Cole Barkey
@colebarkey.bsky.social
Atlanta Falcons and University of Utah Football are what life is all about 🫡
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It’s been clear for a while now that the entire American power structure under Trump is held together with increasingly complex and convoluted blackmail schemes. It all feels like a Jenga tower swaying back and forth. Probably won’t be good when it finally falls.
If you’re feeling uneasy, it’s probably because we now know we live in a country built on the blackmail of a dead pedophile who is Too Big to Fail, so Congress has to go home for a couple of months to figure out how talk about it without defenestrating the president and collapsing the economy.
July 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
It’s been clear for a while now that the entire American power structure under Trump is held together with increasingly complex and convoluted blackmail schemes. It all feels like a Jenga tower swaying back and forth. Probably won’t be good when it finally falls.
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Dez Bryant's on the other site saying "Cassie ain't no victim" and I think we should really just revoke internet access for so many men, at least for a couple of weeks. I need a break from this shit
July 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Dez Bryant's on the other site saying "Cassie ain't no victim" and I think we should really just revoke internet access for so many men, at least for a couple of weeks. I need a break from this shit
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Man these two are the best together. And I'm not disappointed seeing LA in the Top 10. Please Alaric Jackson, get healthy sir!
New podcast! Teammate @ryanclark25.bsky.social hopped on to help me power rank the entire NFL in an hour.
This is always fun:
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This is always fun:
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📺: youtu.be/26gJG0kKtU4?...
June 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Man these two are the best together. And I'm not disappointed seeing LA in the Top 10. Please Alaric Jackson, get healthy sir!
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pretty funny how many people are vehemently against the notion: “the government should do stuff for its citizens”
June 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
pretty funny how many people are vehemently against the notion: “the government should do stuff for its citizens”
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Take your joy where you can find it.
June 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Take your joy where you can find it.
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You know the worst part about everything that's happening politically? It'll take years if not decades to fix. Much easier to appeal to hate and taking a wrecking ball to stuff than to do the opposite.
June 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
You know the worst part about everything that's happening politically? It'll take years if not decades to fix. Much easier to appeal to hate and taking a wrecking ball to stuff than to do the opposite.
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“Independence day is canceled because of fear of secret police raids” is really a level of on the nose political symbolism you just can’t make up.
LA Times - Several communities in Los Angeles County have called off or postponed their previously scheduled Independence Day and July events, citing resident safety amid ongoing immigration enforcement raids.
Fear of immigration raids force the cancellation of several July festivities in Los Angeles
Here are some of the July festivities that have been canceled in Los Angeles out of fear over immigration raids.
www.latimes.com
June 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“Independence day is canceled because of fear of secret police raids” is really a level of on the nose political symbolism you just can’t make up.
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The second part of Carolina week for the Julio Jones legacy series is up on @thefalcoholic.bsky.social where I write about his most unstoppable performance ever putting up 300 yards on the Panthers
www.thefalcoholic.com/2025/6/26/24...
www.thefalcoholic.com/2025/6/26/24...
The Legend Of Julio Jones: 300 Yards and Runnin’
It’s only right that the greatest season in Atlanta Falcons history featured the greatest single-game performance in Jones’ career.
www.thefalcoholic.com
June 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The second part of Carolina week for the Julio Jones legacy series is up on @thefalcoholic.bsky.social where I write about his most unstoppable performance ever putting up 300 yards on the Panthers
www.thefalcoholic.com/2025/6/26/24...
www.thefalcoholic.com/2025/6/26/24...
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Well-meaning folks on Bluesky who dismiss sportsball as some kind of distraction to What Matters Now are missing a key point in creating an alternative to X: Sports for better or worse dominates American culture. You ignore enormous swaths of potential allies when you dismiss sports.
Since the NBA season ended last night, here's my self indulgent take on where Sports Bluesky is atm. The TLDR is that crappy Resistance accounts are working like antibodies to flush casual sports ppl off this platform and the devs should address this if they actually want sports to take off here.
June 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Well-meaning folks on Bluesky who dismiss sportsball as some kind of distraction to What Matters Now are missing a key point in creating an alternative to X: Sports for better or worse dominates American culture. You ignore enormous swaths of potential allies when you dismiss sports.
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There are *so many* people - guys, even - who are vaguely horrified by what's happening today, and might be drawn into a larger, more productive conversation if they can first talk about The Game with like-minded folks.
Being politically aware and a sports fan are not mutually exclusive. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk
June 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
There are *so many* people - guys, even - who are vaguely horrified by what's happening today, and might be drawn into a larger, more productive conversation if they can first talk about The Game with like-minded folks.
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I could ignore sports and reality TV and all of the other dumb shit I like and focus solely on my nonstop existential dread, or I could try to stay as mentally and emotionally healthy as possible and enjoy some things occasionally while still mostly focusing on the unavoidable existential dread.
Well-meaning folks on Bluesky who dismiss sportsball as some kind of distraction to What Matters Now are missing a key point in creating an alternative to X: Sports for better or worse dominates American culture. You ignore enormous swaths of potential allies when you dismiss sports.
Since the NBA season ended last night, here's my self indulgent take on where Sports Bluesky is atm. The TLDR is that crappy Resistance accounts are working like antibodies to flush casual sports ppl off this platform and the devs should address this if they actually want sports to take off here.
June 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I could ignore sports and reality TV and all of the other dumb shit I like and focus solely on my nonstop existential dread, or I could try to stay as mentally and emotionally healthy as possible and enjoy some things occasionally while still mostly focusing on the unavoidable existential dread.
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The Falcons have multiple exciting rookie pass rushers, something that hasn't happened in recent memory. But how often will they play them, and what will their roles be?
