mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 13hI've long said that the story is the basic increment of human understanding. When A exists and B happens C is the result. You scaffold that millions of times in more complicated permutations. 000
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 14hNewsome's politics is "economically pro billionaire and socially whatever gets me elected." He managed pretty well on that in California, but it's painful watching him try to triangulate for a national run. 000
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 20hWhat a joke. The whole point of the platform is insider trading and raking in money from rubes. 040
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026It would be a spiritual balm to boot Scott Perry. 030
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Hard to believe there's any kind of justice in the world when absolute dipshit cretins get rewarded over and over. 030
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Your job is to supervise 1400 AI agents which run 24/7. Your salary is $32,000 a year with no benefits, and you should be grateful." 000
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I know her!static.klipy.comWeapons Weapons MovieALT: Weapons Weapons Movie 040
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"Ive created a machine that tastes and chews your food for you, and dispenses the nutrients to you in a flavorless grey mush, so you have more time to work. Why are you laughing? I spent more money than it would take to build a 1000 schools on this!" 18210
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It has to work FOR THEM. It's critical FOR THEM that everyone adopt it at every level of the economy. They all pushed all-in on a weak hand an the river is about to flip. 020
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026With Cornyn in the picture Talarico would be "within striking distance" or within margin of error. This is a dead heat, maybe even slight advantage to Talarico. 000
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026And there's no end to the war that won't look like capitulation and weakness. The best we could hope for is a ceasefire (with no Iranian concessions and them in control of the straight) and he claims victory/blames democrats. 010
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If your goal is to get kids to sit down and be quiet, I guess that's one way... 000
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Apples and Oranges. Vought was not destroying a company he just personally spent billions to buy. 000
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I think this is true bit it's also true that the fascists are nearly as well served by just gutting all the investigative reporting. There's less accountability and it's harder to agree on objective reality. Sure they thought she'd succeed, but they're not going to replace her with anyone competent. 120
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026BP mascot like:static.klipy.comBuddy goodbye waveALT: Buddy goodbye wave 060
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This whole thread reminds me of the Covington High kids, and trying to explain to people that "I know that exact expression. That is the face of a kid who knows he won't face any consequences for being a pain in your ass, but will rat you out if you call him an asshole." 000
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is why teaching art, poetry, and drama matters. 061
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I'm just going to keep exclaim "Richard Hanania? The white supremacist?" Like Doc Brown in back to the future every time I hear his name. 030
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Yeah, kids animation like Cocomelon and high-stim stuff will be one of the first areas animators are completely replaced. There will be floods of high stimulus low quality content for people to shove in front of toddlers and Im already mad about it. 000
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Yeah you really don't need to invite white supremacists and Nazi sympathizers like Tucker on just because they found a new grift as "conservative Trump critic." 010
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026You pay for Medicare for all with the money we're already paying for worse coverage through insurance, you disingenuous bore. 020
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I always loved explaining to students that Shakespeare wasn't old English (a language largely unintelligible to us). It's not even middle English (which we'd strain to understand). It's just early modern English. Only 400 years ago! 000
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026My favorite detail is how the defense contractors were surprised by how easy the corruption was. "So I just write a check and you steer millions in contracts my way?" It's one degree away from a VenMo with "Bribe$" written in the note. 030
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"A horse a day keeps apples and oranges. Don't doctor!" 030
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I even like the folding. Very zen activity for me. Love turning the chaotic pile into a neat stack. 060
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The Diagetic Sound café sits at the heart of this former quarry town. 030
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026So Missouri won't know what district they're in until a month before the election? Man if Republicans can't beat democrats they'll just dismantle democracy, huh? 010
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026If there were a significant number of non-bigoted people on the site, it would presumably follow that advertisers would move away from it when they all left, making the site unsustainable. If there aren't enough non-bigots remaining to matter, I think that answers my second question. 100
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Those tests are remarkably unreliable, especially with more skilled writers. That is ALSO a huge problem. 020
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Quick question: what do you think would happen if all the non-bigots left the site run by and for bigots? At what point do we have to admit all the non-bigots HAVE left the site, and remaining is complicity? 1110
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The moment my kids see an ad before Cars is the moment that subscription gets canceled. We have a stack of DVDs. 010
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Not just an individual competitor but a symbol for a movement that could end their entire business model. They all got the memo: make him radioactive. 011
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026That's nice, but unless she stops covering White House events, it's just cheap words. 080
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I think him resigning is the least likely scenario. He plans to die in office. 001
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"Don't let them change the subject" while I spend an entire commercial on their stupid culture war attacks. 000
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It not the issue, but they should have just hired writers to continue the story. You could have a while new class and actors from the film series could cameo 20 years later. It's all dumb, but especially the transphobia. 010
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I bought Fettermans shtick and gave him the benefit of the doubt longer than I should have. So my BS detector was on higher alert when the next one rolled around. 010
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Smart people get conned, too. The really smart ones admit it and learn. 160
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I buy that Cruz is smart, but just a cynical asshole. Warren is undoubtedly one of the brightest people in that city on any given day. 260
Reposted by @mattbarrs.bsky.socialShambling Corpse of Randy Herman @randyhermanlaw.com · 17/09/2026I mean...they never knew how to model it, they were just in denial about it before 22243
