Mike Barbre
@mikebarbre.bsky.social
Weaver of digital words, reader of printable tales, eater of delectable foods, knower of worthless conversational facts, acolyte of everything Seattle sports
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The competence from 2024 to 2025 could not be more stark.
The former successfully addressed the loss of air traffic controllers.
The latter addresses frequent flyer fashion and pull-up bars.
The former successfully addressed the loss of air traffic controllers.
The latter addresses frequent flyer fashion and pull-up bars.
For the first time in decades, I handed my successor an air traffic controller workforce that was growing instead of shrinking.
Disturbingly, the Trump administration can't or won't say whether that’s still the case.
Disturbingly, the Trump administration can't or won't say whether that’s still the case.
December 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The competence from 2024 to 2025 could not be more stark.
The former successfully addressed the loss of air traffic controllers.
The latter addresses frequent flyer fashion and pull-up bars.
The former successfully addressed the loss of air traffic controllers.
The latter addresses frequent flyer fashion and pull-up bars.
Conservatives: "States' rights!"
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Trump signs executive order blocking states from enforcing their own regulations around AI | CNN Business
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that blocks states from enforcing their own regulations around artificial intelligence and instead aims to create a “single national framew...
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December 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Conservatives: "States' rights!"
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It wasn’t even close.
December 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
It wasn’t even close.
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The US Govt — which bombed the Houthis for seizing ships that were enabling the Gaza genocide — has now seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.
The 2001 "war on terror" was a war for oil.
The 2025 "war on narco terror" is a war for oil.
This your "America First" POTUS. Are we great yet?🤔
The 2001 "war on terror" was a war for oil.
The 2025 "war on narco terror" is a war for oil.
This your "America First" POTUS. Are we great yet?🤔
December 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The US Govt — which bombed the Houthis for seizing ships that were enabling the Gaza genocide — has now seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.
The 2001 "war on terror" was a war for oil.
The 2025 "war on narco terror" is a war for oil.
This your "America First" POTUS. Are we great yet?🤔
The 2001 "war on terror" was a war for oil.
The 2025 "war on narco terror" is a war for oil.
This your "America First" POTUS. Are we great yet?🤔
If your faith causes you to look away from the suffering of people who are not like you, you don't have faith. You have bigotry. @montemader.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
If your faith causes you to look away from the suffering of people who are not like you, you don't have faith. You have bigotry. @montemader.bsky.social
I'm thoroughly over the appropriate age for being this giddy to suddenly see Frosty the Snowman pop up just now on NBC.
After the week I've had, people, I really needed this. #TVClassics
After the week I've had, people, I really needed this. #TVClassics
a frosty the snowman animated program from 1989
ALT: a frosty the snowman animated program from 1989
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December 10, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I'm thoroughly over the appropriate age for being this giddy to suddenly see Frosty the Snowman pop up just now on NBC.
After the week I've had, people, I really needed this. #TVClassics
After the week I've had, people, I really needed this. #TVClassics
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This is going to be fun.
December 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This is going to be fun.
Well, I mean . . . it couldn't hurt. How bout a 'lil bit of both??
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If You Quit Social Media, Will You Read More Books?
Books are inefficient, and the internet is training us to expect optimized experiences.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Well, I mean . . . it couldn't hurt. How bout a 'lil bit of both??
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A third of Americans say they just love a politician who "speaks his mind" like this, which seems to illuminate a real weakness in the American educational system.
Until we focus on improving education, we will continue to be in danger of losing whatever good things we have built up in this nation.
Until we focus on improving education, we will continue to be in danger of losing whatever good things we have built up in this nation.
November 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
A third of Americans say they just love a politician who "speaks his mind" like this, which seems to illuminate a real weakness in the American educational system.
Until we focus on improving education, we will continue to be in danger of losing whatever good things we have built up in this nation.
Until we focus on improving education, we will continue to be in danger of losing whatever good things we have built up in this nation.
“Let me be clear: Any school that stands in the way of a Club America program in their school should be reported immediately to the Texas Education Agency."
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Abbott says Turning Point USA will expand in Texas schools
Republican officials in Oklahoma and Florida have also launched plans to expand the presence of the conservative youth organization founded by Charlie Kirk.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
“Let me be clear: Any school that stands in the way of a Club America program in their school should be reported immediately to the Texas Education Agency."
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He's the only leader with any guts or honor in this whole geo-political catastrophe. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Zelenskyy says Ukraine won’t cede territory to Russia
The Ukrainian president ruled out territorial concessions amid talks with European leaders in London.
www.politico.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
He's the only leader with any guts or honor in this whole geo-political catastrophe. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Straight from those who are the least likely to perform even a modicum of in-depth research on the defining horror of the 20th century.
Survey of GOP voters: nearly four in ten (37%) "believe the Holocaust was greatly exaggerated or did not happen as historians describe. Younger men are especially likely to hold this view (54% of men under 50 vs. 39% of women under 50)." www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/repu...
