T. W. Barber
@twbarber.bsky.social
Firefighter, witch, author, Socialist, breaker/maker/fixer of things, ATLien | He/him | ADHD | Bi 🏳️🌈
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"Clean, beautiful, American coal."
February 12, 2026 at 2:08 AM
"Clean, beautiful, American coal."
Gods that is so fucking pathetic. At least the first time fascism rolled around the villains had the goddamn decency to act the part. The n*zis this time are all such dorky chuds I'd laugh at them if they weren't in the midst of murdering us all
Pam Bondi couldn’t even come prepared for her own staged temper tantrum. this is the nation’s “top law enforcement” official btw 🤡
maybe she became a lawyer because the acting career didn’t work out!!
maybe she became a lawyer because the acting career didn’t work out!!
February 12, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Gods that is so fucking pathetic. At least the first time fascism rolled around the villains had the goddamn decency to act the part. The n*zis this time are all such dorky chuds I'd laugh at them if they weren't in the midst of murdering us all
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Grok might be the purest form of evil on the internet
February 12, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Grok might be the purest form of evil on the internet
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"Pedo Pam" is right there people!
People defending this post are taking way too much pleasure in calling a woman a “bitch” and that’s why I don’t like it.
I think this label is one of those that only we smug bitches can call ourselves.
February 12, 2026 at 2:06 AM
"Pedo Pam" is right there people!
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Legal status doesn’t matter: if you exceed ICE’s melanin threshold, you get snatched. It is ethnic cleansing. There is no other word for it.
The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after.
I’ve had a front row seat.
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The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after.
I’ve had a front row seat.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Legal status doesn’t matter: if you exceed ICE’s melanin threshold, you get snatched. It is ethnic cleansing. There is no other word for it.
The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after.
I’ve had a front row seat.
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The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after.
I’ve had a front row seat.
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More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
My current novel (planned as a trilogy) is entirely about one of the most uncomfortable places I can imagine: how much of a monster are you willing to become in service of the greater good? When is the loss too great to do what you think is right, or the stakes too high not to damn yourself?
Q2.
This question is not about the comfortable places that we go with horror. But the uncomfortable ones. The ones that turn us inside out even as we write them. The ones that make us wonder who we are, at the end. #HorrorWritersChat
This question is not about the comfortable places that we go with horror. But the uncomfortable ones. The ones that turn us inside out even as we write them. The ones that make us wonder who we are, at the end. #HorrorWritersChat
February 11, 2026 at 7:41 PM
My current novel (planned as a trilogy) is entirely about one of the most uncomfortable places I can imagine: how much of a monster are you willing to become in service of the greater good? When is the loss too great to do what you think is right, or the stakes too high not to damn yourself?
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Pamela Jo Bondi has seen photos and videos of pedophilia so disturbing that she knew she could never make them public if she wanted to protect the perpetrators. And that was the choice she coldly made.
February 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Pamela Jo Bondi has seen photos and videos of pedophilia so disturbing that she knew she could never make them public if she wanted to protect the perpetrators. And that was the choice she coldly made.
"We are staying brave while our country is besieged by a hostile foreign power."
- propaganda, apparently
Except the helmets don't even say that. The U.S. flew a tattered flag from the WTC at the 2002 Olympics and that was 1000x more political than this. Fuck off, IOC.
- propaganda, apparently
Except the helmets don't even say that. The U.S. flew a tattered flag from the WTC at the 2002 Olympics and that was 1000x more political than this. Fuck off, IOC.
After the IOC banned Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych’s memorial helmet, freeskier Kateryna Kotsar shared a similar experience.
Her signature “Be Brave Like Ukrainians” helmet was considered “propaganda” by the IOC.
Her signature “Be Brave Like Ukrainians” helmet was considered “propaganda” by the IOC.
February 11, 2026 at 1:12 PM
"We are staying brave while our country is besieged by a hostile foreign power."
