Barb of the Bay
@barbofthebay.bsky.social
Resister by passion, Artist by talent, Engineer by training, Consultant by trade.
Interests — Politics . Democracy . Nature . Hiking . Coffee . Espresso . Nutrition . Cycling . Skiing . Fishing . Art . Dance . Film . Music . Photography .
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Today 🤡 claimed to have had "very good & productive discussions" with Iran re potential ceasefire.
Iranian officials flatly denied that any negotiations had taken place
Australian satire site mockingly explained the discrepancy by claiming 🤡 mistook 3 closed patio umbrellas for Iranian officials.
Iranian officials flatly denied that any negotiations had taken place
Australian satire site mockingly explained the discrepancy by claiming 🤡 mistook 3 closed patio umbrellas for Iranian officials.
March 27, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Today 🤡 claimed to have had "very good & productive discussions" with Iran re potential ceasefire.
Iranian officials flatly denied that any negotiations had taken place
Australian satire site mockingly explained the discrepancy by claiming 🤡 mistook 3 closed patio umbrellas for Iranian officials.
Iranian officials flatly denied that any negotiations had taken place
Australian satire site mockingly explained the discrepancy by claiming 🤡 mistook 3 closed patio umbrellas for Iranian officials.
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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Rinse and repeat for the foreseeable future.
April 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Rinse and repeat for the foreseeable future.
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Bluesky is collegial and interesting, the way Twitter used to be. Bonus: most people can spell.
April 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Bluesky is collegial and interesting, the way Twitter used to be. Bonus: most people can spell.
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The lesson from @harvard.edu is: Stay visible, stay loud, and stay fighting. That’s the only way for institutions to survive what’s coming.
April 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The lesson from @harvard.edu is: Stay visible, stay loud, and stay fighting. That’s the only way for institutions to survive what’s coming.
If you're feeling down just remember that a trillion dollars' worth of Russian propaganda did not work on you.
March 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
If you're feeling down just remember that a trillion dollars' worth of Russian propaganda did not work on you.
Danielle Smith is Mark Carney's secret weapon www.nationalobserver.com/2025/03/23/o...
Danielle Smith is Mark Carney's secret weapon
In a recent interview with far-right U.S. media site Breitbart, Danielle Smith handed Carney a gift-wrapped sledgehammer in the form of an admission that Pierre Poilievre would be "in sync" with Trump...
www.nationalobserver.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Danielle Smith is Mark Carney's secret weapon www.nationalobserver.com/2025/03/23/o...
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Texas is trying to criminalize the existence of Transgender people.
It's a campaign of erasure & dehumanization.
No Trans person should have to live in fear because of their gender identity.
Standing in Solidarity with the Trans community. 🏳️⚧️ ✊
It's a campaign of erasure & dehumanization.
No Trans person should have to live in fear because of their gender identity.
Standing in Solidarity with the Trans community. 🏳️⚧️ ✊
March 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Texas is trying to criminalize the existence of Transgender people.
It's a campaign of erasure & dehumanization.
No Trans person should have to live in fear because of their gender identity.
Standing in Solidarity with the Trans community. 🏳️⚧️ ✊
It's a campaign of erasure & dehumanization.
No Trans person should have to live in fear because of their gender identity.
Standing in Solidarity with the Trans community. 🏳️⚧️ ✊
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Right on! And the great Williams & Connolly has stepped up to defend Perkins Coie from the same savage and lawless attack on law and justice. I call on all my fellow lawyers to show such principled courage. If you’re too chicken, then stop calling yourself a lawyer.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Calling All Ethical Lawyers
In the face of Trump's retributive assaults on our justice system, the duty of the legal community cannot be clearer: fight back
open.substack.com
March 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Right on! And the great Williams & Connolly has stepped up to defend Perkins Coie from the same savage and lawless attack on law and justice. I call on all my fellow lawyers to show such principled courage. If you’re too chicken, then stop calling yourself a lawyer.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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I just got back from 36 hours in Ukraine with my brother Scott. Wanted to share a story from while we were there. At a hospital, we talked with a wounded Ukrainian soldier.
I asked him what he thought about the recent change in US policy. His response in English was, “What the fuck.”
I asked him what he thought about the recent change in US policy. His response in English was, “What the fuck.”
March 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I just got back from 36 hours in Ukraine with my brother Scott. Wanted to share a story from while we were there. At a hospital, we talked with a wounded Ukrainian soldier.
I asked him what he thought about the recent change in US policy. His response in English was, “What the fuck.”
I asked him what he thought about the recent change in US policy. His response in English was, “What the fuck.”
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It’s not “America First” to pull the rug out from under an ally and leave their people to die. This kind of foreign policy will end with no one in the world trusting America. Our alliances give us strength and the damage being done makes our country weaker and us all less safe.
March 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It’s not “America First” to pull the rug out from under an ally and leave their people to die. This kind of foreign policy will end with no one in the world trusting America. Our alliances give us strength and the damage being done makes our country weaker and us all less safe.
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I feel good about canceling my Washington Post subscription today.
But also its sad. Im old enough to remember when the Post was the gold standard in reporting & every way.
But also its sad. Im old enough to remember when the Post was the gold standard in reporting & every way.
