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Erik Barnes

@erikwbarnes.bsky.social

800 followers 440 following 1.7K posts

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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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 · 2h

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 · 4h

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

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Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 13h

That’s never how science works.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

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 · 17h

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

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Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 17h

The Franken the Berry, the sweeter the juice.

Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 18h

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 · 18h

“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

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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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 1d

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

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

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 · 1d

Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 1d

I remember the episode of Garfield & Friends when Garfield visited an abandoned Blockbuster Video.

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

Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 1d

I remember the episode of Garfield & Friends when Garfield did a TEDTalk about how Odie's mouth could combat climate change.

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

Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 1d

I remember the episode of Garfield & Friends when Garfield did the perfect kick right into Odie's taint and felt nothing.

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

Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 1d

I remember the episode of Garfield & Friends when Garfield confessed that his favorite food wasn't lasagna but the left pant legs of trousers.

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

Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 1d

I remember the episode of Garfield & Friends when a pile of shit gained sentience and noticed the audience.

Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 3d

Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 1d

@hangmanpage.bsky.social want a tag partner?

Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 1d

I want someone to run this footage as an ad immediately following every commercial for ICE recruitment on AEW.

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 4d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 1d

Superheroes exist and Portland Frog is one of them.

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 4d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 1d

We are changing our antifa secret handshake to slap-slap-fistbump-fistbump. Then you snap your fingers once, eat everyone's pets, and make everyone within 50' instantly become trans. Pass it along.

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Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 1d

GODDAMMIT, I SAID LEAVE ME ALONE.

Erik Barnes @erikwbarnes.bsky.social · 1d

*roofin’ meaning “advertising”

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