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@hellabarnes.bsky.social

Once and future historian of colonial Latin America, current stay at home dad. just a clod of the common earth Posting RVA-area plant pics on Insta @powerlinebotany, for now

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I feel like all our politicians have Theoden Disease.

I don’t know precisely what the right tactics are, but they have no dawg in them.

27.01.2026 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

As a humanist it gives me no pleasure to write this, but: humanities brain (derogatory)

27.01.2026 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the Gramsci β€œtime of monsters” quote is actually directly translated as

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

and sweet jesus there is so much morbidity in this bad boy

27.01.2026 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
27.01.2026 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

you can teach those boys as much foucault as you want, they’re in it for the love of the game (abusing abuelas)

27.01.2026 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

they fuckin love to surveiller and punir, buddy. it’s what gets them up in the morning.

27.01.2026 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Conservatives: Lets round up Brown people and put them in camps. Admins: HIRE πŸ‘ MORE πŸ‘ GUARDS πŸ‘ WHO πŸ‘ HAVE πŸ‘ READ πŸ‘ BARTHES πŸ‘.

27.01.2026 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i complained about it and now it’s working

28.01.2026 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Epicurious has a video series where they have chefs try prepared foods and it is amazing how often the Whole Foods prepared foods are read for filth

28.01.2026 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

sometimes I think about Kristi Noem’s purse full of cash. why did it exist? who took it? why did the writers drop that plot?

27.01.2026 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

there’s also the premium extra loud quadruple, I have learned

28.01.2026 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
quintuple train horns for DeWalt and Milwaukee tools

quintuple train horns for DeWalt and Milwaukee tools

don’t pull the thang out, unless you plan to bang

28.01.2026 03:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I just found an excellent website

impacttrainhorns.com?gad_source=1...

28.01.2026 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

you never know how many twist ties there are in your house until you get a robot vacuum cleaner that can’t handle them

28.01.2026 03:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yes, and, furthermore, if it wasn't for the rights protected by the Fourth Amendment, a vampire policeman could enter your house on the basis of mere suspicion, after granting himself permission to enter by his delegation of the state's police power.

01.02.2024 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Epicurious has a video series where they have chefs try prepared foods and it is amazing how often the Whole Foods prepared foods are read for filth

28.01.2026 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Finally have both cars and the driveway clear of ice and now I’m making dinner.

28.01.2026 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I hate being a paranoiac but Instagram just totally disappeared a story about Alex Pretti today

28.01.2026 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
insane person talking about banning whistles

insane person talking about banning whistles

whistles should be illegal is some shit you say when your brain is one hundred percent completely cooked

guns in every school and whistles should be illegal. i am very normal.

28.01.2026 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 103    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

defeating immigrants in the school pickup line and in the marketplace of ideas

28.01.2026 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pheasant-tailed Jacana in a muddy field in Taiwan

Pheasant-tailed Jacana in a muddy field in Taiwan

Pheasant-tailed Jacana has #poise and a bunch of #white for #BirdOfTheDay. #birds #taiwan

26.01.2026 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess our political processes have not selected for β€œdawg,” which is unfortunate in a time when you need leadership

27.01.2026 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ceded rye

27.01.2026 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'll meet you all at the on-board cafe on the Amiot 143

27.01.2026 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

RIP Trubbish, the trash bag pokemon

27.01.2026 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Chungus; or, the Modern Galoot

27.01.2026 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

sometimes I think about Kristi Noem’s purse full of cash. why did it exist? who took it? why did the writers drop that plot?

27.01.2026 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

making the dirtiest martini

27.01.2026 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fight against Fascism | The Art Institute of Chicago Leopoldo MΓ©ndez, 1936

The Fight Against Fascism, 1936
Artist: Leopoldo MΓ©ndez
Mexican, 1902-1969
www.artic.edu/artworks/445...

27.01.2026 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

their sumac is excellent too. I want to try more of their stuff.

27.01.2026 22:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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