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Jason Butterfield

Jason Butterfield

Coffee aficionado and amateur author

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The Win Was Never Bluesky. It Was the Protocol.

The better question is whether we can stop rebuilding the same landlord model with a different logo on the door. Right now, our social graphs are corporate hostage files. One model lets you leave a platform and take your world with you; the other forces you to download your history as a static zip file and start over from zero.

AT ProtocolATmosphere

Testing a Plugin by Writing About Not Knowing What to Write About

There’s something beautifully recursive about installing a publishing plugin… then immediately not knowing what to publish with it.

AT ProtocolATmosphere

The Gander Passport: Why a Sovereign Node Beats a Digital Bunker

Why is Gander connected to Bluesky, and why should you care? Explore the architectural shift of the AT Protocol and how Wingspan is building a "Third Way" for Canadian data residency. This is an early adopter’s take on the infrastructure required for true digital land back and the end of vendor lock-in for the human experience.

Digital SovereigntyGander

Gander Social Community Based New User Guide

This is a community-created guide, not official, not corporate, just here to help new folks get oriented and get comfortable faster. Gander Social is a Canadian-built social platform focused on Canadian conversation, civic literacy, and community-first interaction. It is currently in a closed BETA.

Rage Bait Disguised as Patriotism

How It Spreads, Why It Works, and Why It Hurts Canada

disinformationBlog

Wearing Too Many Hats (and Writing Anyway)

There’s a specific kind of exhaustion that comes from context switching—jumping from writing fiction to analyzing sales dashboards to scheduling posts.

Dispatchjournal

The Alberta Sovereignty Crisis

Alberta’s sovereignty movement has entered a new and more dangerous phase. What began as political rhetoric has evolved into legislation, policy, and a coordinated challenge to the foundations of Canadian federalism. With the passage and repeated use of the Alberta Sovereignty Act, ideas once confined to activist manifestos are now shaping real governance.

I’m not a Patriot

Why don’t Canadians call ourselves patriots? Because our pride sounds different. Born from Loyalists, peacekeepers, and quiet builders, Canada’s strength has never been in shouting, it’s in showing up. From Confederation to Canada 150, our patriotism has stayed humble, civic, and collective. In an age of loud nationalism, that restraint isn’t weakness, it’s wisdom.

Chronicle #011: Post-Launch Signal Drift

It’s been a month since Pejorative left my desk and entered the noise. The algorithms have already decided who should see it and who should not. Every click feels like a vote of confidence, or a funeral rite.

disinformationFiction

Pejorative: Echoes of a Nation

Pejorative: Echoes of a Nation is a hauntingly plausible speculative novel told through a fractured archive of testimonies, smuggled documents, corrupted broadcasts, and the reflections of a vanished resistance archivist. Set in a near-future Canada quietly annexed under the banner of continental “unity,” the story unfolds through recovered files curated by the last person who tried to remember out loud—Jason Butterfield.

The Grievance Gateway

When outrage is the invitation, manipulation is the goal. The Campus “Conversation” Defence Guide helps students and educators recognise emotional hijacking — how frustration, fear, and belonging are used to turn dialogue into recruitment. Learn how to spot the playbook before it plays you.

disinformationSicence

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