Erny
@bugsyc.bsky.social
Canadian, married 59+ years, 7 children, 7 grandchildren, foster parents, retired, school bus driver, computer systems programmer, world traveller, member Community of Christ, long time supporter of community development through World Accord
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Erny
@bugsyc.bsky.social
· Nov 9
Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth 1967
YouTube video by PettyYou007
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A song for our time...
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Absolutely.
Those observing Christmas are celebrating a family of asylum seekers. If there is indeed a "War on Christmas," it's being waged by those trying to make our country less safe for the poor, for the marginalized, and for refugees.
December 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Absolutely.
Understand ...
This gives me real hope. In the last 24 hours you've donated over £20k to @calaisappeal.bsky.social
Please do watch my Christmas message here:
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and donate here:
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Please do watch my Christmas message here:
youtu.be/lopMMkz0law?...
and donate here:
www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
Zack Polanski's Christmas Message
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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December 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Understand ...
Absolutely this 👇
The biggest untold story about how we pay for government involves a big switcheroo by America’s wealthy. Watch. https://youtu.be/IjiLaLj1ZZE
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December 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Absolutely this 👇
A lesson for today...
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
In Berlin, I took an evening class on fascism – and found out how to stop the AfD | Tania Roettger
With the far-right party ahead in the polls, I discovered that a novel set during the rise of the Nazis provides a timely warning, says journalist Tania Roettger
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A lesson for today...
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
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You have to wonder
whether a similar dilemma is facing American military leaders.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
whether a similar dilemma is facing American military leaders.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Rare footage from trial of Chinese general who defied Tiananmen crackdown order leaked online
Video shows Gen Xu Qinxian explaining why he refused to deploy troops to crush 1989 student-led demonstrations
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
You have to wonder
whether a similar dilemma is facing American military leaders.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
whether a similar dilemma is facing American military leaders.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
You have to wonder
whether a similar dilemma is facing American military leaders.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
whether a similar dilemma is facing American military leaders.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Rare footage from trial of Chinese general who defied Tiananmen crackdown order leaked online
Video shows Gen Xu Qinxian explaining why he refused to deploy troops to crush 1989 student-led demonstrations
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
You have to wonder
whether a similar dilemma is facing American military leaders.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
whether a similar dilemma is facing American military leaders.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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I’m old enough to remember when CBS News would never have surrendered to a demagogic president or any other politician. Remember Edward R. Murrow?
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I’m old enough to remember when CBS News would never have surrendered to a demagogic president or any other politician. Remember Edward R. Murrow?
This 👇
Mass deportations don’t protect working people—they weaken labor standards, silence organizing and empower bad employers.
An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers. @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social
An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers. @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This 👇
Canadians who advocate for privatized health care take note ...
December 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Canadians who advocate for privatized health care take note ...
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Deck the halls and lock him up.
Written by Rikki Beadle-Blair
Performed at Soho Theatre, Walhamstow for charity fundraiser "Comedians Do Carols."
Written by Rikki Beadle-Blair
Performed at Soho Theatre, Walhamstow for charity fundraiser "Comedians Do Carols."
December 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Deck the halls and lock him up.
Written by Rikki Beadle-Blair
Performed at Soho Theatre, Walhamstow for charity fundraiser "Comedians Do Carols."
Written by Rikki Beadle-Blair
Performed at Soho Theatre, Walhamstow for charity fundraiser "Comedians Do Carols."
Exactly so.
Everything that MAGA rants against is precisely what they themselves are.
Elitist, fake, manipulative, oppressive...
Everything that MAGA rants against is precisely what they themselves are.
Elitist, fake, manipulative, oppressive...
December 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Exactly so.
Everything that MAGA rants against is precisely what they themselves are.
Elitist, fake, manipulative, oppressive...
Everything that MAGA rants against is precisely what they themselves are.
Elitist, fake, manipulative, oppressive...
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This is why people say our economy is rigged. Watch.
December 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This is why people say our economy is rigged. Watch.
CBC Rdio news just reported that it has been agreed that ownership control of Tik Tok shall pass from the Chinese conglomerate to an American one.
