The prophecy has finally been fulfilled. Texas has been very purple for a long time, but the rigged system has kept it red. This victory shows that there is actually a significant majority of blue voters, and if they can start to fix the corruption, we will see just how blue it has really been.

Railroad commissioner is a really important one out here. The democrats managed to seize the real power positions, and the effect will be noticeable.

To suck?

What are the good alternatives for an all in one privacy service like Proton?

That’s socialism, tho.

Idk, I think it has changed a lot.

I purchased Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070XT early in 2026 for $950. I ended up returning it due to issues with it passing through in Proxmox. I figured out the issue and purchased it again about 4 months ago for $750. Right now it is going for $1,100.

That seems like a pretty huge swing to me—$350 swinging range within a single calendar year.

In my opinion, the ability to riot has been seriously damaged by surveillance. You can’t just wear a mask and identical black clothing anymore. They can track your phone, your car, analyze your eyes, facial ratios, online posts, phone calls, text messages, device activity, and a whole host of other things to identify anyone who resists. It reduces the time a riot can persist because they can simply scoop people up at home the very same night. Furthermore, the squeamishness of the bourgeoisie over the appearance of public violence creates an environment of condemnation rather than praise towards any group that actually takes action in a meaningful way.

We’re out gunned, out surveilled, and out resourced. We could take action now, rather than later, and it would probably be easier on all of us, but the comfortable and privileged who sit on the top of normal society simply won’t stomach the realities of what needs to happen to create the large scale change we need, and without their support, we are too easy for the elites to pick off.

Nothing chills me more than the liberal glee over this election—as if we can vote our way out of this mess. Thomas Jefferson was right: the tree of liberty must be renewed by the blood of tyrants and patriots. The people are meant to hold a metaphorical gun to the head of power to keep them in line, and I’m pretty sure he didn’t mean just voting and hoping for the best.

If I recall correctly, Marx talks about the important role the children of the bourgeois must play in the revolution, as the folks in the position to both identify with the working class and also be listened to by the bourgeoisie. Our future could potentially come down to the ability of those people to radicalize their relatives, en masse.

The day there is a major protest that causes damage and the mainstream liberals cheer it on will be the day that the tides have any potential of turning.

Nice try, FBI.

Thank you! This is dope!

Can you teach me this wizardry?

I used to be bare metal Debian, but I moved to ProxMox for a few reasons.

1. Backup and restore is a breeze, and the UI makes things human friendly.
2. It makes it easier to separate my wiki notes in an LXC so that I can still see them if I’m doing maintenance on my main server VM that requires restarts.
3. There is essentially no noticeable performance reduction.

It works, it’s easy, and the simplicity has saved my butt a few times. I don’t think I’ll be switching, and I’d recommend it to anyone running a homelab. I still use docker to manage most of my services inside a VM.

Ok