Roystus
@roystus.bsky.social
New Dad and husband to a writer. I teach social studies at my alma mater in Anchorage, AK. All opinions here are strictly my own.
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a few thoughts youtu.be/lERS4kJIQR8
Abolish ICE
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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January 8, 2026 at 1:42 AM
a few thoughts youtu.be/lERS4kJIQR8
When you’re right, you’re right.
if they made ninja turtles today bebop and rocksteady would be named Bonebroth and Coldplunge
January 4, 2026 at 2:23 AM
When you’re right, you’re right.
Now watching City on Fire, because my immediate family is in Tennessee and I remembered I have the Criterion Channel.
January 2, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Now watching City on Fire, because my immediate family is in Tennessee and I remembered I have the Criterion Channel.
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In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
“I want to get into the ocean, moaning and whimpering.”—3yo when asked what he was going to do downstairs.
December 18, 2025 at 3:56 AM
“I want to get into the ocean, moaning and whimpering.”—3yo when asked what he was going to do downstairs.
Very cool weekend.
Highlights include:
1. Filling my Adderall with the name brand for $181 because the generic is on back order until late January
2. My mom got in a car accident and broke her ankle
3. Woke up Sunday to the 3yo throwing up on me
Highlights include:
1. Filling my Adderall with the name brand for $181 because the generic is on back order until late January
2. My mom got in a car accident and broke her ankle
3. Woke up Sunday to the 3yo throwing up on me
December 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Very cool weekend.
Highlights include:
1. Filling my Adderall with the name brand for $181 because the generic is on back order until late January
2. My mom got in a car accident and broke her ankle
3. Woke up Sunday to the 3yo throwing up on me
Highlights include:
1. Filling my Adderall with the name brand for $181 because the generic is on back order until late January
2. My mom got in a car accident and broke her ankle
3. Woke up Sunday to the 3yo throwing up on me
Absolute co-sign.
Hot take: every elected official & every judge should have to meet with everyday constituents for two (2) hours every week. Just whoever signs up, decided by lottery. And each constituent gets a full 5 minutes. The official has to sit there and listen - absolutely not allowed to leave the room.
December 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Absolute co-sign.
If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation.
December 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation.
3yo, while bidding goodnight to his mother as he walks down the stairs:
Goodbye! At night I’ll breathe some oxygen!
Goodbye! At night I’ll breathe some oxygen!
December 9, 2025 at 4:49 AM
3yo, while bidding goodnight to his mother as he walks down the stairs:
Goodbye! At night I’ll breathe some oxygen!
Goodbye! At night I’ll breathe some oxygen!
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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This was handed in for a PSYCH CLASS & when the prof said she didn't use empirical sources but rather submitted op-ed she whined about religious liberty + prof got suspended.
I was a *Religious Studies* major; in my time she would have been rightly BBQ'd had she dared to hand in this absolute drek.
I was a *Religious Studies* major; in my time she would have been rightly BBQ'd had she dared to hand in this absolute drek.
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
This was handed in for a PSYCH CLASS & when the prof said she didn't use empirical sources but rather submitted op-ed she whined about religious liberty + prof got suspended.
I was a *Religious Studies* major; in my time she would have been rightly BBQ'd had she dared to hand in this absolute drek.
I was a *Religious Studies* major; in my time she would have been rightly BBQ'd had she dared to hand in this absolute drek.
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i feel like there’s going to be a slew of important people tomorrow and in the weeks to come claiming to have had a damascene experience in the midst of all this… and i think it’s good to establish up front and right away that all of those people are huge fucking liars.
November 13, 2025 at 3:37 AM
i feel like there’s going to be a slew of important people tomorrow and in the weeks to come claiming to have had a damascene experience in the midst of all this… and i think it’s good to establish up front and right away that all of those people are huge fucking liars.
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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If you watched and haven't read this, you really should. If you didn't watch because you can't stand the sound of his voice, you should read this, too.
Then we can all stop watching @cbsnews.com until they put journalists back in charge.
Then we can all stop watching @cbsnews.com until they put journalists back in charge.
November 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
If you watched and haven't read this, you really should. If you didn't watch because you can't stand the sound of his voice, you should read this, too.
Then we can all stop watching @cbsnews.com until they put journalists back in charge.
Then we can all stop watching @cbsnews.com until they put journalists back in charge.
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
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Whenever we get out of this, antitrust needs to be back on the menu in a big way.
Defense contractor and car maker and social network? Not anymore.
Web hosting and retail and defense and a big newspaper? Nope.
Cloud computing and TikTok and CBS and CNN and more? Get ready for some rough riding.
Defense contractor and car maker and social network? Not anymore.
Web hosting and retail and defense and a big newspaper? Nope.
Cloud computing and TikTok and CBS and CNN and more? Get ready for some rough riding.
October 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Whenever we get out of this, antitrust needs to be back on the menu in a big way.
Defense contractor and car maker and social network? Not anymore.
Web hosting and retail and defense and a big newspaper? Nope.
Cloud computing and TikTok and CBS and CNN and more? Get ready for some rough riding.
Defense contractor and car maker and social network? Not anymore.
Web hosting and retail and defense and a big newspaper? Nope.
Cloud computing and TikTok and CBS and CNN and more? Get ready for some rough riding.
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Important thread
Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino is set to appear before U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis.
What you need to know, for @wttw.bsky.social:
What you need to know, for @wttw.bsky.social:
Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino, Who Fired Tear Gas at Little Village Crowd, Set to Face Federal Judge
U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis ordered Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino to appear in her courtroom at the Dirksen Federal Building in downtown Chicago at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
news.wttw.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Important thread
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The best time to abolish ICE would have been in 2021. The next best time is if we win in 2028. At this point, any Democrat unwilling to abolish ICE must be drummed out of the primary.
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
October 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The best time to abolish ICE would have been in 2021. The next best time is if we win in 2028. At this point, any Democrat unwilling to abolish ICE must be drummed out of the primary.
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You have to be willing to walk away from these guys if they let you down, just as a matter of basic self respect. It's not a fandom. You're hiring them to do a job or not.
October 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
You have to be willing to walk away from these guys if they let you down, just as a matter of basic self respect. It's not a fandom. You're hiring them to do a job or not.
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future grandchild: like shit, from an ass?
me in 30 years: Swear to God. Then he demolished the White House
me in 30 years: Swear to God. Then he demolished the White House
October 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
future grandchild: like shit, from an ass?
me in 30 years: Swear to God. Then he demolished the White House
me in 30 years: Swear to God. Then he demolished the White House
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they are so close to understanding the entire point of trade
BREAKING: The US is rolling back tariffs on “products that cannot be grown, mined, or naturally produced in the United States," per WSJ
October 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
they are so close to understanding the entire point of trade
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My super modern regulatory plan is that any entity named for a thing from Tolkien has to publicly explain why Tolkien wouldn’t immediately throw it into Mount Doom
Tolkein continues to resonate. The new bank being set up by Palmer Luckey and backed by Peter Thiel is named Erebor after the “lonely mountain” in The Hobbit. This was also an interesting line in this rpt on the new bank by @tabbykinder.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/202d...
October 16, 2025 at 4:09 AM
My super modern regulatory plan is that any entity named for a thing from Tolkien has to publicly explain why Tolkien wouldn’t immediately throw it into Mount Doom