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Chris Barnhart

@cvbarnhart.bsky.social
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Yes on 6; No on the rest (3, 7, 8, & A). Liberal Democrat, antitheist, reliable voter, cat daddy, late-stage husband, person experiencing homeownership, native plants gardener, D&D player & DM, comic book collector, network engineer, poll worker, notary

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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Gee whiz! Why indeed? Why would someone from an Islamofascist country try to murder-suicide a whole plane full of Jews? Will this enduring mystery ever be solved?
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I have a conspiracy theory on this. Hear me out. This isn't just innocently toxic optimism; it's grifters. People get paid to run political campaigns, including the "unicorns" in deep-red states. Grifters pad their pockets siphoning funds away from winnable races into false hopes like Piper for MO.
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please, no! Let one of the other 27 cities get stuck with this burden. Big sports events always take more than they give. Can this "St. Louis Sports Commission" please go away? www.ksdk.com/article/spor...
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank you, Deep State! www.ksdk.com/article/news...
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NPR @npr.org · 29/09/2026
Companies have changed the way they price their products — and shoppers are getting deliberately overcharged. Here are steps you can take to ensure you are getting the best deal. n.pr/4ryNNUh
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4 ways to avoid getting ripped off, according to a pricing expert
Companies have changed the way they price their products — and shoppers are getting deliberately overcharged. Here are steps you can take to ensure you are getting the best deal.
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WIRED @wired.com · 29/09/2026
One of AI’s fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity. www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
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Timnit Gebru Believes There Is No ‘Existential Threat’ From AI
One of AI’s fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity.
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Huh! It just occurred to me for the first time that there might be some sort of metaphor going on with Roadblock, the most prominent Black G.I. Joe character, being the one with the big gun. 🤔
Roadblock wielding a heavy machine gun at hip-level, its ammunition belt running down his leg
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If I had to prioritize which issues on the MO November ballot matter the most, I'd say "No on 3" and "Yes on 6" are tied for 1st... BUT, I think "No on A" needs canvassing help the most, because a lot of voters who oppose Trump's gerrymandered map don't know that "No on A" is how we do that.
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I, for one, support Trump's decision to let "tore down the Kennedy Center because they didn't let him put his name on it" become a memorable part of his legacy.
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
MO Nov. ballot: No on 3 to stop the abortion ban Yes on 6 to ban politicians from overturning our votes No on 7 to keep a dumb tax experiment out of our Constitution No on 8 to preserve local control over Sheriffs No on A to reject Trump's rigged MO congressional map And vote for all Democrats
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Two more issues on the MO November ballot: Amendment 7 is another dumb anti-tax scheme. This one would lock tax dollars into a 100-year fund. Amendment 8 is another authoritarian power grab by the legislature. This one seeks to take local control over Sheriffs away from voters. Hard No on both!
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
In November: Yes on Amendment 6 to ban politicians from attacking the will of the people! No on Amendment 3 to stop the abortion ban! No on Prop A to overturn MO's rigged congressional map! And vote for every Democrat on the ballot!
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Mark Maxwell @markmaxwelltv.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
BREAKING: Justice Brett Kavanaugh declines to take the case from Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway. Missouri’s original 6-2 map stands. The Missouri GOP’s last year of fighting and arm-twisting and arguments was all for nothing. Voters get final say on new map lines.
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"AI slop is bad. Nobody wants this." -people who use AI
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Weird. I always thought Eminence Front was Genesis, not The Who, but every now and then I'm wrong I guess.
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I propose a "Man Who Wasn't There" law, stipulating that if the State opts to retry a case that ends in mistrial (for reasons other than Defense misconduct, a la Oregon v Kennedy), the State must first pay the defendant's legal fees for the mistried case.
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (2001) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man...
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The Man Who Wasn't There (2001 film) - Wikipedia
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Average Annual Temperatures for St. Louis, MO (1976–2025) Climate change is very real. Data Source: www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?...
A graph of annual average temperatures for St. Louis, MO (1976–2025) with a trend line showing an upward trend of about 4°F over 49 years.
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
For the Gnome Wizard I'm playing in a D&D game, I came up with my own "divinatory tokes" for the Augury spell: a pair of coins, one with Cake & Poop sides, and the other with Ice Cream & Rain sides. Cake + Ice Cream = Weal Cake + Rain = Woe Poop + Ice Cream = Weal & Woe Poop + Rain = Indifference
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"Like a crazy person organized it" realistically should mean that it's incredibly well organized.
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Yes on 6
Vote Nov 3
367,000 Signatures 
2,500 Volunteers 
1 Clear Message 
Let MO Vote!
respectMOvoters.org
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Trump will go down in history as a big-talking wimp if he doesn't send in the troops and finish this war the only way it can end: by militarily removing Iran's theocrats from power, and preventing their return. The longer he waits, the worse this all gets.
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A good best practice for webmasters is to make sure Palo Alto (the gold standard firewall company) isn't categorizing your site as "parked" or some other frequently blocked category. urlfiltering.paloaltonetworks.com (I usually end up doing this for you when my customers can't visit your website.)
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Palo Alto Networks URL filtering - Test A Site
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I hope Marvel eventually releases a Facsimile Edition of X-Men #56 (1969) with a variant cover that's the original original, rejected Neal Adams cover art (plus 1969-style colors).
Neal Adams' original, rejected cover for X-Men #56 (1969): black and white illustration of The Living Monolith, his open eyes and mouth glowing with power as he holds the X-Men logo over his head, with the original five X-Men bound to the letters. Below the logo sit the words "WHAT IS...THE POWER?" Below those words in front of The Living Monolith, floats Alex "Havoc" Summers laying supine with his eyes closed, wearing only an ancient Egyptian kilt and encased in a clear sarcophagus.