February 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I feel good about canceling my Washington Post subscription today.
But also its sad. Im old enough to remember when the Post was the gold standard in reporting & every way.
But also its sad. Im old enough to remember when the Post was the gold standard in reporting & every way.
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MLK Day💙🦋💙🦋💙
January 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
MLK Day💙🦋💙🦋💙
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It is possible to cover Trump without getting sucked into his propaganda vortex. Here are my suggestions for the coming made-for-tv immigration arrests:
+Avoid Trump talking points
+Don't trust arrest data
+Stay on the story
+Hold Trump accountable
+Ask the experts
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
+Avoid Trump talking points
+Don't trust arrest data
+Stay on the story
+Hold Trump accountable
+Ask the experts
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
Beware of Trump’s made-for-TV immigration arrests.
5 suggestions for how the mainstream media can counter Trump's coming propaganda blitz
open.substack.com
January 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
It is possible to cover Trump without getting sucked into his propaganda vortex. Here are my suggestions for the coming made-for-tv immigration arrests:
+Avoid Trump talking points
+Don't trust arrest data
+Stay on the story
+Hold Trump accountable
+Ask the experts
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
+Avoid Trump talking points
+Don't trust arrest data
+Stay on the story
+Hold Trump accountable
+Ask the experts
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
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A couple weeks ago I saw evidence of a co-presidency.
I no longer do.
It is President Musk—with the role of Donald Trump yet to be determined.
I no longer do.
It is President Musk—with the role of Donald Trump yet to be determined.
The unelected tech billionaire’s outsize role in sending the federal government careening toward a potential shutdown alarmed Democrats, academics and watchdog groups.
‘Co-president’ Elon Musk? Trump ally tests influence in spending fight
The unelected tech billionaire’s outsize role in sending the federal government careening toward a potential shutdown alarmed Democrats, academics and watchdog groups.
wapo.st
December 20, 2024 at 3:08 PM
A couple weeks ago I saw evidence of a co-presidency.
I no longer do.
It is President Musk—with the role of Donald Trump yet to be determined.
I no longer do.
It is President Musk—with the role of Donald Trump yet to be determined.
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Canadian MP Charlie Angus: The message I’m hearing from people across Canada is this: they’re not afraid of you. They know you’re a convicted felon. They know that the people you’re bringing in to run your, let’s call it an “organization” rather than a government, are grifters, thieves, and thugs.
December 20, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Canadian MP Charlie Angus: The message I’m hearing from people across Canada is this: they’re not afraid of you. They know you’re a convicted felon. They know that the people you’re bringing in to run your, let’s call it an “organization” rather than a government, are grifters, thieves, and thugs.
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TRUMP: I’m going to use the FBI illegally to go after my political enemies!
BIDEN: Um, I guess I’ll pardon my son then because fuck that.
MEDIA: Biden is breaking norms!
BIDEN: Um, I guess I’ll pardon my son then because fuck that.
MEDIA: Biden is breaking norms!
December 3, 2024 at 5:41 PM
TRUMP: I’m going to use the FBI illegally to go after my political enemies!
BIDEN: Um, I guess I’ll pardon my son then because fuck that.
MEDIA: Biden is breaking norms!
BIDEN: Um, I guess I’ll pardon my son then because fuck that.
MEDIA: Biden is breaking norms!
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The reason the coup attempt in South Korea failed as quickly as it did is because South Koreans immediately rushed to the streets to say “we won’t let you do that” and force the military to decide whether they’d shoot their fellow citizens or not.
Important for us remember over the next 4 years.
Important for us remember over the next 4 years.
December 3, 2024 at 8:45 PM
The reason the coup attempt in South Korea failed as quickly as it did is because South Koreans immediately rushed to the streets to say “we won’t let you do that” and force the military to decide whether they’d shoot their fellow citizens or not.
Important for us remember over the next 4 years.
Important for us remember over the next 4 years.
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Corporate media is tripping over itself, finding ways to attack President Biden for pardoning his son.
They amplify Trump’s lies and normalize his crimes, while launching vicious criticisms of Biden every single chance they get.
I'm absolutely sick of it. Aren't you?
They amplify Trump’s lies and normalize his crimes, while launching vicious criticisms of Biden every single chance they get.
I'm absolutely sick of it. Aren't you?
Press Goes Hysterical Over Biden’s Pardon, Ignoring Danger of Trump
Moving on
www.dworkinsubstack.com
December 3, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Corporate media is tripping over itself, finding ways to attack President Biden for pardoning his son.
They amplify Trump’s lies and normalize his crimes, while launching vicious criticisms of Biden every single chance they get.
I'm absolutely sick of it. Aren't you?
They amplify Trump’s lies and normalize his crimes, while launching vicious criticisms of Biden every single chance they get.
I'm absolutely sick of it. Aren't you?
'The forest was shrinking, but the Trees kept voting for the Axe, for the Axe was clever and convinced the Trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them.'
~ Turkish proverb
~ Turkish proverb
December 3, 2024 at 8:42 PM
'The forest was shrinking, but the Trees kept voting for the Axe, for the Axe was clever and convinced the Trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them.'
~ Turkish proverb
~ Turkish proverb