wolfewylie
@wolfewylie.com
#OpenData lead at Employment and Social Development Canada
Snow is community-building.
Toronto snowstorm
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Snow is community-building.
Honestly: All I could want. Tron Legacy was mediocre at best, but elevated because Daft Punk made it work. NIN is what sells this movie.
_____ō͡≡o˞̶_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________just me racing to tell you___________
__________TRON: ARES is very stupid_____
_____________but_______________the NIN soundtrack____rules_____ō͡≡o˞̶__
__________TRON: ARES is very stupid_____
_____________but_______________the NIN soundtrack____rules_____ō͡≡o˞̶__
October 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Honestly: All I could want. Tron Legacy was mediocre at best, but elevated because Daft Punk made it work. NIN is what sells this movie.
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Imagine all cars were electric, and then one Volkswagen engineer comes up with another idea …
#EMobility
#EMobility
August 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Imagine all cars were electric, and then one Volkswagen engineer comes up with another idea …
#EMobility
#EMobility
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Something I worked on recently with CBC's new Visual Investigations unit.
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#whitesupremacy #neofascism #journalism
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#whitesupremacy #neofascism #journalism
July 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Something I worked on recently with CBC's new Visual Investigations unit.
www.bing.com/search?q=htt...
#whitesupremacy #neofascism #journalism
www.bing.com/search?q=htt...
#whitesupremacy #neofascism #journalism
An #OpenData project: A full org chart of the entire Government of Canada using employee contact information, built as a Miro plug-in for easy implementation and visualization. Both en Francais and in English.
Tool: miro.com/marketplace/...
Github: github.com/wolfewylie/g...
Tool: miro.com/marketplace/...
Github: github.com/wolfewylie/g...
Map the Govt. of Canada + Miro
This takes the open data from the Government of Canada phone book and inverts it into a tree of each department's structure.
miro.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
An #OpenData project: A full org chart of the entire Government of Canada using employee contact information, built as a Miro plug-in for easy implementation and visualization. Both en Francais and in English.
Tool: miro.com/marketplace/...
Github: github.com/wolfewylie/g...
Tool: miro.com/marketplace/...
Github: github.com/wolfewylie/g...
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Scoop: Canadian cancer research group scrubs gender-inclusive language from U.S.-funded trials to comply with Trump executive order:
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e0c398c...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e0c398c...
Trump order prompts Canadian cancer research group to scrub gender-inclusive language from U.S.-funded trials
Critics say the Canadian Cancer Trials Group’s decision to remove the wording gives in to political overreach and undermines scientific integrity
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Scoop: Canadian cancer research group scrubs gender-inclusive language from U.S.-funded trials to comply with Trump executive order:
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e0c398c...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e0c398c...
Manually editing XML to update an RSS feed for a student media podcast; Google Reader always open; keeping my Blogspot updated.
open question for the room: how were you using the internet in 2008?
April 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Manually editing XML to update an RSS feed for a student media podcast; Google Reader always open; keeping my Blogspot updated.
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That 43 pounds of fentanyl that was the Trump administration's legal justification for imposing tariffs on Canada?
Just 0.74 pounds – or 0.13% – has been positively attributed to Canada, according to new data obtained by The Globe's Kathryn Blaze Baum:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Just 0.74 pounds – or 0.13% – has been positively attributed to Canada, according to new data obtained by The Globe's Kathryn Blaze Baum:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
New fentanyl data undercuts White House’s portrayal of Canada’s role in U.S. drug crisis
Fentanyl identified as coming from Canada amounted to barely more than one-10th of 1%, according to data obtained through American freedom-of-information laws
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
That 43 pounds of fentanyl that was the Trump administration's legal justification for imposing tariffs on Canada?
Just 0.74 pounds – or 0.13% – has been positively attributed to Canada, according to new data obtained by The Globe's Kathryn Blaze Baum:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Just 0.74 pounds – or 0.13% – has been positively attributed to Canada, according to new data obtained by The Globe's Kathryn Blaze Baum:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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The pace of FOI in Canada...
* I filed a request for ER data with Alberta Health Services in August. I asked for stats in machine-readable format.
* They respond in November, with 66 PDF pages.
* I file a complaint. Finally they relented today and sent me the records in Excel spreadsheets. (1/n)
* I filed a request for ER data with Alberta Health Services in August. I asked for stats in machine-readable format.
* They respond in November, with 66 PDF pages.
* I file a complaint. Finally they relented today and sent me the records in Excel spreadsheets. (1/n)
March 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The pace of FOI in Canada...
* I filed a request for ER data with Alberta Health Services in August. I asked for stats in machine-readable format.
