Bernard Barnes
@bernardicus.bsky.social
Neither famous nor infamous. Music fan. SciFi geek. ECMO guy. NC, USA. Actual mileage may vary.
Reposted by Bernard Barnes
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
Glad he's out, but Homan is a chode, too.
January 27, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Glad he's out, but Homan is a chode, too.
Reposted by Bernard Barnes
colonel lockjaw lookin ass
January 27, 2026 at 12:12 AM
colonel lockjaw lookin ass
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
December 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
Or he's gone full Kingpin
Sure looks like his head was shaved for a medical procedure
Trump leaves the White House this morning
(Andrew Caballero/Getty)
(Andrew Caballero/Getty)
September 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Or he's gone full Kingpin
Reposted by Bernard Barnes
If you say 'heteronormative' or 'unhoused person' or 'food insecurity' you're basically talking gibberish and nobody can understand you but if you say you can see inflammation in children at the airport and that vaccines lower IQ or that germs are a myth you get to fire all the scientists.
August 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
If you say 'heteronormative' or 'unhoused person' or 'food insecurity' you're basically talking gibberish and nobody can understand you but if you say you can see inflammation in children at the airport and that vaccines lower IQ or that germs are a myth you get to fire all the scientists.
*Griffin, an actual human weasel hybrid, said.
"While I do not fully agree with the District Court's analysis, I respect the court's holding — just as I have respected every judicial tribunal that has heard this case," Griffin said. "I will not appeal the court's decision."
Story from AP: www.wunc.org/politics/202...
Story from AP: www.wunc.org/politics/202...
Republican Jefferson Griffin concedes long-unsettled NC Supreme Court election to Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs
The Republican challenger for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat has conceded last November's election to the Democratic incumbent. Jefferson Griffin said in a statement to The Associated Press on We...
www.wunc.org
May 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
*Griffin, an actual human weasel hybrid, said.
Without downloading new pictures, where are you mentally?
March 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Without downloading new pictures, where are you mentally?
Reposted by Bernard Barnes
Your outie lives in a world without lamps.
Your outie is not afraid of the dark.
Your outie has a very reasonable electric bill.
#severance
Your outie is not afraid of the dark.
Your outie has a very reasonable electric bill.
#severance
February 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Your outie lives in a world without lamps.
Your outie is not afraid of the dark.
Your outie has a very reasonable electric bill.
#severance
Your outie is not afraid of the dark.
Your outie has a very reasonable electric bill.
#severance
Reposted by Bernard Barnes
unfuckingbelievable. a man buys a cage, spends a year applauding its inhabitants for shitting in it, then complains about the smell
Tfw you buy a social media site, chase off everybody except for the Nazis, then get upset that your social media site has turned into a miserable, hate-ridden dump.
December 29, 2024 at 10:04 PM
unfuckingbelievable. a man buys a cage, spends a year applauding its inhabitants for shitting in it, then complains about the smell
Reposted by Bernard Barnes
Why are headlines saying Gaetz "violated statutory rape laws" and not Gaetz raped a 17 year old girl?
December 23, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Why are headlines saying Gaetz "violated statutory rape laws" and not Gaetz raped a 17 year old girl?
Reposted by Bernard Barnes
All jokes aside it's really fucked up to see so many people on here celebrating murder. No one here is the judge of who deserves to live or die. That's the job of the AI algorithm the insurance company designed to maximise profits on your health and no one else
December 4, 2024 at 11:35 PM
All jokes aside it's really fucked up to see so many people on here celebrating murder. No one here is the judge of who deserves to live or die. That's the job of the AI algorithm the insurance company designed to maximise profits on your health and no one else
This one hit me deep in the blue...something
Until they get verification sorted I'm just gonna pin a video of me singing our song breakfast at Tiffany's so you know it's really us
November 30, 2024 at 4:33 PM
This one hit me deep in the blue...something
November 24, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Reposted by Bernard Barnes
Reposted by Bernard Barnes
2014: the movie Idiocracy is basically a documentary
2024: the movie Idiocracy is a beautiful and aspirational look at a future brighter than our own. a tantalizing glimpse into a better world that has already slipped from our fingertips.
2024: the movie Idiocracy is a beautiful and aspirational look at a future brighter than our own. a tantalizing glimpse into a better world that has already slipped from our fingertips.
November 23, 2024 at 4:07 AM
2014: the movie Idiocracy is basically a documentary
2024: the movie Idiocracy is a beautiful and aspirational look at a future brighter than our own. a tantalizing glimpse into a better world that has already slipped from our fingertips.
2024: the movie Idiocracy is a beautiful and aspirational look at a future brighter than our own. a tantalizing glimpse into a better world that has already slipped from our fingertips.