Can we just admit we may have taken this "Anyone can grow up to be president" thing just a bit too far...?

How European, American, Canadian and Australian politicians see climate change.

Electrician came over today and talked about how crazy the world is, mentioned economy, mental health and more. Went to a salon, stylist talked about how crazy the world is. Same talking points.

"The Fair Representation Act, w/ the un-riggable combination of multi-member districts & #RankedChoiceVoting, is the best way to end gerrymandering for good." – @andrew-yang.bsky.social for @houstonchronicle.com on ending gerrymandering wars w/ #FairRepAct

THIS…is the mindset. THIS…is the attitude. THIS…is the fire in the gut….that we are going to ALL have to adopt. I have. Have you? We can’t have people sit this one out…and still prevail.

The last time troops policed America was in the 1770s. We fought a revolution against that king, and wrote into the Constitution the Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments to prevent it from ever happening again. Pass it along…

"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it." - Frédéric Bastiat, economist and writer (30 Jun 1801-1850)

We need leaders for all Texans — not just insiders. Two-party tug-of-war is leaving Texans high and dry. Link in bio to pledge for ballot access. #TexasForward #EndTheCharade #OpportunityForAll #TexasPolitics #txlege #ForwardParty

Since recording this episode, I actually found an updated version of this study, concluding that actually the return on investment in reducing child poverty with unconditional income is 15:1, not 10:1. So, new research shows it's even dumber not to do a basic income for kids.

The Texas Democrats who didn't fight back and allowed the redistricting, aiming to erode democracy for all of the United States. Texans were betrayed and It passes on to the nation. These two should be held accountable for what they've done.

So, just to clarify, the choice for homeless people is concentration camps or prison, where the cost of either one is around $4,000-$10,000 a month. Meanwhile, a $500/mo basic income in SF reduced homelessness by two-thirds. It should be considered cruel and unusual to not do Universal Basic Income

NO AUTOMATION WITHOUT UNIVERSAL COMPENSATION

I'm not about to see the end of democracy without a fight. How about you?

We rank things every day – like our favorite movies, drinks, or ice cream flavors! Voters are ready to rank candidates, too! 🎥🍻🍨

We’re stuck in a legislative rodeo in Texas. A workin’ gov't won’t require wranglin' - it will bring Texans together. AI cowboy challenge > What’s all y’alls AI prompts to create the rodeo pic that is the current state of Texas politics? More voices! More choices! www.txfwd.org/ballot_access

The root cause of the gerrymandering wars is politicians can pick winners & losers by drawing a line on a map. The solution? Multi-member districts, #RankedChoiceVoting, & #ProportionalRepresentation. @davedaley.bsky.social in @postopinions.bsky.social ⬇️

Indra says today is too hot 🥵 So we'll throw the ball across the small room 20 times every few minutes instead.

Do you get excited to vote in a gerrymandered district where the candidate has already chosen his voters and where, post election, the winner will be rewarded for political infighting rather than problem solving, all while spending more time fundraising anything else? Neither do we. Time for change

Texans deserve better leadership!

There are still people out here trying to do good work that helps vulnerable people and those in need, and I want y’all to remember that when the bad players seem to be winning. Good people are still spreading their medicine. They just do so with less fanfare, less spotlight. There are MANY.

"We basically have 3 choices: mitigation, adaptation & suffering... The question is what the mix is going to be. The more mitigation we do, the less adaptation will be required & the less suffering there will be" - Prof. John Holdren Why are we letting our leaders choose suffering?!!

I want candidates who promise justice. Revenge? Is personal. Justice? Is for all. It's in the freaking Preamble, and the pledge. It's the basis of the Constitution, an admittedly fallible doc but one which entrenches means to its own amendment, and which has withstood 27 so far. I want justice.

