Perry Barber
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Perry Barber
@umpireplb.bsky.social
· Oct 10
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
We can't all be Jane Goodall, but we can all sure as hell be difficult.
Proud to be a New Yorker!
Federal immigration enforcement officials called off a planned raid on Canal Street today shortly before it was slated to begin.
New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.
New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.
November 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Proud to be a New Yorker!
A moment of quiet beauty, hope, and resilience from Yaroslava Antipina, who lives in Kyiv and provides daily glimpses into the lives of her fellow Ukranians and her lovely cat here on bluesky
The capacity to create high art out of lowly things is one of humankind's greatest and most wondrous gifts
The capacity to create high art out of lowly things is one of humankind's greatest and most wondrous gifts
Let’s look at some Ukrainian art.
I went on a little art hunt today.
No, I won’t give russians even a chance to think they can break us.
I went on a little art hunt today.
No, I won’t give russians even a chance to think they can break us.
November 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A moment of quiet beauty, hope, and resilience from Yaroslava Antipina, who lives in Kyiv and provides daily glimpses into the lives of her fellow Ukranians and her lovely cat here on bluesky
The capacity to create high art out of lowly things is one of humankind's greatest and most wondrous gifts
The capacity to create high art out of lowly things is one of humankind's greatest and most wondrous gifts
Current events in a nutshell
All done to give cover to the specious, spurious claim that we need more armed police & national guarders on city streets to quell "the violence," when THEY're the unwitting pawns whose presence transmits the threat of violence against all of us, not just the "bad guys"
All done to give cover to the specious, spurious claim that we need more armed police & national guarders on city streets to quell "the violence," when THEY're the unwitting pawns whose presence transmits the threat of violence against all of us, not just the "bad guys"
The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Current events in a nutshell
All done to give cover to the specious, spurious claim that we need more armed police & national guarders on city streets to quell "the violence," when THEY're the unwitting pawns whose presence transmits the threat of violence against all of us, not just the "bad guys"
All done to give cover to the specious, spurious claim that we need more armed police & national guarders on city streets to quell "the violence," when THEY're the unwitting pawns whose presence transmits the threat of violence against all of us, not just the "bad guys"
Of all the wars we could have started with all the countries in the world, an ambiguous, confusing, and wimpy declaration of one against Venezuela was definitely not on my christmas card list. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Trump says airspace above and around Venezuela should be considered closed
The FAA recently warned major airlines of a "potentially hazardous situation" when flying over Venezuela.
www.reuters.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Of all the wars we could have started with all the countries in the world, an ambiguous, confusing, and wimpy declaration of one against Venezuela was definitely not on my christmas card list. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
A notable woman whose accomplishments were appropriated by her male colleagues.
The truth eventually comes to light.
The truth eventually comes to light.
#OTD in 1967, Jocelyn Bell discovered pulsars & changed our view of the universe. 𝘉𝘶𝘵...
The #Nobel Prize in #Physics for their discovery went to to her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish & to astronomer Martin Ryle.
theconversation.com/fifty-years-...
#WomenInSTEM #astrophysics #MatildaEffect
The #Nobel Prize in #Physics for their discovery went to to her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish & to astronomer Martin Ryle.
theconversation.com/fifty-years-...
#WomenInSTEM #astrophysics #MatildaEffect
November 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A notable woman whose accomplishments were appropriated by her male colleagues.
The truth eventually comes to light.
The truth eventually comes to light.
In the end, things inevitably come back to bite you.
This is the great failure of the Trump administration: no one in it sees beyond their own (or his!) immediate gratifications. There's no uber-vision, only a narrow-minded, delusional focus on what makes their own lives temporarily "better." ⬇️
This is the great failure of the Trump administration: no one in it sees beyond their own (or his!) immediate gratifications. There's no uber-vision, only a narrow-minded, delusional focus on what makes their own lives temporarily "better." ⬇️
Please remember that in the US, every time you advocate for something to be made illegal, you are supporting more power being given to the carceral state.
And those new laws might be sometimes deployed against the privileged, but they will ALWAYS be weaponized against the vulnerable.
And those new laws might be sometimes deployed against the privileged, but they will ALWAYS be weaponized against the vulnerable.
November 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
In the end, things inevitably come back to bite you.
This is the great failure of the Trump administration: no one in it sees beyond their own (or his!) immediate gratifications. There's no uber-vision, only a narrow-minded, delusional focus on what makes their own lives temporarily "better." ⬇️
This is the great failure of the Trump administration: no one in it sees beyond their own (or his!) immediate gratifications. There's no uber-vision, only a narrow-minded, delusional focus on what makes their own lives temporarily "better." ⬇️
My beautiful New York, city of my birth, upbringing, and adulthood .
These are my people. This is what we do: good food, good company, good will ❤️ Happy Thanksgiving to all! Joy is all around us if we just know where to look for it and are willing to share it.
These are my people. This is what we do: good food, good company, good will ❤️ Happy Thanksgiving to all! Joy is all around us if we just know where to look for it and are willing to share it.
They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
November 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
My beautiful New York, city of my birth, upbringing, and adulthood .
These are my people. This is what we do: good food, good company, good will ❤️ Happy Thanksgiving to all! Joy is all around us if we just know where to look for it and are willing to share it.
These are my people. This is what we do: good food, good company, good will ❤️ Happy Thanksgiving to all! Joy is all around us if we just know where to look for it and are willing to share it.
Confirmed:
This administration administers as if it were the vengeful, petty mean girls in a high school lunchroom cafeteria. So pathetic, cruel, and embarrassing. Happy Thanksgiving everyone, and thank you for your attention to this message! people.com/donald-trump...
This administration administers as if it were the vengeful, petty mean girls in a high school lunchroom cafeteria. So pathetic, cruel, and embarrassing. Happy Thanksgiving everyone, and thank you for your attention to this message! people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Once Received the Same 'Piggy' Insult He Hurled at Reporter
During a nasty public feud in the '80s, N.Y.C. Mayor Ed Koch ridiculed Donald Trump as a greedy "piggy." Decades later, at the peak of his power, Trump repurposed the stunning insult to hush a journal...
people.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Confirmed:
This administration administers as if it were the vengeful, petty mean girls in a high school lunchroom cafeteria. So pathetic, cruel, and embarrassing. Happy Thanksgiving everyone, and thank you for your attention to this message! people.com/donald-trump...
This administration administers as if it were the vengeful, petty mean girls in a high school lunchroom cafeteria. So pathetic, cruel, and embarrassing. Happy Thanksgiving everyone, and thank you for your attention to this message! people.com/donald-trump...
A notable woman
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 4:27 AM
A notable woman
Matt and Mark talk turkey. Tune in!
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! - stay safe. 75 days til Spring Training!
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! - stay safe. 75 days til Spring Training!
Tomorrow, Mat & Mark bring their #MLB Thanksgiving Roster Recipes to the table on BaseballBiz On Deck.
Which teams are cooking up Recipes for disaster?
& Who will be the Master Chef with all the right stuffing.
Find out tomorrow.
#MLB #TradeRumors #Thanksgiving #Roster
@matgermain.bsky.social
Which teams are cooking up Recipes for disaster?
& Who will be the Master Chef with all the right stuffing.
Find out tomorrow.
#MLB #TradeRumors #Thanksgiving #Roster
@matgermain.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Matt and Mark talk turkey. Tune in!
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! - stay safe. 75 days til Spring Training!
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! - stay safe. 75 days til Spring Training!
Apropos of nothing in particular and everything in specific youtu.be/Iu0Q8CZ6now?...
The Beatles - Piggies (+Lyrics)
YouTube video by Kung Fu
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Apropos of nothing in particular and everything in specific youtu.be/Iu0Q8CZ6now?...
