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Bryan Barnes

@balodek.bsky.social
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he/him, #infosec, #mazzer, #battletech Coffee powered and doing my best.

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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The school won't give my kid aspirin.
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"[N]ot as the animal but as the human" is Patel trying to hire a furry or an actual horse?
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Cloudy🐈 @hellocloudy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I refilled the worry stone pile with freshly baked loafs too
the frame is filled with ceramic worry stones shaped like loafing cats of various colors
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is some HOA shit.
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We didn't start the fire! It was always...hold on I'm being handed a note.
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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Still no takers. I don't *understand*, and it's killing me. LOOK AT THESE FACES.
Torbie cat standing on bed, looking up.Gray cat with small white flash on throat, sitting on bed, looking up.
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"Lake America" is what we called the back yard when my dad screwed up the drainage with the rusted husks of 1940 Chevrolets as decoration.
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Health insurance is such a fucking scam.
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EldoniousRex @eldoniousrex.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
New prints on the shop store! The piece I created for Big Red's upcoming Mad Cat MKII video and the art I produced for the new Oasis: Tactical Salvage Reclamation game are now ready for purchase. You can get them here: astray3.bigcartel.com/category/pri...
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FourFoxesIO @fourfoxesio.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
A year of talking to food founders taught me one thing: they're not afraid of the audit. They're afraid of being asked a fair question and not being able to prove the answer in time. The work got done. The record just wasn't ready. That's the gap we build against.
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Got a copy of Light Brigade signed by @kameronhurley.com at #gencon, totally awesome! Hope the drinks on me were good. 😀
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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
ICYMI, this fall @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social and I are co-instructing a banger of an intensive workshop! This is a great deep dive, especially for short form writers who want to play and experiment with their work. www.fieldworkswriting.com/breaktherules
fieldworkswriting.com
Break the Rules — Field Works Writing
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Becky Barnes - The Wood Wyrm @thewoodwyrm.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I'll be offering both Cross-stitch on wood, AND tablet weaving for beginners at the October Red River Valley Woodcarvers show in Fargo, ND, at the Fargo Air Museum. As not *everyone* has an Inkle loom, I'm putting forth the current options out there...
The right side of the loom, showing pegs, against a red backgroundThe left side of the loom, shown against a red background
A norse knotwork dragon, and text reading "The Wyrmling"A magnetic pick counter on the top of the loom
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 17/08/2024
This one gets me every time.
A UFO is parked in the background. In the foreground, two little gray men style aliens are staring at an effigy of Jesus on the cross. One alien says, “You know what we need to do? We need to get the fuck out of here, that’s what we need to do.”
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
When you get a box that’s too big to be a picture but to light to be books and you find out @moryan.bsky.social put a bottle of Wynonna Earp whiskey in with your @romancingthevote.com pledge! I love it and am so thankful!
A picture of Hannah John-Kamen, Aaron Ashmore, and Luke Macfarlane in Killjoys. The picture is signed by them. Behind the picture on the couch is a bottle of Wynonna Earp whiskey.
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
There's a German bakery that makes some of the best bread and cookies. I was saving the chocolate chip cookies for a special occasion and damned if this doesn't feel like a good excuse. Now, if any Etsy Witches are listening, I do have 4 more cookies...
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FourFoxesIO @fourfoxesio.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Every CCP logging system works on day one. The test is whether it still works in month six. The fix is not more features, it is less friction. How to set up a CCP system your team will actually use: fourfoxes.io/blog/ccp-system-your-t…
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FourFoxesIO @fourfoxesio.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Batch record problems are rarely about discipline. They are a system that works fine until it does not. The four that catch small producers most: unclear tracking, skipped calibration, the clipboard, the spreadsheet. fourfoxes.io/blog/batch-record-mist…
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
"He beat the brakes off of us and by golly if he doesn't apologize, we'll refuse to learn anything so he can do it again!"
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TashasEv @tashasev.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Ehh fuck it
youtube.com
Tom Holland's "Umbrella" | Lip Sync Battle
YouTube video by Comedy Central Asia
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Burgum just listing Civ VII win conditions and hoping nobody notices.
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Howard Tayler @howardtayler.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
It's Friday afternoon and we're just $178 from being able to make an 80-page book instead of a 32-page book. I'd love to hit that before the weekend begins. Join us! www.kickstarter.com/projects/how...
kickstarter.com
Doodling as a Hobby
The Retrospective Sketchbook of an Accidental Career illustrated (and apologized for) by Howard Tayler
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
How long before @faineg.bsky.social puts a badonk on it, that's what I want to know.
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I know the law
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
May everyone who approved and made this spend their lives one piece of toilet paper short, parking at least 10 blocks, and falling asleep to horny cicadas.
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I spend a lot of time in Oxygen Not Included trying to keep my dupes from dying in stupid ways and peeing on everything, so if any world leaders would like tips on handling the U.S. right now, hmu.
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Pressed Pour on the water dispenser which promptly displayed April Fools and did not give me my water. I’m too tired of tech oligarch bullshit to put up with sass from a fucking water dispenser.
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I cannot recall a time in history when the average American has known the name of most Secretaries. To successfully staff the government with so many complete assholes and losers that Burgum doesn't even make the cut truly highlights what a bowl of unflushed turds we have now.
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
We must believe in a world to create that world
Battlemech looming over highway with sign

