Skye Barnick
@skyebarnick.bsky.social
33-year-old LEGO fan, cartoon enthusiast, and autistic trans lesbian (she/her). I love my wife and our two kitty cats!
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i love when he walks around with his blanket cape
November 13, 2025 at 1:14 AM
i love when he walks around with his blanket cape
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November 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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i think the world would b a better and more cutieful place if people understood the difference between “this is objectively bad” and “i would’ve done it differently” when critiquing media
November 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
i think the world would b a better and more cutieful place if people understood the difference between “this is objectively bad” and “i would’ve done it differently” when critiquing media
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Bugsnax released 5 years ago today, and the world was forever changed!
Happy Birthday, Bunger, and thanks for all the snax. 🥳🍰🐛
Happy Birthday, Bunger, and thanks for all the snax. 🥳🍰🐛
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Bugsnax released 5 years ago today, and the world was forever changed!
Happy Birthday, Bunger, and thanks for all the snax. 🥳🍰🐛
Happy Birthday, Bunger, and thanks for all the snax. 🥳🍰🐛
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"Larry Summers believed he was oppressed by the American elite" is both ridiculous and deeply revealing about how these men see the world
You have to be astonishingly full of yourself to think that INSIGHT is the word you were looking for here
November 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"Larry Summers believed he was oppressed by the American elite" is both ridiculous and deeply revealing about how these men see the world
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Valve announce limited edition blue Steam Machine, “It is a piece of Andalite technology that the Yeerks do not have,” Gabe explained, “A technology that enables us to pass unnoticed in many parts of the universe - the power to
morph. We have never shared this power. But your need is great.”
morph. We have never shared this power. But your need is great.”
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Valve announce limited edition blue Steam Machine, “It is a piece of Andalite technology that the Yeerks do not have,” Gabe explained, “A technology that enables us to pass unnoticed in many parts of the universe - the power to
morph. We have never shared this power. But your need is great.”
morph. We have never shared this power. But your need is great.”
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Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (GBC, 1999)
November 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (GBC, 1999)
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For my newsletter, I talked about the proposed teenage phone restrictions in the name of a murdered teenage trans girl.
(Noted this twice in the piece but again, I have no issue with Esther Ghey)
www.burnsnotice.com/brianna-ghey...
(Noted this twice in the piece but again, I have no issue with Esther Ghey)
www.burnsnotice.com/brianna-ghey...
Brianna Ghey's Phone Didn't Stab Her 28 Times
The trans girl murder victim's mom has turned her death into an unrelated political crusade against teenage phone use.
Note: I want to be clear upfront that I have no issue with Esther Ghey, mother o...
www.burnsnotice.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
For my newsletter, I talked about the proposed teenage phone restrictions in the name of a murdered teenage trans girl.
(Noted this twice in the piece but again, I have no issue with Esther Ghey)
www.burnsnotice.com/brianna-ghey...
(Noted this twice in the piece but again, I have no issue with Esther Ghey)
www.burnsnotice.com/brianna-ghey...
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Detransition is being used as political fodder by the Trump admin and its allies to support extreme anti-trans policies.
In the process, the reality of detransition is lost. For our new series, I spoke with detransitioners who feel harmed by the Trump admin. Their stories are complex and important.
In the process, the reality of detransition is lost. For our new series, I spoke with detransitioners who feel harmed by the Trump admin. Their stories are complex and important.
Detransition is key to politicians’ anti-trans agenda. But what is it really like?
The 19th spoke with two detransitioners who feel harmed and used by the Trump administration, which has positioned itself as a protector of those who detransition.
19thnews.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Detransition is being used as political fodder by the Trump admin and its allies to support extreme anti-trans policies.
In the process, the reality of detransition is lost. For our new series, I spoke with detransitioners who feel harmed by the Trump admin. Their stories are complex and important.
In the process, the reality of detransition is lost. For our new series, I spoke with detransitioners who feel harmed by the Trump admin. Their stories are complex and important.
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HOW CAN A CUBE PLAY GAMES IF GAMES ARE MADE OF TRIANGLES. WAKE UP.
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
HOW CAN A CUBE PLAY GAMES IF GAMES ARE MADE OF TRIANGLES. WAKE UP.
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I've been doing video game VO since 2003. In my 20+ years, only ONE game has ever paid "royalties/residuals/bonus payments."
That game?
Date Everything.
