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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 59m

This guy is scared of strangers but I think he'd make an exception for a specific weird Italian guy

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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 2h

I learned recently (from @edgeofsports.bsky.social book on Howard Zinn) that Daniel Berrigan once used one of their puppets to escape from the FBI after the Catonsville 9 destroyed draft cards with homemade napalm.

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 14h

800 years since the passing of St. Francis and man I love this guy.

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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 21h

If a White Sox player hits a single, double, triple and homer in the same playoff game, it's now called an encyclical.

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Catholic bishops of Alberta have released a pastoral letter related to the Alberta Independence referendum. The letter stops short of endorsing a yes or no (common in bishops' letters in the US and Canada) but the key considerations lean in a fairly obvious direction. caedm.ca/catholic-bis...

How will this decision affect others, particularly those who are most vulnerable?
Have I considered the good of others alongside my own interests?
To what extent might fear, anger, or resentment be influencing my judgement?
What kind of society or community are we building for future generations through this choice?

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Betting your entire climate change strategy on carbon capture, which has been the whole approach of Carney's government, is literally betting on science fiction. There are zero--none, nada, zilch--examples of this technology being deployed at scale to reduce national emissions.

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Well have you considered that we're closer, as of today, to a new huge oil pipeline? It's in the national interest guys.

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I am begging Canadians to connect the very bad climate effects we're increasingly experiencing to decisions that a currently remarkably popular government is pursuing.

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Exactly, the threat isn't AI superintelligence, it's human abdication of our own intelligence in favor of the fantasies of rich tech bros. Anyway we should really just not have this stuff. On top of all the other issues, there's no future where people are wise enough to mitigate these situations.

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Out of what I can only assume is permanent Catholic austerity derangement syndrome I haven't owned a proper winter coat my whole adult life and I can at least tell you that wearing every shirt you have outside is a reliable strategy to get through a polar vortex in Toronto.

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Brazilian Conference of Catholic Bishops, which has been outspoken against far-right tendencies in Brazil, also had their X account restricted. paydayreport.com/x-blocks-acc...

paydayreport.com

X Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back Lula

Polls show Catholics backing Lula as the church denounces foreign interference.

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Claire Blencowe @claireblencowe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We're hiring! 2 Research Fellows to investigate the power of religion in extractive industry struggles - focusing on Brazil or the USA, as part of RAIDS Application deadline Nov 5th, 2026 Full information: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/soci...

warwick.ac.uk

Religious Authority in Extractive Industry Struggles (RAIDS)

The global rush for minerals often overlooks religious authority, which is a hidden force shaping local resistance and corporate power. The ERC-funded RAIDS project aims to explore how religion serves...

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yea, foolish mortals, Noah’s flood is not yet subsided; two thirds of the fair world it yet covers.

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In fact my workday would be more efficient because I wouldn't spend any of it sifting through AI nonsense.

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Great @cheekface.bsky.social show as always but especially enjoyed Greg watching Apes of the State from a shadowy perch like Batman.

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In a "focus" article on the mining industry with several sections on political challenges, no one apparently thought it's important to observe that the industry is also among the *most* notorious for human rights abuses and environmental destruction.

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america’s local band cheekface @cheekface.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Toronto tonight at Mod Club‼️ 7 pm the doors 8 pm @apesofthestate 9 pm checkface 10:20 pm u buy a merch Just a few tix left for this one ‼️ PLEASE BRING CASH FOR MERCH, our card swiper does not work in Canada‼️ Also can take a PayPal payment if you have PayPal ‼️

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Michael DeForge @michaeldeforge.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

not for nothing, but in 2020 i wrote about the ethical choices we make as commercial artists and tried to update Milton Glaser's classic "12 Steps To Design Hell" list. 6 years later, my list of hypotheticals already seems sorta quaint www.ssense.com/en-mx/editor...

ssense.com

12 (New) Steps On The Road To Design Hell

Artist Michael DeForge Updates The Classic Milton Glaser Guidelines For Contemporary Hellscapes

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What if caring about people's material needs *is* a moral and ethical story about how to live together in this moment? I take it this is what drives the popularity of Mamdani and others, that people are willing to allow themselves a brief risk of hope that a politician might do something good.

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Guys do not tell these researchers about tomagachis

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Lula bans advertising for online sports betting. Imagine how cool it would be if John Ham legally couldn't ask you to ruin your finances while you enjoy A Game.

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My phone camera is struggling these days but the Blue Jays really have a great ballpark.

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Really shameful how little meaningful attention has been paid by Democrats and media outlets to Cuba and Trump's (Rubio's) single minded crusade to starve and potentially go to war to make it submit.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 25/09/2026

An individual in Canada used ChatGPT for eight months to plan one of the country’s worst mass shootings. Yet, if you listen to politicians and media, the real threat of AI is a fantastical scenario where it might wipe out humans in ten years. They need to stop getting fooled by tech deceivers.

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The media has the AI threat all wrong

Generative AI is harming people today. We don’t need to waste time fantasizing about science fictional scenarios.

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Lincoln was a lot smarter than this.

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The IMF keeps insisting it has learned its lessons from decades of brutal neoliberalism and structural adjustment and then it keeps creating situations like this.

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Elbows up [against older folks concerned about climate change]

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What we see in LLM use is helpfully illuminated by comparison to how Marx describes the way we encounter commodities in capitalism. When you buy something, you generally meet it as a finished product, which you buy because you want to use it. It appears in an abstract way, on a shelf (or website).

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Chris Dazzleox 🇵🇸 @dazzleox.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I agree with your metaphor, if it even really is one. It just seems like the logical conclusion of commodity fetishism to make a fake human brain a product that obscures its relations as well. Wallace Shawn's once obscure play has taken on quite a life on the Internet with this part..

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Can't find my computer charger after a work trip but the workday has started. Prayers to St. Anthony are about to become inversely proportional to my battery icon.

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Dems should be committing publicly to prosecuting these murderers.

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Emma Arkell @emmaarkell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This "significant labour legislation" could very likely end the right to strike for thousands of workers through expanding whose work is "essential," lengthening bargaining timelines or introducing US style laws. pressprogress.ca/mark-carneys...

pressprogress.ca

Mark Carney’s Government is Rushing Through Major Changes to Canada’s Labour Laws. Unions Say Workers Should Be Alarmed.

Unions are warning Carney is planning to place limits on the right to strike and deliver other items on 'Corporate Canada's wish list'

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

You can pick glaciers or fossil fuel powered data centers but you can't have both. Personally I think glaciers are cool.

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This is absolutely how Dante would have presented Charlie Kirk in the Inferno.

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I resent having to learn about AI but one thing it has done for me is given me the confidence to not worry about this stuff. Once you understand a person like Hubinger is a paid conspiracy theorist and science fiction LARP artist you can go back to being mad about regular things.

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Imagine going to school for public relations and you end up working here.

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Stories like this are why Peter C. Bjarkman insisted for all their faults the protectionist leagues in Cuba and Japan were important for both countries and players; the DR is a hunting ground for the MLB that poaches talent, denying locals a league of their own and players a lot of dignity.

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Starting to think the global liberal effort to destroy socialism might have some negative effects.

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