- propaganda, apparently
Except the helmets don't even say that. The U.S. flew a tattered flag from the WTC at the 2002 Olympics and that was 1000x more political than this. Fuck off, IOC.
- propaganda, apparently
Except the helmets don't even say that. The U.S. flew a tattered flag from the WTC at the 2002 Olympics and that was 1000x more political than this. Fuck off, IOC.
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The "Save America Act" is voter suppression dressed up as patriotism. It targets naturalized citizens, trans Americans, tribal citizens, and natural disaster victims with extra barriers. Don't let the name fool you.
#SheShed #Pinks
#StopTheSaveAct social.demcast.com/s/KBSOfod7
#SheShed #Pinks
#StopTheSaveAct social.demcast.com/s/KBSOfod7
Contact Your MOC
social.demcast.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:28 AM
The "Save America Act" is voter suppression dressed up as patriotism. It targets naturalized citizens, trans Americans, tribal citizens, and natural disaster victims with extra barriers. Don't let the name fool you.
#SheShed #Pinks
#StopTheSaveAct social.demcast.com/s/KBSOfod7
#SheShed #Pinks
#StopTheSaveAct social.demcast.com/s/KBSOfod7
Oh, you took him to McDonald's? Well that makes everything better! There's no crippling trauma a happy meal and a McFlurry can't fix!
In all seriousness, this kid will probably never want McDonalds again after this. Fuck ICE
In all seriousness, this kid will probably never want McDonalds again after this. Fuck ICE
Lyons says ICE agents actually "took care" of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos when they detained him, before shipping him off to a horrific Texas ICE facility.
He says ICE officers "comforted him" as they chased his dad, put him in their car to play "his favorite music, then took him to McDonalds."
He says ICE officers "comforted him" as they chased his dad, put him in their car to play "his favorite music, then took him to McDonalds."
February 11, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Oh, you took him to McDonald's? Well that makes everything better! There's no crippling trauma a happy meal and a McFlurry can't fix!
In all seriousness, this kid will probably never want McDonalds again after this. Fuck ICE
In all seriousness, this kid will probably never want McDonalds again after this. Fuck ICE
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More and more, I believe that morality isn't about what your personal actions or beliefs - it's about what you will tolerate being done to strangers. People whose circumstance you don't know, people whose safety and comfort don't effect your own.
5calls.org
5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
February 10, 2026 at 4:17 PM
More and more, I believe that morality isn't about what your personal actions or beliefs - it's about what you will tolerate being done to strangers. People whose circumstance you don't know, people whose safety and comfort don't effect your own.
5calls.org
5calls.org
HAAAAA WHAT A DIPSHIT
February 10, 2026 at 12:16 AM
HAAAAA WHAT A DIPSHIT
Let us all thank Big Brother for increasing our chocolate rations.
An autistiphobic moral panic fabricated by those with zero morals inflicted innocent children with measles. Now as outbreaks rage, "doctor" Oz audaciously gaslights, claiming “we have advocated for measles vaccines all along” and that Kennedy “has been on the very front of this.”
‘Take the vaccine, please,’ Dr. Oz says in an appeal as measles cases rise
A leading U.S. health official is urging people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states.
www.ky3.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Let us all thank Big Brother for increasing our chocolate rations.
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Read that article about the """writer""" generating 200 books a year with AI and needless to say, I had THOUGHTS
Writers Who Use AI Are Not Real Writers
Dorothy Parker famously (but probably not really) said, “I hate to write, but I love having written,” which is a sentiment I don’t largely understand or agree with in the broader …
terribleminds.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Read that article about the """writer""" generating 200 books a year with AI and needless to say, I had THOUGHTS
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🧵 1/6
🦠 Tuberculosis (TB) is infectious.
💀 Untreated, it can be deadly.
Active TB in a U.S.-run concentration camp?
Yeah — that’s a public health nightmare 🚨
Quick TB facts ⬇️
🦠 Tuberculosis (TB) is infectious.
💀 Untreated, it can be deadly.