* They respond in November, with 66 PDF pages.
* I file a complaint. Finally they relented today and sent me the records in Excel spreadsheets. (1/n)
* I filed a request for ER data with Alberta Health Services in August. I asked for stats in machine-readable format.
* They respond in November, with 66 PDF pages.
* I file a complaint. Finally they relented today and sent me the records in Excel spreadsheets. (1/n)
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Pretty sure some of the uni comms I contacted for this piece thought I was an idiot for even asking. But that's my promise to you: I will ask the dumb Qs. via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...
No, USAID Isn’t Giving Billions to Canadian Universities | The Tyee
The American agency is not funding the ‘woke indoctrination’ of youth in Canada, no matter what you read on X.
thetyee.ca
February 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Pretty sure some of the uni comms I contacted for this piece thought I was an idiot for even asking. But that's my promise to you: I will ask the dumb Qs. via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...
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A shadow war on libraries: 📚 Some Canadian politicians and influencers, inspired by an American-born movement, are trying to roll back #2SLGBTQ+ rights by limiting what Canadians can read — one book at a time. www.cbc.ca/newsinteract... via @cbcnews.ca
A shadow war on libraries
Some Canadian politicians and influencers, inspired by an American-born movement, are trying to roll back 2SLGBTQ+ rights in Canada — one book at a time.
www.cbc.ca
February 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A shadow war on libraries: 📚 Some Canadian politicians and influencers, inspired by an American-born movement, are trying to roll back #2SLGBTQ+ rights by limiting what Canadians can read — one book at a time. www.cbc.ca/newsinteract... via @cbcnews.ca
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I'm just going to leave Freedom of the Press Foundation's excellent guide to leaking to the press right here in case anyone happens to need it: freedom.press/digisec/blog...
Here’s how to share sensitive leaks with the press
Thinking about securely leaking information to news organizations? This guide will show you how.
freedom.press
February 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I'm just going to leave Freedom of the Press Foundation's excellent guide to leaking to the press right here in case anyone happens to need it: freedom.press/digisec/blog...
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Over the past 4–5 years, Facebook has sunset tools (chiefly CrowdTangle) used by researchers and journalists, made data difficult and expensive to get, and iced out academics studying disinformation.
Now, it's shutting down the fact checking on its platform.
Now, it's shutting down the fact checking on its platform.
January 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Over the past 4–5 years, Facebook has sunset tools (chiefly CrowdTangle) used by researchers and journalists, made data difficult and expensive to get, and iced out academics studying disinformation.
Now, it's shutting down the fact checking on its platform.
Now, it's shutting down the fact checking on its platform.
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This is my regular callout for pitches for the Globe and Mail's business opinion section. Pitch me at elou@globeandmail.com. For reference, these are the pieces that have run in my section: https://buff.ly/44EmWcA.
Business Opinion
The Globe and Mail offers the most authoritative business news in Canada, featuring columnists who give their take on the world of business
buff.ly
January 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This is my regular callout for pitches for the Globe and Mail's business opinion section. Pitch me at elou@globeandmail.com. For reference, these are the pieces that have run in my section: https://buff.ly/44EmWcA.
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Next time you're walking through a "quiet residential neighbourhood" in Toronto, keep a look out for corner lots with excessively large large windows & doorways along the corners.
Those are all former stores.
Those are all former stores.
Councillor Stephen Holyday moves two motions, calling legalizing corner stores a "profound change to our neighbourhoods" that is "upsetting people"
- Refer the corner store zoning item back to staff for more consideration
- If that fails, receive the item, i.e. dispense with it.
- Refer the corner store zoning item back to staff for more consideration
- If that fails, receive the item, i.e. dispense with it.
December 19, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Next time you're walking through a "quiet residential neighbourhood" in Toronto, keep a look out for corner lots with excessively large large windows & doorways along the corners.
Those are all former stores.
Those are all former stores.
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The LGBTQ2S+ community is not a bunch of different coloured houses on a block, one for each letter, where we lend each other sugar once in a while.
We all live in the same big communal lodge. A lot of us are a few different letters. We are fluid. We are intersectional. And we are in this together.
We all live in the same big communal lodge. A lot of us are a few different letters. We are fluid. We are intersectional. And we are in this together.
December 5, 2024 at 6:29 PM
The LGBTQ2S+ community is not a bunch of different coloured houses on a block, one for each letter, where we lend each other sugar once in a while.
We all live in the same big communal lodge. A lot of us are a few different letters. We are fluid. We are intersectional. And we are in this together.
We all live in the same big communal lodge. A lot of us are a few different letters. We are fluid. We are intersectional. And we are in this together.
