Phil Ollenberg
@philollenberg.ca
Vancouver, Canada. Rallying around higher ed enrollment mgmt, progressive politics, new urbanism, queer rights, and my dog. He/him. Personal account.
Can you tell what day we had to turn on the heat?
September 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Can you tell what day we had to turn on the heat?
An important business rule is: to win customers back after they've quit your platform en masse, is to increase prices. 🤔
September 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
An important business rule is: to win customers back after they've quit your platform en masse, is to increase prices. 🤔
I did some nerdy & quick paper diving tonight. Uncovered a lot of research linking liberal-leaning worldviews to greater educational attainment¹, higher intellectual aptitude², and both factors³. Only correlations of 📈 these with conservative views were specific to economic conservativism⁴.
![[1] Pew Research Center. A wider ideological gap between more and less educated adults [Internet]. 2016 Apr 26 [cited 2025 Sep 21]. Available from: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2016/04/26/a-wider-ideological-gap-between-more-and-less-educated-adults/
[2] Onraet E, Van Hiel A, Dhont K, Hodson G, Schittekatte M, De Pauw S. The association of cognitive ability with right-wing ideological attitudes and prejudice: A meta-analytic review. Eur J Pers. 2015;29(6):599-621. doi:10.1002/per.2027
[3] Edwards T, Giannelis A, Willoughby EA, Lee JJ. Predicting political beliefs with polygenic scores for cognitive performance and educational attainment. Intelligence. 2024;104:101831. doi:10.1016/j.intell.2024.101831
[4] Lewis GJ, Bates TC. Higher levels of childhood intelligence predict increased support for economic conservatism in adulthood. Intelligence. 2018;70:36-41. doi:10.1016/j.intell.2018.07.006](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mqoefeqcrlr66ch27s7eg2us/bafkreiajzmt6tyd3zzuxotsqiln2j7pekudpxmtdscavmzbhtyivdwrgtq@jpeg)
September 22, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I did some nerdy & quick paper diving tonight. Uncovered a lot of research linking liberal-leaning worldviews to greater educational attainment¹, higher intellectual aptitude², and both factors³. Only correlations of 📈 these with conservative views were specific to economic conservativism⁴.
I secretly want to own a giant enough company that one day I can buy the naming rights to a major sports venue but also be completely ridiculous about it…
September 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I secretly want to own a giant enough company that one day I can buy the naming rights to a major sports venue but also be completely ridiculous about it…
I think I need to sign-off more letters and cards to people like this.
(This one is going to my friend in England.)
(This one is going to my friend in England.)
September 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I think I need to sign-off more letters and cards to people like this.
(This one is going to my friend in England.)
(This one is going to my friend in England.)
Cool people are spending the day on the beach, or skipping, or petting kittens. I'm updating course shells like a nerd.
August 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Cool people are spending the day on the beach, or skipping, or petting kittens. I'm updating course shells like a nerd.
It's a rainy one on my last staycation day, so I'm just lounging here with this happy derp lying in my lap.
August 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It's a rainy one on my last staycation day, so I'm just lounging here with this happy derp lying in my lap.
I guess I'm going to a @bclions.com game (when it finally doesn't conflict for me or my husband)! 🔥🦁
July 24, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I guess I'm going to a @bclions.com game (when it finally doesn't conflict for me or my husband)! 🔥🦁
Twenty years ago *today,* equal marriage rights were granted across Canada. I remember watching the news with optimistic eyes, and a few years later, being able to marry the person I love.
Thank you to the trailblazers who earned us those rights - and here's to the work still remaining to do!
Thank you to the trailblazers who earned us those rights - and here's to the work still remaining to do!
July 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Twenty years ago *today,* equal marriage rights were granted across Canada. I remember watching the news with optimistic eyes, and a few years later, being able to marry the person I love.
Thank you to the trailblazers who earned us those rights - and here's to the work still remaining to do!
Thank you to the trailblazers who earned us those rights - and here's to the work still remaining to do!
Today is the last day for the Liberty Belle, Rivers of America, and Tom Sawyer Island in Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. They've been staple attractions and their loss will be felt while they make way for new lands and experiences.
July 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Today is the last day for the Liberty Belle, Rivers of America, and Tom Sawyer Island in Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. They've been staple attractions and their loss will be felt while they make way for new lands and experiences.
Opening car door with key is now… *checks notes* a hack.
July 3, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Opening car door with key is now… *checks notes* a hack.
My hotel room overlooks an abandoned mall! What the actual fuck!?
June 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
My hotel room overlooks an abandoned mall! What the actual fuck!?
I love it when airport announcement zones are poorly programmed and you wind up with: …𝘈𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘪𝘳 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵: 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦-𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥…
June 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I love it when airport announcement zones are poorly programmed and you wind up with: …𝘈𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘪𝘳 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵: 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦-𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥…
No, I shouldn't be prompted to install an app just to unsubscribe from an auto dealership's emails.
June 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
No, I shouldn't be prompted to install an app just to unsubscribe from an auto dealership's emails.
This is an *awful* way to make people unsubscribe.
June 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is an *awful* way to make people unsubscribe.
They put quite a bulge in that speedo in a kid's cartoon.
Admittedly, they expected it would be off-frame in the 4:3 crop.
Admittedly, they expected it would be off-frame in the 4:3 crop.
June 1, 2025 at 3:57 AM
They put quite a bulge in that speedo in a kid's cartoon.
Admittedly, they expected it would be off-frame in the 4:3 crop.
Admittedly, they expected it would be off-frame in the 4:3 crop.
Exactly one year ago today I earned my Doctor of Education. So I'm feeling kinda special today. 🎓📜
Also, it's Kylie Minogue’s birthday. That's extra special.
Also, it's Kylie Minogue’s birthday. That's extra special.
May 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Exactly one year ago today I earned my Doctor of Education. So I'm feeling kinda special today. 🎓📜
Also, it's Kylie Minogue’s birthday. That's extra special.
Also, it's Kylie Minogue’s birthday. That's extra special.
My dog is very invested in what's going on outside.
May 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
My dog is very invested in what's going on outside.
I'd love Microsoft OneDrive to understand that this is a corporate stock photo from my workplace, not a photo I took myself or any meaningful memory.
May 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I'd love Microsoft OneDrive to understand that this is a corporate stock photo from my workplace, not a photo I took myself or any meaningful memory.
Stay tuned for more hot financial tips to change your life
May 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Stay tuned for more hot financial tips to change your life
Pierre Poilievre's constituency office is a quaint little house with no sign in it, so I can't even be a dink and Photoshop a "Spirit Halloween" sign on it and say "nature finds a way."
April 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Pierre Poilievre's constituency office is a quaint little house with no sign in it, so I can't even be a dink and Photoshop a "Spirit Halloween" sign on it and say "nature finds a way."
If you look closely, you can see a little Katy Perry on there.
April 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
If you look closely, you can see a little Katy Perry on there.
At the advance polls, which are obviously POPULAR: watching the Karens and Man Karens arrive, stomp up to the very front, get told "wait in line, hunty" and stomp back is rewarding.
April 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
At the advance polls, which are obviously POPULAR: watching the Karens and Man Karens arrive, stomp up to the very front, get told "wait in line, hunty" and stomp back is rewarding.