@matthewjbarnard.bsky.social
I was born at 343ppm CO2. I went to Cornell and Duke. I work on business strategy in the tech industry.
I have a wonderful wife and two beautiful children: can we try not to leave them a burning planet covered in dictatorships?
I have a wonderful wife and two beautiful children: can we try not to leave them a burning planet covered in dictatorships?
Robert De Biro out the sunroof with a rocket launcher.
December 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Robert De Biro out the sunroof with a rocket launcher.
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RFK Jr: “If you’ve ever compared an unvaccinated kid to a vaccinated kid… you see the bright eyes, the engagement, the social interactions, the curiosity. And you compare them to the child who even had one or two vaccines, and they’re completely different.“
This man is an existential threat.
This man is an existential threat.
August 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
RFK Jr: “If you’ve ever compared an unvaccinated kid to a vaccinated kid… you see the bright eyes, the engagement, the social interactions, the curiosity. And you compare them to the child who even had one or two vaccines, and they’re completely different.“
This man is an existential threat.
This man is an existential threat.
Fried Chicken. The thigh to be specific.
in light of the vocal fry please tell us your favorite fried food
July 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Fried Chicken. The thigh to be specific.
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ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
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Gift link to a chilling report from Haaretz that everyone should read. Even if only a fraction of this (and some of the paper’s previous detailed reporting on possible war crimes) is true, we should all be deeply saddened and sickened, as I am right now.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
June 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Gift link to a chilling report from Haaretz that everyone should read. Even if only a fraction of this (and some of the paper’s previous detailed reporting on possible war crimes) is true, we should all be deeply saddened and sickened, as I am right now.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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As we head to Election Day, for folks who voted early, thank you. I know some folks have not yet made up their minds. I am making an appeal to you.
Please do not rank Cuomo. I have worked with every single one of the candidates for mayor. I will tell you he does not like us.
Please do not rank Cuomo. I have worked with every single one of the candidates for mayor. I will tell you he does not like us.
June 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
As we head to Election Day, for folks who voted early, thank you. I know some folks have not yet made up their minds. I am making an appeal to you.
Please do not rank Cuomo. I have worked with every single one of the candidates for mayor. I will tell you he does not like us.
Please do not rank Cuomo. I have worked with every single one of the candidates for mayor. I will tell you he does not like us.
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NEW: Adults fighting kids for clean water, despondent toddlers and a child with swollen feet denied a medical exam - these first-hand accounts from immigrant families are offering a glimpse at conditions in TX detention centers. according to court filing.
apnews.com/article/migr...
apnews.com/article/migr...
New insight into Texas family detention reveals adults fighting kids for clean water
A new court filing in an ongoing legal dispute with the federal government reveals the psychological and physical trauma endured by children and families held at Texas family detention centers.
apnews.com
June 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
NEW: Adults fighting kids for clean water, despondent toddlers and a child with swollen feet denied a medical exam - these first-hand accounts from immigrant families are offering a glimpse at conditions in TX detention centers. according to court filing.
apnews.com/article/migr...
apnews.com/article/migr...
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Fear of the New York City subway is a mark of low moral character.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...
The Subway Is Not Scary
Fear of the subway is a mark of low moral character.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Fear of the New York City subway is a mark of low moral character.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...
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“I have spent my life making government work and getting results for people,” Andrew Cuomo says, listing his experience, including 11 years as governor. A woman yells out, “you resigned in disgrace!”
April 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
“I have spent my life making government work and getting results for people,” Andrew Cuomo says, listing his experience, including 11 years as governor. A woman yells out, “you resigned in disgrace!”
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Adobe adds more image generators to its growing AI family
Adobe adds more image generators to its growing AI family
The Firefly text-to-image update joins a collaborative moodboard app and new features for Photoshop and Illustrator.
buff.ly
April 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Adobe adds more image generators to its growing AI family
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It’s never been better time to buy a car if you’re a Nazi concerned about climate change
March 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It’s never been better time to buy a car if you’re a Nazi concerned about climate change
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1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world.
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
March 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world.
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
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I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
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There are Venezuelan immigrants that have not committed any crime, either in the US or in Venezuela, that have been:
* Falsely labeled as a gang members, without proof
* Arrested and mistreated
* Denied access to counsel
* Loaded onto a plane, and sent to El Salvador to work as unpaid prison labor
* Falsely labeled as a gang members, without proof
* Arrested and mistreated
* Denied access to counsel
* Loaded onto a plane, and sent to El Salvador to work as unpaid prison labor
March 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
There are Venezuelan immigrants that have not committed any crime, either in the US or in Venezuela, that have been:
* Falsely labeled as a gang members, without proof
* Arrested and mistreated
* Denied access to counsel
* Loaded onto a plane, and sent to El Salvador to work as unpaid prison labor
* Falsely labeled as a gang members, without proof
* Arrested and mistreated
* Denied access to counsel
* Loaded onto a plane, and sent to El Salvador to work as unpaid prison labor
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The good news for Africa and the world, and bad news for the USA, is that the death toll won't be anywhere close to this.🤷🏿♂️
Because the rest of the world is already stepping in to cover the most crucial parts of the gap.
All we are doing is ceding influence in the world.
Because the rest of the world is already stepping in to cover the most crucial parts of the gap.
All we are doing is ceding influence in the world.
The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
Killing children is by design, I'm afraid. "Pro-natalists" like Musk claim they aren't racist, but their pressure to have children is solely focused on white women, while they back policies that literally kill of non-white children.
