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Greg Bester 🇨🇦

@gregbester.bsky.social
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Retired Librarian and Blogger. Cranky socialist. Mr. Sinister lives. Vive le Canada.

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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 7h
When the stupidest mafia in the world installs the dumbest ambassador in history, hilarity ensues.
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 8h
If you haven't sent your message yet ... www.friendsofmedicare.org/enforcethecha
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Take Action: Tell the Feds to enforce the Canada Health Act!
Send a message: We urgently need action from the Federal Government to safeguard our public health care and protect patients by speaking out against the Alberta government’s Bill 11 and enforcing the ...
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The Slim Dude 🇨🇦 @slimdude.ca · 8h
What folly! What a waste of money. Methane is poison and thankfully the world is turning away from it.
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 14h
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 9h
Turd Blossom is as responsible as any Republican operative since Nixon, for the current state of the party.
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Is he dead yet? 🇨🇦 @maximummeh.bsky.social · 10h
Then enforce it. And stop letting these american's buy all of our companies. They are the shittiest of shitty employers.
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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 10h
The LNG Canada plant — the country’s first major LNG facility, owned by Shell, Petronas, Korea Gas, PetroChina and Mitsubishi — is one of the highest sources of global emissions for flaring, undermining claims that Canada produces the cleanest natural gas in the world thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-b...
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LNG Canada exceeds estimated 2024 global record for burned gas | The Narwhal
LNG Canada in Kitimat, B.C., burned more gas in 2025 than any other liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility on record in 2024
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 11h
Neoliberals don't care about people. As long as shareholders are taken care of, the rest of us can drop dead.
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Kevin Milligan @kevinmilligan.bsky.social · 11h
so....should we start thinking about Pt. Roberts?
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 12h
Navarro love Canadians the way Americans loved the Vietnamese circa 1967. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Trump trade adviser says Canada will 'pay even more dearly' if 'you interfere' in U.S. midterms | CBC News
One of U.S. President Donald Trump's trade advisers is threatening repercussions for Canada if it "interferes" in the upcoming midterm elections — though it's not clear what he anticipates the country...
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 14h
This is an outstanding refutation of PM Carney's double-speak on proposed Canada Labour Code amendments, from Colleen Bauman and Mark Rowlinson: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont.... Previous misuse of Section 107 would be codified & routinized, even though it's still facing court challenges. #canlab
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Mark Carney says he’s protecting Canadian workers. It’s Orwellian doublespeak
Subject to ministerial review, the right to strike is likely to be much weakened by Bill C-39.
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Terrill Tailfeathers @terrilltf.bsky.social · 21h
Never trust the Liberals. Told you so.
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 21h
And will Nancy Pelosi denounce it as "a New New Dream?"
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 21h
Canada will be the last jurisdiction on earth using FPTP.
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Patrick Déry @patrickdery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Chers partisans péquistes, Quand on dit que le Parti québécois « flirte » avec l’extrême-droite, on ne dit pas que le PQ est devenu le RN ou que PSPP est Donald Trump. On constate simplement que certaines méthodes sont semblables. /1
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 22h
Neoliberalism is a cancer.
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The Slim Dude 🇨🇦 @slimdude.ca · 22h
Until now, ending a legal strike required MPs to stand in the House and vote for it, in public, with their names recorded. That was a guardrail. C-39 removes this and calls the removal reinforcement. Parliament, and Canadians, should not accept the vocabulary. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
thestar.com
Mark Carney says he’s protecting Canadian workers. It’s Orwellian doublespeak
Subject to ministerial review, the right to strike is likely to be much weakened by Bill C-39.
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Patriotism... is a superstition artificially created and maintained through a network of lies and falsehoods; a superstition that robs man of his self-respect and dignity, and increases his arrogance and conceit." ~From Anarchism and Other Essays, Emma Goldman
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sounds like Trump's Washington. Good night, Milwaukee, I'm here all week.
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone: An Offer
Alt: Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone: An Offer
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The racism is baked in.
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A message for Canada too.
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FuzzyWuzzy in Toronto🇨🇦 @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Round 'em up and throw 'em on a bonfire. It's the only way to stop the infection. www.castanetkamloops.net/news/Kamloop...
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Kamloops council condemns masked demonstration as act of racism, intimidation
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 28/09/2026
We need immediate federal action to protect workers who are bearing the brunt of this trade war. And it's time for a real conversation in this country about foreign takeovers of Canadian industry.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 28/09/2026
It's outrageous that an American company is laying off hundreds of steelworkers, breaking their promise even after being offered financial support from the federal government to weather the tariffs. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Hamilton steel plant to lay off hundreds of workers as U.S. tariffs prompt 'survival' move | CBC News
Steelmaker Stelco Holdings says it's idling some production at its Hamilton plant in response to U.S. tariffs.
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Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The evidence that excessive wealth causes depravity is indisputable. We need to tax their wealth as an act of mercy
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's an honour to be denounced by a Nazi.
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Community note: Trump promised a health plan " in about two weeks", ten years ago.
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The entire ruling class is depraved.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The interest of Shopify + Build Canada in the Toronto election is something to watch v closely.
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Shopify-linked think tank is the biggest spender on Toronto political ads. What is its goal?
Build Canada’s municipal offshoot has spent estimated $62K on Facebook, Instagram ads since June
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mike is a liar.
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Spudly Do-Right @spudleydo-right.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class. - Marx #SocialistSunday
Red Bourgeois- GOP: call Dems commies


