Dean Dettloff
@deandettloff.bsky.social
Philosophy PhD | liberation theology | Toronto
Organizing in churches against imperialism. I teach a class or two at the Institute for Christian Studies (www.icscanada.edu). Writing a book on liberation theology and degrowth with @mattbernico.bsky.social
Organizing in churches against imperialism. I teach a class or two at the Institute for Christian Studies (www.icscanada.edu). Writing a book on liberation theology and degrowth with @mattbernico.bsky.social
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Dean Dettloff
@deandettloff.bsky.social
· Oct 30
Enough Is Enough: Degrowth, Capitalism, and Liberation Theology
Enough Is Enough argues that economic and theological direction offered by liberation theology gives a unique paradigm for Christians to question the hegemony of growth and orient themselves according...
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A quick reminder that you can pre-order Enough Is Enough, the book I co-authored with @mattbernico.bsky.social on capitalism, degrowth, and liberation theology. It's out May 12, but it's not too early to pick up a copy, and/or ask your local library to get one!
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Finally getting around to going through photos from Brazil. The People's March was very fun!
December 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Finally getting around to going through photos from Brazil. The People's March was very fun!
Look Protestants raise some good points but they will never have Holy Bone Slime.
The bones of Santa have been leaking liquid for 1,700 years.
December 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Look Protestants raise some good points but they will never have Holy Bone Slime.
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Just under a week to get your paper proposals in!
Call for papers for the SST annual conference is out now! Come join us in April to talk about theology and failure (generous bursaries available, especially if you're a grad student): www.theologysociety.org.uk/information/
December 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Just under a week to get your paper proposals in!
The World Social Forum being held in Benin in August will be interesting.
Earlier, a group of soldiers had appeared on Benin 's state TV Sunday to announce the dissolution of the government in an apparent coup, the latest of many in West Africa. n.pr/4oGfE1M
Benin's interior minister says a coup announced earlier has been foiled
Earlier, a group of soldiers had appeared on Benin 's state TV Sunday to announce the dissolution of the government in an apparent coup, the latest of many in West Africa.
n.pr
December 8, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The World Social Forum being held in Benin in August will be interesting.
Okay but it's *not even war.*
Duckworth: "It is a war crime. It's illegal. No matter how you put it, it's all illegal. I've been shot down behind enemy lines. Under the laws of war, you are supposed to help render aid to that individual ... you're not allowed to go back in and kill them."
December 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Okay but it's *not even war.*
I've learned a lot from Harvey, looking forward to reading this and also I appreciate that he put the chapter that seems most likely to make me crabby at the very end.
December 7, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I've learned a lot from Harvey, looking forward to reading this and also I appreciate that he put the chapter that seems most likely to make me crabby at the very end.
👀
Hello! I am excited to finally announce the details of my new podcast. Introducing The Union Bug—a podcast by workers, for workers. Premiering Jan 2.
Introducing The Union Bug, a new podcast
The Union Bug is a podcast by workers, for workers. Premiering January 2.
www.wordsaboutwork.news
December 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
👀
That is, unfortunately, not true (truly delusional to imagine Dems coming around at all right now on degrowth in any meaningful way), but once @mattbernico.bsky.social's and my book comes out in the spring there will be no stopping degrowth.
Very few people follow degrowth.
Unfortunately, that small number includes the leadership of all the big name brand green organizations and their influence keeps hobbling the Democratic Party and responsible efforts to address climate change.
Unfortunately, that small number includes the leadership of all the big name brand green organizations and their influence keeps hobbling the Democratic Party and responsible efforts to address climate change.
Degrowth is a relatively obscure concept. People like you feel like you have to elevate it because it’s a foil for you, not because it’s something all that many people actually follow.
December 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
That is, unfortunately, not true (truly delusional to imagine Dems coming around at all right now on degrowth in any meaningful way), but once @mattbernico.bsky.social's and my book comes out in the spring there will be no stopping degrowth.
*power guitar riff*
"Announcing the all new, all terrain Ford Tough Peace Prize"
"Announcing the all new, all terrain Ford Tough Peace Prize"
December 5, 2025 at 11:28 PM
*power guitar riff*
"Announcing the all new, all terrain Ford Tough Peace Prize"
"Announcing the all new, all terrain Ford Tough Peace Prize"
I really feel like if people asked themselves, genuinely, "do I *need* to use AI for this?" they would find the answer is always "no." I know this because I need to do a lot of things and have never used AI to do any of them.
December 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I really feel like if people asked themselves, genuinely, "do I *need* to use AI for this?" they would find the answer is always "no." I know this because I need to do a lot of things and have never used AI to do any of them.
Really hoping Meta keeps preventing Canadians from posting news in this case.
Meta strikes multiple AI deals with news publishers reut.rs/3MiohCl
Meta strikes multiple AI deals with news publishers
Meta has struck several commercial AI data agreements with news publishers including USA Today, People Inc, CNN, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner and Le Monde, the company said on Friday.
reut.rs
December 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Really hoping Meta keeps preventing Canadians from posting news in this case.
Thinking of teaching my yearly grad course next summer on Enrique Dussel. I usually teach issue based courses but the thing about Dussel is you can talk about all the issues and any progressive philosopher you want because he'll make you.
December 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Thinking of teaching my yearly grad course next summer on Enrique Dussel. I usually teach issue based courses but the thing about Dussel is you can talk about all the issues and any progressive philosopher you want because he'll make you.
We should have more holidays where you put a tree indoors for a month. I would really appreciate an Easter birch or something.
