Catelli
@catelli.bsky.social
Consumer of beer, smoker of cigars. Camping and cycling
IT guy, from Cambridge, Ontario
Handle is an old nickname, it means "looked like a wet spaghetti noodle when running down the basketball court"
IT guy, from Cambridge, Ontario
Handle is an old nickname, it means "looked like a wet spaghetti noodle when running down the basketball court"
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Catelli
@catelli.bsky.social
· Jun 24
AI, The Digital El Dorado
I have come to the conclusion that the search for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is a modern quest for a mythical solution with no…
catelli2oh.medium.com
On how the search for AI is the pursuit of a myth. There is no 'there' there but the search itself will cause so much damage.
catelli2oh.medium.com/ai-the-digit...
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It's quite hilarious because it basically comes down to tone policing - "You can't call us that".
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
It's quite hilarious because it basically comes down to tone policing - "You can't call us that".
Wow. using USians annoys USians.
The rest of us Americans get to point and laugh.
Poor babies.
The rest of us Americans get to point and laugh.
Poor babies.
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Wow. using USians annoys USians.
The rest of us Americans get to point and laugh.
Poor babies.
The rest of us Americans get to point and laugh.
Poor babies.
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It's a strange way to go about building national unity—agreeing with Alberta what should be built in BC without talking to BC about it.
Can't imagine the federal government taking this approach to a project that went through Ontario or Quebec.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Can't imagine the federal government taking this approach to a project that went through Ontario or Quebec.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Carney briefs cabinet on Alberta energy deal to be unveiled Thursday
Agreement could open the door for a new heavy oil pipeline to the B.C. coast
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It's a strange way to go about building national unity—agreeing with Alberta what should be built in BC without talking to BC about it.
Can't imagine the federal government taking this approach to a project that went through Ontario or Quebec.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Can't imagine the federal government taking this approach to a project that went through Ontario or Quebec.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Well gee. What could we do with $7 trillion over the next ten years.
Oh, I guess that's an option.
A really stupid fucking option mind. But an option.
Oh, I guess that's an option.
A really stupid fucking option mind. But an option.
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Well gee. What could we do with $7 trillion over the next ten years.
Oh, I guess that's an option.
A really stupid fucking option mind. But an option.
Oh, I guess that's an option.
A really stupid fucking option mind. But an option.
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This shit kills me... I live within hearing distance of the Kitchener line so I get the construction notices in my mailbox. Been getting warned about overnight weekend work for months. But somebody at Metrolinx didn't talk to somebody else so they expanded service right into this closure? It's wild.
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This shit kills me... I live within hearing distance of the Kitchener line so I get the construction notices in my mailbox. Been getting warned about overnight weekend work for months. But somebody at Metrolinx didn't talk to somebody else so they expanded service right into this closure? It's wild.
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you want me to denounce violence? in this economy?? it's literally the only thing we have money for and i won't get in my country's way like that.
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
you want me to denounce violence? in this economy?? it's literally the only thing we have money for and i won't get in my country's way like that.
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Apropos of nothing, it's kind of funny how stuff like this just gets completely erased from political memory.
calgaryherald.com/business/ene...
calgaryherald.com/business/ene...
When the oilsands hit pay dirt
It wasn’t in the middle of a farmer’s muddy field or deep in the boreal forest where the Canadian oilsands truly struck pay dirt.
calgaryherald.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Apropos of nothing, it's kind of funny how stuff like this just gets completely erased from political memory.
calgaryherald.com/business/ene...
calgaryherald.com/business/ene...
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Harrowing account of how Denmark uses cod psychology and general knowledge tests to remove Greenlandic children from their mothers www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Harrowing account of how Denmark uses cod psychology and general knowledge tests to remove Greenlandic children from their mothers www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Before it gets consigned to the memory hole, new from me at TVO on the substantial investigative powers a government can bring to bear on its critics (and why premiers shouldn't make idle threats.) www.tvo.org/article/anal...
TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts
www.tvo.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Before it gets consigned to the memory hole, new from me at TVO on the substantial investigative powers a government can bring to bear on its critics (and why premiers shouldn't make idle threats.) www.tvo.org/article/anal...
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914,000 arts and culture workers in Canada nodding in agreement.
I will believe in the end of identity politics when steel and lumber (28,000 jobs and 105,000 jobs respectively) stop getting bailouts, while higher education (310,000 jobs) collapses in front of our eyes because it's full of ivory tower elites
November 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
914,000 arts and culture workers in Canada nodding in agreement.
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Last thought: everyone needs to remember that one of the biggest issues on the BC government's mind is the potential collapse of VIU. When it talks about "consolidation", you should all understand it as "how can we create political cover to radically shrink VIU and foist the rest on UVic"?
OK, I have now read the Terms of Reference in more detail. My more considered opinion of the review is that the Government has lost its damn mind.
The BC Govt has announced a review of the public post-secondary system. Review will be led by Don Avison, recently Chair of the board at Emily Carr. He's a past Deputy Minister of Education, Skills and Training, and President of the Research Universities Council of BC
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Last thought: everyone needs to remember that one of the biggest issues on the BC government's mind is the potential collapse of VIU. When it talks about "consolidation", you should all understand it as "how can we create political cover to radically shrink VIU and foist the rest on UVic"?
This from the government that failed to create a visible license plate and stickers that stick.
So...
Yeah. This totally tracks.
So...
Yeah. This totally tracks.
NEW: Doug Ford promised giant signs to replace speed cameras in school zones. Well, they've arrived and... they're huge. So big they don't fit onto existing poles.
Cities say they're too big, the province says they were briefed weeks ago. #Onpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154479...
Cities say they're too big, the province says they were briefed weeks ago. #Onpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154479...
Ford government says it will cover cost of installing oversized school zone signs | Globalnews.ca
Cities say the signs sent to replace speed cameras are too big. The transportation minister believes they should be able to 'figure out how to install a sign.'
globalnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This from the government that failed to create a visible license plate and stickers that stick.
So...
Yeah. This totally tracks.
So...
Yeah. This totally tracks.
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“You have to separate the art from the artist.”
No you f***ing don’t. Your relationship to art is your own. You define the boundaries.
Unless you’re me, who hates his “woodworker artist” boss Santa but needs the cash because the only other job here is Dentist, we already have one, and he’s an ass.
No you f***ing don’t. Your relationship to art is your own. You define the boundaries.
Unless you’re me, who hates his “woodworker artist” boss Santa but needs the cash because the only other job here is Dentist, we already have one, and he’s an ass.
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“You have to separate the art from the artist.”
No you f***ing don’t. Your relationship to art is your own. You define the boundaries.
Unless you’re me, who hates his “woodworker artist” boss Santa but needs the cash because the only other job here is Dentist, we already have one, and he’s an ass.
No you f***ing don’t. Your relationship to art is your own. You define the boundaries.
Unless you’re me, who hates his “woodworker artist” boss Santa but needs the cash because the only other job here is Dentist, we already have one, and he’s an ass.
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I don't know about y'all, but I'm so fucking tired of governments of all stripes telling us to not believe our lying eyes when it comes to the economy
November 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I don't know about y'all, but I'm so fucking tired of governments of all stripes telling us to not believe our lying eyes when it comes to the economy
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You’ll soon notice a colourful change to the weather alerts issued for your area by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). Beginning Nov. 26, 2025, the agency will unveil colour-coded alerts across the country. https://ow.ly/jy6h50XykmL
Environment and Climate Change Canada launches new colour-coded Canadian weather alerts - The Weather Network
Environment and Climate Change Canada will use a three-colour system to convey the risk posed by weather hazards across the country
ow.ly
November 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
You’ll soon notice a colourful change to the weather alerts issued for your area by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). Beginning Nov. 26, 2025, the agency will unveil colour-coded alerts across the country. https://ow.ly/jy6h50XykmL
IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN ONE WEEK!!!