Active TB in a U.S.-run concentration camp?
Yeah — that’s a public health nightmare 🚨
Quick TB facts ⬇️
Two cases of tuberculosis detected at El Paso ICE facility — The Texas Tribune
Officials said 18 cases of COVID-19 were also identified at the 5,000-bed tent Fort Bliss Army facility, where a Democratic congresswoman said many “chronic issues” persist.
apple.news
February 9, 2026 at 7:35 PM
🧵 1/6
🦠 Tuberculosis (TB) is infectious.
💀 Untreated, it can be deadly.
Active TB in a U.S.-run concentration camp?
Yeah — that’s a public health nightmare 🚨
Quick TB facts ⬇️
🦠 Tuberculosis (TB) is infectious.
💀 Untreated, it can be deadly.
Active TB in a U.S.-run concentration camp?
Yeah — that’s a public health nightmare 🚨
Quick TB facts ⬇️
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They sang “American Idiot”
Green Day avoids making political statement during Super Bowl 2026 opening performance
Green Day avoids making political statement during Super Bowl 2026 opening performance
A rocking start to the Super Bowl.
pagesix.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:35 PM
They sang “American Idiot”
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Fascism is never popular but their strategy for minority control means it's always a requirement to make it appear that way.
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Just like MAGA buying Melania tickets in bulk to try and make it look like it isn’t a flop.
February 8, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Fascism is never popular but their strategy for minority control means it's always a requirement to make it appear that way.
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I'm fascinated by the genius mind that decides that because a building is too ugly the solution is to shutter it and leave it as is so it's still ugly but also doesn't do anything and exists just to be ugly
Maybe it's time to close the Wall Street Journal for good.
New York isn't a conservative hub, the newspaper is ugly, and Rupert Murdoch doesn't care about democracy.
Bruh, do you see how stupid you sound?
New York isn't a conservative hub, the newspaper is ugly, and Rupert Murdoch doesn't care about democracy.
Bruh, do you see how stupid you sound?
Opinion | Maybe It’s Time to Close the Kennedy Center for Good
Washington isn’t a cultural hub, the building is ugly, and its leaders don’t much care about the arts.
www.wsj.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I'm fascinated by the genius mind that decides that because a building is too ugly the solution is to shutter it and leave it as is so it's still ugly but also doesn't do anything and exists just to be ugly
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hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 7, 2026 at 3:53 AM
hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this
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Don’t count your chickens before they hatch but also don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. We have an opportunity to retake and redeem much of our government, to turn back from this fascist convulsion. Take it. Bc if we blow it, we damn our children and their children.
February 8, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Don’t count your chickens before they hatch but also don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. We have an opportunity to retake and redeem much of our government, to turn back from this fascist convulsion. Take it. Bc if we blow it, we damn our children and their children.
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The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Bryan Armen Graham
The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Bryan Armen Graham
The real risk for American broadcasters is not that dissent will be visible. It is that audiences will start assuming anything they do not show is being hidden
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:04 AM
The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Bryan Armen Graham
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
If they make it opt-in instead of opt-out, ot makes it harder for them to shove this down your throat (and tech billionaires clearly have a lot of experience doing that).
Why do we constantly have to opt out of this AI garbage? Why doesn't Big Tech instead give us an opt-in option? (Because they're dicks.)
www.huffpost.com/entry/if-you... via @huffpost.com
www.huffpost.com/entry/if-you... via @huffpost.com
Gmail Users Were Automatically Opted In to This Controversial Setting. Here's How To Turn It Off.
Plus: a quick guide to the two-step process for opting out.
www.huffpost.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:58 PM
If they make it opt-in instead of opt-out, ot makes it harder for them to shove this down your throat (and tech billionaires clearly have a lot of experience doing that).
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Trump literally withholds federal aid to states that voted against him, its definitely not just a coincidence.
February 7, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Trump literally withholds federal aid to states that voted against him, its definitely not just a coincidence.