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John Robb

@realstirfryguy.bsky.social

Gregarious line cook. I have many opinions and they are all mine. #Reds fan. Settler on unceded Wolastoqiyik territory. il/He/Him 🤼 🌱🌿📌 #NBBluesky #CanadaSky

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 4h ago

This one is a real classic. Quotes 1 and 3 are in fact the same exact quote presented twice as if spoken by two different students. The first is simply an excerpt (disingenuously not noted) of the third. Rigorous stuff!

I dropped out. My anxiety level was too high and no one at the school seemed to care. It is open season on Jewish students. The only reason I have not seriously considered changing institutions is that I do not believe other institutions are necessarily better. I dropped out. My anxiety level was too high and no one at the school seemed to care. It is open season on Jewish students. The fact that anyone can mask their face on campus, destroy property, etc., with no consequences is terrifying. I never felt safe.
Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 4h ago

Here’s a great example of how Canada now defines ‘antisemitism’ amid this obvious moral panic. In this student’s testimony, the instructor is “very antisemitic.” How do we know? He was “mainly using anti-zionism in his examples.” Et voila, antizionism becomes antisemitism.

I had to drop my archival cinema course last year because the instructor was very antisemitic and constantly talked about how our projects had to be very political, mainly using anti-Zionism in his examples.
Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 4h ago

This just-released Canada Heritage survey is a stunning piece of anti-Palestinian propaganda weaponized vs. critics of the genocide at universities. It is a reprisal against the encampment movement. Look at the evidence of ‘antisemitism’: a prof calling Israel a Zionist project—as it attests to be.

In a course that had nothing to do with Israel, my professor spent three weeks talking about Gaza and the creation of the State of Israel. He never mentioned the Holocaust as a precursor to its founding, repeatedly calling the state a “Zionist political project.”
Richard Reeleder@nbdatapoints.bsky.social · 14h ago

'former Ontario man' born in hell hole Ohio, moves to hell hole Oklahoma. That's where a Tulsa suburb denied permit for a mosque. So, dude is ok with Islamophobia.

CTV News Kitchener@ctvnewskitchener.bsky.social · 14h ago

Calls emerge for U.S. refugee status as group helps Jewish families flee Canada - A former Ontario man and a Conservative U.S. think tank are encouraging the Trump administration to offer refugee status to Jewish Canadians who feel threatened by rising antisemitism here.

John Robb@realstirfryguy.bsky.social · 15h ago

There is a narrative on the mainstream media in the US that the "far left" insurgence in the Democratic party is a mirror of the Tea Party/Maga movement. And I for one say, I fucking hope so and additionally hope they are as successful as the right was. USians deserve some nice things!

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18h ago

Might be helpful to read today's column in conjunction with this one, from January, as they point to the same root cause: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot

There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

theguardian.com

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19h ago

My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot

As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

theguardian.com

Kai, a very old GenX 🇨🇦@kaicable.bsky.social · 19h ago

Both Liberal & Conservative parties over the last 40 years helped the wealthy evade taxes - starting with Brian Mulroney, then Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin, Stephen Harper, Justin Trudeau and finally Mark Carney. Remember the Panama Papers? #cdnpoli #canada #corruption #graft shorturl.at/JRib3

China's super-rich 'in shock' and hunting for cash as Beijing issues surprise tax on offshore trusts

Beijing's move to tax offshore trusts, long used by China's ultra-rich to hold money, has set off a rush to lawyers and a scramble for cash.

cnbc.com

Andrew Pollock@fischbob.bsky.social · 2d ago

For anybody who actually cares about city population rankings: the latest Census numbers using updated NB municipal boundaries are scheduled to be released on February 10th, 2027. Until then we're all just blowing hot air based on some extrapolation.

Richard Reeleder@nbdatapoints.bsky.social · yesterday

'As a result, I think we are on a course toward a confrontation at least as serious as January 6, and I think it is likely to happen in the window around this fall’s election, when the stakes for Trump personally are highest and the tools are already in place'

Jay Rosen@jayrosen.bsky.social · yesterday

"Nothing moves the needle." craigunger.substack.com/p/nothing-mo... In case you missed it. Best thing I've read recently about the crisis in journalism.

John Robb@realstirfryguy.bsky.social · 2d ago

They will say they are protecting while abuse continues systemically. This is how it has been and how it will remain until we are able to tie the bow around who the Epstein class is.

A political cartoon satirizing the anti-trans movement in which an old bald chunky man in khaki pants and a white shirt is looking into the shorts of a girl. He says, "I'm inspecting your genitals to protect you from abuse". The caption at the bottom reads "Republican Anti-Trans Logic". The artists name is signed but am unable to ascertain it.
Kat Hartness@kathartness.bsky.social · 2d ago

Not a word about verifying the gender of boys... this is little girl specific. Child sexual abuse on a state level 'Surefire method' for destroying girls' sports seen in bill targeting kindergartners www.rawstory.com/project-2025...

DataNB@datanb.bsky.social · 3d ago

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John Robb@realstirfryguy.bsky.social · 3d ago

So the serenity of our evening was smashed, quite literally, last night when someone in conflict with our tenant decided it was a good idea to throw a brick thru our basement window live on security camera and with my wife explaining they weren't welcome here. Folks is foolish out there. Be safe.