Roco Foucault
@rocofoucault.bsky.social
Soc PhD, CJ prof, indolence activist;
Metro Detroit
Metro Detroit
I barely have time or the inclination to call my insurance to change my primary care doctor when the prior one leaves the state (has happened twice in 6 years). The idea that I would enjoy calling around to negotiate my health care plan is one held by people who’ve never have to finagle real life.
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I barely have time or the inclination to call my insurance to change my primary care doctor when the prior one leaves the state (has happened twice in 6 years). The idea that I would enjoy calling around to negotiate my health care plan is one held by people who’ve never have to finagle real life.
Marty Makary is exceedingly unlikeable.
November 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Marty Makary is exceedingly unlikeable.
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also! WHY PATTI SMITH MATTERS (or any of the books in the MUSIC MATTERS series as well as all UTP books!) is on sale at the University of Texas Press' website for 40% off (50% off ebooks) with the code UTXGIFTS utpress.utexas.edu/9781477320112/
Why Patti Smith Matters
Patti Smith arrived in New York City at the end of the Age of Aquarius in search of work and purpose. What she found—what she fostered—was a cultural rev...
utpress.utexas.edu
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
also! WHY PATTI SMITH MATTERS (or any of the books in the MUSIC MATTERS series as well as all UTP books!) is on sale at the University of Texas Press' website for 40% off (50% off ebooks) with the code UTXGIFTS utpress.utexas.edu/9781477320112/
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They’ve got a couple tugs out there attempting to free her this morning, we’ll see what happens
November 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
They’ve got a couple tugs out there attempting to free her this morning, we’ll see what happens
We keep receiving those holiday catalogs with gifts that might appeal to “elderly ladies,“ and I was miffed until I saw the addressee is the woman who had this house for decades before dying in her 80s in 2013. (She had good taste, though, so she too would have swiftly deposited them in the bin.)
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We keep receiving those holiday catalogs with gifts that might appeal to “elderly ladies,“ and I was miffed until I saw the addressee is the woman who had this house for decades before dying in her 80s in 2013. (She had good taste, though, so she too would have swiftly deposited them in the bin.)
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1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
This opinion defies logic. Why can’t people be called what they want to be called? The idea that the bigots’ right to be bigoted overrides common sense is nothing short of infuriating. It isn’t hard! I teach people and ask them what they want to be called. Always have. NBD. 6th Circuit is tripping.
BREAKING: The Sixth Circuit, in a 10-7 en banc decision, holds that an Ohio school district's anti-bullying policy that requires students to use children's preferred pronouns is likely unconstitutional on these facts.
Judge Murphy, a Trump appointee, writes the court's decision.
Judge Murphy, a Trump appointee, writes the court's decision.
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 AM
This opinion defies logic. Why can’t people be called what they want to be called? The idea that the bigots’ right to be bigoted overrides common sense is nothing short of infuriating. It isn’t hard! I teach people and ask them what they want to be called. Always have. NBD. 6th Circuit is tripping.
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My chilling week on Roblox: sexually assaulted and shat on as a child avatar roaming the online world
My chilling week on Roblox: sexually assaulted and shat on as a child avatar roaming the online world
In seven days my young alter ego is cyberbullied and attacked while exploring clubs, casinos and horror games, all with parental controls in place. Is the platform safe for children – or an ‘X-rated paedophile hellscape’?
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
My chilling week on Roblox: sexually assaulted and shat on as a child avatar roaming the online world
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Academia runs on three fuels: caffeine, impostor syndrome, and poorly documented code from 2017
November 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Academia runs on three fuels: caffeine, impostor syndrome, and poorly documented code from 2017
When I think of possible Cuomo voters, I recall the (also famous) wife of a rock star/actor (from the 70s forward). She was anti-Trump but started following/retweeting lots of those sensational NYC crime accounts. She also became very irate about car congestion pricing. Twitter made her so angry.
November 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
When I think of possible Cuomo voters, I recall the (also famous) wife of a rock star/actor (from the 70s forward). She was anti-Trump but started following/retweeting lots of those sensational NYC crime accounts. She also became very irate about car congestion pricing. Twitter made her so angry.
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For all my #academicsky folks who can afford to: Check and see if your campus has a food pantry for students in need. The one on my campus takes cash and food donations.
November 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
For all my #academicsky folks who can afford to: Check and see if your campus has a food pantry for students in need. The one on my campus takes cash and food donations.
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There's accumulating snow in Michigan's U.P., National Weather Service reports
There's accumulating snow in Michigan's U.P., National Weather Service reports
There's finally accumulating snow in Michigan's Negaunee Township, the home of the National Weather Service Marquette's office.
bit.ly
November 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
There's accumulating snow in Michigan's U.P., National Weather Service reports
Hold on. What about shiplap and grey walls? Or does this mean Staten Island?
