Barry Stephenson
@bstepmun.bsky.social
Professor, Memorial University
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“I count false words the foulest plague of all.” - Prometheus Bound
- I'm not here representing my employer, so my views may or may not reflect my employer's views.
“I count false words the foulest plague of all.” - Prometheus Bound
I’ve long thought this paragraph from Raymond Williams’ Modern Tragedy pretty lucid regarding the disavowal of our own complicities.
October 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I’ve long thought this paragraph from Raymond Williams’ Modern Tragedy pretty lucid regarding the disavowal of our own complicities.
@mark-carney.bsky.social Italy and Spain are sending naval vessels to protect and support the humanitarian flotillas to Gaza. PM Carney: you should too.
September 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
@mark-carney.bsky.social Italy and Spain are sending naval vessels to protect and support the humanitarian flotillas to Gaza. PM Carney: you should too.
Boycotting and divesting works. Case in point? Disney sidelined Kimmel, people cancelled subscriptions, Kimmel reinstated.
September 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Boycotting and divesting works. Case in point? Disney sidelined Kimmel, people cancelled subscriptions, Kimmel reinstated.
Austerity is a lie. They tell us, ‘No money for education, housing, health care, early childcare, transportation…. ‘ It is a lie. Wealth continues to be created by the many and hoarded by the few.
August 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Austerity is a lie. They tell us, ‘No money for education, housing, health care, early childcare, transportation…. ‘ It is a lie. Wealth continues to be created by the many and hoarded by the few.
August 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
My OpEd was posted on Facebook, leading the app to send me this. Proof positive that AI is really, really stupid.
August 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
My OpEd was posted on Facebook, leading the app to send me this. Proof positive that AI is really, really stupid.
A beautiful Friday late afternoon. I’m going to drink a beer and operate a couple power tools.
August 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A beautiful Friday late afternoon. I’m going to drink a beer and operate a couple power tools.
A lot of that going around:
July 31, 2025 at 11:07 AM
A lot of that going around:
Let’s make a lot of money by starving people and destroying homes, hospitals, schools, and everything else,’ says the psychopaths running our western ‘liberal’ democracies.
July 31, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Let’s make a lot of money by starving people and destroying homes, hospitals, schools, and everything else,’ says the psychopaths running our western ‘liberal’ democracies.
Dr. Power is of course right here. We need public engagement. MUN also just killed public engagement office.
July 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Dr. Power is of course right here. We need public engagement. MUN also just killed public engagement office.
In a couple months, when this comes out, @adamkotsko.bsky.social ‘s citation index score will soar.
July 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
In a couple months, when this comes out, @adamkotsko.bsky.social ‘s citation index score will soar.
Jennifer Frey is dead on.
She also has an oped in NYT well worth your time.
She also has an oped in NYT well worth your time.
July 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Jennifer Frey is dead on.
She also has an oped in NYT well worth your time.
She also has an oped in NYT well worth your time.
Parenthetical: early 17th century: from Latin parentheticus, from Greek parenthetos ‘interpolated’, from para- para-1 + enthetos ‘capable of being put in’.
Carney’s book: premise is $ value & human values can be reconciled; that values are capable of being put in to capitalism.
Carney’s book: premise is $ value & human values can be reconciled; that values are capable of being put in to capitalism.
July 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Parenthetical: early 17th century: from Latin parentheticus, from Greek parenthetos ‘interpolated’, from para- para-1 + enthetos ‘capable of being put in’.
Carney’s book: premise is $ value & human values can be reconciled; that values are capable of being put in to capitalism.
Carney’s book: premise is $ value & human values can be reconciled; that values are capable of being put in to capitalism.
Genocide and profit. Blood money.
July 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Genocide and profit. Blood money.
We used to invest in education. Now, education is a site of investing. It has been folded inside the market, to it’s ruin.
July 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
We used to invest in education. Now, education is a site of investing. It has been folded inside the market, to it’s ruin.
The oligarchs of any era don’t want universities.
July 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The oligarchs of any era don’t want universities.
From the Royal NWMP report of 1907. Prairie forts had tennis courts.
June 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
From the Royal NWMP report of 1907. Prairie forts had tennis courts.
@mark-carney.bsky.social A clear, decisive statement and firm action are called for.
June 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
@mark-carney.bsky.social A clear, decisive statement and firm action are called for.
Canada is signatory to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which includes this (though we’ve gone in the opposite direction). There are many, many countries with free higher education.
June 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Canada is signatory to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which includes this (though we’ve gone in the opposite direction). There are many, many countries with free higher education.
President Truman, speech in Syracuse, New York on October 10, 1952.
June 26, 2025 at 11:19 AM
President Truman, speech in Syracuse, New York on October 10, 1952.