Devin Rooney
@devinrooney.bsky.social
Master's Student in UNC-CH's Planning Department. Working on network analyses of policing from a leftist perspective. Hopefully doing a PhD next.
If you have a single footnote that is three lines shy of taking up two entire pages, it's not a footnote.
But honestly, you do you. Live your life out loud.
But honestly, you do you. Live your life out loud.
December 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
If you have a single footnote that is three lines shy of taking up two entire pages, it's not a footnote.
But honestly, you do you. Live your life out loud.
But honestly, you do you. Live your life out loud.
Why? Why? Why? Norton is the virus. Holy hell
December 2, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Why? Why? Why? Norton is the virus. Holy hell
Just googled the Trump hand IV theory, and learned that during a state dinner in 1992, George HW Bush keeled over in his seat and vomited into the lap of the Japanese prime minister. Yes there is video. Yes I'm including it here.
When George Bush THREW UP In Japan 🇯🇵🤯
YouTube video by Sir Mix-A-Lot Rare Music
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September 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Just googled the Trump hand IV theory, and learned that during a state dinner in 1992, George HW Bush keeled over in his seat and vomited into the lap of the Japanese prime minister. Yes there is video. Yes I'm including it here.
Listen, any chance I have to deploy "beggars belief" in a dunk, I'm taking it.
September 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Listen, any chance I have to deploy "beggars belief" in a dunk, I'm taking it.
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Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.
August 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.
I would love a way to tell Bluesky I'm never interested in random pet pics from people I don't follow in my discover feed
July 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I would love a way to tell Bluesky I'm never interested in random pet pics from people I don't follow in my discover feed
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seems like a good day to tap the "support independent, worker run, local media" sign
“The New York Times collaborated with a white nationalist eugenicist hacker and agreed to keep his identity a secret to publish a Zohran Mamdani hit piece” is a way bigger story than “18 year old Zohran Mamdani ticked ‘African American’ on his Columbia application because he was a citizen of Uganda”
July 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
seems like a good day to tap the "support independent, worker run, local media" sign
Good rule of thumb: if Jim Clyburn supports someone, they're likely trash
June 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Good rule of thumb: if Jim Clyburn supports someone, they're likely trash
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NUTS SACKED
June 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
NUTS SACKED
It's too on the nose that the NYT piece about the restaurant term "86" only interviewed a lexicologist and then almost completely mischaracterized its use despite one coauthor being their former food critic of 12 years.
You couldn't call a single GM? Or literally anyone in the industry?
You couldn't call a single GM? Or literally anyone in the industry?
May 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
It's too on the nose that the NYT piece about the restaurant term "86" only interviewed a lexicologist and then almost completely mischaracterized its use despite one coauthor being their former food critic of 12 years.
You couldn't call a single GM? Or literally anyone in the industry?
You couldn't call a single GM? Or literally anyone in the industry?
Hell yeah.
Primary all of them. All. Of. Them.
Primary all of them. All. Of. Them.
Trump Officials Plan to Release Audio of Biden Special Counsel Interview
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Hell yeah.
Primary all of them. All. Of. Them.
Primary all of them. All. Of. Them.
Janelle Monae says, I will rage, rage against the dying of steampunk
May 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Janelle Monae says, I will rage, rage against the dying of steampunk
Chat, leap seconds are a real thing.
I'm late, but given the context that makes perfect sense.
I'm late, but given the context that makes perfect sense.
April 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Chat, leap seconds are a real thing.
I'm late, but given the context that makes perfect sense.
I'm late, but given the context that makes perfect sense.
Style note for anyone reporting on Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the word is "illegally" deported. It was not an oopsie. It was not a mistake.
Do not cede that rhetorical territory.
Do not cede that rhetorical territory.
April 20, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Style note for anyone reporting on Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the word is "illegally" deported. It was not an oopsie. It was not a mistake.
Do not cede that rhetorical territory.
Do not cede that rhetorical territory.
