Jeff MacArthur

I totally respect people who play by ear but I LOVE #music theory. It's like being able to read a book in chunks of words instead of letter by letter, & pays fantastic dividends. So… ***Do you have a music theory question or something you'd like to understand better? Ask me & I'll try to help!***

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Pew Research 25 country survey asks "are your fellow citizens morally good" - only USA has majority thinking its citizens are morally bad. At the other end, 92% of Canadians think our citizens are morally good. US midterms aren't going to fix that problem. www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...

Chess, French

😂 #Halloween

Great trailer! As much as I have a few issues with The Rings of Power adaptation (although they nail the look), I am certainly excited for Season 3… youtu.be/maP_Kyy3DCA?...

Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster is actually pretty cool… but it doesn't really fly. More on that and other details you may have missed from the demo below…

See you there after work, Halifax!

Plus hear about how badly Trump's Truth Social is shedding users!

Hope to see some of you at the first Third Wednesday of the Fall - all welcome!

Very pleased to see 3x as many Albertans vote against the question of separation than for. Not sure how the morons who are for it think they'd more easily get oil to tidewater - at least Quebec's (also dumb) separation wouldn't leave them landlocked.🧐 Anyway, glad it's so clear.

Hope to see some of you there!

Great watch for Canadians trying to figure out what all these digital bills are about!

The 12 richest people on Earth have more wealth than 50% of the global pop'n. I've got a solution for that & it leverages the agentic AI that tech billionaires are pitching as our salvation (something makes me think this isn't what they had in mind). @ambermac.bsky.social youtu.be/mBBVrhLShLk?...

With fewer friends getting married these days, I'm really missing out on opportunities to wear my kilt! Thankfully these things kinda last a lifetime.

You're going to need a graduate degree to keep track of Canadian time zones now… www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

👇 I can't imagine a more important time to release this special podcast episode on privacy, security, and Canada's digital legislation explained. NEW: The AmberMac Show with guests @privacylawyer.ca @duckduckgo.com & more here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/b... cc @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social

This is such a great use of taxpayer dollars./infinite sarcasm

Always a pleasure talking to someone as well-informed as @privacylawyer.ca - thanks again, David!

👋We spoke with Jeff Gadway about the Clicks Communicator and what it's like building a hardware company in today's world. Get the full episode of The AmberMac Show wherever you get your podcasts / watch the interview here: youtu.be/Ix0lJINdvD4?... cc @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social

The AmberMac Show has: Clicks Technology's CMO on “the best BlackBerry never built”; Canada’s Minister of Energy & Natural Resources on Cdn resources & sovereignty; + Jeff & Amber talk superintelligence, ebikes, govt dating apps, & why not to post AI images in Singapore. ambermac.com/the-ambermac...

It’s day three of advance voting in Toronto’s 2026 municipal election! Voting places are open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. today and daily until Sunday, Oct 11. 👉To avoid waiting, consider voting during off-peak hours (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.). Election Day is Monday, October 26. toronto.ca/Elections

Vaccines Available as Respiratory Illness Season Approaches news.novascotia.ca/en/2026/10/0...

It's hard to imagine this doing much good in Halifax where traffic laws are rarely enforced. #Halisky

Latest AMS: Superintelligence, ebikes, govt dating apps, & why you don’t want to post AI images in Singapore. Plus, what CrackBerry Kevin calls “the best BlackBerry never built”. Finally, we talk to Canada’s Minister of Energy & Natural Resources Tim Hodgson. ambermac.com/the-ambermac...

What Canadian law says about smart glasses, and using them in public and semi-public places. New on my YouTube channel: youtu.be/3S71hPTNzws

Not good at all

Great ep, check it out! 

That is exceedingly weird 

“This is a data harvesting operation wearing a civic costume.” @profgalloway.com lloway and @karaswisher.bsky.social warn voters about Elon Musk’s VoteSafe-dot-org and the personal data his America PAC can collect through the site.

SNL Faux Amodei on AI curing cancer: “Put it this way: in 10 years, there’s about a 10% chance that cancer won’t be a problem for anyone”

Please, somebody help them! 🙏

The AmberMac Show Ep084: Is Canada ALL IN on A.I.? Plus, Amber speaks with Liam Fedus, co-creator of ChatGPT & co-founder of Periodic Labs, & Hugo Larochelle, Scientific Director of Mila about how some companies might want to launch their own AI-powered R&D labs. ambermac.com/the-ambermac...

Oh, the memories

Is it really jazz sheet music if it doesn’t have chord changes above the bars? Trick question, the answer is obviously “no”. 😆

That's pretty much the definition of privilege or ignorance or both. Would be nice to live in a world where politicians' dumb decisions didn't impact me.

Pretty sure I was told ChatGPT was like having a university full of PhDs in your pocket

Absolute banger of a song, which is even more amazing given that it’s in 13/8 time for the hook 

Okay, Don, I'm sure all of those big AI companies will be eagerly following your brainless lead relative to your impotent renaming fetish in no time.🙄 Do people who vote for this guy understand that he should be, you know, doing REAL work instead of this nonsense? Pathetic.

I think Canada should be "Both Systems" given typical usage in Quebec, no?

The AmberMac Show has a deep dive into Apple’s recent product announcements, including the foldable iPhone Duo; + guest Dr. Gio Roberti, CEO of AISIX Solutions, a wildfire risk & data analytics firm; & Mark Podlasly, CEO of the First Nations Major Projects Coalition. ambermac.com/the-ambermac...

TODAY is Halifax’s longest-running tech/media/marketing meetup this Wednesday, September 16th, from 5-7:30pm in the Cannery Bar at the Atlantica Hotel with our friends from Digital Nova Scotia, our 30-second intro/opportunity spots ~6pm, and a bunch of fun Halifax techies, so don’t miss it! #Halisky

Did Apple just nail the foldable phone? In a special segment of The AmberMac Show covering Apple's recent iPhone event, we discuss the product announcements, including the new iPhone Duo, and lots more. Full episode this Tues/weekend on SiriusXM + Wednesday podcast! www.youtube.com/watch?v=25AJ...

Don’t miss Halifax’s longest-running tech/media/mktg meetup this Wed 16 Sept 5-7:30pm in the Cannery Bar at the Atlantica Hotel w/ our friends from Digital Nova Scotia, our 30-sec intro/opportunity spots ~6pm, & lots of great people from the Halifax tech community, hope to see you there! #Halisky

On this week’s episode of The AmberMac Show, we’ve got a look back at the first half of 2026 through the lens of Jeff’s TheOtherMac segments, from Prediction Markets to Subscription Services, A.I. Toys to Age Verification, and lots more! Audio/video/links: ambermac.com/the-ambermac...

Let there be no doubt: the police in Canada want to be able to force companies to circumvent encryption. "Proposed law falls short on encrypted messages, police say" www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Ah, a new crop of university students arrives in Halifax and quickly discovers that umbrellas won't help you here 😂 #Halisky

Fun interview!

This was very fun to make - check it out if you have 90 seconds!

This week: Our spoof of the Meta $17B trial settlement & a deep dive into Zuckerberg's attempt to establish Meta as a leader in child safety. This week's guest is Arkells’ frontman Max Kerman on AI, Dolly Parton, Trump & more. Plus Marc Saltzman with back-to-school tech! ambermac.com/the-ambermac...

The latest ep of The Amber Mac: the new ChatGPT for Teens, the crazy places Amazon drones are dropping packages, & the AI boss that just fired its first human. Plus, developer Michael Booth on his Canada Clearly platform. ambermac.com/the-ambermac...