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Tara Barnes

@tarabarnes.bsky.social

Small town mom. Benevolent sports fan. Aspiring deaconess. Professional United Methodist. #BillsMafia #LGM #ToonArmy

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Buffalo absolutely deserved this loss. And probably needed it.

06.10.2025 03:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

MAGA ruining golf is poetic and I hope they keep it up.

29.09.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 689    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 1

Sean McDermott.

28.09.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If we lose we fully deserve it, but it’s not because New Orleans wants it more.

28.09.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t think that’s it. That kind of thinking excuses our poor preparation and execution as some trick of fate.

28.09.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m shocked New Orleans has committed so few fouls πŸ€”

28.09.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They don’t prepare for the team they’re playing. Which, maybe, is different from playing down? I don’t think so. It’s just a totally preventable way of playing down.

28.09.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why is this exactly how I expected this game to go? #BillsMafia #SIGH

28.09.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Frank Navasky is chair of the Tortured Poets Department, right? #typewriteratmyapartment

26.09.2025 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.

Ta-Nehasi Coates is doing a lot of things with this essay, but one of the most important is fearlessly using examples of anti-trans hate to describe Charlie Kirk's politics.

The contrast between his choices and those of other writers for major legacy outlets is revealing.

16.09.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 5573    πŸ” 1812    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 87
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a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a group of people with the words that 's the way we above him Alt: a white man in a suit and tie stands and purple bandana on his head in front of a group of people with the words that’s the way we talk in the clink. It is a gif of Michael Scott from the show The Office, who is out of touch with reality and wouldn’t know cringe if it smacked him in the face and who is far superior in every way to the current head of the FBI.

Even Michael Scott would be better at this.

25.09.2025 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For her first school project of the year, my 3rd grader shared that the top 3 words that describe her are evil, smart, and tall.

It’s not too soon to just give me the mother of the year award.

25.09.2025 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The article says it was the *Prince* of Wales who said this.

24.09.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Harrison Butker, the back-to-the-kitchen, women! Chiefs kicker developing a version of the yips where he keeps missing chipshot kicks far to the right, is one of the funnier developments of this year. Six mandatory workplace DEI workshops will fix this.

22.09.2025 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 12457    πŸ” 1298    πŸ’¬ 266    πŸ“Œ 69
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Podcast: What happened to EJ Manuel in Buffalo? More than anyone knew. The former first-round pick opens up on the Go Long Podcast. When he was benched in Year 2 by the Buffalo Bills, Manuel entered a dark depression. That, and a ton more...

I found this podcast heartbreaking.

22.09.2025 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't understand how the political media class can simultaneously be so cynical and yet constantly take the worst bad faith actors at their word all the time. There seems to be no other explanation other than they are collaborators because they want the same goals.

22.09.2025 11:43 β€” πŸ‘ 394    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2
4 strip comic. first frame, we see Horst Wessel and two other storm troopers carrying a large nazi flag. text reads : Horst Wessel was a young storm trooper recognized as a skilled public speaker by the nazi party. he also wrote the song that became the partys anthem and german co-national anthem until 1945. second frame, we see a portrait of Horst. text reads : in 1930, his landlady hired two men who happened to be communists to evict him over unpaid rent and alleged proxenetism. He died in the fight. thrid frame, we see Goebbels speaking in front of a large crowd. text reads : Goebbels, the nazi chief propagandist, had been looking for someone to turn into a christian martyr for the party and drum up enrollment. he turned wessel's funeral into a major propaganda event full of speeches antagonizing leftists. fourth frame, we see the State Farm Stadium with a large banner advertizing Charlie Kirk's funeral. text reads : thinking about him today for no particular reason.

4 strip comic. first frame, we see Horst Wessel and two other storm troopers carrying a large nazi flag. text reads : Horst Wessel was a young storm trooper recognized as a skilled public speaker by the nazi party. he also wrote the song that became the partys anthem and german co-national anthem until 1945. second frame, we see a portrait of Horst. text reads : in 1930, his landlady hired two men who happened to be communists to evict him over unpaid rent and alleged proxenetism. He died in the fight. thrid frame, we see Goebbels speaking in front of a large crowd. text reads : Goebbels, the nazi chief propagandist, had been looking for someone to turn into a christian martyr for the party and drum up enrollment. he turned wessel's funeral into a major propaganda event full of speeches antagonizing leftists. fourth frame, we see the State Farm Stadium with a large banner advertizing Charlie Kirk's funeral. text reads : thinking about him today for no particular reason.

No particular reason

21.09.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4840    πŸ” 2396    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 50
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a woman with blonde hair and red lipstick is standing in a room Alt: Marilyn Monroe turns her face and covers her mouth, trying not to laugh.

I never doubted.

19.09.2025 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Phew.

19.09.2025 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m no expert but I think Miami has figured out we’re going to give it to Cook every play.

19.09.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m going to need everyone who left the Ravens game early to start heading home. The team needs you.

19.09.2025 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is so embarrassing πŸ˜†

19.09.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And it has to be against Miami.

19.09.2025 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s so much fun watching my team predictably not prepare and play down.

19.09.2025 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I wish I were as surprised. But the Buffalo Bills are playing.

19.09.2025 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If you know where to get them and how to order them at that place. There are many options for great wingsβ€”and the good places make their own bleu cheese dressing to go with them.

19.09.2025 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

No, he’s just a bad person.

17.09.2025 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i am getting kind of sick of seeing anecdotes like β€œkids can’t read or tell time or tie their shoesβ€”even in high school” and the problem being framed only as kids and parents and not you know, an entire failing school system, and an economy where parents are underpaid, unsupported, and overwhelmed

15.09.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 647    πŸ” 137    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 12

These cowards are trying to make β€œYou’re not sad enough!” the real crime.

14.09.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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