George Butters
@georgebutters.bsky.social
Storyteller - Propeller Head - Technology Translator - Zoom Pro - Mac Keynote Fan - Incurable WFA Freelancer from Usenet to Bluesky
The Canadian Medical Association left Twitter/X this week.
The announcement notes Musk's role in the Trump administration and adds "it's clear the platform has become a tool for the U.S. government and its attacks on Canadians and our sovereignty."
Way to go, Docs!
#twitter #CMA #Canada #Musk
The announcement notes Musk's role in the Trump administration and adds "it's clear the platform has become a tool for the U.S. government and its attacks on Canadians and our sovereignty."
Way to go, Docs!
#twitter #CMA #Canada #Musk
March 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
About as shocking as a duck quacking.
I’m shocked. Trump, Vance and Musk have been telling us that Putin wants peace.
March 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
About as shocking as a duck quacking.
Did I hear correctly that Trump Motors opened a new Tesla dealership on the White House lawn today?
March 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Did I hear correctly that Trump Motors opened a new Tesla dealership on the White House lawn today?
Here's an impassioned opinion from a famous Canadian, William Shatner, from 15 years ago. Comedy with teeth.
youtu.be/eKLkmTz-kJw?...
youtu.be/eKLkmTz-kJw?...
William Shatner - I Am Canadian
YouTube video by Alan Imrie
youtu.be
March 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Here's an impassioned opinion from a famous Canadian, William Shatner, from 15 years ago. Comedy with teeth.
youtu.be/eKLkmTz-kJw?...
youtu.be/eKLkmTz-kJw?...
Trump’s War on Accountability Continues
YouTube video by NowThis Impact
youtube.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Reposted by George Butters
CWA Canada members and their children are eligible for $4,000 Joe Beirne scholarships! Apply by April 30.
Joe Beirne Scholarship Program
The CWA Joe Beirne Foundation offers partial college scholarships each academic year. CWA members and their spouses, children and grandchildren, including those of retired or deceased members, are eli...
cwa-union.org
February 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
CWA Canada members and their children are eligible for $4,000 Joe Beirne scholarships! Apply by April 30.
Welcome to 1215. Has the new King of the USA heard about the Magna Carta, or are do we have to do the Middle Ages all over again?
February 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Welcome to 1215. Has the new King of the USA heard about the Magna Carta, or are do we have to do the Middle Ages all over again?
Trump said today that Ukraine shouldn't have started the war with Russia.
Up is down.
Day is night.
You're supposed to believe there is no truth, because it's always a flood of lies.
Don't believe him.
Up is down.
Day is night.
You're supposed to believe there is no truth, because it's always a flood of lies.
Don't believe him.
February 19, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Trump said today that Ukraine shouldn't have started the war with Russia.
Up is down.
Day is night.
You're supposed to believe there is no truth, because it's always a flood of lies.
Don't believe him.
Up is down.
Day is night.
You're supposed to believe there is no truth, because it's always a flood of lies.
Don't believe him.
Bezos chose to support Trump's Project 2025 and attacks on Canada and other allies.
He chose to shut down operations in Quebec to block legal and legitimate unionization.
Choices have consequences.
He chose to shut down operations in Quebec to block legal and legitimate unionization.
Choices have consequences.
February 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Bezos chose to support Trump's Project 2025 and attacks on Canada and other allies.
He chose to shut down operations in Quebec to block legal and legitimate unionization.
Choices have consequences.
He chose to shut down operations in Quebec to block legal and legitimate unionization.
Choices have consequences.
John F. Kennedy to Canada's Parliament in May 1961:
"Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies. Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder."
Trump and Musk are very good at breaking things.
"Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies. Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder."
Trump and Musk are very good at breaking things.
February 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
John F. Kennedy to Canada's Parliament in May 1961:
"Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies. Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder."
Trump and Musk are very good at breaking things.
"Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies. Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder."
Trump and Musk are very good at breaking things.
From Canadian political cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon's post on Twitter (thanks to a friend) explaining how tariffs work in visual terms that anyone with a functioning brain can understand.
