder wants #AI to look at your photos to learn more about you. Apps always wanted to find ways to know you to find better matches: AI might just do it with your 🎞️
Btw, this is applicable in much wider fields than dating. techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/t...
Tinder to use AI to get to know users, tap into their Camera Roll photos | TechCrunch
Tinder is testing a feature called Chemistry that will get to know users through questions and, with permission, will access Camera Roll photos on their phones to learn more about their interests and ...
techcrunch.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
What does your camera roll say about you?
Tinder wants #AI to look at your photos to learn more about you. Apps always wanted to find ways to know you to find better matches: AI might just do it with your 🎞️
Btw, this is applicable in much wider fields than dating. techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/t...
Tinder wants #AI to look at your photos to learn more about you. Apps always wanted to find ways to know you to find better matches: AI might just do it with your 🎞️
Btw, this is applicable in much wider fields than dating. techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/t...
A young bagpiper stood here for several days, playing Amazing Grace to honour those who served and those who never came home.
No cameras, no ceremony—just quiet respect and a reminder of what remembrance truly means.
Take a moment today to reflect, thank, and remember.
#LestWeForget #Fredericton
No cameras, no ceremony—just quiet respect and a reminder of what remembrance truly means.
Take a moment today to reflect, thank, and remember.
#LestWeForget #Fredericton
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A young bagpiper stood here for several days, playing Amazing Grace to honour those who served and those who never came home.
No cameras, no ceremony—just quiet respect and a reminder of what remembrance truly means.
Take a moment today to reflect, thank, and remember.
#LestWeForget #Fredericton
No cameras, no ceremony—just quiet respect and a reminder of what remembrance truly means.
Take a moment today to reflect, thank, and remember.
#LestWeForget #Fredericton
I do not understand why taxpayers are needed to fund #AI adoption in NB contact centers when the tech exists in all modern contact centre platforms & vendors have adoption/training programs.
Just what value is being added here for $232,800? #nbpoli onbcanada.ca/support-for-...
Just what value is being added here for $232,800? #nbpoli onbcanada.ca/support-for-...
Support for AI adoption and workforce development in contact centre industry
The government, through Opportunities NB and the Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour, has invested $101,425 in a one-year project.
onbcanada.ca
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I do not understand why taxpayers are needed to fund #AI adoption in NB contact centers when the tech exists in all modern contact centre platforms & vendors have adoption/training programs.
Just what value is being added here for $232,800? #nbpoli onbcanada.ca/support-for-...
Just what value is being added here for $232,800? #nbpoli onbcanada.ca/support-for-...
Catching up on my Soundbite Podcasts with this one in my ears: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s... #Fredericton #nbpoli @soundbitepodcast.bsky.social
Daniel Allain | Leadership Candidate for the New Brunswick PC Party
Podcast Episode · Soundbite · 2025-10-21 · 49m
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November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Catching up on my Soundbite Podcasts with this one in my ears: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s... #Fredericton #nbpoli @soundbitepodcast.bsky.social
There is a tiny game of monopoly happening with some downtown properties. I hope one or two close.
a cheezus mascot is standing next to a cake
ALT: a cheezus mascot is standing next to a cake
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November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
There is a tiny game of monopoly happening with some downtown properties. I hope one or two close.
📺 On this day: In 1969, “Sesame Street” premiered.
Creator Joan Ganz Cooney wanted to help kids prep for kindergarten with entertaining, educational content, and hired puppeteer Jim Henson to create the memorable cast of characters.
Creator Joan Ganz Cooney wanted to help kids prep for kindergarten with entertaining, educational content, and hired puppeteer Jim Henson to create the memorable cast of characters.
big bird from sesame street is sitting on the steps of a building .
ALT: big bird from sesame street is sitting on the steps of a building .
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November 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
📺 On this day: In 1969, “Sesame Street” premiered.
Creator Joan Ganz Cooney wanted to help kids prep for kindergarten with entertaining, educational content, and hired puppeteer Jim Henson to create the memorable cast of characters.
Creator Joan Ganz Cooney wanted to help kids prep for kindergarten with entertaining, educational content, and hired puppeteer Jim Henson to create the memorable cast of characters.
🌦️Good morning and goodbye to the Farmers’ Almanac, which printed its last magazine edition.
It’s been sharing long-term weather predictions with readers for 208 years predicting weather 2 years in advance using a secret formula, with 80% accuracy.
www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2...
It’s been sharing long-term weather predictions with readers for 208 years predicting weather 2 years in advance using a secret formula, with 80% accuracy.
www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2...
The Farmers' Almanac to stop publication, seasonal weather predictions
The Farmers' Almanac announced that the 2026 Farmers’ Almanac will be its last edition.
www.statesmanjournal.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
🌦️Good morning and goodbye to the Farmers’ Almanac, which printed its last magazine edition.
