Barky
@americaincontext.bsky.social
National Park collector; history enthusiast; tabletop RPG player; slightly too opinionated for own good. https://americaincontext.com/
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Please join us on a 12-month news blitz, from immigration to AI to the Pentagon press room. It’s OTM’s 2025 year in review: lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
On the Media
The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
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December 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Please join us on a 12-month news blitz, from immigration to AI to the Pentagon press room. It’s OTM’s 2025 year in review: lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
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The DOJ identified at least 10 co-conspirators who worked with Epstein and Maxwell. It’s obvious to anyone with two eyes that Epstein and Maxwell were engaged in organized crime, yet NO ONE ELSE involved in Epstein’s sex trafficking ring has faced criminal charges. Why?
December 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The DOJ identified at least 10 co-conspirators who worked with Epstein and Maxwell. It’s obvious to anyone with two eyes that Epstein and Maxwell were engaged in organized crime, yet NO ONE ELSE involved in Epstein’s sex trafficking ring has faced criminal charges. Why?
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The sixty minute episode that Trump tried to censure and kill
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Freedom
#sixtyminutes #saveourparks
#news #CBS
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Liz Minnella on Instagram: "This is the full 60 minute segment that our president censored. Let’s have this backfire, share far and wide."
25K likes, 347 comments - lizaminnella on December 22, 2025: "This is the full 60 minute segment that our president censored. Let’s have this backfire, share far and wide.".
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December 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The sixty minute episode that Trump tried to censure and kill
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Freedom
#sixtyminutes #saveourparks
#news #CBS
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When cool people like this pass away in the "DEI erasure" climate at Trump's NPS, the truth dies with them.
Betty Reid Soskin, the oldest National Park Service ranger ever, has died at 104 in Richmond, CA. She shared her experiences as a Black woman during WWII at Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park. #NationalParkService #News
America’s oldest National Park Service ranger ever, who shared her own stories of life during WWII, dies
Betty Reid Soskin, the oldest National Park Service ranger ever, has died at 104 in Richmond, CA. Sh...
www.cnn.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
When cool people like this pass away in the "DEI erasure" climate at Trump's NPS, the truth dies with them.
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October 23, 2025
The Honorable Doug Burgum
Secretary
Department of the Interior
1849 C Street, N.W.
Washington D.C., 20240
Dear Secretary Burgum:
The Honorable Doug Burgum
Secretary
Department of the Interior
1849 C Street, N.W.
Washington D.C., 20240
Dear Secretary Burgum:
October 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
October 23, 2025
The Honorable Doug Burgum
Secretary
Department of the Interior
1849 C Street, N.W.
Washington D.C., 20240
Dear Secretary Burgum:
The Honorable Doug Burgum
Secretary
Department of the Interior
1849 C Street, N.W.
Washington D.C., 20240
Dear Secretary Burgum:
Hawaii: Kalaupapa National Historical Park
Includes Other Molokia Photographs (2025)
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October 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
This is great, but I am more impressed by all the small town protests. Because everyone knows everyone in small towns, standing with an anti-Trump placard is a sign of intense bravery.
A 60 second summary of some of the biggest and best sights from #NoKings Day.
Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏
History.
Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏
History.
October 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is great, but I am more impressed by all the small town protests. Because everyone knows everyone in small towns, standing with an anti-Trump placard is a sign of intense bravery.
Some #NationalPark sites bring tears to my eyes. Pearl Harbor NHS did it to me today.
September 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Some #NationalPark sites bring tears to my eyes. Pearl Harbor NHS did it to me today.
I wrote this 16 years ago, before this darkest of timelines. Bowie was still alive, AI was still a figment of sci-fi pop culture, and Trump was still an irrelevant TV reality star. Yet, I think the theme is still relevant. #IndependenceDay #4thOfJuly americaincontext.com/2009/07/04/h...
Happy Independence Day!
A Difficult Birth I watched HBO’s excellent mini-series “John Adams”, about the famed patriot and second President of the United States. As I posted waaaaay back in December of &#…
americaincontext.com
July 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I wrote this 16 years ago, before this darkest of timelines. Bowie was still alive, AI was still a figment of sci-fi pop culture, and Trump was still an irrelevant TV reality star. Yet, I think the theme is still relevant. #IndependenceDay #4thOfJuly americaincontext.com/2009/07/04/h...
On April 5, we’re uniting to say Hands Off! Join me to fight back against Trump’s unprecedented power grab. app.sosha.ai/s/IKCp6MAY
Join me on April 5th
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March 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
On April 5, we’re uniting to say Hands Off! Join me to fight back against Trump’s unprecedented power grab. app.sosha.ai/s/IKCp6MAY
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Déjà vu all over again.