December 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We should have more holidays where you put a tree indoors for a month. I would really appreciate an Easter birch or something.
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I have two speeds. They are @cheekface.bsky.social and Takanaka's 1970s Japanese jazz fusion guitar.
December 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I have two speeds. They are @cheekface.bsky.social and Takanaka's 1970s Japanese jazz fusion guitar.
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Ontario's Roshel under contract to supply 20 armoured vehicles to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ICE ordering fleet of 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian firm | CBC News
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earmarked millions of dollars for a bulk order for 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel that are built to resist bullets and bomb bla...
www.cbc.ca
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Ontario's Roshel under contract to supply 20 armoured vehicles to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
why don't they just ask chatGPT to figure it out amirite
🇺🇸 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has declared a company-wide "code red" as its ChatGPT technology faces stiff competition from other big tech rivals, especially Google, US media reported.
➡️ u.afp.com/Shrp
➡️ u.afp.com/Shrp
December 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
why don't they just ask chatGPT to figure it out amirite
One weird thing about working in international Catholic solidarity is that due to travel I haven't been able to go to Sunday Mass at my home parish in several weeks, but I've actually been going to Mass way more than I would otherwise because that's just what happens I guess.
December 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
One weird thing about working in international Catholic solidarity is that due to travel I haven't been able to go to Sunday Mass at my home parish in several weeks, but I've actually been going to Mass way more than I would otherwise because that's just what happens I guess.
It's funny that despite a resurgence of the right in many places, Trump has also decisively secured several liberal and left voting blocs (Canada included) that would very likely have fragmented or collapsed altogether otherwise.
‘Colombians don’t appreciate being branded as a nation of drug traffickers, least of all by someone like Trump. For the moment, President Gustavo Petro’s popularity has rebounded.’
New on the blog: Forrest Hylton on Colombia v. Trump.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
New on the blog: Forrest Hylton on Colombia v. Trump.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
Forrest Hylton | Gran Colombia Redux
The US can bomb Venezuelan military and civilian targets from the USS Gerald R. Ford but it’s difficult to imagine...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It's funny that despite a resurgence of the right in many places, Trump has also decisively secured several liberal and left voting blocs (Canada included) that would very likely have fragmented or collapsed altogether otherwise.
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Chico Mendes' Dream
By Leonardo Boff
While the UN conferences on climate change fail, Chico Mendes' concrete utopia remains alive: the Amazon as a common good, not as a sanctuary or commodity.
By Leonardo Boff
While the UN conferences on climate change fail, Chico Mendes' concrete utopia remains alive: the Amazon as a common good, not as a sanctuary or commodity.
O sonho de Chico Mendes
Por Leonardo Boff
Enquanto as COPs fracassam, a utopia concreta de Chico Mendes segue viva: a Amazônia como bem comum, não como santuário ou commodity.
aterraeredonda.com.br/o-sonho-de-c...
#aterraéredonda #LeonardoBoff
Por Leonardo Boff
Enquanto as COPs fracassam, a utopia concreta de Chico Mendes segue viva: a Amazônia como bem comum, não como santuário ou commodity.
aterraeredonda.com.br/o-sonho-de-c...
#aterraéredonda #LeonardoBoff
November 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Chico Mendes' Dream
By Leonardo Boff
While the UN conferences on climate change fail, Chico Mendes' concrete utopia remains alive: the Amazon as a common good, not as a sanctuary or commodity.
By Leonardo Boff
While the UN conferences on climate change fail, Chico Mendes' concrete utopia remains alive: the Amazon as a common good, not as a sanctuary or commodity.
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“What help is it to me that Mary is full of grace, if I am not also full of grace? And what help is it to me that the Father gives birth to his Son unless I too give birth to him?“
-Meister Eckhart
-Meister Eckhart
November 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“What help is it to me that Mary is full of grace, if I am not also full of grace? And what help is it to me that the Father gives birth to his Son unless I too give birth to him?“
-Meister Eckhart
-Meister Eckhart
Apart from Cuba I really think Venezuela is probably the worst country in Latin America you could pick to start a hot war with right now.
Breaking news: Donald Trump has said that Venezuela’s airspace should be considered closed, after a military build-up by US forces in the region on.ft.com/489mnfV
November 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Apart from Cuba I really think Venezuela is probably the worst country in Latin America you could pick to start a hot war with right now.
I've played two baseball video games now and I can't decide whether I like playing them or I just like baseball.
November 29, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I've played two baseball video games now and I can't decide whether I like playing them or I just like baseball.
Why not, seems fitting to pardon a right wing actual narcostate dictator while fantasizing about a left wing one in Venezuela.
Breaking News: President Trump said he would pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, a former president of Honduras who was convicted in a sweeping drug case last year.
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
President Trump said he would pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, who prosecutors said partnered with cocaine traffickers as Honduras’s president and is serving a 45-year sentence.
nyti.ms
November 29, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Why not, seems fitting to pardon a right wing actual narcostate dictator while fantasizing about a left wing one in Venezuela.
Every kid dreams of growing up to become a key functionary in a crypto hoarding company.
Crypto hoarding company shares under pressure as risk appetite wanes reut.rs/4rregCM
Crypto hoarding company shares under pressure as risk appetite wanes
Fresh turbulence in the crypto market is weighing on shares of companies that stockpile bitcoin and other tokens on their balance sheets, stoking concerns over stress in the niche but fast-growing sector.
reut.rs
November 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Every kid dreams of growing up to become a key functionary in a crypto hoarding company.