Jon Olfert 🌾🍁
@jonolfert.bsky.social
Stories in Analog, On Spec, Lightspeed, Beneath Ceaseless Skies. History's eighth or ninth most prolific writer of speculative paleofiction. Polling and policy by day. If we pull this off, we'll eat like kings. http://jonathan-olfert.carrd.co
They've got cars big as bars
They've got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you
It's no place for the old
When you first took my hand on a cold Christmas Eve
You promised me Broadway was waiting for me
They've got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you
It's no place for the old
When you first took my hand on a cold Christmas Eve
You promised me Broadway was waiting for me
November 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
They've got cars big as bars
They've got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you
It's no place for the old
When you first took my hand on a cold Christmas Eve
You promised me Broadway was waiting for me
They've got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you
It's no place for the old
When you first took my hand on a cold Christmas Eve
You promised me Broadway was waiting for me
Trying to get some more practice with bread-and-butter ggplot and didn't feel like trawling more government datasets today so-
November 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Trying to get some more practice with bread-and-butter ggplot and didn't feel like trawling more government datasets today so-
In 2022, the LDS Church in Canada got public scrutiny for the amount of members' donations it redirected to the BYU system (effectively a taxpayer subsidy for US schools.) That outflow shrank — which maybe had more to do with the church quietly overhauling its financial practices in Canada 2022-24.
November 18, 2025 at 4:57 AM
In 2022, the LDS Church in Canada got public scrutiny for the amount of members' donations it redirected to the BYU system (effectively a taxpayer subsidy for US schools.) That outflow shrank — which maybe had more to do with the church quietly overhauling its financial practices in Canada 2022-24.
@mktighewrites.bsky.social - Dusted this off to see if things had shifted in the horror market since your chart (and boy was I glad you included data labels). Wouldn't say these are the healthiest trends!
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
@mktighewrites.bsky.social - Dusted this off to see if things had shifted in the horror market since your chart (and boy was I glad you included data labels). Wouldn't say these are the healthiest trends!
Got the last few details locked down and this is my final 2025 roster. Pound for pound this has been my big year.
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Got the last few details locked down and this is my final 2025 roster. Pound for pound this has been my big year.
Can't believe Europa Clipper's already a year into its mission. We all did the whole enchilada last year, went through all kinds of videos, gathered around someone's TV for the launch, snacked aggressively. Europa Clipper was a big hit in my house.
October 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Can't believe Europa Clipper's already a year into its mission. We all did the whole enchilada last year, went through all kinds of videos, gathered around someone's TV for the launch, snacked aggressively. Europa Clipper was a big hit in my house.
Curled up Friday with cold meds, hot cider, and the report of the Expert Panel on Post-Secondary Funding and Alberta's Competitiveness (Mintz panel). Spent a good chunk of spring on submissions for that; love to see what landed and what bits I predicted. Many questions. Many opinions on lazy takes.
October 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Curled up Friday with cold meds, hot cider, and the report of the Expert Panel on Post-Secondary Funding and Alberta's Competitiveness (Mintz panel). Spent a good chunk of spring on submissions for that; love to see what landed and what bits I predicted. Many questions. Many opinions on lazy takes.
Here it's the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. A piece at a time, I spent it reading THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER cover to cover. I grew up south of Calgary in Treaty 7 territory and the book hit disturbingly close to home. Probably the best from Stephen Graham Jones that I've read.
September 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Here it's the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. A piece at a time, I spent it reading THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER cover to cover. I grew up south of Calgary in Treaty 7 territory and the book hit disturbingly close to home. Probably the best from Stephen Graham Jones that I've read.
Just finished Finity's End by Cherryh. Scribbling notes on its really interesting structure while out rambling on paths with the kids. Emphasis on scribbling but may be of interest.
September 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Just finished Finity's End by Cherryh. Scribbling notes on its really interesting structure while out rambling on paths with the kids. Emphasis on scribbling but may be of interest.
Alberta's had massive youth unemployment this summer. Some colleagues and I went looking for decent local data on hourly wages and couldn't find much, so I ran a survey. For the three of you who might be interested, here's 1200 students' summer wages.
September 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Alberta's had massive youth unemployment this summer. Some colleagues and I went looking for decent local data on hourly wages and couldn't find much, so I ran a survey. For the three of you who might be interested, here's 1200 students' summer wages.
Snagged a bunch of James White's Sector General novels at a used book store. They've been keeping me company on some long vigils. What's a radically-species-inclusive way to say 'humanist'?
August 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Snagged a bunch of James White's Sector General novels at a used book store. They've been keeping me company on some long vigils. What's a radically-species-inclusive way to say 'humanist'?
A 160-year-old library. Beautiful woodwork, incredible smell.
July 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A 160-year-old library. Beautiful woodwork, incredible smell.
That's not to say that some don't touch on the essential powerlessness. Rodney Furan's funeral scene "The Mormon Trail—Handcart Immigrants 1856," despite the faith-promoting elements, has a skewed implacable horror, a sense that the wind at your back isn't helping you on to Zion, it forces you on.
June 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
That's not to say that some don't touch on the essential powerlessness. Rodney Furan's funeral scene "The Mormon Trail—Handcart Immigrants 1856," despite the faith-promoting elements, has a skewed implacable horror, a sense that the wind at your back isn't helping you on to Zion, it forces you on.
On May 29th, it's gonna be sword, I'll tell ya that much for free.
May 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
On May 29th, it's gonna be sword, I'll tell ya that much for free.
Profoundly humbled to learn that the Far Side beat 'A Forcible Calm' to the caveman courtroom drama by 36 years.
April 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Profoundly humbled to learn that the Far Side beat 'A Forcible Calm' to the caveman courtroom drama by 36 years.
Repost with an image of your favorite James Bond, wrong answers only.
April 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Repost with an image of your favorite James Bond, wrong answers only.
Good point, Sweden
March 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Good point, Sweden
A gift from friend just down the road, a beautiful older Grohmann he's had lying around forever. I've wanted a Grohmann for years — one of the great Canadian knife makers.
March 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A gift from friend just down the road, a beautiful older Grohmann he's had lying around forever. I've wanted a Grohmann for years — one of the great Canadian knife makers.
Source: Leger and, you know, life and everyone
March 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Source: Leger and, you know, life and everyone
The answer remains no. Thanks for largely having our backs, Americans.
March 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The answer remains no. Thanks for largely having our backs, Americans.
Got Conclave on the side screen as I do paperwork and I gotta say, I am digging the big clunky rings. More in life needs big clunky rings involved.
March 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Got Conclave on the side screen as I do paperwork and I gotta say, I am digging the big clunky rings. More in life needs big clunky rings involved.
not my home but I know my way around
March 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
not my home but I know my way around
Stephen Graham Jones in Writers Digest:
March 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Stephen Graham Jones in Writers Digest: