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Catelli

@catelli.bsky.social

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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"

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Catelli @catelli.bsky.social · Jun 24

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.

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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…

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CANMNT @canmntofficial.bsky.social · 1d

Our fortress is SOLD OUT! Can’t wait to see you all tomorrow, Montréal! Remember to wear red and BE LOUD! 🍁

Notre forteresse affiche COMPLET ! Nous avons hâte de vous voir demain, Montréal ! N’oubliez pas de porter du rouge et d’être BRUYANTS ! 🍁

#CANMNT

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CANMNT @canmntofficial.bsky.social · 15h

It’s a great day to watch #CANMNT play!

C’est une belle journée pour regarder le #CANMNT jouer !

📺: @tsn_official @rds @onesoccer

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 5h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 8h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 4h

Perhaps, there are good reasons for the ongoing restrictions to municipal buildings, however, there should be a very high bar that needs to be met when limiting access to what should be public discussions at City Hall. It's unclear if that high bar is being met here.

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Bjørnar Egede-Nissen 🇨🇦🇳🇴~🇺🇦🇵🇸🍉 @bjornar1.bsky.social · 6h

While we're waiting for information on whether these are minerals are harmful of O3, I'm more concerned about the mind-boggling waste of it all. The earth's resources are not infinite - def not one where we want a habitable biosphere.

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Catelli @catelli.bsky.social · 7h

OK, I hate myself now.

Catelli @catelli.bsky.social · 7h

"Thank Gawd for lobbyists!"

Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 7h

NEW from Toronto Today:

The company behind Toronto’s speed cameras has tapped five lobbyists to help get the Ford government’s ear ahead of promised provincial legislation to end the program. #OnPoli #Topoli
www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-h...

Toronto's speed camera vendor registers to lobby province ahead of Ford's ban

City staff said it’s too early to tell if Ford’s ban opens Toronto up to legal risk for breaking a contract

www.torontotoday.ca

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Catelli @catelli.bsky.social · 7h

rooniecomics.com/comics/rules...

Comic: "Rules for Cooking" from ROONIE THE RABBIT

RABBIT (thinking): I have two simple rules for cooking. RABBIT (thinking): Use fresh, delicious ingredients. The rabbit eats everything in the kitchen. RABBIT (thinking): And cook faster than you eat.

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priyasound.bsky.social @priyasound.bsky.social · 10h

That’s a good use of a parking lot.

A temporary hockey set up for kids on a parking lot for Oktoberfest

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Catelli @catelli.bsky.social · 7h

"Bottom line: There are now one to two Starlink satellites falling back to Earth each day, burning up in the atmosphere with consequences not fully understood."

earthsky.org/human-world/...

1 to 2 Starlink satellites are falling back to Earth each day

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 5d

"There are currently one to two Starlink satellites falling back to Earth every day ... Soon, McDowell told us, there will be up to 5 satellite reentries per day." 😳

1 to 2 Starlink satellites are falling back to Earth each day

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colinmochrie.bsky.social @colinmochrie.bsky.social · 8h

All the world’s a stage, but does it have to be such a lousy production?

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Catelli @catelli.bsky.social · 9h

{Need to edit that post because that is shit composition. But can't, because BlueSky}

Catelli @catelli.bsky.social · 9h

I find it ironic this is most of my responses now about the stuff I see and read on social media.

a black and white drawing of a stick figure with a face and a finger up .

Alt: A black and white GIF of a stick figure about to make a point, then realizing the futility, turning and walking away.

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Catelli @catelli.bsky.social · 9h

‪Paul Fairie‬ finally got me to click that "degrading practice the pope just condemned" story and I have many a conflicted feeling.

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 10h

The San Jose Sharks are performance art

Dimitri Filipovic @dimfilipovic.bsky.social · 23h

the beautiful game

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 10h

Dear woman who walks laps around my block screaming at her phone: no, girl, i can’t believe what she did! she stole whose man?!? how dare she!

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cosmo (themb) @cosmomomo.social · 10h

wild how everyone leading AI is like IT'S BAD, BUT SOMEONE IS GONNA MAKE IT AND WE DONT WANT TO BE LEFT BEHIND

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Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 11h

long body especially well suited for zooming up the park stairway