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Fernando

@fernandobarrera.bsky.social
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Writer, runner, former journalist. Taking it one day at a time...usually.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13/10/2026
The world’s wealthiest man pours money into GOP candidates while backing a floridly fake story about a Democrat on the platform he owns.
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Elon Musk is the midterms' biggest disinformation risk
The world’s wealthiest man pours money into GOP candidates while backing a floridly fake story about a Democrat on the platform he owns.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 13/10/2026
Remembering that time when some big name accounts were arguing that X is all good now and the algorithm has been de-Elon'd. Wait, that was yesterday. The same time this was happening.
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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
In case you missed it yesterday, I wrote about spooky things. I know one of them has happened to you. Hope you dig it. Tis the season, so come get unsettled. gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/you-know-w...
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You know what I find spooky?
Tis the season! Let’s talk about creepy stuff
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
When Ukraine destroys Russian data centers, hoards of aggressive right-wing bots disappear & the internet becomes friendlier. So much of politics is driven by the internet & so much of the internet is driven by Russians who want to hurt us. Shouldn’t we do something about that, given that we know it
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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The Simpson funnies moments 2017 - Everybody Goes Outside Instead Of Watching Itchy And Scratchy -
YouTube video by Battle Girl
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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 18/04/2026
A new immersive exhibition called "Mind of a Serial Killer" opened today in New York City and runs through the end of June. No one will be surprised that I did not care for it, but somehow it was even worse than I expected. My latest at @flaminghydra.com:
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Horror show
Sarah Weinman recommends a place to not go in New York this weekend, or ever
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 12/04/2026
oh god oh fuck I took the metro to the Tisza rally and all these kids POURED OUT of the train at the stop and started running up the escalators chanting, and briefly held hands with the older people leaving the rally and going down on the escalator, and I think I may actually just cry
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Frazz @mrs-frazzled.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
If Swalwell made you or someone you know sign an NDA or settlement agreement, email mrs.frazzled@gmail.com We have a lawyer for you. You will be anonymous. You are not the only one.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I too have written about white conservatives in southern state legislatures rushing through bullshit changes to the law just to thwart the advancement of literally one black man, but I'm a historian who writes about the Jim Crow era South and not a reporter discussing current fucking events there.
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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Copenhagen detectives Naia Thulin and Mark Hess investigate a series of murders that may be connected to a case from decades earlier in Søren Sveistrup’s brilliant sequel to The Chestnut Man. Sveistrup proves himself a master of his craft.
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Hide and Seek by Soren Sveistrup
Copenhagen detectives Naia Thulin and Mark Hess investigate a series of murders that may be connected to a case from decades ear...
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Sam Bergman @violanorth.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Al Franken: a known harasser who was pushed out by his own party and immediately replaced by a far more effective and more progressive senator. Yes, we definitely wouldn’t want that to happen again.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 09/04/2026
Reminder that in this house we do not trash other genres of books to support the genre we like the most. One, come on, we're grown ups. Two, the bottom line is people reading and loving books. Three, every writer you know has friends working other genres, don't trash their friends, thanks.
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SACosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The KING OF ASHES paperback is the Barnes and Noble Thriller pick for April.....
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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
A new white paper from the advocacy organization examines pay rates, copyright protections, naming rights, and the growing threat of AI to translators, arguing they are essential to bringing world literature to the U.S. market, and deserve better.
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PEN America Finds Literary Translators Underpaid, Underappreciated
A new white paper from the advocacy organization examines pay rates, copyright protections, naming rights, and the growing threat of AI to translators, arguing they are essential to bringing world…
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
“The agency in February 2025 approved a request that it said came from the White House to deputize Musk’s bodyguards, a decision that allowed them to carry weapons in some federal buildings and continue protecting him.” Imagine if one of his guards shot a federal employee.
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
According to @status.news, journalists at the White House Correspondents dinner are plannning to make a "subtle but pointed statement" with their attire, such as "pocket squares and pins with the words of the First Amendment." w ww.status.news/p/whcd-first-amendment-merchandise-trump Meanwhile...
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David Costello @davidcostello.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Given the importance of Maine’s US Senate race and the scarcity of substantive policy and experience analysis by the media, public debates and forums are indispensable. As one of the three Democrats on the primary ballot, I’ve said yes to all of them and encourage others to organize more #MEpolitics
Aroostook County DEMs did a great job of putting together and conducting an excellent Senate candidates forum in Presque Isle.  Next up 4/11 forum/debate in Topsham...
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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
The first reviews of LONDON FALLING are posting and as a devoted longtime reader of @lauramille.bsky.social at Slate, I'm so grateful for this one.
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A Teen Fell to His Death in London. Behind the Tragedy Lay So Much More.
London Falling finds, in the death of one teenager, both a private loss and a parable of the decay of a once-great city.
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Slashley Cooper 🔪 @ashleycooper.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Keep going. Save yourself.
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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Finishing the next one now and have no contract, so back to square one. What helps? Selling books! Seriously. And the hardcover is just $14! Much love. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 03/04/2026
Sheikh Tahnoon is crushing it— This VC firm! Funneled hundreds of millions to Trumps and Witkoffs by investing in World Liberty Financial! Routed $2B of World Liberty’s stablecoin to Binance! And… He’s the UAE’s national security advisor!
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 03/04/2026
This is the Network State cult in action. It calls for tech moguls use their wealth to buy their own versions of media, political power, cities, countries, educational institutions, etc. The stated goal is to create an entirely "parallel" system. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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The Most Powerful People in the World Are Obsessed With Media Again
Sam Altman is buying his favorite show, Larry Ellison is buying CNN to merge it with CBS News, Jamie Dimon is toying with launching a venture. It may mark a new era of vanity media owners.
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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
It was a little scary to be on the other end of the reportorial equation with a reporter as dogged as @jonesieman.bsky.social asking the questions. But I'm really grateful for this piece, in which Jonah talks to seemingly everyone I know & comes back with the goods. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/s...
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Can a Journalist Be a Celebrity Anymore?
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
There’s a good documentary about Louis CK that is illuminating about the effects of his behavior and covers the essential truths (as I see them) that (1) he was not cancelled and (2) he was not sorry. It’s a good watch. You can rent it on demand; here’s the trailer. youtu.be/YjWetrSafmc?...
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Sorry/Not Sorry | Official Trailer
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
This is some Carl Hiassen-ass scamming.
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Fernando @fernandobarrera.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
They are on a roll…
Trump wearing a military helmet with bullets attached, hanging over his eyes.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 01/04/2026
Write them out anyway, because bad writing can usually be fixed through revision and practice. Most of writing well happens through practice. It's a skill as much as if not more than a talent. Most people could write decently well, given time and effort.
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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 01/04/2026
For those who don't use Instagram, here's the image from Tor UK's post of The Shape of Monsters cover reveal! The hardback comes out 26th September 2026.
A red book on a blue wallpaper background framed but antlers filled with stars.

