Mark Barry
@markpbarry.bsky.social
Power engineer and project developer by recent trade, learner and amateur economist for fun.
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No relation to Martha, unsurprisingly
Biochemist Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn was born #OTD in 1948.
She shared the 2009 #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the enzyme telomerase & how chromosomes are protected by telomeres. This has 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 implications for the fields of #aging and #cancer research. #WomenInSTEM
She shared the 2009 #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the enzyme telomerase & how chromosomes are protected by telomeres. This has 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 implications for the fields of #aging and #cancer research. #WomenInSTEM
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
No relation to Martha, unsurprisingly
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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
In this time of growing Christian Nationalism, it is important to remember the *real* history of Thanksgiving. The Puritans didn't just come to the New World to flee persecution, they came here so they could be the ones doing the persecution.
In this time of growing Christian Nationalism, it is important to remember the *real* history of Thanksgiving. The Puritans didn't just come to the New World to flee persecution, they came here so they could be the ones doing the persecution.
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
In this time of growing Christian Nationalism, it is important to remember the *real* history of Thanksgiving. The Puritans didn't just come to the New World to flee persecution, they came here so they could be the ones doing the persecution.
In this time of growing Christian Nationalism, it is important to remember the *real* history of Thanksgiving. The Puritans didn't just come to the New World to flee persecution, they came here so they could be the ones doing the persecution.
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The United States of America is the richest country in the history of the world. It is time for us to make good on the statement that health care is a basic human right.
We need health care for everyone. I’m staying in that fight all the way.
We need health care for everyone. I’m staying in that fight all the way.
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The United States of America is the richest country in the history of the world. It is time for us to make good on the statement that health care is a basic human right.
We need health care for everyone. I’m staying in that fight all the way.
We need health care for everyone. I’m staying in that fight all the way.
Sorry, I want to say something bad about Trump, but the generic ballot is a useless joke. Everything changes with a name instead of "a democrat" as the basis for comparison.
Enten: "Trump's net approval rating is at -15 -- the lowest it has been during his entire second term... the Democratic lead on the generic ballot has widened. Trump's political position has worsened. I don't think how you can look at both and conclude anything other than that Dems won the shutdown"
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Sorry, I want to say something bad about Trump, but the generic ballot is a useless joke. Everything changes with a name instead of "a democrat" as the basis for comparison.
Newt meant it. He was more malevolent and only slightly less hypocritical. Mike is a dupe
Has any Speaker since Newt Gingrich done more to break the House of Representatives than Mike Johnson?
November 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Newt meant it. He was more malevolent and only slightly less hypocritical. Mike is a dupe
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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As a hillbilly-adjacent person, please keep in mind that Vance/Bowman is neither a hillbilly nor hillbilly adjacent. He’s an opportunist and a moron.
Just to remind you that @JDVance wasn't kidding using that word "hillbilly"
He's a moron
#ThemMembers
He's a moron
#ThemMembers
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
As a hillbilly-adjacent person, please keep in mind that Vance/Bowman is neither a hillbilly nor hillbilly adjacent. He’s an opportunist and a moron.
Disbanding USAID and pulling back relief to the world's most desperate situations is cruel and inhuman. It's incredible that it's not the worst thing the Trump administration is responsible for
Still depressing that this isn’t THE story of his first year.
The numbers vary from study to study but hundreds of thousands of people have died because of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio illegally disbanding USAID — a body count on par with the first eight years of the Syrian civil war — In just seven months. It’s mass death that is simply unfathomable in scale.
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Disbanding USAID and pulling back relief to the world's most desperate situations is cruel and inhuman. It's incredible that it's not the worst thing the Trump administration is responsible for
Rooting for team heart attack tonight
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Rooting for team heart attack tonight
Somehow I don't think Macron cares about Candace Owens and I'm sure he didn't order the assassination attempt on Charlie Kirk.
Looks like it’s going to be another perfectly normal day from the American right-wing.
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Somehow I don't think Macron cares about Candace Owens and I'm sure he didn't order the assassination attempt on Charlie Kirk.
Where's the convention going to be this year? And I want improvements in our health and 401k plans!
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Where's the convention going to be this year? And I want improvements in our health and 401k plans!
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They picked the wrong veteran to screw with.