November 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN ONE WEEK!!!
Appoint me King and I will make Cold Calling a capital offense, punishable by Flagellation, an Acid Bath, and a Public Beheading.
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Appoint me King and I will make Cold Calling a capital offense, punishable by Flagellation, an Acid Bath, and a Public Beheading.
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whoa: our former CKCO-TV location across from the hospital is a big pit now
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
whoa: our former CKCO-TV location across from the hospital is a big pit now
I know there is an Infinite Scream account, but I'm starting to need an Infinite Sigh account as well.
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I know there is an Infinite Scream account, but I'm starting to need an Infinite Sigh account as well.
"Debates over Italy’s gold reserves have surfaced periodically over the past two decades. They are often driven by nationalist or far-right parties with eurosceptic views, seeking to emphasise sovereignty or criticise the EU’s financial architecture."
www.euronews.com/business/202...
www.euronews.com/business/202...
Who does Italy's gold belong to? And why are we talking about it now?
A one-line amendment in Italy’s 2026 Budget has reopened the question of who controls the country’s $300 billion gold reserves, potentially threatening central bank independence.
www.euronews.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"Debates over Italy’s gold reserves have surfaced periodically over the past two decades. They are often driven by nationalist or far-right parties with eurosceptic views, seeking to emphasise sovereignty or criticise the EU’s financial architecture."
www.euronews.com/business/202...
www.euronews.com/business/202...
This is horrific and confusing at the same time.
"as scorching flames engulfed bamboo scaffolding and ripped through seven residential blocks." So, like a forest wildfire but in an urban area, because of bamboo scaffolding???
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
"as scorching flames engulfed bamboo scaffolding and ripped through seven residential blocks." So, like a forest wildfire but in an urban area, because of bamboo scaffolding???
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
Developing | 36 dead, 279 missing in Hong Kong housing estate blaze
Another 29 people have been hospitalised, with seven in a critical condition as inferno ravages housing estate in Tai Po.
www.scmp.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This is horrific and confusing at the same time.
"as scorching flames engulfed bamboo scaffolding and ripped through seven residential blocks." So, like a forest wildfire but in an urban area, because of bamboo scaffolding???
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
"as scorching flames engulfed bamboo scaffolding and ripped through seven residential blocks." So, like a forest wildfire but in an urban area, because of bamboo scaffolding???
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
Key point "when the Premier makes corruption the norm..."
so, that means firing the current minister doesn't solve the problem...
so, that means firing the current minister doesn't solve the problem...
I guess when the Premier makes corruption the norm...Ministers follow the lead.
David Piccini has got to go. If you're with me, tell Doug Ford to fire him: OntarioNDP.ca/fire-piccini (2/2)
David Piccini has got to go. If you're with me, tell Doug Ford to fire him: OntarioNDP.ca/fire-piccini (2/2)
New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
OntarioNDP.ca
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Key point "when the Premier makes corruption the norm..."
so, that means firing the current minister doesn't solve the problem...
so, that means firing the current minister doesn't solve the problem...
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OK, I have now read the Terms of Reference in more detail. My more considered opinion of the review is that the Government has lost its damn mind.
The BC Govt has announced a review of the public post-secondary system. Review will be led by Don Avison, recently Chair of the board at Emily Carr. He's a past Deputy Minister of Education, Skills and Training, and President of the Research Universities Council of BC
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
Province reviews public post-secondary system to ensure long-term sustainability
The Province is launching an independent review to strengthen the public post-secondary education system and ensure it is sustainable and well-positioned to support people in British Columbia and B.C.’s economic growth.
news.gov.bc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 5:57 AM
OK, I have now read the Terms of Reference in more detail. My more considered opinion of the review is that the Government has lost its damn mind.