It’s been sharing long-term weather predictions with readers for 208 years predicting weather 2 years in advance using a secret formula, with 80% accuracy.
www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2...
It’s been sharing long-term weather predictions with readers for 208 years predicting weather 2 years in advance using a secret formula, with 80% accuracy.
www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2...
It’s about the families who worry because they have done everything they can and still see their loved one slip through.
It’s about dignity, hope, and purpose.
When we admit there’s a crisis but no one is responsible for scaling the response, we are failing.
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It’s about dignity, hope, and purpose.
When we admit there’s a crisis but no one is responsible for scaling the response, we are failing.
open.substack.com/pub/jeffthom...
Community Supports Aren’t Enough
Why New Brunswick needs a system-wide response to the mental health and addictions crisis -- and it needs it now.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
It’s about the families who worry because they have done everything they can and still see their loved one slip through.
It’s about dignity, hope, and purpose.
When we admit there’s a crisis but no one is responsible for scaling the response, we are failing.
open.substack.com/pub/jeffthom...
It’s about dignity, hope, and purpose.
When we admit there’s a crisis but no one is responsible for scaling the response, we are failing.
open.substack.com/pub/jeffthom...
It’s easy to say it’s only one or two and believe all is well inside the shop. It’s often the downfall of leaders who aren’t on the floor, around the water cooler or having lunch in the break room. IFKYK
a man wearing glasses says it 's true with his finger on his chin
ALT: a man wearing glasses says it 's true with his finger on his chin
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It’s easy to say it’s only one or two and believe all is well inside the shop. It’s often the downfall of leaders who aren’t on the floor, around the water cooler or having lunch in the break room. IFKYK
👍 One B.C. tech firm “has succeeded because it chased customers instead of subsidies, while too many others became “zombie” companies kept alive by SR&ED and subsidies. “We cannot out-spend or out-subsidize our global competitors, but we can out-strategize,” #cdnpoli + apple.news/A40xBuot2RfS...
Carmichael: Canada needs a culture shock, not just more of the same — The Logic
I want to pick up where I left off on budget day. But first, I’m going to rewind the tape to Oct. 20, when I interviewed Koho chief executive and founder Daniel Eberhard on stage at a Canadian Lenders...
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November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
👍 One B.C. tech firm “has succeeded because it chased customers instead of subsidies, while too many others became “zombie” companies kept alive by SR&ED and subsidies. “We cannot out-spend or out-subsidize our global competitors, but we can out-strategize,” #cdnpoli + apple.news/A40xBuot2RfS...
Matt Gurney: The Carney salvation will be arriving 'slower than anticipated'
— A man who ran as a national saviour is governing like an incremental optimizer. And we really shouldn't be surprised. open.substack.com/pub/theline/... #cdnpoli
— A man who ran as a national saviour is governing like an incremental optimizer. And we really shouldn't be surprised. open.substack.com/pub/theline/... #cdnpoli
November 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Matt Gurney: The Carney salvation will be arriving 'slower than anticipated'
— A man who ran as a national saviour is governing like an incremental optimizer. And we really shouldn't be surprised. open.substack.com/pub/theline/... #cdnpoli
— A man who ran as a national saviour is governing like an incremental optimizer. And we really shouldn't be surprised. open.substack.com/pub/theline/... #cdnpoli
Gen Z entrepreneurs launched a 60-day social experiment to see if they could revive local startup culture that felt dead and boring.
Founders found it easier to make connections with established industry figures & tap into a startup scene that once felt impenetrable apple.news/AUkS-_TAyTki...
Founders found it easier to make connections with established industry figures & tap into a startup scene that once felt impenetrable apple.news/AUkS-_TAyTki...
Young founders are trying to revive Vancouver’s dying startup scene — The Logic
VANCOUVER — After years of watching tech founders ditch Vancouver for San Francisco, a group of entrepreneurs in the city have decided to try something different.
apple.news
November 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Gen Z entrepreneurs launched a 60-day social experiment to see if they could revive local startup culture that felt dead and boring.
Founders found it easier to make connections with established industry figures & tap into a startup scene that once felt impenetrable apple.news/AUkS-_TAyTki...
Founders found it easier to make connections with established industry figures & tap into a startup scene that once felt impenetrable apple.news/AUkS-_TAyTki...
Spent time at committee — as a resident, for now. And yes, that a #Fredericton pool on the screen. cc: @ward10together.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Spent time at committee — as a resident, for now. And yes, that a #Fredericton pool on the screen. cc: @ward10together.bsky.social
The budget will be bad news for Canadians today and those for generations to come.
The ‘insult to injury’ will Liberals presenting as if they had nothing to do with running this country into the ground financially for the last ten year. #cdnpoli #Budget2026
The ‘insult to injury’ will Liberals presenting as if they had nothing to do with running this country into the ground financially for the last ten year. #cdnpoli #Budget2026
November 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The budget will be bad news for Canadians today and those for generations to come.
