Spaghetti Thoughts

Rambling diatribes from an aging white man. We need more of those, right?

If I Could Turn Back Time

Somehow I meet myself back in the year 1990….

Catelli|June 25, 2026

In Hindsight, the Future was a Mistake

Call me cranky, say I’m wearing horseshit coloured glasses, but I’m becoming more and more convinced that the invention of the Integrated Circuit was a huge mistake. Everything has a chip in it now, and pairing it with wireless or wired network access has opened up indescribable conveniences and efficiencies that are awe inspiring when I sit back and consider the progress made in my lifetime.

Catelli|June 25, 2026

Intruding on the Default

Humans don’t truly respect one another in our modern society. We constantly intrude on one another and take advantage of our unwillingness to create conflict, giving the advantage to the intruder.

Catelli|June 25, 2026

Social Norms Evolve

...they aren’t created

Catelli|June 17, 2026

Catelli|June 17, 2026

Trust. The Glue That Holds Society Together.

This article on Open Canada raises an important point:

Catelli|June 09, 2026

Dear Men, We Only Have Men to Blame

From what I understand of certain narratives our there, the decline of men in the workplace is because of the rise of women and immigrants. I’ve always known that to be bullshit, but it’s a simple story, and our innate bias in using observational data (I see brown people working where white people used to, etc.) acts as confirmation. It’s all wrong. Completely wrong.

Catelli|April 21, 2026

Is Canada Free-Riding on Defense?

It is taken as fact that Canada’s is a “freeloader” or “free-rider” in NATO. I find this to be a particularly pernicious and troublesome myth. Dan Gardner presents it thusly

Catelli|February 12, 2025

Welcome to the Vibellion

It’s wild to type this out as both a record and a commentary at the same time. I am recording for posterity a chaotic situation that is in rapid flux. There’s a lot of background information that needs to be known and understood as this post exists in the middle of “something.” How will this post stand the test of time, especially online time as digital records disappear? If you read this in the present or the future, and have no idea what I am going on about, I apologize. I hope all the related records stand the test of time.

Catelli|December 07, 2024

Catelli|December 07, 2024

The Death of Liberal Optimism?

Has the reactionary right stolen optimism from us?

Catelli|November 07, 2024

What Do People Want From Politics?

A response to David Moscrop

Catelli|September 03, 2024

Is Copilot a Better Author?

As an experiment I asked Microsoft Copilot to analyze my blog post

Catelli|June 04, 2024

AI, The Digital El Dorado

A modern quest for a myth.

Catelli|February 01, 2024

The Internet Broke Society

Yeah I know, everyone says it. But are they wrong?

Catelli|August 07, 2023

The Misunderstanding is Strong

When the math doesn't math

Catelli|June 03, 2023

Catelli|June 03, 2023

The Algorithm Wants You to be Angry

My friend brought up a conversation we had back on the Twitters. “The Algorithm just wants us to be angry, or hurt, or emotional so we engage.”

Catelli|May 03, 2023

It's Your Fault You Didn't Protect Yourself

Information security and how we have been made responsible for our own safety and security.

Catelli|February 23, 2023

The Ethics of Staying on Twitter

When Elon Musk announced his intention to purchase Twitter, I knew then and there that staying on Twitter is counter to the values I hold. I cannot in good conscience provide revenue to any company owned by Elon Musk.

Catelli|January 10, 2023

Unpacking the Ontario Election

For such a snoozefest of an Election campaign where the result was foretold eons ago when the Ontario Liberals elected Steven Del Duca as their new leader, there’s still a lot to unpack and understand. We know the result, but what really happened and why did it happen?

Catelli|June 03, 2022

What Does it Matter? All Politicians Lie.

For all the political coverage and obsession with all things politics, interviews with power brokers, pundits, partisans and political operatives; we never discuss the big elephant in the room. That a significant and prominent segment of the electorate is cynical about all politicians. An election is throwing out the current crop of bums to replace them with a new crop of bums.

Catelli|May 28, 2022

The Police Are Not an Army

..even though they dress and equip like one.

Catelli|May 26, 2022

Catelli|May 26, 2022

The Problem With the Strategic Voting Campaign

As with every election lately in Canada where a Conservative party is leading in the polls, there are calls for “progressive voters” to vote strategically in their riding to deny the Conservative candidate a seat in government. The upcoming Ontario election on June 2, 2022 is no different.

Catelli|May 24, 2022

Ideology as Religion

A response to A lament for conservatism by Sean Speer

Catelli|May 19, 2022

Journalism is Poised on a Pedestal of Rubble

Originally Published: Jan 2, 2022

Catelli|January 02, 2022

Sharing our Lives

To set the background, I’ve been incredibly skeptical of the benefits of language policing, tone policing, and other debates around how we should use language to communicate with each other. As powerful and flexible as the English is, it is also an imperfect vessel for imperfect humans to share imperfect thoughts.

Catelli|December 18, 2021