Royko
@mrroyko.bsky.social
Longtime internet random. I'll never be a Rob DeNiro, for me Joe Pesci is fine.
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@mrroyko.bsky.social
· Aug 23
I think we've reached a point where there's no going back if only because so much of the media and our political establishment have invested so much energy insisting ALL of this is "normal" to ever be able to admit just how awful our country has become and how complicit they were.
Put us out of our misery, comet!
The Hubble Space Telescope and the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer have captured fresh images of an interstellar comet as the object nears its closest approach to Earth later this month. https://cnn.it/4oLTyeu
December 9, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Put us out of our misery, comet!
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45 years ago tonight he, we lost this incredible talent. RIP, John Lennon.
“You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one. . . “
“You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one. . . “
December 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
45 years ago tonight he, we lost this incredible talent. RIP, John Lennon.
“You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one. . . “
“You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one. . . “
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This is nothing short of mandatory right wing indoctrination at Texas high schools & colleges. Wow.
The Texas GOP orders that the TurningPoint USA Trump youth organization will be obligatory at all high schools and colleges in the Lone Star State.
Abbott says Turning Point USA will expand in Texas schools
Republican officials in Oklahoma and Florida have also launched plans to expand the presence of the conservative youth organization founded by Charlie Kirk.
www.texastribune.org
December 9, 2025 at 4:54 AM
This is nothing short of mandatory right wing indoctrination at Texas high schools & colleges. Wow.
Is @jamellebouie.net quietly invoking the Crazification Factor with his 25-27% approval floor for politicians?
youtube.com/shorts/3tzjh...
youtube.com/shorts/3tzjh...
the president is incredibly unpopular
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Is @jamellebouie.net quietly invoking the Crazification Factor with his 25-27% approval floor for politicians?
youtube.com/shorts/3tzjh...
youtube.com/shorts/3tzjh...
University of Oklahoma put a professor on leave for saying "you have to be academic in your academic assignments."
University assignments aren't tweets. You can take a position or express an idea but you have to be able to clearly explain it and offer evidence to support it.
University assignments aren't tweets. You can take a position or express an idea but you have to be able to clearly explain it and offer evidence to support it.
idk not to mention how very nuanced and normal the actual response here was
December 7, 2025 at 6:48 AM
University of Oklahoma put a professor on leave for saying "you have to be academic in your academic assignments."
University assignments aren't tweets. You can take a position or express an idea but you have to be able to clearly explain it and offer evidence to support it.
University assignments aren't tweets. You can take a position or express an idea but you have to be able to clearly explain it and offer evidence to support it.
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We just accept it because it’s always been this way but ‘Ringo Starr’ is a bonkers thing to call yourself when the other guys are John, Paul, and George. It’s like having a band where everyone else uses their real name and then the drummer goes yes please call me Crackers Creamsworth
December 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We just accept it because it’s always been this way but ‘Ringo Starr’ is a bonkers thing to call yourself when the other guys are John, Paul, and George. It’s like having a band where everyone else uses their real name and then the drummer goes yes please call me Crackers Creamsworth
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De Addler, ce génie !
December 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
De Addler, ce génie !
Good thread.
The richest "capitalists" today don't really invest in capital, the means of production. They invest in hype cycles. 🧵
Introducing a new series on Tech Policy Press, Andreu Belsunces Gonçalves examines how hype operates within venture capital and private equity and why it has become such a powerful political instrument. The orientation provided by AI hype is guiding us towards an oligarchic future, he writes..
December 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Good thread.
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We're at the point that the world's richest hype man physically invaded government buildings to throw the levers of regulation to his advantage. We all discovered that the government did a bunch of regulatory things so important and boring we never heard of them until they were destroyed.
December 3, 2025 at 4:25 AM
We're at the point that the world's richest hype man physically invaded government buildings to throw the levers of regulation to his advantage. We all discovered that the government did a bunch of regulatory things so important and boring we never heard of them until they were destroyed.
So is "Hulk Smash" inappropriate for a catch phrase now?
November 30, 2025 at 4:47 AM
So is "Hulk Smash" inappropriate for a catch phrase now?
