Barbara Banfield

@barbbanfieldrn

RN, farmerette, astrologer, violin/fiddle player, gay-married, anti-fascist, pro-democracy. Whidbey Island WA

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Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· 20d

Photo of 2 rafts on a lake with dogs in them. In one raft the dog is twilring about deliriously. The dog in the other raft has turned around and is staring at it incredulously - AYFKM???????

Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· 22d

Projection is strong with these folks. Anyone remember how the Melania movie did? Churches and conservative groups bought up tickets and tried to give them away. Many “sold out” showings were nearly empty.

Amazon MGM's $75 million documentary about the first lady made $7 million on its opening weekend, eliciting both gloating headlines and skepticism. Many have already touted Melania, which traces the first lady's activities in the days leading up to her husband's 2025 inauguration, as a success.
But according to box-office expert and former IndieWire Editor Tom Brueggemann, there are signs of "fake ticket sales" in order to inflate the earnings associated with the documentary. He raised the possibility that tickets were bought in bulk and handed out to audiences-or not handed out at all.

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Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Jul 11

Oh spare me. Most of us have been suffering from shock, anger, fear, disgust, and terror for the better part of a decade from Trump’s fascist depredations while the @nytimes has been busy normalizing and smoothing the way for them to continue. He goes after them? BE SHOCKED!

Picture of a leopard with the caption “Boom! Leopard to the face.”

Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Jul 10

Junie Vim
@vimoding.bzky.team
for those who don't know, this is a trick to get you to open your computer's terminal and run malicious code that's been quietly copied to your clipboard. never do this!!!

Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Jun 26

Just imagine what happens to these “one earner families” if the man loses his job, or leaves his wife (who has no work experience), or gets injured and disabled. Like, WOMEN HAVE ALREADY DECIDED THAT IS A TRAP WE DON’T WANT TO LIVE WITHIN. Bring back WAGES FOR HOUSEWORK!

Feminists march in the 1970’s carrying a large banner with the words Wages for Housework

Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Jun 17

No. He had him hustled out of the prison alive and substituted a body double corpse who was clearly not Epstein.

Comparison of photos of Epstein’s face when he was alive to the corpse showing significant differences in the shape of his nose, ear, and cheekbone structures.

Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Jun 14

Girls field hockey in the US always wore kilts as the standard uniform. No reason why Scottish men can't wear them to play soccer.

Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Jun 8

When he tried to get up and "storm out" (opps, I meant hobble out all slumped over) he had to grab hold of her so he didn't fall back into his seat. Unbelievable.

Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Apr 29

The NCAA has decided they will now allow beer and alcohol companies to sponsor March Madness and run ads to pay for the expanded tournament. For now, gambling companies will NOT be permitted to advertise during games.

The NCAA, in a necessary change to try and make up for the millions in additional travel and execution costs by expanding both tournaments, has relaxed some of its longstanding prohibitions on certain companies being able to advertise and endorse the March Madness, sources said.
The expectation is that the beer/alcohol-based companies will buy in big and become a critical corporate partner in the years ahead — essentially being the linchpin that makes expansion a financially solvent endeavor. Any and all gambling-related The NCAA, in a necessary change to try and make up for the millions in additional travel and execution costs by expanding both tournaments, has relaxed some of its longstanding prohibitions on certain companies being able to advertise and endorse the March Madness, sources said.
The expectation is that the beer/alcohol-based companies will buy in big and become a critical corporate partner in the years ahead — essentially being the linchpin that makes expansion a financially solvent endeavor. Any and all gambling-related advertisements in relation to the broadcast
and distribution of the NCAA Tournament will still be prohibited, one source added. advertisements in relation to the broadcast
and distribution of the NCAA Tournament will still be prohibited, one source added.

Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Apr 13

“…the risk remains with the families in our communities” And now many of these families are deciding the risk is too high.

In Kozhimannil's experience, rural hospitals provide obstetric care as long as they can — closing only when financial or quality-of-care risks become too high.

"However, after an obstetric unit closure, those risks do not disappear. The hospital stops holding the risks, and risk remains with the families in our communities. It remains with any local clinic or clinicians, and it remains with the EMTs, the first responders, the volunteer EMTs, the volunteer fire fighters, the county sheriff who are figuring out how pregnant women get help when they need care urgently or when something goes wrong," she said.

Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Apr 13

Meanwhile, conversions to Catholicism in the US are SURGING right now.

U.S. Catholic dioceses are experiencing a significant surge in adult conversions in 2026, with many reporting the highest numbers in decades. Driven by a desire for stability, tradition, and meaning in a, according to EWTN News, "noisy" world, particularly young Millennials and Gen Z are leading this movement, says the Washington Post. Major cities are seeing double-digit increases, frequently hitting 30-70% higher than in 2025, according to data highlighted by the National Catholic Register and CBS
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Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Apr 8

I had frozen shoulder and found that doing dead hangs gave me some instant relief that lasted for hours and doing them regularly fixed it. You can get a pullup bar for a doorway. I found this book in the library by an orthopedic surgeon explains it. I swear by it.

Shoulder Pain?
The Solution & Prevention
The Exercise that Heals the Shoulder
and
Relieves Back Pain
Fifth Edition
Revised and Expanded
and
A New Joint in the Shoulder
John M. Kirsch, MD
Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon

Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Apr 7

Protest in downtown Seattle at 5pm tonight Jackson Fed Bldg. Call your elected Reps!

Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Mar 29

Nice dance video, but this is NOT Kash Patel dancing.

Community Note from X:
“This is a viral video of a man happily dancing after his wife left for her maternal home, set to ‘Sun Sahiba Sun.’ It has zero connection to Kash Patel.”

Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Mar 29

This paragraph really nailed it for me. White boys and men haven’t really become less ambitious, they’ve just lost the glide path that compensated those who lacked ambition.

At the time, I argued that this "drift" was really a symptom of men — and, more specifically, white men's - historical passivity. They'd never really had to cultivate "ambition," at least not in the way we think of it now, because a modicum of success was, by some measure, their birthright. As I put it then, "what if the
'decline' of men's ambition is just less unquestioned access to power and privilege?

Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Mar 24

Holy shit.

A patent granted to Google on January 27, 2026 titled "AI-generated content page tailored to a specific user" describes a system that evaluates your company's landing page in real time and, if it decides the page won't perform well enough for a specific user, replaces it with an AI-generated version assembled on the fly. The user never sees what your team built, they see what Google's machine learning model thinks they should see instead.

Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Mar 16

Wow. Meta truly is evil.

She presented information she attributed to reporting by the Wall Street Journal and Reuters news service about fraudulent ads on Meta: 50% of scams for one large bank were traced to Meta, 70% of new Meta advertisers are flagged for fraud, and 96% of valid user scam reports are ignored. Additionally, she said, Meta earned $16 billion - 10% of its 2024 revenue - from ads that were scams or for banned goods. When Meta detects fraud, she said, the penalty is to charge bad actors a higher rate.

Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Mar 6

Here is the message I sent:

I strongly support SB 5974.

As a registered nurse, I feel professionals in fields with life and death responsibility over those whom they serve all need to be held to a high level of training, certification and accountability and that includes law enforcement professionals, including our Sheriffs. Some Sheriffs have said that they should be allowed to serve although they lack certification "because the voters elected me." However, POLICING IS NOT A POPULARITY CONTEST. It is a profession requiring training, skill, and ethical behavior - no different from a doctor or a nurse. We should be confident that whoever is elected is QUALIFIED to serve as Sheriff.

I urge you to vote YES when it comes up for a vote.

Barbara Banfied, RN

Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Mar 1

Just classic.

The Beatings will Continue until
Morale Improves
Sincerely,
Management

Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Feb 28

Trump says:
“THE LIVES OF COURAGEOUS
AMERICAN HEROES MAY BE LOST. THAT OFTEN HAPPENS IN WAR.”

Fictional king says:
“SOME OF YOU MAY DIE. BUT IT'S A SACRIFICE I AM WILLING TO MAKE.”

Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Feb 28

Israel is targeting “leftist” leaders to clear the way for whatever puppet US-Israel wants to install.

Tariq Ali ®
@TariqAli_News
con
Have heard from an Iranian friend that her partner in Teheran has sent her a message. He is a leftist and is telling her that the US/Israelis are targeting a number of known leftists homes in Teheran and elsewhere in an attempt to make sure there's no opposition to their favoured candidate once they destroy the regime. What this reveals is the degree of penetration by Mossad in Iran. What it also means is that this is not going to be an easy occupation for the US and its Israeli buddies.

Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Feb 27

ABSO-FUCKIN-LUTELY. THIS. 💯% THIS.

Donald Trump is not a normal president. In fact he's not a normal person....There's nothing that I'm going to say today that I can think of that I agree with Donald Trump on. And what I will tell you is that I am not going to the United States Senate to find something to agree with Donald Trump on.
I'm going to the United States Senate to represent you, and to take your voices with me."

Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Feb 20

More howling about leopards and faces.

A leopard is seen with a red cap in its mouth.

Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Feb 8

He looks just like Zippy. Only less cheerful.

Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Feb 8

Everyone’s really rockin’ out and having a blast here.

A picture of people in the audience at the Kid Rock concert looking dull and disengaged.

Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Feb 8

This page is absolutely heart wrenching. “Why didn’t anyone stop it from the start?”

$Wishing you all the joy and peace of the Christmas Season Some But it doesn't \ stop there. I NEVER STOPS! smile. It was an Incredible Exceptional Outstanding IS THERE A WAY TO BREAK FREE THERE IS CONFID RNEY'S Performance. for a CHILD. nothing gets remembered got it? Take your TABLETS that's how I survived why didn't anyone STOP IT FROM THE START. A PERSONAL violent heartbreaking tragic nightmare You had to cither sink or swim, and you had to lear that very fast...I swam. EFTA02731451$

Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Feb 5

Epstein did not die. He was secreted out of the jail. They used a dead body double for the corpse. JE had a tatoo around his L upper arm. The corpse in the autopsy photo DOES NOT. (autopsy photo pulled from this death investigation file).

Picture of a dead man with various medical patches and devices used for resuscitation on his torso. The left upper arm is visible and has no tatoo.

Picture of a shirtless Jeffery Epstein with a black tatoo that encircles his entire L upper arm.

Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Feb 5

Hey Mackenzie if you’re listening…

Annie Wu (all socials:... 6h X
•@mackenziescott you have the opportunity to do an extremely funny (and genuinely heroic)
thing right now
• (I(Charles Fishma... ••7h
You could launch a full-up newspaper from the 300 people laid off by the Washington Post 3 hours ago.

Barbara Banfield@barbbanfieldrn· Feb 5

Is Homan an orc?