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Chris Barnett

@rcanelson.bsky.social

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I feel like Dorothy waking up in Kansas. 😉 You were there. And YOU were there! Professional art framer. Virginia boy from yankee parents. Bay Area for over half my life. Striving to get barefoot outside more often. No DM’s unless you know me, bitte.

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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · Oct 20

This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased.” — Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol.

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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 3d

AND doing it on our dime!

Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 4d

Amen to that.

aliciablackgirl.bsky.social @aliciablackgirl.bsky.social · 4d

The justice department was not weaponized against trump. They were simply doing their job to protect our country and its citizens.trump’s mile long list of crimes is well documented and in most instances not even disputed!

Why is that so hard for his followers to understand?

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Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 4d

I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.

But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

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Philo of Alexan @philoof.bsky.social · 4d

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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 4d

The heroes within.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 4d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 6d

@lakeishagraysewell.bsky.social thank you for the conversation with Davy D. Much gratitude.

Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 8d

Relatively new in your audience here but old enough to know this was quite a hot take. Marginalia! It has now entered my vocabulary.

Thanks for this, and for bringing us listeners into the flow✨ 🙏🏼

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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 10d

Caught it in its last hours yesterday, a mix of gratitude for having seen it and disbelief it had a long run and I could have seen it multiple times but only keyed into it last week. So moving.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 13d

Sinclair is caving and bringing back Kimmel.

Money, folks. Public pressure. They dont have the numbers. Remember this and increase the efforts.

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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 14d

We were all there in that moment together wanting the world to be better. What a great show.

Big Thief performing at the Greek Theater, UC Berkeley, September 25, 2025.

Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 16d

That’s a nice story to be able to recount.

Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 17d

It’s complicated that’s for sure. And of course I wanted her to win. However, I hung waiting to hear how she would address Gaza in her DNC speech…

Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 17d

Close enough for government work…

Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 17d

Look, it’s Heroin and Adderall ganging up on Tylenol.

Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 17d

Criminals with pathological intent to steal and harm in myriad profound ways can’t let silly little issues like democratic processes and elections get in the way.

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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 18d

😂
Got one for Stevie M?

Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 18d

Beautiful.
First persimmons of the season for me today at Rainbow. Bye for now stone fruit!

Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 18d

Wouldn’t that be something…was just asking my morning here to show me what to do, how to find each other in this effort and especially to act in time.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 20d

I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.

A protester outside an ICE detention facility marches through clouds of irritant gas carrying American flags. A sign lying on the pavement by his feet reads “EVERY ICE AGENT WILL BE HELD TO ACCOUNT.”

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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 25d

The half mast flags are not normal. Also, the half mast flags are not normal.

Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 26d

“ It’s gonna take a lot more than you might be used to, who’s to blame for not standing up for them when it was not in style. “

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The Gospel of Carlos, Norman and Smith

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 28d

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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · 29d

And, alas, to my understanding, we are awash in them. All sorts. I have never owned a single one of them and knowing knowing what kind of tinder lays all around contributes to a sense of insanity. We can be so much more than this and it's hard to bear witness to our traumatized and violent culture.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 29d

You can condemn murder and political violence without whitewashing Charlie Kirk's shameful history of hate, racism, white nationalism and promotion of dangerous conspiracies that radicalized Trump supporters to violence.

You can do both.

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Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · Sep 7

A critical missing piece here: ALL these words, without one actually calling this what it is: an attack on the US by an executive and its out of control enablers who are installing their violent view of power and destroying our commons. So we get more and more of this with complicity from all sides.

Chris Barnett @rcanelson.bsky.social · Sep 3

Yep

The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · Sep 3

Nobody is “grooming” your kids to be gay or trans but people ARE grooming them to be Nazis.