Shin Barker
@neuroglider.bsky.social
Professional scientist, amateur triathlete, committed defender of the defenseless, and involuntary outdoorsman.
She shouldn’t have been there—she should’ve been preparing for Thanksgiving with her family! YOU sent her there. YOU, you goddamned fucking asshole! Twenty! She was 20! Gawd, I didn’t think I could hate you more that I did. But you keep making it worse—you keep making *everything* worse!
November 28, 2025 at 3:34 AM
She shouldn’t have been there—she should’ve been preparing for Thanksgiving with her family! YOU sent her there. YOU, you goddamned fucking asshole! Twenty! She was 20! Gawd, I didn’t think I could hate you more that I did. But you keep making it worse—you keep making *everything* worse!
Fucking ridiculous. Are megacorporations just trying to prove that they can convince us to buy *anything*?!
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Fucking ridiculous. Are megacorporations just trying to prove that they can convince us to buy *anything*?!
Holy hell, people! Bird flu is killing off the elephant seals! WTF?!
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b...
Bird Flu Wiped Out Nearly Half of the Females in the World’s Largest Elephant Seal Population, Drone Images Suggest
Scientists recorded a 47 percent drop in breeding females in South Georgia’s three largest elephant seal colonies after bird flu hit. Scaled to the whole island, that’s a potential loss of more than 5...
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Holy hell, people! Bird flu is killing off the elephant seals! WTF?!
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b...
“‘That the sheriff has not been prosecuted or otherwise held accountable, despite the evidence against him, reflects “an utter failure of our criminal justice system,’ Professor Steffey added.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
In a Brutal Mississippi Jail, Inmates Say They Were Enlisted as Enforcers
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“‘That the sheriff has not been prosecuted or otherwise held accountable, despite the evidence against him, reflects “an utter failure of our criminal justice system,’ Professor Steffey added.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
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In remote Alaska, public radio stations like KYUK provide lifesaving information during natural disasters.
But Trump cut funds for public media, and that could mean deadly consequences for the rural community.
From our friends at @revealnews.org:
But Trump cut funds for public media, and that could mean deadly consequences for the rural community.
From our friends at @revealnews.org:
In rural America, public radio saves lives
In remote Alaska, public radio station KYUK is crucial during natural disasters. Without federal funding, how will it survive?
www.motherjones.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
In remote Alaska, public radio stations like KYUK provide lifesaving information during natural disasters.
But Trump cut funds for public media, and that could mean deadly consequences for the rural community.
From our friends at @revealnews.org:
But Trump cut funds for public media, and that could mean deadly consequences for the rural community.
From our friends at @revealnews.org:
Fuck this fucking administration!😡 It’s absolutely clear that they want all of life on Earth to suffer immeasurable harm. Every decision they make is aimed at obvious, intentional chaos and destruction! Why?! It’s not Right vs Left; it’s death vs life😖
The trouble with losing the public trust is that you never get it back. Pesticide manufacturers should be pushing for more rigorous standards, because now we're going to label everything as 'contains PFAS' and ban/boycott all of it. (Gift article)
wapo.st/4a4HPnp
wapo.st/4a4HPnp
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.
wapo.st
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Fuck this fucking administration!😡 It’s absolutely clear that they want all of life on Earth to suffer immeasurable harm. Every decision they make is aimed at obvious, intentional chaos and destruction! Why?! It’s not Right vs Left; it’s death vs life😖
This, seriously, encapsulates everything about our current culture. WTLF is wrong with our brethren?! They are *not* OK.
I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
November 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This, seriously, encapsulates everything about our current culture. WTLF is wrong with our brethren?! They are *not* OK.
Y’all, Rose Creek is *lit* on a Friday nite!
November 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Y’all, Rose Creek is *lit* on a Friday nite!
Hurrah! While this is a "preliminary" injunction, it protects the Congressional districts in Texas through the 2026 midterms!
My on the record quote: "My law firm and I are still not tired of winning.😎"
www.democracydocket.com/cases/texas-...
www.democracydocket.com/cases/texas-...
