Erik Barnes
@erikwbarnes.bsky.social
Fun, tired, large, and goofy in no particular order. Comedian, writer, improvisor, actor, voiceover, pro wrestling commentator, and whatever is fun/gives me money (also in no particular order).
Those solar flares outside better be making superheroes because we're dying out here.
November 12, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Those solar flares outside better be making superheroes because we're dying out here.
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It was always a lie that the focus would be deporting the worst of the worst. To get Dreamer/DACA status basically meant you were a Girl Scout or Boy Scout. And it's silly because many of these people got educated here since 2012 and now we're losing that talent and skill. 🤷🏾♀️
Dreamers were once obvious candidates for a path to citizenship. Now, they’re getting picked up, detained, and set for potential deportation.
Then they came for the Dreamers
Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway.
www.motherjones.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 AM
It was always a lie that the focus would be deporting the worst of the worst. To get Dreamer/DACA status basically meant you were a Girl Scout or Boy Scout. And it's silly because many of these people got educated here since 2012 and now we're losing that talent and skill. 🤷🏾♀️
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if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
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second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
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Who else remembers a few years ago when the Jujutsu Kaisen movie made almost 200 million at the box office and the dub cast got like $300 tops
Ask literally any voice actor if they get royalties from the video games they worked on.
They will tell you no. They might even laugh.
Now imagine any developer actively trying to use AI VO to save money wanting to offer something like that.
They will tell you no. They might even laugh.
Now imagine any developer actively trying to use AI VO to save money wanting to offer something like that.
Also, re: "they get royalties", how much money is that? Does it make up for the lack of continued work?
Paying next to nothing is still "getting paid royalties" but is functionally nothing.
Paying next to nothing is still "getting paid royalties" but is functionally nothing.
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Who else remembers a few years ago when the Jujutsu Kaisen movie made almost 200 million at the box office and the dub cast got like $300 tops
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Wal-Mart is selling pro-nazi clothing. Toothpaste is definitely out of the tube, y’all. Also, for the record, that ‘paper’ lost. Every. Single. Time.
November 12, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Wal-Mart is selling pro-nazi clothing. Toothpaste is definitely out of the tube, y’all. Also, for the record, that ‘paper’ lost. Every. Single. Time.
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this is the worst night of my life
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
this is the worst night of my life
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I told my mom about how the internet and my friends saved me from not being able to get through December and I want you all to know you were added to her nightly prayers. I’m not catholic but I think if there was a god he would really really like my mom so her prayers count for something!
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I told my mom about how the internet and my friends saved me from not being able to get through December and I want you all to know you were added to her nightly prayers. I’m not catholic but I think if there was a god he would really really like my mom so her prayers count for something!
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this has to be the single greatest image in the history of sports
November 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
this has to be the single greatest image in the history of sports
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I have a plan to save movie theaters and it’s gonna work:
Double-price for phone-friendly showings. You can have your phone out the entire time, make calls, talk, bring young active children without fear of being judged.
Half-price for silent showings. Phone use gets you banned for six months.
Double-price for phone-friendly showings. You can have your phone out the entire time, make calls, talk, bring young active children without fear of being judged.
Half-price for silent showings. Phone use gets you banned for six months.
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I have a plan to save movie theaters and it’s gonna work:
Double-price for phone-friendly showings. You can have your phone out the entire time, make calls, talk, bring young active children without fear of being judged.
Half-price for silent showings. Phone use gets you banned for six months.
Double-price for phone-friendly showings. You can have your phone out the entire time, make calls, talk, bring young active children without fear of being judged.
Half-price for silent showings. Phone use gets you banned for six months.
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put out a new video yesterday.
in the fast paced world of retention editing, i made a video about a book and then went to the woods to talk about the book, and included slow shots of nature.
it's not going to crush the algorithm, but it might make you feel something?
youtu.be/DsCUxFTpRkc
it's not going to crush the algorithm, but it might make you feel something?
youtu.be/DsCUxFTpRkc
How to Do Nothing (and Fight the System)
YouTube video by Michael Burns
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
put out a new video yesterday.
