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Erny Cowan

@bugsyc.bsky.social
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Canadian, married 60 years, raised 7 children, 7 grandchildren, foster parents, retired, school bus driver, computer systems programmer, world traveler, member Community of Christ, long time supporter of community development through World Accord

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12h
Ruffalo: Keep the bastards away from our most vulnerable people, our beloved, beloved immigrants. Because if you ain’t Native American, you’re an immigrant, a beautiful immigrant.
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Pissedoffpundit @pissedoffpundant.bsky.social · 14h
No shit🤔💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
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Erny Cowan @bugsyc.bsky.social · 1h
In Community of Christ many of our hymns have phrases such as God loves all people and God loves all of creation.
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Erny Cowan @bugsyc.bsky.social · 1h
No. We don't hate Jews. But Israelism is something else. And I have personally talked to a former Canadian diplomat who was told by a high ranking Israeli military official the Palestinians are not human. Never again? Would that we actually would strive for that. Nazi Germany, Rwanda, Gaza...
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Dizzy @barondizzaster.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Government shouldn't be run like a corporation, government should protect us from the corporations
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News to Remember @moments2remember.link · 19h
4 men in plain clothes kidnap a woman—they claim to be ICE. Woman's name is Angel Zhao. She lives in Huntington Beach, California—originally Shanghai, China.
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Kristine @forced2laugh.bsky.social · 18h
Today I’m helping neighbors. 1. Take a shower , she’s having knee issues 2. Lunch with 105 y.o neighbor, she wants a taco. 3. Dinner with another lonely one. Be kind out there! Ppl need help and love ❤️
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Erny Cowan @bugsyc.bsky.social · 16h
The system constrains each practitioner to billing either the public system or privately. This is meant to retain their skills to the public arena, which in fact paid the major share of the cost of their education. (I hope I stated that fairly.)
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Erny Cowan @bugsyc.bsky.social · 16h
Costs are included in our federal and provincial taxes. Unfortunately it is limited in the areas of dental, vision and hearing.
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Erny Cowan @bugsyc.bsky.social · 16h
We have Medicare for everyone in Canada.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Jared Kushner is literally a war profiteer. That’s what we should refer to him as. Peace would be bad for business.” @timmiller.bsky.social & Tommy Vietor react to the CNN story about Ivanka’s husband Jared Kushner’s obvious conflicts of interest with 🇮🇱 companies
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/10/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The wealth of the richest 0.1 percent of Americans has more than doubled since 2019. If that doesn't convince you we need a wealth tax, renowned economist Gabriel Zucman will. Watch.
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How to Actually Tax Extreme Wealth (ft. Gabriel Zucman)
Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done.Baloney.Economist
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Simply caring about victims can change everything.
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Erny Cowan @bugsyc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?” - Rabbi Hillel through Bob Rae
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Erny Cowan @bugsyc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
and Pogo comic strip by Walt Kelly - "We have met the enemy. And he is us."
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Erny Cowan @bugsyc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Me too . The Bishop of D, hhis encounter with Jean Valjean, the Battle of Waterloo the Society of ABC the double entendres if you can read it in French ....
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Andreas 🇨🇦 Fella 💙 #AbolishICE, #SlavaUkraini @andreasor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
David Pakman: 26 articles of impeachment. Vote 💙.
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M Dv-us @drdvus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Truth 👇
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John Litzenberg IRL @radicaldruid.com · 02/10/2026
Just couldn't resist :) #BookSky #ReadingIsFundamental #Libraries #Education #Reading
Passerby on the sidewalk in front of a brick and mortar honest to goodness bookstore window. The sign above the shop reads, "Weapons of Mass Instruction".
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Erny Cowan @bugsyc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
As I read this 👇 I can't help thinking that it's already far too late. Remember Musk/DOGE/Grok are now in charge of all US military command as well. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Elon is my prophet’: how Musk’s Doge team took a wrecking ball to Washington
When the new ‘department of government efficiency’ sent young techies to disrupt federal agencies, not everyone complied. Here’s what happened when one worker fought to protect immigrant data
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Christopher Hudson @chrishudsonjr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Abolish the Death Penalty No government should be trusted with the power to murder you
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Erny Cowan @bugsyc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I think you're right.
