Paul Barber 🇨🇦🌈
@jpaulbarber.bsky.social
I'm unique, just like everyone else
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You don’t “move on” from the largest sex trafficking ring in the world. You expose it. #StandWithSurvivors
February 8, 2026 at 10:00 PM
You don’t “move on” from the largest sex trafficking ring in the world. You expose it. #StandWithSurvivors
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To be fair, do they even have food in Italy?
Not only did they bring a small private army, but among the waste of taxpayer money was BRINGING A FULL PLANE OF FOOD.
To *Italy*.
To *Italy*.
February 7, 2026 at 4:32 PM
To be fair, do they even have food in Italy?
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Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas is just a delight on every level
February 7, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas is just a delight on every level
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News from Poland. Apparently the Americans have started circulating form letters nominating Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize - all the nation in question has to do is sign it. The Speaker of the Sejm told them to fuck off and the US Ambassador has had a meltdown.
February 5, 2026 at 8:05 PM
News from Poland. Apparently the Americans have started circulating form letters nominating Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize - all the nation in question has to do is sign it. The Speaker of the Sejm told them to fuck off and the US Ambassador has had a meltdown.
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
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What curious timing.
March 14, 2025: Bondi says she has a "truckload of documents" on Epstein she will release "as fast as we can"
March 21, 2025: Paul Weiss settles with Trump
March 21, 2025: Paul Weiss settles with Trump
February 5, 2026 at 2:25 PM
What curious timing.
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there is a kind of person that would dunk on this, but this sort of reflection over a seemingly tiny thing is exactly the sort of civic virtue that we need to be encouraging more of
I got my first whistle last weekend and it was a very intense moment, putting it around my neck and thinking about how to use it responsibly to protect my neighborhood. That happened because of the organizing that has already been done in MN, Chicago, and LA.
February 5, 2026 at 5:15 AM
there is a kind of person that would dunk on this, but this sort of reflection over a seemingly tiny thing is exactly the sort of civic virtue that we need to be encouraging more of
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Sometimes if you cut it down correctly, you can still see the last meal a tree had in its stomach when it died
February 4, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Sometimes if you cut it down correctly, you can still see the last meal a tree had in its stomach when it died
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Westboro Baptist Church tried to make an Anti-Luigi Mangione poster but it just looks like Luigi is threatening billionaires and goes unironically hard af
February 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Westboro Baptist Church tried to make an Anti-Luigi Mangione poster but it just looks like Luigi is threatening billionaires and goes unironically hard af
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Nancy Mace has an auto responder for comments containing the word “drugs”.
February 4, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Nancy Mace has an auto responder for comments containing the word “drugs”.
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This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
February 4, 2026 at 9:59 PM
This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS
My own experience, which is not inconsiderable, allows me to put out Captain Dan's Tear Gas Laundry guidelines.
Specifically, this is for your street clothing that has been exposed to tear gas in smoke/aerosol/dust/particulate form.
A small thread 🧵
My own experience, which is not inconsiderable, allows me to put out Captain Dan's Tear Gas Laundry guidelines.
Specifically, this is for your street clothing that has been exposed to tear gas in smoke/aerosol/dust/particulate form.
A small thread 🧵
February 4, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Dan Kaszeta FRHistS
My own experience, which is not inconsiderable, allows me to put out Captain Dan's Tear Gas Laundry guidelines.
Specifically, this is for your street clothing that has been exposed to tear gas in smoke/aerosol/dust/particulate form.
A small thread 🧵
My own experience, which is not inconsiderable, allows me to put out Captain Dan's Tear Gas Laundry guidelines.
Specifically, this is for your street clothing that has been exposed to tear gas in smoke/aerosol/dust/particulate form.
A small thread 🧵
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The French are taking none of Musk’s bullshit.
February 3, 2026 at 11:45 PM
The French are taking none of Musk’s bullshit.
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they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
Xfinity has just released its Jurassic Park-themed Super Bowl ad that features a digitally de-aged Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. https://bit.ly/4rmRhrK
February 3, 2026 at 3:32 AM
they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
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Reminded of the time that a BBC World Service presenter asked their guest how long there had been a Latino presence in Los Angeles and I yelled at my car stereo, “The name of the city is **LOS ANGELES**!”
I may have a stroke.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
January 31, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Reminded of the time that a BBC World Service presenter asked their guest how long there had been a Latino presence in Los Angeles and I yelled at my car stereo, “The name of the city is **LOS ANGELES**!”
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THIS 👇 IS TRUE......
January 30, 2026 at 10:55 AM
THIS 👇 IS TRUE......
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just choked on my beverage
January 29, 2026 at 11:19 PM
just choked on my beverage
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ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
January 29, 2026 at 4:45 PM
ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
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Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.
January 25, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.
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There is a new clinical trial that is recruiting for vulvodynia. This is a woefully under-researched aspect of women's care. Please help me spread the word. vajenda.substack.com/p/vulvodynia...
Vulvodynia isn't a Mystery. It's Underfunded.
A new clinical trial hopefully signals change
vajenda.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:28 AM
There is a new clinical trial that is recruiting for vulvodynia. This is a woefully under-researched aspect of women's care. Please help me spread the word. vajenda.substack.com/p/vulvodynia...
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Spotted on a Seattle building
#AbolishICE
#AbolishICE
January 28, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Spotted on a Seattle building
#AbolishICE
#AbolishICE
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"We are going to create a database, a list, we're going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods know exactly who to send those pies and fruit baskets to. We are going to give these people bragging rights like you wouldn't believe.
These guys aren't gonna need to buy a drink for a week."
These guys aren't gonna need to buy a drink for a week."
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Story: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 27, 2026 at 7:56 PM
"We are going to create a database, a list, we're going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods know exactly who to send those pies and fruit baskets to. We are going to give these people bragging rights like you wouldn't believe.
These guys aren't gonna need to buy a drink for a week."
These guys aren't gonna need to buy a drink for a week."
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If the Democrats do not *immediately* promote the Donald Trump "You can't have guns. You just can't" Gun Control Act, there is no point to their existence.
Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."
January 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
If the Democrats do not *immediately* promote the Donald Trump "You can't have guns. You just can't" Gun Control Act, there is no point to their existence.