bart
@bartsmith.bsky.social
On twitter, I had an underscore in my name. Here, I don’t. Everything else is basically the same
📍 Carrboro, North Carolina
📍 Carrboro, North Carolina
or some studio misjudges the way the wind is blowing and makes a movie called The Botanist with Jason Statham as a secret ICE agent
January 12, 2026 at 11:26 PM
or some studio misjudges the way the wind is blowing and makes a movie called The Botanist with Jason Statham as a secret ICE agent
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i can't stop laughing because this makes him sound like he's gonna get clobbered in the midterms
January 12, 2026 at 10:30 PM
i can't stop laughing because this makes him sound like he's gonna get clobbered in the midterms
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The federal government’s combination ethnic cleaning campaign-paramilitary occupation of my community is forcing me to do previously unthinkable things (tell my neighbors who I am online).
January 12, 2026 at 9:12 PM
The federal government’s combination ethnic cleaning campaign-paramilitary occupation of my community is forcing me to do previously unthinkable things (tell my neighbors who I am online).
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People who haven’t seen HAMNET really seem to hate it. People who’ve seen it seem, on average, much fonder of it.
January 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
People who haven’t seen HAMNET really seem to hate it. People who’ve seen it seem, on average, much fonder of it.
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swing voters are real, here to stay, and gigantic morons
New Gallup figures in these charts. Well, so much for that emerging Republican majority people were writing about in November 2024. Was evidently a mass overreaction to Trump's win and failure to acknowledge softness of support, and thermostatic politics www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
January 12, 2026 at 9:06 PM
swing voters are real, here to stay, and gigantic morons
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Government accounts just post like this now and that’s how policy is made
January 12, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Government accounts just post like this now and that’s how policy is made
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I would like to bet a dollar that this is because the ultra-sophisticated DOGE AI flagged some phrase like "a diversity of offerings at the salad bar" in a budget.
A remote Army base in Alaska that has a key role in intercepting incoming ICBMs in the event of nuclear war says it is struggling to keep its dining facilities operating following an exodus of staff under the DOGE budget-slashing campaign led by billionaire Elon Musk.
Fort Greely struggles to feed soldiers due to impact of cuts initiated by DOGE
The home to the 49th Missile Defense Battalion faces “a critical disruption in food service” resulting from “a loss of essential civilian positions.”
www.stripes.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:28 PM
I would like to bet a dollar that this is because the ultra-sophisticated DOGE AI flagged some phrase like "a diversity of offerings at the salad bar" in a budget.
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they abolished the department of education, we do not need a trojan horse to abolish ice we can just do it
January 12, 2026 at 8:42 PM
they abolished the department of education, we do not need a trojan horse to abolish ice we can just do it
Mostly it would really just highlight how insignificant a 1-1.5% raise actually is
January 12, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Mostly it would really just highlight how insignificant a 1-1.5% raise actually is
I’m extremely skeptical at this point that state employees will get any kind of raise with this budget, but I am looking forward to the possibility of an entire year’s worth of that backpay arriving all on one check
North Carolina could remain without a new budget until at least April. Lawmakers had scheduled their first session of 2026 this week but aren't planning to hold any votes.
www.wunc.org/politics/202...
www.wunc.org/politics/202...
NC likely won't have a new budget until at least April, as tax cut impasse continues
North Carolina could remain without a new budget until at least April. Lawmakers had scheduled their first session of 2026 this week but aren't planning to hold any votes.
www.wunc.org
January 12, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I’m extremely skeptical at this point that state employees will get any kind of raise with this budget, but I am looking forward to the possibility of an entire year’s worth of that backpay arriving all on one check
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for a brief second, I thought @katmabu.bsky.social was on comedy bang bang
STARS
ARE
BACK!
Returning guests Tatiana Maslany and Tawny Newsome talk all things “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.”
Then Soul legend Barry White applies his deep, silky voice to a whole new genre before first-time guest The Hollywood Sign stops by!!
ARE
BACK!
Returning guests Tatiana Maslany and Tawny Newsome talk all things “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.”
Then Soul legend Barry White applies his deep, silky voice to a whole new genre before first-time guest The Hollywood Sign stops by!!
January 12, 2026 at 8:51 PM
for a brief second, I thought @katmabu.bsky.social was on comedy bang bang
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I'm told the man they arrested may have actually been dressed as a giraffe, not a leopard.
I regret this error.
I regret this error.
January 12, 2026 at 7:10 PM
I'm told the man they arrested may have actually been dressed as a giraffe, not a leopard.
I regret this error.
I regret this error.
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It's amazing they've become a national joke in a matter of weeks.
January 12, 2026 at 7:15 PM
It's amazing they've become a national joke in a matter of weeks.
anyway, in her bio it clearly states that for legal reasons, whatever it was that she said was a joke
January 12, 2026 at 7:13 PM
anyway, in her bio it clearly states that for legal reasons, whatever it was that she said was a joke
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she didn’t say this at all, she answered my question about if she regrets past discrimination against trans people. not discriminating against trans people is “pedophilic trans grooming” to people like elon musk. absolute insanity
January 12, 2026 at 7:09 PM
she didn’t say this at all, she answered my question about if she regrets past discrimination against trans people. not discriminating against trans people is “pedophilic trans grooming” to people like elon musk. absolute insanity
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there should be an official release of this Lucy Dacus and Chappell Roan cover of “Book of Love”
January 11, 2026 at 4:43 PM
there should be an official release of this Lucy Dacus and Chappell Roan cover of “Book of Love”
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Ben Shapiro said the Christmas Adventurer plot line in One Battle After Another was ridiculous
January 12, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Ben Shapiro said the Christmas Adventurer plot line in One Battle After Another was ridiculous
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this hog moron's claim to fame was doing that thing where he would say he'd give money to one of the people who rt'd him btw. now he might get to destroy the federal reserve
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte was a driving force behind the Trump administration’s decision to subpoena the Federal Reserve, according to people familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Bill Pulte Seen as Key Instigator Behind Powell Subpoena
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte was a driving force behind the Trump administration’s decision to subpoena the Federal Reserve, according to people familiar with the matter, intensi...
www.bloomberg.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:06 AM
this hog moron's claim to fame was doing that thing where he would say he'd give money to one of the people who rt'd him btw. now he might get to destroy the federal reserve
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You know who knit me my pink pussy hat in 2016? My rural-Arkansas-raised nurse mother who was protesting and volunteering to provide abortion care in the 1990s. I am so tired of people like her getting painted as a “boomer resistance lib.” She’s been at this a long time.
January 12, 2026 at 6:06 PM
You know who knit me my pink pussy hat in 2016? My rural-Arkansas-raised nurse mother who was protesting and volunteering to provide abortion care in the 1990s. I am so tired of people like her getting painted as a “boomer resistance lib.” She’s been at this a long time.
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this is why the “wine mom” stuff drives me nuts. Even when it’s ostensibly affectionate there’s a whiff of condescending misogyny, and the assumption that activism is supposed to be cool
January 12, 2026 at 6:13 PM
this is why the “wine mom” stuff drives me nuts. Even when it’s ostensibly affectionate there’s a whiff of condescending misogyny, and the assumption that activism is supposed to be cool
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Will focusing his endless font of energy when it comes to being annoying towards ICE totally rules and I tip my cap. Someone buy that man a tank of gas
January 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Will focusing his endless font of energy when it comes to being annoying towards ICE totally rules and I tip my cap. Someone buy that man a tank of gas
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This is the stupidest I think it has ever felt to just be going to work every day
March 16, 2025 at 2:51 AM
This is the stupidest I think it has ever felt to just be going to work every day