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.
My in-laws trust me to cook Christmas dinner, in their kitchen, and this is a whole transformative moment in my life. 😅
December 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
My in-laws trust me to cook Christmas dinner, in their kitchen, and this is a whole transformative moment in my life. 😅
Airline: "If you've put a small bag in the overhead bin, please take it out and put it under your seat."
Me with my long-ass legs and singular tiny carry-on: "That instruction is for Sharon and her ridiculous six carry-ons, not me."
Me with my long-ass legs and singular tiny carry-on: "That instruction is for Sharon and her ridiculous six carry-ons, not me."
December 13, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Airline: "If you've put a small bag in the overhead bin, please take it out and put it under your seat."
Me with my long-ass legs and singular tiny carry-on: "That instruction is for Sharon and her ridiculous six carry-ons, not me."
Me with my long-ass legs and singular tiny carry-on: "That instruction is for Sharon and her ridiculous six carry-ons, not me."
Rainy days for Thompson Rivers University have gotten a little less grey thanks to a big donation. It's been an unenviable, ugly situation across #CdnPSE but effective fundraising helped soften it for one BC university. share.google/zXV8jI9SzBWU...
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December 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Rainy days for Thompson Rivers University have gotten a little less grey thanks to a big donation. It's been an unenviable, ugly situation across #CdnPSE but effective fundraising helped soften it for one BC university. share.google/zXV8jI9SzBWU...
New sign appeared this morning. While I mostly trust BC's privacy laws, I don't trust that FIFA won't want access to security footage/data. I'm also un-thrilled with how much this is going to cost taxpayers to install.
December 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
New sign appeared this morning. While I mostly trust BC's privacy laws, I don't trust that FIFA won't want access to security footage/data. I'm also un-thrilled with how much this is going to cost taxpayers to install.
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Would this work in your state? | New Jersey Initiative Re-Enrolls Over 13,500 Adults Who Left College Without Degrees
New Jersey Initiative Re-Enrolls Over 13,500 Adults Who Left College Without Degrees
Program generates $74 million in recaptured tuition, awards 1,400 credentials through statewide partnership.
www.theeduledger.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Would this work in your state? | New Jersey Initiative Re-Enrolls Over 13,500 Adults Who Left College Without Degrees
Without downloading any new pics, describe your vibe for today using an image from your gallery.
December 5, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Without downloading any new pics, describe your vibe for today using an image from your gallery.
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After listening to this, I’m even more outraged, Mayor Sim doesn’t have a good explanation to anything. The budget is worse than what I already thought. The elections can’t come soon enough
#Vancouver
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#Vancouver
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Mayor Ken Sim on Vancouver’s 'zero-means-zero' budget
Podcast Episode · This is Vancouver · 2025-11-26 · 18m
podcasts.apple.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
After listening to this, I’m even more outraged, Mayor Sim doesn’t have a good explanation to anything. The budget is worse than what I already thought. The elections can’t come soon enough
#Vancouver
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
#Vancouver
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
One of my friends is like "oh yeah I'm playing Carnegie Hall tonight," and I'm like "I re-potted a plant and refilled my cleaning products."
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
One of my friends is like "oh yeah I'm playing Carnegie Hall tonight," and I'm like "I re-potted a plant and refilled my cleaning products."
I love when you're scrolling social and get an aesthetics salon advert with a pic like this that says "Trust Dr. So-And-So for Natural Looking Beauty Results"
November 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I love when you're scrolling social and get an aesthetics salon advert with a pic like this that says "Trust Dr. So-And-So for Natural Looking Beauty Results"
I got my healthy-happy jabs for Miss Corona and Auntie Influenza. 💉💉 Thank you public health system!
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I got my healthy-happy jabs for Miss Corona and Auntie Influenza. 💉💉 Thank you public health system!
Nothing like a telezombie who's so engrossed in its phone, it completely misses the train pull up, open its doors, chime, and close its doors… and then look up and panic. 🤫🫣
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Nothing like a telezombie who's so engrossed in its phone, it completely misses the train pull up, open its doors, chime, and close its doors… and then look up and panic. 🤫🫣
I picked up *just* a burger from A&W last night. It was $9.65 for *just* the burger. A very mediocre burger.
Racketeering at all levels is reaching insane levels.
Racketeering at all levels is reaching insane levels.
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I picked up *just* a burger from A&W last night. It was $9.65 for *just* the burger. A very mediocre burger.
Racketeering at all levels is reaching insane levels.
Racketeering at all levels is reaching insane levels.
I love my dog, but on occasion I can't stand her "I need to merge all my atoms with yours right now" clinginess as soon as I sit down.
Like, you've been home with WFH Daddy all day. You have not been alone.
Like, you've been home with WFH Daddy all day. You have not been alone.
November 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I love my dog, but on occasion I can't stand her "I need to merge all my atoms with yours right now" clinginess as soon as I sit down.
Like, you've been home with WFH Daddy all day. You have not been alone.
Like, you've been home with WFH Daddy all day. You have not been alone.
Schools want the revenue from international learners, but a few don't want to put in the effort once they've arrived.
“No one is taking any responsibility for international students. That’s why they seem to fall through the cracks.”
#CanEd #BCEd
#CanEd #BCEd
Costly Fumbles by a BC College Left Me Stuck, Student Claims | The Tyee
Too many international students in private colleges ‘fall through the cracks,’ says an advocate.
thetyee.ca
November 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Schools want the revenue from international learners, but a few don't want to put in the effort once they've arrived.