And that's ONLY because it's a game produced by professional voice actors who purposefully created a special contract for the game w/ SAG-AFTRA.
That game?
Date Everything.
And that's ONLY because it's a game produced by professional voice actors who purposefully created a special contract for the game w/ SAG-AFTRA.
Ask literally any voice actor if they get royalties from the video games they worked on.
They will tell you no. They might even laugh.
Now imagine any developer actively trying to use AI VO to save money wanting to offer something like that.
They will tell you no. They might even laugh.
Now imagine any developer actively trying to use AI VO to save money wanting to offer something like that.
Also, re: "they get royalties", how much money is that? Does it make up for the lack of continued work?
Paying next to nothing is still "getting paid royalties" but is functionally nothing.
Paying next to nothing is still "getting paid royalties" but is functionally nothing.
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I've been doing video game VO since 2003. In my 20+ years, only ONE game has ever paid "royalties/residuals/bonus payments."
That game?
Date Everything.
And that's ONLY because it's a game produced by professional voice actors who purposefully created a special contract for the game w/ SAG-AFTRA.
That game?
Date Everything.
And that's ONLY because it's a game produced by professional voice actors who purposefully created a special contract for the game w/ SAG-AFTRA.
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In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, the Floating High Jump badge is called "Luigi" internally. This means the playable Luigi has to have a different name - "PlayerLuigi". Whenever Luigi wears the badge, it is actually PlayerLuigi wearing Luigi.
November 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, the Floating High Jump badge is called "Luigi" internally. This means the playable Luigi has to have a different name - "PlayerLuigi". Whenever Luigi wears the badge, it is actually PlayerLuigi wearing Luigi.
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insane to me that the only way we seem to be able to frame the epstein case is as a big cartoon hammer with which to bonk our enemies, rather than the horrors that were Actually experienced by its Actual victims
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
insane to me that the only way we seem to be able to frame the epstein case is as a big cartoon hammer with which to bonk our enemies, rather than the horrors that were Actually experienced by its Actual victims
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wiggly boy in a sunbeam
November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
wiggly boy in a sunbeam
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As I sometimes like to mention, s the only reason you know who Jeffrey Epstein is (that is, if you weren't one of his friends/clients/beneficiaries) is because Ms Brown, below, broke the story of his sweetheart deal to get out of the 2008 trafficking charges.
BREAKING: (Gift) New Epstein emails reveal that Epstein claimed he had kompromat on President Trump. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
New Epstein emails claim Trump ‘spent hours’ with victim
Democrats on the House Oversight say the emails provide evidence of a cover-up by the White House
www.miamiherald.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
As I sometimes like to mention, s the only reason you know who Jeffrey Epstein is (that is, if you weren't one of his friends/clients/beneficiaries) is because Ms Brown, below, broke the story of his sweetheart deal to get out of the 2008 trafficking charges.
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I’ve been hearing Adam talk through this piece in stages for a year but didn’t understand it because I don’t understand gaming or the history of D&D. The last time we had dinner he went through the whole thing and it blew my mind
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I’ve been hearing Adam talk through this piece in stages for a year but didn’t understand it because I don’t understand gaming or the history of D&D. The last time we had dinner he went through the whole thing and it blew my mind
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November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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getting baby boy snugs
nature is healing
nature is healing
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 AM
getting baby boy snugs
nature is healing
nature is healing
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Banana slug and strawbs from my flash. Basically a fruit salad if you think about it
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Banana slug and strawbs from my flash. Basically a fruit salad if you think about it
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While I don’t ride or die for Pete Buttigieg, the vitriol directed at him is completely insane.
“When I was younger I wished that I could have taken a pill to turn me straight; but I have accepted and embraced my identity now” is an *extremely* common sentiment from Millennial and older gay people!
“When I was younger I wished that I could have taken a pill to turn me straight; but I have accepted and embraced my identity now” is an *extremely* common sentiment from Millennial and older gay people!
When Pete Buttigieg says he would take medicine that makes gay men straight. What do you think is Mr. Buttigieg's attitude towards gays, men and medicine?
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
While I don’t ride or die for Pete Buttigieg, the vitriol directed at him is completely insane.
“When I was younger I wished that I could have taken a pill to turn me straight; but I have accepted and embraced my identity now” is an *extremely* common sentiment from Millennial and older gay people!
“When I was younger I wished that I could have taken a pill to turn me straight; but I have accepted and embraced my identity now” is an *extremely* common sentiment from Millennial and older gay people!