Chris Barnhart
@cvbarnhart.bsky.social
Liberal Democrat, antitheist, reliable voter, husband, childfree guardian of two FIV+ cats, person experiencing homeownership, native plants grower, D&D DM, comic book collector, network engineer, poll worker, notary pubic.
Biden would have won.
Biden would have won.
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Chris Barnhart
@cvbarnhart.bsky.social
· Jun 11
We probably disagree about Palestine, UFOs, Bernie Sanders, pizza, religion, ghosts, alternative medicine, Malört, immigration, comic book writer Tom King, traffic calming, and/or pit bulls
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In stead of sending a link to old threads every time someone uses the term "Dark Ages", I decided to put it all in an article.
Why most historians no longer use the biased misnomer “dark ages”.
Read it here:
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/25/w...
or:
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/why-most-h...
Why most historians no longer use the biased misnomer “dark ages”.
Read it here:
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/25/w...
or:
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/why-most-h...
Why most historians no longer use the biased misnomer “dark ages”
This is not YET another article on why calling the early middle ages the dark ages is iffy, it’s a list of sources & references. These days most historians no longer use the term “D…
fakehistoryhunter.net
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
In stead of sending a link to old threads every time someone uses the term "Dark Ages", I decided to put it all in an article.
Why most historians no longer use the biased misnomer “dark ages”.
Read it here:
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/25/w...
or:
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/why-most-h...
Why most historians no longer use the biased misnomer “dark ages”.
Read it here:
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/25/w...
or:
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/why-most-h...
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love
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My stance towards generative AI has been the same for the past 3 years: why the fuck would I ever want to read or view something made by someone who didn't want to take the time to make it?
Why is my time less valuable than theirs? Get outta here
Why is my time less valuable than theirs? Get outta here
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
My stance towards generative AI has been the same for the past 3 years: why the fuck would I ever want to read or view something made by someone who didn't want to take the time to make it?
Why is my time less valuable than theirs? Get outta here
Why is my time less valuable than theirs? Get outta here
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38 years ago tomorrow, on Nov 22, 1987, a broadcast pirate wearing a Max Headroom mask interrupted a WGN newscast. Later that night, the same pirate interrupted a Dr. Who episode on WTTW. The perpetrator was never found. dfarq.homeip.net/max-headroom...
Max Headroom incident of Nov 22, 1987
Max Headroom. New Coke. Cola Wars. Unsolved mystery. Most 80s thing ever.
dfarq.homeip.net
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
38 years ago tomorrow, on Nov 22, 1987, a broadcast pirate wearing a Max Headroom mask interrupted a WGN newscast. Later that night, the same pirate interrupted a Dr. Who episode on WTTW. The perpetrator was never found. dfarq.homeip.net/max-headroom...
Pizza is a type of open-faced sandwich.
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Pizza is a type of open-faced sandwich.
Selling the F-35 to 🇸🇦 (and thus leaking its secrets to 🇨🇳) should be a red line for anyone who takes national defense seriously.
But at this point anyone who takes national defense seriously has been a Democrat for a long time now, so it's just the thousandth reason we all vote blue.
But at this point anyone who takes national defense seriously has been a Democrat for a long time now, so it's just the thousandth reason we all vote blue.
November 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Selling the F-35 to 🇸🇦 (and thus leaking its secrets to 🇨🇳) should be a red line for anyone who takes national defense seriously.
But at this point anyone who takes national defense seriously has been a Democrat for a long time now, so it's just the thousandth reason we all vote blue.
But at this point anyone who takes national defense seriously has been a Democrat for a long time now, so it's just the thousandth reason we all vote blue.
As far as I can tell, my boss tried to fire me, but her boss intervened and fired her instead.
The same thing happened to my wife when we were dating.
Don't fuck with us, I guess?
The same thing happened to my wife when we were dating.
Don't fuck with us, I guess?
November 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
As far as I can tell, my boss tried to fire me, but her boss intervened and fired her instead.
The same thing happened to my wife when we were dating.
Don't fuck with us, I guess?
The same thing happened to my wife when we were dating.
Don't fuck with us, I guess?
Stacking regular volunteer work on top of my full time job is a great reminder of why most of my fellow volunteers are retired.
November 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Stacking regular volunteer work on top of my full time job is a great reminder of why most of my fellow volunteers are retired.
"US Attorney General Assigns Prosecutor to Look Into Epstein’s Ties to Prominent Democrats"
Scandals usually only hurt Democrats. Republicans only pretend to care when their enemies do bad stuff, and the Left is too good to defend their own in any situation ever.
Scandals usually only hurt Democrats. Republicans only pretend to care when their enemies do bad stuff, and the Left is too good to defend their own in any situation ever.
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"US Attorney General Assigns Prosecutor to Look Into Epstein’s Ties to Prominent Democrats"
Scandals usually only hurt Democrats. Republicans only pretend to care when their enemies do bad stuff, and the Left is too good to defend their own in any situation ever.
Scandals usually only hurt Democrats. Republicans only pretend to care when their enemies do bad stuff, and the Left is too good to defend their own in any situation ever.
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We've got at least 15 Drive-Thru Petition Signing events happening this weekend! Find one near you at respectMOvoters.org/sign!