I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
They picked the wrong veteran to screw with.
Sen. Bill Cassidy effectively gave a death sentence to RFK Jr's cousin.
Would really like to know how Sen Bill Cassidy is sleeping through the night these days. And yes, I hold him responsible for RFK Jr’s destruction of the CDC. He could have stopped it with his vote. None of what RFK Jr is doing is a surprise. Cassidy explicitly chose this.
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Sen. Bill Cassidy effectively gave a death sentence to RFK Jr's cousin.
That RFK Jr was just saying words (aka lying) to be confirmed was never in doubt. Sen. Cassidy's incredibly poor judgement to vote to confirm the guy should cause him to resign from public life out of shame. Kennedy's preference for feelings over science has profoundly set back public health.
Sen. Bill Cassidy, a physician who was the key vote to confirm RFK Jr., should go on TV to announce his resignation, not to serve as a smokescreen for RFK Jr.'s assault on the nation's health.
TAPPER: Dr Cassidy, RFK Jr lied to you
CASSIDY: First let me say what's most important -- vaccines are safe.
CASSIDY: First let me say what's most important -- vaccines are safe.
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
That RFK Jr was just saying words (aka lying) to be confirmed was never in doubt. Sen. Cassidy's incredibly poor judgement to vote to confirm the guy should cause him to resign from public life out of shame. Kennedy's preference for feelings over science has profoundly set back public health.
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This is the guy who cannot distinguish between political asylum and an insane asylum. He is proud to bring the same brilliance and awareness to everything he touches
Well, if a lunatic tweeted it, then it must be true!
November 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This is the guy who cannot distinguish between political asylum and an insane asylum. He is proud to bring the same brilliance and awareness to everything he touches
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@wahoofitness.bsky.social Why does my Bolt3 spontaneously reset itself if I don't start or resume a ride within about 6-8 minutes after powering up or stopping? This was 100% not helpful on an unfamiliar road 12 miles from home with no wifi that I could access. Not the first time this has happened.
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
@wahoofitness.bsky.social Why does my Bolt3 spontaneously reset itself if I don't start or resume a ride within about 6-8 minutes after powering up or stopping? This was 100% not helpful on an unfamiliar road 12 miles from home with no wifi that I could access. Not the first time this has happened.
Smith is one of the most shallow and annoying individuals at ESPN - and he is so often wrong. I like him staying in a lane where it's safe to ignore him, his wrongheaded and ill-informed political commentary does not deserve a broader platform.
I have no idea why media continues to hype this person as a serious political commentator, but to go even further and float him as a viable presidential candidate is just farcical.
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Smith is one of the most shallow and annoying individuals at ESPN - and he is so often wrong. I like him staying in a lane where it's safe to ignore him, his wrongheaded and ill-informed political commentary does not deserve a broader platform.
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The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this West Point plaque. It contains these words:
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this West Point plaque. It contains these words:
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
It would be a shame to drag Kelly through this, but it would be a show I'd be all in to watch - especially if the defense could cross examine Whiskey pete.
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 AM
It would be a shame to drag Kelly through this, but it would be a show I'd be all in to watch - especially if the defense could cross examine Whiskey pete.
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Our convicted felon president, who pardoned Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy, wants to charge Mark Kelly, a decorated war veteran and astronaut, with seditious conspiracy.
That’s some next-level banana republic shit right there.
That’s some next-level banana republic shit right there.
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Our convicted felon president, who pardoned Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy, wants to charge Mark Kelly, a decorated war veteran and astronaut, with seditious conspiracy.
That’s some next-level banana republic shit right there.
That’s some next-level banana republic shit right there.
Wanting their oil is a dumb idea - take the worst from Alberta, but make it more viscous, higher sulfur, and with plenty of heavy metals. US refineries can't run a slate of Venezuelan crude without major modifications. Plus it's illegal and imperialist. WTF
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Wanting their oil is a dumb idea - take the worst from Alberta, but make it more viscous, higher sulfur, and with plenty of heavy metals. US refineries can't run a slate of Venezuelan crude without major modifications. Plus it's illegal and imperialist. WTF
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The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
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Route 14, Vermont - 1937
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104292
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104292
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Route 14, Vermont - 1937
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104292
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104292
And when is election day?
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
And when is election day?