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Robin Barber

@robindbarber.bsky.social

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Works in tech, perfect Gen X specimen, loves animals (...all of them). Either thinking about or watching the TV Show "Patriot" 📍outside PDX, but forever a Michigander

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Robin Barber @robindbarber.bsky.social · Nov 2

I MEAN PATRIOT HAD LITERALLY A PERFECT ENDING AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED BUT I JUST REALLY THINK PRIME VIDEO COULD GIVE IT ANOTHER SEASON OR A MOVIE TO SHOW THE AFTERMATH

@sureshotjohn @CConradTweets @StevConrad @PatriotAmazon @MichaelChernus @JulianRichings

Robin Barber @robindbarber.bsky.social · 5h

The night before DST ends/the morning after DST ends: Best Day Ever
Realizing the sun will now set before 5pm (almost 2 months before the Winter Solstice): Worst Day Ever

Robin Barber @robindbarber.bsky.social · 5h

Agreed! They are two years old and have only known one set of parents and one home. Just leave them be 😭

Robin Barber @robindbarber.bsky.social · 7h

Wow. Just Wow. 🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/m...

She Was Ready to Have Her 15th Child. Then Came the Felony Charges.

www.nytimes.com

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 4d

"I kind of wish I had gone first. My thing isn’t even that scary. Or about humankind. It’s just, well, did everyone else do this overnight? Because I feel like Mary Shelley may have pre-written her idea."

I Wish I Went Before Mary Shelley in This Storytelling Contest

“‘We will each write a ghost story,’ said Lord Byron; and his proposition was acceded to. There were four of us.” – Mary Shelley, in the introducti...

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Robin Barber @robindbarber.bsky.social · 4d

Is this what 6-7 means?

Robin Barber @robindbarber.bsky.social · 6d

So sorry for your loss 💔

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 6d

perfect response: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

California will dispatch observers to watch DOJ’s election monitors

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday that the federal administration would deploy staff to evaluate California’s Nov. 4 redistricting election.

www.politico.com

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Robin Barber @robindbarber.bsky.social · 6d

a man in a suit and tie has his finger on his nose and the words this is true true below him

Alt: a man in a suit and tie has his finger on his nose and the words "this is true" true below him

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Robin Barber @robindbarber.bsky.social · 6d

It could be both things ;)

But yes this is bullshit.

Robin Barber @robindbarber.bsky.social · 7d

Korn's version of Metallica's One is also great :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oeV...

KoRn - One (cover) Metallica MTV Icon

YouTube video by Andżejek

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Robin Barber @robindbarber.bsky.social · 7d

The Punch Brothers cover of Reptilia is great!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2Z4...

Punch Brothers Cover The Strokes - Reptilia A V Undercover

YouTube video by youtubkeeper

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Robin Barber @robindbarber.bsky.social · 10d

Ohio is so pretty this time of year. 🥰

Robin Barber @robindbarber.bsky.social · 11d

Fantastic piece on the incredible Jim Downey. www.theringer.com/2025/10/21/t...

Looking Back With Jim Downey, the King of Comedy Writers

After decades of influencing the style of ‘Saturday Night Live,’ the most influential comedy institution in America, Downey is finally ready allow himself some retrospection

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Robin Barber @robindbarber.bsky.social · 11d

I can't believe I'm watching a game show that reveals a photo of a clock and people are yelling out what time that clock shows. #TheFloor

Robin Barber @robindbarber.bsky.social · 12d

Wow, the impressions category on #TheFloor last week. Rough.

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Robin Barber @robindbarber.bsky.social · 13d

I love Canada 🍁

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 13d

"Subdue the real domestic terrorists—i.e., drivers who don’t know how to merge onto I-5."

Ways the National Guard Can Actually Help “War-Ravaged” Portland

“President Trump’s declaration on Saturday that he had authorized the use of federal forces to ‘protect war-ravaged’ Portland, Ore., prompted bewil...

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Robin Barber @robindbarber.bsky.social · 14d

"brown liquid" somehow way grosser than what it actually was supposed to be

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 15d

"With talk of 'soft secession' kind of floating around, it’s worth noting that the GOP has already seceded from America. At least the America I thought I knew." michaelianblack.substack.com/p/today-was-...

Today Was a Good Day

An old friend of mine, the actress Eliza Coupe (with whom I once did a series of Sierra Mist commercials in which we were part of a made-up sketch troupe called “The Mist-Takes.” I’m so sorry.), invit...

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 20d

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

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Gary J Kings @garyjkings.bsky.social · 22d

Today Tony Fitzpatrick passed.

I'm only now learning he had a fairly storied career, but the only thing I knew him for was my favourite show Patriot. Here he plays Jack Birdbath, a disgraced ex-cop turned security guard who blackmails a spy.

Watch this clip. Celebrate this incredible man with me.

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Robin Barber @robindbarber.bsky.social · 22d

I swear it's not all bad news, except when it is 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/c...

An Immense Solar Project Just Got Canceled Under Trump

www.nytimes.com

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Robin Barber @robindbarber.bsky.social · 22d

Brutal but important read.
open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...

How Can We Share a Country If We Don’t Share a Reality?

Note from the author: An earlier version of this piece appeared under a different title.

open.substack.com

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Robin Barber @robindbarber.bsky.social · 22d

That #DetroitTigers game was nuts, but I mostly blame the loss on my Mom and sister back in Michigan (who went to bed before the 15th inning) for the loss. 🤣

Robin Barber @robindbarber.bsky.social · 23d

I'm glad the Tigers lost now because it pissed him off. I hope.

(not really, sorry #DetroitTigers)