Barry Graubart @graubart.bsky.social · 10hI’ve always believed these are being lined up as options for 2028, rather than 2026. His goal will be to refuse the peaceful transition of power. That doesn’t come until Jan, 2029 000
Barry Graubart @graubart.bsky.social · 11hI assume they are trying to set additional precedent for Trump and the unitary executive. 010
Reposted by Barry GraubartAngela Ferrell-Zabala (she/her) @ferrellzabala.bsky.social · 17hToday, my heart is with the Las Vegas and Umpqua communities. No community should have to endure this kind of violence, made even deadlier with the use of assault weapons. In their honor, I remain committed to banning assault weapons and working to #EndGunViolence. 112
Barry Graubart @graubart.bsky.social · 17hPeople respond to trauma in various ways - shock, shame, trying to block it out, guilt, etc. Sexual assault is one of the most traumatic experiences anyone can face. Expecting rational judgment in the immediate aftermath of trauma is naive. 030
Reposted by Barry GraubartKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 17hJust a reminder that people don’t always realize they were raped in the immediate aftermath. It can take hours, days, months, and even years to realize you were raped, and it doesn’t make it any less true. There are many kinds of responses, including fawning and trying to appease your rapist 764497878
Barry Graubart @graubart.bsky.social · 20hWTAF? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...nytimes.comTennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Attempts to Execute Her, Lawyers SayChrista Pike was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995. It was not clear what went wrong in the execution or what her current medical condition was. 000
Barry Graubart @graubart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026FWIW, AI superintelligence (ASI) is hypothetical AI that surpasses human intelligence across virtually every area, going beyond AGI, which generally means AI with human-level intellectual capabilities. It’s science fiction. And AI is not SI. 010
Barry Graubart @graubart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026On Metro North packed with folks wesring Yankee caps and jerseys heading to Yankee Stadium. And two guys are wearing Red Sox jerseys and caps. Everyone’s peaceful now. Not so sure if it will be the same after the game. 110
Barry Graubart @graubart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Funny how many gun owners fantasize about being the armed hero who saves a woman from a violent attacker. At Cornell, 7 men raped a woman while 50 others on their group chat had the chance to stop it. No gun needed. Just a fucking conscience. So much for the hero fantasy. 130
Reposted by Barry GraubartAdam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In France they call it "a Royale with Intelligence" 0155
Reposted by Barry GraubartSam @samd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026just a reminder that Schmitt hired the guy who was too much of a Nazi for Ron DeSantis 936197
Barry Graubart @graubart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Hey God - check your hearing. We said Denny Hoskins (Missouri) not Denny Haskins. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/a...nytimes.comDennis Haskins, Mr. Belding on ‘Saved by the Bell,’ Dies at 75He played the exasperated but well-meaning principal on the popular high school sitcom. He reprised the role in a long-running spinoff. 010
Barry Graubart @graubart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Automakers have long design-build cycles. It would seem unlikely they would return to weak standards while knowing a Semoxratic administration could reinstate. Plus, complying with state laws (eg CA) makes it more difficult. 000
Barry Graubart @graubart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Dear MLB: you can f*ck all the way off. We don’t need a baseball stadium within a national park. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...washingtonpost.comTrump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National ParkMajor League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location. 000
Reposted by Barry GraubartMatthew De George @sportsdoctormd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The Phillies are 12 outs from the postseason, and the Phanatic is naked. Truly a week at the ballyard 834971
Reposted by Barry GraubartPrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026These are the 7 Cornell fraternity boys who ruined that young girl's life. Matthew Ingalls Jonathan Newell (also spelled Johnathan Newell) Winston Lee Gillio Lopes Diego Sarabia Scott Norris Scott Kretzschmar www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...cornellsun.comEDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We WillThe Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies. 12333208
Reposted by Barry GraubartThe Onion @theonion.com · 24/09/2026Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI theonion.com/dog-cant-believe-guy-s… 313174753314
Reposted by Barry GraubartMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house. 684249055522
Barry Graubart @graubart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Mike Lawler and other Republicans are trying so hard to portray Mamdani as the bogeyman. But it’s increasingly hard when he brings such joy to governing. 021
Reposted by Barry GraubartAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over* 776285884861
Reposted by Barry Graubarthammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Andrew Cuomo, through tears : this is marxismhuffpost.comMamdani Delivers $131 Million Settlement For DoorDash DriversThe Mamdani administration said the settlement is the largest labor enforcement action in the city’s history. 221357219
Reposted by Barry GraubartEverytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 22/09/2026“Abandoning protections that target the highest-risk age group for handgun violence isn’t just an unconscionable surrender of public safety — it is a dangerous dereliction of duty.” - Eric Tirschwell, executive director, Everytown Law apnews.comBan on selling handguns to young adults under 21 is unconstitutional, Justice Department saysThe Justice Department says federal law banning licensed firearms dealers from selling handguns to young adults under age 21 is unconstitutional and can't be enforced. 21411
Reposted by Barry Graubartjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026my takeaway from this is that she is thinking of these things in the right terms. she is asking whether she truly wants to do it since, if the answer is yes, it is absolutely the case that there is no better time than now. 1594443437
Reposted by Barry GraubartBrandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Bonus for whoever wrote this chyron 133106002481
Barry Graubart @graubart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The gun industry claims frequent use of guns for self-defense but, when pressed, struggle to show real examples. If “good guys with a gun” were truly preventing violent crimes, the gun lobby and elected officials would be showing examples daily. But we all know its simply false. 120
Reposted by Barry GraubartBangor Daily News @bangordailynews.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Support for strong gun safety policies makes Hannah Pingree an outlier among candidates. via @mainemorningstar.combangordailynews.comMaine’s new gun laws could look very different under next governorSupport for strong gun safety policies makes Hannah Pingree an outlier among candidates. 053
Barry Graubart @graubart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I also think they should stop referring to him by name in their news. Refer to him only as “the president”’or “the chief executive” but not by name. If he realizes his named mentions are going down it will drive him nuts. 020
Barry Graubart @graubart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Jared Golden, who calls himself a D, supports Trump’s Canadian tariffs and was in the wrong side of every common sense gun reform vote until the day of a mass shooting in his hometown of Lewiston, Maine. 000
Reposted by Barry GraubartHuman Rights Index 💙 @humanrightsindex.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This ⏬ www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comMeta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminismTheatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism 076
Reposted by Barry GraubartAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 20/09/2026He’s literally building a fortified bunker, now an arch that holds major weapons, and controls the military and nukes. He has zero plams to leave, people better wake tf up 1801758653
Reposted by Barry GraubartDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026Chris, they trained a system to hack & got scared when it hacked. This is on human beings not being able to logically think through what they've built & what they then trained & told it to do; they'll never "solve alignment," because they can't get what human values they're trying to "align" "AI" To 716720
Reposted by Barry GraubartNature @nature.com · 20/09/2026'Tantalizing' data could point towards Nefertiti's burial place go.nature.com/4j57Rvmgo.nature.comExclusive: New evidence for hidden chambers beyond Tutankhamun's tombNature - Geophysical survey yields ‘tantalizing’ data that could point to Nefertiti’s burial place – but it’s too early to draw definitive conclusions. 04317
Barry Graubart @graubart.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The WHCA should just shut up. He is destroying journalistic reporting and they are still focusing on finding an inoffensive speaker for their irrelevant correspondents dinner. When historians look at the fall of democracy, the WHCA will be complicit. northeastlivetv.com/topnews/whca...northeastlivetv.comWHCA condemns Trump’s ban on CNN, MS NOW, Politico, calls it threat to press freedom“The WHCA stands in defense of our colleagues at CNN, MSNOW, and Politico who are being singled out for doing their jobs,” she said. 020
Reposted by Barry GraubartTom McKay @catturd2.bsky.social · 19/09/2026FBI warns ICE agents not to trust any women willing to date them gizmodo.com/fbi-warns-ic... 901932412
Barry Graubart @graubart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is a really good list. Jon Ossoff and James Talarico don’t need your $50. But every dollar counts in many of these races where flipping a seat can impact majorities (or breaking supermajorities) in the states. 0186
Reposted by Barry GraubartDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Great feature by @anamariecox.com on the Texas Senate race. It's a good story to say that James Talarico is using progressive Christian language to ju-jitsu the religious right. But the boring, accurate reality is that Texans are fed up with being governed by Republicans.prospect.orgA Path to a Texas Breakthrough - The American ProspectJames Talarico is deploying his Christian faith in his bid for the Senate. But he’s winning because Texans have been pummeled by inflation and corruption. 1115438
Reposted by Barry GraubartNed Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Okay so @defector.com has had an odd glitch since the site redesign a couple of weeks back where the wrong photo and headline are often put together on the main page and I was going to ask them about fixing it but this just happened and as far as I'm concerned they have to leave it as is. 7270821519
Reposted by Barry GraubartAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026New 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?"publicnotice.coRetire in peaceMcConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go. 1721258917940
Reposted by Barry Graubarteschneider @eschneider.bsky.social · 16/09/2026What are you even supposed to wash that off with? 1114
Reposted by Barry GraubartUrsula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 16/09/2026Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social, we want to bring the relationship with Canada to the highest level possible. I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to being the first associate member of the EU. And create a common prosperity and economic security space. 39172921978
Reposted by Barry GraubartTeam Cait Fight Club @teamcaitfightclub.bsky.social · 16/09/2026In honor of Mike Lawler’s SIXTH vote for the war with Iran, we present: Mike Lawler Hall of Shame 2.0 Sadly, we ran out of space…let us know what we missed! 32719
Reposted by Barry GraubartPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 16/09/2026My summary of the AI apocalypse discussion. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar... 727432