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Kevin Barron

@kevinbarron.bsky.social

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Eyes on the prize: to ensure our children stand a chance of ANY future, a viable biosphere is paramount. The technofascists in ascendency know full well the dangers ahead, and are consolidating power for that reason. They don’t have a viable plan.

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Kevin Barron @kevinbarron.bsky.social · Jun 25

Until we realize that this is not a political fight, but a fight for survival as a species, we will continue to fight a rearguard action, and continue to lose. We need a vision based on the reality of the ecological crisis, and sound scientific actions that will empower that vision based on history

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Kevin Barron @kevinbarron.bsky.social · 9h

Frogs fight fascism FTW!

Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 13h

This is not just funny, it's smart. We need more of this mockery that shows these thugs that we see their despicable fascism and give them the respect that they deserve.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

Kevin Barron @kevinbarron.bsky.social · 12h

Can someone write a filter to screen out these train-wreck maga faces from my feed? I’ve developed PTSD from being subjected to their hideous images (is it just me or are they all melting into their evil personas?)

Kevin Barron @kevinbarron.bsky.social · 1d

Still strikes me as this:

sonar21.com/trumps-gaza-...

Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan… A Wedding Without a Bride and Groom

sonar21.com

Kevin Barron @kevinbarron.bsky.social · 1d

What good is it if Israel and Palestine aren’t signatories?

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Kevin Barron @kevinbarron.bsky.social · 1d

Such deep wisdom contained in her writing. Maybe it should be called Sacred Wisdom!
(Currently re-reading Sacred Instructions)

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Kevin Barron @kevinbarron.bsky.social · 2d

🤣😂🤣

Kevin Barron @kevinbarron.bsky.social · 2d

@carolecadwalla.bsky.social doing fabulous journalism.

Damion @damionmatthews.bsky.social · 10d

Larry Ellison has given nearly half a billion dollars to Tony Blair's institute. Now, why do you think he'd do that..?

Terrific piece by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social at @thenerve.news

'WHAT WILL JESUS SAY?' TONY BLAIR, BIG TECH AND THE ISRAEL CONNECTION

As Trump announces the former British PM as his choice to help govern Gaza, Carole Cadwalladr investigates the opaque workings of Blair's institute, its funding from friends of Israel – including bill...

www.thenerve.news

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Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social · 3d

Antifa, like any good bogeyman, takes many forms

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Kevin Barron @kevinbarron.bsky.social · 2d

I’m Barri Weiss and I rescind this piece. How did this get published? Heads are gonna roll.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

History gives us plenty of examples of disease used as a weapon. There are fewer cases of governments deliberately using disease against their own citizens. We are living (or dying) through one right now.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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genea.bsky.social @genea.bsky.social · 2d

Repeating myself...but everybody needs to hear again and again that the mass murder caused by cutting USAID medical aid, by essentially terminating CDC, and by ending concern for global climate change deserves a LOT more attention. Thousands are dying already.

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Kevin Barron @kevinbarron.bsky.social · 2d

If ever there was a more blatant indicator of our abdication of leadership (or even humanity) at the global level, I’m not sure what it would be.

Despicable.

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Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

American news media now routinely -- and lazily -- use the word "conservative" to label the radical right wing, i.e. the Trump regime and its cult, now firmly in control of our government and increasingly our media.

This is just one way our purported "news" organizations have normalized extremism.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 3d

This is just so very, very illegal. And Republicans in Congress aren’t the least bit interested in controlling the purse. They’re just employees of trump org at taxpayer expense. This is a dictatorship.

Task & Purpose @taskandpurpose.com · 3d

Pentagon moves $8 billion from research to pay troops trib.al/G0HMywT

Pentagon moves $8 billion from research to pay troops

Left over R&D funds will be used to pay military members on Oct. 15, the Department of Defense said, following orders from President Trump.

trib.al

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Kevin Barron @kevinbarron.bsky.social · 3d

It was, in a way. They just continuously misspelled gRift.

Kevin Barron @kevinbarron.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, commuting across the Golden Gate bridge was no fun. But on that day I was glad that it wasn’t the Bay bridge!
Lost some co-workers in the collapse of hwy 880 that day.

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Kevin Barron @kevinbarron.bsky.social · 3d

That’s my car! (At least it was at the time of the quake). Fortunately, I was commuting across a different bridge at the time, but that image serves as a potent reminder of that crazy day.

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Kevin Barron @kevinbarron.bsky.social · 3d

Gotta love the way @sarahkendzior.bsky.social wields words like a scythe: cutting through the BS while revealing fresh insight.

"People pay to bypass the wall and land in a gated community of Stepford Pundits. These pseudo-resisters prey on fear for profit: they are the regriftance."
Sarah Kendzior

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Kevin Barron @kevinbarron.bsky.social · 3d

The antichrist is becoming increasingly itchy in his human skin-suit.

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 3d

What Thiel is saying about tax havens = what Altman is saying about copyright:

"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."

This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.

Kevin Barron @kevinbarron.bsky.social · 3d

Clearly Cartman is leading a mob of fear-inducing rebels.

Dr Tarr @professorfether.bsky.social · 3d

Dispatch from rhe Portland Frontline:
10/11/25, Portland ICE facility still under seige. Reports are coming in of a second wave of oversized characters, more reports to come.

Andreas 🇨🇦 Fella 💙 @andreasor.bsky.social · 3d

persianbee: #Portland #warzone BTW #fdt

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 4d

Good night, friends.
Tonight was deeply painful.

We at CDC do this work because we care.
It’s long hours, often feeling overworked and not enough pay, but we do it because we want to make the world a better place.

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 3d

The IDF is genuinely addicted to bombing, airstrikes, and destruction. This is from earlier today.

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 4d

Please share and give if you can ❤️

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Kevin Barron @kevinbarron.bsky.social · 3d

George Retes is a US citizen and Army veteran who served in Iraq and was jailed by ICE and held for three days without an explanation.

"Civil rights in America have always been about one thing: holding power accountable when it strips people of their dignity and freedom. They are not privileges that government agents get to decide whether to honor. What happened to me wasn't just a mistake—it was a violation of the very protections that our Constitution guarantees."

Kevin Barron @kevinbarron.bsky.social · 4d

This is Evil

Lisa Brooten @lisabrooten.bsky.social · 4d

Stripping our science infrastructure even more. This destruction for what? I mean, seriously.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice: