Shin Barker
@neuroglider.bsky.social
Professional scientist, amateur triathlete, committed defender of the defenseless, and involuntary outdoorsman.
Fits all the evidence. When you’re on Leqembi (or Aduhelm, an alternative), you have to get regular MRIs to watch for a side effect called “amyloid-related imaging abnormalities” (ARIA). The treatment requires infusion, usually through the hand, which can bruise it.
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White House denies congresswoman's suggestion that Trump's taking Alzheimer drug
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December 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Fits all the evidence. When you’re on Leqembi (or Aduhelm, an alternative), you have to get regular MRIs to watch for a side effect called “amyloid-related imaging abnormalities” (ARIA). The treatment requires infusion, usually through the hand, which can bruise it.
www.rawstory.com/amp/trump-de...
www.rawstory.com/amp/trump-de...
I *really* love Jasmine Crockett and what she has meant for the progressive cause. That’s why I’m very sad that she’s running for Senate. I don’t think a Dixiecrat could win the entire state of Texas these days, much less a WOC. I hate that we’re going to lose her wisdom and fire in Congress 😢
December 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I *really* love Jasmine Crockett and what she has meant for the progressive cause. That’s why I’m very sad that she’s running for Senate. I don’t think a Dixiecrat could win the entire state of Texas these days, much less a WOC. I hate that we’re going to lose her wisdom and fire in Congress 😢
New favorite T-shirt message:
“Radicalized by basic decency”
“Radicalized by basic decency”
December 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
New favorite T-shirt message:
“Radicalized by basic decency”
“Radicalized by basic decency”
Another word that has somehow escaped my awareness for 61 years 🤔
December 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Another word that has somehow escaped my awareness for 61 years 🤔
Am I the only one who, upon hearing a reference to “Infantino” presumed it was yet another nickname for the Mussolini wannabe currently occupying the shambles we once called the White House?
December 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Am I the only one who, upon hearing a reference to “Infantino” presumed it was yet another nickname for the Mussolini wannabe currently occupying the shambles we once called the White House?
Just when you think you've found a cool, smart TV series... BOOM—right in the first episode, one of the "smart" characters uses "lay" for "lie," and the suspension of disbelief is no longer possible. Is there a single screenwriter out there who got a degree in English?
www.imdb.com/title/tt8965...
www.imdb.com/title/tt8965...
Dispatches from Elsewhere (TV Mini Series 2020) ⭐ 6.9 | Drama, Mystery
45m | TV-14
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December 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Just when you think you've found a cool, smart TV series... BOOM—right in the first episode, one of the "smart" characters uses "lay" for "lie," and the suspension of disbelief is no longer possible. Is there a single screenwriter out there who got a degree in English?
www.imdb.com/title/tt8965...
www.imdb.com/title/tt8965...
OK, so maybe it shouldn’t surprise us that FauxNews has *completely* ignored Trump’s pardon of the convicted drug trafficker and former Honduran president. But it should *gall* us!
December 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
OK, so maybe it shouldn’t surprise us that FauxNews has *completely* ignored Trump’s pardon of the convicted drug trafficker and former Honduran president. But it should *gall* us!
It was gratifying to see Judge Reinhold at the Little Rock event kicking off Chris Jones's campaign for Congress!
It'd be great to replace the GOP Rep "Colline Française"—who receives more NRA money than ANYONE—with a literal rocket scientist whose liberalism is grounded in faith AND logic.
It'd be great to replace the GOP Rep "Colline Française"—who receives more NRA money than ANYONE—with a literal rocket scientist whose liberalism is grounded in faith AND logic.
The 🇺🇸 American buddy cop action comedy film "BEVERLY HILLS COP" directed by Martin Brest, starring Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Lisa Eilbacher, Steven Berkoff, Paul Reiser, Jonathan Banks premiered #OnThisDay in 1984 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in L.A.
🎬Paramount Pictures
🎬Paramount Pictures
December 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
It was gratifying to see Judge Reinhold at the Little Rock event kicking off Chris Jones's campaign for Congress!
