Bobert
@bobertonbluesky.bsky.social
DMV lawyer; musician; lover of books, music, art, and film. Opinions my own and definitely not my employer’s.
The mega corps want to squeeze every last ounce of productivity from their workers before they go somewhere else and do the same with others. It’s disgusting. No wonder they call PE vampires. All they do is extract, and they don’t care if the rest of us die.
During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The mega corps want to squeeze every last ounce of productivity from their workers before they go somewhere else and do the same with others. It’s disgusting. No wonder they call PE vampires. All they do is extract, and they don’t care if the rest of us die.
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Schrodinger's immigrant: driving down our wages with their cheap labor, and also buying up all of our houses.
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Schrodinger's immigrant: driving down our wages with their cheap labor, and also buying up all of our houses.
If the president and vice president are not Nazis, why do they keep giving Nazis jobs??
Trump taps Ingrassia for new role after texting scandal
Trump taps Ingrassia for new role after texting scandal
Paul Ingrassia, who withdrew his nomination to lead the Office of Special Counsel last month, says in a farewell email that he’s moving to the GSA.
dlvr.it
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
If the president and vice president are not Nazis, why do they keep giving Nazis jobs??
I need to start going to the gym again.
November 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I need to start going to the gym again.
Texted my parents in the group chat that the president wants to go to war to distract from *everything*.
His response: "With who? America?"
And you know what? Fair.
His response: "With who? America?"
And you know what? Fair.
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Texted my parents in the group chat that the president wants to go to war to distract from *everything*.
His response: "With who? America?"
And you know what? Fair.
His response: "With who? America?"
And you know what? Fair.
The military won't save us btw. The fact that the media have been basically silent, that Congress has been silent about murdering random people in boats in the Caribbean shows us that the hierarchy involved doesn't seem to care about rules of war, engagement, or whether deadly force is warranted.
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The military won't save us btw. The fact that the media have been basically silent, that Congress has been silent about murdering random people in boats in the Caribbean shows us that the hierarchy involved doesn't seem to care about rules of war, engagement, or whether deadly force is warranted.
Tax. The. Rich.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Tax. The. Rich.
It’s Nazi shit straight up and down.
It's amazing how ICE is arresting all of these dangerous criminals and yet there's no violence at all in response.
And Vance admitting that all of these people are actually just living in homes and apartments on their own gives it away too.
And Vance admitting that all of these people are actually just living in homes and apartments on their own gives it away too.
November 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
It’s Nazi shit straight up and down.
The American people need to wake tf up. Dismantling the agency created in the fallout of the financial crisis of 07-08 precisely to stop predatory and other unlawful practices *on behalf of consumers* is a win for ... predatory corporations. It costs taxpayer money and your own money as a consumer.
"[C]onsumer groups estimated that the Trumpification of the CFPB had cost American consumers roughly $18 billion." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Russell Vought advances plan to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The Trump White House doesn’t just want to curtail the CFPB’s efforts, it also wants to stop them — permanently.
www.msnbc.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The American people need to wake tf up. Dismantling the agency created in the fallout of the financial crisis of 07-08 precisely to stop predatory and other unlawful practices *on behalf of consumers* is a win for ... predatory corporations. It costs taxpayer money and your own money as a consumer.
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
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More imp, immigrants have been a huge boon to cities like Buffalo that have faced tough times for decades. A logical government policy would be to try and build upon that as much as possible to reinvigorate the Rust Belt and the Midwest. www.wsj.com/us-news/rust...
buffalonews.com/life-enterta...
buffalonews.com/life-enterta...
Immigrants Revived Rust Belt Cities. Now They’re in Hiding.
Deportations are hitting smaller cities and neighborhoods where economists say recent immigration has helped boost faltering economies.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
More imp, immigrants have been a huge boon to cities like Buffalo that have faced tough times for decades. A logical government policy would be to try and build upon that as much as possible to reinvigorate the Rust Belt and the Midwest. www.wsj.com/us-news/rust...
buffalonews.com/life-enterta...
buffalonews.com/life-enterta...
Economy has never been better!!
CREDIT CARD DELINQUENCY RATES HAVE PEAKED, PER APOLLO
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Economy has never been better!!
Amen!!
See also the 27th Amendment.
See also the 27th Amendment.
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Amen!!
See also the 27th Amendment.
See also the 27th Amendment.
Well well well… that last paragraph is INTERESTING
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Well well well… that last paragraph is INTERESTING
I have been STRUGGLING this week. Idk if it’s allergies or what, but my tongue feels swollen, I’m sneezing all the time, and I’m tired 😭😖
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I have been STRUGGLING this week. Idk if it’s allergies or what, but my tongue feels swollen, I’m sneezing all the time, and I’m tired 😭😖
New torture memo just dropped
DOJ drafts legal opinion backing immunity for US troops involved in boat strikes www.reuters.com/world/us/doj...
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
New torture memo just dropped
A win/win (for them)
Everyone else is fucked and broke.
Everyone else is fucked and broke.
that’s their only “idea.” gut all the public programs to free up budget headroom for tax cuts for the rich, and everyone gets fake insurance that doesn’t cost much up front but doesn’t cover anything
Tom Emmer: "You're gonna have to create high risk pools again. Just go back where Minnesota was before the ACA."
November 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
A win/win (for them)
Everyone else is fucked and broke.
Everyone else is fucked and broke.
Just… whyyyyyyyy are we doing this. If they want to do this, they can pay more for their electricity rather than making us pay for it.
More here on the link between AI data centers and rising electricity costs:
AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring
Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Just… whyyyyyyyy are we doing this. If they want to do this, they can pay more for their electricity rather than making us pay for it.
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the thing is that there are only two explanations for this and they are both utterly disqualifying for Dem leadership
1. you knew they would come for abortion and you already decided you were willing to give it up
2. you did NOT know, because you are too gullible for the job you currently hold
1. you knew they would come for abortion and you already decided you were willing to give it up
2. you did NOT know, because you are too gullible for the job you currently hold
November 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
the thing is that there are only two explanations for this and they are both utterly disqualifying for Dem leadership
1. you knew they would come for abortion and you already decided you were willing to give it up
2. you did NOT know, because you are too gullible for the job you currently hold
1. you knew they would come for abortion and you already decided you were willing to give it up
2. you did NOT know, because you are too gullible for the job you currently hold
How do I tell the NYT app to only alert me when *it* happens and that I could otherwise do without notifications?
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
How do I tell the NYT app to only alert me when *it* happens and that I could otherwise do without notifications?
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November 12, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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The only ICE I’m for are the rocks in my cocktail glass and the fastest trains in Germany.
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The only ICE I’m for are the rocks in my cocktail glass and the fastest trains in Germany.
Does the First Amendment exist anymore?
Scoop: FOREVER WARS obtained a habeas corpus petition filed by a journalist in ICE detention. The evidence against him? His Instagram likes. @attackerman.bsky.social reports:
ICE Caged This Man For His Instagram Posts And Likes
New details about Yaa'kub Ira Vijandre's detention show his posts supporting Palestine and the wrongfully convicted representing, in Homeland Security's eyes, support for terrorism
www.forever-wars.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Does the First Amendment exist anymore?