Sarah R. Barnes
@srbarnes.bsky.social
Web developer, WordPress fan, PMP, team lead, higher ed web person, problem solver, pottery hobbyist, travel lover.
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Tyranny
Chavarria, a U.S. citizen, was held at the airport "for more than four hours and released only after he finally agreed to let the agents search his smartphone, tablet, and laptop computer. The agents...informed him that he had no Fourth Amendment right to resist." @pacificlegal.bsky.social is suing.
CBP agents held this U.S. citizen for hours until he agreed to let them search his electronic devices
A federal lawsuit argues that perusing travelers' personal data without a warrant or probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment.
reason.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Tyranny
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Rep. Jim Himes after being briefed by Adm. Bradley:
"What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service. You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel, who are killed by the United States."
"What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service. You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel, who are killed by the United States."
December 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Rep. Jim Himes after being briefed by Adm. Bradley:
"What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service. You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel, who are killed by the United States."
"What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service. You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel, who are killed by the United States."
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my gift guide is you should buy cool stuff created by cool people on bluesky.
buy their books, their art, their old-school zines, their music, their nut mixes, a membership to their patreon, their off-kilter tote bags, etc.
(and if you have a thing people should buy, post it! right now!)
buy their books, their art, their old-school zines, their music, their nut mixes, a membership to their patreon, their off-kilter tote bags, etc.
(and if you have a thing people should buy, post it! right now!)
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
my gift guide is you should buy cool stuff created by cool people on bluesky.
buy their books, their art, their old-school zines, their music, their nut mixes, a membership to their patreon, their off-kilter tote bags, etc.
(and if you have a thing people should buy, post it! right now!)
buy their books, their art, their old-school zines, their music, their nut mixes, a membership to their patreon, their off-kilter tote bags, etc.
(and if you have a thing people should buy, post it! right now!)
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Granted we’re just over here in Tennessee, but it kinda seems like greedy bigots threatening to self-deport from NYC if he wins is more of a reason to vote for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social than against him?
October 27, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Granted we’re just over here in Tennessee, but it kinda seems like greedy bigots threatening to self-deport from NYC if he wins is more of a reason to vote for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social than against him?
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Steve Agee @steveagee.bsky.social and I want to hear your HIGH ANXIETY stories! We want to hear about the time you (or someone you know!) got freaked the f out. Fill out the Google Form in my bio or leave us a voicemail at 855-266-2604! As always, off-topic wildcards also welcome.
October 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Steve Agee @steveagee.bsky.social and I want to hear your HIGH ANXIETY stories! We want to hear about the time you (or someone you know!) got freaked the f out. Fill out the Google Form in my bio or leave us a voicemail at 855-266-2604! As always, off-topic wildcards also welcome.
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What Wes Anderson movie is this?
This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.
October 20, 2025 at 3:17 AM
What Wes Anderson movie is this?
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Reminder: We spent YEARS reading thousands and thousands of articles on the Tea Party and how it was a true expression of the American people's will, and it never mounted anything nearly as big as Saturday's No Kings rallies. [1/3]
October 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Reminder: We spent YEARS reading thousands and thousands of articles on the Tea Party and how it was a true expression of the American people's will, and it never mounted anything nearly as big as Saturday's No Kings rallies. [1/3]
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i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
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EPSTEIN FILES: @aoc.bsky.social explains why Republicans won’t bring the U.S. House back into session 👇
October 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
EPSTEIN FILES: @aoc.bsky.social explains why Republicans won’t bring the U.S. House back into session 👇
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NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
www.wired.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
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a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits
Bari Weiss is set to be named the editor in chief of CBS News, the New York Post reports
October 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits
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Talarico: if you read the new testament, Jesus doesn't spend most of his time preaching or teaching or even praying. He spends most of his time healing the sick.
Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care
Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care
October 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Talarico: if you read the new testament, Jesus doesn't spend most of his time preaching or teaching or even praying. He spends most of his time healing the sick.
Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care
Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care
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Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."
October 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."
