StephenHenighan
@stephenhenighan.bsky.social
Novelist-Short Story Writer-Translator-Journalist-Prof of Spanish American literature // www.stephenhenighan.com
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If there are any people out there who think that Herzog is the liberal and reasonable face of Israel, I don't know on what planet they're living.
Herzog is a nepo baby, who stands for nothing, and did nothing to stop Israel's slide into a genocidal authoritarian regime.
Herzog is a nepo baby, who stands for nothing, and did nothing to stop Israel's slide into a genocidal authoritarian regime.
November 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
If there are any people out there who think that Herzog is the liberal and reasonable face of Israel, I don't know on what planet they're living.
Herzog is a nepo baby, who stands for nothing, and did nothing to stop Israel's slide into a genocidal authoritarian regime.
Herzog is a nepo baby, who stands for nothing, and did nothing to stop Israel's slide into a genocidal authoritarian regime.
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When a news outlet puts a reckless, undocumented claim by the Trump regime in the main headline and puts medical experts’ pushback in the smaller type, it’s making a choice. And not a good one.
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
When a news outlet puts a reckless, undocumented claim by the Trump regime in the main headline and puts medical experts’ pushback in the smaller type, it’s making a choice. And not a good one.
In Guatemala --governed by a democratic centrist party--a renegade Public Prosecutor's Office is STILL succeeding in jailing journalist José Rubén Zamora for reporting on corruption, against the will of the President.
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Una herida en el mundo
Para escuchar la ola reventando, o el viento en la montaña, hay que subir la montaña; hay que estar frente al mar
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November 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
In Guatemala --governed by a democratic centrist party--a renegade Public Prosecutor's Office is STILL succeeding in jailing journalist José Rubén Zamora for reporting on corruption, against the will of the President.
elpais.com/america/2025...
elpais.com/america/2025...
II wrote this @thetls.bsky.social in November 2005. I never thought I'd see my suspicions so unequivocally confirmed.
November 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
II wrote this @thetls.bsky.social in November 2005. I never thought I'd see my suspicions so unequivocally confirmed.
If it's cheap to build, #Ontario will never adopt it because the kickbacks for Doug Ford's cronies will be too small.
#Montreal 's just leap-frogged other cities in North America by opening the REM.
Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (100 km/h plus). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)
And really fun to ride...
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Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (100 km/h plus). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)
And really fun to ride...
🧵
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
If it's cheap to build, #Ontario will never adopt it because the kickbacks for Doug Ford's cronies will be too small.
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I grew up with a family rumour about Indigenous ancestry. As a young adult, I checked it out with genealogical research and DNA testing. I am not Indigenous. Neither, it turns out, is Thomas King.
Inconvenient Indian author Thomas King says he is not part Cherokee
Writer ‘still in shock’ after a whistle-blowing organization showed him genealogical evidence that he wasn’t part Indigenous as he originally assumed
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November 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I grew up with a family rumour about Indigenous ancestry. As a young adult, I checked it out with genealogical research and DNA testing. I am not Indigenous. Neither, it turns out, is Thomas King.
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My Thomas King files…
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
My Thomas King files…
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(everyone has known for years — years!! — that Thomas King is not Cherokee) www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
Inconvenient Indian author Thomas King says he is not part Cherokee
Writer ‘still in shock’ after a whistle-blowing organization showed him genealogical evidence that he wasn’t part Indigenous as he originally assumed
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
(everyone has known for years — years!! — that Thomas King is not Cherokee) www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
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More than six weeks after the Gaza ceasefire came into force, journalists are still prevented by the Israeli military from entering the Gaza Strip.
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
More than six weeks after the Gaza ceasefire came into force, journalists are still prevented by the Israeli military from entering the Gaza Strip.
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Author Gabriela Cabezón Cámara and translator Robin Myers discuss We Are Green and Trembling, winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature. Read here: The National Book Award Interviews: buff.ly/mL0LRnd
The National Book Award Interviews: Gabriela Cabezón Cámara and Robin Myers - Words Without Borders
Gabriela Cabezón Cámara and Robin Myers discuss "We Are Green and Trembling," winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Author Gabriela Cabezón Cámara and translator Robin Myers discuss We Are Green and Trembling, winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature. Read here: The National Book Award Interviews: buff.ly/mL0LRnd
The worst part of this is the Vancouver festival and the Edmonton Opera cancelling Thomas King. Either his work is worth presenting or it's not; it shouldn't depend on his ethnicity. Let's hope people keep reading Green Grass, Running Water.
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Inconvenient Indian author Thomas King says he is not part Cherokee
Writer ‘still in shock’ after a whistle-blowing organization showed him genealogical evidence that he wasn’t part Indigenous as he originally assumed
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The worst part of this is the Vancouver festival and the Edmonton Opera cancelling Thomas King. Either his work is worth presenting or it's not; it shouldn't depend on his ethnicity. Let's hope people keep reading Green Grass, Running Water.
