Texistentialist
@fiftyoneoaks.bsky.social
I believe in free markets, egalitarianism, UT football, and, that the arc of the moral universe bends toward justice.
This is a great read.
January 9, 2026 at 6:39 PM
This is a great read.
Hungary isn't looking so bad these days.
January 9, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Hungary isn't looking so bad these days.
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“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” - George Orwell, 1984
There is a reason we read Orwell
There is a reason we read Orwell
a man is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing at something
ALT: a man is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing at something
media.tenor.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:22 PM
“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” - George Orwell, 1984
There is a reason we read Orwell
There is a reason we read Orwell
Happy 90th birthday, #Elvis
elvis presley is dancing in front of a band
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media.tenor.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Happy 90th birthday, #Elvis
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Our first TV ad just hit the airwaves!
Together, we’re going to win this race and fight for working people in the U.S. Senate.
Let’s get to work.
Together, we’re going to win this race and fight for working people in the U.S. Senate.
Let’s get to work.
January 5, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Our first TV ad just hit the airwaves!
Together, we’re going to win this race and fight for working people in the U.S. Senate.
Let’s get to work.
Together, we’re going to win this race and fight for working people in the U.S. Senate.
Let’s get to work.
Despicable
The Trump administration plans to freeze $10 billion in funding for child care subsidies, social services and cash support for low-income families in five states controlled by Democrats, claiming widespread fraud, without citing evidence, after a major welfare fraud scheme in Minnesota.
Health Dept. to Freeze $10 Billion in Funding to 5 Democratic States
The funding pause could jeopardize child care and other programs that serve hundreds of thousands of households in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York.
nyti.ms
January 6, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Despicable
Boom! $1.6B up in smoke.
In 2025, Virginia lost $1.6 billion in revenue because of tax exemptions granted to data centers.
goodjobsfirst.org/virginia-tax...
goodjobsfirst.org/virginia-tax...
Virginia Tax Revenue Losses to Data Centers Soar to $1.6 Billion for FY25 - Good Jobs First
Virginia Tax Revenue Losses to Data Centers Soar to $1.6 Billion for FY25 - Good Jobs First
goodjobsfirst.org
January 6, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Boom! $1.6B up in smoke.
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Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
January 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
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Mark Cuban: Dems are “not offering any solutions and they’re certainly not saying ‘Break up the big insurance companies, break up the big hospital networks.’ At least if they said that, it would show that they understood what the hell was going on.” lnk.thebulwark.com/3L9cCFO
Mark Cuban Tells Us How He Can Fix America’s Shitty Health Care
The entrepreneur wants to do what many in his position have tried and failed to accomplish.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Mark Cuban: Dems are “not offering any solutions and they’re certainly not saying ‘Break up the big insurance companies, break up the big hospital networks.’ At least if they said that, it would show that they understood what the hell was going on.” lnk.thebulwark.com/3L9cCFO
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Australia Admits All Those Animals Made Up https://theonion.com/australia-admits-all-those-animals-made-up/
December 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Australia Admits All Those Animals Made Up https://theonion.com/australia-admits-all-those-animals-made-up/
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Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.
December 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.
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“We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.”
~ M. Scott Peck
Good morning my friends! May your smile brighten the world today ❤️
~ M. Scott Peck
Good morning my friends! May your smile brighten the world today ❤️
December 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.”
~ M. Scott Peck
Good morning my friends! May your smile brighten the world today ❤️
~ M. Scott Peck
Good morning my friends! May your smile brighten the world today ❤️
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Energy bills have increased 13% since Trump took office.
Families have paid an extra $1,200 on goods this year because of his tariffs.
Popular holiday gifts are 26% more expensive this year compared to 2024.
Remember this as Trump calls affordability a "hoax" and a "con job."
Families have paid an extra $1,200 on goods this year because of his tariffs.
Popular holiday gifts are 26% more expensive this year compared to 2024.
Remember this as Trump calls affordability a "hoax" and a "con job."
December 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Energy bills have increased 13% since Trump took office.
Families have paid an extra $1,200 on goods this year because of his tariffs.
Popular holiday gifts are 26% more expensive this year compared to 2024.
Remember this as Trump calls affordability a "hoax" and a "con job."
Families have paid an extra $1,200 on goods this year because of his tariffs.
Popular holiday gifts are 26% more expensive this year compared to 2024.
Remember this as Trump calls affordability a "hoax" and a "con job."
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Just a friendly reminder to surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library, theatre, bakery, bookstore, and café.
December 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Just a friendly reminder to surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library, theatre, bakery, bookstore, and café.
"...it was tremendously freeing to realize that I didn’t have to have an opinion about things I knew nothing about. And it became very interesting for me to also observe that lots of other people seem to have opinions...about things they also know nothing about." - tricycle.org/magazine/who...
Who Knows?
An interview with Joseph Goldstein
tricycle.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"...it was tremendously freeing to realize that I didn’t have to have an opinion about things I knew nothing about. And it became very interesting for me to also observe that lots of other people seem to have opinions...about things they also know nothing about." - tricycle.org/magazine/who...
Disgusting image.
The image of Kristi Noem at CECOT and the saga of the Venezuelans the US government exiled to a notorious gulag should be seared into America's collective memory.
But displays of inhumanity were a normalized phenomenon in 2025.
But displays of inhumanity were a normalized phenomenon in 2025.
A year of hell for immigrants
In the first Trump administration, cruelty was the point. Now, it is the norm.
www.motherjones.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Disgusting image.
Un(yet totally)believable waste of taxpayer funds.
The Department of Homeland Security recently signed a contract worth nearly $140 million to purchase six Boeing 737 planes for deportations. https://wapo.st/3KpFEkd
December 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Un(yet totally)believable waste of taxpayer funds.
In essentials unity, in nonessentials liberty, and in all things, charity.
December 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
In essentials unity, in nonessentials liberty, and in all things, charity.
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Netflix's $83 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery would mean more corporate consolidation.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
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The bottom 90% lost a collective $79 trillion in wages over the past 50 years.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The bottom 90% lost a collective $79 trillion in wages over the past 50 years.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
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Amazon, Apple, Comcast, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, Union Pacific Railroad.
They all shoveled money to Trump's ballroom — and could win big from friendly treatment from the admin on active antitrust deals and lawsuits.
Is this bribery in plain sight? I'm pressing for answers.
They all shoveled money to Trump's ballroom — and could win big from friendly treatment from the admin on active antitrust deals and lawsuits.
Is this bribery in plain sight? I'm pressing for answers.
December 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Amazon, Apple, Comcast, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, Union Pacific Railroad.
They all shoveled money to Trump's ballroom — and could win big from friendly treatment from the admin on active antitrust deals and lawsuits.
Is this bribery in plain sight? I'm pressing for answers.
They all shoveled money to Trump's ballroom — and could win big from friendly treatment from the admin on active antitrust deals and lawsuits.
Is this bribery in plain sight? I'm pressing for answers.