Lee
@ltbarber.bsky.social
Photographer, glider pilot, tinkerer.
Tarheel, former adoped ATLien + Rochestarian. Go Bills!
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Tarheel, former adoped ATLien + Rochestarian. Go Bills!
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This Pope guy has some bangers
November 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
This Pope guy has some bangers
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ryan lizza is a bad person
November 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
ryan lizza is a bad person
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Me waking up the morning after drinking three IPAs.
November 22, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Me waking up the morning after drinking three IPAs.
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I’ve said it before but this is a giant reality TV show to Trump.
Zohran is a rival character on that show who he finds entertaining and charming.
He’s done an extensive amount of damage seeing the fate of millions/billions as merely a game but he does not have the fanaticism of a Stephen Miller.
Zohran is a rival character on that show who he finds entertaining and charming.
He’s done an extensive amount of damage seeing the fate of millions/billions as merely a game but he does not have the fanaticism of a Stephen Miller.
The thing that's always frustrated the right wing ideologues who've glommed onto Trump is that he doesn't have the attention span to actually be a committed ideological warrior. He can scream all the right culture war shit, but it's just WWE pugilistic showmanship. He basically has no belief system.
Trump frickin' loves this guy lmao
November 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I’ve said it before but this is a giant reality TV show to Trump.
Zohran is a rival character on that show who he finds entertaining and charming.
He’s done an extensive amount of damage seeing the fate of millions/billions as merely a game but he does not have the fanaticism of a Stephen Miller.
Zohran is a rival character on that show who he finds entertaining and charming.
He’s done an extensive amount of damage seeing the fate of millions/billions as merely a game but he does not have the fanaticism of a Stephen Miller.
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I think this clip is the key to understanding why Trump acted the way he did with Mamdani. His world revolves around TV ratings.
"I tell you, the press has eaten this thing up."
"I tell you, the press has eaten this thing up."
November 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I think this clip is the key to understanding why Trump acted the way he did with Mamdani. His world revolves around TV ratings.
"I tell you, the press has eaten this thing up."
"I tell you, the press has eaten this thing up."
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"We are looking very hard at seizing the means of production, powerfully and strongly being for the workers -- nobody ever said before they are for the workers, but we're very for worker, like nobody has ever been for worker before and we're strongly waging the war on class."
"Well, yes, Mamdani and I have our differences. He's a socialist, they say he's a socialist, and I guess he says so too. A democratic socialist, but a socialist. Meanwhile, I'm busy seizing the means of production, forcing a cultural revolution, cracking down on the intelligentsia ...."
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"We are looking very hard at seizing the means of production, powerfully and strongly being for the workers -- nobody ever said before they are for the workers, but we're very for worker, like nobody has ever been for worker before and we're strongly waging the war on class."
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Protect the dolls.
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Protect the dolls.
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
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I gotta be real, I remain super confused by the idea that misogyny and racism might be a surprise or a problem within the Heritage Foundation, whose literal policies have long seemed to be "what if more misogyny and racism??? yay!!!"
just a layperson's observation of their overall vibe. lol
just a layperson's observation of their overall vibe. lol
In this new essay on the internal culture of the right, I report on something big: allegations by a Heritage Foundation insider that the organization has allowed a toxic culture of "open misogyny and racism" to grow among a segment of the staff
www.vox.com/on-the-right...
www.vox.com/on-the-right...
The toxic culture behind the right’s civil war
A Heritage insider alleging “openly misogynistic and racist” conduct shines a light on the right’s inner workings.
www.vox.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I gotta be real, I remain super confused by the idea that misogyny and racism might be a surprise or a problem within the Heritage Foundation, whose literal policies have long seemed to be "what if more misogyny and racism??? yay!!!"
just a layperson's observation of their overall vibe. lol
just a layperson's observation of their overall vibe. lol
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nuzzi is in the club
the media protects the club members
nobody in the club can ever be wrong
people like jake tapper, maggie haberman, ben smith, etc are the club
nuzzi must be protected. its like the mafia or corrupt police.
the media protects the club members
nobody in the club can ever be wrong
people like jake tapper, maggie haberman, ben smith, etc are the club
nuzzi must be protected. its like the mafia or corrupt police.
Why is the NYT participating in Nuzzi's rehabilitation campaign?
November 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
nuzzi is in the club
the media protects the club members
nobody in the club can ever be wrong
people like jake tapper, maggie haberman, ben smith, etc are the club
nuzzi must be protected. its like the mafia or corrupt police.
the media protects the club members
nobody in the club can ever be wrong
people like jake tapper, maggie haberman, ben smith, etc are the club
nuzzi must be protected. its like the mafia or corrupt police.
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This
Democrats are obsessed with the idea that if they check all the boxes and followed all the rules, they did their jobs. If you failed to prosecute Trump and he comes back and becomes President again, you failed at your job even if you checked all the boxes.
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This
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Larry Summers getting advice on how to communicate with women, and Epstein advising him how to be emotionally manipulative, is both gross and pathetic www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
November 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Larry Summers getting advice on how to communicate with women, and Epstein advising him how to be emotionally manipulative, is both gross and pathetic www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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The Biden admin saw this and was like, well, what can you do it says unauthorized use or disclosure may be unlawful right there in the footer, might as well just roll over and lose
November 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The Biden admin saw this and was like, well, what can you do it says unauthorized use or disclosure may be unlawful right there in the footer, might as well just roll over and lose
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Elon Musk pretending to have read the Iliad (and learned important lessons from it!) when chatting with Marc Andreessen reminds me of how Nick Klegg said tech elites all “claim to read the same books.” www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Elon Musk pretending to have read the Iliad (and learned important lessons from it!) when chatting with Marc Andreessen reminds me of how Nick Klegg said tech elites all “claim to read the same books.” www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Dec 2015: Epstein to Wolff: 'Trump knew, what should I do?'
Dec 2015: Wolff to Epstein 'blackmail him!'
Mid-2016: Wolff gets full access to the Trump campaign and then White House.
Hmmmm
Dec 2015: Wolff to Epstein 'blackmail him!'
Mid-2016: Wolff gets full access to the Trump campaign and then White House.
Hmmmm
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Dec 2015: Epstein to Wolff: 'Trump knew, what should I do?'
Dec 2015: Wolff to Epstein 'blackmail him!'
Mid-2016: Wolff gets full access to the Trump campaign and then White House.
Hmmmm
Dec 2015: Wolff to Epstein 'blackmail him!'
Mid-2016: Wolff gets full access to the Trump campaign and then White House.
Hmmmm
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I have some fresh questions about how Wolff got almost 18 months of unrestricted access to both the Trump campaign and, later, the West Wing to write his book (that curiously doesn't mention this at all to my knowledge)
November 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I have some fresh questions about how Wolff got almost 18 months of unrestricted access to both the Trump campaign and, later, the West Wing to write his book (that curiously doesn't mention this at all to my knowledge)
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Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
Aurora visible all the way down here in NC
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Aurora visible all the way down here in NC
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High end wealth inequality allows for shit like this
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 AM
High end wealth inequality allows for shit like this
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"Maxwell has received custom meals personally delivered to her cell, after-hours time in a private exercise area, access to a service puppy, and private meetings with visitors arranged by the warden, complete with snacks. Visitors were allowed to bring computers..."
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
Democrats reveal whistleblower details of Ghislaine Maxwell prison ‘luxuries’
In a letter to the president, House Democrats say Maxwell’s treatment as she prepares a clemency request makes the convicted sex offender look like a “guest at a Trump hotel.”
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"Maxwell has received custom meals personally delivered to her cell, after-hours time in a private exercise area, access to a service puppy, and private meetings with visitors arranged by the warden, complete with snacks. Visitors were allowed to bring computers..."
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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"Vance is a soulless striver who will sell off anything if he thought it would give him more power. We don’t have to ask if he would betray his wife and kids. He does so nearly every day by promoting a vision of America that has no room for them in it."
People gossiped about JD Vance and Erika Kirk. Then, inevitably, came the "don't gossip" scoldings.
Screw it! Let's defend wild speculation. First, these two deserve it.
Second, the gossip tells us a lot about JD Vance's political future. An analysis.
www.salon.com/2025/11/10/w...
Screw it! Let's defend wild speculation. First, these two deserve it.
Second, the gossip tells us a lot about JD Vance's political future. An analysis.
www.salon.com/2025/11/10/w...
Why JD Vance and Erika Kirk's hug made tongues wag
The vice president’s current wife, Usha, is a growing political liability
www.salon.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"Vance is a soulless striver who will sell off anything if he thought it would give him more power. We don’t have to ask if he would betray his wife and kids. He does so nearly every day by promoting a vision of America that has no room for them in it."
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"the shutdown gave him more power"
In the short-run. But he was shooting himself in the foot. You fools let him off the hook.
In the short-run. But he was shooting himself in the foot. You fools let him off the hook.
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"the shutdown gave him more power"
In the short-run. But he was shooting himself in the foot. You fools let him off the hook.
In the short-run. But he was shooting himself in the foot. You fools let him off the hook.
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