T. W. Barber
@twbarber.bsky.social
Author, firefighter, witch, professional weird person | He/him | ADHD | Bi 🏳️🌈 | #amquerying #fantasy #horror #BLM
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Glitches, bugs, inescapable entailments, and features are all different things, and we all need to get back in the habit of saying so.
“When stationary, a software glitch can cause the wheel to turn itself back and forth without any input from the driver. It’s basically one step away from a nightmare scenario on the highway.”
Firstly, let’s all agree that 2026 will be the year to stop using the word “glitch” to describe bugs.
Firstly, let’s all agree that 2026 will be the year to stop using the word “glitch” to describe bugs.
BMW Built Smarter Steering For The X3, And Then It Started Turning On Its Own | Carscoops
Nearly 37,000 SUVs are being recalled after a software flaw caused wheel movement while parked, underscoring the risks of complex systems
www.carscoops.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Glitches, bugs, inescapable entailments, and features are all different things, and we all need to get back in the habit of saying so.
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
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HuffPost has obtained a video of a physician trying to give medical care to the woman shot and killed by ICE goons today, and not being allowed to go near her. The ICE agents claim there are medics on site, but witnesses scream that there are no medics present
January 7, 2026 at 10:49 PM
HuffPost has obtained a video of a physician trying to give medical care to the woman shot and killed by ICE goons today, and not being allowed to go near her. The ICE agents claim there are medics on site, but witnesses scream that there are no medics present
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Murder
The vehicle was not a threat
The officer was not in danger
Shooting the driver of a moving vehicle does not increase safety
The shot driver was incapacitated
Denying medical care was criminal
Murder
Arrest the m’f’k’r
The vehicle was not a threat
The officer was not in danger
Shooting the driver of a moving vehicle does not increase safety
The shot driver was incapacitated
Denying medical care was criminal
Murder
Arrest the m’f’k’r
“I’m a physician!”
—bystander, neighbor
“I don’t care.”
—ICE agent
—bystander, neighbor
“I don’t care.”
—ICE agent
HuffPost has obtained a video of a physician trying to give medical care to the woman shot and killed by ICE goons today, and not being allowed to go near her. The ICE agents claim there are medics on site, but witnesses scream that there are no medics present
January 7, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Murder
The vehicle was not a threat
The officer was not in danger
Shooting the driver of a moving vehicle does not increase safety
The shot driver was incapacitated
Denying medical care was criminal
Murder
Arrest the m’f’k’r
The vehicle was not a threat
The officer was not in danger
Shooting the driver of a moving vehicle does not increase safety
The shot driver was incapacitated
Denying medical care was criminal
Murder
Arrest the m’f’k’r
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These people will fire and deport you for insufficiently glazing Charlie Kirk but openly celebrate killings against perceived ideological enemies.
January 7, 2026 at 11:45 PM
These people will fire and deport you for insufficiently glazing Charlie Kirk but openly celebrate killings against perceived ideological enemies.
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Truth, right here…👇
January 7, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Truth, right here…👇
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Anyone not actively involved in impeaching and no other activity should just resign. There is no government until he is gone. Pretending otherwise props up him, not government.
The number of ways this is unconstitutional lunacy
is…a lot
is…a lot
January 7, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Anyone not actively involved in impeaching and no other activity should just resign. There is no government until he is gone. Pretending otherwise props up him, not government.
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Remember when Dems folded and got nothing and everyone was so happy and patting themselves on the back about getting the Epstein Files released and they just blacked everything out and started deleting shit and now they're bombing Venezuela because we re-opened the government. Anyway
If Trump is really stealing spending power from Congress then it would be insanity for Democrats to vote to fund the government later this month. Shut it down until the president stops wiping his ass with the Constitution.
January 7, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Remember when Dems folded and got nothing and everyone was so happy and patting themselves on the back about getting the Epstein Files released and they just blacked everything out and started deleting shit and now they're bombing Venezuela because we re-opened the government. Anyway
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So, hear me out on this, I want my taxpayer dollars going to feeding, hungry people, educating kids, and building better roads. I have no desire to buy Donald Trump an island, & last time I checked, the power of the purse, still belonged to Congress.
"Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers that recent administration threats against Greenland didn’t signal an imminent invasion and that the goal is to buy the island from Denmark, according to people familiar with the discussions."
Exclusive | Rubio Tells Lawmakers Trump Aims to Buy Greenland, Downplays Military Action
The secretary of state said the White House is using rhetoric to pressure Denmark into negotiations.
www.wsj.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:28 PM
So, hear me out on this, I want my taxpayer dollars going to feeding, hungry people, educating kids, and building better roads. I have no desire to buy Donald Trump an island, & last time I checked, the power of the purse, still belonged to Congress.
I was watching Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities and watched The Viewing. I immediately thought "huh, this feels a lot like Mandy." Lo and behold, same guy. If your style is that recognizable after seeing only one movie, that says something. Get this man some fucking funding.
Man, what the fuck? 🥲
People will finance slop, but not a sick ass vampire movie from one of the best modern horror filmmakers...
People will finance slop, but not a sick ass vampire movie from one of the best modern horror filmmakers...
