Owen Smyth
@owen59.bsky.social
Old guy, husband, father, teacher, retiring, music, trains, books, cooking, progressive ideologies and politics…and chocolate in all its myriad forms.
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Alberta isn’t fixing healthcare. It’s abandoning it.
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/12/05/a...
#Alberta #abpoli #cdnpoli #healthcare
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/12/05/a...
#Alberta #abpoli #cdnpoli #healthcare
Alberta isn’t fixing healthcare. It’s abandoning it.
“Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets.”
canadahealthwatch.ca
December 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Alberta isn’t fixing healthcare. It’s abandoning it.
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/12/05/a...
#Alberta #abpoli #cdnpoli #healthcare
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/12/05/a...
#Alberta #abpoli #cdnpoli #healthcare
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well i guess i’m gonna have to start smoking now
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
well i guess i’m gonna have to start smoking now
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
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Two men.
Two horrific secrets.
Two horrific secrets.
November 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Two men.
Two horrific secrets.
Two horrific secrets.
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Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
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November 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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This is long but well worth the time investment, especially if you have friends or family that are having trouble spotting AI Slop. @banditelli.org
AI Slop: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
www.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:48 AM
This is long but well worth the time investment, especially if you have friends or family that are having trouble spotting AI Slop. @banditelli.org
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Gateway Meat Market in Dartmouth, NS 🇨🇦 sells groceries for a fraction of the price. Here's how they do it... hint: Lack of Greed | #CBC #video #Doc
#novascotia #grocery
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Ly...
#novascotia #grocery
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Ly...
Priced to Thrill: One Market's Tale of Grocery Rebellion
YouTube video by CBC News Nova Scotia
www.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Gateway Meat Market in Dartmouth, NS 🇨🇦 sells groceries for a fraction of the price. Here's how they do it... hint: Lack of Greed | #CBC #video #Doc
#novascotia #grocery
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Ly...
#novascotia #grocery
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Ly...
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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This wins the internet today. 🏆
October 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This wins the internet today. 🏆
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Kimmel’s writing staff doesn’t seem cowed by the events of the past week.
@jimmykimmellive.bsky.social
@jimmykimmellive.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Kimmel’s writing staff doesn’t seem cowed by the events of the past week.
@jimmykimmellive.bsky.social
@jimmykimmellive.bsky.social
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There is no moral justification for today’s extraordinary concentration of wealth.
It is distorting politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people.
Closing our staggering wealth gap is crucial to the survival of our economy and our democracy.
It is distorting politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people.
Closing our staggering wealth gap is crucial to the survival of our economy and our democracy.
September 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
There is no moral justification for today’s extraordinary concentration of wealth.
It is distorting politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people.
Closing our staggering wealth gap is crucial to the survival of our economy and our democracy.
It is distorting politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people.
Closing our staggering wealth gap is crucial to the survival of our economy and our democracy.
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I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the oligarchy and return power to the people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP0pRIBRcDk
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the oligarchy and return power to the people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP0pRIBRcDk
The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
August 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the oligarchy and return power to the people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP0pRIBRcDk
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the oligarchy and return power to the people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP0pRIBRcDk
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Sarah Palin No Longer Dumbest Person to Set Foot in Alaska
August 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Sarah Palin No Longer Dumbest Person to Set Foot in Alaska
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We've been busy, & we're getting busier! Bonnie's visit to Hay Lakes was short, but full of conversations about #Local issues here in BR-C. These last days will be very very full! Here's a link to the calendar
www.bonniecritchleyindependent.com/calendar
#OurHomeOurRiding #BattleRiverCrowfoot
www.bonniecritchleyindependent.com/calendar
#OurHomeOurRiding #BattleRiverCrowfoot
August 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
We've been busy, & we're getting busier! Bonnie's visit to Hay Lakes was short, but full of conversations about #Local issues here in BR-C. These last days will be very very full! Here's a link to the calendar
www.bonniecritchleyindependent.com/calendar
#OurHomeOurRiding #BattleRiverCrowfoot
www.bonniecritchleyindependent.com/calendar
#OurHomeOurRiding #BattleRiverCrowfoot
Canada too!
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.
Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare...
This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
Getting big money out of politics.
Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.
Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare...
This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
August 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Canada too!
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Carl Sagan's prediction of America, made 30 years ago.
July 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Carl Sagan's prediction of America, made 30 years ago.
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anti-doomer sentence of the day: "Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last"
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
anti-doomer sentence of the day: "Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last"
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
Happy Canada Day to you all.
a red white and blue canadian flag with a maple leaf
Alt: a red and white canadian flag waving in the breeze.
media.tenor.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Happy Canada Day to you all.
Tom Thompson vibes late on a summer evening.
June 26, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Tom Thompson vibes late on a summer evening.
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