Every Texan I know has a generator to deal with the unreliability of the grid, and there’s never been an article about someone in Iowa getting a surprise $100k electric bill…and the average wage in Texas is substantially lower than in “left wing” states like California or Washington…so not sure you’re making an apples-to-apples comparison, but time will be the judge, we can all check-in in a year and see how this plays out. Does Lemmy have a remind me! bot?

And with the entire Department of Education being on the chopping block, it is likely to get worse before it gets better.

“The inmates are running the asylum” – Richard A. Rowland, 1919

“Sounds like a good idea.” – Elon Musk, 2025

Reached for comment, Donald Trump said “see, why can’t I do that?!”

There are so many breaking points:

• With software it was moving everything to subscriptions that made me switch to Linux and LibreOffice
• With hardware it was when Apple started soldering RAM in their computers so you couldn’t replace it
• With healthcare it was having to negotiate with 11 different companies my 11 bills for a single ER visit
• With the Democrats it was the head of the DNC saying out loud that the reason for super delegates was to prevent popular grassroots candidates from winning

Capitalism doesn’t just crush you once, it finds a new way to crush you every day.

Trump’s greatest accomplishment, surpassing the DuoLingo owl in being the most annoying thing to make me want to learn Spanish. Pendejo.

Is this a midwest thing? It feels like a midwest thing.

FFS yes they should, but they won’t.

Anything that slows down the wheel that crushes us is good, but the DNC doesn’t know how to do anything but hand-wring and give performative speeches.

for the next 4 years.

If we’re lucky.

The one state that refuses to connect to the interstate power grid and has Uber-like surge pricing on electricity? Yeah, I’m sure this won’t result in regular people footing the bill for more billionaire profits.

Texas is a joke, but not a good one.

I’m not going to take up catcalling, but this makes me realize we could all be complimenting each other much more creatively than we do now.