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The 'bug' didn't have a name in the original story.
In Carlo Collodi's 1883 novel "The Adventures of Pinocchio", the puppet kills the Talking Cricket after the cricket scolds him for his misbehavior.
In Carlo Collodi's 1883 novel "The Adventures of Pinocchio", the puppet kills the Talking Cricket after the cricket scolds him for his misbehavior.
December 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The 'bug' didn't have a name in the original story.
In Carlo Collodi's 1883 novel "The Adventures of Pinocchio", the puppet kills the Talking Cricket after the cricket scolds him for his misbehavior.
In Carlo Collodi's 1883 novel "The Adventures of Pinocchio", the puppet kills the Talking Cricket after the cricket scolds him for his misbehavior.
Eleanor Noble is not the first #ACTRA National President to use the word "Solidarity" to shield herself from criticism from within the union.
And she won't be the last.
She is just the latest ACTRA National President to do so in a system that is stacked against the average ACTRA union member.
And she won't be the last.
She is just the latest ACTRA National President to do so in a system that is stacked against the average ACTRA union member.
December 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Eleanor Noble is not the first #ACTRA National President to use the word "Solidarity" to shield herself from criticism from within the union.
And she won't be the last.
She is just the latest ACTRA National President to do so in a system that is stacked against the average ACTRA union member.
And she won't be the last.
She is just the latest ACTRA National President to do so in a system that is stacked against the average ACTRA union member.
All of the #ACTRA union members didn't get to vote on who got to be the ACTRA National President.
She was nominated and elected by ACTRA Council.
All of the members who strongly disagree with what Eleanor Noble has been doing as the President of ACTRA aren't in a position to vote her out of office
She was nominated and elected by ACTRA Council.
All of the members who strongly disagree with what Eleanor Noble has been doing as the President of ACTRA aren't in a position to vote her out of office
December 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
All of the #ACTRA union members didn't get to vote on who got to be the ACTRA National President.
She was nominated and elected by ACTRA Council.
All of the members who strongly disagree with what Eleanor Noble has been doing as the President of ACTRA aren't in a position to vote her out of office
She was nominated and elected by ACTRA Council.
All of the members who strongly disagree with what Eleanor Noble has been doing as the President of ACTRA aren't in a position to vote her out of office
All of the #ACTRA union members DON'T agree with what Eleanor Noble has done - and is doing - as the President of ACTRA.
She's accusing every ACTRA union member who is on the verge of financial collapse of being 'selfish' for having a problem with sacrificing everything that they've got for ACTRA
She's accusing every ACTRA union member who is on the verge of financial collapse of being 'selfish' for having a problem with sacrificing everything that they've got for ACTRA
December 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
All of the #ACTRA union members DON'T agree with what Eleanor Noble has done - and is doing - as the President of ACTRA.
She's accusing every ACTRA union member who is on the verge of financial collapse of being 'selfish' for having a problem with sacrificing everything that they've got for ACTRA
She's accusing every ACTRA union member who is on the verge of financial collapse of being 'selfish' for having a problem with sacrificing everything that they've got for ACTRA
Any ACTRA member who would find fault with anything Eleanor Noble has done -or will be doing- as the President of #ACTRA is an enemy to every ACTRA union member, according to her
In the same way that any American who would find fault with #DonaldTrump is an enemy to every American, according to him
In the same way that any American who would find fault with #DonaldTrump is an enemy to every American, according to him
December 9, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Any ACTRA member who would find fault with anything Eleanor Noble has done -or will be doing- as the President of #ACTRA is an enemy to every ACTRA union member, according to her
In the same way that any American who would find fault with #DonaldTrump is an enemy to every American, according to him
In the same way that any American who would find fault with #DonaldTrump is an enemy to every American, according to him
The President of #ACTRA National uses the word "Solidarity" in the same cowardly way that #DonaldTrump uses the words "Make America Great Again"
She uses "Solidarity" to deter anyone who would have a problem with anything that she has done - or will be doing - as President from speaking up.
She uses "Solidarity" to deter anyone who would have a problem with anything that she has done - or will be doing - as President from speaking up.
December 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The President of #ACTRA National uses the word "Solidarity" in the same cowardly way that #DonaldTrump uses the words "Make America Great Again"
She uses "Solidarity" to deter anyone who would have a problem with anything that she has done - or will be doing - as President from speaking up.
She uses "Solidarity" to deter anyone who would have a problem with anything that she has done - or will be doing - as President from speaking up.
If you abandoned CBC when Rosemary Barton took over the CBC's political portfolio and you switched to watching Vassy Kapelos on CTV it was very much "either/or" in your case.
