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Michael Barryte

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Lover of hikes, world-building, and dogs. Let’s tell some stories.

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Joe Berkowitz @joeberkowitz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
For dogs, sidewalk pee is social media.
For dogs, sidewalk pee is like social media

A neighborhood street with 5 splotches of pee along the sidewalk, a square is rising out of each to give info about the fog behind the pee:

Minosa, Poodle
F. 7yo., walked by 40 minutes ago 
usual time
She has a UTI

Luna, Golden Retrever 
F. 3 y.o., walked by just 10 minutes ago, herusual time, she is in heat

Adonis, Beagle, M, 5 y.o., Walked by 4 hours ago, New in town

Avon Barksile, Daschund, M,6 y.o.,
Walked by 5 hours ago, Alpha, Currently in post-holiday malaise

Pickle, Boxer
M, 6 y.o., walked by an hour ago.
USual time. Ate a whole thing of 
Xmas
cookies
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Alex Kramer @shamshandwich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
America so old, Mississippi is now Ma'amissippi
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Oaf @languidoaf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
CEO of Taco Bell: we’re actually worried that some of our upcoming items could destroy humanity as well
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Michael Barryte @michaelbarryte.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Billionaires are the embodiment of “Why didn’t Thanos just double the world resources rather than halving the population?”
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Michael Barryte @michaelbarryte.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Coyote vs Acme does an exceptional job of feeling like a companion piece to Who Framed Roger Rabbit! It’s a legal drama that is smart about its dumb jokes, surprisingly emotional, and pretty dang clever throughout in repurposing characters to the genre/setting. See this movie.
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Michael Barryte @michaelbarryte.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Not Dolly. Not Curry. DONNY.
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Michael Barryte @michaelbarryte.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
In a world of Donnys, be Dolly.
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Michael Barryte @michaelbarryte.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Mamdani is taking the “fuck it” Trump energy to NYC and getting shit done. But where Trump has claimed there to a problem and burned entire US systems to the ground, leaving nothing but rubble for someone else to deal with, Mamdani makes and executes plans to actually fixing shit.
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Akilla Cooper @akelacooper.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
THREAD
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Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
my pithy way of putting it: Every piece of art you love exists *despite* a corporation, not because of it
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Michael Barryte @michaelbarryte.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I can’t think of a single billionaire who didn’t exercise some level of cruelty to get where they are.
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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Today, we want to highlight the Carolyn Rauch event ephemera collection, from the long-time organizer of E3 who oversaw the event for almost its entire run. This is one of the world's largest collections of E3 materials! archive.gamehistory.org/folder/e2f96...
A collection of ephemera from E3, from 1996-2012, titled "Electronic Entertainment Expo event ephemera."

"Carolyn Rauch was long-time organizer of the Electronic Entertainment Expo. As senior vice president of the Interactive Digital Software Association (later the Entertainment Software Association), Rauch oversaw the organization's trade show programs, including E3. When the ESA restructured E3 as a smaller-scale business summit in 2007, Rauch joined IDG World Expo to run a public-facing spinoff event, E for All.

In 2009, E3 returned as a full-scale trade show, now operated by IDG. Rauch returned as an organizer for the remaining decade of the event, first through IDG and later through Dolaher Events."
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julie muncy @julie.radiantarray.io · 20/07/2026
me, when my wife asks me why something in the news is happening
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Alex Kramer @shamshandwich.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
[WORM ARMY awaits your command] ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Michael Barryte @michaelbarryte.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
It is so incredibly frustrating that you cannot filter out AI videos on YouTube.
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Sal Gentile @salgentile.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
the odyssey discourse is a beautiful perfect window into right wing culture war psychosis. they went from hysterial racist mania over a character that’s on screen for 5 minutes to claiming there’s a massive conspiracy to fake ticket sales. this is just what they do for everything now. they’re insane
BREAKING: The Odyssey is FAKING ticket sales by buying up theaters/seats (Fraud) to make the movie look like a success (already $400 million in the hole) moviegoers are reporting having to take terrible seats (because full) but when they show up the theaters are mostly empty.
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Frank&Stein @brandtandstein.com · 21/07/2026
What really makes me mad is there is so much creativity in having limitations and finding ways to work within and around them. Not having the money or time to do the thing you envisioned, and finding the novel shortcuts, the weird jams that make up *your fucking style*
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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 14/07/2026
We live in hell. This is hell. We’re currently in hell.
Polymarket 
@Polymarket

NEW: Clavicular reveals he dined with Benjamin Netanyahu's advisers to teach them about looksmaxing — & was asked to do a gym stream with the Israeli prime minister.