The ‘insult to injury’ will Liberals presenting as if they had nothing to do with running this country into the ground financially for the last ten year. #cdnpoli #Budget2026
The ‘insult to injury’ will Liberals presenting as if they had nothing to do with running this country into the ground financially for the last ten year. #cdnpoli #Budget2026
NORAD’s Cheyenne Mountain Combat Center, c.1966
A look around the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Combat Center underground facility. flashbak.com/norad-cheyen...
A look around the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Combat Center underground facility. flashbak.com/norad-cheyen...
Inside NORAD's Cheyenne Mountain Combat Center, c.1966 - Flashbak
A look around the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Combat Center underground facility.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
NORAD’s Cheyenne Mountain Combat Center, c.1966
A look around the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Combat Center underground facility. flashbak.com/norad-cheyen...
A look around the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Combat Center underground facility. flashbak.com/norad-cheyen...
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At tonight’s town hall on health care and mental health. While neither are a municipal responsibility, they both impact our community. #Fredericton.
November 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
At tonight’s town hall on health care and mental health. While neither are a municipal responsibility, they both impact our community. #Fredericton.
President Trump’s tariffs are before the Supreme Court: Justices will hear arguments on Wednesday over whether the bulk of the president’s sweeping tariffs pass legal muster.
I don’t expect anything positive from this for Canada.
I don’t expect anything positive from this for Canada.
November 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
President Trump’s tariffs are before the Supreme Court: Justices will hear arguments on Wednesday over whether the bulk of the president’s sweeping tariffs pass legal muster.
I don’t expect anything positive from this for Canada.
I don’t expect anything positive from this for Canada.
NB Gov. reporting “84 permanent physicians” and “200 registered nurses” hired since October 2024.
Notice how the nurses aren’t mentioned as permanent positions like the doctors?
It would appear to confirm my hypothesis I wrote about last week. See this thread: #nbpoli
Notice how the nurses aren’t mentioned as permanent positions like the doctors?
It would appear to confirm my hypothesis I wrote about last week. See this thread: #nbpoli
A recent report shows NB loses 62 nurses under 35 for every 100 recruited, which makes for a powerful headline — but it’s not the whole story.
This post explores hypotheses that might help explain why so many young nurses are leaving. #nbpoli #fredericton open.substack.com/pub/jeffthom...
This post explores hypotheses that might help explain why so many young nurses are leaving. #nbpoli #fredericton open.substack.com/pub/jeffthom...
Beyond the Headline
Why Young Nurses Are Leaving New Brunswick
open.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
NB Gov. reporting “84 permanent physicians” and “200 registered nurses” hired since October 2024.
Notice how the nurses aren’t mentioned as permanent positions like the doctors?
It would appear to confirm my hypothesis I wrote about last week. See this thread: #nbpoli
Notice how the nurses aren’t mentioned as permanent positions like the doctors?
It would appear to confirm my hypothesis I wrote about last week. See this thread: #nbpoli
📅 On this day: In 1926, magician Harry Houdini died of a ruptured appendix 12 days after being punched in the stomach by a student testing his supposed ability to withstand blows.
a man in a strait jacket is laying on a bed with his head down
ALT: a man in a strait jacket is laying on a bed with his head down
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October 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
📅 On this day: In 1926, magician Harry Houdini died of a ruptured appendix 12 days after being punched in the stomach by a student testing his supposed ability to withstand blows.
It’s cold outside. I’m clearly not ready for what’s to come.
October 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It’s cold outside. I’m clearly not ready for what’s to come.
🤖 Pre-Order Neo today!
The humanoid bot ($20k for early access or ~$500/month) can help with chores, but users must agree to let human teleoperators see inside their homes through the bot’s camera to gather training data.
TBH, 1X should pay for access. www.engadget.com/ai/1x-neo-is...
The humanoid bot ($20k for early access or ~$500/month) can help with chores, but users must agree to let human teleoperators see inside their homes through the bot’s camera to gather training data.
TBH, 1X should pay for access. www.engadget.com/ai/1x-neo-is...
1X Neo is a $20,000 home robot that will learn chores via teleoperation
California-based AI and robotics company 1X is now accepting pre-orders for its humanoid robot NEO.
www.engadget.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🤖 Pre-Order Neo today!
The humanoid bot ($20k for early access or ~$500/month) can help with chores, but users must agree to let human teleoperators see inside their homes through the bot’s camera to gather training data.
TBH, 1X should pay for access. www.engadget.com/ai/1x-neo-is...
The humanoid bot ($20k for early access or ~$500/month) can help with chores, but users must agree to let human teleoperators see inside their homes through the bot’s camera to gather training data.
TBH, 1X should pay for access. www.engadget.com/ai/1x-neo-is...
