Brian Gaar

Texas Is Asking Voters to Protect the Rich and Punish the Poor. Will They Do It? Among 17 potential constitutional amendments, voters will be deciding the fate of corporate welfare and inherited wealth.

Texas has some constitutional amendments up for a vote Nov. 4. Here’s my summary: If you’re wealthy, the state promises to protect your fortune forever. If you’re poor and accused of a crime, Texas promises to protect the public from you. thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/07/t...

Oh my god

Many ppl have pointed out “BG you’re not successful” THANK YOU

Kids, study hard in school but not too hard because then you'll be a liberal elite and the dudes who bullied you in school will be the real heroes because your success makes them feel bad

Or hire me I would kill in this role

Bari Weiss bring back Andy Rooney

That Philly crowd was right on the money about Bill Burr

Nice titmouse. Tufted?

Seven years ago today, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was tortured, murdered and then dismembered. And any so-called comedian who can't stand up tonight in Riyadh and do ten minutes on that kind of hijinx and horseplay just isn't worth the Saudi blood money he's being paid.

U.S. Senate Hopeful James Talarico Raised Millions More in 3 Weeks Than Colin Allred Did in 3 Months Joe Rogan and The New York Times are swooning, the money is pouring in, and Allred is starting to look like yesterday’s casserole.

James Talarico raised more money in 3 weeks than Colin Allred did in 3 months

thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/01/j...

*chews like Alex at the end of Clockwork Orange* so what's it like having the biggest Disney unboxing tiktok account

Welcome back to the DAMN FOOD'S GOOD channel where I and a moderately successful podcaster talk with food in our mouths for 30 minutes

U.S. Senate Hopeful James Talarico Raised Millions More in 3 Weeks Than Colin Allred Did in 3 Months Joe Rogan and The New York Times are swooning, the money is pouring in, and Allred is starting to look like yesterday’s casserole.

James Talarico raised more money in 3 weeks than Colin Allred did in 3 months

thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/01/j...

Texan Visits Maine, Immediately Becomes Insufferable About Lobster To a Texan, lobster is the brisket of Maine. I had the real thing — and yes, I’ll be talking about it for months.

If you live in or have just heard of Texas, you know about our barbecue — particularly brisket. It’s one of the foods most strongly associated with the state.

@briangaar.bsky.social argues that just one other state is as joined at the hip to a specific food as Texas is to smoked meats. ⬇️

Texan Visits Maine, Immediately Becomes Insufferable About Lobster To a Texan, lobster is the brisket of Maine. I had the real thing — and yes, I’ll be talking about it for months.

I went to Maine to see if they're as psychotic about lobster as we are about brisket in Texas and HOO BOY thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/30/t...

As almost lifelong Texan who just moved to Maine, this is absolutely, completely true.

Texan Visits Maine, Immediately Becomes Insufferable About Lobster To a Texan, lobster is the brisket of Maine. I had the real thing — and yes, I’ll be talking about it for months.

I went to Maine to see if they're as psychotic about lobster as we are about brisket in Texas and HOO BOY thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/30/t...

Luke putting R2 in an enormous bag of rice on Dagobah.

They've cut your company staff to the bone and made you so busy so they can pitch A.I. as a tool to alleviate the burdens they added to your plate by cutting staff.

expounding to my best friend that to increase media literacy we need to bring back pop up video

Dan Nainan in a private jet

Headed to Riyadh for the comedy festival.

Whoever says “I love you” first is bipolar

And he’s been big for years now! Is a few hundred k worth your reputation?

Bill Burr doing this stings the rest all sucked ass before

NO!

Ok I'm back from visiting Maine. Some thoughts:

- Some of the most beautiful country I've ever seen
- Avg age appeared to be 100 (saw a sign for square dancing lessons)
- People were nice, except one drunk local who kinda tried to fight my friend and it was adorable.

10/10 would visit again

It's not pirating movies, it's scraping data to train an AI.

the lesson of the kimmel thing is that a corporation that previously caved to trump was forced by its audience to defy him.

they're afraid of him but they're more afraid of you.

In a better world, he’d be running a strip mall karate dojo until a new kid in town beat his champion with a crane kick

Man yall fixin to have to call the Avengers on my ass