K Barn
@karlbarn.bsky.social
Brood mother π, union hoser β, ally π³οΈβππ΅πΈπ¨π³π»πͺ π¨π©, formo journo, filthy leftist.
F*k capitalism. Go home.
F*k capitalism. Go home.
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K Barn
@karlbarn.bsky.social
Β· Apr 14
When people say voting strategically is harm reduction my question is:
Harm reduction for who, to what extent, for how long, and at the cost of whose lives and exploitation globally?
Harm reduction for who, to what extent, for how long, and at the cost of whose lives and exploitation globally?
Keep up the great work and don't stop being friggin weird
a group of men are standing in a cemetery and one of them is wearing a green hat
Alt: Danny Devito as Frank Reynolds outlines his life philosophy of garbage and debauchery
media.tenor.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Keep up the great work and don't stop being friggin weird
Home Safety Hotline was phenomenal and this is no different! So psyched after playing this demo
January 17, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Home Safety Hotline was phenomenal and this is no different! So psyched after playing this demo
I think I need to start listening to this.
The reading of JRR Tolkien's take on aircraft is fantastic. I knew Tolkien's work was informed by an anti-war sentiment but didn't know this dude went so hard on it. Is Tolkien based?
The reading of JRR Tolkien's take on aircraft is fantastic. I knew Tolkien's work was informed by an anti-war sentiment but didn't know this dude went so hard on it. Is Tolkien based?
Ever wonder βwhat did Tolkien think of the plane?β Or βwhat if goblins were played by the Beastie Boys?β Well, Iβve got the show for you.
SHELVED BY GENRE awakens far below the Misty Mountains, and with riddles and talking eagles and exploding pine cones, the hosts continue their discussion of THE HOBBIT! Also, we learn so much about what Tolkien thought of airplanes. rangedtouch.com/2026/01/16/t...
January 16, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I think I need to start listening to this.
The reading of JRR Tolkien's take on aircraft is fantastic. I knew Tolkien's work was informed by an anti-war sentiment but didn't know this dude went so hard on it. Is Tolkien based?
The reading of JRR Tolkien's take on aircraft is fantastic. I knew Tolkien's work was informed by an anti-war sentiment but didn't know this dude went so hard on it. Is Tolkien based?
You mean Spotify? π― agree. All that plus their CEO investing in an AI drone strike company got me to switch over to Qobuz. Spotify was already crap to boot with lousy podcast integration and persistent price creep and feature bloat
January 15, 2026 at 11:00 PM
You mean Spotify? π― agree. All that plus their CEO investing in an AI drone strike company got me to switch over to Qobuz. Spotify was already crap to boot with lousy podcast integration and persistent price creep and feature bloat
Google/YouTube is also super fraught but I respect your take 100%!
Dunno if this helps but Beaverton also puts their podcast on other apps like Podbean, Podcast Addict (my personal fave), Apple, etc
Dunno if this helps but Beaverton also puts their podcast on other apps like Podbean, Podcast Addict (my personal fave), Apple, etc
January 14, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Google/YouTube is also super fraught but I respect your take 100%!
Dunno if this helps but Beaverton also puts their podcast on other apps like Podbean, Podcast Addict (my personal fave), Apple, etc
Dunno if this helps but Beaverton also puts their podcast on other apps like Podbean, Podcast Addict (my personal fave), Apple, etc
AOC: This is the cost of cuts.
Also AOC/Bernie: More money for israel
Also AOC/Bernie: More money for israel
January 13, 2026 at 3:34 AM
AOC: This is the cost of cuts.
