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darrylbaird

@darrylbaird.bsky.social
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Retired professor of art. Living and loving on the coast of Oregon, escapee from Michigan winters, recovering Texan and Southern Baptist. I have no clue why the USA got this screwed up, but looking for answers. Sharing tips when available.

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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
My recent "retrospective" exhibition in Eugene, OR brought me in contact with various iterations of myself. One that particularly resonated was a work from 1995 entitled "The Altered Past" which is an actual page from Orwell's 1984, illustrated through a layered narrative.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
No guns at protests... that will get a lot of respect.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Question: How did she get THIS job?
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Rubicon crossing ahead.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Can I get a word in?
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Pants on fire... President = YES Portland = NO Check it out for yourself. Is Portland Burning? tinyurl.com/49hasx5a
isportlandburning.com
Is Portland Burning?
No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
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Darryl Baird (@darryl.baird) on Threads
DEAR JOURNALISTS, Come to Portland, stay at Hilton's 4 star River's Edge Hotel... just a 6 minute leisurely stroll to the ICE facility. Dine in luxury and even listen to the dance party happening in t...
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Luigi... Not a terrorist anymore, he's downgraded to murderer. Meanwhile Charlie Kirk has become black. Don't trust me? Then ask a crow. They know a thing.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
September. 10, 2024 Immigrants were "eating cats and dogs," while Kamala asserted Poland was vulnerable to Russian aggression if we didn't defend Ukraine. Damn.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Surrender the pedophile.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Republicans are always imagining they can run a city better, like Flint, Michigan... where they poisoned the entire city's water with lead.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Crosstown Traffic rides again.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Your Daily Inspiration
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Sometimes computer software gets spunky. Here my Google Photos organize themselves.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
With every new disaster, we learn more and more how a business man can have so many bankruptcies. It's the School of Hard Knocks, and the tuition is killer.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
I'm heartbroken over Texas... I grew up there, and have very many friends and family still there. I decided to ask (outloud) why we weren't asking about the competence of those in charge like we were only a few months (weeks?) ago.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
A work in progress...
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Threads is swamped by MAGA trolls today. I did a deeper response to their baiting posts that hint at either racism equivalencies or lies about immigration and immigration reform.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Here's a Juneteenth thought. How about Barack Hussein Obama accompanying an immigrant to a hearing? Wherever he goes, his Secret Service detail goes, with the primary goal of protecting him.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
A Guide to Political Theater, in three easy panels.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Just a sampling of what's whirling in my head.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Watched "LEE" with Kate Winslett last night. Loved it.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Radical thought... becoming a union similar to Europe, wouldn't the "North American Union" be kick ass? Why are we so damned xenophobic?
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
darrylbaird.substack.com/p/what-is-it...
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What is it about flags that stirs the pot?
A short history of protest, and flags, and culture (always). I keep seeing criticism of waving the Mexican flag in the LA protests and just don’t get it
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
I'm channeling my inner Elvis Costello and his scathing takedown of Thatcher when I post this of puppy-killer, slime-creature from bad botox hell. I'll sing, dance, and tamp the dirt down on her grave, probably with a big, long piss too.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
RAW MILK... it's good for you... until it isn't and you get sick or die. All Hail RFK-jr for making milk safe again. I mean, Pasteur was SO DAMN FRENCH.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Medicare Advantage + Drug Prices Seems a lot of wind is blowing about, touting Trump's EO to help bring down drug prices, and surprisingly there is scant criticism (that I've seen) pushing back on what appears to be another lie (shocking, right?).
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I have questions. Is this AI or real? (I couldn't find attributions) If real, just imagine the amount of evil it took to force these prisoners into a scene designed for a camera. I've done large crowds for advertising. It's a huge production.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
NewsFlash: From the queen of disruption... 2 people tasered for disrupting Marjorie Taylor Greene's town hall. She can dish it out, but can't take it. She is the definition of toxic femininity.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Well, that stings a little... lol.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Brian Klaas hits his targets too, but without threatening our national security. open.substack.com/pub/briankla...
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
One way to celebrate the small wins, watch China's BYD eat Tesla's lunch all day long. www.threads.net/@the.indepen...
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The Independent (@the.independent) on Threads
How a battery breakthrough from China’s BYD could be about to bury Elon Musk’s Tesla
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Quiet morning thinking about dictator stuff.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
GOP are NOT serious people.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Morning clarity is best... you know, before the onslaught of terrible political news.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Has anyone (especially in Oregon) filed your taxes already? If there was a refund.... did it arrive soon after the filing? Asking for my countrymen and women.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
www.threads.net/@darryl.bair...
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Darryl Baird (@darryl.baird) on Threads
Maybe create another Sainthood for this effort... If St. Patrick drove out the snakes, who's going to drive(!) those Swasticars out of America?
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Seems the boys have descended on Threads... braying there's "data" on their website. But... they can't be bothered to link it, discuss specifics, or present any argument other than insults. Just like their insecure billionaire leader. BLOCK PARTY.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Does anyone know what Android (or Mac desktop) software can strip a video out of Twitt*r?
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
How it started. How's it going. (where do these folks come from?)
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Clinton Cuts in Federal Workforce (and a balanced budget). From his State of the Union Address... Also, notice WHERE THE CUTS CAME FROM.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
The current batch of "What-Aboutism-Clinton-Did-it-Too" is understandable from a crowd that sees Jan. 6th as a peaceful transition of power and over-excited tourism. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump and Musk aren't the first to make deep cuts. Clinton-era Reinventing Government saved billions
When Bill Clinton came to Washington as president, his Democratic administration used corporate know-how and the new internet to streamline the federal bureaucracy as part of the “Reinventing Governme...
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Damn, it just hit me, Trump is reviving the classic Pinocchio plot, with a darker ending. Putin, his puppet-master-maker, has decided to punish all the world for making fun of his fake son. Didn't see it coming... did you? 😉 😉
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Why start with National Parks, NOAA, or EPA? Answer - ideology. It's not waste, or the Pentagon would be the top priority.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
blatantly unconstitutional, also blatantly on brand for the GOP fascist regime currently in power I say bring on Students for Democratic Society V2.0 (started in Port Huron)
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Longest State of the Union ever... wow. 100 minutes of pure, high-octane balderdash. How long before he asked for a military parade (again)? All Hail the great and powerful Ozymandius.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
It's pretty darned complicated. But what do I know, I'm an artist. (Hint: I like research) open.substack.com/pub/darrylba...
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Eggs!!!
More than you want to know, but still I persist.
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
As if on cue. European markets respond to the news/reality of increased European military manufacturing "activity." Predictable as rain. Sadly, we lack such forecasting tools anymore. (!)
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Not to be outdone by the Oscars, Kristi Noem performs the role she's been training for lately. During. a break from puppy shooting, she said she feels the performance lacks something... probably a soundtrack
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darrylbaird @darrylbaird.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Doing some digging about missiles and their respective range and capabilities. Seems the Europeans knew enough about Russia to start planning ahead, but they've now gone into fast-tracking deployment and manufacturing. The USA kissed it's own ass good-bye with this Offal Office debacle.
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