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
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On CBC, I talk about Jeffrey Epstein, the CIA and Mossad, referencing the excellent reporting at @dropsitenews.com -- yet it remains impossible to get mainstream USA media to discuss this evidence.
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© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
On CBC, I talk about Jeffrey Epstein, the CIA and Mossad, referencing the excellent reporting at @dropsitenews.com -- yet it remains impossible to get mainstream USA media to discuss this evidence.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
Head of the Rhodes Trust is not a job with power or influence. It tends to be held by the vaguely eminent and semi-retired. This is a big step down for Freeland.
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Head of the Rhodes Trust is not a job with power or influence. It tends to be held by the vaguely eminent and semi-retired. This is a big step down for Freeland.
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You’re most välkomna, eh?
Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 AM
You’re most välkomna, eh?
"Peace" means Israeli can keep killing 25-75 Palestinians a day without facing condemnation or resprisals.
November 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"Peace" means Israeli can keep killing 25-75 Palestinians a day without facing condemnation or resprisals.
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“It's positive only for Russia" - a source in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's office tells me Kyiv isn't impressed by the 28-point plan cooked up by Steven Witkoff and Kirill Dmitriev.
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U.S. peace plan calls on Ukraine to give up land, receives negative reaction from Kyiv
Peace plan was drafted by U.S. and Russian officials without any involvement from Kyiv
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November 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
“It's positive only for Russia" - a source in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's office tells me Kyiv isn't impressed by the 28-point plan cooked up by Steven Witkoff and Kirill Dmitriev.
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Efraín Kristal (1959-2025) is gone. He asked us all to memorize poems as a precondition for studying Rubén Darío together. Por eso puedo pensar esta noche en la palabra que huye, y en la barca del sueño que en el espacio boga.
November 19, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Efraín Kristal (1959-2025) is gone. He asked us all to memorize poems as a precondition for studying Rubén Darío together. Por eso puedo pensar esta noche en la palabra que huye, y en la barca del sueño que en el espacio boga.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Every year I tip my hat to Biblioasis for producing Best Canadian Essays, Best Canadian Stories and Best Canadian Poetry, and this year is no exception. #amreading
New on The Bibliophile: We're featuring a peek at the introductions to this year's Best Canadian anthologies, as each editor explores how they selected their chosen essays, poems, and stories. Find them on bookstore shelves next Tuesday, Nov 18!
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November 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Every year I tip my hat to Biblioasis for producing Best Canadian Essays, Best Canadian Stories and Best Canadian Poetry, and this year is no exception. #amreading
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'Nationalism, now promoted by chauvinistic men, is a creed from which she distances herself.'
Stephen Henighan: Margaret Atwood’s lives in memoir
Stephen Henighan: Margaret Atwood’s lives in memoir
Margaret Atwood’s lives in memoir
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November 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
'Nationalism, now promoted by chauvinistic men, is a creed from which she distances herself.'
Stephen Henighan: Margaret Atwood’s lives in memoir
Stephen Henighan: Margaret Atwood’s lives in memoir
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I'm on strike for the next three days in protest at my employer's refusal to rule out compulsory redundancies as part of their cost-cutting vision for a radically diminished university. My school makes a healthy profit, most of which goes back into central coffers, yet still we're told to save more.
November 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I'm on strike for the next three days in protest at my employer's refusal to rule out compulsory redundancies as part of their cost-cutting vision for a radically diminished university. My school makes a healthy profit, most of which goes back into central coffers, yet still we're told to save more.
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It’s hard to even know where to begin with this. Professor Falk is in his 90s and one of the world’s most prominent international legal scholars. It beggars belief that he could even remotely be considered a threat to Canada.
Falk, who has investigated Israeli abuses, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel's war on Gaza.
Former UN special rapporteur Richard Falk interrogated for hours in Canada
Falk, who has investigated Israeli abuses, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel's war on Gaza.
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November 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
It’s hard to even know where to begin with this. Professor Falk is in his 90s and one of the world’s most prominent international legal scholars. It beggars belief that he could even remotely be considered a threat to Canada.
Efraín Kristal, author of one of the best books on Vargas Llosa, and of a brilliant book on Borges and translation, dead at 66. Mi más sentido pésame. I once had the pleasure of meeting him, in Quebec City. He was both dazzling and modest.
November 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Efraín Kristal, author of one of the best books on Vargas Llosa, and of a brilliant book on Borges and translation, dead at 66. Mi más sentido pésame. I once had the pleasure of meeting him, in Quebec City. He was both dazzling and modest.