The Cynicalist
LightNews LightNews
banner
thecynicalist.bsky.social
The Cynicalist
@thecynicalist.bsky.social
10 followers 38 following 18 posts
Ever Tried. Ever Failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. - Samuel Beckett
Posts Replies Media Videos
thecynicalist.bsky.social
A little long winded, but I contend an important take on where people stand on free speech... particularly progressives (which is where I consider myself to be)

youtu.be/2Avu6PfXsjM?...
Free speech and progressives - hypocrisy abounds
YouTube video by The Cynicalist Review
youtu.be
October 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
thecynicalist.bsky.social
An utterly unqualified take on why we are where we are.

open.substack.com/pub/kennethh...
Economists: explain this ‘house of cards’ to a non-economist salary earner
I’m not sure this version of capitalism ultimately delivers – even for capitalists.
open.substack.com
April 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
thecynicalist.bsky.social
The Necessity of Postmodernism in the Post-Truth Age
open.substack.com/pub/kennethh...
The Necessity of Postmodernism in the Post-Truth Age
French poststructural thinkers shouldn't take the heat for our current problems.
open.substack.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:13 AM
thecynicalist.bsky.social
kennethhouston.substack.com/p/united-ire...
United Ireland? The Risk Nobody’s Talking About.
It sounds like righting a historical anomaly. There's just one - pretty serious - problem. At a practical level, it can't be done any time soon.
kennethhouston.substack.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:18 AM
thecynicalist.bsky.social
kennethhouston.substack.com/p/whats-real...
What’s Really Behind MAGA’s Europhobia?
It is no accident that both Moscow and the current administration in Washington despise ‘Europe’. Vance’s Europe remarks leave no more doubt where Europe stands.
kennethhouston.substack.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:06 AM
thecynicalist.bsky.social
March 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
thecynicalist.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
thecynicalist.bsky.social
If you're running in fear of your own voters, JD, there's nothing Europe can do for you.
March 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
thecynicalist.bsky.social
For our troubled times
February 23, 2025 at 6:05 AM
thecynicalist.bsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
thecynicalist.bsky.social
Ireland will not be complicit in or an accomplice to a Crime Against Humanity. Our history will not allow us to.
youtu.be/ieV7xivZVPs?...
Douglas Murray's historical amnesia - Gaza, Ireland, and the lessons of English Colonialism
YouTube video by The Cynicalist Review
youtu.be
February 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Reposted by The Cynicalist
portiamcgonagal.bsky.social
Monday thought:
February 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
thecynicalist.bsky.social
November 26, 2024 at 1:55 AM
thecynicalist.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 3:33 AM
thecynicalist.bsky.social
Trump is proposing tariffs and mass deportations
November 20, 2024 at 1:26 AM
thecynicalist.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 3:45 PM
thecynicalist.bsky.social
The fear of wisdom...
November 18, 2024 at 2:51 PM
thecynicalist.bsky.social
For the age that we're in, something everyone needs to reflect on...
November 18, 2024 at 3:52 AM