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The good news for Africa and the world, and bad news for the USA, is that the death toll won't be anywhere close to this.🤷🏿♂️
Because the rest of the world is already stepping in to cover the most crucial parts of the gap.
All we are doing is ceding influence in the world.
Because the rest of the world is already stepping in to cover the most crucial parts of the gap.
All we are doing is ceding influence in the world.
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Supreme Court rules 6-3 that Teslas are priced to move with $0 down and no payments for 48 months
March 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Supreme Court rules 6-3 that Teslas are priced to move with $0 down and no payments for 48 months
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Again, elections happen under competitive authoritarianism. What doesn’t happen is legal accountability for criminals allied with the government, or elections that are fully free & fair. We already don’t have those. If the claim is we’re still going to be a full democracy in 2026/8, I have bad news.
March 2, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Again, elections happen under competitive authoritarianism. What doesn’t happen is legal accountability for criminals allied with the government, or elections that are fully free & fair. We already don’t have those. If the claim is we’re still going to be a full democracy in 2026/8, I have bad news.
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18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was demolished by Musk’s team shortly after midnight. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 billion.
March 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was demolished by Musk’s team shortly after midnight. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 billion.
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Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
February 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
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Okay, so.
I don’t know how much of a heads up this is when it’s just a notice about these 2 mutations. Do they really raise serious concerns about “increased transmission?”
Sort of. It’s more complex than D701N & E626K, omg pandemic bird flu.
What do these mutations do in H5N1?
I don’t know how much of a heads up this is when it’s just a notice about these 2 mutations. Do they really raise serious concerns about “increased transmission?”
Sort of. It’s more complex than D701N & E626K, omg pandemic bird flu.
What do these mutations do in H5N1?
February 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Okay, so.
I don’t know how much of a heads up this is when it’s just a notice about these 2 mutations. Do they really raise serious concerns about “increased transmission?”
Sort of. It’s more complex than D701N & E626K, omg pandemic bird flu.
What do these mutations do in H5N1?
I don’t know how much of a heads up this is when it’s just a notice about these 2 mutations. Do they really raise serious concerns about “increased transmission?”
Sort of. It’s more complex than D701N & E626K, omg pandemic bird flu.
What do these mutations do in H5N1?
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We cannot allow the deaths of children from vaccine preventable illnesses to be normalized in the U.S. in the same way that deaths of children from gun violence have been normalized.
Children DO NOT need to die from preventable causes. We owe them full and healthy lives!
Children DO NOT need to die from preventable causes. We owe them full and healthy lives!
February 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We cannot allow the deaths of children from vaccine preventable illnesses to be normalized in the U.S. in the same way that deaths of children from gun violence have been normalized.
Children DO NOT need to die from preventable causes. We owe them full and healthy lives!
Children DO NOT need to die from preventable causes. We owe them full and healthy lives!
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Spanish guitarist Pablo Sáinz-Villegas brings 🔥 to Rodrigo’s "Fantasia para un Gentilhombre," while Cuban composer Jorge Amado spices things up with "Marabuzal," a brand-new Orpheus commission.
March 1 | Carnegie Hall
Feb 28 | Williams Center at Lafayette College
orpheusnyc.org/tickets-and-...
March 1 | Carnegie Hall
Feb 28 | Williams Center at Lafayette College
orpheusnyc.org/tickets-and-...
Orpheus & Pablo Sáinz-Villegas at Carnegie Hall | March 1, 2025
Orpheus & guitarist Pablo Sáinz-Villegas perform Rodrigo at Zankel Hall Carnegie Hall on March 1, 2025 at 7PM. Subscribe today for the best seats!
orpheusnyc.org
February 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Spanish guitarist Pablo Sáinz-Villegas brings 🔥 to Rodrigo’s "Fantasia para un Gentilhombre," while Cuban composer Jorge Amado spices things up with "Marabuzal," a brand-new Orpheus commission.
March 1 | Carnegie Hall
Feb 28 | Williams Center at Lafayette College
orpheusnyc.org/tickets-and-...
March 1 | Carnegie Hall
Feb 28 | Williams Center at Lafayette College
orpheusnyc.org/tickets-and-...
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We only know this man is in Gitmo because Noem tweeted a propaganda photo that included him and his sister saw it. He has no criminal record. He entered the US in January and immediately made an appointment with CBP to claim asylum. They sent him to a concentration camp bc of his basketball tattoo.
Venezuelan Migrant Sent to Guantánamo Bay Is ‘Not a Criminal,’ Family Pleads (Gift Article)
Luis Alberto Castillo arrived in the United States so that he could “give everything to his son,” said his sister. Then, while scrolling on TikTok, she found out he was headed to Guantánamo.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We only know this man is in Gitmo because Noem tweeted a propaganda photo that included him and his sister saw it. He has no criminal record. He entered the US in January and immediately made an appointment with CBP to claim asylum. They sent him to a concentration camp bc of his basketball tattoo.
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Luis Alberto Castillo arrived in the U.S. so that he could “give everything to his son,” said his sister. Then, while scrolling on TikTok, she found out he was headed to Guantánamo.
Family of Venezuelan Migrant Sent to Guantánamo: ‘My Brother Is Not a Criminal.’
Luis Alberto Castillo arrived in the United States so that he could “give everything to his son,” said his sister. Then, while scrolling on TikTok, she found out he was headed to Guantánamo.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Luis Alberto Castillo arrived in the U.S. so that he could “give everything to his son,” said his sister. Then, while scrolling on TikTok, she found out he was headed to Guantánamo.