Paul Barber 🇨🇦🌈
@jpaulbarber.bsky.social
I'm unique, just like everyone else
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Reminded of the time that a BBC World Service presenter asked their guest how long there had been a Latino presence in Los Angeles and I yelled at my car stereo, “The name of the city is **LOS ANGELES**!”
I may have a stroke.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
January 31, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Reminded of the time that a BBC World Service presenter asked their guest how long there had been a Latino presence in Los Angeles and I yelled at my car stereo, “The name of the city is **LOS ANGELES**!”
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THIS 👇 IS TRUE......
January 30, 2026 at 10:55 AM
THIS 👇 IS TRUE......
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just choked on my beverage
January 29, 2026 at 11:19 PM
just choked on my beverage
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ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
January 29, 2026 at 4:45 PM
ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
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Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.
January 25, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.
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There is a new clinical trial that is recruiting for vulvodynia. This is a woefully under-researched aspect of women's care. Please help me spread the word. vajenda.substack.com/p/vulvodynia...
Vulvodynia isn't a Mystery. It's Underfunded.
A new clinical trial hopefully signals change
vajenda.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:28 AM
There is a new clinical trial that is recruiting for vulvodynia. This is a woefully under-researched aspect of women's care. Please help me spread the word. vajenda.substack.com/p/vulvodynia...
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Spotted on a Seattle building
#AbolishICE
#AbolishICE
January 28, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Spotted on a Seattle building
#AbolishICE
#AbolishICE
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"We are going to create a database, a list, we're going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods know exactly who to send those pies and fruit baskets to. We are going to give these people bragging rights like you wouldn't believe.
These guys aren't gonna need to buy a drink for a week."
These guys aren't gonna need to buy a drink for a week."
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Story: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 27, 2026 at 7:56 PM
"We are going to create a database, a list, we're going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods know exactly who to send those pies and fruit baskets to. We are going to give these people bragging rights like you wouldn't believe.
These guys aren't gonna need to buy a drink for a week."
These guys aren't gonna need to buy a drink for a week."
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If the Democrats do not *immediately* promote the Donald Trump "You can't have guns. You just can't" Gun Control Act, there is no point to their existence.
Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."
January 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
If the Democrats do not *immediately* promote the Donald Trump "You can't have guns. You just can't" Gun Control Act, there is no point to their existence.
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The guy genuinely gave a shit.
And the empathy vampires murdered him for it.
And the empathy vampires murdered him for it.
CNN reporting that a week before Alex Pretti was killed, 5 agents tackled him and he suffered a broken rib. CNN says he stopped his car after he saw ICE agents interacting with a family on foot and began to blow his whistle. Source tells CNN Pretti believed “That day he thought he was going to die”
January 27, 2026 at 5:32 PM
The guy genuinely gave a shit.
And the empathy vampires murdered him for it.
And the empathy vampires murdered him for it.
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I think we should start saying that Minnesota is a "natural partner for Canada" and would make a good 11th province. We offer healthcare, dental care, daycare, reproductive freedom, sensible gun laws, respect for multiculturalism, LGBTQ+ respect, and know how to drive in the snow. #cdnpoli #USpoli
And so it begins. The payback for standing up to Trump is coming. Count on Trump and MAGA Maple attempting to tear our nation apart by reaching out to the false losers in the Alberta separatist party and Donbass Danielle Smith. Watch the traitors come out from under their rocks.
January 27, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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i’m a librarian and i really love archivists and their mission. we librarians serve the people of the present. archivists serve posterity.
January 25, 2026 at 2:17 AM
i’m a librarian and i really love archivists and their mission. we librarians serve the people of the present. archivists serve posterity.
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BREAKING! Las Vegas promoters offer to accept Canadian dollars at par, and free cab rides to hospital after ICE agents beat the living shit out of you for being a foreigner.
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
‘We miss our best friends’: Las Vegas hotels accepting Canadian dollar at par to spark tourism
Three downtown Las Vegas hotels have begun accepting the Canadian dollar at par with the American dollar in an effort to spur Canuck travel.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 23, 2026 at 2:04 PM
BREAKING! Las Vegas promoters offer to accept Canadian dollars at par, and free cab rides to hospital after ICE agents beat the living shit out of you for being a foreigner.
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
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People keep trying to diagnose Trump based on the wine-colored stain on his hand without considering the obvious answer. (It is a metaphorical representation of his sin he cannot scrub out no matter how hard he tries.)
January 22, 2026 at 5:28 PM
People keep trying to diagnose Trump based on the wine-colored stain on his hand without considering the obvious answer. (It is a metaphorical representation of his sin he cannot scrub out no matter how hard he tries.)
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some LORE is once the former owner of a house we were living in showed up and wanted to say hi and look around
she got a little teary mid visit and was like, “I was just in Witness Protection for SO LONG, but it all looks the same”
she left and we never learned more
she got a little teary mid visit and was like, “I was just in Witness Protection for SO LONG, but it all looks the same”
she left and we never learned more
January 21, 2026 at 11:03 PM
some LORE is once the former owner of a house we were living in showed up and wanted to say hi and look around
she got a little teary mid visit and was like, “I was just in Witness Protection for SO LONG, but it all looks the same”
she left and we never learned more
she got a little teary mid visit and was like, “I was just in Witness Protection for SO LONG, but it all looks the same”
she left and we never learned more
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is it a good sign that 2 people you've invited to be on your "Board of Peace" can't join you in Switzerland because they would be arrested for war crimes?
January 22, 2026 at 2:32 PM
is it a good sign that 2 people you've invited to be on your "Board of Peace" can't join you in Switzerland because they would be arrested for war crimes?
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This was posted by @mambarlife.bsky.social in the Other Place and it’s too good not to share it.
January 21, 2026 at 3:03 PM
This was posted by @mambarlife.bsky.social in the Other Place and it’s too good not to share it.
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Almost certainly the best thing I was ever told about owls was when I met an owl handler at an owl sanctuary and he told me that the wild owls who lived near the sanctuary worried about the tame show owls there and sometimes stopped by to leave them shrews and mice as presents.
December 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Almost certainly the best thing I was ever told about owls was when I met an owl handler at an owl sanctuary and he told me that the wild owls who lived near the sanctuary worried about the tame show owls there and sometimes stopped by to leave them shrews and mice as presents.
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It’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.
January 20, 2026 at 9:37 AM
It’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.
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John Birch Society having a totally normal moment.
January 20, 2026 at 3:27 AM
John Birch Society having a totally normal moment.
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Facebook memories reminded me this morning of the penguin that moulted to become French
January 20, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Facebook memories reminded me this morning of the penguin that moulted to become French
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the knitters too. this is the top pattern on ravelry right now
January 19, 2026 at 4:40 AM
the knitters too. this is the top pattern on ravelry right now
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The Nobel Peace Prize becoming so prestigious that wars are fought over a head of state coveting it is some real monkey paw stuff for Alfred Nobel.
January 19, 2026 at 8:47 AM
The Nobel Peace Prize becoming so prestigious that wars are fought over a head of state coveting it is some real monkey paw stuff for Alfred Nobel.
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If you're looking for a sign to switch careers: this is the sign.
January 18, 2026 at 12:44 AM
If you're looking for a sign to switch careers: this is the sign.