Blue Bourgeois- DNC: call Trump a commie


Hitler: Blame the communists for the failures of capitalism


Class concious communist: Calling your political opponent a 'communist' serves an important purpose for the Bourgeois: It forces their political base to view communism as an enemy. a

Conservative or liberal, the Bourgeoisie has united their voters against the very ideology that would free them and put the Bourgeoisie out of power.

The Bourgeoisie has convinced the working class that their chains are what make them free.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I gasped! The Mighty Sparrow has left us. One of the most important and popular Calypsonians to ever do it! Songs filled political fire, irreverence, humor, naughty (very, very naughty) banter, and beats that make you wind your waist! Rest in Power, Sparrow. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/a...
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The Mighty Sparrow, Trinidadian Titan of Calypso, Is Dead at 91
He was sometimes described as the last of the true calypso singers. But in fact he simultaneously preserved calypso tradition and invented it anew.
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
She's what now?
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why not embrace it and bring in PR?
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Competing with the PC's on tax cuts is just the kind of thinking that has gotten the Ontario NDP to where it is today.
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Will it be as racist as the books?
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Not everybody knows this, and everybody should. On Sept. 26, 1983, a Soviet nuclear warning system alerted Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov that the U.S. had launched a missile attack. He did not retaliate, preventing WWIII. This is a post about AI. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl...
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Stanislav Petrov - Wikipedia
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Straight up Hitler shit.
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The whole administration. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
yahoo.com
Unpacking allegations FCC Chair Brendan Carr was in 'sex trafficking cult'
The organization was an Alcoholics Anonymous group in Washington, D.C. Former members said Carr was part of the group, but wasn't abusive.
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm part of the 43 percent. Carney is creating a Canada that is hostile to the majority of Canadians and using the fear of Trump as cover.
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Mylee Joseph @mylee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“research examines not only who participates in AI-related programs at public libraries, but how participants’ perceptions of the benefits and risks of AI relate to their likelihood of taking part in such programs” #AI #libraries
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UAlbany Study Examines Public Library AI Programs
New research from UAlbany’s Center for Technology in Government (CTG) suggests public libraries can play an important role in helping communities develop the skills to critically evaluate the technolo...
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Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
To put it bluntly the Carney government is flat out lying to Canadians about the impacts and intent of C39. The are using our legitimate fear about our future to push things through that which Canadians have rejected multiple times in the past.
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Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Carney consulted with labour and was told don't touch the right to strike. He limited the right to strike
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A totally normal explanation, sir.
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The North American auto sector is doomed. It is years behind the Chinese and Trump won't be satisfied until it is irrelevant.
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Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trickle down hasn’t worked for the last 40 years. Why does Carney want to try it again? canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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Trickle down hasn’t worked for the last 40 years. Why does Carney want to try it again?
Instead of ensuring our sovereignty, the Carney government is auctioning off more and more control over Canada’s economy to whichever foreign oligarch has the deepest pockets. If Canada wants to incre...
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Canada has a digital payment system. It's called Moneris. It is in the process of being sold to American private equity. The Carney government is doing nothing to stop it. Choose your partners wisely.
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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Climate change will cause food shortages, conflicts, mass migration, and risk of nuclear war and the collapse of civilization. But the federal and provincial governments are all in on fossil fuels, and the Carney and Eby fans love it.
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Why is the UK’s suppressed climate national security report significant?
Warnings about the catastrophic effects of vital ecosystems collapsing were not published under previous prime minister
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Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
1788 Versailles vibes.
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