Does anyone seriously think that we shall be in safer hands now?
That the oligarchs who finance the GOP/MAGA are less likely to manipulate the populace?
Does anyone seriously think that we shall be in safer hands now?
That the oligarchs who finance the GOP/MAGA are less likely to manipulate the populace?
December 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
CBC Rdio news just reported that it has been agreed that ownership control of Tik Tok shall pass from the Chinese conglomerate to an American one.
Does anyone seriously think that we shall be in safer hands now?
That the oligarchs who finance the GOP/MAGA are less likely to manipulate the populace?
Does anyone seriously think that we shall be in safer hands now?
That the oligarchs who finance the GOP/MAGA are less likely to manipulate the populace?
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December 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that. - Andor
Pic of the day
#photography
Pic of the day
#photography
December 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that. - Andor
Pic of the day
#photography
Pic of the day
#photography
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An absence of compassion can corrupt the decency of a community, a state, a nation. - Bryan Stevenson
Pic of the day
#photography
Pic of the day
#photography
December 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
An absence of compassion can corrupt the decency of a community, a state, a nation. - Bryan Stevenson
Pic of the day
#photography
Pic of the day
#photography
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The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest - Sen Mon Mothma, Andor
Pic of the day
#photography
Pic of the day
#photography
December 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest - Sen Mon Mothma, Andor
Pic of the day
#photography
Pic of the day
#photography
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💯💯. Correct I love James Baldwin, one of my favourite writers. A proud strong gay man 🏳️🌈💙
December 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
💯💯. Correct I love James Baldwin, one of my favourite writers. A proud strong gay man 🏳️🌈💙
Absolutely.
DJT is just a symptom.
MAGA and the GOP are just 'useful idiots'.
Look to those who cultivate an atmosphere of hate, who shred consensus and the rule of law.
Who prospers when chaos reigns?
Privatized prisons and armies. Manufacturers and merchants of arms.
DJT is just a symptom.
MAGA and the GOP are just 'useful idiots'.
Look to those who cultivate an atmosphere of hate, who shred consensus and the rule of law.
Who prospers when chaos reigns?
Privatized prisons and armies. Manufacturers and merchants of arms.
We need to recognize this isn’t a Trump issue only, this is every Republican in Congress allowing this. It’s not a Donald Trump problem, it’s the Republican Party!
December 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Absolutely.
DJT is just a symptom.
MAGA and the GOP are just 'useful idiots'.
Look to those who cultivate an atmosphere of hate, who shred consensus and the rule of law.
Who prospers when chaos reigns?
Privatized prisons and armies. Manufacturers and merchants of arms.
DJT is just a symptom.
MAGA and the GOP are just 'useful idiots'.
Look to those who cultivate an atmosphere of hate, who shred consensus and the rule of law.
Who prospers when chaos reigns?
Privatized prisons and armies. Manufacturers and merchants of arms.
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Carney’s “groundbreaking” new methane regulations are expected to reduce oil and gas production growth by an estimated 0.2% between 2025 and 2035. -CBC
Wow, that much hey? 🙄
Wow, that much hey? 🙄
December 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Carney’s “groundbreaking” new methane regulations are expected to reduce oil and gas production growth by an estimated 0.2% between 2025 and 2035. -CBC
Wow, that much hey? 🙄
Wow, that much hey? 🙄
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Rob Reiner on Christian nationalism
December 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Rob Reiner on Christian nationalism
All TOO real.
Except that it purports to be set in DJT's 3rd term.
But after one year of his second term we are well on our way there already.
www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
Except that it purports to be set in DJT's 3rd term.
But after one year of his second term we are well on our way there already.
www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
How Alex Garland's Civil War offers a warning about the US political divide
The action film imagining a near future in which the US has descended into chaos is the year's most controversial film so far – and the polarised response is just as interesting.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
All TOO real.
Except that it purports to be set in DJT's 3rd term.
But after one year of his second term we are well on our way there already.
www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
Except that it purports to be set in DJT's 3rd term.
But after one year of his second term we are well on our way there already.
www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.