Brian Barreto
@marblespeak.bsky.social
Visual artist, collaborative curator/ arts organizer, news junky, dog feeder, and kook enthusiast breathing deeply in NM.
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Haha hey anybody remember Jill Stein?
August 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Haha hey anybody remember Jill Stein?
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Yes, it should. However, that would require an effective mainstream media in America — which we don’t currently have.
August 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Yes, it should. However, that would require an effective mainstream media in America — which we don’t currently have.
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The clearest image of Pluto captured by the New Horizons spacecraft.
June 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The clearest image of Pluto captured by the New Horizons spacecraft.
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For many years, an abandoned laundromat in Southeast D.C. was an eyesore. Now, the venue is home to after-school arts programs.
This year, two local muralists called on dozens of the city’s artists to turn a once-blighted street corner into something beautiful. wapo.st/4e7tKWo
This year, two local muralists called on dozens of the city’s artists to turn a once-blighted street corner into something beautiful. wapo.st/4e7tKWo
June 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
For many years, an abandoned laundromat in Southeast D.C. was an eyesore. Now, the venue is home to after-school arts programs.
This year, two local muralists called on dozens of the city’s artists to turn a once-blighted street corner into something beautiful. wapo.st/4e7tKWo
This year, two local muralists called on dozens of the city’s artists to turn a once-blighted street corner into something beautiful. wapo.st/4e7tKWo
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Stunning light shows (Auroras) on Jupiter as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.
-Credits: NASA
-Credits: NASA
June 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Stunning light shows (Auroras) on Jupiter as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.
-Credits: NASA
-Credits: NASA
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This is a strong point.
June 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This is a strong point.
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Escorting journalists away in cuffs?? Really??
As Republicans are ripping away health care, reporters are being detained for reporting the news!
#FreedomToDissent
#FreedomToDissent
June 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Escorting journalists away in cuffs?? Really??
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You can't call immigrants lazy moochers looking for government handouts and then round them up at Home Depots where you know they are looking for work.
You can't say immigrants don't follow the rules and then round them up in courthouses where they are following the rules.
Get your lies straight.
You can't say immigrants don't follow the rules and then round them up in courthouses where they are following the rules.
Get your lies straight.
June 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
You can't call immigrants lazy moochers looking for government handouts and then round them up at Home Depots where you know they are looking for work.
You can't say immigrants don't follow the rules and then round them up in courthouses where they are following the rules.
Get your lies straight.
You can't say immigrants don't follow the rules and then round them up in courthouses where they are following the rules.
Get your lies straight.
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To me, as an Atlanticist and foreign policy guy for most of my career, that comment really stung.
Think about it - 200,000 voters in four states. And the 40% who couldn’t be bothered. As France’s Europe Minister said “We cannot leave the security of Europe in the hands of voters in Wisconsin every 4 years”. They get it. We don’t.
June 8, 2025 at 3:44 AM
To me, as an Atlanticist and foreign policy guy for most of my career, that comment really stung.
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Can’t shake the thought that having all this matériel in DC and provoking anti-ICE riots in LA, Chicago, and gods-know-where would make a handy little setup for declaring martial law.
Meh, it’s probably nothing. 😬
Meh, it’s probably nothing. 😬
NEW: Unbelievable. A seemingly endless line of tanks & other military vehicles arrive in DC ahead of next week's parade.
They departed Texas 5 days ago.
What a colossal waste of time, money & military resources. All for a President who has shown zero respect for service personnel.
(🎥 DW)
They departed Texas 5 days ago.
What a colossal waste of time, money & military resources. All for a President who has shown zero respect for service personnel.
(🎥 DW)
June 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Can’t shake the thought that having all this matériel in DC and provoking anti-ICE riots in LA, Chicago, and gods-know-where would make a handy little setup for declaring martial law.
Meh, it’s probably nothing. 😬
Meh, it’s probably nothing. 😬
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EVERYBODY WATCH.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
June 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
EVERYBODY WATCH.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
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#ICYMI: Disclosure forms show that U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares on April 2. That day, after the market closed, Trump’s “Liberation Day” press conference sent the market tumbling.
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
#ICYMI: Disclosure forms show that U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares on April 2. That day, after the market closed, Trump’s “Liberation Day” press conference sent the market tumbling.
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
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BREAKING: Mayor Baraka was handcuffed and detained by DHS for protesting at a new ICE facility. He was accompanying a congressional delegation at the facility to conduct an oversight inspection. Video footage BELOW. @50501movement.bsky.social @voicesofflorida.bsky.social 1/2
May 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Most authoritarian regimes sustain themselves in large part through broad surveillance and tight control of data flows that can feed into systems of semilegal pressure against potential dissidents and opponents.
