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Barry Lyons

@lyonsnyc.bsky.social
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I like to write on a variety of subjects. You can find pieces on the Beatles, the Indiana Jones movies, Thomas Berger, the Second Amendment, the true meaning of "Trump Derangement Syndrome," and a eulogy for a mourning dove here: lyonsnyc.medium.com/follow

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Barry Lyons @lyonsnyc.bsky.social · 44s
That strikes me as a fair guess.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22h
Public vulgarity and lewdness are Trump's signature on the campaign trail. These are well recognized as signs of advanced senile dementia.
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Barry Lyons @lyonsnyc.bsky.social · 20h
I'm sorry to see that a stranger didn't appreciate your bearded clam oeuvre. Let's hope this doesn't happen again.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 04/10/2026
It accepts letters, packages, and one very specific kind of complaint.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Love this 👇
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Ma Joad ✌️ @majoad.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Yeah Yep Expression
ALT: Yeah Yep Expression
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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"The older Keaton got, the more one could see eternity in his look." Film critic Robert Benayoun on the great Buster Keaton, born 4 October 1895.
A black and white photo of Buster Keaton from 1952, looking deadpan at the camera and wearing his traditional pork pie hat. The photo was taken by Richard Avedon.
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Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you want to get a country back on track, you have to think big. I strongly endorse.
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Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This Day in History October 4, 1927: Work begins on the face of Mount Rushmore. Said absolutely no one on the project: "So let's start with Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt and then, in about 100 years, they can add whoever is then deemed to be the worst president in U.S. history."
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Barry Lyons @lyonsnyc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is psychosis. The president of the United States is psychotic. Is the media going to start talking about this, or continue to normalize it?
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Jack Murphy @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
He's trying to establish multigenerational wealth, the creation of a new dynasty.
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 03/10/2026
factoids, not to be confused with factitos
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trivia, pursued
[a frustration possibly defrustrated]
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Barry Lyons @lyonsnyc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Aw, that's sweet.
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Barry Lyons @lyonsnyc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Exactly. Let us know if you're asked to write a spec screenplay.
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Barry Lyons @lyonsnyc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I like it.
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Barry Lyons @lyonsnyc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Eric Schmitt will have to endure insults and parodies until the day he dies. This is now his lot in life.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Barry Lyons @lyonsnyc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I believe Groucho would have said this.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
And at the turn of the 20th Century, the American people saw the wisdom of antitrust, food and drug regulation, child labor laws, and national park preservation. Let’s go!
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Barry Lyons @lyonsnyc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Such a cute little dinosaur!
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MingTheMerciless @mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And he didn't do it alone.
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Barry Lyons @lyonsnyc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“No algorithm is as creative as a well-stocked human brain alive to its actual surroundings.” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/o...
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‘If you can’t hold it, you don’t own it’: why media fans want to escape algorithms with CDs, DVDs and vinyl
People describe their return to physical media – whether to protect data, support artists, or retain control of one’s choices
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Barry Lyons @lyonsnyc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Same here. I don't recall seeing anything like that.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 01/10/2026
Yeah, I even did a quick blog post about it. charlesgaba.substack.com/p/one-more-t...
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One More Thing about that Kansas Senate campaign ad...
Fun with compound interest.
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Hank Ering 🇨🇦💙🌊 @hank-ering.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I hope he's right...but it's still disturbing that diesel and grocery prices are the only thing that motivates them. No empathy, morality, philosophy or vision....just make things cheaper for me.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 01/10/2026
We still have to get out and vote but, wow, this is encouraging.
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Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Section 4 of the 25th amendment says the president should be removed if "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office..." If starting wars, pathologically lying, babbling and slurring constantly, and falling asleep in most meetings aren't reasons to trigger the 25th, what the fuck is?
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Barry Lyons @lyonsnyc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This looks like a case of "Trump Derangement Syndrome" to me. Something I wrote and posted last year: lyonsnyc.medium.com/trump-derang...
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“Trump Derangement Syndrome”
The true meaning of the expression
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Barry Lyons @lyonsnyc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's my guess that this investigation is really all about Trump. Todd Blanche wants to take a closer look at how the investigation into Watergate unfolded to see if there's a way Trump can skate away from any investigation that Democrats may undertake after they take back the House and the Senate.
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resistance247.bsky.social @resistance247.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A drunk leading the armed forces and who can barely do a pull up…so on point for a MAGAt man
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 30/09/2026
The 0.1% own 15% of all the wealth while 50% are basically broke. That is how societies die. www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
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The Gap Between the Rich and the Very, Very Rich Is Getting Wider
The 0.1% are worth $28 trillion, or about 15% of the nation’s total wealth. The average wealth for a household in this group is over $200 million.
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Barry Lyons @lyonsnyc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And what's impressive (on its own terms) about the video is that it does look spontaneous. Yes, doing something even as silly as this requires a degree of organization.
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Barry Lyons @lyonsnyc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Dick Van Dyke's Classic Physical Comedy Fall
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's one thing to be so incredibly incompetent as Eric Schmitt that your dramatic "GOTCHA" moment falls apart in real time. It is quite another thing to be so incredibly dishonest as Eric Schmitt that you then go on a right-wing show and pretend it didn't happen. "My job is to ask the questions."😜
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Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Two million fewer international travelers than in 2025. Shocker. Hard to believe more people aren't rushing to visit a country ruled by an insane, racist, convicted-felon pedophile and that leads the world in gun violence. www.thedailybeast.com/allies-refus...
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Allies Refuse to Visit U.S. in ‘Mind-Boggling’ Collapse Under Trump
The U.S. is on pace to welcome 2 million fewer international visitors than last year.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This 👇
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Barry Lyons @lyonsnyc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The balm of your good intentions relaxes me.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Two Schmitt staffers realizing this might be their last day.
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Canadian Bacon @tashaneedshelp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Walking straight into traffic, for my mental health.
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Salty MacTavish @saltymactavish.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Before AI comes for us, I need you to know *sound of modem dialup*
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GenAAaarghhvieve 🧟‍♀️ @gensibayan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The worst part about having plans is the being awake
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gibbonstom.bsky.social @gibbonstom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Barry Lyons @lyonsnyc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Reads like an Onion headline.
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Barry Lyons @lyonsnyc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
stupid idiot
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Barry Lyons @lyonsnyc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
But do keep in mind that you have the best poverty.
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