Chris Ferris
@chrisferris3.bsky.social
Economist. Consultant. Interested in improving urban areas: better housing, mass transit, & efficient goods flow. #cdnecon #Economics #Winnipeger #cdnag #R #spatialanalysis #Canada #EconomicDevelopment #LabourEcon #energyTransition #mb
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#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
🎂Nov 9, 1854 Matthew Henry Phineas Riall Sankey born in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland
1898: introduced the first energy flow diagram to show the energy efficiency of a steam engine, dubbed the "Sankey diagram"
👀 bit.ly/497fk8l
🎂Nov 9, 1854 Matthew Henry Phineas Riall Sankey born in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland
1898: introduced the first energy flow diagram to show the energy efficiency of a steam engine, dubbed the "Sankey diagram"
👀 bit.ly/497fk8l
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
🎂Nov 9, 1854 Matthew Henry Phineas Riall Sankey born in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland
1898: introduced the first energy flow diagram to show the energy efficiency of a steam engine, dubbed the "Sankey diagram"
👀 bit.ly/497fk8l
🎂Nov 9, 1854 Matthew Henry Phineas Riall Sankey born in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland
1898: introduced the first energy flow diagram to show the energy efficiency of a steam engine, dubbed the "Sankey diagram"
👀 bit.ly/497fk8l
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I disagree. We need to recognize that in our system we elect individual representatives, not captives to a party cult. They should be free to decide how to represent their riding, and can be turfed at the next election if we don't like what they do.
Floor crossing is one of the more egregious behaviours our "democratic" system allows. Utterly self-serving. Anyone wishing to cross the floor should be subject to an immediate by-election. toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/05/p...
Liberals welcome former Tory d'Entremont into caucus, roll out welcome mat for more
Prime Minister Mark Carney and his fellow Liberal MPs said the party is open to talking to any other opposition MPs interested in joining their team, a day after Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont quit ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I disagree. We need to recognize that in our system we elect individual representatives, not captives to a party cult. They should be free to decide how to represent their riding, and can be turfed at the next election if we don't like what they do.
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So a mayor walks into an office... (he had an idea). But the real reason I'm posting this is to shout out to the blue book visible beside him, "Cities and the Constitution," w/ essays by @emmettmacfarlane.com, among many others who don't seem to be on BlueSky, just so you all know it got used. ;)
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
So a mayor walks into an office... (he had an idea). But the real reason I'm posting this is to shout out to the blue book visible beside him, "Cities and the Constitution," w/ essays by @emmettmacfarlane.com, among many others who don't seem to be on BlueSky, just so you all know it got used. ;)
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The {sf} package continues to blow my mind with how easy it is to make maps with #rstats and ggplot (code for that map here gist.github.com/andrewheiss/...)
November 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The {sf} package continues to blow my mind with how easy it is to make maps with #rstats and ggplot (code for that map here gist.github.com/andrewheiss/...)
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I find there's a huge mismatch between the standard advice that people give about scientific conference talks, and how people actually give talks.
So I picked out the most important pieces of advice that are most often ignored. 🧪
So I picked out the most important pieces of advice that are most often ignored. 🧪
The best scientific talk advice that gets ignored
Here are some prescriptions for a case of UCPS (Unengaging Conference Presentation Syndrome).
scienceforeveryone.science
October 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I find there's a huge mismatch between the standard advice that people give about scientific conference talks, and how people actually give talks.
So I picked out the most important pieces of advice that are most often ignored. 🧪
So I picked out the most important pieces of advice that are most often ignored. 🧪
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This week on WONK, host Amanda Lang talks to economist @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social and Conservative thinker Sean Speer about huge budget pressures, tariff fallout and how to fortify the economy.
⬇️ Watch the full episode on YouTube — or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
⬇️ Watch the full episode on YouTube — or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
The Big Budget Issues: Panel with Armine Yalnizyan and Sean Speer | WONK
YouTube video by Public Policy Forum
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October 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This week on WONK, host Amanda Lang talks to economist @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social and Conservative thinker Sean Speer about huge budget pressures, tariff fallout and how to fortify the economy.
⬇️ Watch the full episode on YouTube — or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
⬇️ Watch the full episode on YouTube — or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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Very interesting piece, Jamaica’s finance minister Fayval Williams sounds impressive. Curious what other countries have similar disaster risk insurance plans www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...
Jamaica Prepared a Financial Fortress for Disaster. Hurricane Melissa Will Test It.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Very interesting piece, Jamaica’s finance minister Fayval Williams sounds impressive. Curious what other countries have similar disaster risk insurance plans www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...
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Trey Yesavage struck out all nine batters in the Dodgers starting lineup, becoming the third pitcher in World Series history to strike out each batter in a starting lineup, joining Randy Johnson in Game 2 of the 2001 World Series and Bob Gibson in Game 1 of the 1968 World Series
October 30, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Trey Yesavage struck out all nine batters in the Dodgers starting lineup, becoming the third pitcher in World Series history to strike out each batter in a starting lineup, joining Randy Johnson in Game 2 of the 2001 World Series and Bob Gibson in Game 1 of the 1968 World Series
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Only 4 pitchers have recorded a Pitcher’s Cycle — striking out every batter in the opposing lineup — in the World Series:
Trey Yesavage, 2025 G5
Randy Johnson, 2001 G2
Bob Gibson, 1968 G1
Jesse Barnes, 1921 G6
Trey Yesavage, 2025 G5
Randy Johnson, 2001 G2
Bob Gibson, 1968 G1
Jesse Barnes, 1921 G6
Trey Yesavage struck out all 9 Dodgers at least once tonight, a feat that Herm Krabbenhoft dubbed a “pitcher’s cycle”
sabr.org/journal/arti...
sabr.org/journal/arti...
The Pitcher’s Cycle: Definition and Achievers (1893–2023) – Society for American Baseball Research
sabr.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Only 4 pitchers have recorded a Pitcher’s Cycle — striking out every batter in the opposing lineup — in the World Series:
Trey Yesavage, 2025 G5
Randy Johnson, 2001 G2
Bob Gibson, 1968 G1
Jesse Barnes, 1921 G6
Trey Yesavage, 2025 G5
Randy Johnson, 2001 G2
Bob Gibson, 1968 G1
Jesse Barnes, 1921 G6
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GAME JUST OVER ~ TORONTO BEATS DODGERS IN L.A. GAME 5 TO TAKE 3-2 SERIES LEAD. 🎉
BLUE JAYS ARE ONE WIN AWAY FROM A WORLD SERIES TITLE ‼️ GAME 6 OCT. 31ST HERE IN TORONTO. ⚾
BLUE JAYS ARE ONE WIN AWAY FROM A WORLD SERIES TITLE ‼️ GAME 6 OCT. 31ST HERE IN TORONTO. ⚾
October 30, 2025 at 3:24 AM
GAME JUST OVER ~ TORONTO BEATS DODGERS IN L.A. GAME 5 TO TAKE 3-2 SERIES LEAD. 🎉
BLUE JAYS ARE ONE WIN AWAY FROM A WORLD SERIES TITLE ‼️ GAME 6 OCT. 31ST HERE IN TORONTO. ⚾
BLUE JAYS ARE ONE WIN AWAY FROM A WORLD SERIES TITLE ‼️ GAME 6 OCT. 31ST HERE IN TORONTO. ⚾
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What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
October 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
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The mss is stored in a folder with the title "Yuck" that I opened on my hard drive when I first started to think about writing a book on repugnant transactions.
#econsky #academicsky
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/10/yuck...
#econsky #academicsky
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/10/yuck...
Yuck! and the long journey to a book title
marketdesigner.blogspot.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The mss is stored in a folder with the title "Yuck" that I opened on my hard drive when I first started to think about writing a book on repugnant transactions.
#econsky #academicsky
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/10/yuck...
#econsky #academicsky
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/10/yuck...
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"Let's not forget, when we remember the service and the sacrifice with this poppy, that the people who bled and died for our democracy and our freedom, weren't just my grandfather who looked like me & worshipped the same God, but people across Empire & Commonwealth, who were Muslim, Sikh & Hindu'
October 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
"Let's not forget, when we remember the service and the sacrifice with this poppy, that the people who bled and died for our democracy and our freedom, weren't just my grandfather who looked like me & worshipped the same God, but people across Empire & Commonwealth, who were Muslim, Sikh & Hindu'
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CLEAR LAKE — The chief of a western Manitoba First Nation is taking responsibility for the boat ban at Clear Lake last summer, saying he threatened Parks Canada with legal action if motorboats were allowed back this year.
Chief says he was behind legal threat over boats being allowed on Clear Lake
CLEAR LAKE — The chief of a western Manitoba First Nation is taking responsibility for the boat ban at Clear Lake last summer, saying he threatened Parks Canada with legal action if motorboats were allowed back this year.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
CLEAR LAKE — The chief of a western Manitoba First Nation is taking responsibility for the boat ban at Clear Lake last summer, saying he threatened Parks Canada with legal action if motorboats were allowed back this year.
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So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
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Good morning! Here is your #FrontPage #bdnmb
October 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Good morning! Here is your #FrontPage #bdnmb
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Really proud of UofC now PhD candidate Selvia Arshad for successfully defending her PhD proposal launching research into the use of the Marginal Value of Public Funds Framework to evaluate suits of policy programs to guide governments on where to get best value for public spending
October 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Really proud of UofC now PhD candidate Selvia Arshad for successfully defending her PhD proposal launching research into the use of the Marginal Value of Public Funds Framework to evaluate suits of policy programs to guide governments on where to get best value for public spending
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Worth noting that:
a) this is *one hundred and ten meters* - literally a 60 second walk - from an LRT stop, and a ten minute ride to the future Kitchener GO.
b) it's in an MTSA
c) the opposition is originating from nearby condo towers, so lol, lmao even
kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/10/23/l...
a) this is *one hundred and ten meters* - literally a 60 second walk - from an LRT stop, and a ten minute ride to the future Kitchener GO.
b) it's in an MTSA
c) the opposition is originating from nearby condo towers, so lol, lmao even
kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/10/23/l...
