ROUSes? I don't think they exist
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Ex and occasional Chicagoan. Healthcare -> critters -> books, movies, and graphic novels. I heart courtyard buildings.
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It is becoming more and more apparent with the photo documentation of ICE raids that most people are getting their idea of what a cop, federal law enforcement officer (a type of cop), SWAT team, etc is "supposed to" look like from TV and movies.
This will become a thread about why this is wrong.
This will become a thread about why this is wrong.
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“Aren’t there some kids you should be infecting with measles right now, you fucking gremlin?” — good
“Haha this guy’s in a wheelchair” — bad
This isn’t hard!
“Haha this guy’s in a wheelchair” — bad
This isn’t hard!
February 14, 2026 at 7:18 PM
“Aren’t there some kids you should be infecting with measles right now, you fucking gremlin?” — good
“Haha this guy’s in a wheelchair” — bad
This isn’t hard!
“Haha this guy’s in a wheelchair” — bad
This isn’t hard!
Reposted by ROUSes? I don't think they exist
we have winemoms saying "yes, Kirk deserved to die". Black voters and winemoms are not going to vote for the guy that tried to whitewash Kirk
February 13, 2026 at 9:12 PM
we have winemoms saying "yes, Kirk deserved to die". Black voters and winemoms are not going to vote for the guy that tried to whitewash Kirk
Reposted by ROUSes? I don't think they exist
Going to make a thread of every reason to NEVER vote for Newsom. Let's start with:
Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza"
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
January 27, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Going to make a thread of every reason to NEVER vote for Newsom. Let's start with:
Reposted by ROUSes? I don't think they exist
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
Reposted by ROUSes? I don't think they exist
I've said before and unfortunately will have to say again: we can all tell which guys get excited when there's a woman so awful that they have permission to hate her because anyone who points out the sexism will be accused of defending a villain
I think this label is one of those that only we smug bitches can call ourselves.
February 12, 2026 at 2:14 AM
I've said before and unfortunately will have to say again: we can all tell which guys get excited when there's a woman so awful that they have permission to hate her because anyone who points out the sexism will be accused of defending a villain
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taking it all the way back to the 1830s and arresting random Irish tradesmen for no reason (are they still upset Buchanan won???)
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:04 AM
taking it all the way back to the 1830s and arresting random Irish tradesmen for no reason (are they still upset Buchanan won???)
Finding those big bites of British racism, classism, antisemitism, and colonialism just reinforces my Irish Republican tendencies
It's all good if you don't mind occasionally having a gigantic bite of antisemitism in your huge fun and pure escapism!
February 9, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Finding those big bites of British racism, classism, antisemitism, and colonialism just reinforces my Irish Republican tendencies
Reposted by ROUSes? I don't think they exist
Sugarcane fields for Caribbean Latinos are what cotton fields are for African Americans. Sites of enslavement, brutality, and stolen labor, but also where resistance was born. Revolutions, maroon communities, and fights for independence started in those fields soaked in blood and defiance. #Badbunny
February 9, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Sugarcane fields for Caribbean Latinos are what cotton fields are for African Americans. Sites of enslavement, brutality, and stolen labor, but also where resistance was born. Revolutions, maroon communities, and fights for independence started in those fields soaked in blood and defiance. #Badbunny
Personally attacked
An AuDHD person who planned to change their entire life in a day has already ruined it with a single deviation from their vision, it has been rumoured.
Quittin’ time! AuDHD person’s 24-hour life overhaul ruined before 9am
An AuDHD person who planned to change their entire life in a day has already ruined it with a single deviation from their vision, it has been rumoured. Des Ackerman, 40, was reportedly finally ready…
thedailytism.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Personally attacked
Has your governor made this statement?
Donald Trump is a racist.
February 7, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Has your governor made this statement?
The only thing worse than the City of Chicago annual ethics training was the time Rahm Emanuel decided to spend who knows how much money on having The Second City make the annual ethics training into a "funny training video" in which some employees were forced to appear.
They only did that once.
They only did that once.
“Diversity trainings were annoying” okay, name a work training that you loved to do?
February 6, 2026 at 4:21 AM
The only thing worse than the City of Chicago annual ethics training was the time Rahm Emanuel decided to spend who knows how much money on having The Second City make the annual ethics training into a "funny training video" in which some employees were forced to appear.
They only did that once.
They only did that once.
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At an industry event last night one (old media) journalist said “we may need institutions like the BBC because internet searches don’t return separate news stories now, but an AI summary that is usually wrong.”
Watching an industry shrug and surrender to a competitor that DOES NOT WORK.
