Brian
@bbqxbbb.bsky.social
Former dabbler across most media and performance arts with, at best, middling results. Aspiring recluse. He/him. #roc http://brianebarrett.com
Annual reminder that during the first Trump presidency on July 4th, the NPR Twitter account posted, without context, the Declaration of Independence line-by-line, and MAGA lost their shit over it, calling them "biased"
July 4, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Annual reminder that during the first Trump presidency on July 4th, the NPR Twitter account posted, without context, the Declaration of Independence line-by-line, and MAGA lost their shit over it, calling them "biased"
Sometime, in the near future, during a secret big donor DNC zoom call...
"You know who we should recruit to run for office? Mike Pence."
"You know who we should recruit to run for office? Mike Pence."
June 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Sometime, in the near future, during a secret big donor DNC zoom call...
"You know who we should recruit to run for office? Mike Pence."
"You know who we should recruit to run for office? Mike Pence."
David Lynch's Wild at Heart is just the Wizard of Oz for people who like Wall of Voodoo
June 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
David Lynch's Wild at Heart is just the Wizard of Oz for people who like Wall of Voodoo
I'm old enough to remember when "skibidi" meant something
February 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I'm old enough to remember when "skibidi" meant something
It's weird. Almost as if your wealth is theoretical, speculative and completely leveraged, you need to keep desperately enlarging your pile or it will ALL evaporate
February 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
It's weird. Almost as if your wealth is theoretical, speculative and completely leveraged, you need to keep desperately enlarging your pile or it will ALL evaporate
Everyone thinks anything immediately to the Left of them is Communism. It's just as you go further Right, the claim gets more absurd
February 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Everyone thinks anything immediately to the Left of them is Communism. It's just as you go further Right, the claim gets more absurd
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The fact that only 2% of professors identify as fascists shows just how insular and out of touch universities have become.
February 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The fact that only 2% of professors identify as fascists shows just how insular and out of touch universities have become.
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every pandemic, every security leak, every military screw up is on Republicans for entrusting serious jobs to fools, flakes and fanatics.
February 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
every pandemic, every security leak, every military screw up is on Republicans for entrusting serious jobs to fools, flakes and fanatics.
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A new era of government censorship has begun.
It started with the silencing of scientific speech, when the admin blocked release of research on bird flu. But MAGA has also cracked down on other wrongthink—on race, geography (!), and of course Trump himself
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
It started with the silencing of scientific speech, when the admin blocked release of research on bird flu. But MAGA has also cracked down on other wrongthink—on race, geography (!), and of course Trump himself
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | A new era of government censorship has dawned
Donald Trump fancies himself a champion of free speech. Oh, really?
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A new era of government censorship has begun.
It started with the silencing of scientific speech, when the admin blocked release of research on bird flu. But MAGA has also cracked down on other wrongthink—on race, geography (!), and of course Trump himself
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
It started with the silencing of scientific speech, when the admin blocked release of research on bird flu. But MAGA has also cracked down on other wrongthink—on race, geography (!), and of course Trump himself
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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it's not hyperbolic to say we're witnessing a coup.
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:23 PM
it's not hyperbolic to say we're witnessing a coup.
I'd wager they're less than a month away from having entire stadiums doing the Nazi salute trying to prove that it isn't.
January 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I'd wager they're less than a month away from having entire stadiums doing the Nazi salute trying to prove that it isn't.
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Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
www.404media.co
January 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
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Anyone who takes a loyalty oath to Trump should be prevented from ever holding a position of trust in the federal government. It’s absolutely disqualifying.
Again, when we have power again, every single federal employee hired under Trump must be immediately fired and replaced by people who care about liberal democracy
BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨
President Donald Trump's administration is set to offer every single federal worker the chance to take a "deferred resignation" with a severance package of roughly eight months of pay and benefits.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
President Donald Trump's administration is set to offer every single federal worker the chance to take a "deferred resignation" with a severance package of roughly eight months of pay and benefits.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
January 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Anyone who takes a loyalty oath to Trump should be prevented from ever holding a position of trust in the federal government. It’s absolutely disqualifying.
It might take a lot, but a conservative will eventually admit they're wrong... as long as they never have to admit a leftist was correct all along
December 30, 2024 at 1:19 AM
It might take a lot, but a conservative will eventually admit they're wrong... as long as they never have to admit a leftist was correct all along
It took me over ten years to make my first tweet. Another three years to use Twitter with any regularity, just in time for Elon to buy and wreck it.
November 14, 2024 at 9:54 PM
It took me over ten years to make my first tweet. Another three years to use Twitter with any regularity, just in time for Elon to buy and wreck it.