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Never be afraid to make some noise. It is their shame, not yours."
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On my first big overseas client conference, I was at a dinner seated next to a drunk client who kept trying to fondle me under the table. I was young, distressed, and had no idea what to do. I moved my legs as far away from him as I could, moving into the space of the man next to me, who then started patting my legs! The Regional Manager was a French woman who caught my eye, gestured for me to go to the bathroom and when I came back had switched chairs with me.
What happed next was epic. A few minutes after I sat back down, she raised her hand with his hand captured in hers and announced loudly "Does anyone know whose hand this is? I found it in my lap." There was dead silence at the table. She threw his hand back at him and said calmly "next time I pick it up with my fork." Then she started a new conversational thread and things moved on.
After the meeting she found me, gave me a hug, and said seriously "Never be afraid to make some noise. It is their shame, not yours."
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Erny Cowan @bugsyc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
America, it seems, is hell bent on suicide. Unfortunately it's not unlikely that you will take the rest of the world with you.
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CCscott @ccscott.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Erny Cowan @bugsyc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good point.
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Sam Leader Standing By 🍉🕎 @rvengefulobster.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Craziest thing I heard in DC this weekend was that Israel was simply removing Hezbollah from Southern Lebanon and I had to work really hard to explain "no, actually, they are ethnically cleansing entire villages" calmly.
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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness @cryingwilderness.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Erny Cowan @bugsyc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An intriguing perspective. Many themes that seem to apply today. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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‘Hitler was a lazy criminal who slept in until noon’: why most of what we think we know about the rise of the Nazis is wrong
In a new book, German artist and writer Philipp Ruch argues that viewing the ascent of Hitler’s NSDAP through the prism of the Third Reich has distorted our understanding of fascism’s electoral breakt...
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Erny Cowan @bugsyc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Nailed it. snyder.substack.com/p/trump-powe...
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Trump, Power, What Comes Next with Robert Reich
A recording from Timothy Snyder and Robert Reich's conversation
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RB @ratherreadabook.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Of course, *none* of this happens without voters who, out of willful ignorance or straight-up racism, continue to elect far-right candidates. The Republican party isn't nearly as big a problem as Republican voters.
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Erny Cowan @bugsyc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The American political system is incredibly Byzantine.... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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How Senate Democrats can stop Trump from stealing the midterms | David Walbert
Republicans could lean on congressional procedure to defy the will of voters. But if they try that, the Senate has a clear way to fight back
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A 94-year-old Jewish human rights barrister was among more than 80 people arrested outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool while demonstrating in support of Palestine Action. The arrests came as Ed Miliband told critics of the government’s policy on Palestine: “We hear you. You were right"
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Agree With Abdul El-Sayed 💯%....
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Sonia @blackstarblues.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And they shouldn't get to be on SCOTUS or in the WH either.
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Few months ago, UCLA illegally fired me as DEI Director. Why? Bc I spoke truth about this bigoted piece of dog sh*t after he died. Now, my loving 2-dog 2-cat pack and I need your help making ends meet, til my lawyers reach a fair resolution against UCLA: www.gofundme.com/f/waiting-for-justice-auvzc
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE IS SICKENING......
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pathetic Weak Sauce 😡
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JOLENEandGRANT #NEVER51 NO DM's @joleneandgrant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🌐In 1955, 29 newly independent nations met in Bandung, Indonesia and terrified the world’s superpowers. This is the story of what happened next. youtu.be/xpDU-Ib8VaA?...
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Bandung 1955: The meeting that terrified the superpowers | Al Jazeera Originals
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You don’t have to have a law degree to know that Trump's recent taxpayer funded ads are illegal. But why is he running them? Some thoughts... ⬇️ robertreich.substack.com/p/why-is-t…
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Black folks don’t hang themselves from trees.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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