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The Barking Cat

@daveooo.bsky.social
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Dave - Retired info tech grunt in the Sonoran Desert. Animal shelter volunteer and art museum docent. Previously from Detroit and the Pacific Northwest. Reader of political theory and history and admirer of weird cars.

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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 58m
Commentary: A reflection on how Japan and global institutions recognized Yayoi Kusama too late and how future artists deserve earlier, more complex support.
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Yayoi Kusama and the cost of recognizing artists too late
Her later global success can tempt rewriting the past. Once an artist becomes profitable and internationally validated, national pride arrives easily.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 53m
Despite having zero experience, ProPublica founded two private schools this year. You probably could, too! Take our quiz to find out just how easy it can be, then share your results with us by tagging @propublica.org.
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Quiz: Where Could You Open a Private School? — ProPublica
Private school requirements vary wildly across states. Take our quiz to find out just how easy starting one can be.
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The Barking Cat @daveooo.bsky.social · 47m
And yet there are no affordable problems according to the person who put those tariffs in place.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1h
Outrage erupted Sunday after Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) openly admitted to his plan to block the seating of a Democratic congressional candidate should they win in November.
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Outrage as MAGA lawmaker openly admits plot to block seating of Dem candidate: 'Shameful'
Outrage erupted Sunday after Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) openly admitted to his plan to block the seating of a Democratic congressional candidate should they win in November.As reported by the New York Post on Saturday, Burchett was planning to block the seating of Democratic congressional nominee Dari...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/10/2026
Soon you could buy a gun online and have it shipped to your door without ever setting foot in a gun store—if a Trump administration proposal is finalized. Donald Trump Jr. is a shareholder and board member of a company that says it’s “uniquely positioned” to capitalize on the opportunity.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is a new version of home-schooling, in which a multibillionaire buys a bunch of $1 million-plus homes near his own estate -- so he can provide living quarters for his kids' tutors. Gift link: www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
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Exclusive | The Gated Community Where Larry Ellison Bought Eight Homes for His Staff
The Oracle billionaire spent almost $10 million on houses for his children’s tutors and others about 30 minutes from his Florida compound.
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John Voelcker @johnvoelcker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yesterday's cut in fuel-economy requirements got lots of headlines. But its change in the 1977 definitions of passenger vehicles vs light-duty trucks remains remarkably under-reported. Fully 70 percent of new vehicles sold in the U.S. today are defined as light trucks. (1 of 5)
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Trump admin transforms vehicle fuel economy rules, slashes MPG target
The White House's new fuel economy rules set an industry-wide target of 34.9 mpg by 2031, which is far more relaxed than before.
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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A Giant Gold Coil by Plastique Fantastique Created a Loopy Portal on the High Line www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/09/auro...
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A Giant Gold Coil by Plastique Fantastique Created a Loopy Portal on the High Line
The brainchild of artists Marco Canevacci and Yena Young of Plastique Fantastique, "auroBOROS" spent a week wedged beneath a raised building.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The objective of Republicans has always been trolling liberals, not achieving any helpful goals. The simpleton Ronald Reagan is a good example. He blathered on about how much he was in favor of smaller government. Well, guess what? The federal government was *larger* when he left office.
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The Barking Cat @daveooo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wow, this is really creepy.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 25/09/2026
NBC News' Claudio Lavanga asked Pope Leo if he had anything to do with Chicago White Sox 'miraculous' historic ride to the playoffs during the pope's flight to Paris.
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The Barking Cat @daveooo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today we are surrounded by a million “mad prophet” Howard Beales now served up customized and personalized to your exact demographic ideological aesthetic micropreference on screens of every size telling us that they don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation…
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.
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Laid Off After 50, and No Health Insurance? Here’s What to Consider. (Gift Article)
At best, older workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65.
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City Atlas @cityatlas.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Also, these people are fine with it bsky.app/profile/city...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Harry Truman once said, “Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.” He was right then, and Republicans are proving him right today. Watch.
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The Barking Cat @daveooo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I think that all of us would benefit from this happening.
