Professional communicator, producer and recovering cyclist. Shining light on the incredible people and things happening around BC. Partner @munrothompson.
Vancouver, BC
Joined November 2011
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Just over a week left until Mark Van Raamsdonk "Extra Credit" talk on the quantum mechanics as the music of the universe. Still some tickets available. Stop doom scrolling and come learn something mind-blowing!
Advance tickets now available for our second lecture in the Extra Credit series:
"Quantum Mechanics: The Music of the Universe" by the brilliant @UBC physicist Mark Van Raamsdonk.
Fri, Apr 17 @ China Cloud Studios in Vancouver's chinatown. See you there!
admitone.com/events/vancouve…
Shout out to the team @hedgeforvideo for the great support with our footage LTO archives. You folks are doing great work, and it is appreciated. 🤜🤛
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This is incredibly sad news. We’ve lost a beacon of hope and wisdom.
Murray Sinclair, the former Senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission has died at 73.
Sinclair was also a judge in Manitoba from 1988 to 2009 and was the first Indigenous judge appointed in the province. #cdnpoli
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Don't miss #IROC2024's closing panel with Chief Councillor John Jack, former Chief Councillor Emchayilk Robert Dennis Sr., Councillor Brena Robinson, & Dallas Smith.
Make sure you stick around until lunch on Friday for this must-see panel!
Register: bciroc.ca/registration/
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I cannot express to you how stunning I think this is.
📚extract_book_recomendations — For any given book that's been consumed by the model either directly or indirectly, extract its most important recommendations.
🤯But look at what we can get from a book!
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This is John Lyke, who has a very cool niche.
He went to film school and was a pro rollerblader & snowboarder.
This venn diagram of skills makes him an expert “blade camera operator”, a job that involves filming with a $100k camera while on roller blades.
You may have caught his footage in HBO’s fictional re-telling of the 1980s LA Lakers (“Winning Time”).
The basketball scenes are lightly co-ordinated and — to keep the action as real as possible — the players just go hard for 10-15 plays in a row and they take the best footage to edit.
End result is 💯.
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Are you interested in learning how to use provincial and federal economic immigration programs to attract and retain international employees? Join us on August 17th for an information session with provincial and federal government staff.
Register here -> ow.ly/P69Z50Ps69V
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@EXNWsummit is a global gathering highlighting racial equity and abundance in the creative industry. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to contribute to a more inclusive and diverse creative landscape.
@resoorg #EastByNorthwest #RacialEquity #InclusionAndDiversity
Filmmaking on location feels like 70% shuttling bags through airports, 28% watching file-transfer-progress bars in a motel or camp, and 2% pointing the camera at something magical.
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Language is powerful. Systemic lies and harmful metaphors repeated over and over create a false memory code, making them -and the conspiracy theories they underpin - resistant to counter argumentation ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/new-book…
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Sue Johanson, the beloved Canadian broadcaster who in her golden years enraptured a generation with her frank advice on the Sunday Night Sex Show, has died at 93. cbc.ca/news/entertainment/su…
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Last year, a coworker randomly asked me to hand-deliver an antique violin across the country. I said yes, because why not. I had no idea what I was getting into, and now I need your help. A 🧵
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People distrust institutions they see as politicized, even when they perceive the institution as made up of members of their own political ingroup.
Posted as a preprint. Comments very welcome, especially about the analyses and potential interventions for reestablishing trust.
1. Even when ideologies align, people distrust politicized institutions:
In 3 studies & across 40 institutions, @calvinisch2 @JimACEverett @azimshariff & I find evidence that perceived politicization is strongly associated with lower trust in institutions
psyarxiv.com/sfubr
