Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 7hThey probably used an AI to write it. (Not using their term.) 010
Reposted by Julie BarrettWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 27/09/2026You taught me language, and my profit on’t Is, I know how to curse. 443284
Reposted by Julie BarrettIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes. 329184613852
Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 26/09/2026Oops. Messed up on the alt text on the first photo. The date was yesterday, September 25th. Sorry about that. 000
Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 26/09/2026Last year when @alyankovic.bsky.social was in town, I missed out due to cancer surgery. I'm in remission now, so I dared to be stupid and and went last night! @pwbarrett.bsky.social snagged a great pair of tickets and we had a grand time. My voice is hoarse, but it was worth it! 110
Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 26/09/2026Or fall over and sink into the swamp. Once it's stockpiled with ammo, then it can burn down, fall over, and sink into the swamp. Seriously, part of DC is built on a swamp... 070
Reposted by Julie BarrettMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I would *never* drink iced coffee at a job interview. That is so lame—when you could be lining up shots of tequila! 1422170176
Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 15/09/2026A new toy mouse, crinkly paper, and a box. The kittens are in paradise. At least until they get hungry. 100
Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 09/09/2026To be fair, I was with that museum almost 40 years ago. Yeah, I ain't as young as I used to be. 001
Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 09/09/2026I later worked at a museum that had one on display. It was lovely and I wished I could see it working. I was told it did work. 110
Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 09/09/2026My parents had one of these. Dad worked for an RCA dealer at the time and apparently they got it at a massive discount. They later sold it to the local NBC affiliate to use as a studio monitor. 230
Reposted by Julie BarrettChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Victor Frankenstein walkinge yn a hurrye through a mall. He passeth a signe: BUILDE A BEAR. Victor Frankenstein doth pause, shake hys heade, rolle up hys sleeves, and walke ynto the store. 8603142
Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 05/09/2026These two troublemakers are Enola and Eliza. Don't let the picture fool you. 000
Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 29/08/2026Alt text for the photo: Enola, one of our tabby sisters, is sitting on a coaster that lights up green with pressure, giving here an eerie glow. 000
Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 29/08/2026www.barrettmanor.com/julie/archiv...barrettmanor.comPulling the Trigger...Nightmares and a creepy cat. Nope, the two are not related. ... 100
Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 27/08/2026www.barrettmanor.com/julie/archiv...barrettmanor.comA slight cool off, and back to the photo grind...In which I get some exercise in, play with some new tech, and contemplate a return to the Great Family Photo Project.... 000
Reposted by Julie BarrettSoonercon @soonercon.com · 25/08/2026Did you attend Soonercon 34? Take our post-con survey and enter to win 2 Soonercon 35 (June 11-13, 2027) weekend memberships! We want to hear from you! vist.ly/5fzyi 022
Reposted by Julie BarrettChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Yn the Paleolithic age, a cave-payntere named Ted doth travel across manye landes to joyne a group of cave-paynteres who have been losinge cave-payntinge competiciouns. Wyth hys hope, kyndenesse, and compassioun, Ted doth make them believe yn the power of their art. Thys summer: Ted Lascaux. 928353
Reposted by Julie BarrettMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19/08/2026People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words. 568198053678
Reposted by Julie BarrettTobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Oh, I see the mistake, but this theater is actually showing the new “Avengers: Domesday”, it’s a detailed account of land holdings and tax disputes in the Marvel Universe… 937993
Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 16/08/2026And I have more coming tomorrow for a home automation thing. 010
Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 12/08/2026I never want to work retail again. Some people just lose it over the tiniest things and take it out on people who have no power. 000
Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 08/08/2026barrettmanor.com/julie/archiv...barrettmanor.comThe Big Life and Health Update!...Things are improving on the health front, and we've booked a trip!... 000
Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 06/08/2026Dang. A period would have been nice. The punctuation, of course. ;-) 000
Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 06/08/2026American here. My Nurse Practitioner does that. I always had family doctors do it except for after I got pregnant. Then when the GYN retired I went back to the family doctor. There are several reasons women here go to GYNs. One was that insurance was changed to allow seeing one without a referral 100
Reposted by Julie BarrettMarielza @marielza.bsky.social · 05/08/2026"...prompting your way to art or to writing is not the same as having a new tool that allows you to make art or tell a story. AI, here, is not a tool — It’s not allowing you to do the work. You’re allowing it to do the work. Which is to say, you’re the tool." 🔥 26317
Reposted by Julie BarrettJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 04/08/2026If Ray Bradbury came back as a zombie, the title of the story he would write would be "There Will Come Soft Brains" 3863840
Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 04/08/2026@bsky.app Any chance that you can pick up the og:image:alt text and show it on shared content like blog posts? 000
Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 04/08/2026Alt text: A piece of paper in the carriage of a typewriter with repeated lines of text: All work and no play make Julie a dull girl. 100
Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 04/08/2026barrettmanor.com/julie/archiv...barrettmanor.comOf Mice and Kittens and Watches...Kittens play fetch, tech plays dead.... 100
Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 01/08/2026barrettmanor.com/julie/archiv...barrettmanor.comGetting Back on the Journaling Train...In which I talk about new things I'm trying. ... 000
Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 01/08/2026English. Almost a second minor in Journalism (one class short). Definitely still interested in both, though I couldn't have predicted how well the Journalism would serve me these days in terms of checking facts. 020
Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 27/07/2026Since there's no Alt-text on the photo (gotta figure out how to do that with a journal entry share): Two tabby cats asleep in a cat bed. Enola, on the left, is black and white, and Eliza, on the right, is brown and white. Some lovely toe beans are visible. 010
Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 27/07/2026Time for the periodic life/health update - with cat tax! barrettmanor.com/julie/archiv...barrettmanor.comLife/Health Update...Major life update: Spoiler: Nothing bad.... 100
Reposted by Julie BarrettSpeaking Truth @speakingtruth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Thank you to Heather Cox Richardson for bringing this quotation to our attention. Read the whole pamphlet at archive.org/details/Army...archive.orgArmy Talk Orientation Fact Sheet #64 - Fascism! : Army Orientation Branch: Information and Education Division : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveMarch 24, 1945. Army Talk Orientation Fact Sheet #64 Fascism! A sheet printed and distributed by the United States War Department as an educational tool for... 118172
Reposted by Julie BarrettDr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I just saw a meme that said “get in losers, we’re reclaiming the emdash”. People. PEOPLE. Where are your STANDARDS? It CLEARLY should be “get in, losers — we’re reclaiming the em dash.” 1670821754
Reposted by Julie BarrettPicard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Picard management tip: Engage. 011920
Reposted by Julie BarrettGingerspiced @gingerspiced.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians* 317255046965
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