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Weaver of digital words, reader of printable words, eater of delectable foods, knower of worthless conversational facts, acolyte of everything Seattle sports https://linktr.ee/mikebarbre
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Literally everything #Trump touches, dies. #Fulbright www.npr.org/2025/06/12/n...

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Another season of #HollidayGrainger and #TomBurke 's will-they-or-won't-they, with a 'lil religious cult case to investigate. #CBStrike www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle...

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Every couple years, I bring this out -- a personal commemoration of Anthony Bourdain on the day he left us, June 8, 2018, his journey to find his voice, and how much that voice mattered to the world he left. www.mikebarbre.com/blog/2025/3/...

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We’re deeply disappointed in much of the U.S. media. Grateful, however, to international journalists who are telling the truth.

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I mean, how many colors can you count? #SeattleSunsets

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Can't get better than this. Have a happy weekend, everyone.

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Just as health research and infectious disease funding are getting scrapped by the #Trump- #RFK, Jr. regime, 40 million people living with #HIV remain in the balance, waiting for breakthroughs like this to reach them. www.yahoo.com/news/breakth...

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“The only beneficiaries of disrupting or killing this report are the fossil fuel industry and those intent on boosting oil and gas profits at the expense of people’s health and the nation’s economic well-being.” And the pseudo-science fills the void. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

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"America First" "vermin" "poisoning the blood of our country" "remigration" It's no longer about Trump's glaring efforts to dogwhistle Nazi & white supremacist keywords & ideologies, it's whether his cult can admit to themselves what he really is, what he's always been. Is that even possible.

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My tribute to the #FolklifeFestival at Seattle Center . . . from Alki. Cheers!

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A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich

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This 👇

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This is where my wanderlust goes to find a shred of freedom. Love this show! #TucciInItaly www.cntraveler.com/story/me-sta...

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Harvard correctly understands that it’s in a fight for its life and there is no appeasement that will save it. I wish a lot more institutions understood this.

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A better, and more responsible ecosystem, I hope. If there's anyone who's seen the other side and intelligent enough to build out a social network the right way, it's Jay Graber. youtu.be/mD7-4LODb2E?...

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What is a nation supposed to do when its leader is publicly committing impeachable offenses on a daily basis and the impeachment process is utterly broken due to slightly more than half of the nation's Congress being members of a cult dedicated to destroying rule of law

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"Dance Mom" is the reason I'm watching Hacks. Julianne Nicholson is The One. #FaceDownAssUp

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