February 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
From Canadian political cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon's post on Twitter (thanks to a friend) explaining how tariffs work in visual terms that anyone with a functioning brain can understand.
thanks, @codemunkee.bsky.social
We're taking a look...so much intel coming in about this, it's a challenge keeping up.
We're taking a look...so much intel coming in about this, it's a challenge keeping up.
January 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
thanks, @codemunkee.bsky.social
We're taking a look...so much intel coming in about this, it's a challenge keeping up.
We're taking a look...so much intel coming in about this, it's a challenge keeping up.
Reposted by George Butters
Dear Donald,
Thanks for including us in your deranged Christmas message.
Being Canadian means free health care and limiting access to assault weapons.
In your 51st state our kids would get shot at in school and CEOs would be shot for denying health care.
So no.
Now piss off.
Your northern neighbour
Thanks for including us in your deranged Christmas message.
Being Canadian means free health care and limiting access to assault weapons.
In your 51st state our kids would get shot at in school and CEOs would be shot for denying health care.
So no.
Now piss off.
Your northern neighbour
December 25, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Dear Donald,
Thanks for including us in your deranged Christmas message.
Being Canadian means free health care and limiting access to assault weapons.
In your 51st state our kids would get shot at in school and CEOs would be shot for denying health care.
So no.
Now piss off.
Your northern neighbour
Thanks for including us in your deranged Christmas message.
Being Canadian means free health care and limiting access to assault weapons.
In your 51st state our kids would get shot at in school and CEOs would be shot for denying health care.
So no.
Now piss off.
Your northern neighbour
RAM is usually the single best way to improve the performance of your computer. It's unfortunate that Apple stopped making it upgradable, forcing many buyers into irreparable guess work at the time of purchase. Uncertainty adds stress to an already fraught upgrade.
I went from an M1 MacBook Pro with 8gb of ram to an M4 Pro with 48gb and lemme tell ya: definitely a lil faster
December 20, 2024 at 12:20 PM
RAM is usually the single best way to improve the performance of your computer. It's unfortunate that Apple stopped making it upgradable, forcing many buyers into irreparable guess work at the time of purchase. Uncertainty adds stress to an already fraught upgrade.
The mass cleanup continues with the first for-sale items posted.
Opened another box: DV tapes. The ones worth keeping.
The problem now: How do you get video off old tapes?
After a day of complexity, the solution was in a box stored ages ago.
Watching old family videos. How cool is that?
Opened another box: DV tapes. The ones worth keeping.
The problem now: How do you get video off old tapes?
After a day of complexity, the solution was in a box stored ages ago.
Watching old family videos. How cool is that?
December 16, 2024 at 3:47 AM
The mass cleanup continues with the first for-sale items posted.
Opened another box: DV tapes. The ones worth keeping.
The problem now: How do you get video off old tapes?
After a day of complexity, the solution was in a box stored ages ago.
Watching old family videos. How cool is that?
Opened another box: DV tapes. The ones worth keeping.
The problem now: How do you get video off old tapes?
After a day of complexity, the solution was in a box stored ages ago.
Watching old family videos. How cool is that?
Reposted by George Butters
Experience in media, financial services, and online communities and I turn to the same four-letter word for anything new: R-I-S-K
If you use ChatGPT, you owe it to your clients to be aware of the risks. Especially if you're teaching them how it works.
GTP-4o Risks:
openai.com/index/gpt-4o...
If you use ChatGPT, you owe it to your clients to be aware of the risks. Especially if you're teaching them how it works.
GTP-4o Risks:
openai.com/index/gpt-4o...
GPT-4o System Card
This report outlines the safety work carried out prior to releasing GPT-4o including external red teaming, frontier risk evaluations according to our Preparedness Framework, and an overview of the mit...
openai.com
November 27, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Experience in media, financial services, and online communities and I turn to the same four-letter word for anything new: R-I-S-K
If you use ChatGPT, you owe it to your clients to be aware of the risks. Especially if you're teaching them how it works.
GTP-4o Risks:
openai.com/index/gpt-4o...
If you use ChatGPT, you owe it to your clients to be aware of the risks. Especially if you're teaching them how it works.
