Roco Foucault
@rocofoucault.bsky.social
Soc PhD, CJ prof, indolence activist;
Metro Detroit
Metro Detroit
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Pairs nicely with this piece noting that deporting immigrants doesn't mean Americans get those jobs. It means more automation or more outsourcing of jobs to other countries.
February 10, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Pairs nicely with this piece noting that deporting immigrants doesn't mean Americans get those jobs. It means more automation or more outsourcing of jobs to other countries.
It’s so odd to me that we’ve reached a point where making something shoddy is not only *not* a source of shame and embarrassment, but also something they double down on. Even more puzzling is the willful erosion of value (and the good name of one’s brand) in the online search function.
suggesting online search > using a medical AI chatbot may underestimate how many websites are now full of AI slop (not to mention how AI has permeated online search)
this is why people are comparing AI to microplastics or a virus—there are no uncontaminated parts of our info ecosystem.
this is why people are comparing AI to microplastics or a virus—there are no uncontaminated parts of our info ecosystem.
"People are better off using online searches or their own judgement" is an unbelievably harsh indictment of AI chatbots
February 10, 2026 at 2:05 PM
It’s so odd to me that we’ve reached a point where making something shoddy is not only *not* a source of shame and embarrassment, but also something they double down on. Even more puzzling is the willful erosion of value (and the good name of one’s brand) in the online search function.
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I’m a native Detroiter and I have family who has been working on the bridge
All union jobs
All American contractors
American steel
We have waited for this bridge for years because a greedy bastard blocked it at every turn
He is entirely wrong
Detroit knows the truth
Don’t mess with us
All union jobs
All American contractors
American steel
We have waited for this bridge for years because a greedy bastard blocked it at every turn
He is entirely wrong
Detroit knows the truth
Don’t mess with us
February 10, 2026 at 12:47 PM
I’m a native Detroiter and I have family who has been working on the bridge
All union jobs
All American contractors
American steel
We have waited for this bridge for years because a greedy bastard blocked it at every turn
He is entirely wrong
Detroit knows the truth
Don’t mess with us
All union jobs
All American contractors
American steel
We have waited for this bridge for years because a greedy bastard blocked it at every turn
He is entirely wrong
Detroit knows the truth
Don’t mess with us
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UNC is close to finalizing its policy which outlines permissible circumstances to *SECRETLY RECORD FACULTY IN THE CLASSROOM.*
UNC-Chapel Hill Preps Policy on Recording Professors
The school aims to clarify guidelines after a secret recording controversy and growing fear of surveillance.
www.theassemblync.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:58 PM
UNC is close to finalizing its policy which outlines permissible circumstances to *SECRETLY RECORD FACULTY IN THE CLASSROOM.*
The IRB protects human subjects, which is why we agree with its existence. But over time, intentions aside, it has morphed into a protection racket whereby charisma-free for-profit ghouls like Mr. Beast make bank with no restraint and marketing companies and Ring know (and sell) everything about us.
February 9, 2026 at 1:49 PM
The IRB protects human subjects, which is why we agree with its existence. But over time, intentions aside, it has morphed into a protection racket whereby charisma-free for-profit ghouls like Mr. Beast make bank with no restraint and marketing companies and Ring know (and sell) everything about us.
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What happens in hot spots? (and what don't criminologists understand about space?)
Here's a seminar where I'll do a guest lecture about the topic:
event.ugent.be/registration...
Here's a seminar where I'll do a guest lecture about the topic:
event.ugent.be/registration...
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 PM
What happens in hot spots? (and what don't criminologists understand about space?)
Here's a seminar where I'll do a guest lecture about the topic:
event.ugent.be/registration...
Here's a seminar where I'll do a guest lecture about the topic:
event.ugent.be/registration...
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If there’s one thing we don’t tolerate in America it’s Spanish words. To do that in San Francisco California…well it makes me angry, and I’ll say that all the way from Los Angeles to Bonita Springs Florida
February 9, 2026 at 2:50 AM
If there’s one thing we don’t tolerate in America it’s Spanish words. To do that in San Francisco California…well it makes me angry, and I’ll say that all the way from Los Angeles to Bonita Springs Florida
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He is correct insofar as I am not on the tenure-track (and never will) and, due to my job's resultant precarity, I censor myself frequently so as not to upset the leaders at my university
With that said, I don't often see tenured faculty use their freedom and power to resist the status quo
With that said, I don't often see tenured faculty use their freedom and power to resist the status quo
Tenure enables freedom of speech, which is why aspiring tyrants don’t like it.