My father Larry Barber, a pilot in the newly formed Air Force during the Korean War. He disappeared in 1959 after taking a small watercraft out on the Atlantic Ocean near Brigantine, NJ, and was never seen again. 66 years later, I still think about him every day; today, I thank him for his service.
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
My father Larry Barber, a pilot in the newly formed Air Force during the Korean War. He disappeared in 1959 after taking a small watercraft out on the Atlantic Ocean near Brigantine, NJ, and was never seen again. 66 years later, I still think about him every day; today, I thank him for his service.
I'm obsessed with this wonderful operation ❤️
Cats climb trees around Spokane, Washington and get stuck. When the fire department isn't able to help, Canopy Cat Rescue is there to answer the meows.
Wish they had a bluesky page! www.canopycatrescue.com
Cats climb trees around Spokane, Washington and get stuck. When the fire department isn't able to help, Canopy Cat Rescue is there to answer the meows.
Wish they had a bluesky page! www.canopycatrescue.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I'm obsessed with this wonderful operation ❤️
Cats climb trees around Spokane, Washington and get stuck. When the fire department isn't able to help, Canopy Cat Rescue is there to answer the meows.
Wish they had a bluesky page! www.canopycatrescue.com
Cats climb trees around Spokane, Washington and get stuck. When the fire department isn't able to help, Canopy Cat Rescue is there to answer the meows.
Wish they had a bluesky page! www.canopycatrescue.com
I love the feeling of having said "I told you so" without saying it
The stadium for the Kansas City Current -- whose construction 40 banks refused to finance because there had never been a professional stadium built for a women's team -- just finished its second consecutive season of sold-out games.
www.wsj.com/sports/socce...
www.wsj.com/sports/socce...
No One Wanted to Finance Their Stadium. Now Every Game Is a Sellout.
Building a professional women’s soccer venue was seen as brash. Now the Kansas City Current’s is a blueprint for others.
www.wsj.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I love the feeling of having said "I told you so" without saying it
Gotham City had Batman, now Gotham has our own Catman
November 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Gotham City had Batman, now Gotham has our own Catman
The draft for the 4-team Women's Professional Baseball League is drawing nigh.
But it's not just about the players and coaches. Stay tuned for news about something huge about to happen in the world of women umpires, one of the most exciting and profoundly personal projects I've ever been a part of.
But it's not just about the players and coaches. Stay tuned for news about something huge about to happen in the world of women umpires, one of the most exciting and profoundly personal projects I've ever been a part of.
November 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
The draft for the 4-team Women's Professional Baseball League is drawing nigh.
But it's not just about the players and coaches. Stay tuned for news about something huge about to happen in the world of women umpires, one of the most exciting and profoundly personal projects I've ever been a part of.
But it's not just about the players and coaches. Stay tuned for news about something huge about to happen in the world of women umpires, one of the most exciting and profoundly personal projects I've ever been a part of.
It's not pandering or flip-flopping or backtracking to retool a political position, refine an idea that once seemed promising, or ditch it entirely if it loses the luster that made it so appealing in the first place. Mamdani is listening to experts, and more importantly, hearing his constituents too
November 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
It's not pandering or flip-flopping or backtracking to retool a political position, refine an idea that once seemed promising, or ditch it entirely if it loses the luster that made it so appealing in the first place. Mamdani is listening to experts, and more importantly, hearing his constituents too
An original "influencer," Feller created his own brand with his post-season barnstorming tours, which netted him lucrative endorsements and paydays that he shared with his fellow players. A fascinating figure in baseball lore
Author Luke Epplin shares a chapter about him from his book "Our Team."
Author Luke Epplin shares a chapter about him from his book "Our Team."
Today is Bob Feller's 107 birthday, so let's do something different: For my newsletter, I posted a passage that I cut from "Our Team" that gives a little more flavor to Feller's famed 1946 barnstorming tour. If you ever wanted more "Our Team," here you go: lepplin.substack.com/p/bob-feller...