@falcfans.bsky.social looked ahead to the season to come for Jalon Walker and James Pearce
www.thefalcoholic.com/2025/6/23/24...
@falcfans.bsky.social looked ahead to the season to come for Jalon Walker and James Pearce
www.thefalcoholic.com/2025/6/23/24...
How intentional will the Falcons be about playing their rookie pass rushers?
Expectations are high that Jalon Walker and James Pearce will be featured a lot, but there could be obstacles blocking them from breakout seasons.
www.thefalcoholic.com
June 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The Falcons have multiple exciting rookie pass rushers, something that hasn't happened in recent memory. But how often will they play them, and what will their roles be?
@falcfans.bsky.social looked ahead to the season to come for Jalon Walker and James Pearce
www.thefalcoholic.com/2025/6/23/24...
@falcfans.bsky.social looked ahead to the season to come for Jalon Walker and James Pearce
www.thefalcoholic.com/2025/6/23/24...
Halo Reach, Pokémon Platinum, Skyrim
Name 3 Videogames you've played for 200 hours.
June 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Halo Reach, Pokémon Platinum, Skyrim
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BREAKING: In a unanimous decision, a federal court of appeals has ruled that Louisiana's law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms is unconstitutional.
We’ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.
We’ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.
June 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
BREAKING: In a unanimous decision, a federal court of appeals has ruled that Louisiana's law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms is unconstitutional.
We’ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.
We’ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.
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For all intents and purposes this judge was negotiating a business deal while in the midst of deciding a case involving that same party, this is the kind of conflict of interest example normal people who don't pay attention to the news can even say "hey that's fucked up"
EXCLUSIVE: A judge was lobbying for a seat on the federal bench. After he sided with the president in a defamation case, Donald Trump gave him one.
A judge sided with Trump. Behind the scenes, he was lobbying for a nomination.
Ed Artau was already meeting with Senate staff about securing a nomination to the federal bench when he sided with Trump in a case, according to a new Senate disclosure obtained by POLITICO.
www.politico.com
June 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
For all intents and purposes this judge was negotiating a business deal while in the midst of deciding a case involving that same party, this is the kind of conflict of interest example normal people who don't pay attention to the news can even say "hey that's fucked up"
First NFL game I went to in person, I will cherish the memory forever
The 6th part of my Julio Jones legacy series is up on @thefalcoholic.bsky.social as I review his last game where he dominated as a Falcon in a wild upset win over the Super Bowl bound 49ers in 2019.
www.thefalcoholic.com/2025/6/19/24...
www.thefalcoholic.com/2025/6/19/24...
The Legend Of Julio Jones: Final Takeover
Jones put on a valiant performance in one of his last 100-yard games as a Falcon to lead them to an upset win over the eventual NFC Conference Champions in San Francisco.
www.thefalcoholic.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
First NFL game I went to in person, I will cherish the memory forever
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political press is doing a real disservice by basically not reporting the nuances of public opinion on deportations, and creating the appearance that most americans support the stephen miller-style gestapo tactics
Should we deport people who have lived here for many years without committing any crimes? 61% no, 24% yes.
Should we should deport people as quickly as possible even if it means more mistakes, or do our best to make no mistakes even if it takes longer?
Quickly: 19%
Minimize mistakes: 74%
Should we should deport people as quickly as possible even if it means more mistakes, or do our best to make no mistakes even if it takes longer?
Quickly: 19%
Minimize mistakes: 74%
June 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
political press is doing a real disservice by basically not reporting the nuances of public opinion on deportations, and creating the appearance that most americans support the stephen miller-style gestapo tactics
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It's an illegal use of active-duty troops to enforce domestic policy, it's been a key foundation of our system of laws for 150 years, indeed a blatant disregard for the law, & that's how every headline should describe it.
Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows reut.rs/3ZvxVoY
Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows
Marines deployed to Los Angeles carried out the detention of a civilian on Friday, the U.S. military confirmed after being presented with Reuters images, in the first known detention by active-duty troops deployed there by President Donald Trump.
reut.rs
June 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
It's an illegal use of active-duty troops to enforce domestic policy, it's been a key foundation of our system of laws for 150 years, indeed a blatant disregard for the law, & that's how every headline should describe it.
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On one hand, you have a group of people separating families, deporting kids with cancer, and sending people to prison without due process. On the other, you have people waiving Mexican flags.
I can see why it’s hard to pick a side here. It’s really confusing.
I can see why it’s hard to pick a side here. It’s really confusing.
June 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
On one hand, you have a group of people separating families, deporting kids with cancer, and sending people to prison without due process. On the other, you have people waiving Mexican flags.
I can see why it’s hard to pick a side here. It’s really confusing.
I can see why it’s hard to pick a side here. It’s really confusing.
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Permanently shutting down the X platform formerly known as Twitter would be the quickest and most efficient way to stop fascist radicalization. I don’t think that’s even arguable anymore.
June 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.
June 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.
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He is absolutely the worst politician in Utah and that is saying a lot. I have joked that Mike Lee and Spencer are starting to look the same. They truly are the same person. I just need to know what contraption is keeping him upright in these photos. It’s certainly not a spine.
Spencer Cox says he supports Donald Trump's decision to send National Guard troops and Marines to California against that state's wishes — and issues a warning to Utahns planning to protest Saturday.
Gov. Cox issues a preemptive warning to protesters: Utah will not tolerate violence
Gov. Spencer Cox addresses the protests in Los Angeles and President Trump's decision to deploy the National Guard and the Marines.
www.sltrib.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
He is absolutely the worst politician in Utah and that is saying a lot. I have joked that Mike Lee and Spencer are starting to look the same. They truly are the same person. I just need to know what contraption is keeping him upright in these photos. It’s certainly not a spine.