Community pushing back on slated Uptown Waterloo towers
Two new high-rise developments set to take over the location of an iconic building in Uptown Waterloo are now receiving local pushback.
kitchener.citynews.ca
October 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Worth noting that:
a) this is *one hundred and ten meters* - literally a 60 second walk - from an LRT stop, and a ten minute ride to the future Kitchener GO.
b) it's in an MTSA
c) the opposition is originating from nearby condo towers, so lol, lmao even
kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/10/23/l...
a) this is *one hundred and ten meters* - literally a 60 second walk - from an LRT stop, and a ten minute ride to the future Kitchener GO.
b) it's in an MTSA
c) the opposition is originating from nearby condo towers, so lol, lmao even
kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/10/23/l...
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🎉 A warm welcome for Philippe Aghion, co-recipient of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, who visited the Department of Economics and @cep-lse.bsky.social this morning! The LSE and CEP community proudly celebrated his remarkable achievement — congratulations, Philippe! 👏
October 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
🎉 A warm welcome for Philippe Aghion, co-recipient of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, who visited the Department of Economics and @cep-lse.bsky.social this morning! The LSE and CEP community proudly celebrated his remarkable achievement — congratulations, Philippe! 👏
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Very cool to have my colleague @inaganguli.bsky.social quoted in this @sciam.bsky.social article www.scientificamerican.com/article/immi...
Visualizations Trace How Immigration Underpins Dozens of Recent Nobel Science Prizes
Of the 202 Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and physiology or medicine this century, fewer than 70 percent hail from the country in which they were awarded their prize. These graphics trace their...
www.scientificamerican.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Very cool to have my colleague @inaganguli.bsky.social quoted in this @sciam.bsky.social article www.scientificamerican.com/article/immi...
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It was a call I couldn't ignore.
I was formally invited by the Danish EU Presidency to Luxembourg to speak about industrial electrification and energy efficiency directly to the energy ministers from every single one of the 27 EU member states on the 20th of October.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO30...
I was formally invited by the Danish EU Presidency to Luxembourg to speak about industrial electrification and energy efficiency directly to the energy ministers from every single one of the 27 EU member states on the 20th of October.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO30...
Speaking at EU Energy Council
YouTube video by Jan Rosenow
www.youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
It was a call I couldn't ignore.
I was formally invited by the Danish EU Presidency to Luxembourg to speak about industrial electrification and energy efficiency directly to the energy ministers from every single one of the 27 EU member states on the 20th of October.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO30...
I was formally invited by the Danish EU Presidency to Luxembourg to speak about industrial electrification and energy efficiency directly to the energy ministers from every single one of the 27 EU member states on the 20th of October.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO30...
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It is peculiar that SFD remains committed to sending fire trucks for common, non-fire calls and maintains exceptionally large fire trucks that could be substantially miniaturized with modern vehicles while still providing needed ladders and capacity.
Bob Kettle is talking about how "hot spots" with a lot of 911 cause wear and tear on big fire trucks that SFD could replace with aid cars in some instances. Of note: www.firerescuetruck.com/why-are-japa...
Why are Japanese Fire Trucks so Small?
When it comes to fire trucks, the first image that typically comes to mind is a massive, powerful vehicle with a long ladder, large water tanks, and a towering presence. This is the typical fire truck...
www.firerescuetruck.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It is peculiar that SFD remains committed to sending fire trucks for common, non-fire calls and maintains exceptionally large fire trucks that could be substantially miniaturized with modern vehicles while still providing needed ladders and capacity.
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Toronto and single stair reform. I've mostly stayed out of this debate out of sheer exhaustion, but Pamela's thread will be enlightening to a few advocates outside Canada, and I also had reflux at the City response b/c it really gelled for me that we have a cultural and not a regulatory problem...
After TO Council passed a motion indicating the City was open to Alternative Solution Proposals for a single stair in apts up to 4 storeys, I applied for a single stair in a 3 storey Part 9 6plex.
I’m told it’s the first one, so it’s a test case. Here’s how it’s going.
#singlestair #sixplex
I’m told it’s the first one, so it’s a test case. Here’s how it’s going.
#singlestair #sixplex
October 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Toronto and single stair reform. I've mostly stayed out of this debate out of sheer exhaustion, but Pamela's thread will be enlightening to a few advocates outside Canada, and I also had reflux at the City response b/c it really gelled for me that we have a cultural and not a regulatory problem...
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💯 Worth repeating 👇
My wish for women on this year’s Econ job market is that you keep your options wide open. There are lots of great opportunities to have a big impact out on the world, and you have valuable skills that many employers would pay dearly for.
October 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
💯 Worth repeating 👇