Dean Barker
@deanbarker.bsky.social
"Weird composer; weird way of thinking...It is rare to find someone who is mad about Schumann, but I love him very much." - Mitsuko Uchida
Reposted by Dean Barker
💚
"Having begun to love you, I love you forever—in all changes, in all disgraces, because you are yourself."
~ Thomas Hardy,
𝑇𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑’𝑈𝑟𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑠
🎨 John Atkinson Grimshaw
~ Thomas Hardy,
𝑇𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑’𝑈𝑟𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑠
🎨 John Atkinson Grimshaw
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 AM
💚
Reposted by Dean Barker
Celestial Pablum (1958), by Remedios Varo. Nitess💤
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Celestial Pablum (1958), by Remedios Varo. Nitess💤
Reposted by Dean Barker
Reposted by Dean Barker
Max Weber, Still Life with Chinese Tea Pot, 1925
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134963
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134963
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Max Weber, Still Life with Chinese Tea Pot, 1925
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134963
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134963
Reposted by Dean Barker
West Point plaque: "Our code of military obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law."
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
West Point plaque: "Our code of military obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law."
The clock keeps turning,
why hesitate?
You silly fool;
you can't change your fate.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLTD...
why hesitate?
You silly fool;
you can't change your fate.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLTD...
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The clock keeps turning,
why hesitate?
You silly fool;
you can't change your fate.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLTD...
why hesitate?
You silly fool;
you can't change your fate.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLTD...
Reposted by Dean Barker
CHIC - Le Freak (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by RHINO
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Reposted by Dean Barker
Sorry, the terms of service state very clearly that you're not allowed to be convinced to kill yourself by the AI as it gradually and methodically convinces you to kill yourself
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Sorry, the terms of service state very clearly that you're not allowed to be convinced to kill yourself by the AI as it gradually and methodically convinces you to kill yourself
Seeing more and more of this on YT and it makes the videos look trashy and phony.
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
YouTube secretly used AI to edit people's videos. The results could bend reality
YouTube made AI enhancements to videos without telling users or asking permission. As AI quietly mediates our world, what happens to our shared connections with real life?
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Seeing more and more of this on YT and it makes the videos look trashy and phony.
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Reposted by Dean Barker
Happy Birthday Erick Sermon! Explore the EPMD co-founder's musical legacy (including audio & video highlights) here: album.ink/ESermonHBD
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Happy Birthday Erick Sermon! Explore the EPMD co-founder's musical legacy (including audio & video highlights) here: album.ink/ESermonHBD
Reposted by Dean Barker
"Nightswimming deserves a quiet night / I'm not sure all these people understand / It's not like years ago, the fear of getting caught / Of recklessness and water / They cannot see me naked / These things, they go away / Replaced by everyday"
album.ink/REMautomatic
album.ink/REMautomatic
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"Nightswimming deserves a quiet night / I'm not sure all these people understand / It's not like years ago, the fear of getting caught / Of recklessness and water / They cannot see me naked / These things, they go away / Replaced by everyday"
album.ink/REMautomatic
album.ink/REMautomatic
Reposted by Dean Barker
Seventeen Magazine, August 1965 #FallFashion
November 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Seventeen Magazine, August 1965 #FallFashion
Reposted by Dean Barker
Reposted by Dean Barker
"You will be visited by three spirits."
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"You will be visited by three spirits."
Reposted by Dean Barker
"You will be visited by three spirits."
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
"You will be visited by three spirits."
Reposted by Dean Barker
I cannot stress enough how horrific pertussis is *as an adult.*
Four months, I coughed and struggled to breathe. It's not an exaggeration when I tell you that I lost 20 pounds from the coughing.
Or how I cracked ribs from coughing so hard.
And I was in my late 30s.
Infants aren't strong enough.
Four months, I coughed and struggled to breathe. It's not an exaggeration when I tell you that I lost 20 pounds from the coughing.
Or how I cracked ribs from coughing so hard.
And I was in my late 30s.
Infants aren't strong enough.
Another baby has just died of whooping cough in Kentucky, thanks to RFK Jr. and his merry band of anti-vaxxers.
My feeling toward RFK Jr. and the Republican Senators who confirmed him is utter contempt.
My feeling toward RFK Jr. and the Republican Senators who confirmed him is utter contempt.
Third Kentucky infant dies from whooping cough as statewide cases surge
A third Kentucky infant has died from whooping cough in the last 12 months, the Kentucky Department for Public Health said Monday.
www.wlwt.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I cannot stress enough how horrific pertussis is *as an adult.*
Four months, I coughed and struggled to breathe. It's not an exaggeration when I tell you that I lost 20 pounds from the coughing.
Or how I cracked ribs from coughing so hard.
And I was in my late 30s.
Infants aren't strong enough.
Four months, I coughed and struggled to breathe. It's not an exaggeration when I tell you that I lost 20 pounds from the coughing.
Or how I cracked ribs from coughing so hard.
And I was in my late 30s.
Infants aren't strong enough.
Reposted by Dean Barker
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
"You will be visited by three spirits."
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"You will be visited by three spirits."
Reposted by Dean Barker
You can keep your Poirots and your Marples, the greatest murder mystery moment on tv is when John Nettles discovers Selina Cadell has been popped into a tumble drier
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
You can keep your Poirots and your Marples, the greatest murder mystery moment on tv is when John Nettles discovers Selina Cadell has been popped into a tumble drier
Reposted by Dean Barker
You wouldn't know the plan. The plan goes to another school. In Canada. It speaks French.
Coming soon: concepts of a plan.
WHITE HOUSE: TRUMP IS NOT CONSIDERING A DIRECT TWO-YEAR SUBSIDY EXTENSION AND WILL SOON MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHCARE POLICY IMPROVEMENTS
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
You wouldn't know the plan. The plan goes to another school. In Canada. It speaks French.
Reposted by Dean Barker
Huh. Turns out you can hold people accountable for things like this, who knew?
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Huh. Turns out you can hold people accountable for things like this, who knew?
Reposted by Dean Barker
A private call between Trump-appointed envoy Steve Witkoff and Putin advisor Yuri Ushakov was just leaked — and it shows the American envoy effectively acting as a strategist for Moscow.
NEWSFLASH: Witkoff was secretly giving Russians advice
A secret transcript reveals that the Trump envoy was helping a Putin advisor formulate a plan.
www.counteroffensive.news
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
A private call between Trump-appointed envoy Steve Witkoff and Putin advisor Yuri Ushakov was just leaked — and it shows the American envoy effectively acting as a strategist for Moscow.