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MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Fred Eversley, Untitled (Parabolic Lens), 1971 botfrens.com/collections/14377/cont…
Acquired through the generosity of Michael S. Ovitz and Gary and Karen Winnick, and Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds
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The Barking Cat @daveooo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sure, I pay a lot more for everything but how about those tax cuts… 🙄 Certainly, the inability to get a deal done with Canada affects my … approval rating of Trump,” he says. “But it’s not going to change my vote because of all the other things that align with pro-small business, less taxes.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
New in PN: Retire in peace "McConnell would never be allowed to drive a car, babysit young children, or file his own taxes. Why, then, should a cognitively incapacitated 82-year-old retain one of the most important positions of power within the national government?"
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Retire in peace
McConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Look at the community notes on this one. 👇
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Doctors say that the measles outbreak in Pennsylvania is likely due to low rates of vaccination. A guy who snorts cocaine off toilet seats and drives around with dead bear cubs in his van says it’s caused by chemtrails. For busy Americans, it can be hard to know who to trust.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
To all of you who think Trump won't demolish the Kennedy Center if he doesn't get his way: Have you seen the East Wing of the White House lately?
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KJZZ Phoenix @kjzz.org · 17/09/2026
Find news about Flock cameras in towns and cities across Arizona using this map.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16/09/2026
Sure, sure, because this makes sense. Deregulate all pollutants, unless it's abortion medication in drinking water...
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The EPA would rather monitor abortion pills in water than pollution
The agency is easing climate rules for power plants while testing water for mifepristone.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Oh, Robert Kraft's wife, Dana Kraft, just happens to sit on the Kennedy Center Board. www.npr.org/2026/09/15/n...
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Kennedy Center board votes to close it, as judge again keeps Trump's name off
The board's vote to shutter the historic arts center came amid concerns about financial, structural problems.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
you gotta be kidding me
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The Board of The Kennedy Center today agreed, almost unanimously, to close the Building for Safety reasons, and so that it can begin the process of Reconstruction. The closing will take place immediately, however, the Renovation and Reconstruction, which is a very large and complex job, cannot begin until such time as the D.C. Circuit rules on the Board's approved name. If the ruling is a negative one, which it should not be, and is not overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Reconstruction and the Renovation of The Kennedy Center will not take place. The attorneys from the DOJ will ask for an expedited appeal. In the meantime, 17 Million Dollars, raised by President Trump, has been put into The Kennedy Center account to keep it afloat. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
They’re going to claim that trace amounts of birth control in drinking water is a public health risk, and then make birth control pills illegal, aren’t they?
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
What would Alito and Thomas not agree to if Trump proposed it? Is there any line?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Good news! www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Court refuses to reinstate Ohio GOP’s voting restriction during appeal
The judge also rejected Ohio’s argument that the injunction came too close to the election and risked disrupting election administration. He instead warned of the opposite risk: eligible citizens losi...
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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 09/09/2026
A recent court ruling in Mississippi declared that it was not a constitutional right to clean drinking water and that it’s also not constitutionally required for elected officials to be honest with you. Welp.
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MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
George Segal, John Chamberlain Working, 1965-67 botfrens.com/collections/14377/cont…
Gift of Carroll Janis and Conrad Janis
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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Tarkin on the Death Star: Fire When Ready
Alt: Grand Moff Tarkin: You may fire when ready
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
No more expensive consultants or advertising gurus. If you want to stop a multimillion-dollar data center from encroaching on your town, just hire this 1-year-old donkey, named Eloise. Gift link www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...
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How a donkey named Eloise became a symbol in the fight against Florida data centers
A story of accidental celebrity because of a caring 11-year-old.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Federal minimum wage in: 2009: $7.25 2010: $7.25 2011: $7.25 2012: $7.25 2013: $7.25 2014: $7.25 2015: $7.25 2016: $7.25 2017: $7.25 2018: $7.25 2019: $7.25 2020: $7.25 2021: $7.25 2022: $7.25 2023: $7.25 2024: $7.25 2025: $7.25 2026: $7.25 Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.
