Timothy Taubes
@timothytaubes.bsky.social
Philosophy, History, Culture, Art, Books, Critical Analysis, #Resist
CIVIL DEMOCRACY
Vertical checks & balances not horizontal among a higher echelon of power
1 house legislature/term limits/biennial elections
Executive council with rotating chair
Independent department of judication
No party role in national politics
Public Oversight
Civil bureaucracy
NO PRESIDENT
Vertical checks & balances not horizontal among a higher echelon of power
1 house legislature/term limits/biennial elections
Executive council with rotating chair
Independent department of judication
No party role in national politics
Public Oversight
Civil bureaucracy
NO PRESIDENT
February 14, 2026 at 1:29 AM
CIVIL DEMOCRACY
Vertical checks & balances not horizontal among a higher echelon of power
1 house legislature/term limits/biennial elections
Executive council with rotating chair
Independent department of judication
No party role in national politics
Public Oversight
Civil bureaucracy
NO PRESIDENT
Vertical checks & balances not horizontal among a higher echelon of power
1 house legislature/term limits/biennial elections
Executive council with rotating chair
Independent department of judication
No party role in national politics
Public Oversight
Civil bureaucracy
NO PRESIDENT
“Thus labor, in the beginning, gave a right of property wherever anyone was pleased to employ it upon what was common.” This line from John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government, should be the first lesson of any course on Economics.
February 14, 2026 at 1:03 AM
“Thus labor, in the beginning, gave a right of property wherever anyone was pleased to employ it upon what was common.” This line from John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government, should be the first lesson of any course on Economics.
CIVIL DEMOCRACY
Vertical checks & balances not horizontal among a higher echelon of power
1 house legislature/term limits/biennial elections
Executive council with rotating chair
Independent department of judication
No party role in national politics
Public Oversight
Civil bureaucracy
NO PRESIDENT
Vertical checks & balances not horizontal among a higher echelon of power
1 house legislature/term limits/biennial elections
Executive council with rotating chair
Independent department of judication
No party role in national politics
Public Oversight
Civil bureaucracy
NO PRESIDENT
February 11, 2026 at 3:10 AM
CIVIL DEMOCRACY
Vertical checks & balances not horizontal among a higher echelon of power
1 house legislature/term limits/biennial elections
Executive council with rotating chair
Independent department of judication
No party role in national politics
Public Oversight
Civil bureaucracy
NO PRESIDENT
Vertical checks & balances not horizontal among a higher echelon of power
1 house legislature/term limits/biennial elections
Executive council with rotating chair
Independent department of judication
No party role in national politics
Public Oversight
Civil bureaucracy
NO PRESIDENT
Bertrand Russell wrote that the survival of the planet depended on the coming into being of a unified world government. This could be accomplished in one of two ways. The first is more congenial; by agreement.
February 11, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Bertrand Russell wrote that the survival of the planet depended on the coming into being of a unified world government. This could be accomplished in one of two ways. The first is more congenial; by agreement.
Extinction Event
February 11, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Extinction Event
#BlackHistoryMonth
Philadelphia Transit Strike 1944. The first victory for the modern civil rights movement. Racist members of the Transit Workers Union went on strike when Blacks were promoted to be conductors, a position previously reserved for Whites. The white workers had been granted military
Philadelphia Transit Strike 1944. The first victory for the modern civil rights movement. Racist members of the Transit Workers Union went on strike when Blacks were promoted to be conductors, a position previously reserved for Whites. The white workers had been granted military
February 10, 2026 at 2:50 PM
#BlackHistoryMonth
Philadelphia Transit Strike 1944. The first victory for the modern civil rights movement. Racist members of the Transit Workers Union went on strike when Blacks were promoted to be conductors, a position previously reserved for Whites. The white workers had been granted military
Philadelphia Transit Strike 1944. The first victory for the modern civil rights movement. Racist members of the Transit Workers Union went on strike when Blacks were promoted to be conductors, a position previously reserved for Whites. The white workers had been granted military
The Law of Identity and the First Law of Thermodynamics are identical. All other judgments are equivocal.
February 10, 2026 at 1:00 AM
The Law of Identity and the First Law of Thermodynamics are identical. All other judgments are equivocal.
Metaphysical Lurch
We all want answers. Most questions are easy. What time is dinner? How do I build a treehouse? Where should I go for vacation? These questions have definite down to earth answers. No guesswork.
We all want answers. Most questions are easy. What time is dinner? How do I build a treehouse? Where should I go for vacation? These questions have definite down to earth answers. No guesswork.
February 10, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Metaphysical Lurch
We all want answers. Most questions are easy. What time is dinner? How do I build a treehouse? Where should I go for vacation? These questions have definite down to earth answers. No guesswork.
We all want answers. Most questions are easy. What time is dinner? How do I build a treehouse? Where should I go for vacation? These questions have definite down to earth answers. No guesswork.
Every new atrocity committed by this administration will be worse than the last so that we stop talking about the last atrocity as we brace ourselves for the next atrocity.