GTP-4o Risks:
openai.com/index/gpt-4o...
Reposted by George Butters
Time's running out on our Black Friday Trial Membership: get 30-days for just $10 dollars.
We're here to help freelancers learn more, earn more, and achieve more...we're member-run, member-operated, and member focused.
The sale ends Saturday.
canadianfreelanceguild.ca/en/page/post...
We're here to help freelancers learn more, earn more, and achieve more...we're member-run, member-operated, and member focused.
The sale ends Saturday.
canadianfreelanceguild.ca/en/page/post...
Black Friday Sale: 30-day Trial Membership | Canadian Freelance Guild
Building a new union movement
canadianfreelanceguild.ca
November 27, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Time's running out on our Black Friday Trial Membership: get 30-days for just $10 dollars.
We're here to help freelancers learn more, earn more, and achieve more...we're member-run, member-operated, and member focused.
The sale ends Saturday.
canadianfreelanceguild.ca/en/page/post...
We're here to help freelancers learn more, earn more, and achieve more...we're member-run, member-operated, and member focused.
The sale ends Saturday.
canadianfreelanceguild.ca/en/page/post...
Spent an hour the other day helping a colleague sort out the software bloat on her Android phone. More and more intrusive and non-intuitive all the time, but great for tracking and selling our personal information. The biggest cyber theft of all time?
November 24, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Spent an hour the other day helping a colleague sort out the software bloat on her Android phone. More and more intrusive and non-intuitive all the time, but great for tracking and selling our personal information. The biggest cyber theft of all time?
The latest update of Mac OSX came with an unexpected bonus: I can log in with a Logitech keyboard. Until now, every reboot meant digging out the Mac keyboard, logging in, then switching keyboards.
A big thanks to whomever fixed that annoying issue, even if it was accidental.
A big thanks to whomever fixed that annoying issue, even if it was accidental.
November 21, 2024 at 5:35 PM
The latest update of Mac OSX came with an unexpected bonus: I can log in with a Logitech keyboard. Until now, every reboot meant digging out the Mac keyboard, logging in, then switching keyboards.
A big thanks to whomever fixed that annoying issue, even if it was accidental.
A big thanks to whomever fixed that annoying issue, even if it was accidental.
@travelprose.bsky.social Hi Veronica...and such a great list of the network. Imma copy that.
November 18, 2024 at 7:37 PM
@travelprose.bsky.social Hi Veronica...and such a great list of the network. Imma copy that.
When the public square turns into a hangout for thugs and trolls, ordinary people move elsewhere.
This may be the biggest migration in Internet history, bigger than Rupert's crashing of Myspace.
Yes, it's happened before.
www.thedailybeast.com/insiders-rec...
This may be the biggest migration in Internet history, bigger than Rupert's crashing of Myspace.
Yes, it's happened before.
www.thedailybeast.com/insiders-rec...
The Untold Story of How Rupert Murdoch Ruined MySpace
In a new book, former MySpace executives tell the inside story of how Murdoch bought the social media site at its zenith and then proceeded to ruin it.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 16, 2024 at 5:24 PM
When the public square turns into a hangout for thugs and trolls, ordinary people move elsewhere.
This may be the biggest migration in Internet history, bigger than Rupert's crashing of Myspace.
Yes, it's happened before.
www.thedailybeast.com/insiders-rec...
This may be the biggest migration in Internet history, bigger than Rupert's crashing of Myspace.
Yes, it's happened before.
www.thedailybeast.com/insiders-rec...
Despite the hype, the unrealistic expectations, and millions of words written about or by it, #ChatGPT remains a semi-reliable virtual assistant that sometimes shows up to work on cocaine.
If you have electricity, you have electrocution.
Safety first.
If you have electricity, you have electrocution.
Safety first.
November 13, 2024 at 2:03 AM
Despite the hype, the unrealistic expectations, and millions of words written about or by it, #ChatGPT remains a semi-reliable virtual assistant that sometimes shows up to work on cocaine.
If you have electricity, you have electrocution.
Safety first.
If you have electricity, you have electrocution.
Safety first.