Bob Feller’s Overbooked Barnstorming Tour of 1946
An Outtake from "Our Team"
lepplin.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
An original "influencer," Feller created his own brand with his post-season barnstorming tours, which netted him lucrative endorsements and paydays that he shared with his fellow players. A fascinating figure in baseball lore
Author Luke Epplin shares a chapter about him from his book "Our Team."
Author Luke Epplin shares a chapter about him from his book "Our Team."
Supporting my friend who's a tour guide for the Dodgers, which is a real job that should pay a fair wage
November 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Supporting my friend who's a tour guide for the Dodgers, which is a real job that should pay a fair wage
Aww, poor baby didn't get his Nobel Peace Prize so now he's showing off his peaceful intentions by intimidating Nigerians, whose country sits on vast oil & gas reserves, so guess why he's all blustery & posturing like this. Anyone else smell a large donation of cash or a plane or a "big deal" here?
At some point we might have to consider the fact that he might be mentally unstable.
November 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Aww, poor baby didn't get his Nobel Peace Prize so now he's showing off his peaceful intentions by intimidating Nigerians, whose country sits on vast oil & gas reserves, so guess why he's all blustery & posturing like this. Anyone else smell a large donation of cash or a plane or a "big deal" here?
Okay, this game is going twenty innings
November 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Okay, this game is going twenty innings
Food for thought on the Addison Barger ground rule double when Justin Dean held up his hands instead of digging for the ball: the rule protects players from risk of injury who might otherwise go digging or poking around for the ball. They could get scratched, bruised, stuck; the rule keeps them safe
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Food for thought on the Addison Barger ground rule double when Justin Dean held up his hands instead of digging for the ball: the rule protects players from risk of injury who might otherwise go digging or poking around for the ball. They could get scratched, bruised, stuck; the rule keeps them safe
Illinoisans, please support Dylan Blaha's campaign to represent your 13th district, which includes Springfield and parts of east St. Louis, but is mostly rural.
We don't see his kind of integrity in our elected officials very often. Please don't miss this chance to change the culture of congress!
We don't see his kind of integrity in our elected officials very often. Please don't miss this chance to change the culture of congress!
We won’t turn against our neighbors. We signed up to defend the Constitution and protect the American people.
Today, it's Chicago. Tomorrow, it could be somewhere else. We need to combat the misinformation and stand up to Donald Trump. Crime is down. This is not about safety — it's about control.
Today, it's Chicago. Tomorrow, it could be somewhere else. We need to combat the misinformation and stand up to Donald Trump. Crime is down. This is not about safety — it's about control.
November 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Illinoisans, please support Dylan Blaha's campaign to represent your 13th district, which includes Springfield and parts of east St. Louis, but is mostly rural.
We don't see his kind of integrity in our elected officials very often. Please don't miss this chance to change the culture of congress!
We don't see his kind of integrity in our elected officials very often. Please don't miss this chance to change the culture of congress!
The urge to chase the baseball is one of the hardest things for a player to suppress, but Justin Dean did a stellar job of it in the bottom of the ninth when he held up his hands to signal the ball had lodged under the fence and was thus out of play (i.e., dead.) www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/wor...
Dodgers vs. Blue Jays World Series Game 6: Breaking down that wild ninth inning
A series of unbelievable plays kept the Dodgers alive and forced Saturday's Game 7
www.cbssports.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:42 AM
The urge to chase the baseball is one of the hardest things for a player to suppress, but Justin Dean did a stellar job of it in the bottom of the ninth when he held up his hands to signal the ball had lodged under the fence and was thus out of play (i.e., dead.) www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/wor...
That was not a swing; he didn’t offer at the pitch.
My heart is pounding. Bottom of the ninth inning baseball is the best!
My heart is pounding. Bottom of the ninth inning baseball is the best!
November 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
That was not a swing; he didn’t offer at the pitch.
My heart is pounding. Bottom of the ninth inning baseball is the best!
My heart is pounding. Bottom of the ninth inning baseball is the best!