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Jeff Barrus

@jeffbarrus.bsky.social
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Communications professional, middle-aged punk, gamer, public health and foreign policy geek, father of twins, a grain of sand in the gears, I have friends everywhere

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 6h
Holy shit. Someone has decompiled the Adobe suite, rebuilt it in Rust and released it as open source. Either all software is dead or the US copyright laws are about to receive an update. getartcraft.com/apps
getartcraft.com
Crafting Apps: open-source creative tools
Image editing, vector illustration, video, photography, PDFs, motion graphics and page layout: seven native, open-source apps from the ArtCraft team, built in Rust and free to use.
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Jeff Barrus @jeffbarrus.bsky.social · 4h
Such a strange coincidence that so many people left the Democratic Party for the Republican Party after the Civil Rights Act became law.
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 7h
This is incredibly important. I feel deeply that curbing sexual violence will come from raising social expectations of men, not from ‘educating’ them. I fear this is an unpopular view, because people are afraid to face up to the scale of the issue.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 16h
A list of 250-year-old things that Trump has destroyed in 2026 1. The Grandmother Tree 2. The United States of America
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Jeff Barrus @jeffbarrus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My daughters live in LA, and his supporters are cheering for them to die in an attack by Iran. If 9/11 happened today, they'd all be celebrating in the streets.
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Notice the absence of the traditional olive branch? The olive branch symbolized America prioritizing peace with war as a last resort. It has been part of the Great Seal of the United States since 1782 and was part of the original seal of the Department of Defense.
Notice the absence of the traditional olive branch? The olive branch symbolized America prioritizing peace with war as a last resort. It has been part of the Great Seal of the United States since 1782 and was part of the original seal of the Department of Defense.
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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Today, I resigned as Vice Chair of the ODP Pride Caucus. The state party expects us to be a sales team, censoring our voices when we beg candidates not to trade on trans lives. I am still a Democrat, but I will not value party approval over true, defiant advocacy. Full text below. 👇
Part 1 of an open letter of resignation by Arienne Childrey, stepping down as Vice Chair and member of the Ohio Democratic Party (ODP) Pride Caucus. She states that party leadership treats the caucus as a recruitment and sales team rather than a representative body. She cites an incident where the ODP censored and denied permission for the caucus to post a letter by two trans leaders addressing harmful comments made by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton. The State Party Chair reportedly called the letter an "unwelcome distraction," which Childrey notes demonstrates how little party leadership values the voices and dignity of LGBTQ+ Democrats.
Since that decision, every Caucus plan, every potential post, and every path forward has been filtered through a lens of strict compliance and ODP approval. That may very well be the party's rule, but following those rules right now is a dereliction of our duty to the LGBTQ+ community.

For me, any rule that silences advocacy for the trans community during this time is an unjust rule, and I see no obligation to follow it. In alignment with the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his Letter from Birmingham Jail:

“One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”

We are living in incredibly dangerous times for the trans community. We are in an era where the GOP has so thoroughly weaponized trans lives that even some formerly self-professing allies within our own party have fallen prey to the rhetoric. Looking at the national trend towards Democratic anti-trans triangulation, as well as our own internal conversations, it is clear to me that this shift is much more than a simple coincidence.

We have to speak up—loudly, strongly, and unapologetically—or I fear what our 2028 choices may look like. The ODP would like everyone to believe they are a "big tent" party. However, their successful efforts to silence even the Pride Caucus—even in cases where we are simply begging our candidates not to trade on our lives for perceived electoral advantage—has proven otherwise. The tent hasn't gotten any bigger; it has simply shifted, leaving many trans individuals, progressives, and allies out in the rain.

I will continue to advocate, organize, and fight for our community with everything I have. But I can no longer compromise my own moral principles by remaining part of a caucus that appears more interested in party approval than in true, defiant advocacy.

Sincerely,
Arienne Childrey
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Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Startling today — a daily Substack of the greatest Spy hits about the short-fingered vulgarian. Subscribe here: substack.com/@spymagazine... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/s...
nytimes.com
Do You Miss Spy Magazine? For One Month, It’s Back. (Gift Article)
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of its first issue, the long-defunct satirical monthly is resurfacing vintage articles about Trump on Substack.
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Jeff Barrus @jeffbarrus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The administration's treatment of unaccompanied migrant children is barbaric.
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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Jeff Barrus @jeffbarrus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Well, Elon Musk says it's necessary if humanity is ever going to colonize the poisoned, airless planet Mars.
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Patrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
new wolfenstein looks like shit
its pete hegseth splaying his arms christlike at a podium with all sorts of americana bunting thats got a distinct fash aesthetic
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Heck of a picture.
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A picture of Trump's likeness on the Heritage Foundation building (located next to a gas station) in DC in May.
(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty)
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Now he’s gone too far www.tpr.org/government-p...
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Trump tomato tariffs could spell the end of free chips, salsa at restaurants
The 17% tariff on Mexican tomato imports, combined with bad weather in Florida and Mexico, has caused the price of salsa ingredients to spike in recent months.
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Super Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Lmao
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Every time I see a serial killer tv show advertised I think of this
My dad used to work with Ted Bundy at the University of Utah and every Friday my dad would say, "See ya Monday-Bundy" and I can't imagine how much Ted actually thought about murdering him for
it.
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Jeff Barrus @jeffbarrus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And Newsom believes he can still win the nomination.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
hilarious
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
His vocabulary is so limited it’s like reading a transcript of Koko, the gorilla who knew sign language, if Koko were a white nationalist
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Jeff Barrus @jeffbarrus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
All those hours playing Path of Exile have finally paid off.
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Jeff Barrus @jeffbarrus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ironically, growing a beard is one of the most traditionally masculine things a man can do, and Hegseth hates beards. I have to wonder if it's because he can't grow one himself, and it emasculates him to see other men with facial hair.
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feeb | yuritober!! @magicmooshka.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI
recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best.

It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.
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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I just generally love Antichrist vibes, so you know this is getting a perfect five from me
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 27/09/2026
I'm not exactly Reacher either, but then I don't let them put my face on posters with the word "Muscular" in size 72 font. This looks like if the Crusades were to liberate an Apple Store Genius Bar.
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Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Media caving in. We knew that wouldn’t last long. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/b...
nytimes.com
TV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN (Gift Article)
The White House TV pool went dark this past week amid a standoff between CNN and the president. Network leaders, however, believe an indefinite suspension may be untenable.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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Jeff Barrus @jeffbarrus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
People who believe that clearly never hung out in a comic shop in the 1980s.
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Jeff Barrus @jeffbarrus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yes, no criticism of the Canadian show from me!
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Jeff Barrus @jeffbarrus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Dark Matter is like someone fed Claude all of the episodes of Counterpart and then prompted it to write a show that's just like Counterpart, only it's really stupid.
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Jeff Barrus @jeffbarrus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Dude, Counterpart is perhaps the most criminally underrated show of the 21st Century. The two versions of the character JK Simmons plays, the interplay between the two worlds, just the monumental ideas the show grapples with. Dark Matter wishes it was Counterpart (and it's not -- it sucks).
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Jeff Barrus @jeffbarrus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"He's a seeker with a legend..."
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
every day it seems a brand new sentence is written to describe the state of the world
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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A new bookstore opened in Kyiv. I visited it today. russian drones burn warehouses full of books and damage whatever they can reach. A new bookstore opened in Kyiv. russia will never win.
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Jeff Barrus @jeffbarrus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tuberville is channeling General Jack D. Ripper from Dr. Strangelove with this particular conspiracy theory.
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Isaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
these people are all fundamentally jokes and deserve nothing but mockery and scorn and i don't mean furries. i mean republican politicians
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
On the list of fights the Trump White House picked without bothering to think it through, we can now add throwing a fit about media coverage where the anonymous source was the vice president.
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Jeff Barrus @jeffbarrus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thank you, that makes sense.
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Jeff Barrus @jeffbarrus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'm trying to get my head around why one of his friends had his cell phone.
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Jeff Barrus @jeffbarrus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
But his X feed had some hilarious zingers!
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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
what did I fucking tell you people about this guy. what did I say
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Jeff Barrus @jeffbarrus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Update: I made one very important change to my ballot, swapping out Slow Horses for Twin Peaks: The Return.
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Jeff Barrus @jeffbarrus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I tried to represent my favorites across different genres, though it's weighted towards scifi/fantasy/horror.
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Jeff Barrus @jeffbarrus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There have been a lot of great shows in the 21st century. Here is my top-10 as I submitted it to the New York Times poll. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
My top-10 21st century tepevision shows: Battlestar Galactica, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, The Leftovers, Andor, Girls, Rick and Morty, Slow Horses, I Think You Should Leave, and Stranger Things.
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Jeff Barrus @jeffbarrus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'm suprised he hasn't tried to rename the Washington Monument after himself. Seems a lack of ambition on his part.
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Jeff Barrus @jeffbarrus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Adrian, I'm very sad this is the final volume, but I'm excited to see where everything goes. Hoping for the best for Yasnic, God, and the poor citizens of occupied Ilmar.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Article 25 (3)(e) of the statute establishing the International Criminal Court criminalizes incitement to genocide. If someone can walk into the United Nations and say this, they’re daring the court to act.
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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This feels like a dream come true.
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Jeff Barrus @jeffbarrus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is pretty surprising to see. Apparently, they're capable of more than just signing sternly-worded letters. Who would have known?
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