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BARRETT. @barrettwrites.bsky.social · 5h

The most concerning part is the specificity. He didn't say "Los Angeles or Chicago." He didn't say "New York or LA." He didn't call out the dogwhistle cities he usually does. Which means there's a reason LA and San Diego were on his mind.

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 01/10/2026

we should normalize the social shaming of bad people. sorry you don't think your Maine summers are as idyllic as they used to be, John Roberts. but you sold democracy to the highest bidders among your friends you don't get to summer without sometimes seeing a kayaker with a poster that says you suck

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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.)

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BARRETT. @barrettwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

@rivianofficial.bsky.social test drove an R2 and loved it - but the lack of CarPlay was a nonstarter for me. Still would love one - maybe in 3 years after my BMW lease is up you'll have CarPlay and I can try again. Just figured you'd want the sentiment iñon your radar.

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BARRETT. @barrettwrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I have a dark horse theory that "loot boxes" in games were the starting point to the proliferation of gambling apps today, which target the same gamers ten years later when they had real money. And yes, there's no such thing as a "prediction market" - it's just gambling.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 24/09/2026

"they're coming for birth control" is not alarmism, that is absolutely next on the agenda I have my doubts on how successful it'll be but they're going to make a real go of it

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BARRETT. @barrettwrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The proper follow up is "if you're not already informed about the basic tenets of this position, doesn't that mean you're inherently unqualified? Surgeons don't start learning in the operating room. Why should we accept that you'll need to be brought up to speed on the basics only after confirmed?"

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

i strongly suspect the reason that they are hiding this is not because cops are moonlighting for ICE contractors off duty but because many of them are working for ICE contractors *while clocked in*

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BARRETT. @barrettwrites.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I have no issue with Gen Z. For the most part they seem pretty cool. I have issues with subsets, but I have issues with subsets of millennials and GenX too. That's more an issue of hyperreligiosity and the normalization of Christian ideas being overweighted in American society.

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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is a big thing I keep getting stuck on. The bill is being sold as a solution to the financial arms race that will protect nonrev sports. But it ignores where athletic spending costs have actually skyrocketed...except to the players. Not only is that unfair, it doesn't solve the problem!

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BARRETT. @barrettwrites.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

There are more than twice as many school shootings this year alone than there are trans athletes in entire NCAA system of over 1000 colleges and universities. Remember that when people claim they're "protecting" anyone by passing new anti-trans laws. www.edweek.org/leadership/s...

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School Shootings This Year: How Many and Where

Education Week is tracking K-12 school shootings in 2026 with injuries or deaths. See the number of incidents and where they occurred.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19/09/2026

It is an affirmative, positive choice by those in charge to use this method. To have it behave this way. They have seen the results and they accept them. It is THEIR CHOICE.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19/09/2026

The truth was that if United Health had an AI that was accepting a shitload of claims with a 90% error rate, United Health would stop using the AI in about 0.2 seconds.

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BARRETT. @barrettwrites.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I've said for years that Carly Rae Jepsen deserved better than we gave her. Her catalogue is far deeper and more musically interesting than most pop artists.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Carly Rae Jepsen is great in part because her songs are horny in ways that most musicians can't capture all of. Cheerfully horny. Wistfully horny. Hornnui. She has the horny range.

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BARRETT. @barrettwrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"We've been chewing pretty consistently for about 46 years now, so what if we switch it up unexpectedly and slam these fucking teeth down super hard and off tempo just to see what happens?" - my mouth, apparently

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BARRETT. @barrettwrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Dear Apple, "and's" is not a fucking word.

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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The dumbest asshole in the country and the President need to be two different people moving forward

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Jesse V @jessev.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I wish my students knew how good they had it. My dudes, your only job today is to put care and attention and craftsmanship into your art, which by the way, does not need to succeed or satisfy shareholders. You have the rest of your lives to be miserable amd sleepless making 6/10 action games, TRUST.

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BARRETT. @barrettwrites.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Almost like for the whole of human history there's been an understanding that skipping the effort and work associated with mastery of a sport and just jumping to the end result invalidates the achievement entirely. Or, you know, cheating isn't actually the same as winning.

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BARRETT. @barrettwrites.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I think one of the core issues I have with the tech world's obsession with peptides and hgh is that it's just an inherently lazy way to achieve something I've put years into achieving and it's treated as an equivalent because the surface level looks similar. Replication is not achievement.

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BARRETT. @barrettwrites.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Not years; decades. Plural. To return to the baseline living standards and basic functionality of 2015 will take 30 years at least. To catch up to and match the rest of the world will take a century.

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