@barryrossnick.bsky.social
Former long time bookseller and head book buyer, former lecture agent, occasionally pretend to be a cyclist. Have been grumpy since probably the age of 15.
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Goddamn, this point by @anandwrites.bsky.social really needed saying.
October 5, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Goddamn, this point by @anandwrites.bsky.social really needed saying.
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October 5, 2026 at 4:23 AM
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these fucking ghouls should never know a day of peace for the rest of their lives
October 4, 2026 at 4:14 PM
these fucking ghouls should never know a day of peace for the rest of their lives
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This guy: American hero. The question, as Ed Wasserman writes, is whether today's media would be willing to run a story of this magnitude while under assault from the Trump administration. Like, maybe the Times would, and it's no angel here, but what about networks controlled by Trump allies? HERO.
Daniel Ellsberg’s dark chronicles of courage and foreboding
The famous whistleblower's posthumous memoir recalls moments of triumph amid moral failure.
www.motherjones.com
October 3, 2026 at 4:09 PM
This guy: American hero. The question, as Ed Wasserman writes, is whether today's media would be willing to run a story of this magnitude while under assault from the Trump administration. Like, maybe the Times would, and it's no angel here, but what about networks controlled by Trump allies? HERO.
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there are vanishingly few principles that Donald Trump holds to, but by far the most important one is a universal admiration and fellowship with sex criminals
Trump defends the men in the Cornell gang rape case, saying he “feels bad” for them and they won't get a “fair shake”
October 3, 2026 at 1:40 AM
there are vanishingly few principles that Donald Trump holds to, but by far the most important one is a universal admiration and fellowship with sex criminals
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Yehonatan Ovadia – a Hasidic Jew and Israeli citizen who has lived in the U.S. on a visa since 2022 – is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center (a notorious federal prison) and facing deportation … for his criticism of Israel on religious grounds.
A Hasidic Jew Protested Against an Israeli Flag. He May Be Deported.
Yehonatan Ovadia, who opposed the mounting of the flag in a small New York town, belongs to a Hasidic branch that is anti-Zionist. He is now in ICE custody.
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time:
John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team.
(Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team.
(Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
Let me see if I've got this right. The team of lawyers who stole an election in Florida, and gave W the presidency, are now the Scotus team at the center of the GOP theft of our democracy.
October 1, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time:
John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team.
(Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team.
(Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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Squirrels on suicide missions have knocked out power to Castle Rock, Colorado twice this week. Our investigation has revealed a century of squirrel attacks covered up by the pro-squirrel media.
September 18, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Squirrels on suicide missions have knocked out power to Castle Rock, Colorado twice this week. Our investigation has revealed a century of squirrel attacks covered up by the pro-squirrel media.
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This is it, man. This is the good stuff.
My goodness, what an incredible moment. After Justin Verlander secured the final out of his career, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch came out of the dugout...to summon Verlander's daughter out to embrace her dad on the mound.
September 26, 2026 at 7:47 PM
This is it, man. This is the good stuff.
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Cowboys past and present are: Black, Indigenous, Latino, immigrant, queer, trans, radical, female (and the ones in rodeos rely on rodeo clowns to keep them safe). And that pro-democracy pro-Constitution patriots despise this dimwitted pile of hatreds.
I've met cowboys and you, sir, are no cowboy.
I've met cowboys and you, sir, are no cowboy.
Hegseth: "The ideological clowns are out. The patriotic cowboys are in, with testosterone testing on top."
September 30, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Cowboys past and present are: Black, Indigenous, Latino, immigrant, queer, trans, radical, female (and the ones in rodeos rely on rodeo clowns to keep them safe). And that pro-democracy pro-Constitution patriots despise this dimwitted pile of hatreds.
I've met cowboys and you, sir, are no cowboy.
I've met cowboys and you, sir, are no cowboy.
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There's a shit-ton of actual anti-Semitism in the world today, but Netanyahu's fraudulent misuse of the term devalues it dangerously. Hamas is anti-Semitic and murderous. Netanyahu is a cynical, murderous shitheel. Mamdani is an American politician with a perverse impulse to tell blunt truths.
Whether it’s Benjamin Netanyahu empowering Hamas, presiding over a massive intelligence failure that let them kill 1,200 Israelis on October 7th, and then killing 74,000 Palestinians in response or Zohran Mamdani pointing out that he did this, both men have fueled their bitter feud.
September 29, 2026 at 12:07 PM
There's a shit-ton of actual anti-Semitism in the world today, but Netanyahu's fraudulent misuse of the term devalues it dangerously. Hamas is anti-Semitic and murderous. Netanyahu is a cynical, murderous shitheel. Mamdani is an American politician with a perverse impulse to tell blunt truths.
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Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger."
And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2160...
And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2160...
In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault
Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.
newrepublic.com
September 30, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger."
And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2160...
And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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I have one house.
NEW AD: Today on House Hunters, Ken Paxton is shopping for a new house.
Will he buy the three-story luxury lodge in Oklahoma? The condos at a wellness resort in Utah? The ocean-view property in Hawaii?
(Spoiler alert: He won’t take one — he’ll take 15.)
Will he buy the three-story luxury lodge in Oklahoma? The condos at a wellness resort in Utah? The ocean-view property in Hawaii?
(Spoiler alert: He won’t take one — he’ll take 15.)
September 30, 2026 at 2:22 AM
I have one house.
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It's wild how the Republicans constantly cosplay as the party of Ball Knowers and yet they don't know the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes. Republicans' knowledge of sports doesn't extend beyond keeping that one trans student off of the badminton team at North Dakota State
September 29, 2026 at 7:24 PM
It's wild how the Republicans constantly cosplay as the party of Ball Knowers and yet they don't know the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes. Republicans' knowledge of sports doesn't extend beyond keeping that one trans student off of the badminton team at North Dakota State
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I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff.
Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years.
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm-bomb
Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years.
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm-bomb
September 28, 2026 at 11:16 PM
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff.
Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years.
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm-bomb
Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years.
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm-bomb
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I think it’s fair to say that the student journalists at Cornell are braver than the news networks who just gave up on their WH pool ban even though CNN is still being denied access.
www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
www.cornellsun.com
September 27, 2026 at 4:00 AM
I think it’s fair to say that the student journalists at Cornell are braver than the news networks who just gave up on their WH pool ban even though CNN is still being denied access.
www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
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this is legitimately very funny
September 28, 2026 at 9:09 PM
this is legitimately very funny
Wow
Anyone who believes this is beyond help.
Trump: "Because of tariffs, we are taking in hundreds of billions of dollars of profits. It's one of the reasons I can offer, if Republicans win the House and Senate, $5,000 to every adult. We can do it and the Democrats can't, because the Democrats don't have any income."
September 28, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Wow
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"Cornell has failed to protect its students. Cornell has failed to address the growing issue of sexual assault on campus with its pathetic task force. Cornell has failed the student allegedly raped by those seven men at Chi Phi in October 2024. Cornell has failed her. Cornell has failed us."
I think it’s fair to say that the student journalists at Cornell are braver than the news networks who just gave up on their WH pool ban even though CNN is still being denied access.
www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
www.cornellsun.com
September 27, 2026 at 11:07 AM
"Cornell has failed to protect its students. Cornell has failed to address the growing issue of sexual assault on campus with its pathetic task force. Cornell has failed the student allegedly raped by those seven men at Chi Phi in October 2024. Cornell has failed her. Cornell has failed us."
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Cool to see the leadership of basically the entire social media ecosystem close ranks around a literal mass-murdering Nazi
This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
September 26, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Cool to see the leadership of basically the entire social media ecosystem close ranks around a literal mass-murdering Nazi
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A Terminator film that focuses on the humans who remain convinced that Skynet will still work for them if they use it correctly, long after they’ve launched the nuclear missiles
September 26, 2026 at 3:52 PM
A Terminator film that focuses on the humans who remain convinced that Skynet will still work for them if they use it correctly, long after they’ve launched the nuclear missiles
Really lovely piece of writing.
September 26, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Really lovely piece of writing.
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Interviewing the inventor of napalm about his hats
September 25, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Interviewing the inventor of napalm about his hats
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She makes the point well here youtube.com/shorts/noEPN...
Paola Ramos on what she's hearing from Latino voters in Texas: 'Immigration is now a breaking point'
YouTube video by MS NOW
youtube.com
September 25, 2026 at 12:55 PM
She makes the point well here youtube.com/shorts/noEPN...