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👋 new followers … I’ve been helping lead this project at ProPublica about preventable maternal deaths in states that ban abortion: Amber Thurman and Candi Miller in Georgia. Josseli Barnica, Nevaeh Crain and Porsha Ngumezi in Texas. Here’s our coverage so far … www.propublica.org/series/life-...
Life of the Mother
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, doctors warned that women would die, but lawmakers who passed state abortion bans didn’t listen. The worst consequences are now becoming clear.
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2024 at 2:15 PM
👋 new followers … I’ve been helping lead this project at ProPublica about preventable maternal deaths in states that ban abortion: Amber Thurman and Candi Miller in Georgia. Josseli Barnica, Nevaeh Crain and Porsha Ngumezi in Texas. Here’s our coverage so far … www.propublica.org/series/life-...
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Catch up with the State of Open Data in the 9th yearly survey from Digital Science. See what others are doing and what the possibilities might be for your research data.
he State of Open Data 2024: Special Report.
Our new report looks into what researchers are actually doing when it comes to data sharing.
Read now: www.digital-science.com/state-of-ope...
#StateOfOpenData #OpenData #OpenScience #OpenResearch
Our new report looks into what researchers are actually doing when it comes to data sharing.
Read now: www.digital-science.com/state-of-ope...
#StateOfOpenData #OpenData #OpenScience #OpenResearch
State of Open Data Report 2024 - Digital Science
The State of Open Data survey continues to provide a detailed and sustained insight into the motivations, challenges, perceptions, and behaviors of researchers towards open data. Now in its ninth year...
www.digital-science.com
December 2, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Catch up with the State of Open Data in the 9th yearly survey from Digital Science. See what others are doing and what the possibilities might be for your research data.
This case is going to be enormously important for journalism and copyright law in Canada, particularly as it'll be one of the most significant cases to talk about web scraping in a generation. litigate.com/assets/uploa...
litigate.com
November 29, 2024 at 4:29 PM
This case is going to be enormously important for journalism and copyright law in Canada, particularly as it'll be one of the most significant cases to talk about web scraping in a generation. litigate.com/assets/uploa...
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The facts don’t lie even as this government tries it’s best to do and say otherwise.
Fantastic deconstruction of Bill 212 in the @theglobeandmail.com via @sarahelton.bsky.social and @mbonsma.bsky.social
h/t @uoft.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Fantastic deconstruction of Bill 212 in the @theglobeandmail.com via @sarahelton.bsky.social and @mbonsma.bsky.social
h/t @uoft.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
November 27, 2024 at 7:06 PM
The facts don’t lie even as this government tries it’s best to do and say otherwise.
Fantastic deconstruction of Bill 212 in the @theglobeandmail.com via @sarahelton.bsky.social and @mbonsma.bsky.social
h/t @uoft.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Fantastic deconstruction of Bill 212 in the @theglobeandmail.com via @sarahelton.bsky.social and @mbonsma.bsky.social
h/t @uoft.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Please allow opt-out from firehose/API download. Your promise that Bluesky will not train AI on user data was nice. But open data lets everyone else do it easily. Yes, public posts could be scraped by other means, but that’s more work & you can block it by behavior pattern.
November 23, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Please allow opt-out from firehose/API download. Your promise that Bluesky will not train AI on user data was nice. But open data lets everyone else do it easily. Yes, public posts could be scraped by other means, but that’s more work & you can block it by behavior pattern.
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Bluesky's firehose is a treasure trove of public data for researchers and developers, and it's completely free. Check out our developer docs: docs.bsky.app
November 23, 2024 at 5:54 AM
Bluesky's firehose is a treasure trove of public data for researchers and developers, and it's completely free. Check out our developer docs: docs.bsky.app
A part of my job I love is taking public requests for data back to program coordinators. It's always a fascinating conversation to interpret public need into a bureaucracy's technical processes. It's never easy, but being able to insert myself into teams to advocate for publishing more data is FUN!
November 22, 2024 at 8:30 PM
A part of my job I love is taking public requests for data back to program coordinators. It's always a fascinating conversation to interpret public need into a bureaucracy's technical processes. It's never easy, but being able to insert myself into teams to advocate for publishing more data is FUN!
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There are currently only 22 films streaming on Netflix made before 1980 and not a single one made before 1960, with the oldest film on the platform currently being PSYCHO. I know I’m a broken record but: buy physical media, support your local library, etc etc
November 16, 2024 at 3:38 AM
There are currently only 22 films streaming on Netflix made before 1980 and not a single one made before 1960, with the oldest film on the platform currently being PSYCHO. I know I’m a broken record but: buy physical media, support your local library, etc etc