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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Don't give WestJet any ideas. #cdnpoli
‼️ Russia: “In the Irkutsk region, passengers of civilian flights have begun to be transported on cargo planes.”
Without prior notice that their flight experience has been changed 😂
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/23/v...
Without prior notice that their flight experience has been changed 😂
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/23/v...
January 23, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Don't give WestJet any ideas. #cdnpoli
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This is the most Canadian thing I have read in a while
Love it when the snow squeaks under my boots like the cheese curds in poutine.
January 24, 2026 at 3:54 PM
This is the most Canadian thing I have read in a while
I don't know where peaceful protest flips to violence for protection and opposition, but I feel we're going to see that transition soon.
January 24, 2026 at 3:54 PM
I don't know where peaceful protest flips to violence for protection and opposition, but I feel we're going to see that transition soon.
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Today seems like a good day to talk about the Calgary zoo’s penguin walk. When P was little we went to it a lot! You don’t have to go invade Antarctica…sorry Greenland…to walk with them www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Penguins 'waiting by the door' to take part in daily stroll through Calgary Zoo | CBC News
It wasn't on the scale of March of the Penguins, but a baker's dozen of king penguins strutted through the Calgary Zoo Wednesday to mark 14 years of the winter event.
www.cbc.ca
January 24, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Today seems like a good day to talk about the Calgary zoo’s penguin walk. When P was little we went to it a lot! You don’t have to go invade Antarctica…sorry Greenland…to walk with them www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Does the USA have large enough prisons to hold all the horrid enablers and enforcers of this regime?
Maybe that colony on Mars isn't a bad idea after all. [Dark humour frustration moment]
Maybe that colony on Mars isn't a bad idea after all. [Dark humour frustration moment]
January 24, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Does the USA have large enough prisons to hold all the horrid enablers and enforcers of this regime?
Maybe that colony on Mars isn't a bad idea after all. [Dark humour frustration moment]
Maybe that colony on Mars isn't a bad idea after all. [Dark humour frustration moment]
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ART OF GUITAR - Marcin, RJ Pasin (Official Video)
YouTube video by Marcin
youtu.be
January 24, 2026 at 2:55 AM
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It's equivalent to a toddler 'doo doo head' insult. Nothing.
January 24, 2026 at 3:02 PM
It's equivalent to a toddler 'doo doo head' insult. Nothing.
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Well shit, time to hit them harder, I guess. What do you all think??
Trump’s back to threatening 100% tariffs on Canada this morning, wow I can’t imagine why the Canadians now see the Chinese as a more reliable trade partner
January 24, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Well shit, time to hit them harder, I guess. What do you all think??
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Canada is now increasingly in the same position vis-a-vis the U.S. that Finland is vis-a-vis Russia and that becomes more & more clear every day.
We need to start acting like we live next door to a powerful and belligerent adversary with eyes on our territory and contempt for our people and culture.
We need to start acting like we live next door to a powerful and belligerent adversary with eyes on our territory and contempt for our people and culture.
January 24, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Canada is now increasingly in the same position vis-a-vis the U.S. that Finland is vis-a-vis Russia and that becomes more & more clear every day.
We need to start acting like we live next door to a powerful and belligerent adversary with eyes on our territory and contempt for our people and culture.
We need to start acting like we live next door to a powerful and belligerent adversary with eyes on our territory and contempt for our people and culture.
"If Governor Carney thinks he is going to make Canada a "Drop Off Port" for China to send goods and products into the United States"
The narcissism on display here is still wild though. It doesn't occur to him that we would want to buy those goods ourselves. Nope, Trump's America is the real goal.
The narcissism on display here is still wild though. It doesn't occur to him that we would want to buy those goods ourselves. Nope, Trump's America is the real goal.
January 24, 2026 at 2:43 PM
"If Governor Carney thinks he is going to make Canada a "Drop Off Port" for China to send goods and products into the United States"
The narcissism on display here is still wild though. It doesn't occur to him that we would want to buy those goods ourselves. Nope, Trump's America is the real goal.