February 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Déjà vu all over again.
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Their aim is nothing short of a new Dark Ages. Anti-science, anti-education, anti-democracy, in favor of needless human suffering.
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Their aim is nothing short of a new Dark Ages. Anti-science, anti-education, anti-democracy, in favor of needless human suffering.
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Every day these people show us who they are
February 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Every day these people show us who they are
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🚨BIG SCOOP: Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
www.bloomberg.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
🚨BIG SCOOP: Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Props to a slam post against Woodrow Wilson. Historians still think he’s a Top 10 President, but he was a grade-A asshat.
they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”
February 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Props to a slam post against Woodrow Wilson. Historians still think he’s a Top 10 President, but he was a grade-A asshat.
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When the Patriot Act was passed, libraries got requests for patrons’ borrowing history. We were prohibited from disclosing those requests.
We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason.
ALSO.
We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason.
ALSO.
January 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
When the Patriot Act was passed, libraries got requests for patrons’ borrowing history. We were prohibited from disclosing those requests.
We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason.
ALSO.
We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason.
ALSO.
This administration will deny there's a #BirdFlu epidemic affecting poultry farms, and demand that bird culling stops, this week, I have no doubt. Then shit will get really bad.
February 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This administration will deny there's a #BirdFlu epidemic affecting poultry farms, and demand that bird culling stops, this week, I have no doubt. Then shit will get really bad.
“I don’t know where this water is going, but this is the wrong time of year to be releasing water from these reservoirs. It’s vitally important that we fill our reservoirs in the rainy season so water is available for farms and cities later in the summer.”
For a photo op & a bragging media post, Trump minions at the USACoE have thrown away millions of gals of #water farmers were relying on for later this year. This water will not be captured, will not be useful for cities or farms or firefighting. It is now lost.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Acting on Trump's order, federal officials opened up two California dams
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just opened up two California dams. A spokesperson says the flows are 'controlled' and being coordinated with local officials.
www.latimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
“I don’t know where this water is going, but this is the wrong time of year to be releasing water from these reservoirs. It’s vitally important that we fill our reservoirs in the rainy season so water is available for farms and cities later in the summer.”
The most dangerous ramification of Trump’s presidency, short of nuclear war: www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
What an Undervaccinated America Would Look Like
At first, much the same. But inevitably dangerous diseases would resurge in a country that isn’t prepared for them.
www.theatlantic.com
January 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The most dangerous ramification of Trump’s presidency, short of nuclear war: www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
"I couldn’t believe my eyes: There were officers on the ground. They were bleeding. They were throwing up. I saw friends with blood all over their faces. I was slipping in people’s blood. I was catching people as they fell. It was carnage. ”
— Caroline Edwards, House Select Committee testimony
— Caroline Edwards, House Select Committee testimony
January 23, 2025 at 11:24 PM
"I couldn’t believe my eyes: There were officers on the ground. They were bleeding. They were throwing up. I saw friends with blood all over their faces. I was slipping in people’s blood. I was catching people as they fell. It was carnage. ”
— Caroline Edwards, House Select Committee testimony
— Caroline Edwards, House Select Committee testimony
Random political thought:
Former presidents should become evangelists for amending the Constitution, instead of operating behind-the-scenes in party politics or painting.
Former presidents should become evangelists for amending the Constitution, instead of operating behind-the-scenes in party politics or painting.
January 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Random political thought:
Former presidents should become evangelists for amending the Constitution, instead of operating behind-the-scenes in party politics or painting.
Former presidents should become evangelists for amending the Constitution, instead of operating behind-the-scenes in party politics or painting.
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The descent has been accelerating exponentially over the decades. One doesn’t notice change in an exponential curve in the beginning as change is slow at that stage. But, we are now in the straight-up part of the exponential curve. 53 days—from the point we are, basically, now at, it took 53 days.
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The descent has been accelerating exponentially over the decades. One doesn’t notice change in an exponential curve in the beginning as change is slow at that stage. But, we are now in the straight-up part of the exponential curve. 53 days—from the point we are, basically, now at, it took 53 days.
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The Supreme Court ruled corporations were allowed to donate unlimited amounts to politicians in 2010.
It only took them 6 years to take complete control of the government and 15 years to mark sure their voices are the only ones the masses ever hear again.
It only took them 6 years to take complete control of the government and 15 years to mark sure their voices are the only ones the masses ever hear again.
January 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The Supreme Court ruled corporations were allowed to donate unlimited amounts to politicians in 2010.
It only took them 6 years to take complete control of the government and 15 years to mark sure their voices are the only ones the masses ever hear again.
It only took them 6 years to take complete control of the government and 15 years to mark sure their voices are the only ones the masses ever hear again.