Watching Vassy Kapelos on the CTV would be preferable to watching Rosemary Barton on the CBC as far as you're concerned.
Watching Vassy Kapelos on the CTV would be preferable to watching Rosemary Barton on the CBC as far as you're concerned.
December 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
If you abandoned CBC when Rosemary Barton took over the CBC's political portfolio and you switched to watching Vassy Kapelos on CTV it was very much "either/or" in your case.
Watching Vassy Kapelos on the CTV would be preferable to watching Rosemary Barton on the CBC as far as you're concerned.
Watching Vassy Kapelos on the CTV would be preferable to watching Rosemary Barton on the CBC as far as you're concerned.
The #ACTRA National President travels across Canada and to other countries at the expense of the ACTRA membership promoting HER 'ACTRA Member First' agenda in the same way that U.S. President #DonaldTrump travels across the US and around the world promoting HIS 'America First' agenda
#ACTRAToronto
#ACTRAToronto
December 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The #ACTRA National President travels across Canada and to other countries at the expense of the ACTRA membership promoting HER 'ACTRA Member First' agenda in the same way that U.S. President #DonaldTrump travels across the US and around the world promoting HIS 'America First' agenda
#ACTRAToronto
#ACTRAToronto
The #ACTRA National President and the Presidents of all the ACTRA branches in Canada automatically blame everyone outside of ACTRA whenever ACTRA's plans go awry,
just like US President #DonaldTrump and his elected Republican goons do whenever their plans don't work out.
just like US President #DonaldTrump and his elected Republican goons do whenever their plans don't work out.
December 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The #ACTRA National President and the Presidents of all the ACTRA branches in Canada automatically blame everyone outside of ACTRA whenever ACTRA's plans go awry,
just like US President #DonaldTrump and his elected Republican goons do whenever their plans don't work out.
just like US President #DonaldTrump and his elected Republican goons do whenever their plans don't work out.
Listening to the people in charge of #ACTRA going on about all the 'good' that they've been doing for the average ACTRA union member is comparable to listening to #DonaldTrump going on about the good that he's been doing for the average American
If Trump was a Canadian he'd run for ACTRA President
If Trump was a Canadian he'd run for ACTRA President
December 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Listening to the people in charge of #ACTRA going on about all the 'good' that they've been doing for the average ACTRA union member is comparable to listening to #DonaldTrump going on about the good that he's been doing for the average American
If Trump was a Canadian he'd run for ACTRA President
If Trump was a Canadian he'd run for ACTRA President
Everyone who is familiar with how the power hungry people in charge of #ACTRA have been conducting business in Canada for decades has reason to believe that ACTRA would twist their words around to suit ACTRA's purpose.
ACTRA wants to control what can and can't be made in Canada.
ACTRA wants to control what can and can't be made in Canada.
December 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Everyone who is familiar with how the power hungry people in charge of #ACTRA have been conducting business in Canada for decades has reason to believe that ACTRA would twist their words around to suit ACTRA's purpose.
ACTRA wants to control what can and can't be made in Canada.
ACTRA wants to control what can and can't be made in Canada.
A Casting Service company's reluctance to answer ACTRA's request for clear and transparent information
could be an indication of how much the Casting Service company doesn't trust ACTRA.
They believe #ACTRA will twist their words and use those words against them
could be an indication of how much the Casting Service company doesn't trust ACTRA.
They believe #ACTRA will twist their words and use those words against them
December 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
A Casting Service company's reluctance to answer ACTRA's request for clear and transparent information
could be an indication of how much the Casting Service company doesn't trust ACTRA.
They believe #ACTRA will twist their words and use those words against them
could be an indication of how much the Casting Service company doesn't trust ACTRA.
They believe #ACTRA will twist their words and use those words against them
You couldn't, in good conscience, blame any of the #ACTRA union members who have been repeatedly lied to, or any of the union members whose concerns have been continuously neglected through the years, or any of the union members who have been betrayed by their union leaders for not trusting ACTRA.
December 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
You couldn't, in good conscience, blame any of the #ACTRA union members who have been repeatedly lied to, or any of the union members whose concerns have been continuously neglected through the years, or any of the union members who have been betrayed by their union leaders for not trusting ACTRA.
The financial welfare of #ACTRA members who would be willing to submit their audition tapes to Casting Service companies that didn't provide the "clear and transparent" information that ACTRA is asking for would be shrugged off as 'collateral damage' if ACTRA's Presidents blacklisted those companies
December 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The financial welfare of #ACTRA members who would be willing to submit their audition tapes to Casting Service companies that didn't provide the "clear and transparent" information that ACTRA is asking for would be shrugged off as 'collateral damage' if ACTRA's Presidents blacklisted those companies
Would the Presidents and Executive Directors of #ACTRAToronto , #ACTRAMontreal , #ACTRAAlberta , #UBCP/ACTRA ,etc. tell that housewife that she should be willing to sacrifice a deal that would be great for her for the sake of the #ACTRA union members who couldn't care less about her?
