Jason Barker
jhbarker.bsky.social
Jason Barker
@jhbarker.bsky.social
Physician and educator
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Watergate, but if someone was killed.
NYT confirming MS NOW reporting:

Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.

Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Brazen lying is a kind of flex. Claiming to believe this stuff is a way of signaling whose team you are on.
Noem: "Our operations are being conducted in a manner that is historic for accuracy for taking care of people and doing so safely"
January 24, 2026 at 10:52 PM
“the Social Security Administration had discovered a secret agreement between a DOGE employee and an unidentified political advocacy group.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump administration admits DOGE accessed personal Social Security data
A DOGE employee signed an agreement to share Social Security data with the aim of overturning election results in certain states, according to a new court filing.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.

www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court
James Rodden, who the Observer identified last year as the operator of the account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org
January 14, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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Congratulations to all the bankers, hedge-fund managers, private-equity honchos, tech titans, corporate executives and op-ed writers for backing the man who will do more to undermine the system that made them insanely wealthy than any other presidential candidate in their lifetimes.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank had been served grand jury subpoenas from the Justice Department threatening a criminal indictment, a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration’s attacks on the Fed.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Fed Served With DOJ Subpoenas, Powell Vows to Stand Firm
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank had been served grand jury subpoenas from the Justice Department threatening a criminal indictment, a dramatic escalation of the Trump admi...
www.bloomberg.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:08 AM
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So @tobymorton.bsky.social is a national treasure and Hilton is fucking up royally with this nonsense. www.hiltonice.com

cc: @kenwhite.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 1:48 AM
This, this, this. Apple has lost the plot on its interfaces. tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-i...
It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons
Looking at the first principles of icon design—and how Apple failed to apply all of them in macOS Tahoe
tonsky.me
January 5, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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Goodhart's law: Any observed statistical regularity will tend to collapse once pressure is placed upon it for control purposes.
December 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Censoring a story about the outsourced regime gulag is not consistent with freedom of speech. But it is consistent with the belief that “free speech” is when conservatives can say what they want and when you can say what they want.
December 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Monstrous narcissism.
Trump doubled down on attacking Rob Reiner after mocking the slain directing legend in a Truth Social post on Monday.

“I thought he was very bad for our country,” Trump added at the White House, calling Reiner “deranged."

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Trump’s problem with the “swamp”was that he wasn’t getting a cut. Now the corruption is just out in the open.
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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just to drive home the point. Texas created this map in August. the lower court rendered its decision November. So three months later, a year before the election in question.
The word "eve" is doing a lot of work here in the Court's 'decision'
December 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The consistent philosophy guiding Trump's pardons is just that he likes people who get convicted of fraud. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Trump pardons Climate Pledge Arena developer
Tim Leiweke was pardoned by the president on Tuesday, months after a federal indictment on bid-rigging charges involving the University of Texas at Austin.
www.seattletimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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A Threat to Evidence-Based Vaccine Policy and Public Health Security at the FDA: former FDA commissioners call out Dr. Prasad's departure from previous standards in @nejm.org www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
A Threat to Evidence-Based Vaccine Policy and Public Health Security at the FDA | NEJM
Twelve former commissioners of the FDA express concern that the agency’s recent moves will undermine a regulatory model designed to ensure vaccine safety, effectiveness, and availability.
www.nejm.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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wait hold up WHO is swatting indiana politicians over their refusal to redistrict and WHERE are the federal authorities

“the FBI did not respond to CNN’s request for comment on its role in the investigation”
Indiana’s governor and at least 8 lawmakers have been swatted or threatened as state Republicans face redistricting pressure | CNN Politics
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun said he and his family are among the Republicans targeted in a wave of threats against state officeholders this week as President Donald Trump pressures Hoosier State lawmakers...
www.cnn.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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My friend Jake (that’s Dr. Beck to you!) on the crisis in Texas universities.

www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
Professor: Texas used to have universities
Former Texas Tech professor takes issue with the actions of Texas universities to restrict what topics can be discussed. Doing so makes them something other...
www.dallasnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This is Figure 1. Was Nature hacked?
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.

Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Every accusation was a confession, part one zillion
November 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM