Hobie Barnes

I've been on Jeopardy! - it didn't end well and it's the Netherlands' fault. He/Him 🏳️‍🌈

[Sean @borderlinesmart]

One of the reasons Democrats are more anxious about the election is because if Trump wins we lose rights, a strong economy, healthcare, democracy -- and if Harris wins Trump supporters lose... literally nothing. They'll claim otherwise, but they objectively don't lose a thing.

[Jason Kander @JasonKander]

Memo to the Trump campaign:

The Swift Boat BS is a trick play run in the Super Bowl. Everyone knows about it now. You can’t just bust it out again and expect it to work the same way.

I’ll tell you why.

1.    9/11 was 23 years ago, and the fear of a 9/11 world that existed in 2004 doesn’t bleed into everything anymore. As much as I wish national security motivated voter behavior like it once did, it doesn’t. (And if it did it would be muey bad for the guy who saluted the North Koreans and will do anything to sit next to Putin in the school cafeteria, but I digress.)

2.    John Kerry’s campaign was substantially reliant on his strength as a decorated Vietnam Veteran, and therefore his credibility to take on W was vulnerable to any attack – no matter how unfair and slanderous – on his military record.

3.    While I and many others admire John Kerry for his courage to come home and speak out against the Vietnam War, it was deeply polarizing to his own generation of veterans, and that resentment among some of his fellow veterans had been building toward him for decades by the time he ran in 2004.

4.    Kerry had been reluctant to release his military records. Tim Walz has been totally forthcoming and honestly I bet the dude would turn over his dental records, his step counter, and his screen time metrics if you asked.

5.    2004 was a different world, man. Anyone who questioned whether we should be in Iraq was said to be against the troops and even though W avoided Vietnam and had less than stellar attendance at his Air Guard unit, even an icon like Dan Rather had to resign after pursuing that story. I mean, the Dixie Chicks got canceled, and the Dixie Chicks are incredible!

6.    Tim Walz has released all his records, been very candid about what he did and didn’t do in the military, and has broad support from those he served with. Also, he’s running for Vice-President, not President, and it seems to me his time as a teacher, a coach, and a Governor is more central to his political identity and qualifications than his 24 years of service in the National Guard (which is admirable and impressive in and of itself by the way).

7.    Kerry was actively criticizing his opponent’s military record and inviting the world to decide the campaign at least in part based on the comparison. I have never heard either Kamala Harris or Tim Walz or any Democrat for that matter attack JD Vance’s military record. I served in Afghanistan with the Army, and it would never occur to me to criticize JD Vance’s service. Nor would Tim Walz ever do so. Vance served for 4 years and deployed to Iraq. Walz served for 24 years and was deployed to Europe to support active duty units deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan (back then, prior to the optempo taking a toll on the active component, this is what the Guard was mostly doing at first). They should both be proud, and I’m sure that’s exactly how Tim Walz feels about it.

8.    We’ve learned a lot since 9/11, and one of the things we’ve learned is the danger of “gatekeeping” military service. At a time when suicide among veterans who served in combat zones and veterans or active duty troops who didn’t are both far too high, we’ve learned that reenforcing the inclination veterans have to compare their service to others and then think less of themselves … is dangerously harmful. I’m not kidding when I say we’ve learned that talking about Tim Walz the way JD Vance has been doing might actually do a lot of harm to the millions of servicemembers who completed their service without being deployed to a combat zone. It’s a dangerously cynical game and JD Vance knows better. 

In conclusion: This attack isn’t about directly hurting the Harris/Walz ticket with actual voters. It’s a decoy, a running back throwing a pass or a punter throwing to a lineman. They’re counting on the media’s limited knowledge of how the military works to slow momentum and indirectly make voters think there’s a scandal.

There isn’t.

[chris evans @notcapnamerica]

He looks like the theater teacher that would let me eat lunch in his classroom because I had no one to sit with in the cafeteria

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

Harris addresses Trump directly, looking straight into the TV camera: "Donald, I do hope you'll reconsider – to meet me on the debate stage – because as the saying goes, if you got something to say, say it to my face!"

[tré easton @treeaston]

This position wins 400+ Electoral Votes.

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

Why are so many flags red, white, and blue?

It all started 452 years ago in the Netherlands...

[Hobie Barnes @HobieBarnes]

@BillHuntBits @thedigitalbits Moulin Rouge (2001) on UHD si vous plais! Would love to see those scenes in full 4K glory.

[Rian Johnson @rianjohnson]

MY GOD IT’S BEAUTIFUL

[ethical hater @DijahSB]

being gay is against your religion but violence and murder isn’t? lol

[Hobie Barnes @HobieBarnes]

@perpetua This playlist is soooo much fun and takes me right back to the good part of 2001 - thank you!

[Hobie Barnes @HobieBarnes]

@ScottLuckStory just finished reading your book FWWM: Your Laura Disappeared and had to thank you for the wonderful read. Loved your writing style and it made for a nice dip back in the Twin Peaks world!

[J.S. Park 박준 @jsparkblog]

I’ve been a hospital chaplain now for eight years at hundreds of deathbeds. I want to tell you something I’ve witnessed.

Most people, at the end, realize they’ve spent a lot of their life hiding. Sometimes by choice, or because they could not safely choose to be themselves. ➡️

[re: emma @evemmore]

abba music: 🪩 💃 🕺 🕺 💃 🪩
abba lyrics: I hate my job. I am getting divorced. I am so tired all the time. the Spanish civil war

[Astro Poets @poetastrologers]

Therapist: what are your favorite things to do
Scorpio: deep romantic longing, obsession, & drinking

[Hobie Barnes @HobieBarnes]

@UbisoftSupport I found on Reddit a suggestion to turn on a Guest network on the Wi-Fi and that actually worked, and I can now get to the Ubisoft servers..

[Hobie Barnes @HobieBarnes]

@UbisoftSupport Hi - trying to connect to Just Dance Unlimited via Switch version of Just Dance 2022 and getting Ubisoft Server Error “we could not reach the Ubisoft servers. It may be due to an issue on our side.” Can confirm my switch is online.

[Hobie Barnes @HobieBarnes]

@UbisoftSupport Hi - I tried these suggestions and still getting the error that couldn’t reach Ubisoft servers.