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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 02/09/2026
Artists and activists condemn the National Park Service’s dismantling of Joel Shapiro’s “Blue” (2019), calling it an example of “Trump’s continued vandalism of the nation’s artistic treasures.”
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Critics Slam “Petty” Removal of Joel Shapiro Sculpture From Kennedy Center
Artists and activists condemned the National Park Service’s dismantling of "Blue” (2019), calling it an example of “Trump’s continued vandalism of the nation’s artistic treasures.”
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Neil Abrams @readthedetox.com · 01/09/2026
Agree, but the media's gonna media, so it's really up to the Dems to make an issue out of the things we want the media to make an issue out of. If Dems yell, and yell loudly and repeatedly - about Trump's associations, the media won't be able to ignore it.
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Kevin Williams @gaytonausa.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I am not confident the U.S. auto market will ever get better, tbh. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/b...
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Chinese Cars Could Be Huge in U.S., and That’s the Problem, Officials Say
The Times test-drove a stunning crossover from Geely that would cost under half of what its rivals charge. Two senators and many experts point to security and economic concerns as reasons for a ban.
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Jeremy Millar @jeremymillar.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Archaeological drawings from a place that Robert Smithson visited in 1969, showing that the Mayans used to make jetties that were almost spirals…
Two A4 photocopies showing drawings of ancient Mayan jetties which turn and 'hook' at their end, and which were used for fishing.
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Propaganda is a hell of a drug
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
You can take this to the bank. 👇👇
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 25/08/2026
this is more make a wish presidency horseshit and i hope the judge sanctions the DOJ lawyers who went along with it
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Trump administration says it might demolish the Kennedy Center if court blocks renovations
The DOJ attorneys called the Kennedy Center “structurally unsound, fundamentally unsafe, and embarrassing to the Nation’s Capital.”
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 23/08/2026
"During Prohibition, hard men ran Canadian whisky south over this exact border in the boot wells of Studebakers, and now the POTUS has appointed himself history’s first Reverse Rum-Runner, fighting a trade war to force American bourbon north at gunpoint." 🤣 ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...
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KING CARNEY ACTIVATES KONG MODE WITH ZERO FUCKS
Carney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler
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Futurism @futurism.com · 19/08/2026
"If drones and watchtowers were able to solve for everything, why do we still have humans at the border?"
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Department of Homeland Security Seeking Humanoid Robots to Patrol Southern Border
The federal government is reportedly taking meetings with humanoid robotics companies, though any contracts remain a ways off.
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The Barking Cat @daveooo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The old we’re just giving you opportunities and nothing else. “We're seeing a transition from an economy that was focused on government spending, government jobs, subsidies for all these different programs… to an economy that's focused on American workers," Greer said.
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 13/08/2026
"Trump’s naked racism and the crude grift of his border wall are painfully obvious to us. But he’s also a developer with the heart and soul of a rapist." www.liberalcurrents.com/trumps-desec...
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Trump’s Desecration of Big Bend Reminds Us Nothing Is Sacred in His America
Yet another example of how his nationalism prioritizes exclusion over veneration of what makes that nation great.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/08/2026
I feel like an issue that would connect well with voters would be doing anything at all to slow the current progression toward "absolutely everything now is a scam"
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The Barking Cat @daveooo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Things just keep getting worse in this timeline.
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Matthew Kupfer @matthewkupfer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Unhinged voting rights story playing out in Texas right now: Galveston County wants to redraw its local voting map *between the primary & general election*. If allowed, it would embolden other counties to change maps after seeing primary results to boost partisan advantages in the general election.
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Texas county defends plan to swap voting maps between primary and November election
A win for the county could embolden other Texas jurisdictions to tweak election maps after seeing primary results in order to boost partisan advantages in the general election.
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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Trump was guarded by an Avenger air defense system while playing golf.
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The Barking Cat @daveooo.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
lol! “However, as you know, it’s also nice to be able to have U.S.-built products as well, especially these days.”
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