Ross Schulman
@rbs.io
Father, husband, lawyer, coder. Senior Software and Policy Engineer at SpruceID. Guardian of the Matrix Foundation. RT ≠ Endorse.
If you want to reach me, Matrix is often the best way to do so: @rschulman:westwork.org
I'm also on Signal at rschulman.06
If you want to reach me, Matrix is often the best way to do so: @rschulman:westwork.org
I'm also on Signal at rschulman.06
You love to see it.
Minnesota's Republican House Speaker Lisa Demuth made a Facebook post critical of an anti-ICE protest at a church, and got ratioed by her own daughter in the comments www.facebook.com/LisaforMN/po...
January 21, 2026 at 3:19 AM
You love to see it.
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borders are among the worst things humanity has ever invented. the idea that all land must belong to someone and that your worth as a person is determined by which land you’re born on is just flagrantly absurd.
I’m sick with a cold so I can’t articulate it well right now, but I keep thinking about this moment from the borders panel at Socialism 2025, where one panelist said, we have got to stop letting ourselves and our actions be defined and circumscribed by these imaginary lines
January 20, 2026 at 11:58 PM
borders are among the worst things humanity has ever invented. the idea that all land must belong to someone and that your worth as a person is determined by which land you’re born on is just flagrantly absurd.
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Any DoJ attorney who participates in this investigation should suffer professional and social shunning that makes it effectively impossible to continue to work as an attorney.
January 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Any DoJ attorney who participates in this investigation should suffer professional and social shunning that makes it effectively impossible to continue to work as an attorney.
Has anyone seen any actual evidence that the @mnaflcio.org has actually called for a general strike next Friday? There's nothing on their social media or website to indicate it.
January 16, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Has anyone seen any actual evidence that the @mnaflcio.org has actually called for a general strike next Friday? There's nothing on their social media or website to indicate it.
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
What is even the complaint here? It's still a very good looking white woman. Like, what did the incels even lose here??
The company that had to shut down 400 stores this month thinks incelposting is going to to bring customers back
January 16, 2026 at 2:55 PM
What is even the complaint here? It's still a very good looking white woman. Like, what did the incels even lose here??
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I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
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I get the debate over the legitimacy of Bivens, and whether Erie was right to make the enactment of a Bivens-like remedy something that Congress has to do. But whatever the answers to that, it sure would be useful to have a civil remedy for federal Fourth Amendment violations.
January 14, 2026 at 1:17 AM
I get the debate over the legitimacy of Bivens, and whether Erie was right to make the enactment of a Bivens-like remedy something that Congress has to do. But whatever the answers to that, it sure would be useful to have a civil remedy for federal Fourth Amendment violations.
Any reason why the rest of us shouldn't be joining them?
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days
Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on Januar...
inthesetimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Any reason why the rest of us shouldn't be joining them?
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Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days
Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on Januar...
inthesetimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
Wake up babe, new Indo-European language just dropped!
January 14, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Wake up babe, new Indo-European language just dropped!
Bold strategy, see how it works out, etc etc
Wild reporting from Bloomberg. Jeanine Pirro apparently freelanced the subpoenas and criminal investigation of Jerome Powell.
January 13, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Bold strategy, see how it works out, etc etc
look upon my works, ye mighty, and slam that subscribe button, and don't forget to ring that bell so you get notified whenever I post a new work
look upon my works, ye mighty, and let me know what you think
January 13, 2026 at 3:35 AM
look upon my works, ye mighty, and slam that subscribe button, and don't forget to ring that bell so you get notified whenever I post a new work
Today it's obviously the Potomac. Growing up, probably the Croton river/reservoir or the Hudson.
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 13, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Today it's obviously the Potomac. Growing up, probably the Croton river/reservoir or the Hudson.
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One of the few positives about the last decade or so is people are starting to get hip to the fact that the Luddites were right all along.
January 11, 2026 at 12:08 AM
One of the few positives about the last decade or so is people are starting to get hip to the fact that the Luddites were right all along.
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One thing we have to recon with as a nation is despite the law, what politicians say, what judges have ruled, and generational affirmations/revaltions—there has never been a moment in U.S. history where people left of center could practice politics or protest without being surveilled.
Today, in a message shared w me from a law-enforcement-only forum, a sheriff’s detective says he was tasked with monitoring OSINT ahead of an ICE protest and is crowdsourcing activist “groups and specific channels” to track from other cops nationwide
Local protests, national surveillance networks
Local protests, national surveillance networks
January 11, 2026 at 4:29 PM
One thing we have to recon with as a nation is despite the law, what politicians say, what judges have ruled, and generational affirmations/revaltions—there has never been a moment in U.S. history where people left of center could practice politics or protest without being surveilled.
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If the executive branch can unilaterally cut off federal funding to specific states the union has already been dissolved.
January 10, 2026 at 1:34 AM
If the executive branch can unilaterally cut off federal funding to specific states the union has already been dissolved.
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If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
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Isn't it odd that the United States has enough money to suddenly run Venezuela, but not enough to run our own country?
There is always cash in the piggy bank for bombs to kill people, but never for healthcare to keep them alive.
There is always cash in the piggy bank for bombs to kill people, but never for healthcare to keep them alive.
January 4, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Isn't it odd that the United States has enough money to suddenly run Venezuela, but not enough to run our own country?
There is always cash in the piggy bank for bombs to kill people, but never for healthcare to keep them alive.
There is always cash in the piggy bank for bombs to kill people, but never for healthcare to keep them alive.
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this is such an important thing to recognize and call out
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:35 PM
this is such an important thing to recognize and call out
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
This is an abomination.
Congress should stop this.
Also, if Trump wants to enjoy an imitation of the Arc de Triomphe done in a style and at a place congenial to him, he can visit the Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang, completed in 1982.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Also, if Trump wants to enjoy an imitation of the Arc de Triomphe done in a style and at a place congenial to him, he can visit the Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang, completed in 1982.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Trump says construction of the ‘Triumphal Arch’ to begin in ‘2 months’
The monument would be a centerpiece of the White House’s plans for America’s 250th birthday.
www.politico.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:10 AM
This is an abomination.
Fun thread, and also somehow I missed that I hadn't been following @annleckie.com until now, so that's fixed!
This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write."
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Fun thread, and also somehow I missed that I hadn't been following @annleckie.com until now, so that's fixed!
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Every year, I do a list of 10 games I loved that year -- this is 2025! My guess is you'll know some of them, and also that you won't know some of them.
Please let me tell you about these fine video games!!
(Links are mostly to Steam, but some are on console too.)
/thread
Please let me tell you about these fine video games!!
(Links are mostly to Steam, but some are on console too.)
/thread
December 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Every year, I do a list of 10 games I loved that year -- this is 2025! My guess is you'll know some of them, and also that you won't know some of them.
Please let me tell you about these fine video games!!
(Links are mostly to Steam, but some are on console too.)
/thread
Please let me tell you about these fine video games!!
(Links are mostly to Steam, but some are on console too.)
/thread