February 8, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Every new atrocity committed by this administration will be worse than the last so that we stop talking about the last atrocity as we brace ourselves for the next atrocity.
“In feeling there is plurality and unity and without contradiction. There being no relations and no terms. And yet, on the other side, more than bare simplicity, we experience a concrete whole as actual fact.” (Bradley).
February 8, 2026 at 3:52 AM
“In feeling there is plurality and unity and without contradiction. There being no relations and no terms. And yet, on the other side, more than bare simplicity, we experience a concrete whole as actual fact.” (Bradley).
The Dow Jones is a fake positive. Profits accrued to previous investors without collateral. No account of massive depletions (dividends, fees, golden parachutes). When the Dow goes up that money isn't really there. When the Dow goes down those are real withdrawals. A Ponzi bubble.
February 7, 2026 at 4:23 AM
The Dow Jones is a fake positive. Profits accrued to previous investors without collateral. No account of massive depletions (dividends, fees, golden parachutes). When the Dow goes up that money isn't really there. When the Dow goes down those are real withdrawals. A Ponzi bubble.
#BlackHistoryMonth
Adam Clayton Powell Jr (1908-1972) served in the US house of representatives from 1945 until 1971.
"On this day, the day of March, in my opinion, is the end of the United States of America as the land of the free and the home of the brave."
-Adam Clayton Powell- March 1, 1967
Adam Clayton Powell Jr (1908-1972) served in the US house of representatives from 1945 until 1971.
"On this day, the day of March, in my opinion, is the end of the United States of America as the land of the free and the home of the brave."
-Adam Clayton Powell- March 1, 1967
February 6, 2026 at 3:20 AM
#BlackHistoryMonth
Adam Clayton Powell Jr (1908-1972) served in the US house of representatives from 1945 until 1971.
"On this day, the day of March, in my opinion, is the end of the United States of America as the land of the free and the home of the brave."
-Adam Clayton Powell- March 1, 1967
Adam Clayton Powell Jr (1908-1972) served in the US house of representatives from 1945 until 1971.
"On this day, the day of March, in my opinion, is the end of the United States of America as the land of the free and the home of the brave."
-Adam Clayton Powell- March 1, 1967
#BlackHistoryMonth
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.
-Maya Angelou
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.
-Maya Angelou
February 6, 2026 at 1:14 AM
#BlackHistoryMonth
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.
-Maya Angelou
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.
-Maya Angelou
#BlackHistoryMonth
Mabel Lee (1921-2019) had a career that spanned 90 years. She was a leading singer of "Jump" blues who performed regularly at the Apollo Theater. Jump was the precursor of Rhythm & Blues and Rock & Roll. She could also dance up a storm.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1Hy...
Mabel Lee (1921-2019) had a career that spanned 90 years. She was a leading singer of "Jump" blues who performed regularly at the Apollo Theater. Jump was the precursor of Rhythm & Blues and Rock & Roll. She could also dance up a storm.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1Hy...
Mabel Lee - Half Past Jump Time
YouTube video by Darren Stevens
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:37 AM
#BlackHistoryMonth
Mabel Lee (1921-2019) had a career that spanned 90 years. She was a leading singer of "Jump" blues who performed regularly at the Apollo Theater. Jump was the precursor of Rhythm & Blues and Rock & Roll. She could also dance up a storm.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1Hy...
Mabel Lee (1921-2019) had a career that spanned 90 years. She was a leading singer of "Jump" blues who performed regularly at the Apollo Theater. Jump was the precursor of Rhythm & Blues and Rock & Roll. She could also dance up a storm.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1Hy...
“And in general the moment we leave perceived facts and seek explanation- which after all is implied in the desire for truth- we find that we are moving away from the given.
February 5, 2026 at 12:49 AM
“And in general the moment we leave perceived facts and seek explanation- which after all is implied in the desire for truth- we find that we are moving away from the given.
Return to Fantasy Island
February 5, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Return to Fantasy Island
Truth and untruth are a response to each other. They maintain a balance, their mutual existence ensured by what is a metaphysical relationship. The exclusion of one spells annihilation for both. When that relationship is broken, truth takes on an ominous falsity by standing unchallenged.
February 5, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Truth and untruth are a response to each other. They maintain a balance, their mutual existence ensured by what is a metaphysical relationship. The exclusion of one spells annihilation for both. When that relationship is broken, truth takes on an ominous falsity by standing unchallenged.
Political ideologies are always equivocal. They are not justified by logical confirmation but on the persuasiveness of words that are always subject to interpretation.
"Contingency is the price we pay for freedom"
-Duns Scotus
"Contingency is the price we pay for freedom"
-Duns Scotus
February 4, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Political ideologies are always equivocal. They are not justified by logical confirmation but on the persuasiveness of words that are always subject to interpretation.
"Contingency is the price we pay for freedom"
-Duns Scotus
"Contingency is the price we pay for freedom"
-Duns Scotus