Barry Lyons
@lyonsnyc.bsky.social
Things on my mind: tax the rich, ramp up green energy, restore Roe v. Wade. Some stuff I've written—on the Beatles, the Second Amendment, Indiana Jones, and other sundry things—can be found here: lyonsnyc.medium.com/follow
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Don’t Reschedule Cannabis
Remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act altogether
lyonsnyc.medium.com
Trump signed an order that would downgrade cannabis's status within the Controlled Substance Act. This is only mildly good news (Schedule III is better than Schedule I) because cannabis should be *removed* from the CSA. I wrote about this last year: lyonsnyc.medium.com/dont-resched...
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The "lost the rest of my barbershop quartet" guy thinks it's his politics that keep the roles away
December 29, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The "lost the rest of my barbershop quartet" guy thinks it's his politics that keep the roles away
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Future Darwin Awards recipients
Caution urged after trespassers get too close to Kilauea eruption
One of the men threw a shaka at the livestream camera.
www.hawaiinewsnow.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Future Darwin Awards recipients
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His time as a comedian is serving him well. He can play the straight man when insanity is happening around him.
December 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM
His time as a comedian is serving him well. He can play the straight man when insanity is happening around him.
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It’s truly amazing how Zelensky is able to see up close and personal what Putin is doing to his country and its people day after day with barbarity and cruelty, then stand next to Trump without losing it while he makes asinine statements expressing sympathy for the mass murderer.
December 29, 2025 at 2:09 AM
It’s truly amazing how Zelensky is able to see up close and personal what Putin is doing to his country and its people day after day with barbarity and cruelty, then stand next to Trump without losing it while he makes asinine statements expressing sympathy for the mass murderer.
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you, an idiot: we should have universal health care
me, a TV genius: the average american is going to lose 400 pounds next year
me, a TV genius: the average american is going to lose 400 pounds next year
Oz: We thought it was 125 million pounds. Our estimate is Americans will lose 135 billion pounds by the midterms
December 29, 2025 at 2:05 AM
you, an idiot: we should have universal health care
me, a TV genius: the average american is going to lose 400 pounds next year
me, a TV genius: the average american is going to lose 400 pounds next year
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It would be far less time-consuming to count down the number of times he accidentally told the truth. shorturl.at/j6eU3
CNN’s Daniel Dale Counts Down Donald Trump’s ‘Top 25 Lies of 2025’
CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale recounted 25 of Donald Trump's "top lies of 2025," although the journalist confessed it was hard to choose "only 25."
shorturl.at
December 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
It would be far less time-consuming to count down the number of times he accidentally told the truth. shorturl.at/j6eU3
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A reminder: Russia doesn’t want/need Donbas; it isn’t historically/ethnically special. Ru wants all of Ukraine. Receiving the heavily fortified Donbas towns it couldn’t conquer for 11+ yrs on a silver platter from Trump would allow Ru an easier 2nd march on Kyiv. That’s what Pu is focusing on now.
December 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A reminder: Russia doesn’t want/need Donbas; it isn’t historically/ethnically special. Ru wants all of Ukraine. Receiving the heavily fortified Donbas towns it couldn’t conquer for 11+ yrs on a silver platter from Trump would allow Ru an easier 2nd march on Kyiv. That’s what Pu is focusing on now.
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Wonderful. A wounded animal with nuclear weapons. What could possibly go wrong?
December 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Wonderful. A wounded animal with nuclear weapons. What could possibly go wrong?
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It's always a smart idea to check in with your boss after a strategy meeting
Trump says he's going to talk to Putin on the phone *again* after he meets with Zelenskyy
December 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It's always a smart idea to check in with your boss after a strategy meeting
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“it is illegal for you not to like me”
This is the logical and inevitable conclusion of the last decade of elite media "free speech" discourse.
December 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
“it is illegal for you not to like me”
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“Woman Enjoying Career Literally Made Possible by Feminism Declares Feminism a Failure”
December 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
“Woman Enjoying Career Literally Made Possible by Feminism Declares Feminism a Failure”
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"Surely, we have emergency brakes to stop these kinds of things. Someone will intervene. I would look into who that is supposed to be exactly, but this glockenspiel isn’t going to tune itself." #McSweeneysTop25of2025
I’m a German Citizen in 1933, and Is It Just Me or Is It Really Hard to Get Any Work Done Right Now?
Our 25th most-read article of 2025. - - -Guten tag. I’m just wondering if anybody else can relate to this feeling I’ve been having that I just can...
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December 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"Surely, we have emergency brakes to stop these kinds of things. Someone will intervene. I would look into who that is supposed to be exactly, but this glockenspiel isn’t going to tune itself." #McSweeneysTop25of2025
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And to think a soft, dainty-handed, brittle, sociopathic, bougie dilettante in the White House is about to sell out their sacrifice because he's hopelessly compromised by Putin.