The narcissism on display here is still wild though. It doesn't occur to him that we would want to buy those goods ourselves. Nope, Trump's America is the real goal.
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Same feeling. And maybe that's the one upside to all of this: The US is forcing the rest of the world to at least acknowledge the need to coordinate/cooperate. Maybe the American Humiliation gets the rest of us where we need to go?
January 24, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Same feeling. And maybe that's the one upside to all of this: The US is forcing the rest of the world to at least acknowledge the need to coordinate/cooperate. Maybe the American Humiliation gets the rest of us where we need to go?
I completely missed the "Governor Carney" insult. Looked right past it.
He's such a loathsome and repetitive little man. His insults have stopped having any meaning.
He's such a loathsome and repetitive little man. His insults have stopped having any meaning.
January 24, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I completely missed the "Governor Carney" insult. Looked right past it.
He's such a loathsome and repetitive little man. His insults have stopped having any meaning.
He's such a loathsome and repetitive little man. His insults have stopped having any meaning.
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Let the shit-gibbon do his worst. It's the coldest 2 weeks of the year, american utility bills have doubled and tripled. Food is already massively expensive. Go ahead - make shit even more expensive for americans.
January 24, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Let the shit-gibbon do his worst. It's the coldest 2 weeks of the year, american utility bills have doubled and tripled. Food is already massively expensive. Go ahead - make shit even more expensive for americans.
Donald Trump likes to inflict pain. But hates feeling it. As does everyone that supports and enables him.
That should inform our strategy.
Every single one of them is an evil bully and the biggest wimps on the planet. Make them squeal.
Make them turn on one another. Don't let up.
That should inform our strategy.
Every single one of them is an evil bully and the biggest wimps on the planet. Make them squeal.
Make them turn on one another. Don't let up.
January 24, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Donald Trump likes to inflict pain. But hates feeling it. As does everyone that supports and enables him.
That should inform our strategy.
Every single one of them is an evil bully and the biggest wimps on the planet. Make them squeal.
Make them turn on one another. Don't let up.
That should inform our strategy.
Every single one of them is an evil bully and the biggest wimps on the planet. Make them squeal.
Make them turn on one another. Don't let up.
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Didn't this addled halfwit say like three days ago that if Canada could get a deal with China, it should?
(he did)
(he did)
“If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the U.S.A.”
January 24, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Didn't this addled halfwit say like three days ago that if Canada could get a deal with China, it should?
(he did)
(he did)
What if, now hear me out, every nation in the world got together and hit the USA with a "100% Export Tax" on all products shipped to the USA?
“If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the U.S.A.”
January 24, 2026 at 2:13 PM
What if, now hear me out, every nation in the world got together and hit the USA with a "100% Export Tax" on all products shipped to the USA?
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What should we do with AI when the bubble bursts?
In my latest for CIGI, I argue that decision-makers and citizens need to be more attentive to AI’s social, cultural and democratic implications, and not simply its promises of productivity and economic growth.
www.cigionline.org/articles/aft...
In my latest for CIGI, I argue that decision-makers and citizens need to be more attentive to AI’s social, cultural and democratic implications, and not simply its promises of productivity and economic growth.
www.cigionline.org/articles/aft...
After the Pop: Should the AI Economy Be Rescued or Set Adrift?
What we do in the face of the AI bubble depends on our assessment of the value produced or damaged by different kinds of AI.
www.cigionline.org
January 24, 2026 at 1:16 PM
What should we do with AI when the bubble bursts?
In my latest for CIGI, I argue that decision-makers and citizens need to be more attentive to AI’s social, cultural and democratic implications, and not simply its promises of productivity and economic growth.
www.cigionline.org/articles/aft...
In my latest for CIGI, I argue that decision-makers and citizens need to be more attentive to AI’s social, cultural and democratic implications, and not simply its promises of productivity and economic growth.
www.cigionline.org/articles/aft...
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There is no appeasing. There is no negotiating a deal. The US is a rogue state and our biggest threat.