The cover has the silhouette of a stag's head and horns filled with a night sky.

The text has CL HELLISEN at the top in gold, and between the stag horns the title is in gold. The Shape of Monsters.

Below the book it says 24th September 2026
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 30/03/2026
what's the J for what's the J for, motherfucker
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Last year on tour, I asked bookstores who was the weirdest writer ever to come sign? Answer: The writer who made us set the books singly on the carpet in a checkerboard pattern and *slithered on their belly* between the books to sign."
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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 27/03/2026
OH MY GOD GUYS IT WAS JUST THE ONE TIME AND IT WAS SKIN-SHEDDING SEASON I WAS ITCHY Also I left behind my old skin shape as present for the booksellers, who could ask for more?
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The Mysterious Bookshop @mysteriousbookshop.com · 24/03/2026
How Seventies-Era Shows Inspired a Modern-Day Crime Hero - crimereads.com/how-seventie...
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How Seventies-Era Shows Inspired a Modern-Day Crime Hero
My new Mercury Carter thriller, The Delivery (Mysterious Press, March 24), finds Carter in Providence, Rhode Island, where the freelance mailman’s latest delivery hits (of course) unexpected compli…
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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 22/03/2026
50 years ago today, @markhamillofficial.bsky.social was preparing to film his first scene in a small film called Star Wars. Before the first lines were spoken, this photo was taken in... a galaxy far far away.
Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker on the first day of shooting.
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Secret tricks to get much better results out of the very dreadful 'Google search' these days, plus other search engines for specific things. Statospherically useful for researchers. open.substack.com/pub/cardcata...
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Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It.
40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.
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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 22/03/2026
Here’s your (every) weekend read.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/03/2026
THREAD: Cherise Doyley was in her 12th hour of contractions at the hospital when a tablet was brought to her bedside. On the screen was a Zoom call with a judge and several lawyers and doctors. She was in court, a nurse told her. The reason? For failing to agree to a C-section.
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Los libros de Baker Street @librosdebakerst.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 20/03/2026
Jeff Bezos, one of the richest men on earth, is raising $100 billion to replace workers with robots around the world. The oligarchs want it all. Not going to happen. Stand up and FIGHT BACK.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 20/03/2026
Peter Thiel—who played a key role in JD Vance's conversion to Catholicism—just cannot stop talking about the Antichrist. He just took his Antichrist circus to Rome, where an advisor to the Pope exposed the true meaning of Thiel’s bizarre religious delusions. www.thenerdreich.com/peter-thiels...
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Vatican Rebukes Peter Thiel's Antichrist Lectures in Rome
A papal adviser calls Peter Thiel a heretic after his secret Rome lectures on the Antichrist draw global attention and a Vatican rebuke
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Fernando @fernandobarrera.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I blame the gun restrictions. 🥸
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James Comey @jamescomey.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Next book is out May 12th and is pretty good (says the author—and others)
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 16/03/2026
Well, here is a brand I will never buy anything from
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SACosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Someone tell Ryan Coogler and MBJ I got an idea 🤣
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14/03/2026
Frank Gorshin as The Riddler - Batman (1966) atomic-chronoscaph.tumblr.com/post/8110903...
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Your vote counts!
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 11/03/2026
I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent. State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes. www.wired.com/story/gramma...
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Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI ‘Expert Review’ Feature
The feature, which Grammarly shut down Wednesday, presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics—without their consent.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 11/03/2026
Oh, and look, here's that class action suit! That anyone with half a brain would have seen coming! From, like, a million miles away! Just because you work in tech doesn't mean you're smart.
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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
If you’re near Pasadena, you can’t go wrong with this double billing. Two of the absolute best doing it right now.
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Sadly, this is absolutely necessary and I welcome it for at least 2 reasons: Books are personal, about sharing experience & exploring ideas - if you’ve read my books, you’ve met me. And a human author is *accountable* for what they/we write: we take responsibility & influences/money are traceable.
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UK Society of Authors launches logo to identify books written by humans not AI
Tracy Chevalier announces registration scheme at the London Book Fair as AI works flood market
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
It’s live! Now you can all perceive me in the way I do not prefer to be perceived.
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