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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky

@kilroi.bsky.social
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I like books and outdoors things and my family and the absurdity of the banal. Data mangler by trade.

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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Also, trololol, Caltech's *entire* student body is ~2000, of which 900 are undergrads.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Alexandra Petri remains the voice that is correct
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Can confirm Lake Ontario Press is doing gangbusters business. www.lakeontariopress.com
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I can absolutely hope.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I will 100% volunteer for a statewide aoc campaign.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Is this based on the "national security" argument he's using for the east wing nonsense? Now he can say it's "important" for other reasons than pure narcissism?
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I really think laughing at him is probably the most potent weapon. He thrives on attention, but dismissal? Never.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
As seen engraved directly on the walls of the Kennedy Center, the country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.
A picture of the walls of the Kennedy Center with a quote engraved from JFK, as follows: "The country cannot afford to be materially Rich and spiritually poor. To further the appreciation of culture among all the people, to increase respect for the creative individual, to widen participation by all the processes and fulfillments of art - this is one of the fascinating challenges of these days"
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I once had the chance to meet the two of you, and it was truly a delight to get to sit with both of you and be able to talk to Brad. Happy happy anniversary, and wishing you many more!
picture of three people, including george, brad, and the poster
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
What a pleasure to read
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I think this is perhaps the absolute best way to deal with him.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I was saying to my spouse just yesterday that this was next. Esp since he already thought NATO meant North American ...
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I am also glad you were in a place to get appropriate care. Sending you all best wishes.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I'm confident I could do things that would help me, but I generally just don't have random ideas popping up for me 🤷‍♂️
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The phrase "while her withers wither with her" was the lightning bolt that truly made me fall into amazement with Steven Sondheim, and I'll stand by the absolute staggering mastery evidenced by that phrase until my dying day.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We went rafting on the Colorado last summer, and an interesting (or neat, depending on your takes) side effect of this is that several rapids on the Colorado that were flooded by the creation of Lake Powell are now returning. www.npr.org/2024/10/15/n...
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A receding Lake Powell is bringing Colorado River rapids in Utah back to life
There's a lot of anxiety about climate change shrinking Lake Powell, but it also means whitewater rapids upstream have re-emerged. Thrillseekers can now run them for the first time since the 1960s.
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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
50 Senators let a Weekend News Anchorman run the Pentagon because they were afraid a gameshow host would yell at them
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The book I recently read on this ("everybody loses" ,good read) said they don't generally ban, but they place steep limits. You're good at baseball betting? Cap of 100$. You're bad? Cap of 50 grand.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I ran across this line in an obituary: "A striking beauty, Claire lived in New York in the late 30's, singing and acting. While in New York, she met a soldier, Joseph B. Goldberg who was to become her first and favorite husband and the father of their two fantastic daughters."
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I love me some architect design, cause it can last and be beautiful rather than pablum, but starchitecture that is so self-absorbed rather than fit to purpose is vomit.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
And for the delightful charming last straw, they were shocked that grad students wanted their offices to have doors, rather than simply T-shaped walls that prevented visibility from the corridor. "Why would you want a door you could close in a building open to the public during business hours??"
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Morphosis, when presenting the design, showed a lot of photos of the rest of campus, then when asked why this building completely ignored them in every way, seemed confused that people wouldn't want an idiocy that spat on the rest of campus.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I hated the design when they first presented it, and having seen it in person recently...I still hate it.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I mean, how else do I create the opportunity to cook those meals? Also, how to deep clean the house....
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Some random kids just biked down the street in the dark singing Never Gonna Give You Up.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
My levels always pertain to flying. Don't fly. Can fly, super fare conscious. Can fly, some flexibility. Can fly, picks preferred routes and time, occ'l upgrades. Can fly 1st class without worry. Can fly charter /netjets. Can own a plane. Upper starts in mid 1st class; def at netjets.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
That's a lot of miles chris!
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Indeed. More testosterone needed I hear?
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Having also now looked this up...amazing.
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Stealthgirl 🫘 @stealthgirl21.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Political cartoonists are better than mainstream media
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
In the foreground of the shared image, you can see this little side building thing that is just across the street.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Darn tooting. Not even sure when he thinks he will get from this.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I got a million and one things in my yard, but the dandelions and the ivy can go. They're the colonizers of the plant kingdom. However, I do me one at a time, by hand, with a digger. It's meditative. Several years later, I'm making some real progress.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
And then impeached, Senator. There is no other message.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Push for impeachment every day Joe. He is a stain upon our nation.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Today. Impeach today. Yesterday would have been better. But today will do.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
It truly shocks me. They just smile and nod, or say "well, he's frustrated" or like....anything but acknowledge that this is all completely unnecessary, bananas, crackpot tinpot. The urge to normalize is tragic.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Called it (ish)
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Pittsford! Love to see it.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Spectacular. Amazing.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Maybe Hegseth didn't know Iranians could also do pushups and pullups
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
All the naysayers that are like "hurhur we don't have a king shut up shut up" willfully miss the point, to own the libs.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
You love to see it.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Even better if you pushed to abolish ICE, but thanks for standing up Joe.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I've been calling it a junta.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Oh man. I did that once. They said it wasn't clinically necessary. I told the clinic I was willing to pay out of pocket if necessary, cuz Im lucky that I can do that. The MRI confirmed my diagnosis, which, in circular logic, meant it was in fact necessary, and insurance did end up paying.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I truly wonder if she's just going to crack someday. Run straight into themthar hills.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I'd argue that we don't need more people at gates currently, but also, yes, I remember. There is a beautiful inlaid floor display of the solar system at one of the LAX terminals from ~2000, that the TSA lines are currently directly on top of. You don't notice, unless you think to look down.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
No. The last thing we want is ICE. Time for spring, Senator. Abolish ICE.
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Anna Kilroi Barr Folinsky @kilroi.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Even amidst all this shit, I would idly note that the only members of Trump's cabinet that have received real grief yet are two women, bondi and noem... (Very well deserved grief to be crystal clear).
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