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Chris Barnhart

@cvbarnhart.bsky.social

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Liberal Democrat, anti-theist, reliable voter, husband, childfree guardian of two FIV+ cats, person experiencing homeownership, native plants grower, D&D DM, comic book collector, network engineer, poll worker, notary pubic. Biden would have won.

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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · Jun 11

We probably disagree about Palestine, UFOs, Bernie Sanders, pizza, religion, ghosts, alternative medicine, Malört, immigration, comic book writer Tom King, traffic calming, and/or pit bulls

Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 11h

Enshittification and how to fix it.

NPR @npr.org · 16h

A new book diagnoses a sickness affecting some of America's biggest companies. n.pr/4724Llp

A theory why the internet is going down the toilet

A new book diagnoses a sickness affecting some of America's biggest companies.

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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 1d

Weird move, but I like it. I thought the cannabis-using gun enthusiasts were an important part of Trump's base.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

BREAKING: The Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns.

Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke pot can legally own guns

The Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns, the latest firearm case to come before the court since its 2022 decision expanding gun rights.

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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 1d

I look forward to Cori Bush ending her campaign early due to a lack of donations and volunteers.

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jeremy kaplowitz @jeremykaplowitz.com · Aug 3

you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am

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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 3d

15 rolls into this Triple Yahtzee game and I already have four Yahtzees!

Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 3d

I don't get why people skip the real No Kings rally downtown to instead hold signs at Grand and Arsenal.

Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 4d

The Dead Milkmen's cover of "Baby's on Fire" is a beautifully sarcastic homage!

Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 5d

I like to think I'm Mr. Mime, but I'm probably more of a Slaking.

Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 6d

Is there a heterosexual-to-bisexual conversion therapy? I feel like a lot of people could benefit from that. Really open up the options, ya know?

Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 7d

The quote from Montgomery in this is 😙👌

"...all the shit they've been telling them people... I brought you in this motherfucker; I will move you up out this motherfucker."

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Judge jails St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery over charges of witness tampering involving burner phone

Montgomery allegedly withheld information about owning a burner phone, which he threatened his employees with, prosecutors said.

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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 7d

Why not just add a tax on electricity that only impacts extremely high-consumption facilities like datacenters, and use that revenue to subsidize electricity costs for all other consumers?

Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 8d

AI and crypto are pricing real people out of electricity. www.ksdk.com/mobile/artic...

Ameren cut off nearly 15,000 Missourians from electricity in September as data centers threaten to raise prices more

Data centers are projected to raise electricity prices even more, as current prices are already unaffordable for thousands of families across the state.

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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 8d

I'm not a proponent of capital punishment in the US, but these prisoner swaps justify it in Israel.

NPR @npr.org · 8d

Among the 2,000 Palestinians freed in the Gaza ceasefire deal were 250 serving life terms for attacks on Israelis dating back decades. n.pr/4n4b3Wv

Palestinians celebrate as prisoners are released by Israel under Gaza ceasefire deal

Among the 2,000 Palestinians freed in the Gaza ceasefire deal were 250 serving life terms for attacks on Israelis dating back decades.

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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 8d

Realistically, that would require enough critical thinking skill to preclude one from becoming a neo-Nazi in the first place, but it's fun to imagine, like when my cats watch TV and I imagine that they're invested in the stories.

Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 8d

I like to imagine that somewhere out there, a neo-Nazi watched how the media handled the Israel—Hamas War, and thought "huh, maybe they DON'T control the media."

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 8d

“Sauve qui peut”. This is a French phrase that translates literally to something like "save yourself who's able/can" and roughly equates to “run for your life!” or “every man for himself!”, indicating a chaotic or dangerous situation/stampede. Postcard from my collection, no date/info.

Black and white photo of a shorthaired tabby kitten appearing to burst through a sheet of white paper in a dark frame. Text at the bottom reads “sauve qui peut”.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 12d

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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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 12d

It's amazing! Upgrading mayors completely fixed trash pickup for my block! Under TJ, it was terrible. Now, it's totally fine. Night and day!

Wild how switching from "mayor who made her supporters feel woke" to "mayor who is competent" fixes stuff that actually matters in real life!

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 13d

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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 13d

Humans and giraffes have the same number of neck vertebrae, but penguins have about twice as many!

Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 13d

I grew up during the Jocks—Nerds culture war, so it feels weird to me that there is now a big overlap of fans of comic books and pro wrestling. But I guess it makes sense. They're both soap operas starring musclemen with capes, masks, and codenames.

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 14d

I saw this racist bullshit coming the second our classrooms switched from blackboards to whiteboards.

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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 14d

The options were Incremental Progress or Radical Decline and the former just wasn't good enough. 🤷‍♂️

Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 14d

Remember when the Left wasted 8 years whining that "Obamacare sucks," "Deporter in chief" this, "drones" that, cryin' about AAA and how Obama didn't do gay marriage fast enough?

Meanwhile Republicans were sweeping their way into power and laying the groundwork for where we are now.

I remember.

Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 22d

There are a lot of good petitions going around right now in MO!

In addition to the two I'm circulating, I hear there's also one to re-legalize abortion again, and yet another to overturn MO's gay marriage ban (which will matter when SCOTUS overturns Obergefell v. Hodges).