T. W. Barber
@twbarber.bsky.social
Author, firefighter, witch, professional weird person | He/him | ADHD | Bi 🏳️🌈 | #amquerying #fantasy #horror #BLM
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They know that we know they're paedophiles. They don't care.
They know this war is illegal. They don't care.
They know they're white supremacists. They don't care.
They know they're bigoted shitheels. They. Don't. Care.
WWII went down the way it did for a reason.
They know this war is illegal. They don't care.
They know they're white supremacists. They don't care.
They know they're bigoted shitheels. They. Don't. Care.
WWII went down the way it did for a reason.
January 4, 2026 at 2:41 AM
They know that we know they're paedophiles. They don't care.
They know this war is illegal. They don't care.
They know they're white supremacists. They don't care.
They know they're bigoted shitheels. They. Don't. Care.
WWII went down the way it did for a reason.
They know this war is illegal. They don't care.
They know they're white supremacists. They don't care.
They know they're bigoted shitheels. They. Don't. Care.
WWII went down the way it did for a reason.
I wonder if anyone else loves Rage Against The Machine, but wishes it had less, yknow, rage
January 4, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I wonder if anyone else loves Rage Against The Machine, but wishes it had less, yknow, rage
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The “peace” President has started a war.
He'll start a war to:
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
January 3, 2026 at 6:20 PM
The “peace” President has started a war.
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If the Bot is capable of producing CSAM doesn't that mean it has CSAM somewhere in its training data ? Shouldn't that be investigated?
January 2, 2026 at 4:04 PM
If the Bot is capable of producing CSAM doesn't that mean it has CSAM somewhere in its training data ? Shouldn't that be investigated?
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"AI" is and for a very long time has been a term used for obfuscation, occultation, and sleight of hand; but any sufficiently transparent magic is indistinguishable from technology.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...
January 2, 2026 at 10:04 PM
"AI" is and for a very long time has been a term used for obfuscation, occultation, and sleight of hand; but any sufficiently transparent magic is indistinguishable from technology.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...
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Trump is closing NASA's largest research library, which contains massive collection of undigitized and irreplaceable materials, planning to throw away what isn't warehoused.
The casual and thoughtless damage is stunning. Donald Trump brings nothing but destruction.
The casual and thoughtless damage is stunning. Donald Trump brings nothing but destruction.
January 2, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Trump is closing NASA's largest research library, which contains massive collection of undigitized and irreplaceable materials, planning to throw away what isn't warehoused.
The casual and thoughtless damage is stunning. Donald Trump brings nothing but destruction.
The casual and thoughtless damage is stunning. Donald Trump brings nothing but destruction.
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The tl;dr for writers is — we are human, we write the books, and we are going to fucking win.
Here’s the inspiration I needed for the new year. Thanks @chuckwendig.bsky.social
Writer Resolution 2026: Wield The Weapon That Is You
It’s never precisely easy to be a writer — professional or otherwise. I mean, it’s easy in the sense of, hey, anybody can open a word processor and start (fiercely or methodically…
terribleminds.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:06 PM
The tl;dr for writers is — we are human, we write the books, and we are going to fucking win.
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ANYWAY, HAPPY NEW YEAR, FRIENDS AND READERS AND FELLOW WEIRDOS
*holds up the carcass of 2025 to let 2026 know we are without mercy, so it better be on its best goddamn behavior*
*holds up the carcass of 2025 to let 2026 know we are without mercy, so it better be on its best goddamn behavior*
January 1, 2026 at 2:45 PM
ANYWAY, HAPPY NEW YEAR, FRIENDS AND READERS AND FELLOW WEIRDOS
*holds up the carcass of 2025 to let 2026 know we are without mercy, so it better be on its best goddamn behavior*
*holds up the carcass of 2025 to let 2026 know we are without mercy, so it better be on its best goddamn behavior*
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In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."
December 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."
Going into 2026 like
January 1, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Going into 2026 like
People who are scared and stupid are easy to control. Big tech is jamming AI into everything so that they can do our thinking for us, and we should all be very worried about that.
December 31, 2025 at 3:53 AM
People who are scared and stupid are easy to control. Big tech is jamming AI into everything so that they can do our thinking for us, and we should all be very worried about that.
My guy, there are plenty of conservative actors out there getting work. Perhaps it is time to acknowledge that you are not very good.
The "lost the rest of my barbershop quartet" guy thinks it's his politics that keep the roles away
December 30, 2025 at 3:12 AM
My guy, there are plenty of conservative actors out there getting work. Perhaps it is time to acknowledge that you are not very good.
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Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
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I think people underestimate how many of us would go out there and fix social infrastructure that we have been FURIOUS about for years if we simply had the means to do so and weren’t all reliant on a paycheck to survive.
December 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I think people underestimate how many of us would go out there and fix social infrastructure that we have been FURIOUS about for years if we simply had the means to do so and weren’t all reliant on a paycheck to survive.