The educated liberal big city US folks outraged at Trump's renovation of Lincoln bathroom really need to scroll some Facebook of their less established relatives and friends to see what kind of aesthetic resonates with Trump's target audience.
November 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Hold on. What about shiplap and grey walls? Or does this mean Staten Island?
Last night I had a dream where a person gave me a gentle head-bump to show approval of something I said, as the cat does.
November 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Last night I had a dream where a person gave me a gentle head-bump to show approval of something I said, as the cat does.
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“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
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The Halloween edition of our metal column Breaking The Oath features Terzij de Horde, the Dutch metal/hardcore band on a crusade against Nazis.
Plus: the month's best metal tracks, including one from today's surprise-released Yellow Eyes album!
Plus: the month's best metal tracks, including one from today's surprise-released Yellow Eyes album!
Terzij de Horde's Call To Arms
The Dutch black metal band is crusading against Nazis. Plus: the best metal tracks of the month.
www.stereogum.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Halloween edition of our metal column Breaking The Oath features Terzij de Horde, the Dutch metal/hardcore band on a crusade against Nazis.
Plus: the month's best metal tracks, including one from today's surprise-released Yellow Eyes album!
Plus: the month's best metal tracks, including one from today's surprise-released Yellow Eyes album!
I rock rough and stuff with my tofu puffs 🎶
(Sorry, but this great tip gave me an earworm.)
(Sorry, but this great tip gave me an earworm.)
Go get yourself some fried tofu puffs and stick them in your freezer. Take them out anytime to add to soups. Unlike frozen fresh tofu it's super easy to cut through out of the freezer. I always have a few bags in there. Cheap, easy and FAST.
October 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I rock rough and stuff with my tofu puffs 🎶
(Sorry, but this great tip gave me an earworm.)
(Sorry, but this great tip gave me an earworm.)
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somebody please share this health premium nightmare info with Jake Tapper before he does another interview where he blames Democrats for the shutdown. Republicans are doing this to Americans, that's the problem.
Or, to put it in more relevant terms, here's what the benchmark Silver plan looks like at both household incomes:
October 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
somebody please share this health premium nightmare info with Jake Tapper before he does another interview where he blames Democrats for the shutdown. Republicans are doing this to Americans, that's the problem.
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I'd love to say lots of nice things about this invaluable preventable disease tracker from @monscience.bsky.social and team at Think Global Health. It's an incredible resource.
But I can't get over my anger & sadness that this resource is even needed.
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/vacc...
But I can't get over my anger & sadness that this resource is even needed.
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/vacc...
Vaccine-Preventable Disease: A Global Tracker | Think Global Health
This map is updated weekly and visualizes outbreaks of nine childhood diseases in collaboration with the International Society for Infectious Diseases
www.thinkglobalhealth.org
October 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I'd love to say lots of nice things about this invaluable preventable disease tracker from @monscience.bsky.social and team at Think Global Health. It's an incredible resource.
But I can't get over my anger & sadness that this resource is even needed.
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/vacc...
But I can't get over my anger & sadness that this resource is even needed.
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/vacc...
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"An NBC News review of over 30 data center proposals across 14 states found that in a majority of cases, local officials signed NDAs and worked with what appeared to be shell companies that can conceal visibility into the project developers."
How Big Tech uses NDAs to hide AI data center details from Americans
Big Tech companies use secrecy agreements with local governments to keep communities from knowing who is building in their backyards.
www.nbcnews.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"An NBC News review of over 30 data center proposals across 14 states found that in a majority of cases, local officials signed NDAs and worked with what appeared to be shell companies that can conceal visibility into the project developers."
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You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...
With a gift link because I think it is very important for people to understand this:
With a gift link because I think it is very important for people to understand this:
Opinion | You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...
With a gift link because I think it is very important for people to understand this:
With a gift link because I think it is very important for people to understand this:
Old, but apt in light of recent news.
October 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Old, but apt in light of recent news.
Karine Jean-Pierre complaining on PBS Newshour about ineffective Biden admin communications has me a bit puzzled, I must say.
October 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Karine Jean-Pierre complaining on PBS Newshour about ineffective Biden admin communications has me a bit puzzled, I must say.
I’m not deriding their appearance, because that ain’t cool, but: it is startling how many of the people involved in the Young Republicans texting scandal look like they hail from the Island of Lost Huckabees.
I never see people with their overall vibe in regular life, so it’s weird.
I never see people with their overall vibe in regular life, so it’s weird.
October 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I’m not deriding their appearance, because that ain’t cool, but: it is startling how many of the people involved in the Young Republicans texting scandal look like they hail from the Island of Lost Huckabees.
I never see people with their overall vibe in regular life, so it’s weird.
I never see people with their overall vibe in regular life, so it’s weird.