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David Barber

@odoketa.bsky.social
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He/him. Conway, Arkansas politico. Former candidate. Économiste. Quelque fois en français. Ask me about Talking Like A Pirate. #LookingForWork as the kids say.

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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 11h
The problem is, when you expel students, it acknowledges something very serious happened. So it seems difficult to also say that you had no idea something serious had happened. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/n...
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Cornell’s President Acknowledges Missteps in Handling of Rape Accusations (Gift Article)
In an interview with The New York Times, Michael Kotlikoff addressed his administration’s handling of sexual assault accusations brought by a former student.
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JM =^D @jm539581.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Good morning
Liberty Biberty
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Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Catholic Archbishop for the Military Services with pastoral responsibility for US soldiers issues statement saying Catholic military personnel are morally obligated to refuse to participate in a potential livestreamed execution of Nidal Hasan. www.milarch.org/archbishop-b...
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Archbishop Broglio Issues Statement on Proposed Execution Livestream - Archdiocese for the Military, USA
Archbishop Broglio has issued a statement on the proposal to livestream the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad.
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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
*all along the watchtower intensifies*
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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 05/10/2026
Turning Point USA media are embedded with Border Patrol to cover the eviction of the camp defending the final old-growth trees where Trump aims to build a border wall desecrating the landscape. TPUSA are state-sponsored fascist propaganda. Exactly the same as state media in any other autocracy.
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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Trump heard about Cornell and decided those fine young gentlemen need more protections. www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLLU4A6L/
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Title IX changes explained. The mainstream will allow Trump to bury the truth behind transpanic headlines - we will not. #titleIX
TikTok video by UnderTheDeskNews
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maryburns.bsky.social @maryburns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Game time. #Pinks Venting is free. Spending 2 minutes to review your voter registration is worth way more. AZ, AR, FL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MS, OH, TN, TX: OCT. 5. Claim your power. Check your registration now. #LetsGetVoteReady social.demcast.com/s/xHyIUVEn
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Check Your Voter Registration
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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Want to open a private school and have absolutely no qualifications? Take the quiz to find out where you can! projects.propublica.org/private-scho...
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Quiz: Where Could You Open a Private School? — ProPublica
Private school requirements vary wildly across states. Take our quiz to find out just how easy starting one can be.
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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Follow up: arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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Arkansas Department of Education blames letter grade discrepancies on a sorting error - Arkansas Times
Helena World Publisher Andrew Bagley launched the uproar with an article posted Tuesday, describing a team of journalists' discovery of a conflicting set a of grades on a spreadsheet that's since been...
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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm really curious - does anyone know if any of the local stations mentioned it? It's insane to me how completely the TV news feels like it doesn't actually cover any news here.
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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Also, can we just fix this whole 'value in 1991' business? It's dumb. The 'Mansion tax' is not a solution.
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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Honestly not sure how I feel about this. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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London Labour council warns it may raise council tax by 150%
Hammersmith and Fulham says it faces ‘biggest financial challenge in living memory’ as government cuts bite
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The Shumater @theshumater.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How do we know Arkansas Republicans are freaking out about Chris Jones taking down French Hill? They're now complaining about paperwork! #arpx #arleg #arnews @jonesforar.bsky.social buff.ly/Oj8xTfb
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Chris Jones responds after Republicans file complaint over missing financial dislosure
Chris Jones is speaking out after the Republican Party of Arkansas filed a complaint against him over an alleged missing financial disclosure.
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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It's interesting trying to navigate long term needs against short term headwinds (especially if the headwind is shaped like Donald Trump). It's obvious batteries are the future, both for cars and electric grids, but not to everybody. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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EV projects are stumbling. Is Canada's big bet still on track? | CBC News
The federal and provincial governments bet billions on the rapid rise of the electric vehicle industry. But major EV and battery projects in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia have since been delaye...
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
apnews.com/article/corn... JUST IN: Gov. Kathy Hochul said she had signed an executive order appointing the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James as the special prosecutor. Let’s GO! #Cornell #Pinks ⚖️
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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Vote, lest we perish.
Image of Lady Liberty telling you to vote. It's originally a Liberty bond and with the text changed.
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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I sometimes forget how effectively the Roberts supreme Court has destroyed America. Here's a nice list of all the ways they've broken our country. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/o...
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Opinion | This Case Has Flown Under the Radar. It Won’t Stay There. (Gift Article)
This case has flown under the radar, but it won’t stay there.
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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is kind of hilarious. Also legitimately 'unnerving'.
Headline: Florida county discovers mysterious flock cameras with no obvious owner.
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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And wouldn't they just love to "have to" take over some "poorly performing" minority districts. Once again, transparency would go a long way towards avoiding questions like this.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🇺🇸 US TRAVEL ASSOCIATION: “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation. It’s mind-boggling.” The Trump effect. 🤷🏼 www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I can't stop thinking about this. American farmers have lost $30 billion since Trump took over. Thirty. Billion. Thirty thousand millions. Holy shit.
