Perry Barber
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“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
We can't all be Jane Goodall, but we can all sure as hell be difficult.
I never really thought of Adam Smith as anything other than an economist because of his landmark tract, "The Wealth of Nations," but it turns out he was quite the soulful philosopher too. This quotation from his other book, "The Theory of Moral Sentiments," supports my conclusion.
December 22, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I never really thought of Adam Smith as anything other than an economist because of his landmark tract, "The Wealth of Nations," but it turns out he was quite the soulful philosopher too. This quotation from his other book, "The Theory of Moral Sentiments," supports my conclusion.
Who among us can't use a pep talk to reset our emotionally frothing feelings before we do something we might regret?
Thank you, PepToc Hotline
(love the name!)
Thank you, PepToc Hotline
(love the name!)
December 19, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Who among us can't use a pep talk to reset our emotionally frothing feelings before we do something we might regret?
Thank you, PepToc Hotline
(love the name!)
Thank you, PepToc Hotline
(love the name!)
Sickening and infuriating. A Black woman is silenced so Karoline Leavitt can lie through her teeth about "unanimity," and the Trump name can be slapped on another building, defiling its history and purpose.
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Sickening and infuriating. A Black woman is silenced so Karoline Leavitt can lie through her teeth about "unanimity," and the Trump name can be slapped on another building, defiling its history and purpose.
Women in baseball are hurting at the devastating loss of Rob Reiner, adoptive dad of Tracy, who's been a friend to all of us via her role as Betty Spaghetti in her mom Penny Marshall's classic "A League of Their Own," her support of @iwbc4me.bsky.social, & all of us in the women's baseball universe💔
December 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Women in baseball are hurting at the devastating loss of Rob Reiner, adoptive dad of Tracy, who's been a friend to all of us via her role as Betty Spaghetti in her mom Penny Marshall's classic "A League of Their Own," her support of @iwbc4me.bsky.social, & all of us in the women's baseball universe💔
Jen Pawol is Baseball America's 2025 Trailblazer of the Year, and she deserves all the accolades. Thanks to JJ Cooper and @baseballamerica.com for connecting Jen's journey to the majors with my dream project sponsoring 20 women at umpire school next month. www.baseballamerica.com/stories/mlb-...
MLB Umpire Jen Pawol: Baseball America’s 2025 Trailblazer Of The Year
Jen Pawol made history this year as the first woman to umpire an MLB regular season game.
www.baseballamerica.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Jen Pawol is Baseball America's 2025 Trailblazer of the Year, and she deserves all the accolades. Thanks to JJ Cooper and @baseballamerica.com for connecting Jen's journey to the majors with my dream project sponsoring 20 women at umpire school next month. www.baseballamerica.com/stories/mlb-...
Life in Kyiv continues as brave Ukranians carry on and the world bears witness. In a few months it will be four long years since the monster Putin made his move to steal what was not his. Why can't we end the war and preserve the beauty that remains, like this awe-inspiring cathedral and grounds?
I wanted to show you something beautiful tonight (night in Kyiv).
So I decided to take you on a short walk to the Dormition Cathedral.
See you tomorrow.
So I decided to take you on a short walk to the Dormition Cathedral.
See you tomorrow.
December 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Life in Kyiv continues as brave Ukranians carry on and the world bears witness. In a few months it will be four long years since the monster Putin made his move to steal what was not his. Why can't we end the war and preserve the beauty that remains, like this awe-inspiring cathedral and grounds?
Why I love closed captions
(The line is, “My invisible ray gun will soon stop him.”
(The line is, “My invisible ray gun will soon stop him.”
December 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Why I love closed captions
(The line is, “My invisible ray gun will soon stop him.”
(The line is, “My invisible ray gun will soon stop him.”
Reposted by Perry Barber
"New York will always welcome immigrants, and I will fight each and every day to protect, support, and celebrate our immigrant brothers and sisters."
A declaration of love from our incoming mayor, plus practical advice for how to lawfully exercise the right to protest ICE incursions. Chef's kiss!
A declaration of love from our incoming mayor, plus practical advice for how to lawfully exercise the right to protest ICE incursions. Chef's kiss!
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"New York will always welcome immigrants, and I will fight each and every day to protect, support, and celebrate our immigrant brothers and sisters."
A declaration of love from our incoming mayor, plus practical advice for how to lawfully exercise the right to protest ICE incursions. Chef's kiss!
A declaration of love from our incoming mayor, plus practical advice for how to lawfully exercise the right to protest ICE incursions. Chef's kiss!
"New York will always welcome immigrants, and I will fight each and every day to protect, support, and celebrate our immigrant brothers and sisters."
A declaration of love from our incoming mayor, plus practical advice for how to lawfully exercise the right to protest ICE incursions. Chef's kiss!