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"And James Bond, who did NOT die"
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
"And James Bond, who did NOT die"
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Whatever about companies being over-valued etc., there's a fundamental issue at the heart of this: AI data centres cannot be built at the necessary scale in the time required, because the energy to power them does not yet exist.
It's very simple: physical infrastructure reality meeting AI fantasy.
It's very simple: physical infrastructure reality meeting AI fantasy.
Investor angst over Big Tech’s AI spending spills into bond market
Investor angst over Big Tech’s AI spending spills into bond market
Debt issued by groups building data centres has been hit in recent weeks
www.irishtimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Whatever about companies being over-valued etc., there's a fundamental issue at the heart of this: AI data centres cannot be built at the necessary scale in the time required, because the energy to power them does not yet exist.
It's very simple: physical infrastructure reality meeting AI fantasy.
It's very simple: physical infrastructure reality meeting AI fantasy.
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Fortnite players have begun to sour on the Simpsons crossover event, stating that it hasn’t been good since day nine or ten.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Fortnite players have begun to sour on the Simpsons crossover event, stating that it hasn’t been good since day nine or ten.
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I"m so excited to see the superhero movie Marty Supreme.
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I"m so excited to see the superhero movie Marty Supreme.
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In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
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Every Amazon executive who is struggling with this should resign and go work somewhere where even the most basic level of imagination is not required.
this kind of feels like freaking out over a problem that 95% of the audience is not going to have an issue with
Report: Amazon Is Struggling to Think How to Bring James Bond Back From the Dead
Daniel Craig's permanent exit in 'No Time to Die' is apparently causing issues for the next 'Bond' film.
gizmodo.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Every Amazon executive who is struggling with this should resign and go work somewhere where even the most basic level of imagination is not required.
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I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?
October 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?
I keep seeing this about the GOP and the Dems but it's inaccurate. It wouldn't be Charlie Brown getting the football taken from him mid-kick. It would be Charlie Brown shitting himself, wiping his own face with the shit, and then giving Lucy whatever money was in his pockets while begging for a hug.
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I keep seeing this about the GOP and the Dems but it's inaccurate. It wouldn't be Charlie Brown getting the football taken from him mid-kick. It would be Charlie Brown shitting himself, wiping his own face with the shit, and then giving Lucy whatever money was in his pockets while begging for a hug.
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Everyone should call their Reps and Senators and tell them they won’t donate another penny until there is new leadership an a commitment to actually fight.
anyway if dems think I'm gonna forget this shit in 5 months, they're wrong. if they think I'm gonna forget it in 5 years, they're wrong. they have fully convinced me that purging the party of these inept losers in the senate is more important than retaking the senate in the next election cycle
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Everyone should call their Reps and Senators and tell them they won’t donate another penny until there is new leadership an a commitment to actually fight.
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(Summing up)
Schumer concocted a selfish plan to benefit senators not the ppl. He should have been ousted then. He could also have chosen not to start the shutdown. Having started, he could force the GOP to own it by nuking the filibuster.
He failed at every turn. He must go.
Schumer concocted a selfish plan to benefit senators not the ppl. He should have been ousted then. He could also have chosen not to start the shutdown. Having started, he could force the GOP to own it by nuking the filibuster.
He failed at every turn. He must go.
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
(Summing up)
Schumer concocted a selfish plan to benefit senators not the ppl. He should have been ousted then. He could also have chosen not to start the shutdown. Having started, he could force the GOP to own it by nuking the filibuster.
He failed at every turn. He must go.
Schumer concocted a selfish plan to benefit senators not the ppl. He should have been ousted then. He could also have chosen not to start the shutdown. Having started, he could force the GOP to own it by nuking the filibuster.
He failed at every turn. He must go.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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Chat is this good
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Chat is this good