@barrymaxwell.bsky.social
Reposted
Reposted
I stand with salamanders, & against authoritoads.
June 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I stand with salamanders, & against authoritoads.
Who broke the internet today?
June 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Who broke the internet today?
@short-reads.org has been kind enough to drag me back out into the light. Thanks for giving this little birthday remembrance some love.
www.short-reads.org/celebration-...
www.short-reads.org/celebration-...
Celebration #50: August 2010
by Barry Maxwell | A birthday toast.
www.short-reads.org
May 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
@short-reads.org has been kind enough to drag me back out into the light. Thanks for giving this little birthday remembrance some love.
www.short-reads.org/celebration-...
www.short-reads.org/celebration-...
For Mother's Day: a good friend is the "Mediocre Mom" over on Substack. Have a look. They're witty, smart, and far from mediocre.
themediocremother.substack.com
themediocremother.substack.com
Wisdom of a Mediocre Mother | Substack
I am a mediocre mother and you can be too. Unprofessional advice and unresearched musings on kids, partners, love, failure, and the joy of being normal. Send me your questions and topics at dearmedioc...
themediocremother.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
For Mother's Day: a good friend is the "Mediocre Mom" over on Substack. Have a look. They're witty, smart, and far from mediocre.
themediocremother.substack.com
themediocremother.substack.com
It's always good news when The Beths have a new song out.
youtu.be/YrVEgP0LkDA
youtu.be/YrVEgP0LkDA
The Beths - "Metal" (Official)
YouTube video by The Beths
youtu.be
April 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It's always good news when The Beths have a new song out.
youtu.be/YrVEgP0LkDA
youtu.be/YrVEgP0LkDA
Does anyone know an ICE agent personally? Like, what sort of lives do they lead? Are they all die-hard MAGA types, running around in their off hours with the giant US flags and trailer hitch nutsacks hanging off their trucks? Do they have friends? Do they stomp kittens for kicks?
April 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Does anyone know an ICE agent personally? Like, what sort of lives do they lead? Are they all die-hard MAGA types, running around in their off hours with the giant US flags and trailer hitch nutsacks hanging off their trucks? Do they have friends? Do they stomp kittens for kicks?
Rwanda? WTF?
www.thehandbasket.co/p/us-rwanda-...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/us-rwanda-...
US “relocates” Iraqi refugee to Rwanda via new diplomatic arrangement
A State Department cable indicates at least 10 more people will be subjected to the same.
www.thehandbasket.co
April 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Rwanda? WTF?
www.thehandbasket.co/p/us-rwanda-...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/us-rwanda-...
I'm wondering about the roots of the El Salvadoran concentration camp arrangement, like when did Trump talk to this "cool" dictator about the whole thing? When was the contract signed, payments made? Do we do this with other countries? Are there other black holes out there under contract?
April 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I'm wondering about the roots of the El Salvadoran concentration camp arrangement, like when did Trump talk to this "cool" dictator about the whole thing? When was the contract signed, payments made? Do we do this with other countries? Are there other black holes out there under contract?
I feel like the new dictatorship is saying, "C'mon, hit me. Hit me. Plant one right here," so we'll throw a punch, giving them an excuse to bring out the guns.
April 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I feel like the new dictatorship is saying, "C'mon, hit me. Hit me. Plant one right here," so we'll throw a punch, giving them an excuse to bring out the guns.
Terminology matters.
~Deportation uses rule of law and a *process* to remove a person from a country.
~Rendition (or Extraordinary Rendition) "generally implies that transferred suspects have no access to the judicial system of the sending state to challenge their transfer."
~Deportation uses rule of law and a *process* to remove a person from a country.
~Rendition (or Extraordinary Rendition) "generally implies that transferred suspects have no access to the judicial system of the sending state to challenge their transfer."
April 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Terminology matters.
~Deportation uses rule of law and a *process* to remove a person from a country.
~Rendition (or Extraordinary Rendition) "generally implies that transferred suspects have no access to the judicial system of the sending state to challenge their transfer."
~Deportation uses rule of law and a *process* to remove a person from a country.
~Rendition (or Extraordinary Rendition) "generally implies that transferred suspects have no access to the judicial system of the sending state to challenge their transfer."
Reposted
I have therapy today. Will EMDR take the fascism away?
April 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I have therapy today. Will EMDR take the fascism away?
About student visas: The First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of speech, applies to everyone within U.S. borders, regardless of citizenship status or immigration status.
Inciting violence or other illegal activities fall outside that protection, but otherwise, protests and the like are fine.
Inciting violence or other illegal activities fall outside that protection, but otherwise, protests and the like are fine.
April 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
About student visas: The First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of speech, applies to everyone within U.S. borders, regardless of citizenship status or immigration status.
Inciting violence or other illegal activities fall outside that protection, but otherwise, protests and the like are fine.
Inciting violence or other illegal activities fall outside that protection, but otherwise, protests and the like are fine.
Reposted
I wish Trump had consulted with my writer's group before he decided to tank the economy. We would have had some good ideas for him on how to build tension without destroying the world. We could have helped him with character development too.
April 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I wish Trump had consulted with my writer's group before he decided to tank the economy. We would have had some good ideas for him on how to build tension without destroying the world. We could have helped him with character development too.
A friend of mine, one of those students I look at and ask "whaddya need *me* for?", just got published today! They're awesome. Check it out at Sweet:
sweetlit.org/shannon-dale...
sweetlit.org/shannon-dale...
Shannon Dale
What I Understand I dreamed of a man with a gun in a food store and how he brought me with him to a corner. What he wanted was to sleep, I needed to be unscared enough to take a gun. I smelled it o…
sweetlit.org
April 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A friend of mine, one of those students I look at and ask "whaddya need *me* for?", just got published today! They're awesome. Check it out at Sweet:
sweetlit.org/shannon-dale...
sweetlit.org/shannon-dale...
Reposted
Wrote a quick and dirty illustrated explainer on The Department of Education because if I have to hear any more misinformation about it I'm going to lose my goddamn mind. open.substack.com/pub/aubreyhi...
Some Facts on the Department of Education
because even the president seems to have no idea what they do
open.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Wrote a quick and dirty illustrated explainer on The Department of Education because if I have to hear any more misinformation about it I'm going to lose my goddamn mind. open.substack.com/pub/aubreyhi...
I'm checking the "my Social Security" page more obsessively than I've ever done with Submittable or while biting my nails over a late direct deposit. Uncertainty regarding the traditionally dependable things sucks, to say the least.
March 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I'm checking the "my Social Security" page more obsessively than I've ever done with Submittable or while biting my nails over a late direct deposit. Uncertainty regarding the traditionally dependable things sucks, to say the least.