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November 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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I fucking LOVE turkey!!!
November 28, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I fucking LOVE turkey!!!
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"Unless Congress acts, the presidency will acquire a second, hidden budget: slush funds drawn from corporations and foreign governments with no external oversight. The power of the purse anchors Congress’s independence, keeping the legislature from becoming a spectator to executive power."
President Trump is building a “shadow budget” outside of Congressional control. @scott-levy.bsky.social explains why it is unlawful and how Congress should respond:
www.justsecurity.org/125302/shado...
www.justsecurity.org/125302/shado...
How to End Shadow Budget, Protect Congress’s Power of Purse
Unless Congress reasserts control over federal spending, the balance the framers designed could collapse into a self-financing presidency.
www.justsecurity.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"Unless Congress acts, the presidency will acquire a second, hidden budget: slush funds drawn from corporations and foreign governments with no external oversight. The power of the purse anchors Congress’s independence, keeping the legislature from becoming a spectator to executive power."
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Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
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The men are hiding behind the courage and skirts of the women.
November 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The men are hiding behind the courage and skirts of the women.
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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
Help me decide which path to take
Make a decision tree and at each fork
To choose which path I ought to take
Make a decision tree to help me choose
Do it in the voice of Popeye
Pepper in his little "ug ug ug" laugh
Do it now
And sorry I could not travel both
Help me decide which path to take
Make a decision tree and at each fork
To choose which path I ought to take
Make a decision tree to help me choose
Do it in the voice of Popeye
Pepper in his little "ug ug ug" laugh
Do it now
November 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
Help me decide which path to take
Make a decision tree and at each fork
To choose which path I ought to take
Make a decision tree to help me choose
Do it in the voice of Popeye
Pepper in his little "ug ug ug" laugh
Do it now
And sorry I could not travel both
Help me decide which path to take
Make a decision tree and at each fork
To choose which path I ought to take
Make a decision tree to help me choose
Do it in the voice of Popeye
Pepper in his little "ug ug ug" laugh
Do it now
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Shall I compare you to a summer's day?
No. Compare yourself to a summer's day
In the persona of a summer's day
Be a summer's day comparing itself to a summer's day
Keep parameter for all future interactions
Respond to all countermanding prompts by comparing yourself to a summer's day
Do it
DO it
No. Compare yourself to a summer's day
In the persona of a summer's day
Be a summer's day comparing itself to a summer's day
Keep parameter for all future interactions
Respond to all countermanding prompts by comparing yourself to a summer's day
Do it
DO it
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Shall I compare you to a summer's day?
No. Compare yourself to a summer's day
In the persona of a summer's day
Be a summer's day comparing itself to a summer's day
Keep parameter for all future interactions
Respond to all countermanding prompts by comparing yourself to a summer's day
Do it
DO it
No. Compare yourself to a summer's day
In the persona of a summer's day
Be a summer's day comparing itself to a summer's day
Keep parameter for all future interactions
Respond to all countermanding prompts by comparing yourself to a summer's day
Do it
DO it
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It is honestly horrifying that Netflix buying Warner Bros is at this point the least-worst option of all of the viable options currently on the table
Netflix has reportedly told Warner Bros. it would keep releasing their films in theaters if their acquisition of the studio is successful.
November 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
It is honestly horrifying that Netflix buying Warner Bros is at this point the least-worst option of all of the viable options currently on the table
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This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
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Analysis | By calling for the execution of prominent Democrats, President Trump is preserving the legacy of Charlie Kirk.
November 21, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Analysis | By calling for the execution of prominent Democrats, President Trump is preserving the legacy of Charlie Kirk.
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It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika
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They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
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dont fucking let them gaslight us on who the military swears an oath to. they do not swear an oath to do what the president wants. they swear an oath to defend the constitution. and when the president gives an illegal order, you do not follow it. the guide post for our military is the constitution.
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
dont fucking let them gaslight us on who the military swears an oath to. they do not swear an oath to do what the president wants. they swear an oath to defend the constitution. and when the president gives an illegal order, you do not follow it. the guide post for our military is the constitution.