It'd be great to replace the GOP Rep "Colline Française"—who receives more NRA money than ANYONE—with a literal rocket scientist whose liberalism is grounded in faith AND logic.
It'd be great to replace the GOP Rep "Colline Française"—who receives more NRA money than ANYONE—with a literal rocket scientist whose liberalism is grounded in faith AND logic.
Didn't even make sense to me as a child. I remember sitting in Sunday school at the age of 9 or 10 and thinking, "OK, so God is perfect and omnipotent. But He changed His mind about our salvation plan roughly 4000 years into His Creation? He changed His mind? From perfect to... um, *more* perfect?"
November 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Didn't even make sense to me as a child. I remember sitting in Sunday school at the age of 9 or 10 and thinking, "OK, so God is perfect and omnipotent. But He changed His mind about our salvation plan roughly 4000 years into His Creation? He changed His mind? From perfect to... um, *more* perfect?"
Put this in your pocket for the next time you hear someone say that a disproportionately high percentage of convictions for violent crime are attributable to Black people:
Blacks make up 60% of those exonerated by the Innocence Project. They are wrongfully convicted 7 times as often as whites. 7X!
Blacks make up 60% of those exonerated by the Innocence Project. They are wrongfully convicted 7 times as often as whites. 7X!
November 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Put this in your pocket for the next time you hear someone say that a disproportionately high percentage of convictions for violent crime are attributable to Black people:
Blacks make up 60% of those exonerated by the Innocence Project. They are wrongfully convicted 7 times as often as whites. 7X!
Blacks make up 60% of those exonerated by the Innocence Project. They are wrongfully convicted 7 times as often as whites. 7X!
She shouldn’t have been there—she should’ve been preparing for Thanksgiving with her family! YOU sent her there. YOU, you goddamned fucking asshole! Twenty! She was 20! Gawd, I didn’t think I could hate you more that I did. But you keep making it worse—you keep making *everything* worse!
November 28, 2025 at 3:34 AM
She shouldn’t have been there—she should’ve been preparing for Thanksgiving with her family! YOU sent her there. YOU, you goddamned fucking asshole! Twenty! She was 20! Gawd, I didn’t think I could hate you more that I did. But you keep making it worse—you keep making *everything* worse!
Fucking ridiculous. Are megacorporations just trying to prove that they can convince us to buy *anything*?!
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Fucking ridiculous. Are megacorporations just trying to prove that they can convince us to buy *anything*?!
Holy hell, people! Bird flu is killing off the elephant seals! WTF?!
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Bird Flu Wiped Out Nearly Half of the Females in the World’s Largest Elephant Seal Population, Drone Images Suggest
Scientists recorded a 47 percent drop in breeding females in South Georgia’s three largest elephant seal colonies after bird flu hit. Scaled to the whole island, that’s a potential loss of more than 5...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Holy hell, people! Bird flu is killing off the elephant seals! WTF?!
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www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b...
“‘That the sheriff has not been prosecuted or otherwise held accountable, despite the evidence against him, reflects “an utter failure of our criminal justice system,’ Professor Steffey added.”
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
In a Brutal Mississippi Jail, Inmates Say They Were Enlisted as Enforcers
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November 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“‘That the sheriff has not been prosecuted or otherwise held accountable, despite the evidence against him, reflects “an utter failure of our criminal justice system,’ Professor Steffey added.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Reposted by Shin Barker
In remote Alaska, public radio stations like KYUK provide lifesaving information during natural disasters.
But Trump cut funds for public media, and that could mean deadly consequences for the rural community.
From our friends at @revealnews.org:
But Trump cut funds for public media, and that could mean deadly consequences for the rural community.
From our friends at @revealnews.org:
In rural America, public radio saves lives
In remote Alaska, public radio station KYUK is crucial during natural disasters. Without federal funding, how will it survive?
