Rocketelle
@rocketelle.bsky.social
Former public librarian. Still here to help :)
Radical Outsider Left. Not a “Yes man”. Never a Democrat nor Republican. Proud Novo Collegian.
Radical Outsider Left. Not a “Yes man”. Never a Democrat nor Republican. Proud Novo Collegian.
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This is one of our favorites!
December 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is one of our favorites!
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
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An incredible detail
December 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
An incredible detail
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UPDATE
I have updated my story linked below with a high-quality broadcast version of the 60 Minutes segment that was pulled by Bari Weiss.
Here it is (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5
I have updated my story linked below with a high-quality broadcast version of the 60 Minutes segment that was pulled by Bari Weiss.
Here it is (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5
December 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
UPDATE
I have updated my story linked below with a high-quality broadcast version of the 60 Minutes segment that was pulled by Bari Weiss.
Here it is (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5
I have updated my story linked below with a high-quality broadcast version of the 60 Minutes segment that was pulled by Bari Weiss.
Here it is (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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#BREAKING: Instacart says it will halt a practice that used AI to adjust the cost of groceries for different shoppers after a study found some customers were paying as much as 23% more for the same items.
Ending Item Price Tests on Instacart | Instacart
Over the past couple weeks, there’s been a lot written about Instacart and how pricing works on our platform . Some of that coverage raised fair questions. Much of it included misconceptions and misin...
www.instacart.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
#BREAKING: Instacart says it will halt a practice that used AI to adjust the cost of groceries for different shoppers after a study found some customers were paying as much as 23% more for the same items.
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Impeachable offenses keep piling up.
In New England, we wanted this project so that our electric bills would go down. In effect, this raises the price of power.
In New England, we wanted this project so that our electric bills would go down. In effect, this raises the price of power.
This is madness. Freezing offshore wind projects in progress will waste money, cost jobs, make electricity less reliable and more expensive, and will cause health harms given that fossil fuels will be used instead.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Interior pauses construction of all offshore wind projects, citing national security concerns
The halts of five projects is a major ramp up of the administration's hostility toward the industry in the United States.
www.politico.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Impeachable offenses keep piling up.
In New England, we wanted this project so that our electric bills would go down. In effect, this raises the price of power.
In New England, we wanted this project so that our electric bills would go down. In effect, this raises the price of power.
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Proponents claim that California’s AB 715 aims to combat antisemitism by strengthening anti-discrimination laws in public schools, but a closer look reveals it directly targets free speech on Palestine.
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/cali...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/cali...
#Palestine #Israel
California’s AB 715 claims to combat antisemitism but is a direct attack on free speech regarding Palestine
Proponents claim that California’s AB 715 aims to combat antisemitism by strengthening anti-discrimination laws in public schools, but a closer look reveals it directly targets free speech on Palestine.
mondoweiss.net
December 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Proponents claim that California’s AB 715 aims to combat antisemitism by strengthening anti-discrimination laws in public schools, but a closer look reveals it directly targets free speech on Palestine.
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/cali...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/cali...
#Palestine #Israel
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SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves.
Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.
www.404media.co
December 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
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1) There was no cease fire
2) The Epstein files will not be released
3) The “Warrior Dividend” is just the asshole putting his name on Congressional appropriations
4) The tariffs are taxes on us, paid by us
5) Venezuela is not sending fentanyl to our shores, and its oilfield were never ours
2) The Epstein files will not be released
3) The “Warrior Dividend” is just the asshole putting his name on Congressional appropriations
4) The tariffs are taxes on us, paid by us
5) Venezuela is not sending fentanyl to our shores, and its oilfield were never ours
December 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
1) There was no cease fire
2) The Epstein files will not be released
3) The “Warrior Dividend” is just the asshole putting his name on Congressional appropriations
4) The tariffs are taxes on us, paid by us
5) Venezuela is not sending fentanyl to our shores, and its oilfield were never ours
2) The Epstein files will not be released
3) The “Warrior Dividend” is just the asshole putting his name on Congressional appropriations
4) The tariffs are taxes on us, paid by us
5) Venezuela is not sending fentanyl to our shores, and its oilfield were never ours
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“Anonymous & right-wing accounts on X flooded the platform with unfounded posts claiming the shooter was a Palestinian enrolled at the school… Right-wing podcaster Tim Pool, billionaire Bill Ackman & US Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon were among those who amplified the [false] narrative.” 12/19/25
Misinformation complicated Brown University shooting probe: police
Officials in the US state of Rhode Island have denounced misinformation that they said complicated their multiday search for the gunman who killed two students and wounded others at Brown University.