In my Alternate Science Food Pyramid, red meats are now vegetables and poultry is now fruit, so now I'm a vegetarian and I'm going to lord that superiority over everyone.
November 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
In my Alternate Science Food Pyramid, red meats are now vegetables and poultry is now fruit, so now I'm a vegetarian and I'm going to lord that superiority over everyone.
Hey kids, here's your reminder to clean your dryer lint traps after each load.
November 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Hey kids, here's your reminder to clean your dryer lint traps after each load.
Me: Hi bank, I would like to update my name. Here is the documentation. I do not need replacement cards.
Bank: Ok, here are new cards with your old name on them anyway.
Bank: Here is another set of new cards with your old name on them.
Bank: How was our service?
Bank: Ok, here are new cards with your old name on them anyway.
Bank: Here is another set of new cards with your old name on them.
Bank: How was our service?
October 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Me: Hi bank, I would like to update my name. Here is the documentation. I do not need replacement cards.
Bank: Ok, here are new cards with your old name on them anyway.
Bank: Here is another set of new cards with your old name on them.
Bank: How was our service?
Bank: Ok, here are new cards with your old name on them anyway.
Bank: Here is another set of new cards with your old name on them.
Bank: How was our service?
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Preferred Prime Minister Polling:
Carney: 49% (+2)
Poilievre: 27% (-)
Davies: 5% (+1)
Blanchet: 4% (+1)
May: 2% (-2)
Bernier: 1% (-)
Unsure: 11%
Nanos / October 24, 2025 / n=1000 / MOE 3.1% / Telephone/Online
(% Change With October 17, 2025)
Carney: 49% (+2)
Poilievre: 27% (-)
Davies: 5% (+1)
Blanchet: 4% (+1)
May: 2% (-2)
Bernier: 1% (-)
Unsure: 11%
Nanos / October 24, 2025 / n=1000 / MOE 3.1% / Telephone/Online
(% Change With October 17, 2025)
October 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Preferred Prime Minister Polling:
Carney: 49% (+2)
Poilievre: 27% (-)
Davies: 5% (+1)
Blanchet: 4% (+1)
May: 2% (-2)
Bernier: 1% (-)
Unsure: 11%
Nanos / October 24, 2025 / n=1000 / MOE 3.1% / Telephone/Online
(% Change With October 17, 2025)
Carney: 49% (+2)
Poilievre: 27% (-)
Davies: 5% (+1)
Blanchet: 4% (+1)
May: 2% (-2)
Bernier: 1% (-)
Unsure: 11%
Nanos / October 24, 2025 / n=1000 / MOE 3.1% / Telephone/Online
(% Change With October 17, 2025)
Nothing says "attractive" quite like a dude sucking the weirdly shaped electronic phallus thing that is his vape.
a woman in a black dress is smiling and holding her hands together and says `` # me '' .
ALT: a woman in a black dress is smiling and holding her hands together and says `` # me '' .
media.tenor.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Nothing says "attractive" quite like a dude sucking the weirdly shaped electronic phallus thing that is his vape.
I kinda don't mind this, because the 3D glasses made it really hard to enjoy a lot of the scenes. It will take away some of the experience, while improving other parts. #wdw #waltdisneyworld #disneyworld
wdwnt.com/2025/10/remy...
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BREAKING: Remy's Ratatouille Adventure Converting to 2D at EPCOT - WDW News Today
Remy's Ratatouille Adventure is closing for refurbishment next month, and the attraction will get new visuals.
wdwnt.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I kinda don't mind this, because the 3D glasses made it really hard to enjoy a lot of the scenes. It will take away some of the experience, while improving other parts. #wdw #waltdisneyworld #disneyworld
wdwnt.com/2025/10/remy...
wdwnt.com/2025/10/remy...
Ooh, I get to participate in my first ever earthquake drill tomorrow at 10:16am!
October 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Ooh, I get to participate in my first ever earthquake drill tomorrow at 10:16am!
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This is what happens when your country is run by incompetent knuckleheads.
October 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
This is what happens when your country is run by incompetent knuckleheads.
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MrBeast, the world’s most subscribed to YouTuber, and East Carolina University announced a credentialing program back in 2022. It was supposed to debut in 6-12 months, but nearly 3 years later there’s no sign of it. What happened? I tried to find out: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
What happened to MrBeast's East Carolina University academic program? No one will say
In 2022, MrBeast, the most subscribed to YouTuber, and East Carolina University announced an academic program. Years later it stalled without reason.
www.usatoday.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
MrBeast, the world’s most subscribed to YouTuber, and East Carolina University announced a credentialing program back in 2022. It was supposed to debut in 6-12 months, but nearly 3 years later there’s no sign of it. What happened? I tried to find out: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Vancouver's queer community has definitely made me feel more attractive, more included, and more seen. It's refreshing to get compliments from other dudes, to have crowded queer spaces, and make new friends. 🌞
a woman is eating ice cream with a spoon in her mouth
ALT: a woman is eating ice cream with a spoon in her mouth
media.tenor.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Vancouver's queer community has definitely made me feel more attractive, more included, and more seen. It's refreshing to get compliments from other dudes, to have crowded queer spaces, and make new friends. 🌞