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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Well this is seriously incredible. The project she won the award for is to help identify people who died along the US/Mexico border, so their families can have peace. Respect. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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Central High School graduate Kate Spradley awarded MacArthur ‘genius’ grant - Arkansas Times
Endowed by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the honor comes with a whopping $800,000 doled out over 5 years — with zero strings attached.
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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An alternative explanation is that they released a sheet with some schools not updated. So it could just be incompetence with regard to, you know, all the education in the state. As others have pointed out, the real problem is that there's no way to know which it is.
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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Apparently a spreadsheet was accidentally released by the Dept of Ed showing radically different scores for some schools for this year. Even when they game the system they screw it up and have to cheat, it would seem. #arpx
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The Shumater @theshumater.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Latest un-conservative, oxymoronic idea springing from the fertile minds of Arkansas Republicans: Mandatory volunteerism. #arpx #arnews #arleg www.arkansasonline.com/news/2026/se...
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Arkansas high school seniors starting 75 hours of community service as new graduation requirement under LEARNS | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Thousands of high-school-age Arkansans are giving back to their communities this school year, serving in foodbanks, volunteering at afterschool programs or walking neighborhood pets.
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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
For what it's worth, we were right all along. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I heard one thing loud and clear in Andy Burnham’s landmark speech: the left has won the arguments | Owen Jones
The PM’s stated trajectory is a rebuke to past Tory and Labour governments. The challenge now is to make his project progressive in word and deed, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I did not have 'Dem fundraising email from Ken Burns' on my 2026 bingo card. I guess the gloves are off!
Email with picture of Ken Burns asking for donations to Florida candidate
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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For over 50 years the US has failed to make meaningful progress on fuel economy. The Japanese ate our lunch in the 80s, and in the 90s into 2000s things stayed dicey, culminating in 2008. Now Korean and Chinese automakers are strong and the US doubles down on idiocy. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/c...
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Trump Sharply Scales Back Fuel Economy Rules for New Cars (Gift Article)
The move marked the final step in the administration’s efforts to dismantle policies aimed at speeding the shift to electric vehicles.
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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Overall a good article, but also I'm personally interested in the 'above average rainfall' predicted for my area, as well as another year of terrible heat. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/o...
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Opinion | The Super El Niño Is About to Unleash Weather Chaos. Get Ready Now. (Gift Article)
There’s still time to prepare.
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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think one of the dumbest parts about this article is how many people with advanced degrees the UK is trying to throw out. Remind me how we get economic growth, again? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘We’ve done everything by the book’: EU citizens left in limbo after UK government strips post-Brexit residency status
Home Office faces legal action after 1,473 people living in UK before Brexit told settled status was granted in error
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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Make America great again, or at least better than it's been lately www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/u...
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Bobby Pulido, a Texan Singer, Puts Republicans on Defense (Gift Article)
Bobby Pulido, a Tejano musician running as a Democrat for the House, has left his Republican opponent struggling to match his star power in a district that President Trump won easily in 2024.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ha ha that’s gross and should make everyone uncomfortable, anyway, Rahm presided over a Chicago police black site, lied about what it was and then I sued the Chicago police for its records that proved it:
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Homan Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 people
Exclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’
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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It looks like @americanheart.bsky.social doesn't post on here so I'm sharing their image. It's important information.
Dolly Parton's song 9 to 5 has 105 beats per minute, the right Tempo for hands-only CPR
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
you guys broke watergate
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Danish study finds after male managers had their first daughter, their hiring rate of women increased by 2.9% and promotions shifted in favor of women. The first-daughter effect also led to a relative earnings increase of 4.4% for their women employees. www.fastcompany.com/91613424/gir...
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Girl dads make better bosses, study suggests
When male managers have daughters, women are hired more, promoted more, and earn more.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We have to prepare for the day when Donald Trump will permanently leave the White House. And, even more importantly, the day after that.
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Stevenof1 @stevenof1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just a Reminder...
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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Objectively I know there are a lot of very smart people who work for the party. I know this. And yet, somehow, all their actions are so astonishingly stupid.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.
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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I just told my wife we needed to drive somewhere because the batteries on the car are full and so are the batteries on our solar. I figure if we drive 50 miles today it should keep us through the weekend, though 100 would be better!
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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Rick Paisano @sicilianrick.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis @stlouisfed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Median sales price of new U.S. houses sold in August was $393,700 — an increase of $1,500 (or 0.4%) from July, but a decrease of $24,200 (or 5.8%) from August 2025 bit.ly/46Dj3YO #EconSky
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
On Dolly Parton Day, I'm remember how she... -Gifted millions of free books to kids -Ensured musicians she worked with got union benefits -Helped fund medical research and the COVID vaccine -Donated millions to communities hit by natural disasters -Funded high school band programs She is missed!
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Delightful www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
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‘Birdwatching is close to rapture’: Margaret Atwood on why she has given C$1m to avian research
Award-winning novelist celebrates late partner’s love of birds with gift to establish the Graeme Gibson chair in avian biology
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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's worth remembering in a fully functioning labor market that the interview goes both ways. Not that there's a lot of that going around, but it could as easily be a test for the employee as the employer.
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