Watching an industry shrug and surrender to a competitor that DOES NOT WORK.
February 4, 2026 at 9:20 AM
At an industry event last night one (old media) journalist said “we may need institutions like the BBC because internet searches don’t return separate news stories now, but an AI summary that is usually wrong.”
Watching an industry shrug and surrender to a competitor that DOES NOT WORK.
Watching an industry shrug and surrender to a competitor that DOES NOT WORK.
Robert Trivers needs his hard drive checked
It’s good to see that not all men are shitty. Two academics, Norman Finkelstein and Joseph Chaney, are in the Epstein files calling out who he is. 💪
Finkelstein appears in latest Epstein release with brutal rejection of overtures
Norman Finkelstein appears in Epstein files to say that he'd hope convicted paedophile Epstein would be "throttled"
www.thecanary.co
February 4, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Robert Trivers needs his hard drive checked
It's working
According to FOX 9, a Minneapolis federal judge demanded to know why DOJ is missing deadlines & AUSA Julie Le said, "The system sucks, this job sucks" & asked to be held in contempt so she could sleep.
PACER shows she got assigned to defend the govt in 88+ cases since Operation Metro Surge started.
PACER shows she got assigned to defend the govt in 88+ cases since Operation Metro Surge started.
February 3, 2026 at 9:50 PM
It's working
There should be somebody selling 3d-printed small replicas of Chicago's Ceres. I would probably pay like $60 to $75 for one.
Please allow me to introduce you to the Chicago Stock Exchange's Ceres statue.
(I spent a lot of time on the alt text description, it is very detailed, perhaps too detailed)
(I spent a lot of time on the alt text description, it is very detailed, perhaps too detailed)
February 3, 2026 at 1:39 AM
There should be somebody selling 3d-printed small replicas of Chicago's Ceres. I would probably pay like $60 to $75 for one.
Yes it has alt text
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Rep. Kelly Morrison, is a practicing M.D. Her description of conditions in the Whipple detention facility are horrifying.
Here is a rough transcript of the video she just posted. @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social
Rep. Kelly Morrison, is a practicing M.D. Her description of conditions in the Whipple detention facility are horrifying.
Here is a rough transcript of the video she just posted. @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Yes it has alt text
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I think important to state for the record that Liam Ramos is a kiddo who is both a person and representative of every other kiddo who is at risk/detained no matter how old they are or how cute or small or "innocent" bc like some kids get into trouble. I got into trouble. we stand up for them all
February 2, 2026 at 2:55 AM
I think important to state for the record that Liam Ramos is a kiddo who is both a person and representative of every other kiddo who is at risk/detained no matter how old they are or how cute or small or "innocent" bc like some kids get into trouble. I got into trouble. we stand up for them all
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I am reminded that I meant to share this the other day www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
The Men Making Millions Selling Pepper Spray To ICE
Safariland, owned by billionaire Warren Kanders, remains the number one supplier of pepper spray and tear gas to ICE and CBP, via a large federal distributor run by a MAGA-aligned former Marine.
www.forbes.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:59 AM
I am reminded that I meant to share this the other day www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
Arresting journalists without a judicial arrest warrant. Are we past the "strongly worded letter" point yet?
January 30, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Arresting journalists without a judicial arrest warrant. Are we past the "strongly worded letter" point yet?
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Seeing some replies about how the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are distractions, but targeting journalists is straight out of the fascism playbook. It's not to distract from other issues -- the regime wants to chill critical coverage because they know they're unpopular.
January 30, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Seeing some replies about how the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are distractions, but targeting journalists is straight out of the fascism playbook. It's not to distract from other issues -- the regime wants to chill critical coverage because they know they're unpopular.
Reposted by ROUSes? I don't think they exist
"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.
Over 50% of game developers now think generative AI is bad for the industry, a dramatic increase from just 2 years ago: 'I'd rather quit the industry than use generative AI'
The latest GDC survey also found that managers are more likely to use generative AI than their employees.
www.pcgamer.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:45 PM
"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.
I'm going to get a lot of use out of this, I'm afraid.
January 30, 2026 at 2:28 AM
I'm going to get a lot of use out of this, I'm afraid.
Some men really do think open misogynists are good and trustworthy and honest, because they say what those men are thinking and do what those men rwant to do. They just can't imagine that an open misogynist is also a liar, a cheat, and a hypocrite like the "normie" politicians are.
January 30, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Some men really do think open misogynists are good and trustworthy and honest, because they say what those men are thinking and do what those men rwant to do. They just can't imagine that an open misogynist is also a liar, a cheat, and a hypocrite like the "normie" politicians are.