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Erik Barnes

@erikwbarnes.bsky.social

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Fun, tired, large, and goofy in no particular order. Comedian, writer, improvisor, actor, voiceover, pro wrestling commentator, and whatever is fun/gives me money (also in no particular order).

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Seth Rudy @sethrudy.bsky.social · 12h

Meanwhile in #Portland

Kermit faces off with Hopper in The Muppet Movie

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 6h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 11h

Excuse me, what?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 11h

I remember the episode of Garfield & Friends when Garfield got roped into a polycule.

Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 1d

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Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 11h

I remember the episode of Garfield & Friends when Jon embraced the motto "What would Jon Hamm do?" and he lived his best life.

Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 1d

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Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 11h

I remember the episode of Garfield & Friends when Orson explained to Wade why he needed all the eggs Wade could lay before the full moon next week, meanwhile Lanolin was high.

Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 1d

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Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 11h

I remember the episode of Garfield & Friends when Jon felt elated after hearing some strange woman tell him that she's "proud of him."

Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 19h

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Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 11h

I remember the episode of Garfield & Friends when Garfield made a working cannon out of a discarded log.

Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 16h

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Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 11h

I remember the episode of Garfield & Friends when Garfield offended the cafeteria worker, telling her to "scoop deez nuts."

Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 15h

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Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 11h

I remember the episode of Garfield & Friends when Garfield snuck up on Jon while he was asleep and dispassionately farted into his open mouth.

Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 11h

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12h

Chanting, "we are the body of Christ! The body of Christ will be free!"

This crowd has swelled considerably. Few hundred here now.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 20h

Nice try, “Paul A. Thompson”

A Pitchfork review for One Battle After Another that call it a “nerve-wracking masterpiece”, written by one Paul A. Thompson

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 22h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 1d

Huge support to the inflatable frog costume person in Portland for both embarrassing the regime and reclaiming frog imagery from the internet right.

pumpkin spice amb 🎃 @amb.fyi · 1d

The Portland protest frog has done more to protect American democracy and fight fascism than all but the tiniest handful of elected officials

Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 1d

That’s never how science works.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Careful, Jenn Bites 🧛🏻‍♀️🩷🧛🏻‍♀️ @alldolledup44.bsky.social · 1d

As an unofficial toast connoisseur, I can say with certainty that sour dough toast is the best toast.

Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 1d

The Franken the Berry, the sweeter the juice.

Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 1d

I think the problem on the left wing side isn’t prosecuting people for being right wing but not prosecuting and sentencing people WHO COMMITTED CRIMES.

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 1d

“What we don’t want to become the norm is where people think, ‘OK, there’s a new administration, now everyone in the old administration gets prosecuted. That’s an incredibly dangerous cycle where nobody wins.”

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Experts fear impact of deepening polarization and perceived political prosecutions

Reforms enacted after Watergate to bolster public confidence in the impartiality of prosecutions are proving dated and ineffective, legal experts warn.

www.nbcnews.com

Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 1d

I remember the episode of Garfield & Friends when Jon looked up and pleaded with God to just kill him.

Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 2d

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Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 1d

I remember the episode of Garfield & Friends when Garfield tried to become Big Chungus.

Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 2d

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Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 1d

I remember the episode of Garfield & Friends when a wolf scared Orson so much he started transforming into a teenager from Happy Days.

Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 2d

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Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 1d

I remember the episode of Garfield & Friends when––JON, NO!

Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 2d

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Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 1d

I remember the episode of Garfield & Friends when the astronauts traveled along the cosmos to view the galaxy from a perspective a very select few are able to experience yet were bored, uninterested, and acted like they were waiting at the DMV.

Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 2d

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