Jason Winbolt

Data Evangelist

[Jason Winbolt @jasonwinbolt]

@jazayerli

[Jason Winbolt @jasonwinbolt]

@SecKennedy can you please update regulations on labeling for Sugar-Free products? Maltodextrin has a higher glycemic index value than sugar, but manufacturers, like @Starbucks and others,add it to "Sugar-Free" products, which is misleading to consumers with diabetes.

[Jason Winbolt @jasonwinbolt]

@elonmusk Hey Elon, I have a small request. Can you please start referring to the United States of America as a Republic? Most of us don't want a Democracy. Thanks!

[Jason Winbolt @jasonwinbolt]

@jazayerli Why isn't Bobby hitting first?

[Jason Winbolt @jasonwinbolt]

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[Joseph Potts @TopSpeedLLC]

Since May 6th, when Hawaiian Bros. changed the free meal deal to a BOGO, the Royals have lost 11 of 14 games and haven’t scored 6 runs in a game since…

That’s the strongest Hawaiian themed jinx I’ve seen since Wiki Tiki’s curse in Aloha Scooby Doo 👹

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 STEPHEN A. SMITH NAILED IT PERFECTLY:

CALLER: Some of MAGA are mentally ill

SMITH: "Nope, nope, nope, don't talk to ME about mental illness on the side of the right — but you have people talking about transgender without parental consent!"

"And men transitioning to women and playing in women's sports, and thinking that that was OK!"

"And people could be incarcerated and they could have s*x changes and stuff like that. Oh, no, no, no!"

"You don't get to sit up there and just point to the right about that and not act like there wasn't craziness on the left too."

"[Democrats are] turning your back on black folks who supported you since the 60s. Don't get me started with all of that!"

"The extreme left is a DAMN PROBLEM! That's why 77 million people said Donald Trump is closer to normalcy than some of those folks!" 🔥

h/t @JasonJournoDC

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

I HAVE ABSOLUTELY HAD IT WITH THE GOP!!!!!!!!

JD VANCE IS OUT THERE FINDING FRAUD EVERYWHERE...

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS CUTTING DEALS IN CHINA...

MARCO RUBIO IS PULLING ALL NIGHTERS...

...AND THE GOP CAN'T EVEN VOTE ON THE SAVE ACT?!!!!!!

WHAT ARE THE GOP DOING?!!!!!

[Kevin Roberts @KevinRobertsTX]

To be clear, if our Supreme Court preserves universal birthright citizenship, countless Eileens would be flown to be born in America, then trained by the CCP to infiltrate the U.S., and our laws would provide them the benefits and protections of U.S. citizenship.

[Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee]

The federal gasoline tax was introduced to build the interstate highway system

That system is now built

We should now repeal the federal gasoline tax and let each state maintain its portion of the interstate highway system—with its own revenue—as was the plan from the beginning

[Congressman Brandon Gill @RepBrandonGill]

Not a penny.

[Mary Katharine Ham @mkhammer]

I’m pleasantly surprised someone actually paid a price for this

[Baseball Quotes @BaseballQuotes1]

Olivia Pichardo makes history as the first woman to pitch in a NCAA DI game, closing out a victory for Brown University!

[Jason Winbolt @jasonwinbolt]

@JonathanTurley @EWErickson They need to go talk to @JetBlue to see if they'd be willing to try again.

[Jason Winbolt @jasonwinbolt]

@royalsreview Just a really good baseball team each year.

[OSU Cowgirl Softball @cowgirlsb]

WALK IN YO TRAP

#GoPokes | @MidFirst

[Jason Winbolt @jasonwinbolt]

@realDonaldTrump

[Leah Remini @LeahRemini]

I graduated!!!

I earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a concentration in Psychology, summa cum laude!

Five years ago, I started this journey with an eighth-grade education, and even that was from a Scientology school, where critical thinking was discouraged and the quality of instruction was subpar, to say the least.

I did not get here alone.

Thank you to @NYUSPS and @DeanKamath.

Thank you to everyone who supported me, encouraged me, and believed in me, especially on the days I was not sure I could do this.

And there were plenty of those days.

To my therapist, who told me not to give up when I was told I likely would not be accepted into a prestigious program. To my tutor, without whom I likely would have given up at the harder points along the way.

To all those here who have sent me loving messages on social media. And to everyone else who has cheered me on in person through the ups and the downs of it, it means more than I can put into words.

It got me over this finish line of being a student again and graduating.

That goal once seemed impossible.

To those who have asked me, “Why this? Why now?”

I pursued higher education to reclaim a piece of myself.

When you come out of a high-control group like Scientology, or even a high-control family, there are parts of you that were never allowed to fully develop.

Those parts include your curiosity and your ability and right to question.

Education was discouraged because knowledge creates confidence in your ability to trust your own mind and navigate the world. That leads to true independence, and that would never be allowed.

I wanted that back.

But more than that, I needed to understand.

I needed to understand how my mother could have us join Scientology when I was just eight years old, and how my family and I could be part of something like this and stay in it for so long.

I needed to understand how these systems work, how they influence people, and how they take hold.

Without education, access to real information, and support, people can fall into systems that work against their best interests.

Some assume that because they are educated, even highly educated, they would never fall for something like this.

But it turns out that is not necessarily true.

What many of us are impacted by, but never quite understand, is how high-control groups operate.

Many still do not understand how misinformation spreads, and how tribalism and radicalization shape what we think, what we believe, and who and what we trust.

Without that awareness, none of us are immune.

Today, we are seeing how these forces can influence good people and distort reality. History has shown us that this is not new; it just comes in a different form now.

Social media connects us in ways we never imagined, but it also creates echo chambers that reinforce beliefs and justify behavior without question.

Real critical thinking is hard when we are fed so much by algorithms designed to appeal to us. In learning and achieving this milestone in my own life, it has helped me take a good, hard look at my own beliefs and ideologies.

This journey was about healing for me, but also about figuring out how to help others in whatever way I can in the future.

So what is in my future?

I am considering continuing my education and possibly pursuing a master’s degree, with the goal of contributing to advocacy and policies that protect people, not systems.

For now, I am taking this moment in.

I am proud of myself. And I am grateful.

Thank you for being on this journey with me.

[OSU Cowboy Baseball @OSUBaseball]

Because who else would it be?? 🥱

Home run #21 of the season for Kollin Ritchie

#GoPokes | @RitchieKollin