With a Texas special session and redistricting on the agenda, it's a good time to repost this on gerrymandering. My view - Texas is so gerrymandered already, more districts is impossible, and trying could open the door to independent moderates. @fwdparty.bsky.social @texasforwardparty.bsky.social

A @surveyusa.bsky.social exit poll in NYC's primaries found voters overwhelmingly like & understand #RankedChoiceVoting: ✅ 96% found their RCV ballot simple to complete ✅ 76% want to keep or expand RCV ✅ 81% understand RCV well Learn more 👇

My boy is getting big! He is such a sweetheart. #Fresian #Horse #Appaloosa #GypsyVanner

Also this chart is astounding actually. This puts to bed all possible arguments about how they could have done this or that. There's literally no argument left after this. But they're still going to screech and yell.

I’m a single issue voter and my issue is STOP FUCKING FIGHTING EACH OTHER AND FOCUS.

open.substack.com/pub/andrewya... Things will continue until we change the environment that got us here. Please let it be by intelligent design and not from running out the clock.

Somehow I had never seen many 'toxic leftist' individuals on the internet until I came to BlueSky. The world is vast. Extremists are in every direction as well, but we often only speak in terms of left and right. Better to distinguish between those who move towards or away from reality.

There's no place for institutional finance in rental markets. It's a predatory extraction machine that robs the poor and middle. But one thing I'd add: we should stop calling these people "investors". They don't "invest". They buy up and milk existing assets. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

USE LEVERAGE TO *FORCE* REPUBLICANS TO BAN GERRYMANDERING IN ALL 50 STATES!

This bill’s passage shows how we need drastic political reform. I can’t stand this bill.

Private equity is destroying hospitals, housing markets, the media, and other vital parts of our communities. The industry thrives off the "carried interest loophole" — which Trump promised to eliminate. Guess what his budget doesn't eliminate? The carried interest loophole.

Most people identify somewhere in the center of that limited, outdated left&right axis. We're not confused... we just refuse to pretend complex problems have simple tribal answers. Evidence over ideology. Always. #Forward #MATH

You don't have to pick a team on every issue. Real life is messy, nuanced, and doesn't fit into tweet sized boxes. When you see a take that makes you instantly angry, that's your cue to pause and ask: 'What might I be missing here?' Polarization thrives on certainty. Wisdom grows from curiosity.

The loud drumbeat that companies should "embrace AI now or be left behind" has more in common with high-pressure sales techniques than biz strategy. And that's fine - tech firms have something to sell. But the rest of us needn’t confuse it with anything more profound. www.ft.com/content/4688...

It's infuriating to me how, as a Universal Basic Income advocate, I'm expected to answer the question, "But how do we pay for it?" constantly by the same people who simply do not actually care about deficits and will spend any amount of money on the military, and detaining and deporting immigrants.

They’re just going to keep taking your rights away and pretend it’s all Constitutional and dare you to stop them.

hey remember when a rich ceo died then when they caught the suspect they made a circus of it like they found osama bin laden and charged him with terrorism but less than weeks ago two democrat lawmakers and their spouses were shot as literal assassination to shift control and everyone already forgot

Feels like ranked choice was absolutely decisive in this race—not because of the vote count, but because of how it changed the incentives from zero-sum to cooperapetitive. It allowed a fractured left field to align organically through co-endorsements instead of falling into a circular firing squad.

❤️🐕‍🦺 have a long, happy, healthy, and LOVED life, Ando!

Such timely reporting has become at trademark of your stellar publication. theonion.com/new-bomb-cap...

"We estimate that the PFD reduced the number of Alaskans with incomes below the US poverty threshold by 20%–40%… Aside from the special case of 2020, up to 50% more Alaska children—15% instead of 10%—would be living in poor families without PFD income." What even a small ~$1500/yr UBI can do.

I'm tired of seeing content written suggesting we might be in trouble. We are far past in trouble. We are at war, America. A war like none of us have ever seen. Accept it and decide who you will become to meet the challenge. Remember who you are. Will you flee? Serve? Resist? Defend? Unite?

Ask your doctor what treatment the supreme court decided is right for you.

We’re closing in on the 3.5% rule! 8.6 million and counting! We’re in awe. Lots of events still happening make sure to be counted. Big towns, small towns you showed up.