No, see, it's actually better that they lost, because if they were good at the thing it wouldn't have been brave to challenge a champion boxer, so getting clobbered in the face and getting an amateur rhinoplasty *ackshually* shows how ALPHA they are!
/s, obviously
/s, obviously
3 days of watching red pill men trying to turn both Andrew Tate and Jake Paul’s blubbering losses into wins by saying “losing is winning actually” in increasing panic.
December 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
No, see, it's actually better that they lost, because if they were good at the thing it wouldn't have been brave to challenge a champion boxer, so getting clobbered in the face and getting an amateur rhinoplasty *ackshually* shows how ALPHA they are!
/s, obviously
/s, obviously
Gonna have to go with the 2009 indie sf/f flick "Ink". Got big "City Of Lost Children" vibes, some very cool stuff going on narratively, fantastical visuals. I love this movie even though it always falls just short of being great due to $, and I desperately wish someone could give this guy a budget.
December 27, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Gonna have to go with the 2009 indie sf/f flick "Ink". Got big "City Of Lost Children" vibes, some very cool stuff going on narratively, fantastical visuals. I love this movie even though it always falls just short of being great due to $, and I desperately wish someone could give this guy a budget.
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HISTORY REPEATS…👇
“It was not Hitler or Himmler who abducted me, beat me and shot my family. It was the shoemaker, the milkman, the neighbor, who received a uniform and then believed they were the master race."
~ Karl Stojka, Auschwitz survivor
“It was not Hitler or Himmler who abducted me, beat me and shot my family. It was the shoemaker, the milkman, the neighbor, who received a uniform and then believed they were the master race."
~ Karl Stojka, Auschwitz survivor
December 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
HISTORY REPEATS…👇
“It was not Hitler or Himmler who abducted me, beat me and shot my family. It was the shoemaker, the milkman, the neighbor, who received a uniform and then believed they were the master race."
~ Karl Stojka, Auschwitz survivor
“It was not Hitler or Himmler who abducted me, beat me and shot my family. It was the shoemaker, the milkman, the neighbor, who received a uniform and then believed they were the master race."
~ Karl Stojka, Auschwitz survivor
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Peeps, you DO realize that our non-white friends and neighbors...are now carrying their birth certificates and passports so they can PROVE they are US citizens "just in case"?
There is NO version of America where this is OK. Defund ICE. Restore due process and rule of law.
There is NO version of America where this is OK. Defund ICE. Restore due process and rule of law.
December 26, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Peeps, you DO realize that our non-white friends and neighbors...are now carrying their birth certificates and passports so they can PROVE they are US citizens "just in case"?
There is NO version of America where this is OK. Defund ICE. Restore due process and rule of law.
There is NO version of America where this is OK. Defund ICE. Restore due process and rule of law.
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Let me get my favourite Frantz Fanon quote
December 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Let me get my favourite Frantz Fanon quote
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"It is logically impossible to simultaneously be evil, corrupt, and incompetent" is an absolutely amazing take to have in the year of 2025
December 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"It is logically impossible to simultaneously be evil, corrupt, and incompetent" is an absolutely amazing take to have in the year of 2025
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397 mass shootings in the US in 2025 up to Nov 30.
1 mass shooting in Australia since 1996.
1 mass shooting in Australia since 1996.
December 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
397 mass shootings in the US in 2025 up to Nov 30.
1 mass shooting in Australia since 1996.
1 mass shooting in Australia since 1996.
If anyone has 30 minutes to burn I can tell them why this image pisses me off so much
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
If anyone has 30 minutes to burn I can tell them why this image pisses me off so much
Holy shit
1. For at least 10 years, Pepsi has conspired with Walmart to force up grocery prices. That’s the shocking evidence made public today in an unsealed FTC lawsuit. The suit was abandoned in May by the Trump FTC just before it was to be un-redacted. We went to court to get it unsealed & won.
December 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Holy shit
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Charlie Kirk was a hateful, divisive, racist, homophobic, transphobic, misogynist asshole who proclaimed civilian deaths are the price for gun rights. He just thought someone else would pay the butcher's bill.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
Amanda Seyfried says she will not apologise for calling Charlie Kirk ‘hateful’ after his shooting
The Housemaid actor received backlash in September when she left a comment on Instagram after the rightwing activist was killed
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Charlie Kirk was a hateful, divisive, racist, homophobic, transphobic, misogynist asshole who proclaimed civilian deaths are the price for gun rights. He just thought someone else would pay the butcher's bill.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
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For what its worth I switched to TiDAL and aside from a few hiccups I have been enjoying the experience. Better quality audio too.
As long as Spotify is taking money from ICE, they don’t need or deserve free advertising for Spotify Wrapped.
Stop using Spotify until the ICE recruitment ads stop (and be on the lookout for Fascism Wrapped in Los Angeles, Austin, and NYC): indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
Stop using Spotify until the ICE recruitment ads stop (and be on the lookout for Fascism Wrapped in Los Angeles, Austin, and NYC): indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
December 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
For what its worth I switched to TiDAL and aside from a few hiccups I have been enjoying the experience. Better quality audio too.