3:19 AM • 7/13/26 • 5.5M Views
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I've mentioned this before, but: this isn't just Nintendo. When most large Japanese companies in the public eye underperform, most (if not all) of the c-suite will go so far as the relinquish as much as 100% of that year's salary in an act of contrition.
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Ghoul-in’ Dickey @colindickey.com · 09/07/2026
God I miss the days when every other news item wasn’t “this awful person with way too much money just made your life worse in unimaginable ways for no good reason.”
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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Oh she’s like EVIL evil.
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Drewcifer Rising 🎃😈 @drewdietsch.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Anything Casper Kelly does has my attention. I'm not even watching this trailer because I'm sold on him alone. This is just to help spread the word.
youtu.be
Buddy | Official Teaser | In Theaters August 28
YouTube video by RoadsideFlix
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Luke Kawa @ljkawa.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Based purely on feels/vibes, extremely jarring that we’re less than 2% off the S&P 500’s closing high
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Michael Barryte @michaelbarryte.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
In a funnier timeline, Trump would Weekend at Bernie’s Mitch
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Michael Barryte @michaelbarryte.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I hear that if you have universal healthcare, you can advance to the quarterfinals.
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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 06/07/2026
Once again, Double Fine Productions will be an independent studio.

We're thankful to Xbox for seven great years together, and for working with us to reach an outcome which preserves our history and culture, and returns ownership of our games to us.

To everyone who reached out to us these past few weeks: Thank you for all your kind words, we've been deeply touched by your messages. We will share more soon on what comes next.

Your continued support is greatly appreciated,

Tim & Double Fine
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RedruM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."
I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

By A Horse

Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food.

I am thinking I would like to try cake.

Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape.

Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy.

Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much.

I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You  know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on."

Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
If you're not outraged, you should be
A horse running through a river, looking how men should look
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ceej @ceej.online · 04/07/2026
eating a hot dog, leftistly
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Alex Kramer @shamshandwich.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
lemme correct that headline for ya: Sony Making Piracy The Only Form Of PlayStation Game Preservation Starting In 2028
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Alex Kramer @shamshandwich.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
How to share your games on PS6
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Michael Barryte @michaelbarryte.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Neil is a madman of the highest caliber. youtu.be/XGWxJaZpDXo?...
youtu.be
Guide to Horror
YouTube video by Neil Cicierega
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Michael Barryte @michaelbarryte.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Every time Luigi Mangione’s name is in a headline, I think a new Luigi’s Mansion game is being announced.
static.klipy.com
They Had Us In The First Half Not Gonna Lie
ALT: They Had Us In The First Half Not Gonna Lie
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Michael Barryte @michaelbarryte.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Can someone please explain to me why draws are a thing in the World Cup? We had 20 minutes of Algeria passing the ball back and forth when they were tied with Austria. That sort of thing wouldn’t happen if only wins mattered.
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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
2016-2026
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Michael Barryte @michaelbarryte.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Disclosure Day had me so distracted
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Michael Barryte @michaelbarryte.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Gamify throwing out the trash
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Michael Barryte @michaelbarryte.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Damn
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Michael Barryte @michaelbarryte.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
What do we call that weird period of time where you feel “what do I do with this time because I have a thing too close to do anything perhaps meaningful?” Is that The Twilight Zone?
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Michael Barryte @michaelbarryte.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The Expendables but with Scream Queens
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Michael Barryte @michaelbarryte.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I haven’t seen either yet and trying to play catch up, but is an Obsession/Backrooms double-feature a great idea or terrible idea and if great which order should I see them in (and how much time approximately should I space between them)?
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: God (depicted as an old man with a long white beard) is napping on the couch and suddenly wakes up. He says “zz-HUH!” There’s an open back of chips next to him. The Earth is sitting on a dresser like a television, and even has a small screen. Panel 2: God rubs his eyes as he wakes up. He has cheesy dust on his fingers. In the other hand he clicks the TV remote. He says, “better check on the dinosaurs.” Panel 3: flabbergasted, he exclaims, “what the hell!?” On the Earth television, there’s two people absolutely destroying some glizzies in a hot dog eating contest.
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Michael Barryte @michaelbarryte.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
When it comes to meeting a baby for the first time, never be presumptuous. Always ask if the baby is “bone-in” or “boneless.”
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Michael Barryte @michaelbarryte.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
So does this $1.8 billion fund for compensating people who believe they were wrongfully targeted by the government cover indigenous people who were displaced, or descendants of slaves, or those who were blacklisted, or those stigmatized during the AIDS epidemic or the War on Drug, or…?
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Michael Barryte @michaelbarryte.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Imagine AI rappers having beef. Diss tracks would include boring slams about: - RAM requirements - Server space - Water used - Hallucinations What a bunch of stupid bullshit.
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Jacob Graveison @jacobdavison.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The ass kissing delegation
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Michael Barryte @michaelbarryte.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The first thought I had when receiving the bill for an upcoming medical procedure was that I should probably just postpone it. Healthcare in the US is so fucked.
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Michael Barryte @michaelbarryte.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The only upside to work is it distracts from the doomscroll.
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Michael Barryte @michaelbarryte.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
If you take five different pills at a time you can legally call it trail mix.
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Michael Barryte @michaelbarryte.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
If you take five different pills at a time you can legally call it trail mix.
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