Cynthia Barnes
@cynthiabarnes.bsky.social
Journalist for hire. Will travel for tacos. Repatriated ex-pat. Now: Denver. Past lives: Chicago, Memphis, #Mizzou, NOLA, NYC, Bangkok, Baghdad #binder
From an administration that’s 100% Comic Sans
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
From an administration that’s 100% Comic Sans
'Tis the season
just learning this happened at an ABC. Total Wine would have never allowed this to happen
Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
December 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM
'Tis the season
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As I often mention, the Republican platform is simple: they want to sexually abuse children, and they want you to pay for it. Since they rhetorically frame that as a return to an idealized past (“great again”), the NYT naturally has to frame systematic child sexual abuse as “the good old days”.
November 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
As I often mention, the Republican platform is simple: they want to sexually abuse children, and they want you to pay for it. Since they rhetorically frame that as a return to an idealized past (“great again”), the NYT naturally has to frame systematic child sexual abuse as “the good old days”.
We had a visitor earlier this week and the Siamese is still pining near the balcony door.
November 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
We had a visitor earlier this week and the Siamese is still pining near the balcony door.
He pulled this bullshit in 2016, too, as if being a gay married father was somehow magically no longer an “identity.” Big “I got mine” energy.
Speaking at a Texas Tribune Festival on Friday, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg criticized the Democratic Party for failing to reach everyday Americans, arguing that it “got sucked in” to a conversation about identity. #TribFest25
Pete Buttigieg critiques Democrats for focus on identity
The former U.S. transportation secretary said the Democratic Party should focus more on issues gripping the country, such as health care and housing affordability.
www.texastribune.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:35 AM
He pulled this bullshit in 2016, too, as if being a gay married father was somehow magically no longer an “identity.” Big “I got mine” energy.
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Afghan immigrant who helped U.S. military fight Taliban arrested by ICE
Afghan immigrant who helped U.S. military fight Taliban arrested by ICE
The father of four, who had settled in Colorado and gotten his commercial driver’s license, was driving a truck through Indiana when he was taken by masked ICE agents in October
coloradosun.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Afghan immigrant who helped U.S. military fight Taliban arrested by ICE
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“Geese must truly be the coolest new band since the White Stripes, because my phone ain’t blown up like this since New Radicals announced reforming for just one day for the 2021 Presidential Inauguration in defiance of the raid on the Capitol."
New Radicals’ Gregg Alexander Reacts To Geese’s “You Get What You Give” Cover
Earlier this week, Geese visited BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge and covered the New Radicals’ 1998 classic “You Get What You Give.” Now, frontman Gregg Alexander is sharing his reaction.
www.stereogum.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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I KNOW BETTER than to repost something without checking, but fell for this. This alleged quote is not on X or Truth and the poster berated AND BLOCKED me when I asked for a cite. If this WAS posted (the avatar is from X), I would appreciate a cite from a reputable source. Thanks!
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I KNOW BETTER than to repost something without checking, but fell for this. This alleged quote is not on X or Truth and the poster berated AND BLOCKED me when I asked for a cite. If this WAS posted (the avatar is from X), I would appreciate a cite from a reputable source. Thanks!
Jesus Cuomo's "concession" speech had such whiny little boy energy.
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Jesus Cuomo's "concession" speech had such whiny little boy energy.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Ominous. Teen Vogue was doing better journalism than most of the broadsheets.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Ominous. Teen Vogue was doing better journalism than most of the broadsheets.
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Baseball is so great you guys. It's also terrible and mean and no one should love it because it will snap your heart in half. But it's so great.
November 1, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Baseball is so great you guys. It's also terrible and mean and no one should love it because it will snap your heart in half. But it's so great.
Well this is just SWELL
People between 55 and 64 who receive tax credits to subsidize their insurance will pay an average of 144% more in 2026 than they paid this year, for an increase of about $235 per month, according to Connect for Health Colorado, which runs the state-based marketplace.
Older Coloradans and rural residents face bigger health insurance price hikes
People between 55 and 64 who receive tax credits to subsidize their insurance will pay an average of 144% more in 2026 than they paid this year — an increase of about $235 per month.
trib.al
October 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Well this is just SWELL
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October 31, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Things that you think in 8th grade and in the World Series.
ohhhhhh that is an ill-timed boner
October 28, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Things that you think in 8th grade and in the World Series.
