Barry Freed
Archivist/Librarian, erstwhile Arabist, cinephile, certified Voight-Kampff test administrator, Antipope of Antifa.
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Doha/NYC
- Reposted by Barry FreedThe year is 1925. Coal miners in West Virginia have organized against the federal government over workplace safety. A prominent antisemitic billionaire automaker has thrown his support behind the German far right, aiding their rise to power. The year is 2025...
- Reposted by Barry FreedI think that Republicans really need to start staking out culturally moderate positions
- Reposted by Barry FreedThere's a thread on Twitter that purports to show that AI can save money by producing visual effects better than Hollywood. And it's just identical shots that wouldn't exist without straight plagiarism of the source material. It might be the dumbest thread I've ever seen.
- For those unclear what Qatar’s motivation behind this and the billion dollar Trump golf resort north of Doha a few thoughts. In June 2017 KSA, the UAE, Egypt, and Bahrain enacted a blockade against Qatar. There is evidence that an invasion by the UAE and KSA was imminent…
- ABC EXCLUSIVE: President Trump is poised to accept a luxury jet as a gift from Qatar. It’s to be used as Air Force One and then transferred to the Trump library by January 2029. DOJ insists it’s legal, not bribery, not violation of emoluments clause. w/ @KFaulders abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
- Reposted by Barry FreedEvery day I will marvel at how hard James Comer tried without success to prove that Biden was tangentially corrupt and how little of a shit he gives that Trump is demonstrably, outrageously corrupt.