www.france24.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“Anonymous & right-wing accounts on X flooded the platform with unfounded posts claiming the shooter was a Palestinian enrolled at the school… Right-wing podcaster Tim Pool, billionaire Bill Ackman & US Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon were among those who amplified the [false] narrative.” 12/19/25
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An autopsy determined the suspect in the Brown University shooting and MIT professor's killing had been dead for two days when found.
Brown attack suspect died the two days before his body was found, autopsy finds
An autopsy has found that the man suspected in last weekend’s attack at Brown University and the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor days later had been dead for two days when found.
bit.ly
December 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
An autopsy determined the suspect in the Brown University shooting and MIT professor's killing had been dead for two days when found.
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ALL of this sh-- is distinctly GenX "un-PC" late-90s nihilism-pilled; and it's going to be a riot how fast it gets blasted out of fashion simply because GenX is an unsustainably tiny demographic too small (and too unwealthy) to make any real money marketing to in this way.
I found it. The Bari Weiss/CBS News town hall promo for feminism does indeed use a 1964 photo of Beatles fans.
December 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
ALL of this sh-- is distinctly GenX "un-PC" late-90s nihilism-pilled; and it's going to be a riot how fast it gets blasted out of fashion simply because GenX is an unsustainably tiny demographic too small (and too unwealthy) to make any real money marketing to in this way.
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I remain quite angry at the people, many of them fellow Jews, who spent so much energy worrying about leftwing campus antisemitism when it was so clearly used as a distraction from the growing acceptance of mask-off Nazism within the Republican party. So many people allowed themselves to get played.
We need to read this. People need to understand. Antisemitism IS actually an urgent threat, but the crisis point isn't campus protests.
From the right-wing Manhattan Institute's focus group of Gen Z conservatives -- just jaw-dropping stuff. We have a very sick society. www.city-journal.org/article/manh...
December 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I remain quite angry at the people, many of them fellow Jews, who spent so much energy worrying about leftwing campus antisemitism when it was so clearly used as a distraction from the growing acceptance of mask-off Nazism within the Republican party. So many people allowed themselves to get played.
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Full @gallup.com release here: news.gallup.com/poll/699311/...
Economic Confidence Slips; Holiday Spending Plans Plummet
Americans' economic confidence has fallen to its lowest level in over a year, accompanied by a historic drop in planned holiday spending.
news.gallup.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Full @gallup.com release here: news.gallup.com/poll/699311/...
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Holy crap chart from Gallup
December 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Holy crap chart from Gallup
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If I was running a local newsroom, I’d be finding local families living this same exact nightmare. This ‘show & tell’ of what it’s like to try (&fail) to find someone locked up by DHS is crucial to understanding the devastating, real-life impacts of these Trump immigration policies.
Everyone should take a couple of minutes and watch this, because it's a perfect illustration of how ICE disappears people by making it almost impossible to communicate with family, friends, and lawyers.
December 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
If I was running a local newsroom, I’d be finding local families living this same exact nightmare. This ‘show & tell’ of what it’s like to try (&fail) to find someone locked up by DHS is crucial to understanding the devastating, real-life impacts of these Trump immigration policies.
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Today, French lawmakers unanimously approved a bill exonerating women punished for abortion before it was legalized in 1975.
This "is an act of justice toward those thousands of lives shattered by unjust laws," said Aurore Bergé, minister-delegate for gender equality.
This "is an act of justice toward those thousands of lives shattered by unjust laws," said Aurore Bergé, minister-delegate for gender equality.
France exonerates women convicted over abortions before legalisation
Between 1870 and 1975, more than 11,660 people were convicted for performing or seeking an abortion, according to official estimates.
www.lemonde.fr
December 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Today, French lawmakers unanimously approved a bill exonerating women punished for abortion before it was legalized in 1975.