💔🙏Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers are celebrating Christmas today in the trenches while holding the line against Russian aggression
They're doing it for their nation's survival & for Europe's security
Merry Christmas to all of them & their families. May they reunite soon
They're doing it for their nation's survival & for Europe's security
Merry Christmas to all of them & their families. May they reunite soon
December 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
And to think a soft, dainty-handed, brittle, sociopathic, bougie dilettante in the White House is about to sell out their sacrifice because he's hopelessly compromised by Putin.
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Some dark and somber music for today: Penderecki's Symphony No. 2. Some of the comments:
"Sounds more like Christmas in Mordor"
"The Scrooge of classical music"
"A very scary Christmastime"
"Not hearing any sleigh bells, so by law this can't be a Christmas symphony"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXBW...
"Sounds more like Christmas in Mordor"
"The Scrooge of classical music"
"A very scary Christmastime"
"Not hearing any sleigh bells, so by law this can't be a Christmas symphony"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXBW...
Krzysztof Penderecki: Symphony No.2 "Christmas Symphony" (1979/1980)
YouTube video by Wellesz Theatre.
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Some dark and somber music for today: Penderecki's Symphony No. 2. Some of the comments:
"Sounds more like Christmas in Mordor"
"The Scrooge of classical music"
"A very scary Christmastime"
"Not hearing any sleigh bells, so by law this can't be a Christmas symphony"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXBW...
"Sounds more like Christmas in Mordor"
"The Scrooge of classical music"
"A very scary Christmastime"
"Not hearing any sleigh bells, so by law this can't be a Christmas symphony"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXBW...
I'm used to associating the word "spiked" with secretly adding a drug to food or drink. But ever since Sunday night I've heard countless people say the 60 Minutes CECOT segment was "spiked." I wasn't aware of this other definition. But why "spiked"? Why not just say the story was pulled or killed?
December 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I'm used to associating the word "spiked" with secretly adding a drug to food or drink. But ever since Sunday night I've heard countless people say the 60 Minutes CECOT segment was "spiked." I wasn't aware of this other definition. But why "spiked"? Why not just say the story was pulled or killed?
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The Ellisons want Trump’s support for their hostile takeover of Warner Bros.
But Trump has been unhappy with recent episodes of 60 Minutes — hence the CECOT segment removal.
Business leaders and the press surrendering to Trump is a danger to us all.
A tyrant can't be appeased.
But Trump has been unhappy with recent episodes of 60 Minutes — hence the CECOT segment removal.
Business leaders and the press surrendering to Trump is a danger to us all.
A tyrant can't be appeased.
December 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The Ellisons want Trump’s support for their hostile takeover of Warner Bros.
But Trump has been unhappy with recent episodes of 60 Minutes — hence the CECOT segment removal.
Business leaders and the press surrendering to Trump is a danger to us all.
A tyrant can't be appeased.
But Trump has been unhappy with recent episodes of 60 Minutes — hence the CECOT segment removal.
Business leaders and the press surrendering to Trump is a danger to us all.
A tyrant can't be appeased.
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There's no such thing as an informed centrist.
"Centrism" is not an ideology. The term is what conservatives who are too ignorant or dishonest call themselves.
"Centrism" is not an ideology. The term is what conservatives who are too ignorant or dishonest call themselves.
December 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
There's no such thing as an informed centrist.
"Centrism" is not an ideology. The term is what conservatives who are too ignorant or dishonest call themselves.
"Centrism" is not an ideology. The term is what conservatives who are too ignorant or dishonest call themselves.
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This could wind up being the most-watched newsmagazine segment in television history!!
Congratulations to the Ellisons and Bari Weiss!!!
Congratulations to the Ellisons and Bari Weiss!!!
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This could wind up being the most-watched newsmagazine segment in television history!!
Congratulations to the Ellisons and Bari Weiss!!!
Congratulations to the Ellisons and Bari Weiss!!!
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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Bari Weiss doesn't want you to see this unless it includes "the other side" from an administration official
December 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Bari Weiss doesn't want you to see this unless it includes "the other side" from an administration official
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If SNL had written this a week ago I'd have rolled my eyes
Ericka Kirk accidentally slips and tells the truth about the grift.
December 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
If SNL had written this a week ago I'd have rolled my eyes
"When Trump tore down the East Wing, his henchmen concealed the rubble from public view, as if they knew on some fundamental level that it was wrong. The next president should make the ballroom’s fate a cause for public celebration." newrepublic.com/article/2046...
The Immanent Joy of Detrumpification
As the president graffitis his name to beloved institutions and builds monuments to his own vanity, we must focus on how much fun it will be to tear it all down.
newrepublic.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
"When Trump tore down the East Wing, his henchmen concealed the rubble from public view, as if they knew on some fundamental level that it was wrong. The next president should make the ballroom’s fate a cause for public celebration." newrepublic.com/article/2046...
"The next administration must commit itself ... to purging the aesthetic rot of Trump’s second term from our national life."
It will not be enough to simply reverse Trump’s policies and executive orders when a new Democratic president takes office. The next administration must commit itself in addition to purging the aesthetic rot of Trump’s second term from our national life. trib.al/SgJQZhz
December 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
"The next administration must commit itself ... to purging the aesthetic rot of Trump’s second term from our national life."