The NYT is a rag, but the bright spot of their coverage of Trump's second go-round is the photo editors publishing pictures like this one. (Instead of finding the most flattering picture imaginable and calling it unbiased reporting).
April 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
The NYT is a rag, but the bright spot of their coverage of Trump's second go-round is the photo editors publishing pictures like this one. (Instead of finding the most flattering picture imaginable and calling it unbiased reporting).
Quick Q: has anybody else's barber ever asked to trim your eyebrows with clippers?
April 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Quick Q: has anybody else's barber ever asked to trim your eyebrows with clippers?
Why haven't I seen a single commentator say that for the tariffs to bring manufacturing home, they would need to remain in place until at minimum, the next presidential election?
April 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Why haven't I seen a single commentator say that for the tariffs to bring manufacturing home, they would need to remain in place until at minimum, the next presidential election?
I'm not a lawyer, but I've watched enough West Wing to know there's no attorney client privilege here.
April 4, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I'm not a lawyer, but I've watched enough West Wing to know there's no attorney client privilege here.
It still amazes me how different each grieving can be from the others.
March 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It still amazes me how different each grieving can be from the others.
I'm halfway through Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò's book, Elite Capture and it's slaying some golden calves, and absolutely everyone should read it
March 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I'm halfway through Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò's book, Elite Capture and it's slaying some golden calves, and absolutely everyone should read it
Am I naive or is AOC running for president?
March 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Am I naive or is AOC running for president?
In the era of saying the quiet part out loud, sometimes there's still subtext.
On both levels this interview shows that Chuck 1) sucks and 2) needs to resign
On both levels this interview shows that Chuck 1) sucks and 2) needs to resign
‘The Interview’: Chuck Schumer on Democrats, Antisemitism and His Shutdown Retreat
The Senate minority leader discusses the backlash to his vote on the Republican spending bill, how he sees his role within the party and his new book.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
In the era of saying the quiet part out loud, sometimes there's still subtext.
On both levels this interview shows that Chuck 1) sucks and 2) needs to resign
On both levels this interview shows that Chuck 1) sucks and 2) needs to resign
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If true, @schumer.senate.gov should resign. Defend Article I or get out.
Same goes for @schatz.bsky.social who I think should know better given his public statements. And @durbin.senate.gov who could have Pritzker send someone with a spine.
If true, just leave.
Same goes for @schatz.bsky.social who I think should know better given his public statements. And @durbin.senate.gov who could have Pritzker send someone with a spine.
If true, just leave.
Don't take this as gospel. It's not official. It's a very knowledgable source's best understanding of the situation. This persons likely Yeses on cloture are. Schumer, Hassan, Peters, Durbin, Schatz, King, Shaheen, Fetterman, Cortez Masto and Gillibrand.
March 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
If true, @schumer.senate.gov should resign. Defend Article I or get out.
Same goes for @schatz.bsky.social who I think should know better given his public statements. And @durbin.senate.gov who could have Pritzker send someone with a spine.
If true, just leave.
Same goes for @schatz.bsky.social who I think should know better given his public statements. And @durbin.senate.gov who could have Pritzker send someone with a spine.
If true, just leave.
Alright, Wyna wind your neck in with that purple set today.
March 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Alright, Wyna wind your neck in with that purple set today.
As we all know, whiffing is that thing in baseball where you watch the ball go by and don't swing at it.
You sized up the pitch and decided it posed an existential threat to democracy, but you'd probably get a strike. So you encourage the crowd to vote blue next election instead.
You sized up the pitch and decided it posed an existential threat to democracy, but you'd probably get a strike. So you encourage the crowd to vote blue next election instead.
February 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
As we all know, whiffing is that thing in baseball where you watch the ball go by and don't swing at it.
You sized up the pitch and decided it posed an existential threat to democracy, but you'd probably get a strike. So you encourage the crowd to vote blue next election instead.
You sized up the pitch and decided it posed an existential threat to democracy, but you'd probably get a strike. So you encourage the crowd to vote blue next election instead.