Dr. Cris W Barnes

Barnes is a graduate of U.Chicago with a PhD. from Princeton in Astrophysics and publications in 6 other fields. He worked at Los Alamos 1981–2019. Retired.

[Dr. Cris W Barnes @CrisWBarnes]

I think I'm outta here. See people with brains able to question and be analytic at BlueSky.

[Dr. Cris W Barnes @CrisWBarnes]

Useful to read and consider.

[aaron from queens 🇵🇸 @aaronnarraph]

AOC asked her followers who split their ballots either for Trump/her or Trump/downballot Dem to explain why and posted the replies:

[Dr. Cris W Barnes @CrisWBarnes]

@PatRyanUC @threadreaderapp unroll

[Dr. Cris W Barnes @CrisWBarnes]

What should Democrats do now? Form a shadow cabinet. An interesting new idea for messaging and communication that I like. https://t.co/WJlMmV1BVK

[DCPetterson.bsky.social @dcpetterson]

There was a unit of time used by the ancient Etruscans called the saeculum. It is the period from when an important event happens, until the last person who remembers it dies.

It's similar to the concept of "living memory."

We are nearing the end of the WW2 saeculum.

1/6

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

10/ Those are hard things for the left.

A firm break with neoliberalism.

Listen to poor and rural people, men in crisis. Don't decide for them.

Pick fights. Embrace populism.

Build a big tent. Be less judgmental.

But we are beyond small fixes.

[Dr. Cris W Barnes @CrisWBarnes]

Good analysis, but no solution suggested.

[Michael Tomasky @mtomasky]

New Column: Why Does No One
Understand the Real Reason Trump Won? https://t.co/h2AFF2CukU Follow @newrepublic

[Dr. Cris W Barnes @CrisWBarnes]

A possible manifesto for the future.

[Pat Ryan 🇺🇸 @PatRyanUC]

It’s going to take time to sort through what happened Tuesday. But I've read a lot of takes the past few days (some good, many bad), and I've had a lot of people ask how I won one of the toughest districts in the country by over 13%.

Here are some thoughts: 🧵

[Epic Maps 🗺️ @theepicmap]

Thread of surreal sculpture details 🧵

1. In Canova's timeless masterpiece, the wings of Cupid are so delicately thin that when sunlight touches them they shimmer with a gentle peach glow.

[Dr. Cris W Barnes @CrisWBarnes]

@minakimes Your NFL Live
parlay hit tonight. Good job.

[Dr. Cris W Barnes @CrisWBarnes]

This is a great message: positive, what people want. Hope friends in Nebraska agree!

[Dan Osborn @osbornforne]

Today we released the final ad of our campaign. My closing message is the same as what I started with.

Right now, it’s too hard for too many. Nebraska families deserve to have enough at the end of the week to buy groceries, to have a house, set money aside for Christmas and college, so all there’s left to worry about is bake sales and little league.

[Dr. Cris W Barnes @CrisWBarnes]

I’ve been binging The West Wing lately to give me hope. The issues haven’t changed in 20 years, still timely scripts.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

The award-winning cast of The West Wing reunited to endorse VP Kamala Harris for President in a new ad created in partnership with the Lincoln Project.

Martin Sheen
Bradley Whitford
@AllisonBJanney
@DuleHill
@JoshMalina
@NellyMoloney
@MaryCMcCormack
@Richard_Schiff

[Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 @joncoopertweets]

#Vote

[Ryan Cummings @weakinstrument]

The ability of the Biden Administration to get the Port of Baltimore fully open *within 3 months* of the complete collapse of a critical piece of infrastructure is truly a feat of public administration.

https://t.co/CadkWnjruG.

[Dr. Cris W Barnes @CrisWBarnes]

“…not just to get by but to get ahead.” This is the vision a National Democratic Party needs!

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

The Harris-Walz campaign just announced an extensive economic plan for rural communities. Deeply impressive vision for working class families in rural areas.

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[Jason Karsh @jkarsh]

No, she’s not. Our political press is bored. Trump is off the rails, all but wandering a grocery store in a bathrobe swearing about immigrants and promising a new Third Reich. But they think covering him that way sounds biased, so it’s back to ‘But her policies!’ It’s insulting.

[Dr. Cris W Barnes @CrisWBarnes]

This is the type of candidate the social nationalists want in the Senate. Sheesh.

[Matt McDermott @mattmfm]

The GOP Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, who admittedly lives in Connecticut, doesn’t seem to know the difference between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles.

[Dr. Cris W Barnes @CrisWBarnes]

Excellent overview of the current U.S. strategic renewal of its nuclear deterrent, by the Times. I don’t agree with the attitude of the authors, but they do well presenting the facts.

[Michael Coleman @michaelcoleman]

There used to be gang of NM reporters covering the nuke labs. Not sure who––if anyone–– is doing that full-time in NM anymore, but this is a must-read for any reporter keeping track of the weapons complex and LANL and Sandia. https://t.co/dj1iM8ASuF

[Will Kinney @WKCosmo]

Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.