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Elizabeth Warren: "If fighting to reduce the cost of healthcare and avoid a coming catastrophe is not worth fighting for, then I don't know what is."
October 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Elizabeth Warren: "If fighting to reduce the cost of healthcare and avoid a coming catastrophe is not worth fighting for, then I don't know what is."
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Tap tap tap
Just gonna keep tapping the sign*
*𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦
*𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦
October 1, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Tap tap tap
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Why are people saying "this is not normal" over and over again, instead of "this is illegal" or "this is unconstitutional" or "this is treason?" Not normal sounds subjective, wishy-washy and neurotic. It communicates nothing of substance.
September 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Why are people saying "this is not normal" over and over again, instead of "this is illegal" or "this is unconstitutional" or "this is treason?" Not normal sounds subjective, wishy-washy and neurotic. It communicates nothing of substance.
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I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.
ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
September 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.
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Congrats to Moldova!!! Russia threw everything to destabilize the election and failed spectacularly.
Democracy won 🙌🏼
Democracy won 🙌🏼
September 29, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Congrats to Moldova!!! Russia threw everything to destabilize the election and failed spectacularly.
Democracy won 🙌🏼
Democracy won 🙌🏼
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suddenly occurs to me that stephen miller looks like a sentient blackhead
Stephen Miller: "What James Comey did is truly one of the most severe assaults on our freedoms and liberties that has occurred in the whole history of this nation."
September 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
suddenly occurs to me that stephen miller looks like a sentient blackhead
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yeah this guy is dumber than donkey shit
so this is what counts as an intellectual for the modern right, huh
September 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
yeah this guy is dumber than donkey shit
I’ve been wondering when the class action lawsuits would begin. Glad to see this.
WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status.
He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
September 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I’ve been wondering when the class action lawsuits would begin. Glad to see this.
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I’m tired of being divided into teams.
Do you have an elderly grandparent who needs care? So do I.
Do you struggle to afford the high price of everything? So do I.
Do you know what it means to carry the weight of medical debt? So do I.
You’re on my team — and I’m on yours.
Do you have an elderly grandparent who needs care? So do I.
Do you struggle to afford the high price of everything? So do I.
Do you know what it means to carry the weight of medical debt? So do I.
You’re on my team — and I’m on yours.
September 24, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I’m tired of being divided into teams.
Do you have an elderly grandparent who needs care? So do I.
Do you struggle to afford the high price of everything? So do I.
Do you know what it means to carry the weight of medical debt? So do I.
You’re on my team — and I’m on yours.
Do you have an elderly grandparent who needs care? So do I.
Do you struggle to afford the high price of everything? So do I.
Do you know what it means to carry the weight of medical debt? So do I.
You’re on my team — and I’m on yours.
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Larry Ellison, founder of Oracle, is a right wing tech oligarch who now controls Paramount, which includes CBS.
He's rumoured to be attempting to acquire Warner Brothers.
The Whitehouse also arranged for him to acquire TikTok US.
If you think the media & info environment in the US is bad now...
He's rumoured to be attempting to acquire Warner Brothers.
The Whitehouse also arranged for him to acquire TikTok US.
If you think the media & info environment in the US is bad now...
September 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Larry Ellison, founder of Oracle, is a right wing tech oligarch who now controls Paramount, which includes CBS.
He's rumoured to be attempting to acquire Warner Brothers.
The Whitehouse also arranged for him to acquire TikTok US.
If you think the media & info environment in the US is bad now...
He's rumoured to be attempting to acquire Warner Brothers.
The Whitehouse also arranged for him to acquire TikTok US.
If you think the media & info environment in the US is bad now...
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No one has been more vindicated than normie resistance Dems, women’s marchers and never-Trump Republicans. They were right all along about the threat. The anti-anti-Trump Republicans and reactionary centrists, and the far left “it’s always been this bad” folks have been proved wrong over and over.
September 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
No one has been more vindicated than normie resistance Dems, women’s marchers and never-Trump Republicans. They were right all along about the threat. The anti-anti-Trump Republicans and reactionary centrists, and the far left “it’s always been this bad” folks have been proved wrong over and over.