December 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Would the Presidents and Executive Directors of #ACTRAToronto , #ACTRAMontreal , #ACTRAAlberta , #UBCP/ACTRA ,etc. tell that housewife that she should be willing to sacrifice a deal that would be great for her for the sake of the #ACTRA union members who couldn't care less about her?
Would the Presidents of #ACTRAToronto , #ACTRAMontreal , #ACTRAAlberta , #UBCPACTRA ,etc. have a problem with the deal that housewife made with Johnny Mercer?
Would they punish her for agreeing to a deal like that without running it past ACTRA's legal team if she had been an #ACTRA union member?
Would they punish her for agreeing to a deal like that without running it past ACTRA's legal team if she had been an #ACTRA union member?
December 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Would the Presidents of #ACTRAToronto , #ACTRAMontreal , #ACTRAAlberta , #UBCPACTRA ,etc. have a problem with the deal that housewife made with Johnny Mercer?
Would they punish her for agreeing to a deal like that without running it past ACTRA's legal team if she had been an #ACTRA union member?
Would they punish her for agreeing to a deal like that without running it past ACTRA's legal team if she had been an #ACTRA union member?
Is the Directors Guild of Canada going to be encouraging the Ontario government to turn away any of the big budget American tv shows and American movies that are thinking about setting up shop in Toronto?
Or is this another case of "Do as we say, not as we do"?
thestarfish.ca/journal/2025...
Or is this another case of "Do as we say, not as we do"?
thestarfish.ca/journal/2025...
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thestarfish.ca
December 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Is the Directors Guild of Canada going to be encouraging the Ontario government to turn away any of the big budget American tv shows and American movies that are thinking about setting up shop in Toronto?
Or is this another case of "Do as we say, not as we do"?
thestarfish.ca/journal/2025...
Or is this another case of "Do as we say, not as we do"?
thestarfish.ca/journal/2025...
You can't really blame any of the Casting Service companies that are familiar with what #ACTRA has been doing to the NCA signatory advertising agencies for the past 3 1/2 years for not complying with ACTRA's request for something in writing.
You honestly can't blame anyone for not trusting ACTRA.
You honestly can't blame anyone for not trusting ACTRA.
December 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
You can't really blame any of the Casting Service companies that are familiar with what #ACTRA has been doing to the NCA signatory advertising agencies for the past 3 1/2 years for not complying with ACTRA's request for something in writing.
You honestly can't blame anyone for not trusting ACTRA.
You honestly can't blame anyone for not trusting ACTRA.
The Casting Service companies that are familiar with the legal battle that #ACTRA has been fighting with the ICA over the NCA contract for the past 3 1/2 years would be understandably gun shy about putting things in writing.
They wouldn't want to put ACTRA in a position to take advantage of them.
They wouldn't want to put ACTRA in a position to take advantage of them.
December 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The Casting Service companies that are familiar with the legal battle that #ACTRA has been fighting with the ICA over the NCA contract for the past 3 1/2 years would be understandably gun shy about putting things in writing.
They wouldn't want to put ACTRA in a position to take advantage of them.
They wouldn't want to put ACTRA in a position to take advantage of them.
#ACTRA 's Presidents want to be supplied with clarification on a number of points in writing to reassure their union members that they can submit their audition tapes to Casting Service companies with confidence that those tapes won't be used for #AI training.
ACTRA doesn't trust Casting Networks.
ACTRA doesn't trust Casting Networks.
December 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
#ACTRAToronto #ACTRAOttawa #ACTRAMontreal #UBCP/ACTRA #ACTRAAlberta
( From #ACTRA 's Letter to Casting Services regarding the use of #AI )
"Casting Networks has publicly stated that they do not use audition tapes for AI training."
( From #ACTRA 's Letter to Casting Services regarding the use of #AI )
"Casting Networks has publicly stated that they do not use audition tapes for AI training."
December 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
#ACTRAToronto #ACTRAOttawa #ACTRAMontreal #UBCP/ACTRA #ACTRAAlberta
( From #ACTRA 's Letter to Casting Services regarding the use of #AI )
"Casting Networks has publicly stated that they do not use audition tapes for AI training."
( From #ACTRA 's Letter to Casting Services regarding the use of #AI )
"Casting Networks has publicly stated that they do not use audition tapes for AI training."