🚨 League of United Latin American Citizens v. Abbott
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Hurrah! While this is a "preliminary" injunction, it protects the Congressional districts in Texas through the 2026 midterms!
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All the sudden the GOP is echoing affordability as the issue the American people are concerned about.
But they’re legislating like they don’t care about it, especially by cutting Medicaid and ACA.
You can’t have it both ways, either you care about affordability or you care about your rich donors.
But they’re legislating like they don’t care about it, especially by cutting Medicaid and ACA.
You can’t have it both ways, either you care about affordability or you care about your rich donors.
November 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
All the sudden the GOP is echoing affordability as the issue the American people are concerned about.
But they’re legislating like they don’t care about it, especially by cutting Medicaid and ACA.
You can’t have it both ways, either you care about affordability or you care about your rich donors.
But they’re legislating like they don’t care about it, especially by cutting Medicaid and ACA.
You can’t have it both ways, either you care about affordability or you care about your rich donors.
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It tells you all you need to know about America that the real pressure politicians are all the sudden concerned about are people missing flights and not that tens of millions of Americans will lose their healthcare if they cave to the corrupt GOP.
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
It tells you all you need to know about America that the real pressure politicians are all the sudden concerned about are people missing flights and not that tens of millions of Americans will lose their healthcare if they cave to the corrupt GOP.
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Jeffrey Epstein's sub-literacy is what makes Bill Barr's father's decision to hire him to teach at the prestigious Dalton School (even though Epstein didn't have a college degree) all the more odd.
November 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Jeffrey Epstein's sub-literacy is what makes Bill Barr's father's decision to hire him to teach at the prestigious Dalton School (even though Epstein didn't have a college degree) all the more odd.
“Democrats continue to carelessly cherry-pick documents to generate click bait that is not grounded in the facts,” a spokeswoman for the House Oversight Committee said.
You don't know the meaning of either "cherry-pick" (to pick with care) or "carelessly"; perhaps both.
You don't know the meaning of either "cherry-pick" (to pick with care) or "carelessly"; perhaps both.
November 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
“Democrats continue to carelessly cherry-pick documents to generate click bait that is not grounded in the facts,” a spokeswoman for the House Oversight Committee said.
You don't know the meaning of either "cherry-pick" (to pick with care) or "carelessly"; perhaps both.
You don't know the meaning of either "cherry-pick" (to pick with care) or "carelessly"; perhaps both.
OK, so one thing I need to know: Did the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee *just* get these emails? If they sat on them for some amount of time, why?!!!
November 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
OK, so one thing I need to know: Did the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee *just* get these emails? If they sat on them for some amount of time, why?!!!
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scoop: one of the largest renewable energy projects in the u.s. is quietly getting killed
say goodbye to leading light, the latest casualty of trump’s war on offshore wind
(also means there is essentially no more offshore wind in progress at all for new jersey)
say goodbye to leading light, the latest casualty of trump’s war on offshore wind
(also means there is essentially no more offshore wind in progress at all for new jersey)
Scoop: Giant Wind Farm Off New Jersey Coast Is Getting Killed
Leading Light can’t move forward, a legal counsel wrote to state regulators.
heatmap.news
November 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
scoop: one of the largest renewable energy projects in the u.s. is quietly getting killed
say goodbye to leading light, the latest casualty of trump’s war on offshore wind
(also means there is essentially no more offshore wind in progress at all for new jersey)
say goodbye to leading light, the latest casualty of trump’s war on offshore wind
(also means there is essentially no more offshore wind in progress at all for new jersey)
I need more holidays. I got *so* much work done today!
November 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I need more holidays. I got *so* much work done today!
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Veterans Day soundtrack?
Van Buren, Arkansas native Arkie Shibley’s “Uncle Sam Has Called My Number” (1951).
youtu.be/XJMJw8q9Wpk
Van Buren, Arkansas native Arkie Shibley’s “Uncle Sam Has Called My Number” (1951).
youtu.be/XJMJw8q9Wpk
Uncle Sam Called My Number Arkie Shibley
YouTube video by misterhonkytonk
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Veterans Day soundtrack?
Van Buren, Arkansas native Arkie Shibley’s “Uncle Sam Has Called My Number” (1951).
youtu.be/XJMJw8q9Wpk
Van Buren, Arkansas native Arkie Shibley’s “Uncle Sam Has Called My Number” (1951).
youtu.be/XJMJw8q9Wpk
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Dear Walmart,
Consideeing you have more employees on SNAP than any other company — instead of simply having a ‘cheaper’ Thanksgiving bundle, how about giving your underpaid employees who must rely on SNAP for survival, one for free? It’s the least you can do. And I stress, the LEAST…
— America
Consideeing you have more employees on SNAP than any other company — instead of simply having a ‘cheaper’ Thanksgiving bundle, how about giving your underpaid employees who must rely on SNAP for survival, one for free? It’s the least you can do. And I stress, the LEAST…
— America
November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Dear Walmart,
Consideeing you have more employees on SNAP than any other company — instead of simply having a ‘cheaper’ Thanksgiving bundle, how about giving your underpaid employees who must rely on SNAP for survival, one for free? It’s the least you can do. And I stress, the LEAST…
— America
Consideeing you have more employees on SNAP than any other company — instead of simply having a ‘cheaper’ Thanksgiving bundle, how about giving your underpaid employees who must rely on SNAP for survival, one for free? It’s the least you can do. And I stress, the LEAST…
— America
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You know how the existence of cars and power tools makes it necessary to have “exercise” and “manual crafts” as a deliberately chosen part of a balanced life?
We’re probably going to need something like that cognitively, for adults.
We’re probably going to need something like that cognitively, for adults.
November 6, 2025 at 4:18 AM
You know how the existence of cars and power tools makes it necessary to have “exercise” and “manual crafts” as a deliberately chosen part of a balanced life?
We’re probably going to need something like that cognitively, for adults.
We’re probably going to need something like that cognitively, for adults.
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What we have to remember is WE'RE the majority in America. Freedom loving, compassionate, law abiding, patriots who want the best for everyone. They're just louder & have managed to gain control of most of the major information spaces. All we have to do is show up & take our power back.
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
What we have to remember is WE'RE the majority in America. Freedom loving, compassionate, law abiding, patriots who want the best for everyone. They're just louder & have managed to gain control of most of the major information spaces. All we have to do is show up & take our power back.
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Democrats won across the board and across the country! From city halls to state houses, the people spoke.
This wasn’t luck. It was organizing, grit, and belief in each other. 🐝
Tonight’s celebrations are well earned. Tomorrow, the work continues.
This wasn’t luck. It was organizing, grit, and belief in each other. 🐝
Tonight’s celebrations are well earned. Tomorrow, the work continues.
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Democrats won across the board and across the country! From city halls to state houses, the people spoke.
This wasn’t luck. It was organizing, grit, and belief in each other. 🐝
Tonight’s celebrations are well earned. Tomorrow, the work continues.
This wasn’t luck. It was organizing, grit, and belief in each other. 🐝
Tonight’s celebrations are well earned. Tomorrow, the work continues.
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"I could sail in the middle of the Caribbean Sea and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose any voters.”
www.stripes.com/theaters/ame...
www.stripes.com/theaters/ame...
US military strikes another alleged drug boat in Caribbean; 6 killed
According to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the vessel was operated by the Tren de Aragua gang and the strike occurred in the Caribbean.
www.stripes.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"I could sail in the middle of the Caribbean Sea and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose any voters.”
www.stripes.com/theaters/ame...
www.stripes.com/theaters/ame...
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This is paywalled but, yeah. Getting more people onto bicycles and fast/frequent/reliable buses with dedicated, enforced lanes, is a much more effective way to fight climate change and congestion than simply electrifying the status quo.
www.economist.com/internationa...
www.economist.com/internationa...
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war
www.economist.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is paywalled but, yeah. Getting more people onto bicycles and fast/frequent/reliable buses with dedicated, enforced lanes, is a much more effective way to fight climate change and congestion than simply electrifying the status quo.
www.economist.com/internationa...
www.economist.com/internationa...
Whelp—it’s gone. That was fast.
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Whelp—it’s gone. That was fast.