A declaration of love from our incoming mayor, plus practical advice for how to lawfully exercise the right to protest ICE incursions. Chef's kiss!
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"New York will always welcome immigrants, and I will fight each and every day to protect, support, and celebrate our immigrant brothers and sisters."
A declaration of love from our incoming mayor, plus practical advice for how to lawfully exercise the right to protest ICE incursions. Chef's kiss!
A declaration of love from our incoming mayor, plus practical advice for how to lawfully exercise the right to protest ICE incursions. Chef's kiss!
I hope ALL soccer fans will follow this lead & stay away in droves from next year's World Cup matches, but absent that happening, it would be awesome to see some insanely clever guerrilla tactics used during games to highlight the criminality & incompetence of the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize "winner"
I love footballball but FIFA and Fascism is simply not worth it. I will not go to America or watch the games on Telly. I will #boycottTheWorldCup money makers.
December 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I hope ALL soccer fans will follow this lead & stay away in droves from next year's World Cup matches, but absent that happening, it would be awesome to see some insanely clever guerrilla tactics used during games to highlight the criminality & incompetence of the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize "winner"
We can't all be Jane Goodall, but we can all sure as hell be difficult.
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
December 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
We can't all be Jane Goodall, but we can all sure as hell be difficult.
I believe this with all my heart
Love how the latest trend in sports is to use them to whitewash human rights abuses, to appease the fragile egos of powerful megalomaniacs and to promote fascism and corruption.
This is why women should be involved. Not on our watch!
This is why women should be involved. Not on our watch!
December 6, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I believe this with all my heart
Horrified at the laughingstock the United States has become because of this gross, greedy, grasping creep. He doesn't even understand this award is not an actual "honor" as much as it is a supplication because of the bullying jackass he is
www.axios.com/2025/12/05/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/05/t...
Trump gets Peace Prize, but not the one he wanted
Trump accepted the first-ever FIFA Peace Prize at the 2026 World Cup draw.
www.axios.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Horrified at the laughingstock the United States has become because of this gross, greedy, grasping creep. He doesn't even understand this award is not an actual "honor" as much as it is a supplication because of the bullying jackass he is
www.axios.com/2025/12/05/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/05/t...
A notable woman
Dr. Roberta Bondar--astronaut, neurologist, and photographer--was born #OTD in 1945.
She became #Canada's first female astronaut in 1992. The world's first neurologist in space, she is globally recognized for her contributions to space medicine. #WomenInSTEM #AstronautEnvy 🚀
robertabondar.com/
She became #Canada's first female astronaut in 1992. The world's first neurologist in space, she is globally recognized for her contributions to space medicine. #WomenInSTEM #AstronautEnvy 🚀
robertabondar.com/
December 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
A notable woman
As I lay feverish in my sickbed in New York earlier today, the temperature sinking lower & lower toward record- setting single digits, I watched “The Jackie Robinson Story” and was struck by how marvelous a film it is. A bit hokey and preachy in spots, but Jackie is phenomenal in it!
December 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
As I lay feverish in my sickbed in New York earlier today, the temperature sinking lower & lower toward record- setting single digits, I watched “The Jackie Robinson Story” and was struck by how marvelous a film it is. A bit hokey and preachy in spots, but Jackie is phenomenal in it!
Get to know the umpires from The Before Times
New jawn on the SABR Bio Project🚨:
Joe Linsalata umpired and taught other umps from the '40s through the '80s, but spent only one season on a major-league field.
Read more about his long career here: sabr.org/bioproj/pers...
Joe Linsalata umpired and taught other umps from the '40s through the '80s, but spent only one season on a major-league field.
Read more about his long career here: sabr.org/bioproj/pers...
December 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Get to know the umpires from The Before Times
Reposted by Perry Barber
One Christmas tree a day?
Not sure.
But here’s the beauty I saw today.
I really want you to feel our resilience
and see how beautiful Kyiv is.
Not sure.
But here’s the beauty I saw today.
I really want you to feel our resilience
and see how beautiful Kyiv is.
December 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
One Christmas tree a day?
Not sure.
But here’s the beauty I saw today.
I really want you to feel our resilience
and see how beautiful Kyiv is.
Not sure.
But here’s the beauty I saw today.
I really want you to feel our resilience
and see how beautiful Kyiv is.
Wow.
Research led to this important step forward in eradicating AIDS from the planet. Research, funding, and commitment, none of which is a high priority for RFK's Dept of Health.
Research led to this important step forward in eradicating AIDS from the planet. Research, funding, and commitment, none of which is a high priority for RFK's Dept of Health.
In a world awash with negative science/health news this is unashamedly great news. connectsci.au/news/news-pa...
