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@markpbarry.bsky.social

Power engineer and project developer by recent trade, learner and amateur economist for fun.

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This UK seller is transparent about how a transaction would work. Trump's reciprocal tariff certainly looks and feels like a tax to me.

01.11.2025 12:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
101.2 kg gold toilet

101.2 kg gold toilet

With apologies to Maurizio Cattelan and his actual intentions, I note that the artist has created a very accurate visual representation of the Trump administration

01.11.2025 12:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's been 38 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.

Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.

31.10.2025 14:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1542    ๐Ÿ” 445    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20
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The non-military version of "stolen valor."

30.10.2025 21:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8919    ๐Ÿ” 1850    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 827    ๐Ÿ“Œ 198
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The President of the United States is so upset about his failed campaign for a Nobel Prize that he's now trying to claim someone else's prize as his own.

Pathetic.

30.10.2025 20:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20383    ๐Ÿ” 5470    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2602    ๐Ÿ“Œ 748

First, tariffs are taxes on Americans - we pay them not South Korea. And, that's not what they agreed to.

30.10.2025 20:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is all not very Christian of Mike Johnson. And I think of him more as a "smirking, hypocritical puppet" than as a "duplicitous twit", but both descriptions fit

30.10.2025 19:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

She's 100% on-brand from RFK's perspective

30.10.2025 19:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump, 79, Gets Confused Explaining Water to the Navy The president went on a baffling rant about the scientific properties of water on board the USS George Washington.

Trump is also especially confused by magnets: โ€œYou know, the new thing is magnets. So instead of using hydraulic that can be hit by lightning and itโ€™s fine. You take a little glass of water, you drop it on magnets, I donโ€™t know whatโ€™s going to happen,โ€ Trump said.

30.10.2025 19:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"[Not using the funding already allocated to keep SNAP going] is a decision the president is making--on his own--to allow people to go hungry."

29.10.2025 20:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4853    ๐Ÿ” 2048    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 188    ๐Ÿ“Œ 67

Iโ€™m surprised that coach Tommy was on this side of the issue, though to be fair he might not have known what he was voting for. Permanent daylight savings time would have meant that Tommy would not have had to figure out how to reset his wristwatch twice a year.

29.10.2025 00:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

These two idiots would have been laid off today if they worked at UPS, Amazon, or even the DoD. Itโ€™s only dad enabling their grift.

29.10.2025 00:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Who are these anti-science luddites? WTAF was exactly my thought process

29.10.2025 00:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As the dumbest senator, Tommy is in way over his head here. Dignity is just a tertiary concept for him

29.10.2025 00:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The biggest red flag is that after taking this last one ..they recommended an MRI

28.10.2025 23:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just to be clear whoโ€™s to blame for SNAP cutoff:

1. Trump admin claims that a $5B emergency fund canโ€™t be used for it.

2. Thune said Trump wants to use SNAP cutoff as leverage.

3. 22 Dem states filed a lawsuit about it.

4. Dems willing to join many Rs for SNAP bill but Thune is blocking vote.

28.10.2025 23:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2663    ๐Ÿ” 1064    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 104    ๐Ÿ“Œ 41

Whoโ€™s mom? Trump or RFK jr?

28.10.2025 23:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Or Trump might be too addled and Kim wonโ€™t take the risk

28.10.2025 23:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Epstein Files arenโ€™t the only thing Donald is covering up.

28.10.2025 19:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3469    ๐Ÿ” 1162    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 276    ๐Ÿ“Œ 81

Commission members apparently were not fond of Krylon gold spray paint or Hobby Lobby appliques

28.10.2025 22:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ken Paxton filed the suit to raise his profile with gullible voters for his inevitable run for Governor. His clever conceit is that the suit asks the drugmakers to prove a negative, but Texas is not going to win.

28.10.2025 22:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The same chart with a line for "Canada" also please?

28.10.2025 22:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Most stranded gas is in places with no electric transmission lines and no fiber. Doug Burgum is guilty of some magical thinking here. #energysky

28.10.2025 22:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I rode the 1 train with Linsey Davis on the way to our ABC News interview yesterday, and talked about how in the wealthiest city in the world we can't simply accept that people have to sleep on the streets or the subways.

It's not a question of resources. It's a question of political will.

28.10.2025 15:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7102    ๐Ÿ” 1512    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 134    ๐Ÿ“Œ 89
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๐Ÿšฉ

28.10.2025 17:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6190    ๐Ÿ” 1813    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 379    ๐Ÿ“Œ 119

Do you think the monkey might run for a seat in Congress to avoid going back to the lab? Or make a 2026 Senate run against Cindy Hyde-Smith, a racist bigot known for legislation that gets overturned in the courts? If elected to the Senate, the monkey would likely rank above Tommy Tuberville in IQ

28.10.2025 22:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sound up

28.10.2025 22:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Coach Tommy is in over his head here. He might not be able to pass the cognitive tests that Trump claims he aced.

28.10.2025 22:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Grift should be taxable as ordinary income. Do we think the Trumps will cheat on their tax returns?

28.10.2025 21:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What he means is that "No American, Serving in Congress and Receiving Full Pay and Benefits During the Government Shutdown, Should Go to Bed Hungry" He's a self self-absorbed hypocrite beholden to Trump

28.10.2025 21:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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