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iosegun.bsky.social
Left Wexit
@iosegun.bsky.social
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Maps, History, Socialism
Cape Breton deindustrialization
Ask me about coal mining
Alberta Advantage researcher and writer
Calgary/Montreal
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iosegun.bsky.social
Huh, no idea why
Screencap showing that I am blocked by bluesky user Kim Kelly
November 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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A biker with an absurd amount of lights on his bike wearing a jersey that says “armed cyclist” with a picture of a gun
November 12, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Saluting the flag and respecting the troops this Remembrance Day
Tombstone for Arthur Ashplant (1898-1982) and his wife Jean (1992-1987). It reads “together at last” with a relief of two doves in front of a mountain scene. In front of the tombstone is a bunch of white roses, a wineskin, a tiny International Brigades flag and a booklet about the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion. Behind is two people holding a flag of the International Brigades.
November 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
iosegun.bsky.social
How has spellcheck which used to be decent gotten so bad
So-called Canada misspelled as “Canad” and spell check suggestions are “canard, canned, canal”
November 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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The angel of history painting Walter Benjamin referenced, but done in the style of two hooting wojacks pointing at something
October 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Cartoon of boy kneeling in prayer at his bedside: “please god let this happen it would be so fucking funny”
August 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Cartoon boy praying by his bedside, “please God let this happen because it would be so fucking funny”
August 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Trump expiring less than a year into his term
Cartoon boy praying by his bedside, “please God let this happen because it would be so fucking funny”
August 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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A Canadian employers’ association attempting to portray striking workers as unpatriotic Trump supporters. Some real sour grapes from losers! www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
Daniel Safayeni, president and CEO of FETCO, an employers' association comprised of federally regulated firms within the transportation and communications sectors, said CIRB and the Supreme Court have affirmed the constitutionality of Section 107, recognizing that the right to strike can be limited in exceptional circumstances when justified by threats to national economic stability. "There is a time and place for the usage of this," Safayeni said, adding that something like a special mediation process could be used before the invocation of Section 107. "At the end of the day, the government is going to need a tool to keep particularly critical industries, critical supply chains moving, if a deal can't be reached." He said unions are entitled to challenge decisions in court but can't just ignore orders because that "sets a dangerous precedent." "That is normalizing behaviour that frankly, think when we look south of the border, we see it and we are shocked and disappointed to see it, and I don't think we want to replicate those same norms here," Safayeni said.
August 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Had enough signal to text from here but my partner refused to post a hot take for me.
View of a mountain valley, gravel mountain tops, spruce green bottom with a single blue koolaid colour lake. Skies grey and foggy.
August 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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This guys just keeps sucking harder. Never ever vote Grit, they’re basically Tories.
National Post headline: Calgary Liberal MP sharing his advice on how to shrink a government department Corey Hogan wrote a 10-step guide with lessons he learned from being a public servant who had to find savings in the Alberta government By Matteo Cimellaro Published Jul 30, 2025
July 31, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Pretending I’m in Ancient Greece
A ruined wall made of stone. Empty window looking through at clear blue sky. Green grass growing at the foot of the wall. A copy of Thucydides’ Peloponnesian War on a pine tree branch over some stone ruins
July 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Unfortunately the feds set the minimum income lower than what Alberta’s (already insufficient) rate already is, so the provincial govt is able to get away with it. www.stalbertgazette.com/beyond-local...
She said in the regulations for the CDB the federal government states the intention is for the combined income support to be comparable to Old Age Security and the Guaranteed Income Supplement of $1,814 per month. "Alberta significantly exceeds this benchmark and provides the highest level of support in Canada, and we are pleased that the federal government is finally starting to pay their fair share to help support Albertans with disabilities," said Edgerton.
July 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Trevor Tombe with a coconut cocktail replacing the top of his head
July 17, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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Smilin’ Bible Bill
July 17, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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I also figured since there’s a lot of Beatons from the Mabous. A couple of years ago I was at the anniversary reenactment of a Beaton forefather coming ashore at the coal mines
Three people in historical costume on a beach. Overturned boat on the left. One man looking towards the others has a stick in one hand and a fish in the other.
July 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Left Wexit @iosegun.bsky.social • now • Content Blocked Hide I think Canada should just take the hit on behalf of the world, and k * l l Trump
July 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Got some pancakes and the vibes were bad
Photo of a Calgary Stampede pancake breakfast. The food servers are left to right, Alberta premier Danielle Smith, Federal Tory leader Pierre Poilievre, and elected transphobe Jennifer Johnson.
July 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Good piece that does what I love, examines political economy of why things are this way defector.com/the-plight-o...
I have argued that the movement of the white male writer out of his former central position in the literary world is more a matter of the industry's collapsing social value than it is of feminist or woke ideology. So, how should we understand the more common story of his demise that has been circulating since Joyce Carol Oates got that ball rolling? Here is where Castro's novel is useful.
July 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Went hiking this long weekend. Swam in the pool beneath the waterfall after fording a rushing mountain river that almost swept us away.
Waterfall plummeting down three steps into a deep blue pool. Framed by spruce trees and sunny skies. A waterfall pouring over the edge into a valley full of spruce trees. On the other side a mountain ridge.
July 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Trevor Tombe with a big grin. The top of his head has been replaced with a tropical cocktail complete with little drink umbrella.
June 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Working class stained glass is great. Saw some in France this week.
Stained glass windows in a stairwell showing stylized shirtless heroic proletarians making steel.
June 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Doing one of my favourite things this week, going down a mine.
Looking down a mine gallery. Rough hewn rock walls held up by metal pit props. Electric lamps on the wall flooding stark light into the dark tunnel.
June 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Meme with four panels: 1st “communists persecuted my family, took our home, and destroyed our family business!! That’s why we had to flee to the USA!!” 2nd the family: a painting of renaissance aristos 3rd the home: an enormous luxury castle 4th the family business: a slave plantation
June 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Smilin’ Bible Bill
June 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM