Reposted by Barry PleasuresElizabeth @elizabethc.bsky.social · 4hVote Yes on this MN constitutional amendment. Don't skip the question. '“It’s an easy yes vote for folks because it doesn’t change your tax rates. It’s money that is sitting in this Permanent School Fund that is not being utilized effectively,” Schneidawind said." 046
Reposted by Barry Pleasuresmolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 24/07/2023get along little doggie? no, get 2. 2884583
Reposted by Barry Pleasurescharlie @charliestdennis.bsky.social · 13hI’m not running to win, but I believe voters deserve to be able to say “no.” If you simply skip over the race, there is no record of your opposition. If you write in my name, or someone else’s for that matter, your opposition becomes visible. 2262
Reposted by Barry PleasuresNorm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Driving to work, hearing your buddy @danielsuitor.com on the radio. Finding out he’s talking about some fucked up new illegal thing ICE is doing. 12169
Reposted by Barry PleasuresJason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 19hWE NEED YOUR HELP ❗️We are helping a Minneapolis family who is behind on rent and doesn’t qualify for the city’s rental assistance program. I’m hopping to raise $800 to cover the rent they are behind on. Cash app: $jasonchavezcruz Venmo: @ LiamDavisTemple 34935
Reposted by Barry PleasuresChris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 23hkstp.comMinnesota Opera Orchestra votes to authorize strikeMinnesota Opera Orchestra musicians have unanimously voted to authorize a strike after they say management proposed a second consecutive four-year contract with no wage increases. 1244
Reposted by Barry PleasuresCat Sharp @catsharp.bsky.social · 21hIt is fucking insane no one has filed charges. We know exactly who shot her five times! She nearly died! Marimar Martinez is the bravest woman in the City and she deserves justice. 03313
Reposted by Barry Pleasuresmattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 06/10/2026these are my only feelings about generative "AI." i do not care how much it "works," ever. i'll be over here scraping charcoal and ochre on the cave wall until they kill me 41050188
Reposted by Barry PleasuresKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026White supremacist cops take a minority citizen, drive him out to the woods as a threat, and leave him there. No, it's not Mississippi in the 1930s, why do you ask? 8436381422
Reposted by Barry PleasuresShaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Beatrix Potter, scientist and heritage breeder who helped found the National Trust and left over 4,000 acres in the Lake District to it, remains undefeated as the kid lit Potter 1257
Reposted by Barry PleasuresKath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Viewing this video changed the trajectory of my day earlier 111198472
Reposted by Barry Pleasureszach silberberg @zachsilberberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026if youre wondering how i spent my evening it was sculpting 20 new creatures so they could sing over the garden wall 828366
Reposted by Barry Pleasuresderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Parisians dressed their dogs up for Paris Fashion Week. Video via @reuters.com 402141285
Reposted by Barry PleasuresBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 06/10/2026This is the main takeaway from Woke 1. You can be right, and you can be righteous in saying it, but that doesn’t mean that it’s going to be persuasive, or that it won’t hurt your argument or your cause. The key to being an effective political communicator is being able to identify that. 827230
Reposted by Barry Pleasurescrazy ass moments in nu metal history @numetalmoment.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Ludacris and Sum 41 performing "Get Back" on Saturday Night Live (2004) 311332
Reposted by Barry PleasuresBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Can you imagine being a Northerner at the start of the civil war. All the fancy lad West Point military guys are Southerners. Your president is a backwoods yokel one term congressman and your generals are some guys we found at a 7-Eleven. It's over for our ass...unless all those guys are geniuses 572912241
Reposted by Barry PleasuresBayBayFriend @baybayfriend.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Tour guide: The grand house was commissioned by old Mr. Weatherstone himself, who— Ah! I see you’ve already opened his Wikipedia page. And ope! You’re searching for instances of the word calipers. No good! You’ll want to try speculum, my lad! 022731
Reposted by Barry PleasuresWill Sommer @willsommer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026New development this afternoon: Ben Shapiro's pro-ICE movie has lost its right to film in a Montana town, after city officials voted to suspend their filming permit. bsky.app/profile/will... 793146638
Reposted by Barry PleasuresThe Bi of Hormuz @joshstein.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Disturbing 🧵 I work in DC, but it's part of my job that I don't speak to journalists; I prep people who do. One of the things that I've noticed is a significant deterioration in basic standards of practice, including respecting off the record communication and porting quotes from other contexts. 214332
Reposted by Barry PleasuresNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist. 5846831396
Reposted by Barry PleasuresAmanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026‘“The money should be granted as Congress intended, and essentially, they’re ignoring what Congress did,” said Representative Zoe Lofgren.’ The Trump White House is instead redirecting the money designated for basic research towards pet causes like AI 529196
Barry Pleasures @reetus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I am at this concert youtu.be/c_jomXhjUjIyoutu.beDancing roach | Live in concertYouTube video by Shrakman 010
Reposted by Barry PleasuresDan Marshall @danmarstp.marshallwords.com · 02/10/2026Well, Wes, this sent me down a bizarre astroturf rabbit hole. Let's see who the super creeps behind this are! WakeUpSaintPaul.org is a generic site with some bogus survey likely designed to collect names. It says its a "project of the Domestic Policy Caucus". 58133
Barry Pleasures @reetus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Doing pushups over Honey so each time I lower i can give her a little kiss 030
Reposted by Barry Pleasuresspooky rachel @introspectre.online · 02/10/2026send me your address so I can visit you & explain my passions 01206
Reposted by Barry PleasuresSir5000, was at Worlds/XP 😔 @sir.bsky.social · 02/10/2026🚫 NO SHNOOBS 🚫 163063
Reposted by Barry Pleasuresandré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026athletes and celebrities don't *have* to shill for harmful companies just because that's where the money is and it's refreshing to be reminded of that 540061
Reposted by Barry Pleasuresdaviss @daviss.org · 01/10/2026The family of Renee Good sues the ICE agent that shot her in the head before calling her a "fucking bitch" and then refusing to allow physicians to render aid. 0286
Reposted by Barry Pleasuresmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun. 168187824711
Reposted by Barry PleasuresLiliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The tortuous, botched execution of Christa Pike is truly horrifying. And while it feels unique in some ways, in reality it is also only the latest in a history of botched executions going back years — YEARS — in numerous states. Please know: this is the reality of the death penalty in this country. 111284376
Reposted by Barry Pleasuresjamie loftus @jamieloftus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026as always, the answer here is to listen to survivors and then to push for actual, meaningful change. but when that doesn't happen, the focus shifts to pressuring survivors to relive their trauma and share it in public forums, be confronted by it in public forums, and THEN have nothing happen 230023
Reposted by Barry PleasuresSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 30/09/2026To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states 125311169
Reposted by Barry PleasuresWes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Mayor Her needs to resign today. Full stop. 1110618
Barry Pleasures @reetus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026My Minnesotan ears perked up at her standard American accent pronunciation of dirtbag 160
Reposted by Barry PleasuresRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026These ads go in the same category as brazen, easily disproven lies after ICE killings. It’s not about persuasion. It’s a display of power. They could have passed them off as PAC-funded. They added “paid for by the U.S. government” because they want us to know they can break the law with impunity. 351630479
Reposted by Barry PleasuresBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 29/09/2026Third Way are weathervanes and this is what it feels like to have the wind at your back again 466179
Barry Pleasures @reetus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Hello. It is my birthday wish that you read this post and enjoy it. I certainly did bsky.app/profile/crus... 11190
Reposted by Barry PleasuresUSER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST @blockedforthispost.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Lovely young lady ! 🌷 2544