This "is an act of justice toward those thousands of lives shattered by unjust laws," said Aurore Bergé, minister-delegate for gender equality.
This "is an act of justice toward those thousands of lives shattered by unjust laws," said Aurore Bergé, minister-delegate for gender equality.
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Guess I'll post this again
December 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Guess I'll post this again
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So… he’s giving them their own money?
Where’s the tariff money?
Where’s the tariff money?
December 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
So… he’s giving them their own money?
Where’s the tariff money?
Where’s the tariff money?
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Soooo
Are we tracking people
WHO HAVE DIED
IN ICE CUSTODY
Orrrrr
Are we preventing
PEOPLE FROM DYING
IN ICE CUSTODY
I don’t want a fucking
Play-by-play
I WANT REAL ACTION
Taken against
AMERICAN
STATE SPONSORED
MURDER
Jesus Dems
What the fuck
Are you doing
#Mm
Are we tracking people
WHO HAVE DIED
IN ICE CUSTODY
Orrrrr
Are we preventing
PEOPLE FROM DYING
IN ICE CUSTODY
I don’t want a fucking
Play-by-play
I WANT REAL ACTION
Taken against
AMERICAN
STATE SPONSORED
MURDER
Jesus Dems
What the fuck
Are you doing
#Mm
In the 90 minutes since I posted this, I've gotten two more death notifications.
ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
Within 15 minutes today, I got two back-to-back notifications of deaths at ICE facilities.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
December 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Soooo
Are we tracking people
WHO HAVE DIED
IN ICE CUSTODY
Orrrrr
Are we preventing
PEOPLE FROM DYING
IN ICE CUSTODY
I don’t want a fucking
Play-by-play
I WANT REAL ACTION
Taken against
AMERICAN
STATE SPONSORED
MURDER
Jesus Dems
What the fuck
Are you doing
#Mm
Are we tracking people
WHO HAVE DIED
IN ICE CUSTODY
Orrrrr
Are we preventing
PEOPLE FROM DYING
IN ICE CUSTODY
I don’t want a fucking
Play-by-play
I WANT REAL ACTION
Taken against
AMERICAN
STATE SPONSORED
MURDER
Jesus Dems
What the fuck
Are you doing
#Mm
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“it’s reasonable to ask questions about trans girls in sports” was always intended to mainstream transphobia.
It’s absurd that people fell for it. Democrats are constantly letting oppressors set the terms of debate instead of just saying “no, fuck you.”
It’s absurd that people fell for it. Democrats are constantly letting oppressors set the terms of debate instead of just saying “no, fuck you.”
December 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“it’s reasonable to ask questions about trans girls in sports” was always intended to mainstream transphobia.
It’s absurd that people fell for it. Democrats are constantly letting oppressors set the terms of debate instead of just saying “no, fuck you.”
It’s absurd that people fell for it. Democrats are constantly letting oppressors set the terms of debate instead of just saying “no, fuck you.”
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Context: AIPAC receives significant funding from an Israeli billionaire whose wealth is from Casinos in Las Vegas around the time the Russian mob was prominent. She sponsored Trump with more than $150 million in donations and is friends with individuals in the Epstein network.
The day before the Epstein files are set to release the Trump majority, AIPAC sponsored, US congress has abruptly given itself an early holiday break.
House GOP has cancelled all Friday votes, members are expected to flee DC throughout the day.
House GOP has cancelled all Friday votes, members are expected to flee DC throughout the day.
December 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Context: AIPAC receives significant funding from an Israeli billionaire whose wealth is from Casinos in Las Vegas around the time the Russian mob was prominent. She sponsored Trump with more than $150 million in donations and is friends with individuals in the Epstein network.
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Yes, the government can track your location.
ICE and other agencies can track your movements using data gathered by apps and online ads on your phone, and sold by private companies. You probably don't realize how easily you can be found.
ICE and other agencies can track your movements using data gathered by apps and online ads on your phone, and sold by private companies. You probably don't realize how easily you can be found.
December 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Yes, the government can track your location.
ICE and other agencies can track your movements using data gathered by apps and online ads on your phone, and sold by private companies. You probably don't realize how easily you can be found.
ICE and other agencies can track your movements using data gathered by apps and online ads on your phone, and sold by private companies. You probably don't realize how easily you can be found.