Breaking, from me: An executive order from Oklahoma's governor directs most of the state's public colleges to "phase out tenure." #AcademicSky #HigherEd @chronicle.com
www.chronicle.com/article/tenu...
www.chronicle.com/article/tenu...
February 7, 2026 at 2:53 PM
He is correct insofar as I am not on the tenure-track (and never will) and, due to my job's resultant precarity, I censor myself frequently so as not to upset the leaders at my university
With that said, I don't often see tenured faculty use their freedom and power to resist the status quo
With that said, I don't often see tenured faculty use their freedom and power to resist the status quo
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It seems to me like every elected Democrat should be demanding as loudly as possible that Trump be impeached immediately for that racist Obamas-as-apes post. They barely even have to make a case. They’d demand anyone holding any job resign or be fired immediately for posting that at work
February 6, 2026 at 4:19 PM
It seems to me like every elected Democrat should be demanding as loudly as possible that Trump be impeached immediately for that racist Obamas-as-apes post. They barely even have to make a case. They’d demand anyone holding any job resign or be fired immediately for posting that at work
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Oh my God this is so great! 🤣
The Wright Museums Instagram page is HILARIOUS. Think The Office but it's the staff at a Museum for Black History. Better believe this is on my list of places to visit.
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"
February 6, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Oh my God this is so great! 🤣
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📣 Hey. Oakland County folks!
Go to your County Commission Legislative Affairs & Government Operations meeting Tuesday morning.
www.mobilize.us/neoaklandind...
Go to your County Commission Legislative Affairs & Government Operations meeting Tuesday morning.
www.mobilize.us/neoaklandind...
ICE Out of Oakland County · NE Oakland Indivisible
🗣️ Oakland County residents — we need your voice.
On Tuesday, Feb 10 at 9:00 AM, the Legislative Affairs & Government Operations (LAGO) Committee meets, and residents can speak for 3 minutes during pu...
www.mobilize.us
February 6, 2026 at 3:21 AM
📣 Hey. Oakland County folks!
Go to your County Commission Legislative Affairs & Government Operations meeting Tuesday morning.
www.mobilize.us/neoaklandind...
Go to your County Commission Legislative Affairs & Government Operations meeting Tuesday morning.
www.mobilize.us/neoaklandind...
Fiction story where the hats deliver distinctive, enduring marks to the hands and/or head of all disingenuous persons grasping or wearing them, such that their status drops below that of even the leader’s known and sworn enemies.
Well, my fellow Maine voters. Here is Susan Collins today paying tribute to her boss while holding her MAGA hat.
February 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Fiction story where the hats deliver distinctive, enduring marks to the hands and/or head of all disingenuous persons grasping or wearing them, such that their status drops below that of even the leader’s known and sworn enemies.
Let’s say you met a smart woman with red hair and didn’t catch her name. You wanted to chat with her about work and collaboration. How to describe her? “Woman with red hair?“ “Smart woman?”
You do not refer to her as “the redhead.”
The blonde, the brunette…come on.
You do not refer to her as “the redhead.”
The blonde, the brunette…come on.
Here’s Duke behavioral economist Dan Ariely asking Jeffrey Epstein for “the name and email of the redhead that was here with you.” This is four years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for procuring a child for prostitution.
Doo do doo
January 31, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Let’s say you met a smart woman with red hair and didn’t catch her name. You wanted to chat with her about work and collaboration. How to describe her? “Woman with red hair?“ “Smart woman?”
You do not refer to her as “the redhead.”
The blonde, the brunette…come on.
You do not refer to her as “the redhead.”
The blonde, the brunette…come on.
Constant nonconsensual manhandling, trying to break down doors when I’m on the other side, and, lately, sitting two feet away and just…*staring* at me while I sleep.
If this cat was human, I would be taking out a restraining order.
If this cat was human, I would be taking out a restraining order.
January 31, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Constant nonconsensual manhandling, trying to break down doors when I’m on the other side, and, lately, sitting two feet away and just…*staring* at me while I sleep.
If this cat was human, I would be taking out a restraining order.
If this cat was human, I would be taking out a restraining order.
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HEY. MICHIGANDERS.
Important action you need to do tonight (other than calling our Senators do that too).
Senate bills to support/protect our immigrant community up for Committee tomorrow. Submit a card in support. h/t @acluofmichigan.bsky.social. TY.
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Important action you need to do tonight (other than calling our Senators do that too).
Senate bills to support/protect our immigrant community up for Committee tomorrow. Submit a card in support. h/t @acluofmichigan.bsky.social. TY.
secure.ngpvan.com/b5uPjgQQNkGq...
