Perry Anderson
@perryanderson1.bsky.social
Retired engineer in Houston. Husband. Father. Twitter refugee. Blue team. Exvangelical. Never Trumper until one of us is gone.
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a man with a beard and long hair says ride out with me
Alt: Aragorn saying "Ride out with me" from The Two Towers.
media.tenor.com
Dems needs leaders like Aragorn and we need them now.
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Last year, surveillance giant Palantir (who got an 8-figure contract from ICE) paid $0 in federal income tax despite making $1.5 BILLION, partly due to new tax cuts in Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill.
They cut Medicaid & SNAP to pay for this.
This monstrosity must be reversed.
They cut Medicaid & SNAP to pay for this.
This monstrosity must be reversed.
Palantir Pays Zero Federal Income Tax Despite Explosive Growth, Largely Due to Trump Tax Law
Palantir reported $1.5 billion of U.S. income but paid exactly zero federal income tax in 2025. Despite explosive growth, tax breaks from the Trump tax law helped Palantir avoid paying even a dime of...
itep.org
February 17, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Last year, surveillance giant Palantir (who got an 8-figure contract from ICE) paid $0 in federal income tax despite making $1.5 BILLION, partly due to new tax cuts in Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill.
They cut Medicaid & SNAP to pay for this.
This monstrosity must be reversed.
They cut Medicaid & SNAP to pay for this.
This monstrosity must be reversed.
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Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
academic.oup.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
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February 14, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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NEW: Workers at the Social Security Administration have been told to share information about in-person appointments with ICE agents, WIRED has learned, in a move that goes against decades of precedent and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions.
Social Security Workers Are Being Told to Hand Over Appointment Details to ICE
The recent request goes against decades of precedent and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions.
www.wired.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:43 PM
NEW: Workers at the Social Security Administration have been told to share information about in-person appointments with ICE agents, WIRED has learned, in a move that goes against decades of precedent and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions.
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For the CEOs and university presidents and other responsible leaders who have been biding their time and waiting for him to cross the magic red line before speaking up, maybe when he starts arresting Senators is a good time to get off the fucking sidelines.
February 11, 2026 at 5:12 PM
For the CEOs and university presidents and other responsible leaders who have been biding their time and waiting for him to cross the magic red line before speaking up, maybe when he starts arresting Senators is a good time to get off the fucking sidelines.
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MAGA-aligned military commanders are pressuring enlisted service members to go to the Melania movie and bring their families. Troops at 8 different bases have complained. www.businessinsider.com/us-military-...
February 7, 2026 at 12:12 PM
MAGA-aligned military commanders are pressuring enlisted service members to go to the Melania movie and bring their families. Troops at 8 different bases have complained. www.businessinsider.com/us-military-...
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
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According to the New Yorker, Donald Trump and his family profited off the presidency by an estimated $4 billion in 2025 — mostly through shady crypto deals.
That amounts to $456,621 per hour.
But how are you doing?
That amounts to $456,621 per hour.
But how are you doing?
February 3, 2026 at 5:32 PM
According to the New Yorker, Donald Trump and his family profited off the presidency by an estimated $4 billion in 2025 — mostly through shady crypto deals.
That amounts to $456,621 per hour.
But how are you doing?
That amounts to $456,621 per hour.
But how are you doing?
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Trump reversed decades of national security objections to selling advanced AI chips to UAE. National security experts were alarmed.
But there was a secret. Before the deal, UAE had sent $187M to the Trumps and $31M to the Witkoffs in secret payments.
Mind blowing corruption.
But there was a secret. Before the deal, UAE had sent $187M to the Trumps and $31M to the Witkoffs in secret payments.
Mind blowing corruption.
February 2, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Trump reversed decades of national security objections to selling advanced AI chips to UAE. National security experts were alarmed.
But there was a secret. Before the deal, UAE had sent $187M to the Trumps and $31M to the Witkoffs in secret payments.
Mind blowing corruption.
But there was a secret. Before the deal, UAE had sent $187M to the Trumps and $31M to the Witkoffs in secret payments.
Mind blowing corruption.
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MAGA: "FUCK YEAH! Their locking up journalists!"
Liberals: "They're"
Liberals: "They're"
January 31, 2026 at 6:13 PM
MAGA: "FUCK YEAH! Their locking up journalists!"
