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Richard Dettman

@rwdettman.bsky.social

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Vancouverite. Radio lifer, most recently 680 NewsRadio Toronto & 1130 NewsRadio Vancouver. RTDNA Lifetime Achievement award. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FamilyWheels. Former blue check. 🦋12/23

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Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · Nov 19

This day was just a token
Too many words are still unspoken
Oh well, we'll catch up some other time

A cortado coffee in a place on Burrard Street, Vancouver

Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 1d

The Coffee Crisp of resistance books.
Based on my experience at *Canada’s largest book chain* maybe order it directly.

Screenshot of book, tea mug beside it, and post about difficulties obtaining the book.

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Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 1d

“targeting the operators of several modern slavery scam compounds in Southeast Asia—where, as a whole, hundreds of thousands of human trafficking victims have been forced to run the fraud operations on behalf of criminal gangs.”

WIRED @wired.com · 1d

Officials in the US and UK have taken sweeping action against “one of the largest investment fraud operations in history,” confiscating a historic amount of funds in the process. www.wired.com/story/feds-s...

Feds Seize Record-Breaking $15 Billion in Bitcoin From Alleged Scam Empire

Officials in the US and UK have taken sweeping action against “one of the largest investment fraud operations in history,” confiscating a historic amount of funds in the process.

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 1d

Alberta premier Danielle Smith reveals she met with the Heritage Foundation - the group behind Project 2025 - shortly after Trump's election. Reporting by @desmog.com #abpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Smith Reveals Meeting with the US Heritage Foundation After Trump Win | The Tyee

The Alberta premier said she met with the right-wing think tank because of its influence on the president.

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Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 1d

Never thought of it that way! He’d have done well.
Rosemeyer and his aviation adventurer wife Elly Beinhorn were like a Hollywood couple. Might make a good film.

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 1d

I see muskox zoomies, I share muskox zoomies. Those are the rules.

Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium @ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social · 1d

Muskox Monday mood: activated. Willow and Pretzel are zooming into the week like pros! 💕 #MondayMotivation

📹: Curator Jen

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Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 2d

New follower from a foreign land here.
Why isn’t this hilarious and informative account not huge?!?!

Washington State Dept of Natural Resources @wadnr.bsky.social · 13d

And, baby, that's showfish business for you ✨

That's right, this (not so Swift) star might be dressed for a new era, but has been hard at work for years helping us generate millions for restoring aquatic lands all over Washington. dnr.wa.gov/aquatics/she...

A stunning album cover with the words "The Life of a Showfish" in orange glittery letters. The album also features a geoduck, semi-submerged in water wearing a bedazzled top and looking their best in Washington's waters.

On the back cover, the geoduck is wearing a new bedazzled top, and a Vegas-showgirl styled headdress, with large orange feathers imitating their natural siphon process. The list of songs is 1. The Fate of Ceviche, 2. Elizabeth Taylor, 3. Pearl, 4. Father Figure, 5. Largest Mollusk, 6. Ruin The Conference Bannquet Table, 7. Actually Romantic, 8. WA Wi$h Li$t, 9. Wood, 10. CENSORED!, 11. Siphon, 12. The Life of a Showfish (Feat. Sabrina Carpenter Ant).

Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 2d

“It’s been a dramatic drop. It’s very rare that we see someone pull in to play golf that’s coming from Canada,” said Paul Dame, owner of Bluff Point Golf Resort, which is located just 35 minutes from downtown Montreal.

CNN @cnn.com · 2d

Virginia Distillery CEO Gareth Moore was bullish on his company's American single malt whisky sales north of the border when 2025 kicked off.

"We were looking to triple the business. Instead, it collapsed to zero," Moore told CNN in a phone interview. https://cnn.it/4ogBglG

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Tyler Orton @reporton.bsky.social · 3d

TransLink should invest exclusively in aisle seats. It’s what the people want. #canadaline

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Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 3d

Zack Polanski, the flinty but caring detective from the north side of Chicago? Solved a murder a week for 26 weeks a year. Legend.

Screenshot of post by The Guardian showing UK Green Party leader Zack Polanski, headline stating party membership is 100,000 for the first time.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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gatos fazendo gatices @gatinarios.bsky.social · 4d

me sentindo meio assim

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

Imagine that

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Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 4d

Yes… ha ha ha…YES!

Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 5d

“Repeated Chicken with Noisy Signaling” is a terrible recipe.

Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 5d

“…tactical noise misinterpreted as strategy, disrupting a system that depends on consistent signals and rational play.”

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

Trump treats strategic uncertainty “as if it were a lever: increase unpredictability, and your opponent backs down. ..

“.. It draws from an incomplete version of brinkmanship—one that omits the crucial role of credible signaling, commitment mechanisms, and reputation.”

@maverick12.bsky.social

"Strategic Uncertainty" Isn't Strategy

Game Theory Lessons for Trump’s 2025 Tariff Doctrine

www.emerging-strategy.com

Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 5d

Rainy day?
We’ve got a nap for that!
#cats #ennui

Longhair cat lies wanly on a blanket on a couch.

Closeup of cat’s head resting on blanket, one eye almost shut.

Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 5d

Daang, another great one.

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 5d

Something’s Coming

Trump’s voice is more Richard Nixon than Marni Nixon, but he felt pretty after cutting a deal with Officer Bibi. Now that a girl named Maria has won the peace prize will Donald the shark start a rumble with Norway?

by Maureen Dowd

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Reuters @reuters.com · 5d

Moody Blues singer and bassist John Lodge dies at 82 reut.rs/4762YKV

Moody Blues singer and bassist John Lodge dies at 82

John Lodge, the co-singer and bass guitarist of British rock band The Moody Blues, has died at the age of 82, his family said on Friday in a statement cited by British media.

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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 5d

Honestly, Trump had a better chance of winning Miss Teen USA

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 6d

I've decided to dedicate my life to confidently popping into people's replies and saying "why are people surprised by this" despite nobody, anywhere, expressing any surprise

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Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 6d

“…Wang was arraigned on two additional charges of committing preparatory acts on behalf of a foreign entity…”

Castanet.net @castanet.net · 6d

Hydro spying trial could begin as judge to rule on utility's motion to shield details #Quebec

Hydro spying trial could begin as judge to rule on utility's motion to shield details - Canada News

A Quebec court judge is expected to rule this morning on whether to redact some of the information to be presented at an approaching economic espionage trial.

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Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 6d

I now understand this strange desire to be a loan officer.

Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 7d

“…would have also stopped doctors from providing puberty blockers to minors, prevented the use of "wrong pronouns" in schools and banned the use of public funds for gender transitions.”

Castanet.net @castanet.net · 7d

Kelowna MLA's bill that would have stopped doctors from providing puberty blockers defeated (BC)