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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Lenin’s gov also decriminalized homosexuality, though Stalin reversed that.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

The Billionaire Derangement Syndrome That is Destroying the World Journalist Gil Duran joins The Left Hook to break down the growing influence of billionaires, tech oligarchs, and corporate power in reshaping American democracy, media, and public life. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnZ2...

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The Billionaire Derangement Syndrome That is Destroying the World

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

There is more than 40 billion metric tons of CO2 added to the air every year, but the environment cannot withstand that. We’re not doing anything about it.

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

the income and assets of the ultra wealthy. The austerity narrative is a lie.

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Oxfam Canada reports that wealth inequality in Canada has reached "crisis levels". In 2025, the top 1% of Canadians held nearly $1.25 trillion in wealth—almost as much as the bottom 80% combined. Canada’s 40 richest billionaires saw their wealth grow by over 20% in 2025. It is time to properly tax

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Maybe Magyar is a sign that a decent form of conservatism is a possibility. Among the things he said the other night on M1: Hungary will renationalize those public assets that the Orban years handed over to private interests.

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Unlike his days central banking and offshoring $, he was actually elected, by us, if in a fit of desperation. That means he can be unelected. And not soon enough.

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

No tall and handsome one time dark knight coming to our rescue.

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

And those would be the rates applied to income over such and such and amount.

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I hear they are keeping it closed as punishment for Trump refusing to accept their offer to be Supreme Leader.

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I there may be a problem down south, with ripple effects here, as we, as PM said, set aside the rules based irder and ride the ‘great’ hegemon’s wave.

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I don’t disagree. Also the case that responsibility is diffused throughout society.

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Women experiencing sexual violence on canadian campuses is something like 20-25%. The MeToo moment and the work around institutional coverups has gone some distance to raise awareness. The sad truth is that sexual abuse is pervasive.

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

In canada, some 20% of national team level athletes have experienced sexual abuse, maltreatment or assault

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Data in Germany shows the scale of abuse in the Lutheran Church is of the same order as the catholic, a fact that is virtually unknown in Germany, and little discussed.

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Sexual abuse and misconduct in schools is pervasive, and seems comparable to or exceeds clergy abuse. Don’t misunderstand me: I’m not defending or being an apologist for the catholic church.

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Boy Scouts America (BAA) went bankrupt this year. The scale of abuse and cover-up is comparable, or exceeds the catholic church. Abuse in scouts in Canada has likely been severely underreported, or better covered up.

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

And what do we do about the police and civil authorities that covered it up, looked the other way, ignored complaints, hid evidence, etc?

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

“Canada held steady at 0.89, though there are two warning signs. Since 2019, Institutional Autonomy has fallen more than a full point: from 3.74 to 2.63, largely because [of] weakened shared governance…, Freedom to Research and Teach has declined from 3.46 in 2021 to 3.23 today.”

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Marc Spooner @drmarcspooner.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

The first published review to my knowledge: “The academics in Knowledge Under Siege have made a powerful case for universities in the service of an egalitarian and inclusive state. It will be up to Canadians…” www.thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...

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What Are Universities For? | The Tyee

They’ve reached a breaking point. Meet the educators charting their future.

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

For some reason, my mind this morning drifted to the act that led to Gandhi’s murder: he opened his prayer services in Hindu temples with a verse from The Koran.

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

The (New Deal) Revenue Act of 1935 raised the top rate to 79% on incomes over $5 million (roughly $100 million+ in today's dollars). A lot of problems solved right there.

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

On top of that, what’s the last war they won? Maybe the war in Pacific.

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

To say nothing if our pension plans, which love war, apartheid, and genocide.

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

We need tools like this. The university is indeed under siege. Without action, soon, we’ll have no public institutions and goods left.

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

“These crimes were committed against a backdrop of supremacist beliefs, racism, corruption, extreme misogyny, and the commodification and dehumanisation of women and girls from different parts of the world,” the experts said." www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

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Flawed ‘Epstein Files’ disclosures undermine accountability for grave crimes against women and girls: UN experts

GENEVA – The so-called ‘Epstein Files’ contain disturbing and credible evidence of systematic and large-scale sexual abuse, trafficking and exploitation of women and girls, UN experts* said today.Acco...

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 13/02/2026

Country music artist Corb Lund is preparing to launch a provincewide signature campaign aimed at halting new coal mining along Alberta’s eastern #RockyMountain slopes. Somia Lohia reports. #abpoli

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Corb Lund’s Drive to Block Coal Mines Gets the Green Light | The Tyee

Elections Alberta approves a citizen initiative petition drive.

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NFL Daily News @insidenflnews.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Bad Bunny “together we are America”

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Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Got a chapter with @philofwrite.bsky.social and @aysed.bsky.social on the media and Jan 6 coverage in @imogenrichards.bsky.social’s new book. www.routledge.com/The-Far-Righ...

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

>60% of liberal voter and more than 40% of conservative voters know Israel is committing a genocide. You want to atone for your neoliberal years? Get started. Lead.

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

@mark-carney.bsky.social advice: call the Gaza genocide a genocide. It is the right thing to do, and, if you’re Davis speech is to mean anything, the moral and reasoned thing to do. Then, van weapons sales. You might also expel the Israeli ambassador. The people will support you.

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Q. How do we end oligarchic control of our political economy? They are kinda ruining everything for everyone all the time, at a quickening pace. Of all the bad ideas we’ve come up with, handing the reigns to the 0.1% is right up there.

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Rand Paul’s views are often pretty awful, but he’s also at times right. Hs’s right here.

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

When i was young, Alberta (like every other prairie provinces) had a public telecom. We could have that again. Privatization of everything these past 40-50 years has not made life better. This includes the privatization of education, which is continuing at an accelerated pace.

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Time to time and compromises must be made. But genocide isn't complicated. It isn't something to make one's peace with. We support an on-going, escalating genocide. Seeing as we committed one, I guess that is understandable

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Barry Stephenson @bstepmun.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

A fine speech, sure. But he can't utter the words 'Gaza genocide,' nor prevent weapons going to Israel. So, what do the words mean, really? Isn't the sign still out? The speech was the hanging out of the sign, unless actions inform and follow the words. Of course geopolitics is complicated from

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