Also AOC/Bernie: More money for israel
Also AOC/Bernie: More money for israel
An old game dev acquaintance of mine has taught me that Elon is also known as "corpse lips" π
Who would've thought some egotistical manchild who banged his step daughters and paid people to play Path of Exile 2 for him because he sucks at it is also into harassing women and kiddy porn
Who would've thought some egotistical manchild who banged his step daughters and paid people to play Path of Exile 2 for him because he sucks at it is also into harassing women and kiddy porn
January 10, 2026 at 12:48 AM
An old game dev acquaintance of mine has taught me that Elon is also known as "corpse lips" π
Who would've thought some egotistical manchild who banged his step daughters and paid people to play Path of Exile 2 for him because he sucks at it is also into harassing women and kiddy porn
Who would've thought some egotistical manchild who banged his step daughters and paid people to play Path of Exile 2 for him because he sucks at it is also into harassing women and kiddy porn
No apology needed! I won't even wade through the cold war prop about the Holodomor, but enjoy the Prishad read! The Tricontinental institute is based AF. They're spot on about Cuba, China, Libya, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
It's a great starting point to understand imperialism and US foreign policy
It's a great starting point to understand imperialism and US foreign policy
January 10, 2026 at 12:46 AM
No apology needed! I won't even wade through the cold war prop about the Holodomor, but enjoy the Prishad read! The Tricontinental institute is based AF. They're spot on about Cuba, China, Libya, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
It's a great starting point to understand imperialism and US foreign policy
It's a great starting point to understand imperialism and US foreign policy
As an aside, Grumpyfish, huge appreciation for the convo. Shit like this is what's made Bluesky so much more refreshing than the bot-laden AI slop filled cesspool of meta platforms. Keep on keeping on ββ€οΈ
January 9, 2026 at 1:48 PM
As an aside, Grumpyfish, huge appreciation for the convo. Shit like this is what's made Bluesky so much more refreshing than the bot-laden AI slop filled cesspool of meta platforms. Keep on keeping on ββ€οΈ
And for yourselves, I hope! I love it when devs just get weird with it and do so many different projects, a la Strange Scaffold, Double fine, etc. Game dev sounds like even more of a hell than it used to be but I hope that creative freedom is more than just a small balm in that environment
January 9, 2026 at 1:47 PM
And for yourselves, I hope! I love it when devs just get weird with it and do so many different projects, a la Strange Scaffold, Double fine, etc. Game dev sounds like even more of a hell than it used to be but I hope that creative freedom is more than just a small balm in that environment
Sorry fellow Ukie, but with the reputation of the US and it's hard power tool, NATO's reputation as the most violent powerful empire we've ever seen (see: Washington Bullets by V Prishad, The Withdrawal by N Chomsky), there's no both-sides-ing the commies into being just as bad. That's NATO prop
January 9, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Sorry fellow Ukie, but with the reputation of the US and it's hard power tool, NATO's reputation as the most violent powerful empire we've ever seen (see: Washington Bullets by V Prishad, The Withdrawal by N Chomsky), there's no both-sides-ing the commies into being just as bad. That's NATO prop
For those hearing about Russia's role in the war for the first time, history enthusiast Dan Carlin's podcast, Hardcore History, did a phenomenal multi-part series on it called "Ghosts of the Austfront." Carlin is very pro American, Pro-Churchill (even tho Churchill's a racist monster) but he's great
January 9, 2026 at 12:47 PM
For those hearing about Russia's role in the war for the first time, history enthusiast Dan Carlin's podcast, Hardcore History, did a phenomenal multi-part series on it called "Ghosts of the Austfront." Carlin is very pro American, Pro-Churchill (even tho Churchill's a racist monster) but he's great
Def with a grain of salt but there's definitely something to that, even amidst how the soviets and communist & anarchist partisans all around the continent were executing Nazis, collaborators, and even Mussolini when they heard the Allies wanted to take him alive.
January 9, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Def with a grain of salt but there's definitely something to that, even amidst how the soviets and communist & anarchist partisans all around the continent were executing Nazis, collaborators, and even Mussolini when they heard the Allies wanted to take him alive.
Send me some deets/point me in the direction to read more on the former!
To dovetail onto your last point, there were two points in NATO history where that organization, a mechanism of US hard power and anti socialism in general, was lead by a Nazi.
To dovetail onto your last point, there were two points in NATO history where that organization, a mechanism of US hard power and anti socialism in general, was lead by a Nazi.
