Travis Wiens
@tkw954.bsky.social
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Your 2025 Hardy Cup Champions 🏆
Help us give CONGRATULATIONS to our #USask student athletes!
#HuskiePride | #BringitHome
Help us give CONGRATULATIONS to our #USask student athletes!
#HuskiePride | #BringitHome
November 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Your 2025 Hardy Cup Champions 🏆
Help us give CONGRATULATIONS to our #USask student athletes!
#HuskiePride | #BringitHome
Help us give CONGRATULATIONS to our #USask student athletes!
#HuskiePride | #BringitHome
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Standing outside the gates of the Qu'Appelle Indian residential school.This a haunted dark place. A 5-year-old taken through these gates had a lower chance of survival than a Canadian soldier fighting in WW2.
The red dress and the orange shirt hang on the gates.
We remember
#orangeshirtday
The red dress and the orange shirt hang on the gates.
We remember
#orangeshirtday
September 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Standing outside the gates of the Qu'Appelle Indian residential school.This a haunted dark place. A 5-year-old taken through these gates had a lower chance of survival than a Canadian soldier fighting in WW2.
The red dress and the orange shirt hang on the gates.
We remember
#orangeshirtday
The red dress and the orange shirt hang on the gates.
We remember
#orangeshirtday
Two ridings to watch: Carleton where, with 235 of 266 polls reporting, two candidates still have zero votes. And Souris-Moose Mountain, where a candidate who is currently in prison has received 155 votes (210/211 polls reporting).
April 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Two ridings to watch: Carleton where, with 235 of 266 polls reporting, two candidates still have zero votes. And Souris-Moose Mountain, where a candidate who is currently in prison has received 155 votes (210/211 polls reporting).
Here's a link to the final project videos created by my second year design class. This class created a scale model of a system to deliver food to a community whose road access had been washed out. I'm really proud of both their design solutions and also the quality of the videos. @usask.bsky.social
ME229 Design Videos 2025 - YouTube
Videos created for University of Saskatchewan ME229 Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Design.
www.youtube.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Here's a link to the final project videos created by my second year design class. This class created a scale model of a system to deliver food to a community whose road access had been washed out. I'm really proud of both their design solutions and also the quality of the videos. @usask.bsky.social
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And this isn't even the best pressure units joke I know! The real winner is:
100 kilopascals go into a bar.
100 kilopascals go into a bar.
April 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
And this isn't even the best pressure units joke I know! The real winner is:
100 kilopascals go into a bar.
100 kilopascals go into a bar.
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This speaks volumes:
Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...
Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...
Stanley from Yale to Toronto
Jason Stanley (philosophy of language, epistemology, political philosophy), Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, has accepted a senior offer from the University of Toronto, where he will be thr...
leiterreports.typepad.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This speaks volumes:
Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...
Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...
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i feel compelled to remind everyone that chatgpt/LLMs are functionally the *opposite* of an actual expert.
the more your problems are unusual or novel, the more likely LLMS are to be wrong. they are least helpful when it's most important
the more your problems are unusual or novel, the more likely LLMS are to be wrong. they are least helpful when it's most important
March 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
i feel compelled to remind everyone that chatgpt/LLMs are functionally the *opposite* of an actual expert.
the more your problems are unusual or novel, the more likely LLMS are to be wrong. they are least helpful when it's most important
the more your problems are unusual or novel, the more likely LLMS are to be wrong. they are least helpful when it's most important
Congrats to Usask Women's Basketball team on their national championship!
www.cbc.ca/sports/baske...
www.cbc.ca/sports/baske...
Saskatchewan dethrones Carleton in U Sports women's basketball final; Victoria routs Calgary for men's title | CBC Sports
The top-seeded Saskatchewan Huskies defeated the Carleton Ravens 85-66 to win the U Sports women's basketball Final 8 championship game on Sunday. Earlier, the University of Victoria Vikes defeated th...
www.cbc.ca
March 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Congrats to Usask Women's Basketball team on their national championship!
www.cbc.ca/sports/baske...
www.cbc.ca/sports/baske...
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its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
March 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
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Trump: “Governor Carney”
Carney: “oh you liked my work?”
Carney: “oh you liked my work?”
March 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Trump: “Governor Carney”
Carney: “oh you liked my work?”
Carney: “oh you liked my work?”
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It's Nice To Be Disliked (By One Of Those)
February 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It's Nice To Be Disliked (By One Of Those)
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“When I talk to people in the geothermal industry, it would be no exaggeration to say that 80 or 90% of them are transplants from the oil and gas industry,” and the IEA estimated the 80% of the skills in geothermal jobs “can be directly copied and pasted over from oil and gas.”
Saskatoon-based DEEP Earth Energy Corp. is planning to produce what it terms “emissions-free baseload power” from Canada’s first next-generation geothermal project after announcing a strategic collaboration with SLB, the global oilfield services giant previously known as Schlumberger Ltd.
Next-Gen Geothermal Plant Unveiled
Saskatoon-based DEEP Earth Energy Corp. is planning to produce what it terms “emissions-free baseload power” from Canada’s first next-generation geothermal project.
www.theenergymix.com
February 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
“When I talk to people in the geothermal industry, it would be no exaggeration to say that 80 or 90% of them are transplants from the oil and gas industry,” and the IEA estimated the 80% of the skills in geothermal jobs “can be directly copied and pasted over from oil and gas.”
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I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
December 5, 2024 at 3:47 PM
I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
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The 2024 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 22, 2024 at 6:48 PM
The 2024 Headline of the Year Nominees
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I’m old enough to remember skeptics dismissing solar and wind, scoffing that battery storage would have to get below $100 per kWh before variable renewables could replace all fossil fuel power plants. BESS used to be over $500/kWh in 2008. Over $2,000/kWh in 2000.
That amazing battery price is turnkey:
‘design, manufacture, installation and 20-year O&M…tender document from November says that bidders need to have ‘battery cells, power conversion systems and EMS’
$66.30/kWh
Hey @elephanteating.bsky.social @jessedjenkins.com - what price needed for baseload?
‘design, manufacture, installation and 20-year O&M…tender document from November says that bidders need to have ‘battery cells, power conversion systems and EMS’
$66.30/kWh
Hey @elephanteating.bsky.social @jessedjenkins.com - what price needed for baseload?
'Mind-blowing' bids in Power China's 16GWh BESS tender as state-owned firms squeeze market share
EPC firm Power China's recent 16GWh BESS supply tender has seen very low prices bid, amidst a squeeze of market share from state-owned firms.
www.energy-storage.news
December 20, 2024 at 4:04 AM
I’m old enough to remember skeptics dismissing solar and wind, scoffing that battery storage would have to get below $100 per kWh before variable renewables could replace all fossil fuel power plants. BESS used to be over $500/kWh in 2008. Over $2,000/kWh in 2000.
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Already compiled @colinmckerracher.bsky.social charts on the latest battery price index into a slide. Bravo to Colin and team www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
December 11, 2024 at 2:58 AM
Already compiled @colinmckerracher.bsky.social charts on the latest battery price index into a slide. Bravo to Colin and team www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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In 1968 Finland banned for profit education, the few private schools that exist in Finland have to reinvest any profit they make or pay it back to parents.
It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years.
There should be no profit in education or healthcare.
It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years.
There should be no profit in education or healthcare.
December 11, 2024 at 9:07 PM
In 1968 Finland banned for profit education, the few private schools that exist in Finland have to reinvest any profit they make or pay it back to parents.
It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years.
There should be no profit in education or healthcare.
It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years.
There should be no profit in education or healthcare.
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“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.”
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
Copenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new level
Cycling has been a part of that good life in Copenhagen for decades. In recent years, it has enjoyed yet another unfathomable surge in popularity — taken to the next level thanks to constantly improvi...
www.latimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 7:21 PM
“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.”
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
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The working class needs to understand this— the climate crisis is going to make food expensive. The sky high prices now, are just the start— it will get worse. The rich don’t care if you can’t feed your family. They’ll still be eating steak, making money from fossil fuels, & exploiting our labour.
To be clear, the fight on climate isn't over whoever is in the White House or PM here. The climate crisis is only getting worse while the solutions are way cheaper & more accessible. The energy transition is inevitable - but speed & scale matters.
Everyone who cares just has to keep on fighting. 💪
Everyone who cares just has to keep on fighting. 💪
December 7, 2024 at 5:36 PM
The working class needs to understand this— the climate crisis is going to make food expensive. The sky high prices now, are just the start— it will get worse. The rich don’t care if you can’t feed your family. They’ll still be eating steak, making money from fossil fuels, & exploiting our labour.
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Cree artist Allen Sapp (1928-2015). “Before I was an artist full-time, I used to cut wood to get money, or trade wood for food.” Paintings: ‘Getting Wood.’ ‘Going Visiting.’ Flyer: 1982 exhibition ‘The Indian Individualist,’ featuring Sapp, Morrisseau and Odjig among others.
From ‘A Cree Life.’
From ‘A Cree Life.’
December 6, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Cree artist Allen Sapp (1928-2015). “Before I was an artist full-time, I used to cut wood to get money, or trade wood for food.” Paintings: ‘Getting Wood.’ ‘Going Visiting.’ Flyer: 1982 exhibition ‘The Indian Individualist,’ featuring Sapp, Morrisseau and Odjig among others.
From ‘A Cree Life.’
From ‘A Cree Life.’
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“Elon Musk admitted to his biographer that the reason the Hyperloop was announced—even though he had no intention of pursuing it—was to try to disrupt the California high-speed rail project to get in the way of that actually succeeding.” — @parismarx.com in @gizmodo.com gizmodo.com/silicon-vall...
Silicon Valley's Push Into Transportation Has Been a Miserable Failure
The titans of tech brought plenty of disruption to our broken transportation system but delivered little in the way of innovation.
gizmodo.com
November 26, 2024 at 6:34 PM
“Elon Musk admitted to his biographer that the reason the Hyperloop was announced—even though he had no intention of pursuing it—was to try to disrupt the California high-speed rail project to get in the way of that actually succeeding.” — @parismarx.com in @gizmodo.com gizmodo.com/silicon-vall...
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List of Warming Places in #Saskatoon #yxe
November 22, 2024 at 10:47 PM
List of Warming Places in #Saskatoon #yxe