The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

of course Impeached and Criminally Indicted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is feeding off the teat of Texas…

Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor. Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors. These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism. This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function. Every American should reject it.

American elections are increasingly leading us to feel depressed, anxious, and stressed. One potential solution: Putting an end to constant electioneering, @katelynburns.com  writes.

none were filed by my Rep because i don’t have one because my governor slow-walked his replacement’s special election because Greg Abbott doesn’t give a shit about Big City Texans

Our top story, from @francescadnunz.bsky.social: Douglas Menjivar is a survivor and activist. He’s also married to a U.S. citizen, but he was caught up in the president’s mass deportation agenda anyway.

i'll drink most energy drinks, but this Prime Dripsicle is ick

Bottomless pit of greed

note to all the sad boys: you don’t need a Tesla to have an A.I. pen pal

Their attorney says that the fight is far from over.

23 Oct 2025 - Katelyn Burn's on how cis women are turning to same testosterone to improve their sex drive that trans men have to jump through hoops for. And they get the same estrogen for HRT being taken away from trans kids. Why is affirming care only good for cis ppl? @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

got my dual jab 💉 left arm: flu shot, 0.5 mL Flucelvax 2025-2026 right arm: covid shot, 0.3 mL Comirnaty 2025-2026 (this is the pfizer mRNA brand) first hour, i can feel it in my upper arm for the flu shot, nothing on the covid side

Tesla shareholders: the abused spouse who can't/won't leave.

METRO Houston, you failed rule #1 DO NOT comply in advance. (to the hate being spewed by our governor) timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny

I'd like to see a FOIA request to find out how much money Texas Taxpayers paid to support this unconstitutional follie. Texas elected leaders must go.

i had forgotten that our president is a man that thinks that no one in america uses the word “groceries”

tell us you are a murderer while telling us you are a murderer.

MAGAts hate your children and your children's children… if they can ever afford to bring them into the increasingly polluted world.

"Let’s start with the obvious: fewer cars. Every person who hops on an e-bike instead of getting into a car – even just a few times a week – is easing congestion, reducing noise, and freeing up space in crowded cities. And it’s not just about commuting."

Nobel Peace Prize seeker eyes starting a war over ideology. Murderer seeks to justify his previous sins by laundering them as a war. Trump beats the drums of war for direct action in Venezuela - The Washington Post

not since the War of 1812

To build a body of work on the quicksand of the internet feels almost impossible. We don't want to reinvent the wheel every time we write about the same topic--we want to build on it!

Trump is a murderer. Trump has made murderers of our military.

This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com Altria Group Inc. Amazon Apple Inc. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. Caterpillar Inc. Coinbase Global Comcast Corp. Hard Rock International Google HP Inc. Lockheed Martin Corp. Meta Platforms Inc. 1/3

No unfounded edicts from the Governor!! Send him a bill.

Last night, the rainbow crosswalks were removed from an intersection in the historically LGBTQ neighborhood of Montrose in Houston, Texas. Protesters were arrested. It’s the neighborhood in which I grew up and where I live. This too is a form of violence.

I remember in the '90 Ben & Jerry had a 7:1 max ratio of executive pay to lowest-paid employee. (That was of course, abandoned after the Unilever buyout in 2000).

Houston voting…

Elon's specialty: transferring wealth between his companies.

NPR’s Up First asks the riddle “what kind of ceasefire is it if both sides are shooting?” A: Trump “ceasefire”

Come on then, and remove him.

How the shutdown has “enabled” the Trump administration’s illegal mass firing spree that is would have done anyway - there, i fixed it for you, Axios apple.news/AAeAVaKB_Sc-...

Of note

caffeine and markers pre #NoKings

there are more than a billion dollars worth of 🇺🇸 pennies in circulation ¢

A.I. has helped me visualize the pub i will, alas, never open. (sorry, future me, for running up the electrical bills you will see in a future overrun by electron-thirsty A.I.)

at the grocery store i live in Central Houston, not the suburbs, not the exurbs, not rural Texas 🚜 (yes, my 25 year old subaru, in the photo, an “antique” as classified by the state, has no rear window. that’s how i roll, literally and figuratively)

“never a norange” @robwords.bsky.social

“as a breast feeding 🤱 mom, these are the meat 🍖 sticks i eat…” 👀

“The continued presence of TMTG in the index raises troubling questions on both financial and governance grounds, as well as on the integrity of the benchmark itself.” The flailing Trump Media is part of the Russell 3000 index. These states want to know why - Fast Company

We are in dire need of impeachment number three. Quid Pro Presidency open.substack.com/pub/populari...

🎶 The wise man built his words upon the rocks But I'm not bound to follow suit 🎶 - So. Central Rain, R.E.M. (Reckoning, 1984)

"Killing the Esmeralda 7 project isn’t just a setback for Nevada — it’s a blow to US energy independence, and making the developers jump through the same hoops all over again is a stall tactic." electrek.co/2025/10/10/t...

📻On this week’s show: @gregsargent.bsky.social on Stephen Miller’s plan to “sleepwalk” America into authoritarianism; @pemalevy.bsky.social on the highest court citing the "dual state;" & @jakelahut.writes.news on the rise of the Ellisons' tech-media dynasty. https://lnk.to/onthemedia/bluesky

281 children died of the flu in 2024 in the 🇺🇸 vaccines save lives

If Antifa was a terrorist organization, they could just pay off this administration and build a military base in Arkansas. You know kind of like how Qatar did.

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation Depraved. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.) Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page