This thread just keeps getting better
With SNAP benefits going to shit because of rich assholes and corruption running rampant through politics I'd like to point your attention to a Clinton.
No, not one of those Clintons. This Clinton. Clifford Clinton.
No, not one of those Clintons. This Clinton. Clifford Clinton.
October 31, 2025 at 9:59 AM
This thread just keeps getting better
As a human on the planet and as a diver who spent many happy hours underwater in Koh Tao, this is gutting.
As Earth continues to warm, coral reef die-off is the first domino to fall. But other climate tipping points may not be far behind.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coral-collapse-climate-tipping-point
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coral-collapse-climate-tipping-point
Coral collapse signals Earth's first climate tipping point
The global die-off of coral reefs signals a critical shift in Earth’s climate system with global environmental consequences along with economic ones.
www.sciencenews.org
October 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
As a human on the planet and as a diver who spent many happy hours underwater in Koh Tao, this is gutting.
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Q: What did you mean when you said you're prepared to send 'more than the National Guard' into American cities?
TRUMP: if I want to enact a certain act, I'd be allowed to do whatever I want. The courts wouldn't get involved. Nobody would. I could send Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines -anybody I want
TRUMP: if I want to enact a certain act, I'd be allowed to do whatever I want. The courts wouldn't get involved. Nobody would. I could send Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines -anybody I want
October 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Q: What did you mean when you said you're prepared to send 'more than the National Guard' into American cities?
TRUMP: if I want to enact a certain act, I'd be allowed to do whatever I want. The courts wouldn't get involved. Nobody would. I could send Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines -anybody I want
TRUMP: if I want to enact a certain act, I'd be allowed to do whatever I want. The courts wouldn't get involved. Nobody would. I could send Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines -anybody I want
Replace “AI bookkeeping” with almost literally any poorly targeted press release.
cold email: hey 😎 are you looking to level up your bookkeeping with AI? it’d be super cool to vibe on a quick call: virtual ☕️ on me!
follow-up email: guess my email was in your spam 🤔 but it’s not too late haha
follow-up to the follow-up: KILL MYSELF??? you wouldn’t care if i was dead. admit it.
follow-up email: guess my email was in your spam 🤔 but it’s not too late haha
follow-up to the follow-up: KILL MYSELF??? you wouldn’t care if i was dead. admit it.
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Replace “AI bookkeeping” with almost literally any poorly targeted press release.
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Have you ever been accused of a crime that you did not commit? It can be challenging to prove your innocence, but just imagine how hard it can be when law enforcement claims they have surveillance camera footage as proof. Chrisanna Elser spent days collecting evidence to prove her whereabouts. 1/3
After police used Flock cameras to accuse a Denver woman of theft, she had to prove her own innocence
Chrisanna Elser spent days collecting evidence, from apps on her phone to dashcam footage in her vehicle, to prove her whereabouts
coloradosun.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Have you ever been accused of a crime that you did not commit? It can be challenging to prove your innocence, but just imagine how hard it can be when law enforcement claims they have surveillance camera footage as proof. Chrisanna Elser spent days collecting evidence to prove her whereabouts. 1/3
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The networks took the much smaller Tea Party movement so seriously they broadcast a Tea Party rebuttal to Obama’s 2011 SOTU on top of the normal GOP one.
Reminder: We spent YEARS reading thousands and thousands of articles on the Tea Party and how it was a true expression of the American people's will, and it never mounted anything nearly as big as Saturday's No Kings rallies. [1/3]
October 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The networks took the much smaller Tea Party movement so seriously they broadcast a Tea Party rebuttal to Obama’s 2011 SOTU on top of the normal GOP one.
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Aside from all the obvious stuff, the NY Young Republicans are also all in their 30s
October 15, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Aside from all the obvious stuff, the NY Young Republicans are also all in their 30s
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The little girl is obviously a member of a vicious Venezuelan gang.
October 14, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The little girl is obviously a member of a vicious Venezuelan gang.