Barb Maier
@barbmaier.bsky.social
And still it won’t matter. We as a country don’t care about the safety of women anymore. Just affordability. apple.news/AiXxZUP7STOC...
Democrats Release New Epstein Emails Referring to Trump — The Wall Street Journal
White House accuses Democrats of cherry-picking messages to put president’s relationship with Epstein back into the spotlight
apple.news
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
And still it won’t matter. We as a country don’t care about the safety of women anymore. Just affordability. apple.news/AiXxZUP7STOC...
Weirdo? Maybe, but also hella scary.
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Peter Thiel Wants Everyone to Think More About the Antichrist — The Wall Street Journal
In a series of appearances, the billionaire investor has offered his analysis intertwining technology, government and a biblical perspective on the end of the world
apple.news
October 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Weirdo? Maybe, but also hella scary.
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apple.news/AUR2Bs35AS92...
This is a long read but insightful.
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I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong — WIRED
Tech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.
apple.news
October 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This is a long read but insightful.
apple.news/AoIuc80RBTgW...
apple.news/AoIuc80RBTgW...
This will remake higher ed. Perhaps smaller state and private schools will get more talent, but I fear the contract will follow any school who challenges our government.
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A Deal That Would End Universities’ Independence — The Atlantic
The free-speech provisions of the so-called compact are an exercise in contradiction.
apple.news
October 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This will remake higher ed. Perhaps smaller state and private schools will get more talent, but I fear the contract will follow any school who challenges our government.
apple.news/AJwz1_wtZSNi...
apple.news/AJwz1_wtZSNi...
The feminist in me is gritting her teeth as I post, but this has some good insight into dating today.
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apple.news/A0zxyJ8XUSGm...
Won’t Someone Think of the Men? — New York Magazine
We already know women hate dating them. Turns out they’re miserable too.
apple.news
September 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The feminist in me is gritting her teeth as I post, but this has some good insight into dating today.
apple.news/A0zxyJ8XUSGm...
apple.news/A0zxyJ8XUSGm...
The good stuff is in the 2nd half. And by good I mean read it and make change! apple.news/AWYsVq1nSQNO...
From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: why strongmen rely on women at home — Guardian US
Fascist regimes pushed narratives of domestic bliss, yet relied on women’s unpaid labor. In the US today, ‘womanosphere’ influencers promote the same fantasies
apple.news
September 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The good stuff is in the 2nd half. And by good I mean read it and make change! apple.news/AWYsVq1nSQNO...
As of 2023
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September 19, 2025 at 4:48 AM
As of 2023
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If you have the ear of the public, as a performer of any kind, speak out! Please.
A broader refusal of talent to work for Disney would be immensely disruptive. It's not just Star Wars and marvel. It's also 20th century studios, Pixar, and a plethora of other content.
A creative boycott of Disney would destroy them.
A creative boycott of Disney would destroy them.
LOST writer-producer Damon Lindelof says he won’t work with Disney unless Kimmel js reinstated. I’m hearing other talent weighing similar pledges.
September 19, 2025 at 4:22 AM
If you have the ear of the public, as a performer of any kind, speak out! Please.
Watch the Sept 18 Daily Show. Then read this. It was like a weight landed on me.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m....
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m....
Duterte’s arrest gives ‘a sense impunity ends’, says Nobel peace prize winner
Maria Ressa says rules-based order ‘can perhaps still exist’ but social media is being used to undermine democracy around the world
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/mar/18/rodrigo-duterte-social-media-democracy-disinformation-maria-ressa#:~:text=The%20tribunal%20in%20Berlin%20was,targeting%20America%2C”%20said%20Ressa
September 19, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Watch the Sept 18 Daily Show. Then read this. It was like a weight landed on me.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m....
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m....
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@joyannreid.bsky.social is asking the right question.This may be the most dangerous period.When the dog catches the car & realizes he can’t open the doors or satisfy its hunger. Now there’s rage, snarling and vicious humiliation at having exhausted itself pursuing something that has no real meaning.
September 15, 2025 at 3:03 AM
@joyannreid.bsky.social is asking the right question.This may be the most dangerous period.When the dog catches the car & realizes he can’t open the doors or satisfy its hunger. Now there’s rage, snarling and vicious humiliation at having exhausted itself pursuing something that has no real meaning.
I haven’t been in a Walmart for over 20 years because this has always been their modus operandi.
Walmart spent $35.3B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024, enough to give each of its 2.2M employees annual bonuses of $2,719.
Last year, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay of just $29,469.
Textbook corporate greed.
Last year, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay of just $29,469.
Textbook corporate greed.
September 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I haven’t been in a Walmart for over 20 years because this has always been their modus operandi.
This gave me chills and a lump in my chest. How does anyone say to our kids (kids!) you were born to be criminals? 
September 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This gave me chills and a lump in my chest. How does anyone say to our kids (kids!) you were born to be criminals? 
This is a joke right?
September 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is a joke right?
Oh my fucking lord. Are you kidding me?
September 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Oh my fucking lord. Are you kidding me?
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California, Oregon and Washington announced yesterday they’ve created their own health alliance, saying the CDC has become “a political tool that increasingly peddles ideology instead of science.”
New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island have now done the same.
New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island have now done the same.
September 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
California, Oregon and Washington announced yesterday they’ve created their own health alliance, saying the CDC has become “a political tool that increasingly peddles ideology instead of science.”
New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island have now done the same.
New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island have now done the same.
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Texas lawmakers vote to ban transgender people from public bathrooms - The Texas Tribune
Texas lawmakers vote to ban transgender people from public bathrooms - The Texas Tribune
September 4, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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Texas lawmakers vote to ban transgender people from public bathrooms - The Texas Tribune
Texas lawmakers vote to ban transgender people from public bathrooms - The Texas Tribune
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August 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Dumbass
Anything but calling for an assault weapons ban.
I can’t with this man.
I can’t with this man.
RFK Jr on the mass shooting in Minnesota: "We're launching studies on the potential contribution of some of the SSRI drugs and some of the other psychiatric drugs that might be contributing to violence."
August 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Dumbass
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With Trump set to deploy the National Guard to D.C., it's important to remember what they did in LA: Pretty much nothing.
The Military Occupied LA for 40 Days and All They Did Was Detain One Guy
Sent over the objections of California officials, the military has detained one man who was rushing to an appointment in a federal building, not protesting.
theintercept.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
With Trump set to deploy the National Guard to D.C., it's important to remember what they did in LA: Pretty much nothing.
Just to clarify, violent crime is down 35% in DC, the lowest in 30 years. Trump to deploy National Guard to D.C., take over city’s police department - The Wall Street Journal
August 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Just to clarify, violent crime is down 35% in DC, the lowest in 30 years. Trump to deploy National Guard to D.C., take over city’s police department - The Wall Street Journal