Marvel rejected the cover, allegedly because the characters bound to the title obscured the title too much.
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WIRED @wired.com · 11/08/2026
A growing number of sites and apps have introduced tools and policies to flag, label, and ban AI-generated content, in acknowledgement of users’ backlash against AI slop and related issues such as the impact of data centers’ construction.
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The AI Slop Backlash Is Actually Having an Impact
Platforms are finally recognizing that people don’t want to consume AI slop. A growing number of sites and apps now have tools and policies to flag, label, and ban AI-generated content.
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Heat wave, storms with flooding, repeat.
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I'm not in MO Senate District 4, but I'm glad to see Mitten beat Butz. Butz was not very liberal, and a big abortion opponent.
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Amendment 5 is a good example of how little power money has in elections. The Yes on 5 campaign had tons of money and lots of TV commercials, while the No campaign seemed to have very little funding and no commercials, yet 83% of us still voted it down!
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Politicians use taxpayer money to fund their frivolous lawsuits.
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The far-left main takeaways from Bush—Bell 2026 should be: * Bell is extremely popular in his district. Find a more vulnerable incumbent to primary. * Bush is cooked. Find a better candidate to support, probably one who doesn't need to pay their household bills with your campaign donations.
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Amendment 4 was exactly the opposite of what Respect MO Voters has been working to accomplish with our Amendment in November. Rejecting it 4-to-1 is a huge mandate to pass our Amendment! So, of course Denny Hoskins is back to his illegal shenanigans to stop us (and the anti-gerrymandering effort).
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I'm excited about the elections results! We got all three of the things that were most important to me, and with big margins!
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Respect MO Voters @respectmovoters.org · 05/08/2026
Press release: respectmovoters.org/updates/secr...
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Secretary of State Makes Unprecedented Illegal Power Grab — Respect MO Voters
Bipartisan campaign planning legal action to ensure ballot access after gathering more than 367,000 signatures.
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Trump is going to have to nut up and send in the troops if he ever wants that Strait open.
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Just ate Romaine lettuce in a fast casual restaurant during the second Trump administration. #YOLO
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Standard Islamist playbook: negotiate a deal in bad faith, get concessions without giving anything in return. "Israel must withdraw first" is how they achieve that here. Israel withdraws first, Hamas ignores their end of the deal, Israel resumes war, media and Leftists blame Israel.
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The St. Louis American just endorsed Bell over Bush! (They endorsed Cori last time.) "...keeping Bell in the seat makes long-term strategic sense..." www.stlamerican.com/news/politic...
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Our endorsements for Tuesday’s ballot
Tuesday’s ballot presents voters with some extraordinarily consequential choices, from choosing who will represent the St. Louis region in Congress to statewide measures that could raise sales taxes a...
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
You either die a hero or live long enough to get excited about lima beans as the vegetable of the day at Hodak's.
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Ozzie loves YouTube "videos for cats"!
My 2-year old male tuxedo cat Ozzie laying on my couch, intently watching a TV screen which can be seen as a tiny reflection in his eyes.
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The best formula for a Batman villain is terrifying + goofy. All the best ones have a lot of both. The less interesting ones are all one but not the other. The second best formula is just a morally grey hot girl with a vaguely defined costume that can go many different directions.
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
St. Louis City: In-Person no excuse needed absentee voting begins today for the August election. Please turn out the No vote on 4 & 5!
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
TLDR: leave any area polluted by wildfire smoke or if that isn't feasible * stay indoors with windows tightly shut * limit physical activity * run an air filter * wear an N95 if you must go outside
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WIRED @wired.com · 17/07/2026
“Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC lab director tells WIRED. www.wired.com/story/cdc-cy...
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The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year
“Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC lab director tells WIRED.
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
"Bush's fundraising emails pledged to fight the influence of big money in politics while directing donors to an organization whose finances are not publicly available." www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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Emails show Cori Bush's PAC raised tornado relief money for a nonprofit the public cannot trace. Now the AG is looking into it
Five days after a tornado tore through St. Louis and killed five people, an email was sent to the fundraising list of former U.S. Rep. Cori Bush's political action committee. It described the tornado...
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Mark Maxwell @markmaxwelltv.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
We put every documented transaction on one timeline. Since Bush lost the 2024 primary: $72,048 to her household in 26 payments, an $18,000 transfer with no match on the sender’s books, and money moving between her PACs and a nonprofit whose donors the law keeps private. Source: FEC filings.
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Not a Grimes fan, but "Oblivion" is a banger!
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Platner had a good chance at winning, until his own party decided to lose the race by throwing their own candidate under the bus. It's Biden 2024 all over again. Zero lessons learned.
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
THE ANIMATRIX (2003)
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Unless you are very well acquainted with your state's divorce laws, and you think they're perfect, then you need a pre- or post-nuptial. Yes, post-nuptials are a thing, and they are a great way to avoid some worst case scenarios. They're just like a pre-nup but you do them after you're married.
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Chris Barnhart @cvbarnhart.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I tried out a customer service chatbot today on a consumer goods website, and somehow it gave me the information I was looking for! Must've been a glitch.
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