“If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the U.S.A.”
January 24, 2026 at 2:03 PM
There is no appeasing. There is no negotiating a deal. The US is a rogue state and our biggest threat.
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To delete your TikTok account without agreeing to the new TOS:
1) put your phone in airplane mode
2) open TikTok and go to your profile
3) go to settings and scroll down to delete account
4) turn airplane mode off
5) delete your account
Credit to @ kimsaira on instagram for this
1) put your phone in airplane mode
2) open TikTok and go to your profile
3) go to settings and scroll down to delete account
4) turn airplane mode off
5) delete your account
Credit to @ kimsaira on instagram for this
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US. www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.
www.wired.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:59 AM
To delete your TikTok account without agreeing to the new TOS:
1) put your phone in airplane mode
2) open TikTok and go to your profile
3) go to settings and scroll down to delete account
4) turn airplane mode off
5) delete your account
Credit to @ kimsaira on instagram for this
1) put your phone in airplane mode
2) open TikTok and go to your profile
3) go to settings and scroll down to delete account
4) turn airplane mode off
5) delete your account
Credit to @ kimsaira on instagram for this
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One American here to say that the Canadian people (in the Elbows Up campaign and their fierce boycotting of American products) and then Prime Minister Carney (in all his interactions with Trump even before Davos) have not only led the way but have inspired those of us trapped inside the nightmare.
January 24, 2026 at 1:40 PM
One American here to say that the Canadian people (in the Elbows Up campaign and their fierce boycotting of American products) and then Prime Minister Carney (in all his interactions with Trump even before Davos) have not only led the way but have inspired those of us trapped inside the nightmare.
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A big problem with The End of History is it’s far too long and has far too much Hegel so most people know the title but not the book and missed the crucial and prophetic caveat at the end. This book should have remained an essay
January 24, 2026 at 10:44 AM
A big problem with The End of History is it’s far too long and has far too much Hegel so most people know the title but not the book and missed the crucial and prophetic caveat at the end. This book should have remained an essay
Stupid nostalgia moment.
I miss frost on the windows in the house. The patterns were neat to look at.
Look, I was a kid at the time. I wasn't the one paying the power bill.
I miss frost on the windows in the house. The patterns were neat to look at.
Look, I was a kid at the time. I wasn't the one paying the power bill.
January 24, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Stupid nostalgia moment.
I miss frost on the windows in the house. The patterns were neat to look at.
Look, I was a kid at the time. I wasn't the one paying the power bill.
I miss frost on the windows in the house. The patterns were neat to look at.
Look, I was a kid at the time. I wasn't the one paying the power bill.
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Exclusive: A cyberattack targeting Poland's energy infrastructure in December used wiper malware that would have erased grid computers and rendered them inoperable had it not been thwarted, a researcher at @ESET told me. The researcher calls the attack "unprecedented" for Poland and "substantial"
Cyberattack Targeting Poland’s Energy Grid Used a Wiper
A cyberattack that targeted power plants and other energy producers in Poland at the end of December used malware known as a “wiper” that was intended to erase computers and cause a power outage and o...
www.zetter-zeroday.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Exclusive: A cyberattack targeting Poland's energy infrastructure in December used wiper malware that would have erased grid computers and rendered them inoperable had it not been thwarted, a researcher at @ESET told me. The researcher calls the attack "unprecedented" for Poland and "substantial"
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“...Stephen Nagy has argued that middle powers seeking to co-ordinate action against a great power face...a version of the prisoner’s dilemma. Collectively, there are benefits to acting together but each has an interest in cutting their own deal.” www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...
Opinion: Carney rang an opening bell in Davos. What comes next?
The middle-power project for countries such as Canada isn’t as clear as the alarm he sounded
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:12 PM
“...Stephen Nagy has argued that middle powers seeking to co-ordinate action against a great power face...a version of the prisoner’s dilemma. Collectively, there are benefits to acting together but each has an interest in cutting their own deal.” www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...