November 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
We've got at least 15 Drive-Thru Petition Signing events happening this weekend! Find one near you at respectMOvoters.org/sign!
I'm not going to hold my breath that Trump's enablers actually care enough about the Epstein files to take meaningful action based on their contents.
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I'm not going to hold my breath that Trump's enablers actually care enough about the Epstein files to take meaningful action based on their contents.
Shout out to veterans of drag! Thank you for serving fish!
November 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Shout out to veterans of drag! Thank you for serving fish!
The Onion is so stupid anymore. Schumer opposed the thing they're dunking on him for allegedly doing. The 8 Democrats who broke ranks were:
Angus King of (ME)
Tim Kaine of (VA)
Dick Durbin (IL)
John Fetterman (PA)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Angus King of (ME)
Tim Kaine of (VA)
Dick Durbin (IL)
John Fetterman (PA)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The Onion is so stupid anymore. Schumer opposed the thing they're dunking on him for allegedly doing. The 8 Democrats who broke ranks were:
Angus King of (ME)
Tim Kaine of (VA)
Dick Durbin (IL)
John Fetterman (PA)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Angus King of (ME)
Tim Kaine of (VA)
Dick Durbin (IL)
John Fetterman (PA)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
From an investment perspective, is there a legitimate use case anymore for CDs?
Seems to me that they're always worse (lower APY, less liquid, equally low-risk) than Money Market accounts.
Seems to me that they're always worse (lower APY, less liquid, equally low-risk) than Money Market accounts.
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
From an investment perspective, is there a legitimate use case anymore for CDs?
Seems to me that they're always worse (lower APY, less liquid, equally low-risk) than Money Market accounts.
Seems to me that they're always worse (lower APY, less liquid, equally low-risk) than Money Market accounts.
Do kids today know about ooh eeh ooh aah aah ting tang wallawalla bingbang? Asking for a friend.
October 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Do kids today know about ooh eeh ooh aah aah ting tang wallawalla bingbang? Asking for a friend.
Update: they eventually fired her. Good riddance! She was bad at every aspect of her job, and her idiotic flailings damaged the careers of multiple people on my team.
I think I found someone in the professional world who is illiterate, and using a combination of AI, speech-to-text, and text-to-speech to fake their way through written communications.
October 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Update: they eventually fired her. Good riddance! She was bad at every aspect of her job, and her idiotic flailings damaged the careers of multiple people on my team.
Hamas violated the ceasefire by firing on Israeli troops, yet the media focuses on Israel firing back. Typical.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he has ordered the army to immediately carry out “powerful strikes” in Gaza, a new test for the tenuous U.S.-brokered ceasefire. https://to.pbs.org/3LbFEEs
Netanyahu orders Israeli army to carry out 'powerful' strikes in Gaza
Netanyahu called the return of a body parts from a hostage recovered almost two years ago a "clear violation" of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement, which requires Hamas to return all Israeli hosta...
www.pbs.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Hamas violated the ceasefire by firing on Israeli troops, yet the media focuses on Israel firing back. Typical.
American news media be like...
The economic system is rigged: 🦗🦗🦗
Sports betting is rigged: 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
The economic system is rigged: 🦗🦗🦗
Sports betting is rigged: 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
October 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
American news media be like...
The economic system is rigged: 🦗🦗🦗
Sports betting is rigged: 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
The economic system is rigged: 🦗🦗🦗
Sports betting is rigged: 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
Did you know that St. Louis City's alley recycling program ended a couple of months ago, and the blue dumpsters are now the same as the brown ones?
October 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Did you know that St. Louis City's alley recycling program ended a couple of months ago, and the blue dumpsters are now the same as the brown ones?
Just found ten realistic-looking fake 20-dollar bills on the way home from lunch. It looked like someone might have thrown them out of a car window.
Maybe some local drug dealer got euchred out of $200. Stuff like that is the backstory behind the vast majority of St. Louis' high murder rate.
Maybe some local drug dealer got euchred out of $200. Stuff like that is the backstory behind the vast majority of St. Louis' high murder rate.
October 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Just found ten realistic-looking fake 20-dollar bills on the way home from lunch. It looked like someone might have thrown them out of a car window.
Maybe some local drug dealer got euchred out of $200. Stuff like that is the backstory behind the vast majority of St. Louis' high murder rate.
Maybe some local drug dealer got euchred out of $200. Stuff like that is the backstory behind the vast majority of St. Louis' high murder rate.
Enshittification and how to fix it.
A new book diagnoses a sickness affecting some of America's biggest companies. n.pr/4724Llp
A theory why the internet is going down the toilet
A new book diagnoses a sickness affecting some of America's biggest companies.
n.pr
October 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Enshittification and how to fix it.
Weird move, but I like it. I thought the cannabis-using gun enthusiasts were an important part of Trump's base.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns.
Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke pot can legally own guns
The Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns, the latest firearm case to come before the court since its 2022 decision expanding gun rights.
bit.ly
October 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Weird move, but I like it. I thought the cannabis-using gun enthusiasts were an important part of Trump's base.
I look forward to Cori Bush ending her campaign early due to a lack of donations and volunteers.
October 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I look forward to Cori Bush ending her campaign early due to a lack of donations and volunteers.
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you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
August 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am