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Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 4h

Me to Chatgpt: Do this, not that.

Chat: (does this)

Me: Wonderful. Keep doing this.

Chat: (does that)

Me: No, no, you did great before, make sure you do this, not that.

Chat: Ok I get it, you want this, not that. No problem. Here's this. ... (Has done that)

Me: No, THIS!

Chat: (THAT)

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Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 1d

If there’s a lesson for Substackers in Bari Weiss’s acquihire, it’s that success means
1/ comforting established powers, and
2/ eventually returning to mainstream media.

It’s really not the indie media magic moment Substack is trying to present it as.

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Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 2d

Ok this is a bit of a problem bc while I’m in no rush to go to the states, there are people I love there that i’d like to see in this lifetime

Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 2d

UPDATE: now DHS says "globalists" will be blocked "from ever entering our country."

Homeland Security
@DHSgov
RECAPTURE OUR NATIONAL IDENTITY!
This week, we arrested hundreds of criminal illegal aliens, terrorists, and terrorist sympathizers across our country in Portland in Chicago.
Now, we need your help. Block communists, terrorists, and globalists from ever entering our country. Go to USCIS.GOV/JOIN
@MicahBock

Screenshot from video: YOU'LL BLOCK COMMUNISTS, TERRORISTS, AND GLOBALISTS
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Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 2d

I have correctly and instinctively slipped the phrase "epistemological device" in my dissertation. Academia got me.

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Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 2d

Since it hasn’t had time to melt, please pass it over

a woman in a green sweater is crying while holding a bag of potato chips

ALT: a woman in a green sweater is crying while holding a bag of potato chips

media.tenor.com

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Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 2d

Macron has no other path but to call a general election and open the door wide for the Rassemblement National, which he had promised to destroy.
Silver lining: if they’re in government in 2026, they may have already worn out their welcome by the 2027 presidential election.

Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 2d

The French government lasted 13 hours and 47 minutes. We are ruled by children and we probably deserve it. I am disgusted.

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Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 2d

The French government lasted 13 hours and 47 minutes. We are ruled by children and we probably deserve it. I am disgusted.

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Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 3d

Jee I can’t wait to find out what tired stereotypes you brought back from sex tourism to my country. No one’s ever done that before.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

I was 31, burned out, and single. Would a string of dates with French men bring back my joie de vivre?

I was working 80-hour weeks and having no luck on the New York singles scene. A move to Europe opened my mind – and helped me find love in the most unexpected place

www.theguardian.com

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Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 3d

French woman here. Yes indeed.

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Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 4d

I get it, these things take time to write and film. But these political times really highlight how out of sync old media cycles can get. Might as well do a period piece.

Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 4d

The Morning Show season 4 is set in spring 2024 & that makes it utterly boring. These people live in a world where being involved in Jan 6 is a career killer and the biggest drama on American streets is an XR protest. The show has nothing to say about America as it really is.

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Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 4d

All these ICE videos are as many court cases waiting to happen when a semblance of normality return. And it always does. I’ve covered an international tribunal for the crimes of a dictatorship 30 years after it fell. Justice is imperfect but it happens. Keep receipts.

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Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 5d

A previous version had her husband named before she was. Ffs.

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Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 5d

Woman, former nurse, married with two children is one way to start this article. 😒

Personally I’d go with “Sarah Mullally, formerly one of the top executives in the NHS”, but that’s just me.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 5d

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.

news.sky.com

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Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 5d

I have more news reporting & editing experience than Bari Weiss. Can’t wait to see what the meritocracy has in store for me.

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Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 6d

Truth is, I don’t care about immigration. I care because I’m an immigrant and I’m exhausted. But as a British resident, citizen and voter, there are 12 things I think about every day before I think about immigration. If it wasn’t rammed down my throat, I wouldn’t think about it at all.

Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 6d

It’s 6 am and i’m already pissed off. No one can find a job, wages haven’t budged in a decade, food feels like a luxury item, I get better healthcare from an online pharmacy selling me fat jabs than the NHS, but the government’s only gonna talk 24/7 about a few foreigners trying to survive?

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Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 6d

It’s 6 am and i’m already pissed off. No one can find a job, wages haven’t budged in a decade, food feels like a luxury item, I get better healthcare from an online pharmacy selling me fat jabs than the NHS, but the government’s only gonna talk 24/7 about a few foreigners trying to survive?

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Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 8d

There’s an old Soviet saying: “we pretend to work, they pretend to pay us.” I don’t know what made me think of that. www.engadget.com/ai/microsoft...

Microsoft is trying to make 'vibe working' a thing

Microsoft is bringing 'vibe working' tools to Office and Copilot.

www.engadget.com

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Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 9d

Once more, we immigrants being held to standards most native-born citizens wouldn’t meet to appease xenophobes who will only be appeased when we have all disappeared.

Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 9d

Mahmood says she will introduce new conditions for indefinite leave to remain:

Lived here 10 years not 5
Being in work
Not taking a penny in benefits
No criminal record
Giving back to community eg volunteering

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Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 9d

And I implemented a script to include footnotes in my google doc wordcount.

a woman is sitting on a couch in a living room with her back to the camera .

ALT: a woman is sitting on a couch in a living room with her back to the camera .

media.tenor.com

Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 9d

Oh well, I managed 90 minutes of writing but i finished my dissertation intro, nailed the outline and reached a 4-figure word count so we'll call it a win.

Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 9d

Starting at 3:30pm the writing I had set an alarm for at 6:30 am... No, I'm not proud.

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Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 9d

a man in a blue shirt and tie is sitting next to another man in a white shirt and tie .

ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is sitting next to another man in a white shirt and tie .

media.tenor.com

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Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 9d

Starting at 3:30pm the writing I had set an alarm for at 6:30 am... No, I'm not proud.

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Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 9d

Do they charge for a redo? I lost my lanyard with all my library and archives passes on it 😩

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Isabelle Roughol @isabelleroughol.com · 10d

Who knew wirecutter was a hardship post

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