Liberals: "They're"
Liberals: "They're"
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"...the dynamic that defines reactionary centrism: the right must be understood, but never blamed. The left can be blamed, but need not be understood."
What is a reactionary centrist, and does the UK have them?
A term favoured by US progressives can help us understand Britain’s drift to the right
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 6:09 PM
"...the dynamic that defines reactionary centrism: the right must be understood, but never blamed. The left can be blamed, but need not be understood."
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Cartoon by Matt Reuter @newyorker.com.
January 30, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Cartoon by Matt Reuter @newyorker.com.
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Rand Paul: "After seeing this, if you call this a good shooting you aren't watching the video. This was a real tragedy and a mistake. The man had been disarmed and then shot 10 times ... if we say things that are obviously not true, the situation is going to get worse."
January 29, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Rand Paul: "After seeing this, if you call this a good shooting you aren't watching the video. This was a real tragedy and a mistake. The man had been disarmed and then shot 10 times ... if we say things that are obviously not true, the situation is going to get worse."
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I sometimes wish the Democratic Party in Congress consisted of any 260 people in the Minneapolis telephone directory rather than the 260 dignitaries now representing us.
January 29, 2026 at 5:41 PM
I sometimes wish the Democratic Party in Congress consisted of any 260 people in the Minneapolis telephone directory rather than the 260 dignitaries now representing us.
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Stolen from a libertarian friend on facebook
January 28, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Stolen from a libertarian friend on facebook
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Only a senile old mafia boss would remain convinced Dems rigged 2020, but only for the presidency, or that Dems rigged 2020 but not 2024. Only delusional voters would believe him. We have so much delusion.
January 28, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Only a senile old mafia boss would remain convinced Dems rigged 2020, but only for the presidency, or that Dems rigged 2020 but not 2024. Only delusional voters would believe him. We have so much delusion.
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“The freedom of individuals verbally to oppose or challenge police action” is how “we distinguish a free nation from a police state.”
-SCOTUS, City of Houston v Hill (1987, 8-1)
-SCOTUS, City of Houston v Hill (1987, 8-1)
January 27, 2026 at 9:43 PM
“The freedom of individuals verbally to oppose or challenge police action” is how “we distinguish a free nation from a police state.”
-SCOTUS, City of Houston v Hill (1987, 8-1)
-SCOTUS, City of Houston v Hill (1987, 8-1)
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October 2002
Jimmy Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development"
#JimmyCarter #PresidentCarter #NobelPeacePrize
Jimmy Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development"
#JimmyCarter #PresidentCarter #NobelPeacePrize
January 27, 2026 at 11:50 PM
October 2002
Jimmy Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development"
#JimmyCarter #PresidentCarter #NobelPeacePrize
Jimmy Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development"
#JimmyCarter #PresidentCarter #NobelPeacePrize
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A Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy was transported to a local hospital Tuesday after a toddler accidentally shot and injured him at his Spring home, according to local authorities.
Harris County deputy shot accidentally by 3-year-old while off-duty at home, authorities say
The Harris County Sheriff's Office, in a social media post, said the deputy was transported to a hospital and being treated for a non-life-threatening injury.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
January 27, 2026 at 9:34 PM
A Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy was transported to a local hospital Tuesday after a toddler accidentally shot and injured him at his Spring home, according to local authorities.
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In edgier and younger quarters of the populist right, Holocaust denial and antisemitism are close to being de rigueur. Someone has to carry on the memory of what really happened.
Saving History for the Future at Auschwitz-Birkenau
How the memorial and museum plans to continue its mission of preservation after the last Holocaust survivors pass away.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:30 PM
In edgier and younger quarters of the populist right, Holocaust denial and antisemitism are close to being de rigueur. Someone has to carry on the memory of what really happened.
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One thing that doesn't get articulated enough about reactionaries like Trump is that they are fundamentally parasitic. Yes, you can get ahead, temporarily, by acting without shame in a rule-bound system, because other people expect rule-bound behavior. You can "stun" the system into passivity.
January 26, 2026 at 6:42 PM
One thing that doesn't get articulated enough about reactionaries like Trump is that they are fundamentally parasitic. Yes, you can get ahead, temporarily, by acting without shame in a rule-bound system, because other people expect rule-bound behavior. You can "stun" the system into passivity.
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This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 25, 2026 at 5:20 PM
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.