Panos Cosmatos' ‘Flesh of the Gods’ Still Can't Secure the Money to Shoot, Despite A-List Cast — World of Reel
Kristen Stewart, Oscar Isaac, and Elizabeth Olsen are attached to star in “Flesh of the Gods,” a vampire thriller to be directed by Panos Cosmatos (“Mandy”).
www.worldofreel.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:43 PM
I was watching Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities and watched The Viewing. I immediately thought "huh, this feels a lot like Mandy." Lo and behold, same guy. If your style is that recognizable after seeing only one movie, that says something. Get this man some fucking funding.
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💰Money Quote:
January 6, 2026 at 5:22 PM
💰Money Quote:
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Every coworker announcing as they walk in "boy, that traffic amirite"
Reclassifying horror films by everyday annoyances:
Guitar at campsite
Shoes on the bed
Aggressive chewing
Guitar at campsite
Shoes on the bed
Aggressive chewing
January 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Every coworker announcing as they walk in "boy, that traffic amirite"
I know a lot has been said about Frankenstein and whether it's a "faithful" adaptation. Aside from the fact that 100% fidelity is impossible, why would you want that? Nobody listens to Cash's cover of Hurt because it sounds identical to the original, but because Cash brought his perspective to it.
January 5, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I know a lot has been said about Frankenstein and whether it's a "faithful" adaptation. Aside from the fact that 100% fidelity is impossible, why would you want that? Nobody listens to Cash's cover of Hurt because it sounds identical to the original, but because Cash brought his perspective to it.
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They know that we know they're paedophiles. They don't care.
They know this war is illegal. They don't care.
They know they're white supremacists. They don't care.
They know they're bigoted shitheels. They. Don't. Care.
WWII went down the way it did for a reason.
They know this war is illegal. They don't care.
They know they're white supremacists. They don't care.
They know they're bigoted shitheels. They. Don't. Care.
WWII went down the way it did for a reason.
January 4, 2026 at 2:41 AM
They know that we know they're paedophiles. They don't care.
They know this war is illegal. They don't care.
They know they're white supremacists. They don't care.
They know they're bigoted shitheels. They. Don't. Care.
WWII went down the way it did for a reason.
They know this war is illegal. They don't care.
They know they're white supremacists. They don't care.
They know they're bigoted shitheels. They. Don't. Care.
WWII went down the way it did for a reason.
I wonder if anyone else loves Rage Against The Machine, but wishes it had less, yknow, rage
January 4, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I wonder if anyone else loves Rage Against The Machine, but wishes it had less, yknow, rage
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The “peace” President has started a war.
He'll start a war to:
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
January 3, 2026 at 6:20 PM
The “peace” President has started a war.
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If the Bot is capable of producing CSAM doesn't that mean it has CSAM somewhere in its training data ? Shouldn't that be investigated?
January 2, 2026 at 4:04 PM
If the Bot is capable of producing CSAM doesn't that mean it has CSAM somewhere in its training data ? Shouldn't that be investigated?
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"AI" is and for a very long time has been a term used for obfuscation, occultation, and sleight of hand; but any sufficiently transparent magic is indistinguishable from technology.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...
January 2, 2026 at 10:04 PM
"AI" is and for a very long time has been a term used for obfuscation, occultation, and sleight of hand; but any sufficiently transparent magic is indistinguishable from technology.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...
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Trump is closing NASA's largest research library, which contains massive collection of undigitized and irreplaceable materials, planning to throw away what isn't warehoused.
The casual and thoughtless damage is stunning. Donald Trump brings nothing but destruction.
The casual and thoughtless damage is stunning. Donald Trump brings nothing but destruction.
January 2, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Trump is closing NASA's largest research library, which contains massive collection of undigitized and irreplaceable materials, planning to throw away what isn't warehoused.
The casual and thoughtless damage is stunning. Donald Trump brings nothing but destruction.
The casual and thoughtless damage is stunning. Donald Trump brings nothing but destruction.
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The tl;dr for writers is — we are human, we write the books, and we are going to fucking win.
Here’s the inspiration I needed for the new year. Thanks @chuckwendig.bsky.social
Writer Resolution 2026: Wield The Weapon That Is You
It’s never precisely easy to be a writer — professional or otherwise. I mean, it’s easy in the sense of, hey, anybody can open a word processor and start (fiercely or methodically…
terribleminds.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:06 PM
The tl;dr for writers is — we are human, we write the books, and we are going to fucking win.
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ANYWAY, HAPPY NEW YEAR, FRIENDS AND READERS AND FELLOW WEIRDOS
*holds up the carcass of 2025 to let 2026 know we are without mercy, so it better be on its best goddamn behavior*
*holds up the carcass of 2025 to let 2026 know we are without mercy, so it better be on its best goddamn behavior*
January 1, 2026 at 2:45 PM
ANYWAY, HAPPY NEW YEAR, FRIENDS AND READERS AND FELLOW WEIRDOS
*holds up the carcass of 2025 to let 2026 know we are without mercy, so it better be on its best goddamn behavior*
*holds up the carcass of 2025 to let 2026 know we are without mercy, so it better be on its best goddamn behavior*
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In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."
December 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."
Going into 2026 like
January 1, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Going into 2026 like
People who are scared and stupid are easy to control. Big tech is jamming AI into everything so that they can do our thinking for us, and we should all be very worried about that.
December 31, 2025 at 3:53 AM
People who are scared and stupid are easy to control. Big tech is jamming AI into everything so that they can do our thinking for us, and we should all be very worried about that.