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November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
In remote Alaska, public radio stations like KYUK provide lifesaving information during natural disasters.
But Trump cut funds for public media, and that could mean deadly consequences for the rural community.
From our friends at @revealnews.org:
But Trump cut funds for public media, and that could mean deadly consequences for the rural community.
From our friends at @revealnews.org:
Fuck this fucking administration!😡 It’s absolutely clear that they want all of life on Earth to suffer immeasurable harm. Every decision they make is aimed at obvious, intentional chaos and destruction! Why?! It’s not Right vs Left; it’s death vs life😖
The trouble with losing the public trust is that you never get it back. Pesticide manufacturers should be pushing for more rigorous standards, because now we're going to label everything as 'contains PFAS' and ban/boycott all of it. (Gift article)
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EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Fuck this fucking administration!😡 It’s absolutely clear that they want all of life on Earth to suffer immeasurable harm. Every decision they make is aimed at obvious, intentional chaos and destruction! Why?! It’s not Right vs Left; it’s death vs life😖
This, seriously, encapsulates everything about our current culture. WTLF is wrong with our brethren?! They are *not* OK.
I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
November 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This, seriously, encapsulates everything about our current culture. WTLF is wrong with our brethren?! They are *not* OK.
Y’all, Rose Creek is *lit* on a Friday nite!
November 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Y’all, Rose Creek is *lit* on a Friday nite!
Hurrah! While this is a "preliminary" injunction, it protects the Congressional districts in Texas through the 2026 midterms!
My on the record quote: "My law firm and I are still not tired of winning.😎"
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🚨 League of United Latin American Citizens v. Abbott
Learn more.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Hurrah! While this is a "preliminary" injunction, it protects the Congressional districts in Texas through the 2026 midterms!
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All the sudden the GOP is echoing affordability as the issue the American people are concerned about.
But they’re legislating like they don’t care about it, especially by cutting Medicaid and ACA.
You can’t have it both ways, either you care about affordability or you care about your rich donors.
But they’re legislating like they don’t care about it, especially by cutting Medicaid and ACA.
You can’t have it both ways, either you care about affordability or you care about your rich donors.
November 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
All the sudden the GOP is echoing affordability as the issue the American people are concerned about.
But they’re legislating like they don’t care about it, especially by cutting Medicaid and ACA.
You can’t have it both ways, either you care about affordability or you care about your rich donors.
But they’re legislating like they don’t care about it, especially by cutting Medicaid and ACA.
You can’t have it both ways, either you care about affordability or you care about your rich donors.
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It tells you all you need to know about America that the real pressure politicians are all the sudden concerned about are people missing flights and not that tens of millions of Americans will lose their healthcare if they cave to the corrupt GOP.
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
It tells you all you need to know about America that the real pressure politicians are all the sudden concerned about are people missing flights and not that tens of millions of Americans will lose their healthcare if they cave to the corrupt GOP.
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Jeffrey Epstein's sub-literacy is what makes Bill Barr's father's decision to hire him to teach at the prestigious Dalton School (even though Epstein didn't have a college degree) all the more odd.
November 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Jeffrey Epstein's sub-literacy is what makes Bill Barr's father's decision to hire him to teach at the prestigious Dalton School (even though Epstein didn't have a college degree) all the more odd.
“Democrats continue to carelessly cherry-pick documents to generate click bait that is not grounded in the facts,” a spokeswoman for the House Oversight Committee said.
You don't know the meaning of either "cherry-pick" (to pick with care) or "carelessly"; perhaps both.
You don't know the meaning of either "cherry-pick" (to pick with care) or "carelessly"; perhaps both.
November 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
“Democrats continue to carelessly cherry-pick documents to generate click bait that is not grounded in the facts,” a spokeswoman for the House Oversight Committee said.
You don't know the meaning of either "cherry-pick" (to pick with care) or "carelessly"; perhaps both.
You don't know the meaning of either "cherry-pick" (to pick with care) or "carelessly"; perhaps both.