Submit a Card of Support for Senate Bills 508, 509 and 510
Take action with ACLU!
secure.ngpvan.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:39 AM
HEY. MICHIGANDERS.
Important action you need to do tonight (other than calling our Senators do that too).
Senate bills to support/protect our immigrant community up for Committee tomorrow. Submit a card in support. h/t @acluofmichigan.bsky.social. TY.
secure.ngpvan.com/b5uPjgQQNkGq...
Important action you need to do tonight (other than calling our Senators do that too).
Senate bills to support/protect our immigrant community up for Committee tomorrow. Submit a card in support. h/t @acluofmichigan.bsky.social. TY.
secure.ngpvan.com/b5uPjgQQNkGq...
All of this because a high Bobby Kennedy saw the endless repeats of the fictional 70s Brady Bunch episode where the kids were harmlessly laid up in bed with “measles,“ ringing bells/tooting horns to get service from poor Alice. When, in fact, vaccine-wise, a likelier 70s scenario was *chicken pox*.
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 2:05 PM
All of this because a high Bobby Kennedy saw the endless repeats of the fictional 70s Brady Bunch episode where the kids were harmlessly laid up in bed with “measles,“ ringing bells/tooting horns to get service from poor Alice. When, in fact, vaccine-wise, a likelier 70s scenario was *chicken pox*.
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Driving across the ice and snow covered 5 mile span of the Mackinac Bridge, before sunrise seems ill advised. Bad vibes.
January 28, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Driving across the ice and snow covered 5 mile span of the Mackinac Bridge, before sunrise seems ill advised. Bad vibes.
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Hearing ICE targeted the parents at bus stops as they waited for their kids to arrive in -10 cold.
ICE reportedly takes Ypsilanti Community Schools parents into custody
ICE agents were reported to be present near an Ypsilanti Community Schools campus Jan. 27, taking several parents into custody while off school grounds.
www.michigandaily.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Hearing ICE targeted the parents at bus stops as they waited for their kids to arrive in -10 cold.
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UPS to cut 30,000 jobs as it moves away from Amazon tinyurl.com/42stnpsh
UPS to cut 30,000 jobs as it moves away from Amazon
The parcel delivery giant says it is cutting back on low-profit deliveries for the online retailer.
tinyurl.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:52 AM
UPS to cut 30,000 jobs as it moves away from Amazon tinyurl.com/42stnpsh
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Breaking News: Amazon said it would cut 16,000 jobs to reduce bureaucracy and free up money to spend in “strategic areas” like A.I.
Amazon to Cut 16,000 Jobs in Latest Round of Layoffs
The e-commerce giant has been cutting costs in part to redirect money into building data centers to compete in the race to dominate artificial intelligence.
nyti.ms
January 28, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Breaking News: Amazon said it would cut 16,000 jobs to reduce bureaucracy and free up money to spend in “strategic areas” like A.I.
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Expansion of free child care could cause a "modest increase" in NYC's birth rate, as well as giving kids more opportunities to learn while taking the stress off parent, says CPC Director Karen Guzzo.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/n...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/n...
Could Mamdani’s Child Care Plan Encourage a Baby Boomlet in New York?
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Expansion of free child care could cause a "modest increase" in NYC's birth rate, as well as giving kids more opportunities to learn while taking the stress off parent, says CPC Director Karen Guzzo.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/n...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/n...
One thing I’ve noticed about both Nigel Farage and the US president is that, when they speak, we disproportionately see their front bottom teeth, often to the exclusion of the top teeth. Do they train for this? I tried doing it on purpose and it was very difficult and made me look like a real uggo.
January 26, 2026 at 2:58 PM
One thing I’ve noticed about both Nigel Farage and the US president is that, when they speak, we disproportionately see their front bottom teeth, often to the exclusion of the top teeth. Do they train for this? I tried doing it on purpose and it was very difficult and made me look like a real uggo.
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Nenko Stanev Gantchev died in ICE custody in Michigan. He was from Chicago. Lived in the US for decades. He was diabetic and wasn't given any special regards for meals to manage his blood sugar.
His family have gotten no answers.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
His family have gotten no answers.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
January 26, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Nenko Stanev Gantchev died in ICE custody in Michigan. He was from Chicago. Lived in the US for decades. He was diabetic and wasn't given any special regards for meals to manage his blood sugar.
His family have gotten no answers.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
His family have gotten no answers.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
May not be a great sign for the administration that the most-watched major US network news has been airing critical Minneapolis coverage as breaking news, for well over an hour.
January 25, 2026 at 12:11 AM
May not be a great sign for the administration that the most-watched major US network news has been airing critical Minneapolis coverage as breaking news, for well over an hour.