Seventh patient in HIV remission after stem cell transplant | News | ConnectSci
connectsci.au
December 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Wow.
Research led to this important step forward in eradicating AIDS from the planet. Research, funding, and commitment, none of which is a high priority for RFK's Dept of Health.
Research led to this important step forward in eradicating AIDS from the planet. Research, funding, and commitment, none of which is a high priority for RFK's Dept of Health.
So many good things happen from giving a little
IWBC is making huge strides for girls and women's baseball, from sponsoring playing opportunities to building a museum and activities center in Rockford, Illinois near historic Beyer Stadium, which we're also raising funds to renovate. You can help!
IWBC is making huge strides for girls and women's baseball, from sponsoring playing opportunities to building a museum and activities center in Rockford, Illinois near historic Beyer Stadium, which we're also raising funds to renovate. You can help!
December 3, 2025 at 3:52 AM
So many good things happen from giving a little
IWBC is making huge strides for girls and women's baseball, from sponsoring playing opportunities to building a museum and activities center in Rockford, Illinois near historic Beyer Stadium, which we're also raising funds to renovate. You can help!
IWBC is making huge strides for girls and women's baseball, from sponsoring playing opportunities to building a museum and activities center in Rockford, Illinois near historic Beyer Stadium, which we're also raising funds to renovate. You can help!
What Doge tooketh away, brave, resourceful people are putting back
December 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
What Doge tooketh away, brave, resourceful people are putting back
Reposted by Perry Barber
This match brought to you by my sweet girl Missy. Her sisters, Penny, Pippa and Callie all came to us from LC3. They are an amazing local group working tirelessly to save the lives of the most needy cats in our area. 🐾🐾🐾🐾
We have a $750 challenge match today! Please donate to help community cats using the link below. As soon as we recieve $750 in donations it will unlock a $750 match, doubling the value of your gift! Twice as nice!
givingtuesday.mightycause.com/organization...
givingtuesday.mightycause.com/organization...
December 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This match brought to you by my sweet girl Missy. Her sisters, Penny, Pippa and Callie all came to us from LC3. They are an amazing local group working tirelessly to save the lives of the most needy cats in our area. 🐾🐾🐾🐾
Proud to be a New Yorker!
Federal immigration enforcement officials called off a planned raid on Canal Street today shortly before it was slated to begin.
New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.
New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.
November 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Proud to be a New Yorker!
A moment of quiet beauty, hope, and resilience from Yaroslava Antipina, who lives in Kyiv and provides daily glimpses into the lives of her fellow Ukranians and her lovely cat here on bluesky
The capacity to create high art out of lowly things is one of humankind's greatest and most wondrous gifts
The capacity to create high art out of lowly things is one of humankind's greatest and most wondrous gifts
Let’s look at some Ukrainian art.
I went on a little art hunt today.
No, I won’t give russians even a chance to think they can break us.
I went on a little art hunt today.
No, I won’t give russians even a chance to think they can break us.
November 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A moment of quiet beauty, hope, and resilience from Yaroslava Antipina, who lives in Kyiv and provides daily glimpses into the lives of her fellow Ukranians and her lovely cat here on bluesky
The capacity to create high art out of lowly things is one of humankind's greatest and most wondrous gifts
The capacity to create high art out of lowly things is one of humankind's greatest and most wondrous gifts
Current events in a nutshell
All done to give cover to the specious, spurious claim that we need more armed police & national guarders on city streets to quell "the violence," when THEY're the unwitting pawns whose presence transmits the threat of violence against all of us, not just the "bad guys"
All done to give cover to the specious, spurious claim that we need more armed police & national guarders on city streets to quell "the violence," when THEY're the unwitting pawns whose presence transmits the threat of violence against all of us, not just the "bad guys"
The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Current events in a nutshell
All done to give cover to the specious, spurious claim that we need more armed police & national guarders on city streets to quell "the violence," when THEY're the unwitting pawns whose presence transmits the threat of violence against all of us, not just the "bad guys"
All done to give cover to the specious, spurious claim that we need more armed police & national guarders on city streets to quell "the violence," when THEY're the unwitting pawns whose presence transmits the threat of violence against all of us, not just the "bad guys"
Of all the wars we could have started with all the countries in the world, an ambiguous, confusing, and wimpy declaration of one against Venezuela was definitely not on my christmas card list. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Trump says airspace above and around Venezuela should be considered closed
The FAA recently warned major airlines of a "potentially hazardous situation" when flying over Venezuela.
www.reuters.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Of all the wars we could have started with all the countries in the world, an ambiguous, confusing, and wimpy declaration of one against Venezuela was definitely not on my christmas card list. www.reuters.com/world/americ...