“Lgbtq rights enforced by battlemech”
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
If you ask him about this later Johnson will claim he hasn’t seen it.
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Yes, indeed, a thought experiment. A nation that can launch long-range missiles at another nation unprovoked is a terrorist nation. The United States is launching long-range missiles at another nation unprovoked. The United States is...?
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Becky Barnes - The Wood Wyrm @thewoodwyrm.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
New Rune sets in progress. Perfect for Ask and Embla, the runes up top are Ash, and the boards below are Elm reclaimed by @woodfromthehood.bsky.social I’ve never worked with Elm before - it has a pleasant smell, almost like cedar or juniper. #woodworking #runes #elderfuthark
Fresh Elm wood boards, topped with runes made from Ash wood.
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
“A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.” — John Stuart Mill
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Becky Barnes - The Wood Wyrm @thewoodwyrm.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Trying to get as many blanks done as possible. I’ll be teaching in Wahpeton, ND this June, and I have a vendor table at Snow Daze (St. Cloud, MN) this April. Lots of new designs. If you’re interested in carving and woodworking opportunities in the Midwest, check out www.carvinghub.org #woodwork
A Stegosaurus cross stitch on black walnut wood.A table of cross stitch blanks sealed and drying.
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Thought this was a @gailsimone.bsky.social post, it’s that good and horrific (in the best way).
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
When I grew up wishing for a Fallout show I should’ve wished for a good one.
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Having to put up with each other is what every joyless miserable unwashed asshole in this administration deserves.
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
DHS must be disbanded for us to survive.
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Dune: Sand Drift
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
@mostlybree.kitrocha.com new cursed nipple god just dropped.
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MM Schill @mmschill.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
I'm honored to be this Month's spotlight artist at @ixarts.bsky.social I appreciate the community's support ❤️ ixgallery.com/exhibitions/...
ixgallery.com
M.M. Schill: Daisho - Exhibition - IX Gallery
IX Gallery presents a selection of original fantasy art by artist M.M. Schill.
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
I assume at this point we've discovered a secret pizza shop under the White House?
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Currently at #2.
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Man who instinctively goes fetal at voices above 60 decibels won’t be intimidated. /s
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
People are learning the power of Romancelandia, so here are 10 copies of Deal with the Devil by @kitrocha.com. @mostlybree.kitrocha.com posted about librarian super soldiers building a community and kicking ass, I was sold and the rest is history. Links in the next posts for US Kindle redemption.
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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
ICE is feverishly looking for some top-down reason this is happening. They are trying to infiltrate, but you cannot infiltrate a city's collective character. They want to find the
"orchestrators," the "paid activists," the political professionals scheming up the city's response to their crimes. They won't find any, because there are none. It's parents worried about the safety of their daycare and schools. It's neighbors worried about the family down the street. It's anyone with a conscience-which is to say, it is everyone. And we are going to win.
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Yes!
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Bryan Barnes @balodek.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Set up a leftist pop-up supply depot at work this morning.
Picture of two dozen cake donuts on a counter.
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