Republican voters and conspiracism - Lawyers, Guns & Money
“Conspiracism” is the neologism that Nancy Rosenblum and Russell Muirhead have invented to describe what they call “conspiracy theory without the theory,” that is, the classic Trumpian claim that “a l...
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December 8, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Straight from those who are the least likely to perform even a modicum of in-depth research on the defining horror of the 20th century.
Honestly, I never thought I'd see the day.
You go, Chief. 💯
You go, Chief. 💯
Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. 👏 👏 👏
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
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December 7, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Honestly, I never thought I'd see the day.
You go, Chief. 💯
You go, Chief. 💯
Maybe, maybe not. But soon-to-be forty years on, the catastrophy and consequences of #Chernobyl continue to fascinate, nonetheless. www.popularmechanics.com/science/anim...
The Dogs of Chernobyl Are Experiencing Rapid Evolution, Study Suggests
Have the canines acquired strange mutations living near the power plant?
www.popularmechanics.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Maybe, maybe not. But soon-to-be forty years on, the catastrophy and consequences of #Chernobyl continue to fascinate, nonetheless. www.popularmechanics.com/science/anim...
"Out with idealistic utopianism, in with hard-nosed realism."
These corrupt sociopaths are knowingly, willfully, throwing this country over the cliff.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
These corrupt sociopaths are knowingly, willfully, throwing this country over the cliff.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Hegseth declares end of US 'utopian idealism' with new military strategy
The Defense secretary, speaking at the Reagan Defense Forum, outlined defense priorities that focus on the Western Hemisphere and reevaluate the U.S. relationship with Europe.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:52 AM
"Out with idealistic utopianism, in with hard-nosed realism."
These corrupt sociopaths are knowingly, willfully, throwing this country over the cliff.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
These corrupt sociopaths are knowingly, willfully, throwing this country over the cliff.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
There is decidedly nothing good that comes out of these Hollywood video streaming consolidations like the just-announced WBD-Netflix deal.
How does this not stifle competition in the market? Clayton Anti-trust Act, anyone?
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How does this not stifle competition in the market? Clayton Anti-trust Act, anyone?
www.reuters.com/legal/transa...
Netflix to buy Warner Bros Discovery's studios, streaming unit for $72 billion
Netflix on Friday agreed to buy Warner Bros Discovery's TV, film studios and streaming division for $72 billion, a deal that would hand control of one of Hollywood's most prized and oldest assets to t...
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December 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
There is decidedly nothing good that comes out of these Hollywood video streaming consolidations like the just-announced WBD-Netflix deal.
How does this not stifle competition in the market? Clayton Anti-trust Act, anyone?
www.reuters.com/legal/transa...
How does this not stifle competition in the market? Clayton Anti-trust Act, anyone?
www.reuters.com/legal/transa...
This is the danger from Christian conservatives and nationalists we've been warning you about for decades.
#ChurchAndState
#ChurchAndState
(NewsNation) — The University of Oklahoma has suspended an instructor after a student filed a complaint saying the grade she received on an essay citing the Bible was a violation of her rights. In … #religion
OU places instructor on leave after viral response to student essay
(NewsNation) — The University of Oklahoma has suspended an instructor after a student filed a complaint saying the grade she received on an essay citing the Bible was a violation of her rights. In …
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December 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This is the danger from Christian conservatives and nationalists we've been warning you about for decades.
#ChurchAndState
#ChurchAndState
I'm a fan.
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Meet Jay Graber, the CEO of Bluesky, who is building a 'billionaire-proof' and decentralized social media platform
Graber spent her early years studying how technology interacts with society, and now leads Bluesky that is looking to be "billionaire-proof."
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November 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I'm a fan.
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This is horrifying.
They're not hiding it, folks—straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.
This is who MAGA is now.
This is who MAGA is now.
November 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
This is horrifying.
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“Staggering rise of the Working Homeless”
In the richest country on earth.
This is a policy choice.
In the richest country on earth.
This is a policy choice.
"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
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I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
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November 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
“Staggering rise of the Working Homeless”
In the richest country on earth.
This is a policy choice.
In the richest country on earth.
This is a policy choice.
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MAJOR: The Trump Administration has been caught lying about the D.C. shooting suspect.
The truth: He was vetted by Trump. He had a CIA badge, worked with the CIA in Afghanistan, and granted asylum by Trump in April.
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The truth: He was vetted by Trump. He had a CIA badge, worked with the CIA in Afghanistan, and granted asylum by Trump in April.
Spread this everywhere. Subscribe to support my work, even on Thanksgiving:
Major Update: The Trump Administration Caught Lying About D.C. Shooting Suspect as CIA Ties Exposed
Good afternoon, everyone.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
MAJOR: The Trump Administration has been caught lying about the D.C. shooting suspect.
The truth: He was vetted by Trump. He had a CIA badge, worked with the CIA in Afghanistan, and granted asylum by Trump in April.
Spread this everywhere. Subscribe to support my work, even on Thanksgiving:
The truth: He was vetted by Trump. He had a CIA badge, worked with the CIA in Afghanistan, and granted asylum by Trump in April.
Spread this everywhere. Subscribe to support my work, even on Thanksgiving: