Barry Parr
@parr.org
Co-creator of SJ Mercury News and CNET News.com websites. Creator of Coastsider and Mediasavvy. Ex-Dow Jones, Forrester Research.
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Want a preview of a Newsom presidency? Look across the pond. The Tories fucked up so badly that Labour took nearly its biggest majority ever, and then Keir Starmer pissed it away by conceding every important issue to the right. Now Reform will likely sweep the next election. No thank you.
January 16, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Want a preview of a Newsom presidency? Look across the pond. The Tories fucked up so badly that Labour took nearly its biggest majority ever, and then Keir Starmer pissed it away by conceding every important issue to the right. Now Reform will likely sweep the next election. No thank you.
This is some last days of the Romanovs shit
January 17, 2026 at 3:11 AM
This is some last days of the Romanovs shit
Also, military units are tasked with killing people who are (usually) trying to kill them. They get some latitude with dark imagery.
January 15, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Also, military units are tasked with killing people who are (usually) trying to kill them. They get some latitude with dark imagery.
If they invoke the insurrection act, they’ll have to cancel the elections
January 15, 2026 at 5:54 PM
If they invoke the insurrection act, they’ll have to cancel the elections
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crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours.
please keep sharing with your networks.
please keep sharing with your networks.
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:24 PM
crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours.
please keep sharing with your networks.
please keep sharing with your networks.
No downside to publishing this
January 14, 2026 at 10:08 PM
No downside to publishing this
Thank you for this thread
January 14, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Thank you for this thread
I was on the wrong floor for that
January 14, 2026 at 5:40 PM
I was on the wrong floor for that
I was there!
48 years ago today
The Sex Pistols - Liar - 1/14/1978 - Winterland (Official)
#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #oldschoolpunk #sexpistols #history #punkrockhistory #otd
The Sex Pistols - Liar - 1/14/1978 - Winterland (Official)
#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #oldschoolpunk #sexpistols #history #punkrockhistory #otd
January 14, 2026 at 5:06 PM
I was there!
I had to look up the history on Wikipedia. I can’t believe that Conde Nast let the trademark lapse. 
I used to work for bon appétit a long, long time ago.
I used to work for bon appétit a long, long time ago.
January 14, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I had to look up the history on Wikipedia. I can’t believe that Conde Nast let the trademark lapse. 
I used to work for bon appétit a long, long time ago.
I used to work for bon appétit a long, long time ago.
Finally, a reason to pay attention to the news.
January 12, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Finally, a reason to pay attention to the news.
This is obviously an impeachable offense. Not that it matters.
January 12, 2026 at 1:03 AM
This is obviously an impeachable offense. Not that it matters.
You can take the boy out of South Africa…
People actually debated if Elon Musk was doing a nazi salute when he's now openly trying to instigate a global race war
January 12, 2026 at 12:08 AM
You can take the boy out of South Africa…
Starmerism with American characteristics
My second biggest fear is that Democrats take back power and believe they can ignore these problems into normalcy
I mean, to be fair, the sort of subnormal droogs who infest ICE now do very much experience a woman laughing at them as being like murder, and murder triggers a right to self defense.
It was probably going to be either Renee Good or some girl at a bar with these thug scum.
It was probably going to be either Renee Good or some girl at a bar with these thug scum.
January 11, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Starmerism with American characteristics
My admiration for observers who maintain their cool in these situations is bottomless
"Did you not learn from what just happened?".
Minneapolis
Minneapolis
January 11, 2026 at 6:12 PM
My admiration for observers who maintain their cool in these situations is bottomless
I learned about the Nazca lines and the Epic of Gilgamesh from reading Chariots of the Gods in high school
January 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM
I learned about the Nazca lines and the Epic of Gilgamesh from reading Chariots of the Gods in high school
If there’s no debate, he doesn’t have a job
January 10, 2026 at 7:02 PM
If there’s no debate, he doesn’t have a job
Every Democrat that has been yapping about this shit needs to do this in their district
January 10, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Every Democrat that has been yapping about this shit needs to do this in their district
It’s almost as if he never read Radley Balko’s takedown of his George Floyd piece in The Free Press
January 10, 2026 at 6:46 PM
It’s almost as if he never read Radley Balko’s takedown of his George Floyd piece in The Free Press
It’s like when Jack Donaghy said he could smell the fried bologna on Kenneth the page
January 10, 2026 at 6:33 PM
It’s like when Jack Donaghy said he could smell the fried bologna on Kenneth the page
How about a description and not a funder credit in the alt text?
January 9, 2026 at 6:39 AM
How about a description and not a funder credit in the alt text?
JD is right.
The War Powers Act undercuts Congress’s exclusive power to declare war.
The War Powers Act undercuts Congress’s exclusive power to declare war.
JD Vance: "The War Powers Act is fundamentally a fake and unconstitutional law"
January 9, 2026 at 6:25 AM
JD is right.
The War Powers Act undercuts Congress’s exclusive power to declare war.
The War Powers Act undercuts Congress’s exclusive power to declare war.
I won Ben Stein’s money, but he beat me in the booths
January 9, 2026 at 6:22 AM
I won Ben Stein’s money, but he beat me in the booths