Trump’s Sneaky Plot to Steal Your Data—and Weaponize It Against You
Under the guise of immigration enforcement, the administration is building a new, expanded surveillance state.
newrepublic.com
May 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Most authoritarian regimes sustain themselves in large part through broad surveillance and tight control of data flows that can feed into systems of semilegal pressure against potential dissidents and opponents.
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The Trump admin just terminated the Ready to Learn grant program that helped bring you Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow, and Clifford the Big Red Dog. We must protect public broadcasting.
May 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The Trump admin just terminated the Ready to Learn grant program that helped bring you Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow, and Clifford the Big Red Dog. We must protect public broadcasting.
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9 years ago at the White House 🎶
May 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
9 years ago at the White House 🎶
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Musk’s DOGE allies have been spearheading a new communications project at the FAA and forcing staff involved to sign NDAs, sources tell us.
They say “Project Lift” would be a great opportunity for Musk’s Starlink.
w/ @swin24.bsky.social @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
They say “Project Lift” would be a great opportunity for Musk’s Starlink.
w/ @swin24.bsky.social @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Musk Allies Made FAA Staff Sign NDAs to Keep New Project Secret
Elon Musk’s DOGE allies have been spearheading a secret new communications project at Donald Trump’s Federal Aviation Administration.
www.rollingstone.com
April 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Musk’s DOGE allies have been spearheading a new communications project at the FAA and forcing staff involved to sign NDAs, sources tell us.
They say “Project Lift” would be a great opportunity for Musk’s Starlink.
w/ @swin24.bsky.social @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
They say “Project Lift” would be a great opportunity for Musk’s Starlink.
w/ @swin24.bsky.social @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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“Rep. Tom Emmer refuses to rule out deporting U.S. citizens” 4/21/25 minnesotareformer.com/briefs/rep-t...
Rep. Tom Emmer refuses to rule out deporting U.S. citizens • Minnesota Reformer
On Sunday, U.S. House Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District repeatedly dodged straightforward questions about whether the U.S. president has the legal power to “deport” U.S. citizen...
minnesotareformer.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
“Rep. Tom Emmer refuses to rule out deporting U.S. citizens” 4/21/25 minnesotareformer.com/briefs/rep-t...
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Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
April 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
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Don't put in the newspaper that she is a history buff.
The review of the Smithsonian museums for "improper ideology" is being led by a 35-year old lawyer who has no experience or credentials in history or museum studies.
But one supporter says she is an avid "fan of history."🗃️
The review of the Smithsonian museums for "improper ideology" is being led by a 35-year old lawyer who has no experience or credentials in history or museum studies.
But one supporter says she is an avid "fan of history."🗃️
She told Trump the Smithsonian needs changing. He’s ordered her to do it.
Who is Lindsey Halligan, the attorney assigned to help remove “improper ideology” from Washington’s most important cultural institution?
wapo.st
April 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Don't put in the newspaper that she is a history buff.
The review of the Smithsonian museums for "improper ideology" is being led by a 35-year old lawyer who has no experience or credentials in history or museum studies.
But one supporter says she is an avid "fan of history."🗃️
The review of the Smithsonian museums for "improper ideology" is being led by a 35-year old lawyer who has no experience or credentials in history or museum studies.
But one supporter says she is an avid "fan of history."🗃️
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A statement by Seth Rogan about the evisceration of science in the US, made at an awards ceremony attended by Schmuckerberg, Bezos, and Brin, was edited out of the final version that aired. The "Breakthrough Prize" *for science* was originally established by Schmuckerberg and Brin.
April 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
A statement by Seth Rogan about the evisceration of science in the US, made at an awards ceremony attended by Schmuckerberg, Bezos, and Brin, was edited out of the final version that aired. The "Breakthrough Prize" *for science* was originally established by Schmuckerberg and Brin.
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Very very important read. A startup backed by the paypal mafia and the Kushner is set to get a contract to privatize the entire internal govt credit card system. No compete sweetheart deal. Justified by bogus claims abt fraud. Pure corruption. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump Team Eyes Politically Connected Startup to Overhaul $700 Billion Government Payments Program
A little-known firm with investors linked to JD Vance, Elon Musk and Trump could get a piece of the federal expense card system — and its hundreds of millions in fees. “This goes against all the norma...
www.propublica.org
April 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Very very important read. A startup backed by the paypal mafia and the Kushner is set to get a contract to privatize the entire internal govt credit card system. No compete sweetheart deal. Justified by bogus claims abt fraud. Pure corruption. www.propublica.org/article/trum...