January 8, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Send me some deets/point me in the direction to read more on the former!
To dovetail onto your last point, there were two points in NATO history where that organization, a mechanism of US hard power and anti socialism in general, was lead by a Nazi.
To dovetail onto your last point, there were two points in NATO history where that organization, a mechanism of US hard power and anti socialism in general, was lead by a Nazi.
Also, Coup de Grace by Sofia Aijram. It's House of Leaves in the Montreal subway where the writing style morphs over time to fit the protagonists deteriorating sanity
January 8, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Also, Coup de Grace by Sofia Aijram. It's House of Leaves in the Montreal subway where the writing style morphs over time to fit the protagonists deteriorating sanity
Cuckoo, by Gretchen Felker Martin. It's The Thing meets a pray away the gay camp
January 8, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Cuckoo, by Gretchen Felker Martin. It's The Thing meets a pray away the gay camp
So psyched for this! Game Bakers just keeps knocking it out of the park
January 7, 2026 at 10:54 PM
So psyched for this! Game Bakers just keeps knocking it out of the park
Copaganda is such a based book. It was available at my local library. Highly recommended!
January 7, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Copaganda is such a based book. It was available at my local library. Highly recommended!
100%
The Russians paid the biggest price to defeat the Nazis. The US went and hired them after (see: Operation Paperclip). Canada, my country, sheltered them and even honoured them as well (2 monuments in Edmonton to Nazis, Victims of Communism monument)
The Russians paid the biggest price to defeat the Nazis. The US went and hired them after (see: Operation Paperclip). Canada, my country, sheltered them and even honoured them as well (2 monuments in Edmonton to Nazis, Victims of Communism monument)
January 7, 2026 at 10:51 PM
100%
The Russians paid the biggest price to defeat the Nazis. The US went and hired them after (see: Operation Paperclip). Canada, my country, sheltered them and even honoured them as well (2 monuments in Edmonton to Nazis, Victims of Communism monument)
The Russians paid the biggest price to defeat the Nazis. The US went and hired them after (see: Operation Paperclip). Canada, my country, sheltered them and even honoured them as well (2 monuments in Edmonton to Nazis, Victims of Communism monument)
Same energy. The account self identifies as a troll account then engages in bad faith in a conversation about union busting and complains no one is debating them on it π
Sometimes we all need a reminder that some accounts on the internet are real, they're just run by kids.
Sometimes we all need a reminder that some accounts on the internet are real, they're just run by kids.
January 7, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Same energy. The account self identifies as a troll account then engages in bad faith in a conversation about union busting and complains no one is debating them on it π
Sometimes we all need a reminder that some accounts on the internet are real, they're just run by kids.
Sometimes we all need a reminder that some accounts on the internet are real, they're just run by kids.
We should totally engage the obvious troll accounts in the wonderful marketplace of ideas #NickFuentes #JordanPeterson
January 7, 2026 at 7:09 PM
We should totally engage the obvious troll accounts in the wonderful marketplace of ideas #NickFuentes #JordanPeterson
That Noto troll account even has the wildlife identification tag for trolls of an anime profile picture to help differentiate them from all the other corpo astroturfers. Very helpful
January 7, 2026 at 6:42 PM
That Noto troll account even has the wildlife identification tag for trolls of an anime profile picture to help differentiate them from all the other corpo astroturfers. Very helpful
Speaking as a unionist here in Canada, labour has reached the limit of what gains it can accomplish through legal means.
It's time to get back to sympathy strikes, meaningful coalition building, and legislative defiance.
It's time to get back to sympathy strikes, meaningful coalition building, and legislative defiance.
January 7, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Speaking as a unionist here in Canada, labour has reached the limit of what gains it can accomplish through legal means.
It's time to get back to sympathy strikes, meaningful coalition building, and legislative defiance.
It's time to get back to sympathy strikes, meaningful coalition building, and legislative defiance.
Rhymes with boycott Ubisoft (and Microsoft, imo)
January 7, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Rhymes with boycott Ubisoft (and Microsoft, imo)