Reposted by Barney TBr. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social · 3hWhen I taught at an all-boys prep school, we'd do an activity where I had them list every sexual term they could think of. They'd often laugh, as many were absurd things meant for Urban Dictionary. We'd then go through how many terms were violent (~85%) and how many were male-dominant (~90%). 223778
Reposted by Barney Tmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 7hit is important to realize that many reporters for mainstream outlets are enthusiastic cogs in this elite-coordinated propaganda machine. don't print lies in the newspaper 18959177
Reposted by Barney TRich Lord @richelord.bsky.social · 16hMedicaid rules are about to change. If you or someone you love relies on Medicaid, you’re probably wondering: When am I going to get clear info on the implications? Allegheny County’s chief equity officer has some of the answers … www.publicsource.org/allegheny-co...publicsource.orgQ&A: Thousands could lose Medicaid in Allegheny County. What should they do now?Pittsburgh's Public Source interviewed an Allegheny County official about new Medicaid work rules that put 10,000 at risk of losing coverage Jan. 1. 143
Reposted by Barney TErik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 15hThis Day in Labor History: September 29, 1917. The Army intervenes in the strikes of the Northwest forests and sends in the military to get out the wood for airplanes. It both busted the IWW and also massively improved conditions on the ground for workers. Let's talk about this unusual moment! 317356
Reposted by Barney TKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h"Fuck that." "I'm Sherrod Brown and I approve of this message." 1304637975
Reposted by Barney TLindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 17hThis man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere. 10269221730
Reposted by Barney TKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17hWe all complain about the media’s failures but organizations like @propublica.org and @texastribune.org are doing the work and deserve our financial support 111030265
Reposted by Barney TG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 28/09/2026Tomorrow, Strength In Numbers will release the latest findings from our September survey with Verasight on voters' worries about ICE being deployed to the polls, and other "election security" measures proposed by the president. Get it in your inbox: www.gelliottmorris.com/welcome/gelliottmorris.comStrength In Numbers | G. Elliott Morris | SubstackIndependent, data-driven analysis of politics, public opinion polls, and elections. From author, journalist, and pollster G. Elliott Morris. Click to read Strength In Numbers, by G. Elliott Morris, a… 112333
Barney T @omnibarn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Steel Footprints exhibit coming along nicely! Here is our Homestead Works section! 000
Reposted by Barney TS.L. Harris @slharris.bsky.social · 09/02/20267. History of the United Federation of Planets, from Star Trek: Stellar Cartography by Larry Nemecek (sorry about the glare). #MapMonday I appreciate that the inset for Earth gives both the human and cetacean population. 192
Barney T @omnibarn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026 I was 8 years old when my home state elected this man to the Senate. I had a Millenium Falcon and a Cloud City Playset. Now I am 53 with a bad hip and a mortgage. Still have the Falcon and my home state is still has this clown. 1165
Reposted by Barney TNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Kat is right about all of this. One of the reasons that college sexual violence is uniquely devastating is because it changes the victim’s entire future. 3482130
Reposted by Barney TNoah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026conor friedersdorf is the susan collins of ross douthats. 315728
Reposted by Barney TTom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It’s not difficult to see that Chris Rufo is laundering white identity politics/white nationalism while proclaiming his supposed color blindness. Here’s a screenshot of the thumbnail for an episode of his podcast - the “great replacement” conspiracy theory is a racist trope. 618747
Reposted by Barney TEli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026They cited nobody, and I wondered what kind of a monstrous sociopath would welcome this. Folks, 43626167
Reposted by Barney TCharles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Alpha School's "software is just techwashing for [Christopher Rufo and his coalition's] dream of teacherlessness and totalitarian surveillance of students and schools. That’s what they really want to hyperscale," writes @mattseybold.bsky.social.theamericanvandal.comAll Our Kids Will Go To Alpha SchoolOn the plans to hyperscale Alpha School’s “AI” tutoring software to “a billion kids.” 04823
Reposted by Barney TPetraflint @petraflint.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The 2026 election is now physically underway in several states, with Pennsylvania mail ballots arriving and early voting already operating in Illinoispenncapital-star.comEverything you need to know about how to vote in Pennsylvania in 2026 • Pennsylvania Capital-StarElection Day isn’t until Nov. 3, but the 2026 election is officially underway in Pennsylvania: The first ballots are starting to hit voters’ mailboxes. 1366
Reposted by Barney TMike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Bolsonaro now accusing the Brazilian Catholic Church of publishing fake news 193
Reposted by Barney TProf Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...nejm.orgYellow Jack’s Potential Return to the American South | NEJMEnvironmental and socioeconomic conditions in the U.S. South may permit sharp increases in the incidence of serious arbovirus infections, and yellow fever is of particular concern. 37927
Barney T @omnibarn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026So this came up cooking dinner tonight. Kitchen groovin open.spotify.com/track/1Oi2zp... 000
Barney T @omnibarn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My new neighbors on the Burgh are Bengals fans. I have not seen them today. I have also not introduced myself as of yet. I will wait a few days. 000
Reposted by Barney TCorey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A core belief uniting Trumpists with Silicon Valley tech bros is that society should be organized around male entitlement to sex: a cross between Mad Men and the old Playboy Mansion. 55639233
Reposted by Barney TSK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Doesn't surprise me that this is their (garbage) take But it does remind me that so many social movements (successful and failed alike) were driven by underemployed, overcredentialed, and aggrieved young people, even movements that primarily benefit other groups we're dangerous to the WSJ types 715833
Reposted by Barney TDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Vought is breaking the law but he is not “going rogue.” At his confirmation hearings, Vought told Republicans he would do this and they voted for him anyway. If they want to stop him, they still can via impeachment. They won’t. 7833141101
Reposted by Barney TMaria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 27/09/2026❗️Another interesting case from Europe’s eastern flank. Latvia says cables are being deliberately cut, surveillance equipment damaged and distribution cabinets sabotaged along its eastern border in an apparent attempt to disrupt the deployment of its new automated border-surveillance system. 1019359
Barney T @omnibarn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I can't keep up with this drivel. They want to open the strait so we reject that because we have total control over the strait which is closed and Iran wants to reopen immediately which we reject. Blithering Idiot 101. 010
Reposted by Barney TClaire @baseball-broad.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Same in Seattle. We are in a “shadow surge”, which means activity is ramping up, but we are not seeing it in the same way we did earlier in this administration. 11551238
Reposted by Barney TChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke Thursdaye Ich care not for thee Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love [loude cheer for thee, yes, thee] Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love 08212
Reposted by Barney THourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Atlantis on the Pad - From Jason Major (jpmajor.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/a3feXb 114319
Reposted by Barney Tcarolina @antigonicka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026a síndrome de maría corina da famílicia é impressionante chega a ser deprimente "pf me note e eu entrego meu país inteiro pra vc" 🥺🙏 057
Barney T @omnibarn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Even if I had not seen the ice coffee discourse this is the thing I needed to see all damn week. 000
Reposted by Barney TDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026There is no Republican "split" with Trump. It's catnip for access media, but the desperate ploy to align with the supermajority of voters who can't stand the president is tissue-thin. The same people saying the Iran war needs to end voted yesterday to keep it going. #Realtalk here.prospect.orgRepublicans Had 690 Days to Oppose Trump - The American ProspectThey’re trying to cram all the opposition into the last 40 before the election. 525188
Reposted by Barney Treni 🦌 @reniadeb.com · 25/09/2026this is just to say i have eaten the moon that was in my orbit and which you were probably wanting to observe forgive me it was delicious so crunchy and so cold 5445128
Reposted by Barney TDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Have you ever tried to read a scientific journal article and been told “you don’t have access, pay to download this article?” Did you know that the author of that article gets $0 if you pay? Instead, you can email the author and ask for a free copy! I’d be delighted to help and answer questions! 421918771
Reposted by Barney TJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 24/09/2026How many years have I been telling you to keep your eye on Iowa? I know what I’m seeing on the ground and what I’ve been seeing for a couple of years… LFG! 30573182025
Reposted by Barney TMike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Yesterday, ICE kidnapped a Latino immigrant down the street from where I went to elementary school at Dickson in Swissvale. As I cried in terror, I found myself thinking of legendary UE leader Mel Womack, who fought McCarthyism in the neighborhood in the 1950s. paydayreport.com/crying-over-...paydayreport.comCrying Over the Swissvale ICE Raid & Thinking of Mel Womack Fighting for the UE ThereSwissvale Ue guys fought McCarthyism and built the foundation for today's fightback 031
Reposted by Barney TWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 24/09/2026Liege of all loiterers and malcontents, Dread prince of plackets, king of codpieces 623342
Reposted by Barney TDaniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 24/09/2026I don't have time to write more, but ICE is working to remove people to third countries in violation of D.V.D. v. DHS. I've been up since 5:20 A.M. working with two other attorneys to prevent our client from being shipped out. If you rep someone at risk of third country removal, check on them NOW 2722961001
Reposted by Barney TTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Tens of thousands of voter registrations have gone unprocessed in Texas. Affecting large areas deeply. If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP. www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...texastribune.orgDPS voter registration applications weren’t sent to countiesCounties will start receiving a surge of applications less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 registration deadline, adding work at one of the busiest points in the election calendar. 4119381410
Reposted by Barney TGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 23/09/2026ICE snatched up a Senegalese college basketball player with an ACL injury in a Kentucky airport. She’s “in so much pain” and needs surgery, but is being transferred from camp to camp with little more than ibuprofen. www.kentucky.com/news/state/k... 61014658
Reposted by Barney TBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I think what has become more and more clear is that there’s an elite group of rich people and media members that never interact with normal people in normal ways and spend all day messaging each other about how other people are elitists who don’t see what normal people are thinking 1670492
Reposted by Barney TKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Le code du bâtiment, c'est moi" 1740071
Barney T @omnibarn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Trump is bat shit insane, but Vought is the true menace along with Miller. 021
Barney T @omnibarn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I'll work with anyone to deliver is the ultimate panic button. They are cooked. 011
Reposted by Barney TMike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Korean city kept migrant workers’ passports to ‘stop them from leaving’: report www.koreaherald.com/article/1088...koreaherald.comKorean city kept migrant workers’ passports to ‘stop them from leaving’: reportFor more than four months, officials in the southwestern Korean city of Jeongeup held the passport of a seasonal worker from the Philippines. The worker was amo 042
Barney T @omnibarn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This Oprah sanctioned clownshoe is not stupid enoughto not understand a risk pool. That he continues to act as if he doesn't is both terrifying and infuriating. 000
